How to disable FishEye Charts gadgets and Recent Changesets gadgets in Jira
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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.
*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Summary
If you do not use FishEye or Crucible, you may not want users to have the ability to add related gadgets into Jira Dashboards. These gadgets include:
FishEye Charts
Crucible Charts
FishEye Recent Changesets
Solution
Visit Jira Admin Settings
Choose Manage Apps
Change dropdown from "User apps" to "All Apps"
Find FishEye plugin in the list
Click "X of X modules enabled" link
Finally, disable the gadgets of your choosing:
Fisheye Charts (fisheye-charting-gadget)
Crucible Charts (crucible-charting-gadget)
Recent Commits (fisheye-recent-commits-gadget)
Success! Now these gadgets will no longer be available for selection when adding a new gadget. Any of these gadgets already added to Jira Dashboards will be replaced by a "this gadget cannot be loaded" placeholder.
Understanding what dashboards use these gadgets
If you wish to understand what dashboards have these gadgets added, you may use the following SQL
The following SQL was tested on Jira 8.5, on Postgres 9.6 You may need to adjust the query if you are using a different Jira version or database
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select DISTINCT pp.id, pp.username AS user_key, pp.pagename AS dashboard_name, CONCAT('https://YOUR_JIRA_DOMAIN_HERE/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=', pp.id) AS url from portalpage pp
INNER JOIN portletconfiguration pc on pc.portalpage = pp.id
WHERE pc.gadget_xml LIKE '%fisheye-charting-gadget%' OR pc.gadget_xml LIKE '%crucible-charting-gadget%' OR pc.gadget_xml LIKE '%fisheye-recent-commits-gadget%'Was this helpful?