Structure Story Points Aggregation

[Yaniv]

Using Structure on Jira cloud I don't understand the behavior of the numbers...

When looking at the Story Point field it looks ok.

When looking at the Sum of Story Points field - why do I see the  number 26 and why does it change whenever I change the value in the field to the left? 

Is it according to original estimation and then it is updated if I add or remove SP?

Is there an option to view only the latest sum?

[Yaniv · Accepted solution]

I think I found the issue...might happen when editing the SP value manually on the Story when it has sub-tasks with SP

[Stepan Kholodov _Tempo_ · Accepted solution]

Hello @Yaniv 

The Σ Story Points column aggregates Story Points in the hierarchy. I.e. you get 26 for the top issue because it has 13 Story Points individually, and there is the 8 + 5 Story Points summed up value from its sub-issues. The column reflects the existing values in the Story Points field in Jira, so if you change the field's value, what you see in the column is changed as well.

I hope this helps. If you need further assistance or have other questions about Structure, please reach out to us directly at our support portal.

Best regards,
Stepan
Tempo (the Structure app vendor)

[Yaniv]

So assuming I run an automation to calculate all the SP from the sub-tasks into the Story, it will be ok for the first time, but then, if an estimation of a SP of a sub-task is chancing, the story already has a value so at this time I will see again 2 numbers next to the story under the mentioned field.

Any way to avoid it?

[Stepan Kholodov _Tempo_]

@Yaniv 

If you mean that you see 2 numbers next to each other for a Story, then it is expected in cases when the Story has its own value: then the aggregated value for the hierarchy is shown in black(as on the screenshot above for the CLONE story - it's 26: 13 of CLONE's own Story Points + 13 summed up Story Points of its sub-issues) and the own value of the Story is shown in grey.

If you mean something else or you need further assistance with this, please submit a support request at our portal and we'll get back to you shortly.

Best regards,
Stepan