Restrictions of Master Issues and Subtasks

Because the parent-child relationship between Master Issues and Subtasks sometimes reflects a complicated relationship, and has certain rules associated with it, there are some restrictions on these Issue types:

• A Subtask cannot be created of an existing Subtask—FootPrints only supports two-level parent-child relationships.  Nested Subtasks are not supported.
• A Master Issue cannot become a Subtask of another Issue—As stated above, FootPrints only supports two-level parent-child relationships.  Nested Master Issues are not supported.
• Master Issues and Subtasks cannot become Global Issues or GlobalLinks—The Global Issue feature allows you to link similar Issues together to be solved as one (for example, a System Down failure that is reported by many users).  While this feature has some similarities to Master/Subtask Issues, it is intended for a different function and has different rules.  Therefore, Master Issues and Subtasks cannot become Global Issues, nor can they be linked to a Global Issue.