How to write in Jira Dashboards?

Jira Dashboards might be powerful. Especially with a few plugins.

But, there is one super important functionality missing.

Being able to put some text in the dashboard.

Imagine, you want to provide a short explanation above a table or chart explaining how to interpret it. There is no Text or Rich Text gadget available.

Theoretically, there is a free plugin for that. However, the Internet mentions the risk of exposing your Jira instance to more security vulnerabilities by WYSIWYG.

There is a funny workaround:

1. Create a new Jira Project.

2. Create a new issue.

   1. In its Description field put what you want to write in the dashboard. You can use RichText here!

3. In the dashboard, add a Filter Results gadget.

4. Write JQL finding just this one new issue.

5. Show only the Description field.

It ain't perfect, but definitely good enough.

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