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Guides
Start here if you want to sum story points across epics or projects in Jira, work out why story points are not rolling up to an epic, roll sub-tasks up to their story, understand the Jira issue hierarchy, or weigh a rollup gadget against Rich Filters. Each guide names Jira's native routes first — board totals, the epic progress bar, Automation, Plans — and says where each one stops; the comparisons name our own product's limits too.
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Sum story points to an epic with Jira Automation
The Jira Automation rule that sums story points to an epic, step by step — and where it breaks: step limits, one level per rule, cross-project scope.
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Roll up estimates and time spent to epics in Jira
What Jira sums natively for Original estimate, Remaining estimate and Time spent on an epic, where each stops, and how to roll all three up any depth.
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Roll up story points in Jira without Premium
What Plans adds to Jira rollups, what Standard and Free already have, and how to total story points through the whole hierarchy without Jira Premium.
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Jira issue hierarchy and rollups explained
Epics, stories, sub-tasks — what the Jira issue hierarchy actually is, what a rollup means, and the exact math of sums, medians and unestimated work.
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How to sum story points across epics in Jira
Six ways to sum story points across epics in Jira — board totals, epic progress bar, 2D Filter Statistics, JQL, CSV, Automation — and where each stops.
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Hierarchy Totals vs Epic Sum Up for Jira (2026)
Need an Epic Sum Up alternative? Live issue-view rollups with progress bars vs a precomputed Jira dashboard gadget: compute model, scale, data residency.
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Hierarchy Totals vs Rich Filters for Jira (2026)
A Rich Filters alternative for rollups? Appfire's dashboard suite vs Hierarchy Totals, a focused Jira rollup gadget: compute model, scale, data residency.