Repository metrics, pull requests, issues, deployments, and organisation-wide development KPIs. Requires [Business+].
At a glance
Connection type: Personal access token (PAT)
Status: Available
Plan: Business+
Data points: 36 metrics available in the KPI catalog
Metrics you can track
Connected KPIs can sync the following categories from GitHub. See Data points for the complete catalog with descriptions.
Code Quality: Commit Frequency, Contributor Participation
Commit Activity: Active Contributors, Code Additions, Code Deletions, Monthly Commits, Total Contributors (+1 more)
Deployments: Active Deployments, Failed Deployments, Failed Workflow Runs, Successful Deployments
Issues: Avg Issue Close Time, Closed Issues, Issue Close Rate, Open Issues (Excluding PRs)
Organization Metrics: Organization Contributors, Organization Open Issues, Organization Open PRs, Organization Total Forks, Organization Total Repositories (+2 more)
Pull Requests: Avg PR Merge Time, Closed Pull Requests, Draft Pull Requests, Merged Pull Requests, Open Pull Requests
Releases: Latest Release Downloads, Releases This Period, Total Releases
Repository Metrics: Open Issues, Repository Forks, Repository Size, Repository Stars, Repository Watchers
Documentation in this folder
Quick start
Open Workspace Settings → Integrations and connect GitHub.
Complete authentication (OAuth popup, PAT paste, or API key) and select the account, property, repo, or location when prompted.
On KPIs & Dashboards, create a KPI, choose Connected, and pick your GitHub connection.
Select a data point from the catalog (see the Data points article in this folder for the full list).
Set a sync frequency. An initial sync runs after save; use Resync on the KPI card for on-demand updates.
Learn more
Full setup walkthrough: Setup & usage
Permissions and scopes: Access & permissions
Example dashboards and KPIs: Use cases
What you can measure
Commit activity, contributors, and code churn
Pull request throughput, merge times, and open PR counts
Issues opened, closed, and average close time
Deployments, workflow failures, and release activity
Organisation roll-ups (repos, stars, open PRs) when using org-scoped tokens
Connection type
PAT - paste a GitHub fine-grained token; Elevale validates before saving.
No OAuth popup - tokens are encrypted server-side after validation.