Introduction

The Rolling Window Monthly Gadget allows you to see the number of issues for a number of months backwards.
It will group the number of issues matching the selected filters by the number of months specified. 

For example if the last month was Dec, and 3 months were selected, only the 

Usage

To present the information in the Rolling Window Monthly Gadget,

1. Define and save the JIRA filters
2. Insert the Rolling Window Monthly Gadget on the dashboard
3. Configure the user preferences for the gadget

1. Define and save the JIRA filters

Please refer to JIRA Documentation (Using filters) on how to create a filter

2. Insert the Rolling Window Monthly Gadget on the dashboard

To add a Rolling Window Monthly Gadget on the dashboard,

1. Click on Add Gadget button on the Dashboard view to add a new gadget
2. The Gadget Directory will pop up
3. Enter Roll in the search box to filter the matching gadget 
   
4. Click on the Add it Now button to add the
5. Repeat step 4 for each additional gadget required
6. Click on the Finished button to return back to the Dashboard

Configure the user preferences for the gadget

1. Fill in the preferences 

   Preference	Description	Notes
   Saved Filter	The filter for searching the issue
   X Axis	The date field to be used for segmenting the issues across the months in the year
   Y Axis	The issue field to be used for dividing the issues into different category rows
   Show Year	Whether to display the year in the table
   Refresh Interval	how often you want the gadget to update itself

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3. Click on the Save button to save the changes