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Reporting & Dashboards in Cursor: A Deep Dive (2026)

Build real-time dashboards that surface project health, velocity, and blockers.

What is Reporting & Dashboards?

Reporting and dashboards translate raw task data into insight. Good PM tool reporting goes beyond "how many tasks are open" to answer: Is this sprint on track? Where are the bottlenecks? Which team is overloaded? What did we actually ship this quarter? Dashboards serve two audiences — the team (operational) and leadership (strategic).

How Cursor Implements Reporting & Dashboards

Available

✗ No

Plan required

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G2 score

4.7 / 5.0

G2 reviews

200

Starting price

$20/user/mo/user/mo

Cursor does not have native reporting & dashboards support. The setup guide below explains workaround options and integrations that fill the gap.

Step-by-Step Setup Guide

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In Cursor, navigate to Dashboards or Reports from the main sidebar.
2
Create a new dashboard and give it a descriptive name (e.g. "Sprint Health — Q2 2026" or "Engineering Throughput").
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Add a "Tasks by Status" or "Work Overview" widget — this is the baseline view most teams want first.
4
Add a velocity or throughput chart to track sprint-over-sprint improvement. Most tools show this in Reports > Velocity.
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Add a "Issues by Assignee" breakdown to surface workload imbalances across the team.
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Use label or tag filters to segment the dashboard by project type or team.
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Share the dashboard with stakeholders as a read-only link, and schedule a weekly email digest if the tool supports it.

Pro Tips

Build two dashboard views: one for the team (operational detail — blockers, WIP, cycle time) and one for leadership (strategic summary — throughput, on-track epics, upcoming milestones).
Cycle time (time from "In Progress" to "Done") is the single most useful metric for teams trying to improve delivery speed. Add it to every dashboard if the tool supports it.
Export dashboard data to CSV monthly and store it — historical comparisons (Q1 vs Q2 throughput) are only possible if you have the raw data.

Limitations to Know

Cursor has limited built-in reporting. Most teams export data via the API or CSV and build dashboards in external tools like Tableau, Looker, or Google Data Studio.
Real-time streaming dashboards are not available — data in Cursor's built-in reports refreshes on a schedule (typically every few minutes to an hour).
Cross-project rollup reports (e.g. portfolio-level throughput across 10 projects) may require the Enterprise plan or a third-party BI integration.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cursor offers basic status views but lacks a full dashboard builder. For custom reporting, most teams connect Cursor to an external tool via the API — Google Data Studio and Tableau are common choices.

Cursor supports read-only dashboard sharing via public or restricted links on most paid plans. Recipients can view the dashboard without a Cursor login. For regular stakeholder reporting, check if the tool supports scheduled email reports or embeddable dashboard widgets.

Cursor's built-in reports typically include: task counts by status and assignee, sprint velocity and burndown, cycle time and lead time (on higher plans), and project progress against milestones. Custom reports — filtering and grouping by any combination of fields — are available on paid plans.

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Data verified 2026-03-30. Some links may be affiliate links — see disclosure.