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Create issues and subtasks on the timeline
Before you begin
In order to create issues and subtasks in your business project, you’ll need the create issue permission.
Learn more about project permissions for your company-managed project.
Learn more about project permissions for your team-managed project.
Create a new issue on the timeline
There are two ways you can create a new issue from the timeline view. Creating an issue will add it to the timeline, as well as all other views in your project. Here’s one way of creating an issue:
Select the + Create button at the bottom of the timeline. A text field will appear.
Give your issue a name.
Choose which type of issue you’d like to create from the dropdown (if your project has more than one issue type). All issue types associated with your business project except for subtasks, will be included. Learn more about creating subtasks.
Press enter on your keyboard to create your issue.
Another way to create an issue from the timeline is to:
Hover your cursor in between the two issues you want to create a new issue between.
Select the + symbol.
A text field will appear. Start typing to give your issue a name.
Press enter on your keyboard to create your issue.
Learn how to create an issue anywhere in Jira.
Tasks and subtasks
Break down tasks into smaller subtasks in your timeline view. Subtasks are smaller tasks that relate to the overarching objective.
You can create subtasks if your business project has subtasks as a default issue type.
To create a subtask, you'll need to:
Select the plus symbol + in the row of the item you’d like to create a subtask for.
Enter a summary of what needs to be done for this subtask.
Press enter.
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