Work with the plan

Dashboard gadget

A read-only Gantt timeline on any Jira dashboard, for the people who need to see the plan but not change it.

Add it to a dashboard

Edit the dashboard
Open a dashboard you can edit and choose Edit, then Add gadget.
Find Gantt timeline
Type Gantt in the search and choose Add on Gantt timeline.
Choose the issues and save
The settings open in the gadget: a JQL query, the time scale, grouping, the critical path and the height.

Which issues (JQL): by default the open epics of all projects (issuetype = Epic AND statusCategory != Done ORDER BY Rank ASC). For one release: project = SHOP AND fixVersion = "1.5" ORDER BY Rank.
Time scale: the whole plan in the width of the gadget (default), or Day, Week, Month or Quarter.
Group by: hierarchy, assignee, status, issue type or a flat list.
Critical path: highlight the issues that decide the finish date.
Height: 240 to 900 pixels; shorter plans take only the room they need.

The issue keys and summaries, the bars, dependency arrows and today's line, each person seeing only the issues they may browse.
Hover a bar for its dates and slack; click an issue to open it in Jira's issue view.
Nothing can be dragged or changed in the gadget. To change the plan, open the project's Gantt tab or the Gantt page under Apps (see Filters, views and links).
The gadget reads the plan again every 15 minutes while it is on screen, so a dashboard on a wall screen stays current.