Structure possibilities - Please clarify/help

Anusha Ramesh_uqjz14

Hi,

Please help me to achieve the below changes on structure jira. Guide me with steps please  

• Bug tickets without time estimate shouldn't be considered as milestones in "Structure". Only task tickets without time estimate should be considered as milestone. (Let me know if this is possible.)
•  Epic link needs to have start date and end date
•  Is it possible to have some indication/highlight in the Structure gantt for tasks which has higher spent time than the remaining time/ total estimated time.

Thanks,
Anusha

Stepan Kholodov _ALM Works_

Hello Anusha,

1. You can achieve this by doing the following:

- unselect the 'Treat tasks of zero duration as Milestones' option in Gantt chart's configuration(it's in the Scheduling tab).
- Click the New Slice button on the left in the configuration, select JQL at the top and define the scope of issues to which a new set of rules will be applied: for example, originalestimate is empty and type=bug
- click Add Section at the top, select Behavior | Milestone, save and close the settings. As a result, only bugs that have no Original Estimate defined will be treated as Milestones.
You can find more details about the Slice-based configurations in our wiki here: https://wiki.almworks.com/display/gantt/Slice-based+Configurations

2. Can you please clarify - do you mean Epics have Start & Finish dates defined in fields and you can't see them on the chart or you mean to ensure that Epics have both values on creation, or you mean something else? If both dates are there and you don't see them on the chart, this is possibly because of the enabled 'Treat parent issues as groups' option at the bottom of the Scheduling tab of the chart's configuration. Unselecting this option might help.

3. You can achieve this using the Formula column in your structure - you can have an additional column where an indicator can appear for any issue where Time Spent is higher than its estimate. You can use a formula like this: if(timespent > originalestimate, "overtime") and as a result, the 'overtime" text indicator will be shown for all issues that match the criteria. You can change it and/or add more visibility to it using Wiki markup. You can check our documentation on the Formula column for more details here: https://wiki.almworks.com/display/structure/Wiki+Markup+in+Formula+Columns

I hope this helps! If you need further assistance with Structure.Gantt, please feel free to reach out to us directly at support.almworks.com and we'll be back with you shortly.

Best regards,
Stepan Kholodov
ALM Works