The Population in time widget is one of the widget types that can be added to Dashboards. It visualizes the change in population of (a subset of) elements of a specific type over time. For example, it can be used to see a trend in the number of open actions during the last three months or to visualize the growth in the number of project members in the last 360 days.

Visualization

Depending on the setting chosen in the fields Length of periods, and Number of periods, a population in time widget can visualize the population using a line chart or a bar chart.

Create a population in time widget^*

1. In the workspace menu, click  to open the dashboards page.
2. On the dashboard page, select the dashboard to which you want to add a population divider widget.
3. On the dashboard, click New widget. This opens the Create widget dialog.
4. In the field Widget, select Population in time. The dialog will now update and show the fields to be filled out.
5. In the field Title, enter a name that describes the visualized data.
6. In the field Type element, select the type element on which the population is based. The dialog will now update and show the fields to be filled out.
7. Optionally, tick the checkbox Include archived elements to add the archived elements to the population.
8. Optionally, in the field Filter(s), add as many filters as needed to get the correct population.
9. In the field Display name, give a name representing this population.
10. In the field Operation, select Count, Sum, or Average. Skip step 10.1 if you selected Count.
    1. In the field Property, select the population property for which the sum or average is taken.
11. In the field Length of periods, select the desired period between samples.
12. In the field Number of periods, select the desired number of samples.
13. In the field Visualization, select the desired visualization.
14. Optionally, add a second population by clicking the  Second population button. The dialog will now update and show the fields to be filled out.
15. Repeat steps 7 to 9 to configure the added population.
16. Click on Create. This closes the dialog Create widget.

* In the workspace, the user type of your user must be set to power user to use this feature.