All references to hierarchy dont show EPIC>Story>Task>Sub Task can you not do this?

[Linda Visagie]

I want to make the hierarchy

EPIC>Story>Task>Sub Task why does all references show EPIC>STORY>SUB TASK ?

Thank you 

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Linda Visagie 

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

That is not possible with native Jira functionality.

The native hierarchy is

Epic (level 1)
|-- standard level issues (level 0); i.e. Story, Task, Bug
    |-- subtask level issues (level -1)

You cannot add a level in between any of these levels.

With the Premium plan you can expand the hierarchy upwards, above Epic.

You could use generic issue linking to link a Task to a Story. Jira would not treat that as a hierarchical relationship though.

You could look for third party apps that might help you do what you want. I'm not aware of any that will do that, specifically, but I have not researched apps to solve that specific problem.

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Linda Visagie 

Did either my or @Amay Purohit_RVS 's answer address your question adequately?

If so, please consider clicking on the Accept Answer button for the appropriate response, to mark your Question as Solved.

If you still have questions on this topic, please let us know.

[Amay Purohit_RVS]

Hi @Linda Visagie 

Welcome to the community !!

By default in Jira, the hierarchy is of 3 levels, Epic->Task/Story -> Sub Task. If you are on Jira premium you can add levels above Epics. However you can use issue links and create any levels below and above Epics. But you would need a custom solution to view this linking in a hierarchy. If you would be interested in an app to help with that, you may want to try our plugin.

Issue Hierarchy 

The app shows your linked issue hierarchy in a tree view. The app can help you easily Sum up values (time tracking/story point/custom numeric fields) to see overall progress for your Issues at each parent level, in percentage terms. 

Also it allows to filter your linked issue with custom JQL and grouping at parent level as well.

In the example below we have created a story below another story. Do give it a spin.

(Disclaimer: I work on RVS, the vendor for this app)

[Linda Visagie]

Thank you very much, this is very helpful :)

[Linda Visagie]

Hello Amay,

I showed this to our Jira administrator and he would like to know how do you get this view.  Is it standard view through Jira?  And if so where can we see this?

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Linda Visagie 

No that is not native functionality.

Notice that @Amay Purohit_RVS said "you may want to try our app". You have to acquire their app in order to get the functionality.