How to Sync Jira Epics as Parent Tasks

With this manual option, you can turn Jira Epics into parent tasks to create a subtask hierarchy. Here's how it's done.

Any Unito flow can sync tasks, stories, and bugs linked to your Jira Epics as subtasks in your other tools. This solution will work with any integration that already has subtasks in its design! Common companion tools for this manual configuration include Trello, Asana, and Wrike.

Steps to sync epics as parent tasks

Open any of your Jira flows.
Select Advanced options.
Scroll down to the Advanced features window. This lets you enter custom code for specific manual configurations.
Copy this text:
```
{
  "syncEpicsAsParentTasks": true
}
```
Then, paste it into the Advanced features box. You should get something that looks like this:
Save your flow and click Sync now.

Now, your Jira Epics will be considered as parent tasks, and all linked tasks, issues, and bugs will be synced as subtasks.

Syncing Jira epics and child tasks to Azure DevOps

Here's a comprehensive guide on how to create a new flow or if you're already familiar with Unito, you can simply edit an existing flow.

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How to Sync Jira Epics as Parent Tasks

With this manual option, you can turn Jira Epics into parent tasks to create a subtask hierarchy. Here's how it's done.

Steps to sync epics as parent tasks

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