When columns view is opened with an "%Effort{:}" column, the sum is only correct for the first parent element. Whereas "hours" are propagated up the hierarchy, "days" are reset to zero when going up more than one hierarchy. Example: * Level 1 ** Level 2 *** Level 3 **** Level 4 :PROPERTIES: :Effort: 2d :END: In columns view (with `# -*- org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations: t; org-time-clocksum-format: (:days "%dd " :require-days t :hours "%d" :require-hours t :minutes ":%02d" :require-minutes t) -*-`) this only reports correct effort values for Level 4 and Level 3. Level 1 and Level 2 show "0d 0:00", but "2d 0:00" is expected. Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2015-04-11 on LEG570 Package: Org mode version 9.0 (9.0-elpa @ z:/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20161102/) current state: ============== (setq org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-link-parameters '(("id" :follow org-id-open) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("ipynb" :follow ein:org-open :export nil) ("doi" :follow org--open-doi-link) ("elisp" :follow org--open-elisp-link) ("file" :complete org-file-complete-link) ("ftp" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "ftp:" path)))) ("help" :follow org--open-help-link) ("http" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "http:" path)))) ("https" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "https:" path)))) ("mailto" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "mailto:" path)))) ("message" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "message:" path)))) ("news" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "news:" path)))) ("shell" :follow org--open-shell-link)) org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-log-done 'note org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5 "\n\n(fn)"] org-mode-reftex-setup #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5 "\n\n(fn)"] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes turn-on-flyspell turn-on-auto-fill) org-src-preserve-indentation t org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-startup-indented t org-agenda-files '("~/org/tasks.org") org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("python" . "py") ("emacs-lisp" . "el") ("elisp" . "el")) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p )