Change the Status of an Activity

When creating a new activity, its status is automatically set to Not started.

Once the activity is over and there are no outstanding tasks or if the activity is cancelled, you can complete or cancel it using the Actions button. 

Activities can have 4 different statuses:

• Not started: Indicates that the activity has not been started yet. It can still be modified.
• In progress: Indicates that the activity has started. Work has been started for the activity and tasks have been created. Some changes and adjustments to planning can still be made.
• Completed: Indicates that the activity has been completed. It can no longer be modified. All tasks that have not been completed are cancelled.
• Cancelled: Indicates that the activity was cancelled. It can no longer be modified. All tasks that have not been completed are deleted.

Change the Status of an Activity

1. Navigate to Engagement plans in Stakeholder Engagement.
2. Open the engagement plan which has an activity for which you want to change the status.
3. Expand Planning.
4. Select Activities.
5. Open the activity for which you want to change the status.
6. Click the Actions menu.
7. Select the appropriate action on the activity.
   Depending on the current status of the activity, the action options will differ:
   
   • Start activity: Sets the status to In progress. This option is only available when the status is Not started.
   • Stop activity: Sets the status of the activity to Not started. This option is only available when the status is In progress and if no task has been completed.
   • Cancel: Sets the status to Cancelled. This option is only available when the status is In progress. 
   • Complete: Sets the status of the activity to Completed. This option is only available when the status is In progress.
8. Specify a comment.
9. Click the confirmation button.