Create work items 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 work item source. As you create work items in your project, they're automatically added to your timeline. You can also make new work items directly on your timeline view.
Create a parent work item
Select Create Epic at the bottom of the work items column to create a new parent-level work item.
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 work item
Hover over the parent-level work item and select + to create child work items:
Insert a work item on the timeline
If you want to place a work item directly between two existing work items on your timeline, hover on the line between them and select the blue + that appears:
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