jira orginal estimate task and subtasks

[Volatiana Andrianarivelo]

Is there a way to customize it the time tracking on the task/sub task relation. For example, the default, after we enter a new sub task and that has an estimate of 2h, then 2h are added to the original estimate of the parent main task. Is there a way to change that so that the estimated time on the sub task does not add to the main task? We want to keep our main task with a defined original estimate, but be able to add sub tasks with its own estimates, but without raising the original estimate for the main task/story.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

This is mostly a duplicate of https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/28328/jira-and-sub-tasks - there's more information there.

To answer this question though - no, you can't change this, it's not a flag, it's a deliberate design and Jira is doing what it's supposed to do. It's a nonsense to put in sub-tasks for time-tracking purposes and then not include them on the parent, that's the whole point. If you don't want them included, then don't put them as sub-tasks, use links, versions, components or a custom field to indicate their relationships.