Create parent child relationships to represent things like epics and their associated features or parent tasks and sub tasks. You can only link to work within the same project.


Note: This article refers to projects. Depending on your configuration, you may see alternate terminology used in your environment. 


Here are the different ways to create the relationship.



Edit a work item and add a child


Edit a work item and select the children option then select the link option to create the link.


The work item you want to add children to must have a work type that allows children. 





Edit a work item and add a parent


Edit a work item and select the parent option then select the link option to create the link.


Only work items that have a work type that allows children can be selected as parents.