Tracking Time Towards Projects or Epics

Ashley Byrd February 27, 2025

We are looking to track time against epics and stories to understand how much time we contributed towards a project or feature we've been working on, without having to have our devs track this themselves. 

Is there some kind of existing reporting in JIRA we can use that shows time against epics and stories or a report we can create to provide us with this information? 

 

 

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Valeriia_Havrylenko_SaaSJet
Atlassian Partner
February 27, 2025

Hi @Ashley Byrd 👋

If you consider installing third-party add-ons, option for you can be Time In Status. You can get various real time reports with add-on. Іdentify the loops in the workflow in a few clicks. For this just:

  1. Choose Project, Assignee, Sprint etc.
  2. Filter issues by Time Ranges
  3. Enjoy you report as Table or Chart view. 


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2. Also the Assignee time report can be useful for you. This report will notify you of how much time each Assignee spent on each task.

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3. Also you can see Time in States Metrics as a Dashboard Gadget. For an example how long a task was in progress on each Assignee or how long it was Unassigned. You also have a Table or Chart view for this.

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4. For more in-dept analysing try out Pivot view table. We can evaluate how much the time in the In Progress status has changed depending on the number of tasks, and we can also “dive deeper” and see which tasks have spent a lot of time.

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You can also book a live demo - we'll show you the application inside out and answer all your questions.

Add-on developed by my team.

I hope you find this helpful 🚀

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Ayça Erdem_OBSS_
Atlassian Partner
February 27, 2025

Hello @Ashley Byrd 

There is no built-in solution in Jira to automatically track time spent on epics and stories without manual time tracking. However, you can achieve this using a Marketplace app.

Timepiece - Time in Status for Jira, developed by my team at OBSS, is the leading "Time in Status" app in the Atlassian Marketplace. It allows you to track how much time each issue spends in each status and provides detailed reports that will meet your needs. The app is available for both Jira Cloud and Data Center.

Timepiece mainly allows you to see how much time each issue spent on each status or each assignee.

Status Duration report which shows how much time each issue spent on each status. You can combine the time for multiple statuses to get metrics like Issue Age, Cycle Time, Lead Time, Resolution Time etc. and also You can use custom JQL to filter issues by epic, then analyze the total resolution time for all issues under that epic.Status Duration Report in Detail.png

For all numeric report types, you can calculate averages and sums of those durations grouped by the issue fields you select. For example total in-progress time per customer or average resolution time per sprint, week, month, issuetype, request type, etc. The ability to group by parts of dates (year, month, week, day, hour) or sprints is particularly useful here since it allows you to compare different time periods or see the trend. 

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The app calculates its reports using already existing Jira issue histories so when you install the app, you don't need to add anything to your issue workflows, and you can get reports on your past issues as well.

Timepiece reports can be accessed through its own reporting page, dashboard gadgets, and issue view screen tabs. All these options can provide both calculated data tables and charts. The app has a REST API so you can get the reports from Jira UI or via REST. Also you can export the reports in to various formats easily. 

Visit Timepiece - Time in status for Jira  to explore how our JIRA add-on can revolutionize your metrics measurement process.

Hope it helps,

Ayça

 

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Humashankar VJ
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February 27, 2025

Hi @Ashley Byrd 

To track time against Epics and Stories in Jira without manual input from developers, you have several options, depending on your setup and permissions.

  • Jira offers a few out-of-the-box solutions. For classic projects, you can utilize the Time Tracking Report, which displays Original Estimate, Time Spent, and Remaining Time for issues. This data can be rolled up to Epics using JQL filters.
  • In addition, the Workload Pie Chart and Created vs. Resolved Reports, accessible via Dashboards, provide visualizations of workload by issue type.

If you're using Jira Premium, Advanced Roadmaps offer roll-up time tracking at the Epic level, providing a more comprehensive solution.

Hope this helps - Happy to help further!!
Thank you very much and have a great one!
Warm regards

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