I need help to create a dashboard which would show one main epic and the sub epics linked to it

[Saneeta Galbow]

I want to have an Epic which would be the main epic and then the sub epics that are linked to it. 

I need help to create a dashboard which would show one main epic and the sub epics linked to it, however i am not getting any two dimension view for it.

Can anyone support me in solving this?

[Valerie Knapp]

Hi @Saneeta Galbow , welcome to the Atlassian Community and thanks for your question. 

This visualisation you want to obtain, does it have to be a dashboard? The reason I ask is because I think you could use the Timeline for this, to show the Epics and their dependencies between each other. 

Please check out the documentation here and share your feedback. https://support.atlassian.com/jira-work-management/docs/what-is-the-timeline-view-and-how-do-i-use-it/ 

Cheers

[Saneeta Galbow]

Thank you @Valerie Knapp for the warm welcome and the feedback. However the view i want to see is epic which has epic linked to it (more like a child epic- i know there is no concept called child epic).

But the add button only only child issues to it, which does not allow epic.

Hope i didn't confuse you more. :)

[Saneeta Galbow]

In the above example, Mega Epic is my main epic, i want epic of epics to be the child of Mega Epic

[Valerie Knapp]

Hi @Saneeta Galbow , thanks for your explanation.

If you have the Timeline enabled in your instance, it should mean you can also have a custom issue hierarchy, where you can create another level above the Epics for your Mega Epics.

As you can see here, I was able to obtain the configuration of a Mega Epic that has other Epics under it.

The only thing I would say about the custom issue hierarchy is that it is a global configuration, for the whole instance, so you will need to evaluate if this will interfere with the work that anyone else is doing.

I hope this helps you but if you have any other questions or feedback, please just let me know. 

Cheers

[Saneeta Galbow]

Thank you @Valerie Knapp I do not have the custom issue hierarchy, have to check with the admins here. Thank you for your support for the steps explained.

However, do you think is there any other way to get this mega epic view? Apologies in advance if i am over asking here. Just trying to understand if we have any other options.

If not, thank you for the support :)