Is there still no way to add an epic when creating a new issue?
Asked by chris.ciccarello:

Hello,

I see a thread about this back to 2022, and it being worked on... can we still not do this?

I want to assign the issue to an epic when I create it, not have to click on it again to add. No way to do this that I can see right now. Could it be a configuration issue and I can request it?

Really seems like insanity not to be able to do this. I'm new to Jira though so perhaps am missing something?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Trudy Claspill
body: Hello [@chris.ciccarello](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5548096)

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

You can add an issue as a child of an Epic during creation by adding the Parent field to the screen. This works for both Team and Company Managed projects.

comments: author: Trudy Claspill
body: A Jira Admin can update the screens for Company Managed projects.

For Team Managed projects the Project Admin of the project can update the screen.


author: Trudy Claspill
body: Hello [@chris.ciccarello](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5548096)

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author: Bibek Behera
body: [@chris.ciccarello](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5548096)

As [@Tim Kopperud](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/492874) has rightly mentioned how to approach the solution, my addition to that would be to make sure that the "Parent New" field is available on the create issue screen and if make it mandatory for the issue creation.

-Bibek


author: Tim Kopperud
body: Hi [@chris.ciccarello](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5548096), welcome to Atlassian community.

If I understand your requirements correctly, you should use the **Parent** field. Epic link field is replaced with the **Parent** field.

If the Epic field is on the create screen it will be displayed like this:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/336818iACF0FF4FCAD8B4A3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Your admin might have removed it from the create screen to not displaying this "error".

As you see from the image below, I'm creating a **Story** and the **Epics** are shown in the **Parent** dropdown (red arrow points to an Epic icon).

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/336817i67FC72D02B733E1F/image-dimensions/275x425?v=v2 "image.png")

The question then is, do you have the **Parent** field on your create view? If not it will needed to be added to the create screen for your project.

TimK.

comments: author: chris.ciccarello
body: Thank you Tim! That seems crystal clear, with the screenshot. I do not get the parent field/drop-down on my screen when I create a new issue.

I'll reach out to admin (once I figure out who that is!) and ask for that to be added.

Appreciate the help.


author: Tim Kopperud
body: Hi [@chris.ciccarello](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5548096), thanks for accepting the answer.

TimK


author: chris.ciccarello
body: Thank you! So this is something I need to request form a internal company system admin presumably? I.E. someone who configures needs to add to the issue selection screen?

comments: author: Mike Maurer
body: Yes, ask an admin. He have to configure the **Parent** field for "normal" users.


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