Visualize only second layer and below in Structure Board

Christian Roth_xttg0w

Hi all,

I'm trying to achieve a transformation or view of an existing structure board that shows only from the second layer onward, but could not find any documentation on how to achieve it, if it is possible. If I need to build a second structure board to achieve this, I would be OK with that also.

My hierarchy currently is Initiatives -> Epics -> Tasks ...

My structure board pulls in from a few projects with the limitation issuetype = initiative. I then expand child-parent link to pull in the Epics underneath them.

Epics use the bucket field to identify the teams working on the Epics.

 

What I currently visualize, using group by Bucket as first grouping

 (Initiative)

  - Bucket 1

     > Epic 1

     > Epic 2
  - Bucket 2 

     > Epic 3

(Initiative)

   - Bucket 1

     > Epic 4

   - Bucket 2 

     > Epic 5

 

What I would like to visualize (but currently cannot) - cursive is the cherry on top, if possible

Bucket 1 - summed estimate 10w

 > Epic 1  - original estimate 2w

 > Epic 2 - original estimate 5w

 > Epic 4 - original estimate 3w

Bucket 2 - summed estimate 16w

 > Epic 3 - original estimate 4w

 > Epic 5 - original estimate 12w

 

Cherry on top: Is there any way to summarize a field for effort for the whole bucket inside a structure board, in my case Original Estimate (which I can show for each epic, but I'd love a roll up).

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

Stepan Kholodov

Hello @Christian Roth 

If you want to simply hide the Initiatives at the top using a filter transformation, then it's not possible - Structure can't remove a parent issue when its sub-issues should be displayed.

If your goal is to simply have a structure with only Epics (and their sub-issues), then you can build the structure starting with the Epics - add them to an empty structure with an Insert generator - and then, if needed, use an Extend generator to add their sub-issues. The grouper by Bucket should get you the view you need.

As for summarizing estimates - you can just enable the 'Sum over sub-items' option in the Original Estimate column's configuration. The values will be summed up from the bottom hierarchy levels to the top.

I hope this helps. If you need further assistance here or if you have more questions about Structure, please reach out to us directly at our support portal and we'll get back to you shortly.

Best regards,
Stepan
Tempo (the Structure app vendor)