How can we showcase epics from Project X within a theme of Project Y?

Question

Hello,

I got a theme named Discovery to map end-to-end journey/market opportunities included in the project: One-to-one FX and the initiative that is related to this theme is the epic Create new corporate fields in which parent theme is New Onboarding also included in the project Digital Compliance.

I got the "plans" feature and I am centralizing all projects in one timeline, I would like to have the same epic Create new corporate fields reflected in both projects (One-to-one FX and Digital Compliance) reflected under both themes. How should I proceed?

Thanks.

Walter Buggenhout · Answer

Ok, @Suelen Gutierris,

From your last screenshot, it seems like you are trying to display items below an epic. That is only going to work by linking the work items as children to that epic. To do that, you basically set the epic as the parent of your child item(s).

Unfortunately - going back to the initial request - a work item can only have 1 parent. So linking 2 epics as parent to the same child work item is not possible.

What I was hinting at when I suggested using a custom field, I did not mean to put a reference to other work items in there. I really was referring to a list of options in e.g. a select list or a labels type custom field.

Suelen Gutierris · Answer

Second attempt: creating a customer field named "Product Initiatives" and linking the other theme
after that, inclusion of the new custom field in the plan setting of the timeline

Unfortunately, it's not being demonstrated

Suelen Gutierris · Answer

Hello Walter,

Thank you for your prompt answer.

The first attempt was adding up "Linked items" as customer field, but it has not been possible.