Burndown Report is not reducing Remaining Estimate when time is logged.

Question

In my Burndown Report I see lots of entries like "4h logged, Remaining Time Estimate changed from 8h to 8h". The hours logged vary of course, but the Remaining Estimate doesn't decrement. If I look at the Estimate tab in the Issue I do see that the remaining time is accurate so it appears to just be an issue with the report. Any ideas?

Jon Platt · Answer

Following up a little late on this.
The image below shows the problem I'm seeing. Time gets logged but doesn't change the RTE, Sometime later (or in one case earlier!) the RTE is updated. It's just weird.

Danut M [StonikByte] · Answer

Hi @Jon Platt ,

For the burndown chart to work based on time estimates, ensure that your agile board has Time tracking enabled.

Then, make sure you run the Sprint Burndown Chart Report by Remaining Time Estimate.

If this does not help, you could try the Burndown Burnup Chart gadget offered by our Great Gadgets app. This gadget works with any type of estimates and can include the sub-tasks in the estimation.

See also https://community.atlassian.com/t5/App-Central/Tracking-an-agile-project-that-uses-time-estimates-with-Great/ba-p/1699994

Hope this helps.

Danut.

Matt Parks · Answer

Silly question, but is the Burndown Chart configured to use Remaining Estimate? Even if that is what your board is configured to use as the Estimation value, the Burndown Chart can use a different value.

Given that you said that the 'Estimate' tab shows that the remaining estimate is accurate, I am assuming that you're using Remaining Estimate as the Estimation on your board.