Question

What can I do with the new Reporting Features in FogBugz 8?

Answer 1

Reporting in FogBugz enables you to visualize the cases in any filter as a graphical chart or data table.

There are three types of reports: standard, time-based, and raw data summaries.

Standard Reports

Choose "Pie", "Bar" or "Column" from the Filter Type drop down on the left side of the filter bar. When viewing a Bar or Column report, you can change the report type between "Normal", "Stacked" and "100%" using the Chart Type drop down menu on the right side of the filter bar. Hovering your mouse over a section of a stacked report will show the section criteria and the number of cases within that section.

The reporting axis and breakdown can be changed using the drop down menus in the filter bar.

Time-Based Reports

Time-based reports are line graphs (either normal or stacked) that show changes to your data over time. Along with all of the features of standard reports, time-based reports include a menu to specify the time period that your report runs over.

Time based reports can show you the number of cases or the time estimated over time. If your filter includes cases without time estimates (and you're viewing a report by estimated time) you'll see an informational message letting you know that those cases are excluded from the report.

Raw Data Summaries

Sometimes you just want to see the numbers. You can do this by selecting "Table" from the Filter Type drop down on the left side of the filter bar. Summaries can be time-based as well.

Flexibility

The charts and tables have been designed with flexibility in mind. You can breakdown your reports by the count of cases, estimated time, time remaining or many other metrics. Through the use of plugins, reports can also be broken down by custom fields.

Answer 2

How about OLAP access? It would be hugely valuable to be able to connect to an OLAP cube from Excel to derive our own reports. I'm considering moving my 10+ team to TFS work item tracking for this alone. Please consider it, thanks!

Answer 3

"Reporting in FogBugz enables you to visualize the cases in any filter as a graphical chart or data table"

Does this completely remove current limitations of certain fields in filter (i.e. Tags, Title Searches, etc) than are not supported in visualizations?