Viewing epics, tasks and subtasks

[RedBottle]

For our users, we would like to create a good overview in Jira.

We have a company-managed business project in Jira Cloud, which we use to track (short-ish) projects for a department.

Every project in that department, is an epic in this jira-project. An epic contains a set of tasks and some tasks even have subtask.

We would like to have a list of the uncompleted epic's, preferably without any tasks or subtasks visible.

Then we would like to be able to easily pick one of those epic's, and view all the tasks ánd subtasks within that epic.

We can create the first view in the list-view, that is an easy step.

To get a a view of all tasks and sub-tasks within an epic, we haven't found a solution yet. When we click an epic, it will show all tasks, but not the subtasks unfortunately.
A different approach would be the use of a filter on the view, but the amount of epics and the not-so-tech-savvy users, it will not be that user friendly to create custom filters for every epic.

Any ideas on how to create a good user experience for working with these epics?

[Rahul_RVS]

Hi @RedBottle 

If you are fine to explore a mktplace solution to view Epic Hierarchies, I can suggest our app

Issue Hierarchy 

The app also allows you to view your project issue hierarchy in a tree view. You can view %complete progress at each parent level. It rolls up the time tracking fields, story point or numeric fields at each parent level. The app can be added to a dashboard as well

Disclaimer : I am one of the app team member

[Mary from Planyway]

Hi @RedBottle 

If you consider third-party apps, I can tell you more about the timeline option.

In Planyway for Jira you can visualize the timeline by Epics and view all work items and subtasks depending on the set dates. At the same time, you can view the same in the list view on the right.

[Danut M _StonikByte_]

Hi @RedBottle,

To get a a view of all tasks and sub-tasks within an epic you could try the Jira's List view available in each project.

If this is not enough for you, you could look for an app (plugin) on Atlassian Marketplace that offers advanced capabilities.

In case you want to try an app, our Great Gadgets app offers some very useful gadgets for visualizing the epics and tracking their progress.

For example, with the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) gadget you can visualize the epics along with their child issues (including sub-tasks).

And with the Pivot Table & Pivot Chart gadget offered by the same app you can display the epics with their child and also calculate and display the progress based on their tasks and sub-tasks. 

For more details, see also this article: https://community.atlassian.com/forums/App-Central-articles/How-to-display-the-progress-of-Epics-or-Initiatives-in-Jira-or/ba-p/2858840

If you have any questions about our gadgets, feel free to contact us at support@stonikbyte.com. 

Danut.

[pawarsachin84]

Hello @RedBottle ,

Thank you for your question. 

You might be referring to the timeline view for the Jira project. On timeline view you will get two level like Epic and Story or Epic and Task.

something like this -

 

Jira timeline guide

For more advance level you can use advance planning by creating plan. You can refer below for more details.

Advanced planning guide in Jira