Quick summary
Creating an epic in Jira lets teams group related issues under a single high-level goal for better sprint planning and backlog organization. This guide walks through enabling the Epic Panel, naming a new epic, and assigning issues to it directly from the board.
Steps
- Go to Board in the left sidebar.
- Click on View Settings on the right side of the board.
- Enable the Epic Panel from the dropdown menu.
- Click on +Create Epic in the Epic panel.
- Provide a relevant epic name and hit Enter/Return on your keyboard.
- Click the small arrow to expand the Epic tile and reveal its contents.
- Click and hold the issue you want to add to the epic.
- Drag and drop the issue onto the Epic tile to assign it.
- Confirm the epic name now appears on the relevant issue card.
- Alternatively, use the three-dot menu > Parent > [Epic Name] to assign an issue to the epic.
