Create Issue Hierarchy

Templify allows you to automate the creation of entire issue structures — including Epics, Stories, Tasks, Sub-tasks, and linked issues — from a single, reusable template.

Instead of manually building each issue and relationship one by one, you can define a complete hierarchy once and use it repeatedly across teams and projects.

🧩 What It Does

When a user creates an issue from a template that contains children or links, Templify will:

Automatically create all child issues (e.g. Sub-tasks under a Task, Stories under an Epic)
Preserve hierarchy relationships — parent/child, Epic links, etc.
Apply issue links (e.g. blocks, relates to) based on the original template structure

This behavior is consistent and reliable across all supported projects and issue types.

⚙️ How to Create Hierarchies

There are two simple ways to trigger hierarchy creation:

Use the "Create from Template" action
→ Available in the Issue Template panel on any issue marked as a template
Select a template in the Jira Create Issue form
→ When the issue is created, Templify will automatically generate the full hierarchy in the background

🔁 This process is fully automated — there is no need to manually configure subtasks, add stories to epics, or apply links afterward.

✅ Why It Matters

Templify’s hierarchy support eliminates the most repetitive and error-prone parts of project setup. You get:

⚡ Faster onboarding and epic creation
🔁 Consistent structure across teams and processes
🔒 Reduced risk of missing critical dependencies or steps
📈 Scalability — use the same patterns in multiple projects, versions, or departments

Managers and project leads can ensure every initiative starts with the right setup — without relying on tribal knowledge or extra training.

🧪 Interactive Demo

The interactive demo below shows how to create issue structures in two ways.

Demo 1: Use Create Issue form

Select an issue template from the native Create Issue form
Configure the template to include child issues (e.g. Sub-tasks, Stories)
Set up linked issues to mirror real-world dependencies and flows

Demo 2: Configuring Your Template Structure

Open the issue marked as a template and click Create Issue
Choose your target project and desired issue type
Use the hierarchy preview to toggle which child issues get created

📌 Best Practices

Create issue hierarchies directly from the Issue Template panel if you want the full structure to be generated synchronously, with immediate visual results in Jira.
If a template contains a large or complex structure and you want to restrict its usage, you can mark it as "not visible" in the Issue Template field.
→ This allows to use the template manually while hiding it from everyday users in the Create Issue form.
Use this option to limit access to heavy templates while keeping them reusable in controlled workflows.