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How is the timeline populated?

The timeline is generated when an appointment record linked to a faculty profile is created. Interfolio's Lifecycle Management (LM) uses fields such as Unit Name, Series Name, Rank Name, Journey Name (optional), and Start Date to populate the timeline. If a journey is associated with the appointment, the timeline will display the current and future events for all ranks in that journey; otherwise, it shows events for the current rank.

 

Timeline Examples

Tenure Track Journey

Ranks Events
Assistant Professor
  1. Event 1: Year 0, May (Appointment)
  2. Event 2: Year 1, April (Annual Review)
  3. Event 3: Year 3, May (Reappointment)
  4. Event 4: Year 5, May (Promotion)
Associate Professor
  1. Event 5: Year 1, May (Post-Tenure Review)
  2. Event 6: Year 3, May (Post-Tenure Review)
  3. Event 7: Year 5, May (Post-Tenure Review)
Professor
  1. Event 8: Year 3, May (Post-Tenure Review)
  2. Event 9: Year 6, May (Post-Tenure Review)
  3. Event 10: Year 9, May (Post-Tenure Review)
 
 

Rank with a Journey

Initial Appointment

  • Rank Name: Assistant Professor
  • Professional Journey Title: Standing Faculty Journey
  • Start Date: 2021-12-01
Ranks Events
Assistant Professor
  1. Event 1: May 1, 2020
  2. Event 2: April 1, 2021
  3. Event 3: May 1, 2023
  4. Event 4: May 1, 2025
Associate Professor
  1. Event 5: May 1, 2026
  2. Event 6: May 1, 2028
  3. Event 7: May 1, 2030
Professor
  1. Event 8: May 1, 2033
  2. Event 9: May 1, 2036
  3. Event 10: May 1, 2039
 
 

Mid-Appointment

  • Rank Name: Associate Professor
  • Professional Journey Title: Standing Faculty Journey
  • Start Date: 2017-12-01

In this case, LM identifies that the first event for the Associate Professor rank has already passed by subtracting the Start Date (2017-12-01) from the current date (2019-12-01). Since two years have already passed, the timeline will appear as follows:

 
Ranks Events
Associate Professor
  1. Event 6: May 1, 2020
  2. Event 7: May 1, 2022
Professor
  1. Event 8: May 1, 2025
  2. Event 9: May 1, 2028
  3. Event 10: May 1, 2031
 
 
 
 

Rank without a Journey

Initial Appointment

  • Rank Name: Assistant Professor
  • Professional Journey Title: Standing Faculty Journey
  • Start Date: 2019-12-01
Ranks Events
Assistant Professor
  1. Event 1: May 1, 2020
  2. Event 2: April 1, 2021
  3. Event 3: May 1, 2023
  4. Event 4: May 1, 2025
 
 
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