Subtasks and Epics - How to connect the 2

Question

I am working on a Kanban board.  Our team is working on several epics at the same time.  I have created swimlanes for each epic.  All the stories are displayed in their epic swimlane.  However, the subtasks, which are part of the stories, do not.  All the tasks sit at the bottom in the Everything Else' swimlane.  Should the sub-tasks not follow the epic of it's parent story?  Thanks.

Mariyam Gulzar · Answer

Did anyone get to a solution for this?

Narendra Kumar · Answer

Hi @M___  can you please try the below steps -

1 - Go to your board settings.

2 - Go to Swimlane.

3 - Create the master swimlane (where you don't want to see the subtasks).

2 - Below each master swimlane, create the swimlane details (where you want to see only the subtasks).

Master swimlane example: project = INV and issuetype in (Epic, bug, Story) ORDER BY priority DESC

Swimlane example detail: project = INV and issuetype in (subtask) ORDER BY priority DESC

If it works for you, please accept it as an answer or let me know in case of any query. Happy to help you on this.

Best, 
Narendra

M___ · Answer

Hi Alex,

I tried what you suggested.  It did list the subtasks in the parent story's card but the sub-tasks remained in the 'Everything Else' section.  What I would like is for the sub-task to move into the parent's swimlane.  This would allow me to see everything that is connected to that particular epic in one swimlane.

Thanks,

M