Sigma Tree: Building Tree Structure

Sigma Tree provides three ways to build your task hierarchy: automatically from issue links, manually, and in bulk.

Enabling the tree for the project

To enable Tree View for your project, navigate to Project Settings → Tree View, click Enable Tree View, and save the setting.

Build a tree from issue links

For existing projects with a predefined work item hierarchy (for example, Epic → Story → Sub-tasks), you can generate your tree automaticaly.

Navigate to the Sigma Tree using Tree link in the Jira side panel.
Click three-dot menu button and select Build Tree from Links menu item.
A dialog will appear describing the process and asking you to select the issue relationships that should be used to build the hierarchy.
After selecting the link types, click Build Tree from Links to start the process.

Epic–Story and Parent–Child relationships usually provide the quickest results.
If your project structure is more specialized, you can use any other link type available in your Jira instance.

Build a tree manually

For new projects or scenarios where automated generation isn’t suitable, you can create the hierarchy manually.

Start by adding new work items. Select a work-item type in the Sigma Tree header, enter a summary, then press Enter or move focus away from the field.

Once you have several items, you can arrange them into a hierarchy:

Drag and drop items to change their order.
Drop an item onto another item to make it a child in the hierarchy.
- Move entire sections of the tree by dragging a parent item.
Alternatively, use the Indent (I) and Outdent (O) buttons to adjust hierarchy levels.
Use the Delete key or the Delete option in the right-click menu to remove a work item.

Bulk issue creation

You can also build your hierarchy using bulk creation.

Click three-dot menu button and select Bulk Create menu item.
In the Create Multiple Issues dialog, select the issue type you want to create and enter summaries, one per line.