# Saving a milestone
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A milestone records the current state of a workload. The owner of a workload can save a milestone at any time.

**To save a milestone**

1. From the workload details page, choose **Save milestone**.

1. In the **Milestone name** box, enter a name for your milestone.
**Note**  
The name must be between 3 and 100 characters. At least three characters must not be spaces. Milestone names associated with a workload must be unique. Spaces and capitalization are ignored when checking for uniqueness.

1. Choose **Save** to save the milestone.

After a milestone is saved, you cannot change the workload data that was recorded. When you delete a workload, its associated milestones are also deleted.