Issue Hierarchy Structure

[Minakshi Sharma]

I would appreciate some help around setting up issue type hierarchy in Jira. Currently in my project, we have only two level (default) hierarchy in issue type structure. That is Epic is linked to User Stories and Tasks; then user User Story and Tasks we have subtasks. I am looking for a three-level hierarchy structure in our Jira instance as shown below:

 Epic -> Feature-> User Story-> Subtask OR even better would be: Initiative-> Epic -> Feature-> User Story-> Subtask.

 I created the Initiative issue type in Jira but am unable to create the hierarchy structure.

[Bob Moore]

Hi Nathan,

I'd first recommend using the Release Burndown chart. This will show the progress of versions and the completed tasks contained in them.

Secondly, you can use the Epic Burndown chart to track progress of your epics.

[Nathan Haddaway]

Steven, thanks for responding.  I have to status about 40 epics every week.   Is there a way to concisely do this? Or, am I forced to click on each individual epic from a drop down to get a complete, per epic, status of our project?

[Bob Moore]

You're welcome Nathan.

Out of the box, I don't believe so.

If you have the option to install add ons, you could try Structure. You'd be able to build a report and export to Excel in the following format.

Epic 1

Story A > Done

Story B > In progress

Epic 2

Story A > Done

Story B > Done