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Create a Milestone

You can create a milestone from the user interface or by using GRLoader.

To create a milestone from the user interface

1. Select a CI and click its Versioning tab.
2. Click Create Milestone.
3. Enter descriptive text for the milestone. Click Save.

   The Create Milestone page closes.

4. Select View, Refresh.

   The Basic view displays a new snapshot with the current date and time that represents the milestone that you created. Switching to the Milestone view, displays only those snapshots with assigned names. Milestones are displayed in descending date/time sequence, with the most recent at the top.

To create a milestone using GRLoader

1. Add the <milestone> tag to the XML for that CI.
2. Apply the same reconciliation rules apply as when associating a milestone with a CI.

   Note: The value of the milestone tag is the label associated with that milestone.

3. Save and close the XML for the CI.

   The milestone is created.

Note: For more information, see the CA CMDB Technical Reference Guide.

Example: Use GRLoader to Create a Milestone

The following GRLoader sample creates the milestone Fiscal year end 2008.

<ci>
<name>server1 </name>
<milestone>Fiscal year end 2008</milestone>
</ci>