Create a Milestone

Milestones represent required steps in your support process, such as case resolution time and first response time. You create master milestones in your org and then add them to SLA policies to enforce different service levels on support records, like cases and work orders.

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User Permissions Needed
To create milestones:	Manage Entitlements

Tip The Entitlement Management Trailhead module introduces you to common terms and walks you through the process of creating milestones. And it’s fun! To get started, see Entitlement Management.

1. From Setup, enter SLA policies in the Quick Find box, then select SLA Policies under SLA Management.
2. Select the SLA policy for which you want to create a milestone.
3. On the Milestones tab, click New Milestone.
4. Enter a name and description.
5. Select the milestone agreement type, business hours, order, time to complete milestone, and start time.
6. Select a recurrence type.

   Recurrence Type	Description	Example
   No Recurrence	The milestone occurs only once on the record.	First Response Resolution Time
   Independent	The milestone occurs when their criteria are met on the record.	Response Time
   Sequential	The milestone reoccurs whenever the milestone criteria are met on the record.	Customer Contact Made

7. Click Next.
8. Set up milestone activation and completion criteria.
9. Save your changes.