Add hierarchy level as non-administrator in a team managed project

Thierry Mes

Hello,

I would like to add a higher level of issue type to my hierarchy (above epic). Something like an initiative. However, I am not able to find a way to accomplish this. I am a non-administrator (only for team based project). Is there any possibility to make this happen?

Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira

Hi @Thierry Mes

another option may be to utilise one of the hierarchy-focused apps from the Atlassian Marketplace. Many of these apps have their own ways of establishing issue hierarchies, often based on issue links. 

I can only speak for the app that my team is working on - JXL for Jira - but here, you could simply pick one or more issue types to be the "Initiative" issue types, and pick one or more issue link types to signify parent/child relationships between your epics and your initiatives.

This is how it looks in action:

JXL works in (and, if needed, across) projects of any type, be it team-managed or company managed. It also comes with heaps of other features, including support for (bulk) inline-editing, sum-ups, or conditional formatting. 

As said, there's several apps in the Atlassian Marketplace that may help with that, so if a Marketplace app is an option for you, perhaps try a few and see which one works best for you.

Hope this helps,

Best,

Hannes