Burndown completely ignoring sub-task hours using "Remaining Estimate".

[steve_josue]

We are using Jira Cloud and, in the settings, we turned on "Enable Timekeeping" and the "Estimation Type = Story Points". The other symptom is we no longer have any history of
 committed story Points in the Velocity Report, only completed.  Workaround for "Remaining Estimate" burndown: If we load the sum of the sub-tasks up into the story level, and zero out the sub-tasks, the burndown works using logged time against the story. This is not what we want to do.

Some contexts:

• We have 5 other teams using same settings and their burndowns look great using Remaining Estimate burning down sub-tasks hours. When we switch to view Story Points burndown, that looks good as well. The only difference between the problematic team, is that we put a new workflow underneath it recently. Our Jira support staff doesn't think the workflow has anything to do with the failures in our reporting.

Thoughts????

Thanks all,

Steve Josue

[Zane eazyBI Support]

Hi, @steve_josue

If you do not mind using a third-party app, eazyBI can provide Sprint reports that include sub-tasks and allow you to see progress based on estimates and logged hours, as well as story points. eazyBI aggregates logged hours and estimates from sub-tasks based on the sprints of their parent issue.

For example, you can build a comprehensive Sprint burn-down report based on remaining estimates and logged hours that includes all sub-task data.

Check out this interactive example: https://eazybi.com/accounts/1000/cubes/Issues/reports/144076-time-tracking-burndown-in-selected-sprint

We also have several sample sprint reports that might be helpful for your team's needs in our Demo account: https://eazybi.com/accounts/1000/dashboards/5956-sprints-overview

Best,
Zane / Support@eazyBI.com

[Danut M _StonikByte_]

Hi @steve_josue,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

As far as I know, Jira's reports and gadget do not take subtasks into account.

If you really need to track by sub-tasks, my advice is to stop struggling with the Jira reports and look for a plugin on the Atlassian Marketplace that can generate better reports.

In case you consider the idea of using a plugin, our Great Gadgets app offers all you need for tracking you sprints / projects by any type of estimates (story points, remaining estimates, etc), with/without sub-tasks. The app offers gadgets like Sprint Burndown Burnup Chart, Release Burndown Burnup Chart (with Forecast), Team Velocity and many more - all you need for tracking the projects in the way you want. 

More details in these articles:

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/App-Central-articles/Tracking-an-agile-project-that-uses-time-estimates-with-Great/ba-p/1699994
• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/App-Central-articles/8-gadgets-for-a-powerful-Scrum-dashboard-in-Jira/ba-p/1683063

Danut.