Data-driven DevSecOps: Exploring GitLab Insights Dashboards

Nov 20, 2024Ricardo Amarilla Villalba

SummaryAI, from the source post

This post introduces the configuration of GitLab Insights Dashboards using `.gitlab/insights.yml` to create custom merge request analytics. It details how to leverage labels for squad and requirement type tracking, and provides YAML examples for creating stacked bar charts to visualize merge requests merged per week/month, filtered by squad and categorized by type. It also mentions using the GitLab API and CI for label automation.

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