Milestones

Milestones in the Gantt time that help to establish mark the specific key points within the timeline.

Figure 1. Milestones in Gantt Chart

Milestones serve multiple purposes, including tracking and monitoring progress, establishing goals and objectives, identifying potential delays, and communicating progress to stakeholders.

Steps to Configure the Milestones:

Type 1 – Multiple Milestone Date columns

1. Here's an example of a data with 3 columns for Milestone dates

Figure 2. Data Structure for Milestone

2. Add the date columns to the Milestone data field

Figure 3. Data field to configure Milestones.

3. As a result, the three milestones are plotted for every site (leaf level bars)

Figure 4. Multiple Milestones on a bar

Type 2 - Date and Milestone Name columns

1. Here's an example of a data with a column for milestone dates and another for the milestone names.

Figure 5. Data Structure with Milestone and Milestone Name

2. Add the data to the Milestone and Milestone Name data fields

Figure 6. Data field to configure Milestones and Milestone Name

3. As a result, the different types of milestones are plotted on the Sites/bars

Figure 7. The output of Milestone Name

Milestone formatting

1. To format the milestones, open Advanced Editor

Figure 8. Advance Editor Icon

2. In Advanced Editor, click on the Milestones tab

Figure 9. Advance settings configuration on Milestone

Figure 10. Advance setting configuration based on Milestone Name

Configure the shape and color of the milestones based on date columns or the Milestone names, as shown above.