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title: "Configure time series"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/RFP/803405886/Configure%20time%20series"
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About time series
Time series are collections of data points based on your issues’ date fields. For instance, they show the number of created issues on days 1, 2, 3, and so on for the past month. The values for the data points may be issue counts or values computed from issue fields.
The time series can be displayed as line charts with the *Rich Filter Time Series Chart* gadget or as tables with the Rich Filter Statistics gadget. While series on their own can point out trends, they are more powerful when plotted together. Comparing series can hint at correlations between events affecting your activity.
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Time series key attributes
You can add new and see existing time series and their configuration in the* ***Time series*** *section of your rich filter.
The **Time Series **section of your rich filter lets you add new time series and view their key attributes.
The **key attributes** of a time series are:
| **Attribute** | **Description** |
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| **Series** | Each time series is based on a date field, which is used to find the issues contributing to each data point. |
| **Name** | Each time series has a name that must be unique among the time series within the rich filter. |
| **Color** | The color is used to display the time series in rich filter gadgets. |
| **Base value** | Each time series has a *value*, which is used to compute the values of the data points. You can select issue count, any number field, or [custom values](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFP/pages/803405881) as a *value*.
> ✅ ### SLA Time Series
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> ✅ If the series are based on SLA fields, then the following SLA values become available:
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> ✅ - *SLA Completed* – returns the issues for which the SLA is completed
> ✅ - *SLA Met* – returns the issues for which the SLA is completed and met
> ✅ - *SLA Breached* – return the issues for which the SLA is completed and breached
> ✅ - *SLA %Met* – return the percentage of issues for which the SLA is met out of the issue for which the SLA is completed
> ✅ - *SLA %Breached* – returns the percentage of issues for which the SLA is breached out of the issues for which the SLA is completed
> ✅ - *SLA Average* – displays the average completion time for the issues that have their SLA completed
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> ✅ In all the cases, only the issues with the SLA completed are considered, and only the last cycle is included in any computation. |
| **Value type**
Displayed in the table listing all the Time Series | The *value type* is automatically computed based on the *value* settings. The possible *value types* are:
- Issue Count – for values based on the number of issues
- Numeric – for values based on numeric fields
- Time Tracking – for values based on time-tracking fields
- SLA Average – for series based on SLA averages
- SLA Percent – for series based on SLA Percent
- Duration – for custom values based on duration values (see the [Configuring Custom Values](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFP/pages/803405881) section) |
| **JQL Filter** | An optional JQL filter can apply additional filtering when computing a data point. Only the issues that satisfy the additional JQL filter contribute to the results. |
> ✅ ### Rich Filter Extensions
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> ✅ [Rich filter extensions](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFP/pages/803407001) are separate Jira apps installed on top of the *Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards* app to extend the rich filters and rich filter gadgets with new specific functionality.
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> ✅ New time series options are available if you add any of these extensions:
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> ✅ - [Rich Filters::Time Tracking Dashboards](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1219709) allows you to [define time series based on work log attributes](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFTT/pages/803012861) – *Worklog Date* and *Worklog Time Spent *to see* *historical trends in the time tracking data
> ✅ - [Rich Filters::Service Desk Dashboards](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1218675) allows you to [define time series based on SLA fields and values](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFSD/pages/802881931)* – SLA Completed, Met, Breached, %Met, %Breached,* or *Average*
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Edit time series
The **Time Series** section of your rich filter also lets you do the following operations:
| **To do the following:** | **Do this:** |
| --- | --- |
| **Create time series** | 1. Click **Create time series** at the top-right of the page.
2. Type a **Name**, select a color, **Series**, and a **Base value**, and optionally type a **JQL** query.
3. Click **Create**.
> ℹ️ You can add up to 80 time series in each rich filter. |
| **Edit a time series** | Click the **Edit** () icon next to a time series to view or edit its configuration.
In the following pop-up, make your changes and click the **Save** button.
Note that once the time series is created, two settings cannot be changed anymore:
- The **Series** date field;
- Value Type: If you have selected *Issue Count* as the value, you cannot change it. If you had selected, for example, a number field as the value, then the value type would be *Numeric Sum*. You could then update the *Value* and select another number field, but you could no longer choose *Issue Count* (the value type would have to remain *Numeric Sum*).
This is necessary to ensure the consistency of the time series once it is used in the *Rich Filter Time Series Chart* gadgets. In a *Time Series Chart* gadget, we can display together only series having compatible value types (i.e., we can display together either series based on multiple *Issue Counts* or on *Numeric Sum* values but not combinations of these).
You need to create a new time series to change these two settings. |
| **Delete a time series** | Click the **Delete** () icon next to the time series name.
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| **Reorder the time series list** | Hold the pointer over the queue's **Grid **() icon, then drag up or down to the new position.
This order displays the time series in the settings of *Rich Filter Time Series Chart* and *Rich Filter Statistics* gadgets. |
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Computed time series
Users can define *unresolved* *time series, a* special type of time series falling under the Computed category. Unlike other time series based on a date field, unresolved time series are computed as the difference between the *Created* and *Resolved* time series. *Unresolved time series* allows users to easily monitor the size of the backlog.
The unresolved time series can be displayed in the rich filter gadgets like any other time series. In the example below, the *Unresolved* time series is used in a *Rich Filter Time Series gadget*. The gadget enables users to track the trend of unresolved issues within a specific time range by monitoring the unresolved issues of each aggregation period.
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Using time series in Rich Filter gadgets
Once defined, the time series can be displayed by two rich filter gadgets:
- The** Rich Filter Time Series Chart **gadget – it displays the time series as line charts
Learn more:[ Rich Filter Time Series Chart Gadget](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFP/pages/803406984).
- The **Rich Filter Statistics **gadget displays the time series in table format.
Learn more:[The Rich Filter Time Series Chart Gadget](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFP/pages/803406984)[Rich Filter Statistics Gadget](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RFP/pages/803407113).