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type: reference
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stage: Plan
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group: Product Planning
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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---
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# Planning hierarchies **(PREMIUM)**
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Planning hierarchies are an integral part of breaking down your work in GitLab.
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To understand how you can use epics and issues together in hierarchies, remember the following:
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- [Epics](../epics/index.md) exist in groups.
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- [Issues](../../project/issues/index.md) exist in projects.
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GitLab is not opinionated on how you structure your work and the hierarchy you can build with multi-level
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epics. For example, you can use the hierarchy as a folder of issues for bigger initiatives.
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To learn about hierarchies in general, common frameworks, and using GitLab for
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portfolio management, see
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[How to use GitLab for Agile portfolio planning and project management](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/11/11/gitlab-for-agile-portfolio-planning-project-management/).
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## Hierarchies with epics
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With epics, you can achieve the following hierarchy:
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```mermaid
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graph TD
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Group_epic --> Project1_Issue1
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Group_epic --> Project1_Issue2
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Group_epic --> Project2_Issue1
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```
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### Hierarchies with multi-level epics **(ULTIMATE)**
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With the addition of [multi-level epics](../epics/manage_epics.md#multi-level-child-epics) and up to
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seven levels of nested epics, you can achieve the following hierarchy:
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<!--
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Image below was generated with the following Mermaid code.
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Attached as an image because a rendered diagram doesn't look clear on the docs page.
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```mermaid
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classDiagram
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direction TD
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class Epic
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class Issue
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Epic *-- "0..7" Epic
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Epic "1"*-- "0..*" Issue
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```
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-->
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## View ancestry of an issue
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In an issue, you can view the parented epic above the issue in the right sidebar under **Epic**.
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## View ancestry of an epic
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In an epic, you can view the ancestors as parents in the right sidebar under **Ancestors**.
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