Cumulative Flow Diagram

Date Ranges & Scoping

Choose the time window the CFD covers. The right date range depends on whether you are monitoring ongoing flow or analyzing a specific sprint or release.

Date Range Modes

ModeDescriptionBest For
Rolling daysLast N calendar days ending todayOngoing Kanban monitoring
Custom date rangeSpecific from-date to to-datePoint-in-time analysis or reporting periods
Dates of a sprintScoped to sprint start and end datesSprint health and retrospectives
Project release datesScoped to a fix version's start/end datesRelease tracking and delivery analysis

Rolling Days Options

Choose from: 7 days · 14 days · 30 days · 60 days · 90 days · 180 days

Use 7–14 days for active sprint monitoring. Use 30–90 days for Kanban flow trends and release tracking.

Sprint Scoping

  1. Set Date Range to Dates of a sprint
  2. Select a sprint from the dropdown

Latest Sprint Auto

Instead of selecting a specific sprint, choose "Latest sprint (auto)". The CFD automatically uses whichever sprint is currently active - no manual update needed when a new sprint starts.

Tip: Use "Latest sprint auto" on any permanent team dashboard so the CFD always shows the current sprint without anyone needing to reconfigure it.

Release / Version Scoping

  1. Set Date Range to Project release dates
  2. Select a fix version from the project's version list
  3. The chart spans from the version's start date to its release date

This is ideal for release health dashboards - the chart automatically scopes to your release window.

Interval Granularity

Control how many data points appear on the X-axis:

IntervalBest For
1 dayShort sprints, detailed monitoring
1 weekMulti-week releases, quarterly views
2 weeksLonger release cycles
1 monthYear-level or roadmap views

Wider intervals produce smoother charts - useful when daily variation creates visual noise.