Quick summary
Adding a parent link in Jira lets you connect a child issue to an epic, giving your team clear hierarchy and traceability across your project board. This process takes just a few clicks directly from the issue's action menu.
Steps
- Navigate to the issue you want to link and click the ellipsis icon to open the action menu.
- From the menu, select 'Add parent'.
- Click the drop-down arrow to open the list of available parent issues.
- Select an epic to set as your parent issue.
- Click 'Done' to confirm and save the parent link.
- Your parent link has been successfully added in Jira.
