JIRA Structure questions

Question

* I thought that a Structure reported on initiatives at the top level. From there, you can drill down to Epics, stories, tasks, etc. I am seeing issues such as defects and sub-tasks at the highest level in my structure. I've also noticed that they are not tied to an epic. Why do they appear at the top level of the structure?
* I have also noticed that duplicates cannot be removed. They can be closed but still appear.

Robert Leitch [ALM Works] · Answer

Hi Camille,

* Structure doesn't restrict how you organize hierarchies of issues, so the issues in a structure appear wherever you (or other users, or Synchronizers) put them.

Unless you can synchronize with existing externally-defined relationships (e.g. using the Agile or Links Synchronizers), you'll have to define relationships between issues manually at some point.

Could you tell me:* How are you populating your structure with issues?
* Where is the Initiative-Epic relationship defined?

* Could you describe in more detail your issue with duplicates - what are they, how are they misbehaving?

Cheers,

Robert