We're on RTC 5.0.  On the RTC dashboard I can add a widget for Advanced Release Burndown.  When setting up the query for the widget it allows me to select the timeline and iterations.  However, not all of the iterations are displayed in the Iteration selection box, although they are all defined the same way and have the A release is scheduled for this iteration check box marked.  Reviewing similar questions on this forum I found this question and answer, https://jazz.net/forum/questions/208473/why-does-the-parameter-list-for-the-story-points-viewlet-not-include-all-iterations
  which indicates that at least one story needs to be assigned to an iteration for it to show up in the selection box.  However, this seems to be counter to Agile, since I didn't think stories were assigned to iterations until iteration planning meetings, at that time stories are assigned to the current iteration.  Is there a better way for me to use this report (widget) without having to artificially assign stories to iterations?  Doing that would also mess up the plan views that I use.

Thanks,
Joe