Using Crucible gadgets

This page explains how to add a Crucible gadget to a JIRA dashboard. The process is similar for adding a gadget to a Confluence page.

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Overview of Crucible gadgets

As of the release of Crucible 2.3, you can display Crucible data in other Atlassian applications, such as JIRA and Confluence, by using Crucible gadgets.

Crucible bundles the following gadgets by default:

Gadget Name	Description and Gadget URL	Screenshot
Hassle Review Blockers	This gadget shows you who you are still waiting on; in other words, which reviewers haven't completed your reviews. The URL for this gadget is: http://HOSTNAME:8060/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/com.atlassian.fecru.fecru-gadgets-plugin:overdueReviews/gadgets/hassle.xml Where HOSTNAME:8060 is the hostname of your Crucible instance.
Overdue Reviews	This gadget shows you reviews that are yet to be completed in the project, across all authors. This is useful for managers or team leads. The URL for this gadget is: http://HOSTNAME:8060/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/com.atlassian.fecru.fecru-gadgets-plugin:overdueReviews/gadgets/overdueReviews.xml Where HOSTNAME:8060 is the hostname of your Crucible instance.
Review Inbox	This gadget is a list of Crucible to-do items including reviews to do, comments to read or reviews to summarise. The URL for this gadget is: http://HOSTNAME:8060/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/com.atlassian.fecru.fecru-gadgets-plugin:overdueReviews/gadgets/todo.xml Where HOSTNAME:8060 is the hostname of your Crucible instance.
Review Coverage	This gadget shows content from the innovative Review Coverage report, letting you investigate how much of your codebase has been under code review. The URL for this gadget is as follows: http:/HOSTNAME:PORT/CONTEXT/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/com.atlassian.crucible.plugins.review-coverage-report:recent-changesets/gadget/recent-changesets.xml Where HOSTNAME:8060 is the hostname of your Crucible instance.   A known bug may be preventing this gadget to be used. Please track CRUC-6186 - Getting issue details... STATUS for resolution.

1. Add an application link from FishEye to JIRA

Go to the admin area in FishEye and set up an application link from FishEye to JIRA.

When completing the wizard, leave the Also create a link checkbox selected, and choose the These servers fully trust each other option.

2. Add the Crucible gadget to JIRA's Gadget Directory

As a JIRA administrator you allow the use of these gadgets by adding them to the Gadget Directory. You'll need the URL listed in the table above for each gadget that you want to add.

See the JIRA documentation for details on this process.

3. Add the Crucible gadget to a JIRA dashboard

As a JIRA user, you can add gadgets to a JIRA dashboard that you have created.

Once added, the gadget will appear on your JIRA dashboard and display information drawn from Crucible and FishEye.

You can also add Crucible gadgets to the Confluence dashboard. See the General Gadgets Documentation for more information.