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How do I add an existing story to an epic?

Jon Roberts

Accepted answers

Thomas B

Hey Jon,

Go to the story that you wish to add to the epic and follow these steps:

Edit > Epic Link > Click the drop down and select the Epic Link that matches what you want
If Epic Link is not showing on the Configured Fields, follow these steps:
1. Edit > Configure Fields (top right) > Select Epic Link
2. If Epic Link isn't shown, click "Where is my field?"
3. Scroll down and find Epic Link
4. Click on the blue hyperlink that says "....Screen configuration
5. Login as Admin
6. Select the Epic Link Field and repeat step 1

I hope you find this helpful!

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Thomas B

Hey Jon,

Go to the story that you wish to add to the epic and follow these steps:

Edit > Epic Link > Click the drop down and select the Epic Link that matches what you want
If Epic Link is not showing on the Configured Fields, follow these steps:
1. Edit > Configure Fields (top right) > Select Epic Link
2. If Epic Link isn't shown, click "Where is my field?"
3. Scroll down and find Epic Link
4. Click on the blue hyperlink that says "....Screen configuration
5. Login as Admin
6. Select the Epic Link Field and repeat step 1

I hope you find this helpful!

Jon Roberts

That's great, thanks.

Brian Schussler

This no longer works is JIRA Cloud, the Epic Link field is not displayed because it is blank, and there is no way to display the Epic Link field.

Vincent Frey

As of now it is possible: if you extend the Stories Details view (click "Show more") the "Epic link" field is visible and you can change it there.

Brian Schussler

I'm on the "View Issue" screen and the Epic Link field isn't present when it is blank.
The Epic Link field is present when it isn't blank.

When I use "Where is my field?", it says: The field 'Epic Link' does not have value for issue XXXXX-##### and will not be displayed on the view issue page. Set value for that field so that it shows up.

I don't know what the Stories Details view is or how to find it.

I also can't edit a blank Epic Link from the List View after I search for issues.

unknown

I have to go find the individual Stories and add the Epic to each 😒

Am I the only one who finds it absurd that you can't add an issue to the Epic from the epic detail view?

Al Munder

Agreed.

MG_3rt2ws

no, there's also me!

Daniel Vaca

In Jira Cloud, looks like this can only be done through Bulk Changes.

Jody

Us too!

Laimonas Vainoris_uq055v

The lack of functionality of adding issues to Epic via Epics window must have been known for a while for Atlassian, would be interesting to know what is their reasoning of not ever implementing this on classic Jira projects.

Gunaseelan Ramalingam

Goto the backlog view, open the epic bar side by side to the user story list, and then drag the stories to the EPIC to map it

Ashwini Rao_dz2l5u

Great solution.

Weeda Lostitmonton_k3u79y

[Kanban] You can also go to the Board > click on the Issue > you should be able to select/change epic on the top left corner

unknown

Thank you very much.

unknown

This is usually how I do it today. It's the most manageable way to retroactively populate an Epic.

Julia Abrahamsson

Hi, thanks this worked for me too

Ryan Lafrance_ubmhpr

what the heck. i don't see any of these fields.

Javier Hidalgo_rdxyal

This is the only way it worked for me on Jira Cloud!! Thanks!!

Dan_4228d6

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Giancarlo Davis

OK. Since this is outdated, found a workaround for Jira Cloud, which was already mentioned, and I can't delete this comment for some weird reason.

huw_llewellyn

In the backlog you can open the EPICS side panel and just drag it in

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Mike Hladik

I had the same issue but I could resolve it with most of suggestions. My client is using Jira v9.4.6 and I am not a Jira expert

Steps to link "floating" stories to existing epic:

Issue Search
Refine query in "navigator"
Tools bulk change; select issues > edit > change epic link; select destination epic .... next/confirm

That did the job for me!

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