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Using Timelines

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Timelines help you determine that scheduling is appropriate and on track for planned marketing efforts.

Understanding Color-Coded Status Bars

Timeline bars are color-coded to help you identify the status of programs and campaigns. You can place the cursor over a timeline bar to display more details.

Program plan and campaign plan timelines use the following status colors:

Active: Green
Planned: Yellow
Completed: Gray

Status (programs and campaigns) timelines use the following status colors:

Error: Red
Manual: Light Blue
Active: Green
Pending: Yellow
Finished: Gray

Navigating To and From Timelines

The following list contains helpful information about navigating timelines:

In the Programs screen's Timeline view, you can navigate in the following ways:
Click the timeline bar to see the Status Timeline view for a program.
Drill down on the program plan name to see the Program Flow.
In the Programs screen's All or My Program Plans view, you can navigate in the following ways:
Drill down on the program plan name to see the Program Flow.
Select a program plan, click the Status view tab, choose timeline from the Status list's show drop-down list, and drill down on the program name to access details for the program plan.
In the Campaigns screen's Timeline view, you can navigate in the following ways:
Click the campaign timeline bar to display the status timeline for the campaign. In the Status timeline you can drill down on a campaign name to access views (such as Offers and Activities) that are associated with the campaign.
Drill down on the campaign plan name to display offers associated with the campaign plan.
In the Campaigns screen's All Campaign Plans view, you can navigate in the following ways:
Drill down on the name of a campaign plan and see offers associated with the campaign plan.
Select a campaign plan, click the Status view tab, and a list of campaigns for the campaign plan appears. In the Status list you can drill down on a campaign name to access views (such as Offers and Activities) that are associated with the campaign.

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