can I create an epic as a "child issue" of initiatives directly?

[Hancheng Lvsiqing]

hello team,

I'd like to create an epic as a "child issue" of initiatives directly, just like "create subtask", but it seems that I can't do it ?

background:

1.  "initiatives" level added

2.  field "parent link" available for epic issue

appreciate for your support.

[Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_ · Accepted solution]

HI @Hancheng Lvsiqing  and welcome,

Epic is a standard issue type and not a subtask so the answer is no. My suggestion is to create an epic and link it to the initiative through a link.

Hope this helps,

Fabio

[Hancheng Lvsiqing]

hi @Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_ , thanks for your suggestion ! :D I know that epic is not a "subtask",  can I "create epic" in initiatives? 

[Hancheng Lvsiqing]

or "add a child issue" in initiatives, and this child issue is an epic?

[Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_]

There is not a specific button "Create Epic" that you can setup within initiative issue type.

[Lloyd Phillips]

Being able to create child items per the hierarchy would be a fabulous thing. So, if I'm in an Initiative it offers and restricts me to "Create Epic". If I'm in an Epic it offers and restricts me to "Create Story". If I'm in a Story it offers and restricts me to "Create Subtask". That would speed up workflow so much and be far more intuitive. Hope Atlassian can consider this for development.

[jeremyn]

This is such a failure of design and deployment on Atlassian's part. They've done a lot to make Advanced Roadmaps (ne Plans) so valuable, yet leave out the ability to add children to the TICES issue typs above Epics, thus depriving users of an intuitive way to do what they've always done for their "container" issues (ie epics up until now).

We want to deploy Advance Roadmaps company wide, but when the project leads hate the way the new fields can't be used the same way as before it really makes life a lot harder on those of us tasked with deploying corporate wide changes.