Progress column
The Progress column shows how far along each issue — or group of issues — is, as a colored bar and a percentage. Unlike a flat status field, it aggregates up the tree: an Epic’s progress is the rolled-up progress of its Stories.
Use Progress to surface exec-friendly completion numbers at the top of a portfolio view, or to drive conditional formatting (for example, highlight rows below 30%).
Add the column
Section titled “Add the column”- Open the Columns picker in the toolbar.
- Enable Progress.
- The column appears with a default calculation mode.
Choose a calculation mode
Section titled “Choose a calculation mode”Progress supports four modes. Click the three-dot menu on the Progress column header and pick Progress mode:
- By resolution — counts each leaf issue as done (100%) or not-done (0%) based on Jira’s resolution. Simple and binary.
- By status — weights each leaf by its status category: To Do = 0%, In Progress = 50%, Done = 100%.
- By story points — sums story points of done issues and divides by total story points in the subtree. Use this when work is sized and you want a weighted rollup.
- By percent field — reads a numeric percent field on each issue directly. Parents average their children’s values.
Parent rows roll up the values of every leaf descendant — Flex Items, Sub-tasks, and everything in between.
Reading the bar
Section titled “Reading the bar”- Color reflects the underlying completion — green as you approach 100%, red-to-amber when low.
- Percentage is rounded to the nearest whole number.
- Empty subtrees (no leaves with the required field) show as
—. They’re not counted as 0%.
Pair with conditional formatting
Section titled “Pair with conditional formatting”Progress is a powerful input to formatting rules:
- Open the Formatting panel.
- Create a rule like: Progress < 25 → red row background.
- Underperforming branches pop out at a glance.
See Create a rule for the full walkthrough.