Issue -> sub-issue -> sub-issue possible?

[Stefan]

Hello,

is ist possible, for example with a configuration setting, to nest / pyramid sub-issues? Like this (since we have we the German version I am not sure if "sub-issue" is the official term, in German it is "Unteraufgabe"; maybe it is called "task" / "subtask"):

                issue
             |            |
     sub-issue   sub-issue
      |                  |            |
sub-issue   sub-issue   sub-issue

Is that possible?

Regards
Stefan

[Thomas Magny-Garcia · Accepted solution]

Hi @Stefan ,

with these issues, it is not possible. If the goal is to create a hierarchy, you may use Epic->Issue-> SubTask.

However, in my understanding, a sub task should be a the technical work that a development team performs in order to complete the issue, which should be a product backlog item. For me, a sub task is defined to be small, representing no more than a few hours to a day of work. So I do not recommend to split up more. But it is depending of what your issues mean.

Hope it helps !

[Stefan]

Ok, thanks.

Sometimes a subtask was missing something. So we have to add work to a subtask and the subtask is getting bigger. We thought iz might be nice to have the possibility to split the subtask and get a deeper hierarchy.

We will think about other possibilities.

[Sreenivasaraju P]

Hi @Stefan ,

As per my knowledge , it is not possible out of the box. 

Please refer

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Is-it-possible-to-create-subtask-of-subtask-in-JIRA/qaq-p/80322

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Sub-task-under-subtask/qaq-p/189308