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Gem
Analytics Extention - Analytics widgets

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Area

Planning.

TFS Availability

Not available.

Value

• This extension adds a series of widgets (CFD, Lead, Cycle, Velocity, Burndown and Burn up) that can be used on your dashboards.
• For added functionality, you can build your own Power BI dashboards as detailed in the article: Connect to VSTS with Power BI Data Connector. We'll cover this gem on a future

Here is a quick step-by-step:

• Add the extension from the marketplace by searching for "Analytics"

• After installation, you will have the new widgets available

• Open a dashboard and enter Edit mode
• Add the widgets and save

References:

• Analytics Extention for VSTS. Get it from the marketplace
• Connect to VSTS with Power BI Data Connector article 
• More on Power BI https://powerbi.microsoft.com

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