DASHBOARD

Overview

Click PROJECT TRENDS > <PROJECT> > DASHBOARD to open this window.

The DASHBOARD window provides the following parts:

  • Select Snapshots

    Period for which data is displayed in the <Project> - Trend Dashboard view.

    By default, the two latest analyzed snapshots are selected.

  • <Project> - Trend Dashboard

    Based on the period (selected snapshots), the metrics are displayed with their development trend.

Select Snapshots

Element

Description

Start

Select a start snapshot from the list. The list provides the name, the version (if available), and the analysis date of the snapshots.

The differences between the Start snapshot and the End snapshot are displayed on the dashboard.

End

Select an end snapshot from the list.

Slider

Alternatively you can use a slider to define the start snapshot and end snapshot.

<Project> - Trend Dashboard

Based on the period (selected snapshots), the metrics are displayed with their development trend.

The bar chart displays the development trends of the metrics as percentage values.

The bar chart provides one bar per combination of metric and aggregation type (Max, Sum, Average).

Only the available combinations are displayed. For example, for Halstead Difficulty only Max and Average are displayed as Sum is not available for Halstead Difficulty.

Depending on the trend, the bars are colored:

  • Green: Positive development trend.

  • Red: Negative development trend.

  • Blue: Neutral development trend. (Cannot be rated as positive or negative, for example, the Lines of Code value).

Whether a development trend is considered as positive, negative, or neutral depends on the metric.

Click a bar in the bar chart to open the corresponding <Project> - Trend Details Dashboard window.

The objects displayed in a bar chart provide additional information via tooltip.