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can get estimated hours from Children?


anand krish (214) | asked Jul 26 '17, 7:29 a.m.

i have one parent task and 4 child task. i will give estimation to children task but we did not give estimation for parent task. now my question is, can i get estimation hours from Children?

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Nate Decker (37814761) | answered Jul 28 '17, 9:08 a.m.

Estimates roll up. So if your parent has a progress editor presentation, you should be able to see the total of all the estimates on the children by viewing the parent. If you don't have the progress bar in your work item presentation, you can see this in a plan view.

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