Merge request analytics

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Use merge request analytics to view:

  • The number of merge requests your organization merged per month.
  • The average time between merge request creation and merge event.
  • Information about each merged merge request (such as milestone, commits, line changes, and assignees).

You can use merge request analytics to identify:

  • Low or high productivity months.
  • The efficiency and productivity of your merge request and code review processes.

View merge request analytics

Prerequisites:

  • You must have at least the Reporter role.

To view merge request analytics:

  1. On the left sidebar, select Search or go to and find your project.
  2. Select Analyze > Merge request analytics.

View the number of merge requests in a date range

To view the number of merge requests merged during a specific date range:

  1. On the left sidebar, select Search or go to and find your project.
  2. Select Analyze > Merge request analytics.
  3. Optional. Filter results:
    1. Select the filter bar.
    2. Select a parameter.
    3. Select a value or enter text to refine the results.
    4. To adjust the date range:
      • In the From field, select a start date.
      • In the To field, select an end date.

The Throughput chart shows issues closed or merge requests merged (not closed) over a period of time.

The table shows up to 20 merge requests per page, and includes the following information about each merge request:

  • Merge request name
  • Date merged
  • Time to merge
  • Milestone
  • Commits
  • Pipelines
  • Line changes
  • Assignees

View average time between merge request creation and merge

The number in Mean time to merge shows the average time between when a merge request is created and when it’s merged. Closed and not yet merged merge requests are not included.

To view Mean time to merge:

  1. On the left sidebar, select Search or go to and find your project.
  2. Select Analyze > Merge request analytics. The Mean time to merge number is displayed on the dashboard.