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

Matt Hall October 23, 2019

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

 

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Petter Gonçalves
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October 24, 2019

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:

Screen Shot 2019-10-24 at 18.50.13.png

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

Screen Shot 2019-10-24 at 18.50.29.png

Let me know if this information helps.

DIPEN SHAH May 10, 2020

Namaste @Petter Gonçalves,

The above explanation helped!

Thanks | Regards,

Dipen

Sam August 4, 2022

Thanks for sharing the information It helped !

Karpaga Selvan M March 23, 2023

Thank you so much for sharing this. 

Jainum Gani April 5, 2023

Really helpful

Alberto June 26, 2023

Thanks. Super helpful! @Petter Gonçalves

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Andrew Lundy December 6, 2022

Please allow the ability to convert Issues into Child Issues.

hugo.farias December 21, 2022

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.

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ShantaDotCa July 31, 2020

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

Hannah Miller February 25, 2021

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. 

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