---
title: li-estimated-time-of-completion
description: "Enables a user to set an estimated time of completion for the current document."
---
Added in: [`release-2023-03`](/operations/releases/release-2023-03/)

**Notice**: The li-estimated-time-of-completion plugin is only available if the Planning System is enabled.

## Supported Features

| Feature | Supported |
| ------- | :-------: |
| Document | ✔ |
| Media | ✗ |
| Include | ✗ |
| Document Creation Flow | ✔ |
| Push Message | ✗ |
| Usage Log | ✗ |
| Table Dashboard | ✗ |
| Display Filter | ✗ |
| Search Indexing | ✗ |
| System Metadata | ✔ |
| Planning System | ✔ |
| Webhook Conditions | ✗ |

## Description

The Estimated Time of Completion Metadata Plugin `li-estimated-time-of-completion` enables a user to set an estimated time of completion for the current document. The plugin is available in the Metadata Form.


## Default UI

Metadata Form:

![Estimated Time of Completion Metadata Plugin buttons](/reference/document/metadata/images/li-estimated-time-of-completion-buttons.png)
![Estimated Time of Completion Metadata Plugin single date](/reference/document/metadata/images/li-estimated-time-of-completion-single-date.png)
![Estimated Time of Completion Metadata Plugin date range](/reference/document/metadata/images/li-estimated-time-of-completion-date-range.png)

## Storage Format

```js
{
  date: <ISO8601 String>,   // for a single date
  after: <ISO8601 String>,  // for a date range - start date
  before: <ISO8601 String>, // for a date range - end date
  precision: <String>       // enum: ['date', 'datetime'] - is the date above saved as date or datetime
}

```

## Content Type Config

```js
{
  handle: 'myContentType',
  // ...
  metadata: [
    {
      handle: 'myHandle'
      type: 'li-estimated-time-of-completion',
      config: {
        // common
        hideFromForm: false,                      // optional, default: false
        required: false,                          // optional, default: false
        requiredErrorMessage: 'Provide a value',  // optional
      },
      ui: {
        label: 'Ready for publication',           // optional, takes camelized name otherwise
        config: {
          readOnly: false,                        // optional, default: false
        }
      }
    }
    // ...
  ]
}
```