Use Cases: Build Custom Jira Apps, Dashboards, and Widgets with No-Code Apps Creator

Get inspired with these practical app examples. Each includes a complete prompt you can copy directly into the No-Code Apps Creator and customize for your needs.

Dashboard Gadgets - Data Visualization & Metrics

📊Use case: Cross-Project Status Dashboard

You manage several projects in Jira Cloud and need a single view to monitor overall progress — including statuses, deadlines, and blockers — without switching between multiple dashboards.

Solution: Use No-Code Apps Creator for Jira to generate a Cross-Project Status Dashboard with a simple prompt automatically.

Create a cross-project status dashboard that shows:
– Project summary cards with overall status
– Charts of issue counts by status
– A milestone timeline
– A list of overdue or blocked issues
– A dropdown to filter by department

Watch the step-by-step demo and learn how to create your own Cross-Project Dashboard in minutes using No-Code Apps Creator for Jira Cloud.

📘 Use Case: Due Date Tracker Widget in Jira Cloud

You manage multiple Jira Cloud projects and want to stay ahead of deadlines. While due dates exist on individual issues, there’s no quick, visual way to monitor which tasks are overdue, due today, or coming up in the next few days — especially across multiple projects. Without that view, it’s easy to miss deadlines, delay responses, or lose visibility into urgent work.

💡 Solution: Use No-Code Apps Creator for Jira Cloud to create a live, color-coded widget that shows active issues grouped by urgency — directly on your Jira dashboard. The goal is to give teams:

• A daily snapshot of upcoming deadlines

• Visual signals to act fast on time-sensitive tasks

• An always-up-to-date view without building filters manually

You don’t need to select a gadget or configuration type — just open the app, describe what you want in plain English, and let the AI build it for you.

Create a widget that displays active issues grouped by due date: overdue, due today, due in 3 days, due in 7 days. Show each group in a column or card view, with issue count and key details. Add filters for project. Highlight overdue items in red, due today in orange, due in 3 days in yellow, due in 7 days in green.

Watch the tutorial: See how to create this Due Date Tracker step-by-step using No-Code Apps Creator.

Full Apps - Interactive Tools & Workflows

🧩 Use Case: Automated Jira Issue Assignment System

Jira administrator faced a recurring challenge: manually assigning new issues took too much time, often resulted in errors, and didn’t account for team members’ availability or workload.
They needed an automated solution that could assign issues intelligently — smarter than basic round-robin logic.

Solution: Using No-Code Apps Creator, the admin created a fully functional Forge app with four modules that solved:

• Eliminated manual, repetitive assignment work

• Ensured balanced workload distribution

• Reduced downtime during vacations and absences

• Provided full visibility into team performance and efficiency

• Improved operational control and accountability.

The result was a custom Automated Jira Issue Assignment System with the following features:

Manual Issue Assignment Page

• JQL-based issue finder for unassigned items

• Two assignment modes: rule-based or manual selection

• Step-by-step workflow: Find issues → Choose mode → Select user → Assign & log

Assignment Rules Configuration

• Rules are set up by project, issue type, and allowed days.

• Primary assignee with optional backup

• Smart logic: checks availability, uses backup if needed, logs all actions

Off-Day Management

• User vacation/absence tracking

• Automatic backup assignment during off-days

• Full transparency through logging

• Team-wide visibility for admins

Reporting Dashboard

• Filters: date range, project, assignee

• Key metrics: total assignments, active assignees, active days

• Visual analytics: daily trends, top assignees, assignments by Project

• Recent activity log for audit trails

🔎 Use Case: Cascading Dropdown App

Jira admins often need a way for users to choose structured options — for example, Category → Subcategory → Item → Subitem — when creating or updating issues.
The challenge: providing multi-level dropdowns without writing scripts, installing external plugins, or compromising data security.

Solution: No-Code Apps Creator generates a secure Forge app that replicates cascading field behavior using supported Forge modules:

• Admin Page (jira:globalPage) – to manage configuration hierarchies.

• Issue Panel (jira:issuePanel) – to display cascading dropdowns for each issue.

The AI builds the app UI, logic, and storage connections automatically — no coding required.

Result: Within minutes, you have a working Cascading Dropdown App:

• Admins can define a four-level hierarchy configuration (Category → Subcategory → Item → Subitem).

• Users can select values step by step in the Issue Panel.

• Selections are securely stored as issue properties and displayed directly inside the issue.

💡 Prompt Writing Techniques

Make It Visual:

Instead of: "Show team workload."
Try: "Display team member workload as horizontal progress bars with color coding."

Specify Data Sources:

Instead of: "Track project progress."
Try: "Track project progress using story points, epic completion, and milestone dates."

Define Interactions:

Instead of: "Let users update status."
Try: "Include dropdown menus for status updates, drag-and-drop task assignment, and one-click alerts."

Include Alerts & Indicators:

Instead of: "Show overdue items."
Try: "Highlight overdue items in red with days overdue counter and escalation warnings."

Request Comparisons:

Instead of: "Show velocity."
Try: "Show current velocity compared to last 3 sprints with percentage change and trend arrows."

🎯 Industry-Specific Adaptations

Development Teams:

Add: Code review metrics, deployment frequency, technical debt scores, automated testing results

Marketing Campaigns:

Add: Campaign performance data, content approval workflows, social media metrics, conversion tracking

Construction Projects:

Add: Safety metrics, permit tracking, material delivery status, weather impact indicators

Healthcare Initiatives:

Add: Compliance checklists, patient safety scores, regulatory approval status, audit trail reports

📝 Prompt Structure Template

Use this template for any app idea:

"Create a [dashboard gadget/project page app] that [main function].

Display: [specific visual elements]
Include: [data sources and metrics]
Features: [interactive elements]
Alerts: [warning conditions]
Organization: [grouping and filtering]"

Example:

"Create a dashboard gadget that tracks marketing campaign progress.

Display: Progress bars for each campaign with completion percentages
Include: Task counts, deadline indicators, and budget utilization
Features: Click to drill down into campaign details
Alerts: Red highlighting for campaigns behind schedule
Organization: Group by campaign type with sort by launch date"

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