How do I assign an existing issue as a child issue in Next Gen?

[Matt Hall]

For some reason, when I go to assign child issues inside an issue and choose "Existing Issue", it does not recognize any of my existing issues. I want to be able to move existing issues to chid issues if need be. Is this possible and what might be happening? 

Here is a link to the screenshot https://share.getcloudapp.com/5zu5BRYv

[Petter Gonçalves · Accepted solution]

Hello Matt,

To add existing issues as a child of another, the issue must be a sub-task since it have some particularities not present in other issues. A Standard issue can not be added as a child of another standard issue.

Now, if you want to convert a standard issue as a sub-task of another standard issue, you can follow the steps below:

- Navigate to the issue you want to change as a sub-task > Click on Move:

- Click to move the issue to the same project but as a sub-task, selecting the parent issue you want

Let me know if this information helps.

[DIPEN SHAH]

Namaste @Petter Gonçalves,

The above explanation helped!

Thanks | Regards,

Dipen

[Sam]

Thanks for sharing the information It helped !

[Karpaga Selvan M]

Thank you so much for sharing this. 

[Jainum Gani]

Really helpful

[Alberto]

Thanks. Super helpful! @Petter Gonçalves

[Andrew Lundy]

Please allow the ability to convert Issues into Child Issues.

[hugo.farias]

This is the right way to implement it so that the child issue can still be a story, a task, a bug or whatever the actual issue is.

[ShantaDotCa]

Not sure I understand the reason for having to make the child item a "sub-task". Why can't we chose?

[Hannah Miller]

Yes! the lack of ability to do this is killing me. it means i have to do all sorts of weird labeling and linking to show appropriate relationships.