I am running a self hosted JIra instance (version 7.11.1) and am unable to create an Epic for my projects. I followed these steps:
1. Click on project
2. Click on Backlog
3. Click on "Epics" Tab
4. Click on "Create Epic"
I am only permitted 4 issue types: Task, Bug, Improvement, New Feature
None of these are Epics. When I finally hit "Create", it creates a Task, which isn't linked to any Epic.
When I create a follow-up task to link to the 'epic' I just created, there IS NOT any option. I'm fairly certain the epic isn't created.
What can I do to create an Epic?