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How to add column "Epic Link" to the Plans
Asked by Anita Doma?ska:

Hello I would like to add Jira native field "Epic Link" to the Plans column. Same time I excluded Epics from the Plan to just track Stories and other issues from this level.

This column is nto visible for me.  

Additionally I cannot add other columns like: Reporter, Created etc...![2022-02-17 21_13_52-Resources allocation - Advanced Roadmaps - JIRA ? Mozilla Firefox.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/184093iFCEED3297BBEDFA1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2022-02-17 21_13_52-Resources allocation - Advanced Roadmaps - JIRA ? Mozilla Firefox.png")


Answers:
author: Anita Doma?ska
body: Thank you. That's indeed strange some core Jira fields are not accessible in this view.

What I did as a workaround I created custom field and this field copies the name of the Epic - inside of the Epic and it's children.


author: Curt Holley
body: Hi [@Anita Doma?ska](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4391017)

Yes, Epic link and other Epic or Version related fields are not supported/available in Advanced Roadmaps to display as a field/column. This is because they serve other key components of the Advanced Roadmaps views/hierarchy/grouping.

I must confess I've never noticed that fields like Reporter or Created are not available.. I don't know the reason why, but at a guess, because they are not (usually) fields that ever change.


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How can I change my Gant view to show individual task date start/end dates on my Gant Chart View?
Asked by Kate Erickson:

How can I change my Gant view to show individual task date start/end dates on my Gant Chart View? Right now, the way it's showing up on the right (Gant View), is that everything is just rolling up into just those tasks' Epic date, showing one big long line that is the same for every task, matching the Epic date rather than the individual task dates.

Each task does have its own start \& end date entered, so I know that isn't the issue. They are in their own Sprint, and Sprint started. Right now I do not have dependencies since most tasks are stacking on each other, so dependencies would mess up the proper end date.


Answers:
author: Anna Poppe
body: Hey Kate,

not sure if it'll help but have you tried toggling the Roll-up options in the View Settings?


Tags: advanced-roadmaps
Feeding team capacity in hours into Advanced Roadmaps
Asked by Steven Rohles:

Dear community,

I just set up my first Plan in Advanced Roadmaps, but I don't understand where I can put the capacity per person **in hours** (and not in story point estimates), so that Advanced Roadmaps can do the match between available capacity and tasks planned for a specific Sprint.

I have been using the 'Activity Timeline' app where I could put hours, but I am not sure if this app is able to communicate with Advanced Roadmaps.

And secondly, in the 'Sprint capacity management' view, I can only see tasks on 'task' level, but not on sub-task-level, which I would need as this is the hierarchy logic that I am using.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Steven


Answers:
author: Ostap Zaishlyi _Reliex_
body: Hello Steven!  

I am Ostap from [ActivityTimeline](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220860/activitytimeline-resource-planning-time-tracking?utm_source=community&utm_medium=link) Team.

Just want to clarify, that we do have a pretty [comprehensive integration with Advanced Roadmaps](https://activitytimeline.atlassian.net/l/c/et1ofArY) in terms of Teams, Assignees, and Start/Due date fields, so basically any change in the plan in Advanced Roadmap will be reflected in our app and vice versa.

Also, in Advanced Roadmaps, you can add the Remaining Estimate field, so you'll see how much time is left on the task (the same field that ActivityTimeline is using).

To do this, go to Advanced Roadmaps-\>Fields-\> Add a field called "Estimates (h)":  
![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/184170iF409EF376CEB3ABE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/184171i17DBCC7603CEFFB1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")  

Should you have any questions - feel free to [contact our support team](http://reliex.com/support).


Tags: advanced-roadmaps
Can I ingest plans into a parent plan in Advanced Roadmaps?
Asked by Liam Wickham:

Let me explain!

I have created two plans for now - a top level roadmap using Legends (above Epics).

I have created a website dev plan which has gantt-style placements by me to show start and end dates for each story within an epic. All placed manually by me.

I want to link the epic in website dev plan to a legend in the top level roadmap plan and have it display the timing placements above.

Currently it shows the issues but NOT the timing placements.

Is that possible?

I wondered if I should be using the Roadmap feature for each Board instead of a plan, but I don't understand if that actually feeds up to plans either.

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Aaron Gage
body: Unfortunately, I have not found a way around this. Within each plan, assuming you have a new enough Advanced Roadmaps version, there is an option to "Roll-up Dates" option under the View Settings drop down. This will do what provide what you're looking for but only for that specific plan. That feature does NOT write the rolled-up dates back into the JIRA database and thus any other plan is unaware of the rolled-up date.

