First of all thanks for working on this issue, daterange for child issues in kanban has unlocked a great visible overview for my teams progress. 
Now a question...
I understand that in scrum having child issues showing the same daterange as the Sprint they belong to makes sense according to the scrum framework, however it doesn't give any added value to Jira as a tool since it is self evident that child issues in scrum must be solved in the timframe of the sprint they belong to. 
My team and some others I've read would much rather have the same functionality as in the Kanban Roadmap where you can visually see the deadlines for each childissue to get a better visual overview of the workflow order of tasks and dependencies inside each sprint. maybe this is something you already consider?
 
Looking forward to your response! 

Hi aaf380f1e6a0 , sorry to hear that you're unable to schedule child issues: "I have the "Schedule Child Issue" switch set for both a Kanban and a Scrum project, and I cannot schedule any other Issue Types, aside from Epic, on the Roadmap." 

To further help you with this, can you please raise a support ticket ticket at https://support.atlassian.com/contact

Otherwise in the meantime, if the settings is turned on, can you please check the following:

• If sprints are enabled for the project ( i.e. you can see the sprints header on the Roadmap) then you can assign the child issues to sprints by clicking on the sprints dropzones. You will need some active/future sprints with start and end dates in your backlog. If you hover your mouse over the row, you should be able to see the dropzones appear (light blue bars). By clicking on the dropzone it will assign the child issue to a sprint, and you will see the bar. 
• If sprints aren't enabled for the project (i.e. you don't see the sprints header on the Roadmap) then you you can click/ click & drag the bar on the row to set the start/due date and make the bar appear for the child issue. Or otherwise, if you set a Start date and Due date for the child issue through the issue details panel on the right, it should appear. 

Hi all, 

Thank you for your patience throughout this time. As commented above - the ability to schedule story-level issues with dates is now available for Kanban projects on Jira Software Cloud on all editions, Free included. Our research with agile software teams using Kanban led us to this approach - so thank you for being involved in the EAP or Beta, and for your feedback here. 
More here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-articles/What-s-new-in-the-Roadmap-view-I-m-so-glad-you-asked/ba-p/2077594 

This feature is not enabled by default on each project, but it’s easy to turn on (if you have project permissions). Learn how to enable child-level planning for kanban teams. The roadmap uses the fields "Start date" and "Due date" to reflect the timeline bar schedule. 

For scrum teams, child issues are scheduled according to the sprint to which they’re assigned. On your roadmap, the schedule bar for all child issues is the same size regardless of their estimated duration, aligning with the sprints at the top header of the roadmap. You will need to have sprints created with dates to see them on the roadmap. https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/schedule-work-for-scrum-teams-on-your-roadmap/ 

If you have any queries or additional feedback you would like to provide via email or a zoom call, you can contact us here: jira-cloud-roadmaps@atlassian.com

Thank you,

Rathesh Richards, Product Manager, Jira Software. 

For my Jira Roadmaps I have to use the following fields: Start date and Due date to see the child issues of an Epic to show up on a roadmap.

My teams have been using Target start and Target end fields which did NOT show up on the Roadmap. 

@K. Ariga - 

Happy to help test when you make changes to fix this for relatively recent projects.

I have the "Schedule Child Issue" switch set for both a Kanban and a Scrum project, and I cannot schedule any other Issue Types, aside from Epic, on the Roadmap.

Appreciated your response Laura.

I am also having the same experience with Kanab type project that I can not explain. Only happening to new Kanban projects. 

I had something similar and it had something to do with where I'd created the sprints.  Since I hadn't created them from that board, they didn't show up?  but sometimes they do?  It's weird.  Don't forget you have to put dates on the sprints.

This is strange. I have some existing projects and the child scheduling is working well.

I created new two project, team managed, scrum & kanban, this feature doesn't seem to be working.
Anyone experiencing the same?

I even created a new project that was scrum and this does not work on my board.

Its beautiful!  Thank you!

It's not working for me on a Kanban board.

The setting is set.

It is out now, you need to set in roadmap settings:
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-articles/What-s-new-in-the-Roadmap-view-I-m-so-glad-you-asked/ba-p/2077594?utm_source=product-announcement-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jswc-july-round-up_EML-13044&jobid=105659889&subid=1636276685#M710

I would also like to know the date of the release of this feature, please.

Thanks in advance to all the Jira geniuses for working on this feature; being able to see date range and dependencies at the child issue level on roadmaps decreases OUR dependency on external solutions for long-term capacity planning.

Hello,
I see in one of the comments above that this feature was scheduled to be released during the summer.
Sadly not being part of the Beta group, I would like to know if the expected release date is now known ?  

Thanks

if a story/task is assigned to "sprint 1" with dates 02/11/22 - 12/11/22, the story/task will be displayed that it will start and end to be delivered in that sprint timeframe.

Are there any plans to allow setting explicit start/end dates on child issues when using sprints? It works really well in Kanban mode.

Sprint duration can vary across teams/organizations and making all child issues the same duration makes it difficult to manage dependencies using the roadmap and visualise a sprint load properly.

