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# Insights for groups **(ULTIMATE)**

> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/725) in GitLab 12.0.

Configure insights to explore data about you group's activity, such as
triage hygiene, issues created or closed in a given period, and average time for merge
requests to be merged.
You can also create custom insights reports that are relevant for your group.

## View group insights

Prerequisites:

- You must have [permission](../../permissions.md#group-members-permissions) to view the group.
- You must have access to a project to view information about its merge requests and issues,
  and permission to view them if they are confidential.

To access your group's insights:

1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Groups** and find your group.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Analytics > Insights**.

## Interact with insights charts

You can interact with the insights charts to view details about your group's activity.

![Insights example stacked bar chart](img/insights_example_stacked_bar_chart_v15_4.png)

### Display different reports

To display one of the available reports on the insights page, from the **Select report** dropdown list,
select the report you want to display.

### View bar chart annotations

To view annotations, hover over each bar in the chart.

### Zoom in on chart

Insights display data from the last 90 days. You can zoom in to display data only from a subset of the 90-day range.

To do this, select the pause icons (**{status-paused}**) and slide them along the horizontal axis:

- To select a later start date, slide the left pause icon to the right.
- To select an earlier end date, slide the right pause icon to the left.

### Exclude dimensions from charts

By default, insights display all available dimensions on the chart.

To exclude a dimension, from the legend below the chart, select the name of the dimension.

## Configure group insights

GitLab reads insights from the
[default configuration file](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/ee/fixtures/insights/default.yml).

To configure group insights:

1. Create a new file [`.gitlab/insights.yml`](../../project/insights/index.md#configure-project-insights)
in a project that belongs to your group.
1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Groups** and find your group.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > General**.
1. Expand **Insights**.
1. Select the project that contains your `.gitlab/insights.yml` configuration file.
1. Select **Save changes**.

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