I have a question regarding the creation of child tasks under a Bug.

[Kerry Tenberg]

I have created a BUG issue.

Now I want to create 5 child tasks representing the work required to resolve the Bug.

I go to CREATE ISSUE ... ISSUE TYPE=TASK.

Then in the CREATE window, there are two fields to fill...

1) LINKED ISSUE

2) ISSUE

My new task would be a child of the Bug.     

So, I assumed that the LINKED ISSUE should be "parent".     i.e. I want to link my new child task to its parent.

I end up with my Bug display looking like the snapshot below.

I interpret "Issue Links"      as ... "my BUG has the following 5 child tasks.     

However, my associate said I should rather interpret this as..."my Bug is a "child OF" the following 5 tasks."

What is the correct interpretation?

[Magic Mike · Accepted solution]

Hi @Kerry Tenberg ,

You could also have use subtasks then it would have been more straight forward (+ original estimate and worklog consolidation features).

Anyway when using issue links it is just semantics. We are free to interprate it the way we want but then it needs to be clarify and documented so all teams have the same meaning to it.

Provide links are for instance : blocks / is blocked by

you could have is child of / is parent of

with issue 1 is child of issue 2 or issue 1 is parent of issue 2

Issue 1 is the issue you are creating the link from.

Alternatively you could also have has for child / has for parent

Hope this help, Best regards,

Mike

[Kerry Tenberg]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the quick reply.

If i'm understanding correctly, then, there is no hierarchy implied by Jira when using parent/child links.   

I originally did try to use sub-tasks instead but I could not figure out how to create them for a bug.

Cheers,

Kerry

[Magic Mike]

that's right no hierarchy. We could have look, but you need to have admin rights.