In other words, when looking at the roadmap, all stories in the sprint appear to have equal weight/size.

Hi there - Thanks to those who raised the issue with the Beta no longer being active. 
This issue has now been resolved, and if you had access to the Beta before, you should see it active again. Please let me know if you do not see it. 

We apologize for any disruption this may have caused you and your team overnight, and hope you can continue planning and aligning on work together  

For those NOT in the beta group, never fear - we are close to a full release in July 2022 with a few changes in how the feature is enabled for your roadmap for the first time. 
We'll keep you updated on this ticket with the exact release date, and how to enable the feature on your instance. For those in EAP/Beta group, there will be no additional setup needed for your instance.

Thanks again, 

Rathesh Richards, Product Manager - Jira Software cloud. 

We were also part of the beta and now the feature has disappeared. It has lead to quite a bit of confusion with our team since the visualization of our child issues with the entire project is no longer available. Would appreciate re-enabling the feature or providing a release date.

I went through the survey again because we are no longer in the EAP for our project. Not sure why we don't have this feature anymore.

We use this feature daily and it was critical for our operations. Please re-enable this for us again or please provide a release date for this feature.

We were a part of the beta and it was going well and super handy to use, but not we're not? Can you please re-enable for us as we have many projects on the go and coordinating across them without this feature is very difficult.

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Any chance I can get added to the Beta pretty please ?

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This is so stupid simple to implement I'm really struggling to understand why it's not already a feature.

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It is very important to anyone who understands the importance of this functionality and have actually worked on projects.

Unfortunately those at Atlassian make changes that make no sense and are not logical rather than what the PAYING customer needs.

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I see this issue very important. 

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This is a must-have feature in my opinion. We are working on a project at the moment and are finding real issues with not having this feature enabled to show timelines for Stories and Tasks, and subsequent dependencies, on the Roadmap page. 

Is there any way that our organisation can join the Beta group please as we have a project we're prepping for at the moment that would greatly benefit from this feature?

Hi all - Thank you for your additional feedback and patience.

We’re happy to announce that our Early access Program for this feature went well, and the Kanban Story level issue planning feature is headed for Beta starting this week.

Participants for the beta have been chosen at random. If you’re part of the beta group, you’ll see a lozenge that reads Beta feature enabled and you’ll be able to plan child issues on your roadmap for Kanban teams. The feature requires no setup to use.

The EAP has now ended, but those who were part of the EAP still have access to the feature. The only thing that’s changed is the lozenge mentioned above.

Assuming the beta goes well, we expect to roll this feature (with some improvements) out to all users on all cloud editions in the upcoming months. As always, we’ll keep you updated on this ticket.
 
Thanks,
Rathesh Richards, Product Manager - Jira Software. 

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+1 for this feature. I need to be able to plan across the whole team from an Epic and Story level but at the moment I'm having to look at alternate tools to do.

Would love to try out the early access, if possible.

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@henry Can you sign me up to the EAP too?

@Henry Su

Please add us to your list too, the EAP feature we signed up for seems not to be available on our site.

Regards

Why isn't this a feature yet? I'm legit looking at other solutions than Jira simply because this glaring omission.

What is the point of a roadmap feature when i cant see the timeline of the child issues? This is very very frustrating to have set everything up only to be disappointed.

Hi everyone,

Due to a recent incident at Atlassian, I have been unable to enable the EAP feature for anyone during these past few weeks. Please rest assured that I am still reading the feedback and comments here, and I have created a list of customers to enable the EAP feature as soon as possible.

Regards,

Henry

Hey Henry,

I have signed up the Early Access Program. Could you help enabling the roadmap seeing the task timeline?

Thanks so much,

Genesis

This feels like a no brainer, why do the tasks just have big empty spaces when they could have bars the same way their parent task does.

It has been 2 years since this was brought up. How long does it take to update and implement these requests from the community?

I'm confused as to why this works BEAUTIFULLY in Work Management, but not in Software Management? My team's work is complex enough to need Software Management, but this absolutely key feature for managing up seems like a glaring miss.

As mentioned - a super valuable tool for smaller teams that might not have the capacity for full top/bottom Agile/Scrum planning. Seeing a holistic view of projected times for sub-tasks would be great.

@Michael Watts, as far as I know this feature doesn't work for any subscription level.  The Roadmap becomes unlocked but you still cannot see the date range of any child issues, it just looks totally blank.  Confusing, but just wanted to pass that along so you aren't disappointed. 

We definitely require this functionality.

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Good news we have roadmap

Bad news can only see dates for Epics which does not help

@julia anderson, the link has a trailling full stop. Try this: https://surveys.atlassian.com/jfe/form/SV_bdOsJhYPF6Xg5IG

@Henry Su the early access link goes to a 'Not Found' page. Can you post a new one?

@henry su I would also like to participate in early access program. How to access it?

