Create another sub task under the Sub Task
Asked by ks.hyeon:

In JIRA Work Management, i can create a Sub Task under Task as follows. But can't I create another sub task under the Sub Task? If I can, what should I do?

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288959iF9B67F47455F389A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Joel Garner
body: You cannot create a Sub-task under a Sub-task, however, if you add "Epics" to your Issue Types for the project, you can create a Sub-task under a Task under an Epic.  
![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288974i7CCDDCEC63501F56/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288976i001E5C86EBC41627/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

comments: author: ks.hyeon
body: Thank you. Another thing I'm curious about is, is it not possible to add more sub tasks after creating them with Epic?


author: Joel Garner
body: You can add as many Sub-tasks as you need, but they will all fall under a Task.

Epic -\> Task -\> Sub-task  
Sub-task  
Sub-task  

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288977i6EEADB78520CA713/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")  

You cannot do Epic -\> Task -\> Sub-task -\> Sub-task  

(If you hover over the Task, the + symbol will appear)


author: ks.hyeon
body: Thank you so much.

Lastly, what I was curious about is the lower level Sub Task as shown below.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288982i64BA2C412F7DA0C4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


author: Joel Garner
body: Sorry for any confusion. All the Sub-tasks will be on the same level. A sub-task cannot have a work item below it.  


author: ks.hyeon
body: Yes, I see. I understand. Thank you for your support.


author: Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira
body: Hi [@ks.hyeon](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4275095)

just to add to Joel's great answer: The only way to model something hierarchy levels below sub-tasks in Jira is through [issue links](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/configure-issue-linking/). You can create any issue link between any two issues, so you can always do e.g. a *is parent of / is child of* issue link between one sub-task and another.

The problem is that Jira doesn't naturally *understand* such issue link as a hierarchy level, so you won't see them nested in e.g. Jira Work Management's list view. There are, however, Marketplace apps that can help with this. E.g., my team and I work on an app named [JXL for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224710?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=atlassian-community&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=2519081) in which you can configure custom issue hierarchies, based on Jira's built-in parent/child relationships, and/or based on issue links. This is how it looks in action:

![sub-sub-tasks.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/289370iB21C05470CCCD70A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "sub-sub-tasks.gif")

Any questions just let me know,

Best,

Hannes

comments: author: ks.hyeon
body: That's great,

i will try to apply it.


author: JayDee
body: How to parent two sub-tasks ? I can only parent from sub to Task or Story and from Task to Epic.

so [@Joel Garner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5336668) is completely right .


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