I’m working with multiple user stories in our JIRA project and need to reorganize some tasks. I accidentally created a subtask under the wrong parent story and now I want to move it to the correct one.
I’ve been looking through the JIRA interface but can’t find a straightforward way to do this. Is there a built-in feature that allows you to change the parent story of an existing subtask? Or do I need to delete the current subtask and recreate it under the new story?
I’m using JIRA Cloud version and have project admin permissions. Any step-by-step guidance would be really helpful since I have several subtasks that need to be moved around.
There’s actually a quicker way than using the Move function. Just edit the subtask directly - find the ‘Parent’ field in the issue details and change the parent story key there. Type in the new story’s key (like PROJ-123) and save. This works great when you’re reorganizing multiple subtasks since you skip the move wizard every time. I use this all the time when cleaning up sprint backlogs and it’s way faster than the traditional move operation.
drag and drop works in agile view too - just grab the subtask and drop it on the new parent story. way simpler than using move wizards or editing fields manually. i’ve been doing this for years and it’s a huge time-saver when reorganizing during sprint planning.
Moving a subtask to a different user story in JIRA is pretty straightforward. Find the subtask you want to move, click the three dots in the upper right corner, and select ‘Move’ from the dropdown. A wizard will pop up letting you pick a new parent story. Just make sure the issue types and workflows match between the two stories - if they don’t, you’ll run into problems. All your comments and work logs will carry over, which is nice. Watch out for any required fields that might be different between the stories.