@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ Milestones in GitLab are a way to track issues and merge requests created to ach
Milestones allow you to organize issues and merge requests into a cohesive group, with an optional start date and an optional due date.
With [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/products/),
you will also see a [Burndown Chart](#burndown-charts) for your milestone, which
gives a visual insight over the progress of the conclusion of that milestone:
## Project milestones and group milestones
-**Project milestones** can be assigned to issues or merge requests in that project only.
@@ -70,7 +63,12 @@ From the project issue/merge request list pages and the group issue/merge reques
### Filtering in issue boards
From [project issue boards](../issue_board.md), you can filter by both group milestones and project milestones in the [search and filter bar](../../search/index.md#issue-boards).
- From [project issue boards](../issue_board.md), you can filter by both group milestones and project milestones in the [search and filter bar](../../search/index.md#issue-boards).
- From [group issue boards](../issue_board.md#group-issue-boards)(available in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/products), you can filter by only group milestones in the [search and filter bar](../../search/index.md#issue-boards).
- From [project issue boards](../issue_board.md), you can filter by both group milestones and project milestones in the [issue board configuration](../issue_board.md#board-with-configuration)(available in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/products)) .
- From [group issue boards](../issue_board.md#group-issue-boards)(available in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/products)), you can filter by only group milestones in the [issue board configuration](../issue_board.md#board-with-configuration).
### Special milestone filters
@@ -94,6 +92,7 @@ Not all features in the project milestone view are available in the group milest
| Start date and due date | ✓ | ✓ |
| Total issue time spent | ✓ | ✓ |
| Total issue weight | ✓ | |
| Burndown chart | ✓ | |
The milestone view shows the title and description.
@@ -104,6 +103,15 @@ These features are only available for project milestones and not group milestone
- Issues assigned to the milestone are displayed in three columns: Unstarted issues, ongoing issues, and completed issues.
- Merge requests assigned to the milestone are displayed in four columns: Work in progress merge requests, waiting for merge, rejected, and closed.
- Participants and labels that are used in issues and merge requests that have the milestone assigned are displayed.
-[Burndown chart](#burndown-charts).
### Burndown Charts
For project milestones only, and in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/products), a [burndown chart](burndown_charts.md) is in the milestone view, showing the progress of completing a milestone.
A burndown chart will be shown in group milestones [in the future](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/3064).
### Milestone sidebar
@@ -116,16 +124,3 @@ The milestone sidebar on the milestone view shows the following:
For project milestones only, the milestone sidebar shows the total issue weight of all issues that have the milestone assigned.
are visual representations of the progress of completing a milestone.
>**Note:**
The start/due dates are required if you intend to use [Burndown charts](#burndown-charts).
Burndown charts are only available for project milestones currently. They will be available for group milestones [in the future](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/3064).
