Automate Subtask to an Epic Link

[joy.okundia]

Does anybody knows if it is possible to automatically assign the same epic link to a subtask? I could use your help here by providing me a step-by-step guide. TY

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @joy.okundia 

Welcome to the community.

Some detail I would like to have is;

Is the sub-task a sub-task of the Epic or from a Story, Bug, Task or other issue type? 

[joy.okundia]

The Subtask is under a Story wherein the Story in under the Epic

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @joy.okundia 

Then the answer is no as the Story is linked to the Epic.

There is a hierarchy structure in default Jira.

• Epic
  • Story, Task, Bug
    • Sub-Task

You could have Sub-task under your Epic, by making use of work around, see as example community topics

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/I-want-to-show-subtasks-in-the-scrum-backlog/qaq-p/412630 

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-display-epic-link-in-subtask/qaq-p/1993088 

There are more 

This is some admin effort you would need to implement and maintain.

[joy.okundia]

Ok, thank you