Milestones Panel
The Milestones Panel is an optional panel displayed above the team timelines in the Planner. It provides a high-level view of important project dates and events, helping teams keep track of upcoming releases, deadlines, deliveries, demos, sprints, and other key milestones.
Milestones provide important context while planning work and make it easier to determine whether projects are progressing according to schedule.
By default, the Milestones Panel is hidden. To display it, click the Flag icon in the right-side toolbar.
What can be displayed on the Milestones Panel?
The Milestones Panel can display information from several sources:
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Custom milestones and events
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Jira issues based on their Due Date
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Jira Fix Versions (Releases)
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Scrum Sprints
Custom Milestones and Events
You can create milestones manually for important dates that should be visible to the whole team, such as.
Create a milestone
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Open the Milestones Panel.
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Click an empty cell.
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Select the milestone type.
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Enter the required information.
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Click Create.
Available milestone types include:
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Milestone
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Event
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Release
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Delivery
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Deadline
You can also create your own milestone types under:
Configuration → Events → Milestone Event Types
Each milestone can include:
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Title
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Project
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External link
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Date
Display Jira Issues Based on Due Date
The Milestones Panel can automatically display Jira issues that have a Due Date.
Simply assign a Due Date to an issue and it will appear on the Milestones Panel.
To enable this feature:
Configuration → Timeline Panel → Display Issues on Milestones Panel based on Due Date
You can also highlight approaching deadlines by configuring a warning period.
Go to:
Configuration → Timeline Panel → Deadline Warning Period
During the configured period before the deadline, the issue title is displayed in bold.
Due Date behavior
Due Date differs from Planned End Date
The Due Date represents when the work should ideally be completed.
The Planned End Date represents the actual scheduled finish.
In this case:
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Due Date is displayed as the milestone
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Planned End Date continues to control scheduling
Due Date equals Planned End Date
If both dates are identical, the Due Date is used as the Planned End Date.
Display Jira Releases (Fix Versions)
ActivityTimeline can automatically display Jira Fix Versions as release milestones.
To enable this:
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Click the Cog icon on the Milestones Panel.
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Select the projects whose Fix Versions should be displayed.
Clicking the link icon opens the corresponding Jira Release page.
Display Sprints
The Milestones Panel can also visualize Scrum sprints.
To display sprints:
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Click the Cog icon.
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Select the Jira projects and Scrum boards.
Each sprint is displayed across its entire duration using its configured Start Date and End Date.
Click the Hierarchy icon to expand the sprint and view:
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Sprint issues
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Current issue statuses
For more information, see:
Milestone Filters
By default, the Milestones Panel respects the currently selected team.
When the filter is On:
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Only milestones and Jira issues relevant to the selected team are displayed.
When the filter is Off:
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Milestones and issues assigned to users across all teams become visible.
This is useful when reviewing company-wide releases, deadlines, or cross-team initiatives.