Create a milestone in your sheet

A milestone is an action or event that marks a significant change or stage in your sheet.

Who can use this?

Plans:

  • Smartsheet
  • Pro
  • Business
  • Enterprise

Permissions:

  • Owner
  • Admin

Find out if this capability is included in Smartsheet Regions or Smartsheet Gov.

In the Gantt and timeline views, a diamond shape represents a milestone. 

Milestone diamond symbol in timeline view

 

Create a milestone

Gantt view

  1. Activate dependencies from the settings on your sheet.

    In Gantt view, milestones cannot be shown unless you activate dependencies; otherwise, all items are displayed as bars.

  2. You can create a milestone by setting the item’s duration value to zero (and ensuring the start and end dates have the same value).

Timeline view

  • If you have dependencies deactivated in your sheet:
    • If there is only one date column, then all the rows in the sheet appear as milestones.
    • If there are two or more date columns, you can create a milestone by providing either a start OR an end date.
  • If you have dependencies activated in your sheet:
    • Provide either a start OR end date for the item.
    • Set the item’s duration value to zero (and ensure the start and end dates have the same value).

% Complete rollups aren't available for parent tasks that contain subtasks that are milestones.