Create issues from the timeline view of your project
Unless otherwise noted, the project timeline view is the same for both company-managed and team-managed projects.
The timeline view uses your project’s board as its issue source. As you create issues in your project, they're automatically added to your timeline. You can also make new issues directly on your timeline view.
Create a parent issue
Select Create Epic at the bottom of the issues column to create a new parent-level issue.
The default parent work type in Jira is Epic, which is what we use in this documentation. However, this is a dynamic value based on how your administrator configures the parent work item type. For example, if your project uses feature as the parent work type, you’ll see Create Feature.
Create a child issue
Hover over the parent-level issue and select + to create child issues:
Insert an issue on the timeline
If you want to place an issue directly between two existing issues on your timeline, hover on the line between them and select the blue + that appears:
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