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type: reference
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stage: Plan
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group: Optimize
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Issue analytics for projects **(PREMIUM)**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/196561) in GitLab 12.9.
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Issue analytics is a bar graph which illustrates the number of issues created each month.
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The default time span is 13 months, which includes the current month, and the 12 months
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prior.
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To access the chart:
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Analytics > Issue** .
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Hover over each bar to see the total number of issues.
To narrow the scope of issues included in the graph, enter your criteria in the
**Search or filter results...** field. Criteria from the following list can be typed in or selected from a menu:
- Author
- Assignee
- Milestone
- Label
- My reaction
- Weight
You can change the total number of months displayed by setting a URL parameter.
For example, `https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/issues_analytics?months_back=15`
shows a total of 15 months for the chart in the GitLab.org group.
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## Drill into the information
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/196547) in GitLab 13.1.
You can examine details of individual issues by browsing the table
located below the chart.
The chart displays the top 100 issues based on the global page filters.