Even with an Advanced Roadmap "Program" (which is the built in function to combine multiple Plans), the rolled-up date information is not represented in the larger Program UNLESS you manually change the Issue dates to match the roll-up representation.

I believe there is an improvement idea out there to provide a means to take the roll-up dates from a plan and write them back into the database thus allowing them to show up on other plans/programs, but don't think it's gained much traction.

comments: author: Liam Wickham
body: Thanks for the comprehensive response.

I find it very odd then - I guess I need to use one plan and view filters to give teams individual views so it is not too overwhelming.


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Is it possible to create cross-project releases using tickets from Software and Service Desk?
Asked by Marcela Gallegos:

We have projects that usually have a client-facing side (Jira Service Desk) and an internal side (Jira Software). We make sure a client-facing ticket has its 'clone' on the internal side so that we can group it into a release. Because we're not on premium Jira, we can't use the cross-project releases.

We're wondering if we do upgrade, would we be able to create releases and include tickets from Jira Service Desk in it? Or is it only across projects in Jira Software?


Answers:
author: Marlene Kegel - codefortynine
body: Hi [@Marcela Gallegos](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4144826),

I am Marlene from [codefortynine.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/1213041/codefortynine-gmbh)

Our app [Version Sync for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219807/version-sync-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&source=community18) might be interesting for you.

With our Atlassian Marketplace app you can [sync versions/releases between projects](https://c49.link/version-sync-for-jira/docs/sync-versions) or [from one project to another project.](https://c49.link/version-sync-for-jira/docs/duplicate-versions)

In the [Version Sync - Releases Overview](https://c49.link/version-sync-for-jira/docs/release-overview) you can get an overview about the synced releases.


author: Vishwas
body: Hey [@Marcela Gallegos](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4144826)

Before suggesting anything, would like to highlight a fact that cross-projects releases align multiple single-project releases, and is only used for planning purposes in Advanced Roadmaps. They can't be saved back to your Jira issues.

So if you upgrade to premium you would get advanced roadmaps --\> cross project releases for both Jira software and service management project. Is that the approach you are planning ?

As matter of fact the plans in advanced roadmaps can have tickets included from a board, filter or a project. So technically it i possible if you create filter to include the tickets and show them in the plan.
Dependencies report - how to display stories and tasks
Asked by Sari:

Hello!

I would like to use the "dependencies report" to see the relations between the different tickets (Epics, Stories, Tasks).

Unfortunately I am able to see only the relations between epics, even if I select the stories from the top menu.

Why I don't see them? and is there the possibility to show also the tasks, instead of sub-tasks? (since my teams are not using sub-tasks, but tasks).


Answers:
author: Curt Holley
body: Hi [@Sari](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4688972)

Are there stories and sub-tasks visible in the Plan issue source/s?   
If so, do they have the relevant linking to be visible in Plans (i.e. which link types are configured as Dependencies in Advanced roadmaps (ask an admin if you don't know or have access to check the settings.

comments: author: Sari
body: Hi [@Curt Holley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3527535) , Thanks for your reply!

Yes, they are visible in the plan issue sources.

The issues sources are from 2 different boards.

In the first one I have only initiatives, in the second one I have epics , stories and tasks (not sub-tasks).

Although I have this configuration, I can't see all the epics displayed in the dependencies report and the stories are not displayed at all.

For example that I have 164 issues in the plan, but in the dependencies report I can see only 7 epics, and the stories are not there.


author: Sari
body: ![Screenshot_1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/183942iBAF6DA2FE69A2793/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_1.png")


author: Curt Holley
body: And how many dependencies are there at the story level (of these datasets) that should be showing?

In your plan in the "Dependencies Management" view, how many stories are filtered in there?


author: Sari
body: Hello, I solved the issue.

I just needed to add manually the dependencies in the roadmap.

Thansk for the support!
Is there a way to create an "Epic" equivalent with my own name?
Asked by Sean F_:

I am unable to create an "Epic" hierarchy level equivalent called "Areas".


Answers:
author: Joseph Chung Yin
body: [@Sean F_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4560885)

Using Advanced Roadmap for Jira, you **cannot create an EPIC equivalent level issue type**. One can create new issue type(s) to serve as parent of EPIC. NOTE - One can even create multiple issue types and assign them to be a parent of EPIC or any level above EPIC.

What Atlassian Team mention is a upcoming function to allow us to rename EPIC to something else. However, it is not replacing the level where EPIC is being used as - It is simply a renaming functionality.

Hope this helps.

Best, Joseph Chung Yin

Jira/JSM Functional Lead, Global Infrastructure Applications Team

Viasat Inc.

comments: author: Sean F_
body: Thank you, Joseph. Yes it does.


author: Pramodh M
body: Hi [@Sean F_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4560885)

You only have two types of issue types in Jira

* Standard issue type
* Sub-task issue type

Creating another entity similar to an Epic is not possible by default.

