Creating a New Milestone
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To define a new milestone:
1.Open the Milestone Library (refer to Using the Milestone Library in Working with Project Milestones).  
2.Click Add.  
The Edit Milestone dialog box appears:  

 
 
The Edit Milestone dialog box allows you to define the following properties:
·Milestone name – Specify the desired Milestone name.  
·Description and comments – Enter the milestone's description. On the first line, enter a short sentence that will be the milestone title. If desired, enter additional details on further lines.  
·Milestone criteria – Select from the following options:  
·By date – Enter the time and date for this milestone. Open the date drop-down menu to display a calendar from which you can choose a date and year.  
·RCS symbolic name – Enter an RCS symbolic name that defines the milestone (used mostly with legacy RCS files).  
·Branch – This drop-down list is used for branching support as discussed in the Branching and Merging section of the User Guide (Pro edition only).  
·Milestone type – Select from the following options:  
·Branch – Create a branch, as discussed in the Branching and Merging section of the User Guide. (This feature is available on the Pro edition only.)  
·Normal / Temporary – CS-RCS handles Normal and Temporary milestones equally. The two types can be used in order to define the weight of a milestone. This can be useful when viewing reports.  

Click OK to save the milestone. This operation can be time-consuming since CS-RCS scans all files matching the milestone's criteria and caches this information.

Note: Make sure that none of the files are being modified by any user when "freezing" the current state of the project.