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Epic report: Sum of story points inconsistent

timchribi9

Hi there,

i am interested in knowing the total number of story points of one of our epics. For this I went into the "epic report" which directly gives me the sum of story points (on the right hand side).

When I then export all the items of this epic into excel and take the sum of all story points I get a sum that is twice the amount than in the epic report.

Is there a filter that I am not aware of in the epic report or how can this (high) gap be explained?

Many thanks in advance.

Best,

Tim

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Angélica Luz

Hello timchribi9,

Thank you for getting in touch with Atlassian Community!
Just for us to better understand and help you with this issue, can you please let us know if when you export the items of the epic, if sub-tasks are also listed?

Regards,
Angélica

timchribi9

Hi @Angélica Luz,

no, subtasks are not listed. The export only includes stories (most of them with story points) of this epic. I get this export by clicking on "show these items in the
process navigator" (literally translated, my Jira is in German).

Best,

Tim

Angélica Luz

Hi Tim,

To further investigate this issue, we will have to create a ticket with our support.
In this case, the best option is to check your project to check the configuration, so in order to verify this, we will have to access your instance, if you allow us to.
Please, feel free to raise a request on support.atlassian.com or let us know if you are using Cloud or Server, so we can create the ticket on your behalf.

Regards,
Angélica

Corey King_kzm3cs

Has this been answered? FYI: A similar question was asked back in 2016 and the response was "you need a plug in" (see link below). This seems like a very obvious need: A report that can clearly show, by team, their Epics and the point sizing of those Epics, as well as the lead and cycle times.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Sum-Story-Points-to-Epic/qaq-p/355859