If you are working in Cloud and working with Advanced Roadmaps, you have an option of creating a parent issue type to Epic or hierarchy similar to Epic with Parent link option

Let me if it is cloud or server

Thanks,  
Pramodh

comments: author: Sean F_
body: Ok. Thanks very much.


author: Rohan Swami
body: hi [@Sean F_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4560885) we will be introducing a new feature soon that may address your use case: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Rename-epics-in-your-company-managed-projects/ba-p/1874726>


Tags: advanced-roadmaps

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Teams by group
Asked by Kyle Cooke:

Hi,

Does anyone know of a way to populate a team based on a users group?

For example - Team A contains all members who are part of group A

Thanks,

Kyle.


Answers:
author: RISHAV KUMAR GUPTA
body: Hi [@Kyle Cooke](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4646526) you can add team members by navigating to the people. this might help.

![add 10 people.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/183473iC35B7BB57EBDA47C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "add 10 people.png")

But there is no option for adding groups to a team .

Thanks ,

Rishav

comments: author: Kyle Cooke
body: Hi [@RISHAV KUMAR GUPTA](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4706455)

We have been testing Teams under the people tab, but, as we have over 200 teams managing them separately away from groups/ldap is not viable.

Thanks,

Kyle


Tags: advanced-roadmaps

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How to auto add Epics as children to an Initiative using SR's 'create subtask' post function
Asked by Lara Arthur:

Hi community,

Looking to see if anyone has successfully been able to automate the adding of Epics to an Initiative level issue during workflow updates using ScriptRunner's 'create Subtask' post function.

Within the post function, ScriptRunner does allow for me to pick Epic as the subtask issue type...but when I apply this to the workflow, it ends up erroring out.

Initiative has been added to the hierarchy using Portfolio and the Parent Link field has been added to the Epic screens, but for some reason it will not create the Epic on the workflow transition.

Has anyone been able to figure this one out?


Answers:
author: Curt Holley
body: Hi [@Lara Arthur](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1409243)

I would recommend using the built in Automation for Jira instead of Scriptrunner for this.

But regardless of automation tool, Epic cannot be selected as a sub-task issue type, because it isn't one.

High level guess of what the automation might look like below. *Where customfield_10009 = Parent link and SAFe Epic is the equivalent of Initiative*

Disclaimer, I may not have that additional fields section setup quite right, but can't test it currently either...Sorry!!

Hopefully this can get you started/close?

![Screenshot 2022-02-15 160109.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/183351iA7430293E2C53E99/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2022-02-15 160109.png")

comments: author: Lara Arthur
body: I'll give it a try....I must say I've been staying away from it since I'm so used to using ScriptRunner for server. But being in the cloud now limits the use of it.

I do understand that an Epic is not a 'subtask' but there is a post function available in ScriptRunner that seems to allow you to set up that hierarchy.


Tags: advanced-roadmaps

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JIRA Plans/Advanced Roadmaps: Filter not working
Asked by Radhika Gupta:

Hi everyone,

Quick question on using JIRA PLan/Advanced roadmaps

I created a Filter and used the filter as my source on the JIRA Plan/Advanced roadmap. However the number of results on my Filter (lets say 140) don't match the number displayed on my Plan (results displayed on the plan is 103)

I checked the exclusions on my Plan to make sure I did not exclude anything. What could be causing this inconsistency. Please advise.

Thanks

Radhika


Answers:
author: Aaron Gage
body: Check your FixVersion/Release field for all expected issues. If any of them have the FixVersion/Release set to a Release that you do NOT have selected in your plan setup they will not show up on the plan. (I hate this as it means you have to constantly select new Releases to ensure everything shows up, but it is what it is...)

Also, if you have any closed issues past 30days they also will not show up unless you change the setting to a longer time period in your plan Issue Source settings. You can not change this closed for a duration prior to creating the plan.....you have to edit it after the fact.


Tags: advanced-roadmaps

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Is there a way to change the relationship between Initiatives and Epics in Roadmaps?
Asked by Lynn:

When I work natively in my Jira backlog, I associate Initiatives to Epics using an *implements* or *is implemented by* relationship. In fact, there isn't an option to use a parent-child relationship in the view. This is unfortunate and means that for every Initiative-Epic pairing I make in my Jira Plan, I need to also add an *implements* or *is implemented by* relationship in order to see the item in the Links section of my issue.

Is there a way to change the relationship between Initiatives and Epics in the Jira Plan to use an implements/implemented by relationship OR change my jira backlog to have a parent/child relationship?


