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Figure 4-3. Example of a Milestone
Following are some descriptions of the fields shown in Figure 4-3:
The Type field can be used to differentiate the type of the milestone, such as, Early
Adopter, Major Release, or Patch Release.
The Owner field indicates who is responsible for the milestone. The select list is
populated from all fields within Team Development where you can enter names,
like assigned to, contributor, and others, so you are not restricted to previous
entered milestone owners. Note that the names you enter will be converted to
lowercase.
The Release field defines the version of the software you set the milestone for. In
our example you can expect releases like 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, and 4.1.
The Selectable for Features field gives you the option to hide milestones when
adding a Feature. This can be used for milestones that are tentative and not yet
ready for use. Note that switching this off for a milestone doesn't impact the
features that are currently assigned to that milestone. Furthermore, you can add a
full description of the milestone and add tags to it.
In the current version (4.0.2) of APEX there are some minor defects regarding milestones. In the
Team Development dashboard, only the future milestones you've defined show up. And you have to be
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