See your team's task completion progress over time.
Use Lead time cards to see the average amount of work done at each stage over a chosen time range.
What you'll need
- Lead time cards are available on the Business Plan and above.
- The Dashboards ClickApp is enabled in every new Workspace by default. A Workspace owner or admin can disable the ClickApp.
- Guests can be invited to specific Dashboards with view-only permissions.
Create or edit a Lead time card
Lead time cards display how long on average it takes a task to be completed after it's created. The options chosen when creating the card determine the data reported and how it displays on your Lead time Chart.
To create a Lead time card:
- Create a new or open an existing Dashboard.
- From a Dashboard, click + Add card. From the Add card modal, select Sprints, then Lead time. Configure your card settings.
Though Lead time cards are often used by teams working in sprints, Lead time is a helpful tool for any type of workflow.
- From the upper-left corner of an existing Dashboard, enable Edit mode. Then hover over the upper-right corner of the Dashboard and click the Settings icon. From the Edit card modal, edit your card settings.
Configure or edit the following settings:
Lead time cards are time-based. Time-based cards display your tasks differently. Learn more about time-based cards.
- Name: You can name your card or rename it later.
- Location: Choose one or more locations.
- Time range: You can include data from the year, month, week, set a custom range of dates, or a rolling period between 1 and 365 days. Select a frequency by days, weeks, or months.
- Learn more about the Time range and rolling period settings.
- Sample period: When Sample period is available on a card, it's used with Time range. For example, you select a Time range of This week and by days and a sample period of Last 2 days. The chart will display all tasks created this week, by days. The data points will reflect the Lead time for all of the tasks as of today and yesterday.
- Status group counted as completion: Choose whether you want the Closed or Done status to represent completion.
- Include subtasks: Include subtasks.
- Include archived: Include archived tasks.
- Include closed: Include tasks with a closed status.
- Include Tasks in Multiple Lists: Enabled by default. The Tasks in Multiple Lists ClickApp must be enabled and used in the chosen locations.
- Include Subtasks in Multiple Lists: Enabled by default. The Subtasks in Multiple Lists ClickApp must be enabled and used in the chosen locations.
- Click Add card to create or update the Cumulative Flow card.
- Filter: Read our article Use Dashboard card filters to learn more.
Lead time card options
Once your card is created, you can hover over it to reveal several options in the upper-right corner. Your Dashboard must be in Edit mode to see all options. Enable Edit mode in the upper-left corner of the Dashboard.
Options include:
Card setting | Description |
Refreshed |
The time since the last refresh displays. Hover over the label to display the exact refresh date and time. |
Refresh card |
Refresh the card's data immediately. |
View in full screen |
View the card in full screen. |
Filters | Use card filters to filter the tasks shown on your card. |
Settings | Open to edit the card settings. |
Ellipsis ... menu |
Click to display the following options:
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