Answers:
author: Curt Holley
body: Hi [@Lynn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4758733)

welcome to the community!!

Ultimately you want (and can have) The Initiatives as a level above your Epics. Here is how: [Configure custom hierarchy levels in Advanced Roadmaps \| Jira Software Cloud \| Atlassian Support](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/configure-custom-hierarchy-levels-in-advanced-roadmaps/)

comments: author: Lynn
body: Hi Curt, thank you for the response. I understand that I can have a hierarchy but I want the relationship to be the same as what appears in my Jira backlog. The backlog doesn't have a parent-child relationship. As an example:

* If I open an Initiative issue there isn't an option to create a link to a child (More\>\>Link). Instead I've had to go into Jira Plans and drag/drop the item in the hierarchy to create the link.
  * Note I can view Child issues (Epics) from within the Initiative but there isn't a + next to it like there is within the Issue Links section.
* If I open an Epic issue there isn't an option to create a link to a parent from an Epic (More\>\>Link). Instead I've had to use an "implements" relationship to have the initiative linked inside the issue.
  * Note, the relationship isn't represented in my view without doing the above. Then it appears in the Issue Links section.


author: Curt Holley
body: OK, so what you need to do is enable the "Parent link" field in your Jira instance. As that is the field used to achieve what you want from within your Jira Epics. It works just like the Epic Link field does but it sits on your Epics and can be used to link to the Initiatives.

I would recommend enabling the Team field while you are at it.  
How to here: [Enable custom fields used in Advanced Roadmaps in Jira \| Jira Software Cloud \| Atlassian Support](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/enable-custom-fields-used-in-advanced-roadmaps-in-jira/)


Tags: advanced-roadmaps

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Dependencies change Start and Due date based on blocked issue changing dates
Asked by Lance Wadman:

I have a number of stories that are dependent on other stories. My dependencies do not have due dates or start dates but would start when their dependency is finished. I am trying to figure a way that if the first story slips how can the other stories dynamically adjust based on the change date of the first one?


Answers:
author: Curt Holley
body: HI [@Lance Wadman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4731294)

Welcome to the community!!

As far as I am aware, Advanced Roadmaps will give you a warning about that kind of thing, but someone has to do something about moving them (manually).

If you wanted that to happen automatically, it can be done via Automation for Jira.

High level, unconditional example of how to automate:

![hla.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/183305i0C0B84F88197F347/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "hla.png")

comments: author: Lance Wadman
body: Thank you for the response. I will look into automion for this change field


author: Mohamed Fouad
body: Hi [@Lance Wadman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4731294) just confirming if you tried above automation logic, as I have same query like you.


author: Brad M
body: Seems like more work than should be needed for this... thumbs down JIRA


Tags: advanced-roadmaps
Possible to have 2 Release fields in Roadmap?
Asked by Anna Poppe:

Is there a way to add a second Release (Version) field to the roadmap?

For example, the Release field in the Roadmap maps to the "Fix Version" field in the Jira issues view.

In the Jiras issue view, I have also enabled the "Target Version" field. Is there a way to add it to the Roadmap? Checking the Ad Custom field section in the roadmap, I can't make out if any of the listed items maps to Target Version field.

Essentially, it doesn't need to be Target Version field in specific, I'd just like to get any second Release/Version field to the roadmap that maps to a field in the Issues view


Answers:
author: Curt Holley
body: Hi [@Anna Poppe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2101153)

I presume your "target version" field is a custom field that you (or someone) has created?   
If that field is a free format field, then it would be deemed an unsupported custom field for an Advanced roadmap plan.

Although we can now edit the Description field, free format fields cannot be added into a plan to be selected in the fields section and used to filter on.  

That said, I understand that it might be difficult to have such a field be anything but free format.

Just making assumptions, please correct me if I've headed down a wrong path.

comments: author: Anna Poppe
body: Hi [@Curt Holley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3527535)

In this case, the target version field refers to the same releases set up within the project as the fix version field - so I guess it's not a free format field?

Essentially, I'll create filters that show both the Fix and Target Versions (=Releases) of certain Epics. This part is the simple part.

I just like to use the Roadmap to create tickets, update release versions, sprints or dates etc - so if I could have two fields that use the releases of the project that would make updating these easier, as I spend a lot of time time in the Roadmap :D


author: Curt Holley
body: OK, sounds like a "version picker" field. Which is not a supported field for AR. See:  
[Enable custom fields used in Advanced Roadmaps in Jira \| Jira Software Cloud \| Atlassian Support](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/enable-custom-fields-used-in-advanced-roadmaps-in-jira/)


author: Anna Poppe
body: Bummer!

Thanks for your help tho, much appreciated [@Curt Holley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3527535) !


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