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Add Individual User Merge Request Dashboard in Productivity Mode

Summary

Add an Individual User Merge Request Dashboard to the Team-wise Productivity Leaderboard that displays detailed merge request information (project name, MR title, status, and URL) when a user is selected. This improves transparency and enables deeper analysis of individual contributions.

Problem to Solve

As a mentor or project reviewer, I want to view a detailed list of merge requests created by each team member so that I can accurately assess their contributions and development progress.

Intended Users

  • Contributors / Developers
  • Mentors
  • Project Leads
  • Admins

User Experience Goal

Users should be able to select a team and individual member and instantly view that user's merge request history in a clean, readable dashboard table.

Proposal

When a user is selected from the team dropdown in the Productivity Dashboard:

  1. The system fetches all merge requests authored by that user.
  2. Displays a dynamic dashboard table containing:
    • Project Name
    • MR Title
    • Status (opened / merged / closed)
    • MR URL
  3. Data should load with a spinner and handle cases where no MRs exist gracefully.

Further Details

  • Implementation added inside modes/productivity_mode.py.
  • Uses GitLab project scanning for accurate MR retrieval.
  • Avoids GitLab API filtering limitations.
  • Improves:
    • Individual performance review
    • Team evaluation
    • Contribution transparency

Security or Permissions Considerations

  • No new permissions required.
  • Uses existing GitLab API access token.
  • Read-only access to merge request data.
  • No modification of GitLab data.

Documentation Impact

  • Update:
    • README.md → Add description of the new dashboard feature
    • User guide → Productivity dashboard usage section

Testing Considerations

Tests Required:

  • Unit tests for:
    • MR data fetching logic
  • UI tests for:
    • Table rendering
    • Empty MR result handling

Edge Cases:

  • Users with zero merge requests
  • API timeout or failure
  • Large number of merge requests

Milestone & Labels

Suggested Milestone:
Analytics Dashboard Enhancements

Suggested Labels:
enhancement
feature
dashboard
analytics
good first issue

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