In light of recent updates, Admins can add hierarchies below an Epic in JIRA, which led them to anticipate that the new Epic level would inherit the same functions and features as the old Epic level.

To illustrate, we have the following issue hierarchy:

• 3 Initiative
• 2 Epic (New)
• 1 Story (Renamed Epic issue)
• -1 Task
• 0 Subtask

Currently, features such as the panel in the backlog are tied to the original Epic issue type. The epic name change is not reflected in the backlog when creating an Epic , in reports- cycle time Jira, Sprit insights 

This suggestion is to have these features tied to the level named Epic instead of the issue type Epic that exists at level 1.