How to automatically roll up Jira issue progress to Atlassian Goals (multi-level hierarchy)?

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Title:
How to automatically roll up Jira issue progress to Atlassian Goals (multi-level hierarchy)?

Description:

Hi everyone,

I am working with Atlassian Goals and trying to implement a hierarchical goal structure with Jira integration.

My structure looks like this:

• Main Goal

  • Sub-goal A

  • Sub-goal B

    • B1

    • B2

    • B3

  • Sub-goal C

At the lowest level (e.g., B1), I am linking Jira issues (Epics, Tasks, Bugs, Sub-tasks).

Requirement:

I want the progress to work like this:

1. Jira issue status → % (e.g., Done = 100%, In Progress = 50%, To Do = 0%)

2. B1 progress = average of linked Jira issues

3. Sub-goal B = average of B1, B2, B3

4. Main Goal = average of A, B, C

Question:

Is it possible in Atlassian Goals to automatically calculate and roll up progress from linked Jira issues to sub-goals and parent goals?

Or do we need to rely on:

• Manual goal score updates

• Jira Automation / custom fields

• Atlassian Analytics / external tools

Additional context:

I am looking for a scalable solution where goal progress updates dynamically based on Jira issue status changes.

Any best practices, workarounds, or app recommendations would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance! 🙂

[MARS SARID RANGKRUD]

"Linking the progress of a task (Jira) directly to the Goals in a 100% automated manner may lead to a lack of qualitative analysis, because 'task completed' does not always mean 'goal completed'. Having a manual review at the sub-goal level will help the data to be more reliable and reflect the truth."

[Frank Voss]

If you add the Jira work items to the goal and then use the Plans board view and group by goals, it will show the progress for the goal. We use it this way. 

[Damian Dabrowski]

The problem with the Plans board is that there's no goal hierarchy support, so all the Goals are listed alphabetically in a flat structure, rather than Main Goal -> Sub-goals -> Sub-goals, KPIs, etc.

So it certainly helps, but there's still a way to go to make it more user-friendly :)