Unable to create tasks for stories

[ananda brahmi kavuri]

I use kanban with backlog enabled and am unable to add tasks in a story and then further split tasks into subtasks. I am currently on a free trial- will I need to upgrade to be able to do these?

[Max Foerster - K15t]

Hi Ananda,

the Jira issue hierarchy is pretty easy and flat, you will be able to add sub-tasks to your story but not tasks to a story like the parent-child relationship issues have with sub-tasks in Jira in general. You should try using issue links (and maybe creating more suitable issue link types for you) to connect your stories to their tasks.

Best, Max

[ananda brahmi kavuri]

hi max,

I am unable to add sub tasks to my story either. 

[Max Foerster - K15t]

Hi Ananda,

are you using a so-called next-gen project? Because this kind of project differ from the classic projects in Jira and currently don't offer the second layer of sub-tasks. But reading through this post in the community, sub-tasks are mentioned as "coming soon". So if you currently have to and want to work with sub-tasks a "regular" software development will offer more features but comes with some administrative effort as well, which you avoid by using next-gen projects.

Best, Max