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Cycle time cards

Use Cycle time cards to visualize how long on average it takes a task to be completed after it's started. See your team's task completion progress over time.

Cycle time cards are often used by teams working in sprints. Cycle time is a helpful metric for any type of workflow.

Sprint card feature availability and limits vary by plan and user role. Learn more

Cycle time cards

Cycle time cards are time-based. Time-based cards display your tasks differently. Learn more about time-based cards.

The Cycle time card shows the average time for a task to move from an Active status group to a Closed or Done status group. The calculation is based on the Sample period you chose in the card settings.

For example, you select a Time range of This week and by days and a sample period of 2. The chart will display all tasks created this week, by days. The data points will reflect the Cycle time for all the tasks as of today and yesterday.

Cycle time is measured in one of two ways:

  • If you're using the Not Started ClickApp, the card begins calculating when a task enters any status in the Active status group.
  • If you're not using the Not Started ClickApp, the card considers the first status in your Active status group as Not Started, and any other task in the Active status group counts as the start of cycle time.
  • Tasks in an Active status won't be included on the card until they are closed.

Add a Cycle time card

To add a Cycle time card:

  1. Create a new or open an existing Dashboard.
  2. From a Dashboard, click + Add card.
  3. From the Add card modal, select Sprints, then Cycle time.
  4. Configure your card settings.
  5. In the upper-right, click Add card.

Cycle time card settings

Choose the data and appearance of your Cycle time card.

The following table describes the available card settings:

Setting group Setting Description
Data Source Select locations Choose the Spaces, Folders, and Lists to include.
Include Subtasks Include subtasks from the selected locations.
Include Tasks in Multiple Lists Include tasks added to the selected locations.
Include Subtasks in Multiple Lists Include subtasks added to the selected locations.
Display Show legend Show the color and value of each y-axis group by option.
X-Axis Measure

Cycle time cards always display task data over time. Learn more

The only option available for Cycle time cards is Time.
Time period

Include task data from the selected time range. Options include:

  • This year
  • This month
  • This week
  • Rolling period
  • Range
Group by

Display x-axis values in the selected time scale. Options include:

  • Days
  • Weeks
  • Months
Y-Axis Measure

The only option available is Cycle Time.
Completion status

Specify which statuses represent completed work.

Options include:

  • Done
  • Closed
Sample period Set your sample period based on the X-axis Time period and Group by settings.
Filters Show archived

Include archived tasks.
Filter Apply filters to show tasks that currently meet the specified criteria.

 

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