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• The Milestone's actions are finished.
• Some of the milestone's actions are pending or busy.
• The Milestone is confirmed.
3.1.6 Milestones
Milestones are important checkpoints in the life of an Automation Engine job which are scheduled
events.
Each job has at least the milestone representing the start of that job (the moment the job is entered
in the Automation Engine job database).
You can then add predefined milestones (with your own due date, responsible, etc.), or create custom
milestones for your job.
The end milestone is the "due date" set for that job. Due date can mean many things. It could be the
due date for the deliverables (plates, print production, shipping, invoice sent) or could simply stand
for "waiting to be archived".
The Milestones View
This view is available in Job Overview and Job modes.
For each milestone, a colored icon indicates the milestone's status:
• indicates the "start" milestone for the job.
• indicates today on the time line.
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indicates the selected milestone.
• indicates a pending milestone.
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indicates an overdue milestone.
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indicates a milestone that is being handled.
• indicates that a milestone is completed.
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indicates that a milestone is confirmed (the milestone must be completed before it can be
confirmed).
In Job Overview Mode
When you are in Job Overview mode, you can see all milestones set for all jobs in your container.
The Milestones view can show you two overviews.
The Timeline View
The Timeline View shows you all milestones for each job, for a period you define.