Add Project MilestonesThe Milestones page lists all milestones in the selected project. Project Milestones are points in a development cycle where certain features or functionality are scheduled to be completed. Admins can create defined deadlines for completing bugs, tasks or features and to summarize the estimated remaining time to fix bugs or to finish tasks.
To access the Milestones page, click Milestones from the Project Admin menu sidebar. Only those with admin access to a specific project can modify that project’s Milestones.
The Milestone table contains the following columns.
▪ Name –The name of each Milestone
▪ Date – The Goal date for each milestone in the format dd-mmm-yyyy.
▪ Description – A short description for each milestone.
▪ Active – The active status for each Milestone.
▪ Modify – Click the Modify icon to go to the Modify Milestone for the project.
▪ Delete – Click Delete icon to delete the milestone from the project.
To add Milestone, click Add on the Milestones page.
Enter the Milestone name. This is required.
Enter the milestone goal date or click Calendar to choose a goal date from the calendar. Enter an optional description. The date should be in the format dd-mmm-yyyy. This is required
The Milestone description is optional. Milestone names can contain any character except ‘<’ or ‘>’.
Click Submit. You will return to the Milestone page and the Milestone will be added to the list.
Click Cancel to return to the Milestone page. Nothing will be added to the list.
To modify a Milestone, click the modify icon associated with the Milestone you want to edit from the Milestones page.
The Milestone name, goal date, description and active status can be modified from this page. All milestones are added as active by default. Uncheck the Active checkbox to de-activate a milestone.
Inactive Milestones
To reduce the amount of extraneous information in item view pages, a Milestone can be marked inactive. Only Milestones without open items can be marked inactive.
Deactivating a milestone will affect the following pages:
▪ At-a-Glance – Only active milestones are displayed in the Item Summary by Milestone section.
▪ Item
Summary Pages – Only active milestones are displayed for the
following Item Summary pages.
▪ Assignee
▪ Category
▪ Platform
▪ Priority
▪ Reporter
▪ Time Remaining
▪ Item List Grouped by Milestone – Items associated with all milestones will be listed on the “Grouped” Bug List page. All milestones will be listed as “groups” unless a milestone is inactive and there are no bugs associated with it in the query results. For example, if you query on open bugs, no open bugs will be associated with an inactive milestone so that milestone will not be listed as a “group”.
▪ Open Items Page – Only active milestones will be listed in the Open item list.
Click Delete to delete the Milestone from the repository. After selecting Delete or Cancel, you will be redirected back to the Milestone page and the list will be updated.