# Using milestones

`Milestone` is for issue management. You can check the progress of issues within certain milestone and manage schedule effectively after making milestones and setting due date.


Creating new milestones
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To create new milestones :

1. Go to a project. 
1. Click the `Milestone` menu.
1. Click the `New milestone` button.
1. Fill out the forms.
1. Click the `Save` button.


Assigning issues to milestones
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You can assign a certain milestone to issues. There are two ways.

1. Assigning when creating issues
    1. Click the `Issue` menu.
    1. Click the `New issue` button.
    1. Click the `Milestone` dropbox and then you can see milestone list.
    1. Select a milestone.
    1. Click the `Save` button.

1. Assigning after creating issues
    1. Click the `Issue` menu.
    1. Click an issue to which you want to assign a milestone.
    1. Click the `Milestone` dropdown box and then you can see milestone list.
    1. Select a milestone.


Closing milestones
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To close milestones :

1. Click the `Milestone` menu.
1. Click a milestone you want to close.
1. Click `Close milestone` button.

Then, you will see the milestone status is `Closed`.