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Introduction
Milestones can be interpreted as:
Markers of reaching an identifiable stage in any task or project.
Software release life cycle states.
On the timeline, milestones are represented as diamond shapes. The milestone duration is zero days, so it is displayed always on a single day.
You can track project milestones using the Infobar section in the Gantt module in BigPicture PPM for monday.com. Just navigate to the selected milestone by clicking on the "Target" icon next to the milestone on the list.
Convert tasks to milestones
Milestones can be interpreted as:
Markers of reaching an identifiable stage in any task or project.
Software release life cycle states.
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milestones
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Convert a single task to a milestone
To convert a task to a milestone or vice versa:
Right-click on the selected task you wish to convert (on the task list).
Choose “Convert to milestone”.Use the
". . ." button in the vertical dialogYour task is converted to milestone and its start date equals its end date. You can convert it back at any moment, following the same process.
You can also use inline editing to turn convert a task into a milestone. In order to do that, add the “Milestone” column to your current column view and double-click on the empty field. Another way to convert a task to a milestone is to click three dots on the Editor Slider and select “Convert to milestone” from a menu that will appear.
You cannot convert a parent task to a milestone.
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If the task duration is more than 1 day, its end date is set as the milestone start and end dates. The milestone duration is always one day zero days so the start date is the same as the end date.
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Convert multiple to milestones / tasks
Use the multithe multi-select option select option to select a few tasks and milestones and right-click to "Convert all to...":
Milestone
Task
When you select a milestone and a task and right-click "Convert all to.. > Task":
A milestone is converted into a task
A task remains unchanged because it is already a task
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Click the + (plus icon) > Create task > Basic task.
Fill in the task information.
Activate the toggle switch.
Milestone overview - Infobar
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You can show display the list of milestones using Gantt's Infobar:
Only milestones expanded on the Gantt chart are visible on the list.
If a user wants to To see only milestones from selected parent tasks, they need to expand those parent tasks and collapse parent tasks they you are not interested in.
If a user wants to To see all the milestones in the programbox, they need to expand all of the tasks by clicking "Expand all" on a tree root column header.
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