Jira has three categories of native reports: Agile board reports (burndown, velocity, sprint report, CFD — for Scrum and Kanban teams), project management reports (time tracking, version report, workload), and dashboard gadgets (pie charts, issue statistics, average age chart). This guide covers every type, what each one shows, and when to use it.
Jira Cloud reports range from high-level summaries for stakeholders to detailed metrics used by delivery teams. The challenge is knowing which report to use, when to use it, and how to access it efficiently.
If you’re evaluating tooling options alongside native reports, see our comparison of Best Jira Reporting Tools in 2026: Honest Comparison by a Jira Partner, where we look at built-in capabilities versus Marketplace solutions in more detail.
Jira reporting refers to the dashboards, charts, and visual summaries that help teams monitor their work, track progress, and make data-driven decisions. Whether you’re using Jira Software reports for Agile projects or Jira Work Management reports for business teams, reports play a crucial role in transparency and accountability.
Depending on the project type and configuration, Jira reports help answer questions such as:
Jira Software reports are commonly used by Agile teams, while Jira Work Management and Jira Service Management also rely on reporting for operational visibility and accountability.
Below is a breakdown of the types of reports in Jira, categorised by use case — covering both Agile and project management contexts.
For Scrum and Kanban teams, Jira Cloud comes with built-in agile reports designed to monitor sprint progress and team performance. Their main purpose is to help teams understand delivery patterns and continuously improve how work flows through the system.
Agile reports focus on flow, predictability, and transparency. Instead of static snapshots, they emphasise trends over time — making them especially useful during sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.
These are the reports generated by Jira Software for Scrum projects. For a detailed breakdown of each one — including the burndown chart, velocity chart, sprint report, and cumulative flow diagram — see our complete guide to Jira Scrum Reports.
For the broader context of what agile reporting covers across Scrum and Kanban — including stakeholder reports and flow metrics beyond native Jira — see: Reports in Agile: What Every Scrum and Kanban Team Actually Needs.
Project management reports in Jira are used to track execution, workload, and efficiency across teams and projects. They are especially valuable in environments where delivery timelines, resource allocation, and accountability matter.
Unlike Agile reports which focus on iteration-based flow, project management reports emphasise status, capacity, and trends over longer periods. They are most often used by project managers, delivery leads, and operations teams.
These project reports give managers control over execution and help track progress at the issue and version level.
For a detailed guide on which metrics project managers and team leads should track, how to find them in Jira, and what requires an add-on, see: Jira Metrics and Team Reports: What to Track and How to Get It.
As teams scale, built-in Jira reports often become limiting. Advanced reporting addresses questions like:
Power users extend Jira reporting through:
For a complete reference of every chart type available in Jira — native board reports, dashboard gadgets, and what’s missing natively — see: Jira Charts and Graphs: Every Chart Type Explained.
For teams that need reporting beyond sprint-level visibility — cross-project views, executive dashboards, and delivery status for leadership — see: Jira Executive Reports: How to Give Leadership the Visibility They Actually Need.
| Goal | Report to use | Where to find it |
|---|---|---|
| Track sprint progress daily | Burndown Chart | Reports tab → Scrum board |
| Plan next sprint commitment | Velocity Chart | Reports tab → Scrum board |
| Review what happened last sprint | Sprint Report | Reports tab → Scrum board |
| Identify workflow bottlenecks | Cumulative Flow Diagram | Reports tab → Scrum or Kanban board |
| See issue distribution by assignee | Workload Pie Chart | Dashboard gadget |
| Track backlog growth | Created vs Resolved | Dashboard gadget |
| Monitor stale issues | Average Age Chart | Dashboard gadget |
| Track time spent vs estimated | Time Tracking Report | Reports tab → Project |
| Cross-project or per-user reports | Report Hub | Apps → Report Hub |
Teams that want more control over layout and widgets can follow our detailed tutorial on how to create a custom dashboard in Jira.
Before teams invest time in building dashboards or writing complex JQL, it’s worth noting that many Jira add-ons provide prebuilt reports out of the box.
These prebuilt reports:
While Jira provides solid reporting out of the box, Report Hub — a Forge-based Marketplace app — extends native reporting with:
For a full comparison of Report Hub against eazyBI, Tempo, and native dashboards, see: Best Jira Reporting Tools in 2026: Honest Comparison by a Jira Partner.
Jira’s native reports cover the essentials well for single-team, single-project visibility. The gaps appear when teams need cross-project aggregation, per-user breakdowns, or executive-level views — that’s where Marketplace add-ons become necessary.
Start with the built-in reports, understand what each one shows, and add tooling when you consistently hit the same native limitations. For the next step, see: Jira Metrics and Team Reports: What to Track and How to Get It.
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