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> Macro (aura-html)

## What is a Rich Filter

All the gadgets added by the Rich Filters for the Jira Dashboards app are based on a data source called a rich filter. A rich filter is based on a Jira native filter, extending the Jira native filter to include additional definitions for extra filtering, issue highlighting, multiple views for the results, and other settings that can be used by the *Rich Filter Gadgets*.

## What is a Rich Filter Gadget

The gadgets provided by the *Rich Filters for the Jira Dashboards* app are called r*ich filter gadgets*. All rich filter gadgets are based on rich filters and have one particular property – ***two or more rich filter gadgets are ******linked together****** in a dashboard if they share the same rich filter***. For example, a *Rich Filter Controller* gadget can change the data displayed by a *Rich Filter Results* gadget if both the *Rich Filter Controller* and the *Rich Filter Results* are based on the same rich filter. 

The available gadget types are listed below, grouped by category:


<span style="color: #808080">**1. Controlling the dashboard content**</span>

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<span style="color: #808080">**2. Displaying issue data**</span>

<span style="color: #808080">**3. Displaying statistics**</span>

<span style="color: #808080">**4. Displaying charts**</span>

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<span style="color: #808080">**5. Displaying counts and gauges**</span>

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<span style="color: #808080">**6. Displaying rich text**</span>