eazyBI vs Jira built-in reporting

Jira reporting is very limited. There are about ten report options available, with some limited configuration options, and that is essentially the extent of it.

eazyBI, on the other hand, offers an interface and tools to create almost any custom report you can imagine. Creating simple reports is straightforward, while advanced reports may require some knowledge of your data and an understanding of multi-dimensional cubes.

When you install eazyBI, you will receive a few sample reports. Additionally, eazyBI offers dozens of demo dashboards containing hundreds of report examples that you can use with your Jira instance by exporting and importing report definitions from the demo account to your account.

• Jira reports: https://eazybi.com/accounts/1000/cubes
• Jira Service Management reports: https://eazybi.com/accounts/1001/cubes
• GIT Log analysis: https://eazybi.com/accounts/9041/cubes
• SQL, Google Spreadsheet, CSV, and Excel data reports: https://eazybi.com/accounts/8336/cubes/

Jira supports line, bar, and table charts, while eazyBI offers a broader range of visualizations, including Table, Column (Stacked column), Bar (Stacked bar), Area (Stacked area), Line, Timeline (zoom in/out), Pie (specific charts only), Scatter (Bubble scatter), Gantt, Gauge, and Map charts.

In Jira reports, you are limited to chart-specific dimensions and levels. In contrast, eazyBI allows for an unrestricted chart structure; you can utilize any combination of dimensions and measures. You can drill down using hierarchies, create custom calculations, and apply dynamic page filters, among other features.

Jira reporting is confined to Jira data only. eazyBI not only supports Jira Standard and custom fields but also integrates with third-party applications like Zephyr, Xray, Tempo Timesheets, Projectrak, Jira Misc calculated fields, JavaScript fields, and advanced field imports. Additionally, eazyBI supports importing data from SQL databases, REST API sources, Excel and Google spreadsheets, Git, CSV files, and more.

eazyBI charts are interactive—you can add custom page filters, perform custom filter calculations, drill into details, drill across other dimensions, highlight cells by value, and filter by values or regex.

The Jira database schema is designed for data storage. In contrast, the eazyBI database schema is based on a specialized star schema optimized for real-time analytical processing. This design greatly enhances the stability, speed, portability, scalability, and platform independence of eazyBI.