StonikByte

22/05/2026

What if one dashboard widget could answer most of your reporting questions? 🤩

No more digging through data. No more exporting to Excel.

With the Pivot Table & Pivot Chart widget in Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps, you can turn your data into clear, structured insights right inside your Azure dashboards.

✅ Split data by multiple fields and apply not only count, but also sum, percentages and more. Just like in Excel!
✅ Analyze work by team, status, or priority
✅ Track progress across projects
✅ Build custom reports and KPIs
✅ Visualize trends with charts

All in real time.
Right where your data already lives.
No exports. No extra tools.

Because reporting shouldn’t mean exporting.

👉 Start your Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps free trial and see it in action: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=StonikByte.stonikbyte-great-gadgets-extension&ssr=false&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Pivot_table_and_charts_220526

07/05/2026

Want more predictable and efficient delivery? Start with flow metrics.

Metrics like Cycle Time, Lead Time, Throughput, WIP Aging, CFD show how work actually moves through your system… and where it slows down.

With Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps, you can visualize all of them directly in your dashboards—no manual setup, no external tools.

Because when you can see the bottlenecks, you can improve the flow.

And while flow metrics are essential, they’re only one part of what Great Gadgets offers.

👉 Start your 30 days free trial and bring real insights into your Azure DevOps dashboards: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=StonikByte.stonikbyte-great-gadgets-extension&ssr=false&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Flow_Metrics_Post_070526

05/05/2026

Still exporting Jira worklogs just to build reports? 🤕

You’re not alone. But you’re also doing extra work that you don’t really need to.

Jira gives you the basics for time tracking.
But when you need real insights (timesheets, cross-project reporting, or detailed analysis) the built-in options quickly hit their limits. And suddenly, you’re building reports outside Jira again.

There’s a better way. 🤩

In our recent article, we talk about how to track time in Jira and build worklog reports directly in dashboards, without spreadsheets, manual reports, or outdated data.

👉 Read it here: https://blog.stonikbyte.com/2026/05/05/how-to-track-time-in-jira-and-build-worklog-reports-in-dashboards-without-exporting-to-excel/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=How_To_Track_Time_In_Jira_and_Build_Worklog_Reports_050526

16/04/2026

When it comes to reporting in Azure DevOps, sometimes you don't need more effort. You just need a better way to look at your data.

🚀 Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps fixes this.

It lets you build real-time dashboards directly inside Azure DevOps with powerful customizable widgets that go beyond out-of-the-box reporting.

✅ Track flow metrics.
✅ Forecast releases.
✅ Monitor progress across teams.
✅ Track custom KPIs, build pivot tables & more.

If you’ve already looked at Azure DevOps dashboards and thought:

“This still doesn’t give me what I need…”

Then Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps is your next step.

👉 Try it free for 30 days on VS Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=StonikByte.stonikbyte-great-gadgets-extension&ssr=false&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=16_04_26_Great_Gadgets_Azure_DevOps

09/04/2026

🚀 Bring the power of Excel pivot tables to Jira — without exporting data!

If you ever managed a project in Jira, you've probably done this:

Export issues -> open Excel -> build a pivot table -> create a chart -> sent the report -> repeat next week.

It works. But it's manual. And it's always one step behind reality.

Now imagine this instead:

You open your Jira dashboard (or Confluence page). The pivot table is already there. There is a pivot chart too. They are updated. They reflect today's data.

✅ No exports. No spreadsheets. No confusion.

That's what pivot tables inside Jira (and Confluence) make possible.

And they're not just for agile teams. They are for anyone who needs answers from their data.

We put together an article showing how powerful pivot tables in Jira can be, and how different teams can use them in their day-to-day work.

👉 Check it out: https://blog.stonikbyte.com/2026/04/09/how-to-build-dynamic-reports-in-jira-and-confluence-using-pivot-tables-and-pivot-charts/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social_organic&utm_campaign=Pivot_Table_Reports_in_Jira_and_Confluence

03/04/2026

Jira works great at the team level. But when it comes to reporting for executives… things get harder.

Data gets scattered and exported outside Jira. And the “big picture” ends up spread across multiple tools and links.

But what if you could keep everything in Jira and still give executives a clear, complete view?

🚀 Alex Ortiz just shared another great walkthrough, this time focused on how to build executive dashboards with Great Gadgets for Jira, bringing all your data into a single source of truth. Thank you again for a great demo, Alex! 🎉

From cross-team metrics and progress tracking to pivot tables and high-level KPIs, it’s all about giving leadership the visibility they need without leaving Jira.

Because executives don’t want to click through 10 reports to understand what’s going on.

🎥 Check out the video below to see how it works.

Tired of pulling data out of Jira into PowerPoint just to answer your executive's weekly questions? There's a better way. In this video, I'll show you how to...

01/04/2026

You’ve got the data in Azure DevOps.

But turning it into clear, actionable insights? That’s where things get harder.

Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps helps teams turn their dashboards into real project hubs built around the way they actually work.

From flow metrics like Cycle Time, Lead Time, or Time In Status, to forecasting releases with cross-team burndowns and velocity charts, to tracking custom KPIs and building pivot tables — it’s all there, in real time, directly on your Azure DevOps dashboards.

Because seeing your projects clearly is what leads to better decisions.

🎥 Watch the video below to see what Great Gadgets can really do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSdvwYFQ3fM

👉 And if you want to try it yourself, Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps comes with a 30 days free trial available on VSS Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=StonikByte.stonikbyte-great-gadgets-extension

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26/03/2026

Looking for an easy and effective way to track your projects in Azure DevOps? 🚀

Dashboards make it simple to monitor progress by bringing all your key data into one centralized place—giving your team a clear, real-time view of what’s happening. 📊

With the Great Gadgets extension, you get a powerful suite of widgets built for agile teams. Track everything from advanced burndown and burnup cross-team charts to CFDs, time-in-status, cycle time, WIP, and flow metrics—plus pivot tables and custom formulas for deeper insights.

Turn your data into actionable decisions and keep your projects on track. 📈

✨ Start your free 30-day trial today:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=StonikByte.stonikbyte-great-gadgets-extension

19/03/2026

Jira dashboards are meant to help teams understand how work flows through their projects.

But when it comes to Kanban, that visibility isn’t always easy to get with native gadgets alone.

Alex Ortiz shared another walkthrough showing how teams can use Great Gadgets to better track flow, monitor progress, and bring more clarity to their Kanban dashboards. Thank you, Alex! 🤩

🎥 Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUlJmnn9MBs

💡 Want to try it yourself? Great Gadgets is free for 30 days on the Atlassian Marketplace - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=great%20gadgets%20agile%20stonikbyte

DescriptionJira's out-of-the-box Kanban reporting is buried, limited, and impossible to share in one place, but not anymore. In this video, we use Great Gadg...

11/03/2026

📣 Big Announcement: Great Gadgets is now available for Azure DevOps! 🎉

If you’re using Azure DevOps to manage your projects, you probably rely on dashboards to keep track of progress and understand how work is moving through your teams (and if not... maybe this is your sign to start😋).

But sometimes the native widgets don’t give you all the insights you need.

That’s exactly the gap we set out to fill with the new Great Gadgets for Azure DevOps extension available on VS Marketplace.

It adds a powerful set of customizable widgets designed to help your team build clearer dashboards, track key project metrics, and better understand how projects are evolving. Discover powerful widgets like cross-team burndowns, pivot tables, time in status, cycle time, lead time and more.

If you’re looking for a better way to visualize and track your projects in Azure DevOps, give Great Gadgets a try - it's free for 30 days.

👉https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=StonikByte.stonikbyte-great-gadgets-extension