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title: Campaign status and actions
slug: data-platform/docs/campaign-status-and-actions
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createdAt: 2026-08-10T12:05:15.000Z
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**Note**

The terms *audiences* and *segments* are interchangeable. Optimizely has updated all *segments* to *audiences* on the **Audiences** page and is updating the UI on other pages. See  [Understand audiences](docId\:v-gHiL9jfINBey-4QNtFM) to get information on audiences.
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Optimizely Data Platform (ODP) shows you the status of each campaign after ODP sends it. Learn the campaign statuses to help manage and run your campaigns efficiently. 

## Statuses

- **Draft** – Campaign is created but not yet set to run.
- **Scheduled** – Campaign is scheduled to be sent but has not been sent previously. Resetting a one-time campaign returns it to the **Scheduled** status.
- **Preparing** – Campaign has reached its next send time and is in the queue.
- **Running** – Campaign is currently being sent to recipients.
- **Ongoing** – Campaign is scheduled to run again.
  - This status does not apply to one-time campaigns that are rescheduled to run again.
  - This status applies to recurring, continuous, and one-time campaigns sent in the recipient's time zone and to campaigns conducting A/B testing.
- **Completed** – Campaign has finished and is not scheduled to run again.
- **Paused** – Campaign is paused by a user.

### Locate a campaign's status

You can see the campaign status following its name and target audience.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/9ejM_I9DYPp6Nu-BLehl4_01-locate-a-campaign-s-status.png)

### Filter by campaign status

[Filter campaigns](docId:6y4edyEG6AnOGsejgOPCk) by their dashboard status. The **Active** filter includes **Preparing**, **Running**, and **Ongoing** statuses.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/IZUuTbtHg-KM5rJISI-dm_02-filter-by-campaign-status.png)

## User actions by status

Each campaign status influences the actions available to the user.

### Draft

- **Go Live** changes the status to **Scheduled**.

### Scheduled

- You can **Unschedule** a campaign if it has not been previously sent by ODP. This changes the status to **Draft**.
- You can **Pause** a running campaign, which changes its status to **Paused**. If you do not want to resume the campaign, change the status to **Completed**.

### Preparing

- You can **Unschedule** a campaign if it has not been sent previously by ODP. This changes the status to **Draft**.

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  **Note**

  You cannot unschedule one-time campaigns in the **Preparing** state.
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- You can **Pause** a running campaign, which changes its status to **Paused**. If you do not want to resume the campaign, change the status to **Completed.** 

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  **Note**

  You cannot pause or mark one-time campaigns completed in the **Preparing** state. 
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### Running

- There are no available user actions for campaigns with **Running** status. You cannot pause or unschedule the messages.

### Ongoing

- **Pause** changes the status to **Paused**. If you do not want to resume the campaign, change the status to **Completed**.

### Completed

- **Restart** changes the status to **Scheduled**.

### Paused

- You can **Restart** a campaign by letting the campaign run in the future. This changes the status to **Scheduled**.
- You can **Resume** a campaign if the schedule remains the same. This changes the status to **Scheduled**.

## System Actions

ODP automatically changes the status of campaigns that meet the necessary qualifications.

- **Scheduled** changes to **Preparing** when the campaign reaches the start time and moves to the sending queue.
- **Preparing** changes to **Running** when the campaign reaches the top of the sending queue and starts getting sent.
- **Running** changes to **Ongoing** if the campaign has more scheduled runs (if it is recurring or continuous, uses recipient time zone sending, or is A/B testing for one-time campaigns).
- **Running** changes to **Completed** when no scheduled runs are available.
- **Ongoing** changes to **Preparing** when the campaign reaches its next scheduled run time and moves to the sending queue.