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Working with Columns

Owned by Jaramy Conners
Last updated: Aug 29, 2024
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Structure columns allow you to view key information about your issues at a glance. You can customize the information that is available by adding new columns or changing the arrangement of your columns.

Structure with several columns

By default, the following columns are visible in a structure:

  • Summary - Displays the issue summary. This is also where your issue hierarchy is visible – the summary for child issues is indented relative to their parent issues.

  • Key - Displays the issue key.

  • Progress - Displays issue progress based on time tracking, and aggregates that progress up the hierarchy.

You can add additional columns to visualize data for your project. The following column types are available:

  • Progress - Display an aggregate issue progress, which is calculated based on values from the issue and its sub-issues.

  • Formula - Perform calculations or comparisons based on issue fields or other attributes.

  • Number - Create and track custom numeric values.

  • Text - Create and track custom text values.

  • Date - Create and track custom date values.

  • Time in Status - Track how much time issues spend in a particular status.

  • Test Run - Build custom testing solutions.

  • Other Structure Fields - Data related to the structure hierarchy, such as Count Leaves, Row ID, and Sequential Index.

  • Jira fields - Track and aggregate values from Jira fields.

  • Tempo fields - Manage values from other Tempo products, including Tempo Work Logged, Tempo Planned Time, Tempo Accounts, and Tempo Teams

To learn more about the available columns, see Adding Columns.

Adding Columns

To add new columns, click the + sign to the far right of the column headers.

Adding a column

Sorting by Columns

Sum over sub-items

The Sum over sub-items option allows you to aggregate values within a column based on the value of sub-items. In the example below, the Σ Remaining Estimate value for Epic 3 is the total of its sub-issues' Remaining Estimates.

To show aggregate values for a column, click the column header, select Edit column, and check the Sum over sub-items box. Sum over sub-items is only available when an aggregate value is available: numbers, durations, and formulas.

When using sum over sub-items:

  • When an aggregate value is displayed for an issue that also has its own value in the field, its own value is displayed next to the aggregate value in gray (see Story 2 above).

  • Since issues can be present multiple times in a structure, you can select whether you want to count every instance of an issue or count it just once. By default, duplicates are counted each time they appear. To exclude them, select Exclude Duplicates in the column options.

Next Steps

Next, we'll look at how to edit issues from within a structure.

Editing Issues in Structure