Whilst an episode must have a start date, it is often not possible or appropriate to assign an end date, these are referred to as open-ended episodes.
An open-ended episode displays on the Timeline with a top and bottom-line protruding from the episode
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To create an open-ended episode:
- From the Problem tab, select the item required and then right click on it:
- Select Start Episode and everything from the selected date forward included in the Problem is added to the episode, as indicated by a solid bar on the Timeline.
Further episodes can be started without closing this particular episode, the result of this is two open-ended episodes:
Episode one is shown as a bar starting 20/04/18 and episode two appears as a bar starting 17/06/18 both with an open-end indicator.
Since the episodes are open-ended, the actual scope of the episodes is:
- Episode 1 - 20/04/18 - 01/05/18
- Episode 2 - 17/06/18 - Today, the timeline bar always ends at the last qualifying event within the episode.
Open-ended episodes are:
- Automatically increased in length if data is added with a date which falls within the scope of the episode.
- Indicated in the problem list by a blue sub-heading of the episode start date immediately before the most recent item in the episode, select the heading to collapse or expand the episode to view the data within it.