I would like to participate in the Early Access Program.

absolutely we want this feature ASAP

Hi 7d60499b1025,

We're still trialing this new feature as part of the Early Access Program. If you wish to participate, please sign up here https://surveys.atlassian.com/jfe/form/SV_bdOsJhYPF6Xg5IG. When we're confident that the new feature is ready, we'll be releasing to Standard / Free.

@Henry Su

Any update about standard plan?

@Henry Su

As you can see below, the tasks should be showing up but they still are not. When I am on the kanban board, there are 4 tasks that are in active status that still do not show up in the roadmap. Please help. 

Hi 4c59b02a9967 and 24b8b4a31768,

The EAP feature has already been enabled for your instances. There isn't anything that you need to turn on. The next time you go to a Kanban Roadmap, you should be able to schedule tasks on the timeline. Please let me know if you are having any problems with that.

Best regards,
Henry

I received this email that we were selected for early access back in December but haven't seen the popup announcement. How do I turn on the roadmap feature?

Henry,

I filled out the survey last week and have not been contacted, is it possible to get this turned on for us?

Thanks

Jesse

Henry, it works now and looks great. We will play around and provide feedback. Thanks!

Hey d023b1209c3c,

It looks like your instance has already been enabled for EAP. Are you not seeing timeline bars for stories / tasks on your Roadmap still?

Henry, I filled out the survey a week ago. Is it possible to have this feature enabled for our environment?

Hi everyone,

Re-posting the early access sign-up link again in case anyone has missed it: https://surveys.atlassian.com/jfe/form/SV_bdOsJhYPF6Xg5IG.

We're thankful for all of your feedback and appreciate your patience whilst we iron out the rough edges of this feature. Millions of people are using the Roadmap, and that means many complex and unique workflows. We haven't always done a great job with releasing new features in the past, and that has impacted some customers. We'd like to avoid that, so we're taking some time to make sure that this feature has been sufficiently tested before we release it to everyone.

Thanks,
Henry

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"we are setting up an EARLY access program, to let people plan task time in a project roadmap"

(what do you mean, surely that's why you have a Gannt chart style view and could have been foreseen by Mr. Magoo?)

Comical.

and again, 3000+ upvotes, exists since forever...
Trying to somehow make Jira usable for our team/company, but it seems like summed up, Jira is lacking more than it provides...

But hey, really nice that your roadmap has a issue "reinvison the workflow editor" instead of providing some of the most basic project planing features

We would be very interested in this feater as well. I just filled the survey out for the EAP and would love it added to us to use and provide feedback.

Thanks

Jesse H.

Hi Henry,

we would be very interested in this feature, too. I've filled out the survey just now. Would be great to have this enabled on our instance.

Thank you very much in advance

Leif

Hi Henry,

I have also signed up for the EAP, please let me know if this is possible to get on my instance this week.

Thanks so much for the work on this!

John J

Hey 9707c0911665,

Really appreciate your feedback. We are still exploring how this could work, but at this moment we are not supporting start / due dates for stories on Scrum Roadmaps.

Best regards,
Henry

Hi Henry and Rathesh,

Any chance for Scrum-based projects that you could have a configuration setting to either show sprints or the start/due dates?  That would be super useful to me for various stakeholders.

Hi Henry,

I have signed up the Early Access Program. could you help enabling the roadmap seeing the task timeline ?

Regards,

Chatchai S.

Hullo folks,

The EAP sign-up survey has been re-opened: https://surveys.atlassian.com/jfe/form/SV_bdOsJhYPF6Xg5IG. Please fill in this short form to get the EAP features as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Henry

Hi dd568d74c6ec,

This EAP feature allows you to scheduled stories / tasks on the Roadmap timeline and relevant features like roll-up, and some others. It does not affect non-Roadmap products. I have gone ahead and enabled it for your instance. Please let me know if there are any issues.

Best regards,
Henry

Hi 42d6fe61cb30, eb09f28f8422, 616d9becdd10, 01584e266a25, 816251aeab76,

I have enabled the EAP features for your instances. Please let me know if anything is wrong.

Best regards,
Henry

@Henry Su will enabling EAP just release this specific feature? If so, please enable for my team. Thank you

+1 Can my project have this enabled as well? 

Can you please enable EAP for my team. Cheers.

Hi,

I am evaluating the tooling, and this specific feature is a fundamental one for us. Can you please add our account to the EAP please? 

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could you please enable this EAP feature for my team as well?

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could you please enable this eap feature for my team as well? Thanks!

Hi 2ddc5950ae3c, 2fa403e16ad6, cbcc70428237, 35d5e4813f92, fd510244b44d, 858afd69c656, a7c82887187b, afd0054044fb, dca28fa7c5b7, c529d29a6f78,

I have enabled the EAP features for your instances. Please let me know if you encounter any problems.

Best regards,
Henry

Hello! Can you please enable the EAP feature for my team as well? Thanks so much!

Hi! Can you please add us to the EAP as well?

Hi Jira team! I'd like to participate in the EAP–could you please add me? (Or if necessary, my org)

Hi! My team would love the EAP feature, too. Would you enable it for us? Thank you! 

Hello, can you enable the EAP function for me.