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description: Use nesting to break down larger experiments into smaller pieces of work.
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# Sub-experiments

> **Who can use this feature?**
>
> 👤 By default, all [**Admins** and **Editors**](../share-and-collaborate/share-your-work) (but not Viewers).
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> 🏢 Available on [**all plans**](https://www.colabra.ai/pricing)**.**

Sub-experiments are a good option when a set of work is too large to be its own experiment but too small to be a project. It's also ideal for splitting up work shared across teammates, since experiments are limited to one assignee.

We treat sub-experiments and their parent experiments as separate entities. A sub-experiment is considered related to its parent, but they do not share properties and do not sum up or aggregate properties. A sub-experiment has its own own status, priority, assignee, tags, due date, etc. that is unrelated to the parent experiment, and vice versa.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="⌨️ Keyboard" %}
`Tab` `C` to create a sub-experiment

`Cmd/Ctrl` `Shift` `P` to add a parent
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="🖱️ Mouse" %}
* On the experiment page, add sub-experiments by clicking + _Sub-experiment_ at the bottom of the experiment summary.
* From experiment lists, right-click over selected experiments and choose _Add sub-experiment_ or _Set parent experiment_
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="⚡ Quick find" %}
Search `sub` to add a sub-experiment

Search `Set parent` to set the parent experiment.
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% embed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?ab_channel=Colabra&v=e5XPNZTBq0c" %}

## Create sub-experiments

Create sub-experiments directly by opening the parent experiment and then clicking the `+ sub-experiment` button below the experiment Summary. This will launch the sub-experiment editor. You can also use the shortcut `Tab` `C` to open the editor.

## Turn experiments into sub-experiments

Turn an existing experiment into a sub-experiment by setting its parent experiment. This action is accessible from the three dot menu and ⚡ Quick find.

## Turn experiments into parents

To make an existing experiment a parent of another experiment, hover over a sub-experiment and click Set parent in the three dot menu or ⚡ Quick find.

## Filter sub-experiments

You can set any list to show or hide sub-experiments in [Display options](../find-and-filter/display-options). You can also use [Filters](../find-and-filter/filters) to show only top-level (parent) experiments, experiments with sub-experiments, or only sub-experiments. If you use these filters frequently, consider creating a custom [View](../find-and-filter/views)[.](https://www.notion.so/Linear-Guide-cab28edf7e26469cbf0132abb539e6d0)

## Navigating between experiments

Navigate between a parent experiment and its sub-experiment by clicking the folder icon in lists, or below the title in the experiment view.

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