Is there a way to synchronize a Structure to roll up issues based on Assignee/Reporter?

Question

Is there currently a way to organize a Structure to rollup issues based on certain system fields such as Assignee/Reporter or perhaps the Month/Year of the created date? Currently I have been able to do this with the Created Month/Year by creating "dummy" issues that act as categories, but when I think about taking that idea and applying it to something as variable as "Assignee/Reporter" it seems a bit inefficient. Is there any creative way to do this? Thanks - Justin. Example: BY Assignee Bob issue1 issue2 issue3 Joe issue4 Tim issue5 issue6 By Created Year/Month 2014 Jan issue1 issue2 issue3 Feb issue4 issue5 issue6

Igor Sereda [ALM Works] · Accepted Answer

Hi Justin,

Good question. Indeed, the approach you've used - creating "dummy" issues - is something that most people use in this case. We call it "meta-issues" and we usually advise creating a separate project and/or issue type for them so they don't disrupt the usual reporting and workflow.

There's no other way to do this grouping right now, but we're already working on Structure 3.0, which will let you have other types of "items" in the structure - users, projects, etc, or even just some text. It will also have automated grouping capability. There's no release date yet, but you can stay tuned at http://almworks.com/company/newsletter.html

Hope this helps!
Igor