Create another sub task under the Sub Task

[ks.hyeon]

In JIRA Work Management, i can create a Sub Task under Task as follows. But can't I create another sub task under the Sub Task? If I can, what should I do?

[Joel Garner · Accepted solution]

You cannot create a Sub-task under a Sub-task, however, if you add "Epics" to your Issue Types for the project, you can create a Sub-task under a Task under an Epic.

[ks.hyeon]

Thank you. Another thing I'm curious about is, is it not possible to add more sub tasks after creating them with Epic?

[Joel Garner]

You can add as many Sub-tasks as you need, but they will all fall under a Task.

Epic -> Task -> Sub-task
                         Sub-task
                         Sub-task



You cannot do Epic -> Task -> Sub-task -> Sub-task

(If you hover over the Task, the + symbol will appear)

[ks.hyeon]

Thank you so much.

Lastly, what I was curious about is the lower level Sub Task as shown below.

[Joel Garner]

Sorry for any confusion. All the Sub-tasks will be on the same level. A sub-task cannot have a work item below it.

[ks.hyeon]

Yes, I see. I understand. Thank you for your support.

[Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira · Accepted solution]

Hi @ks.hyeon

just to add to Joel's great answer: The only way to model something hierarchy levels below sub-tasks in Jira is through issue links. You can create any issue link between any two issues, so you can always do e.g. a is parent of / is child of issue link between one sub-task and another. 

The problem is that Jira doesn't naturally understand such issue link as a hierarchy level, so you won't see them nested in e.g. Jira Work Management's list view. There are, however, Marketplace apps that can help with this. E.g., my team and I work on an app named JXL for Jira in which you can configure custom issue hierarchies, based on Jira's built-in parent/child relationships, and/or based on issue links. This is how it looks in action:

Any questions just let me know,

Best,

Hannes 

[ks.hyeon]

That's great,

i will try to apply it.

[JayDee]

How to parent two sub-tasks ? I can only parent from sub to Task or Story and from Task to Epic.

so @Joel Garner is completely right .