# 📐 Rules to create milestones

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-create-milestones/938547>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Created:** [4 October 2024 10:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-create-milestones/938547 "2024-10-04T10:54:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![George\_McDougall](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/george_mcdougall/32/186544_2.png) [@George\_McDougall](https://forum.asana.com/u/George_McDougall)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2024 10:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-create-milestones/938547/1 "2024-10-04T10:54:12Z")

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It would be useful to have an option in rules under ‘Do This’ that converts a task into a milestone when it moves to a specific section, e.g. I have a section named ‘Milestones’ and I don’t want to have to manually convert the tasks to milestones in here each time.

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2024 17:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-create-milestones/938547/2 "2024-10-04T17:52:48Z")

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Split this topic on 4 October 2024 17:52 UTC

A post was merged into an existing topic: [Automation to convert work into a Milestone](https://forum.asana.com/t/automation-to-convert-work-into-a-milestone/130820)

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2024 17:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-to-create-milestones/938547/3 "2024-10-04T17:52:48Z")

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Closed on 4 October 2024 17:52 UTC