What's the diff between "sub-task" and "issues in epic"

Question

While in an "Epic", what is the difference from entering something in the "sub-task" area vs the "issues in Epic" area?

Jack Brickey · Accepted Answer

@Curtis Bussey, welcome to the Community. I'm not sure i fully follow you regarding "while in an epic" and "entering something...". However, let me see if this helps.

The relationship tree looks something like this:

Epic-A

Story1

sub-task1

sub-task2

Story2

sub-task1

sub-task2

Everything is an "issue" in Jira terms (epics, stories, tasks, sub-tasks, etc.)

Maciej Olszewski · Accepted Answer

Hello Curtis,

-epics are large bodies of work which are broken into smaller "issues in epic"
-tasks are technical work and if task is really complicated it can be broken into smaller sub-tasks to make it easier to manage :)

Cheers,
Maciej