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# Issues Analytics **(PREMIUM)**

> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/7478) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 11.5.
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/196561) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.9 at the project level.

Issues Analytics is a bar graph which illustrates the number of issues created each month.
The default timespan is 13 months, which includes the current month, and the 12 months
prior.

To access the chart, navigate to your group or project sidebar and select **{chart}** **Analytics > Issues Analytics**.

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.

![Issues created per month](img/issues_created_per_month_v12_8.png)

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