# Monitoring tab

Campaign monitoring allows you to track the progress and status of all campaigns, whether created in PeopleStage or directly in Orbit.

To monitor a campaign:

1. Navigate to the campaign view and select your campaign.
2. Click **Monitoring**.

## Campaign monitoring steps

During a campaign run, the journey moves through several steps. The monitoring tab shows which campaigns are displayed and the individual journey steps.

For each step, Orbit shows the following details:

- **Time Started**: When the step began.
- **Time Finished**: When the step completed.
- **Communications**: The count of items in the list (e.g., people for email campaigns).
- **Error Messages**: Any issues encountered during the step.
- **Status**: Displays the current status of the campaign.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Your campaign may require [Manual campaign approval](<https://help.apteco.com/en/orbit/campaigns/using-campaigns/manual-campaign-approval/index.md>).

## Reporting timeframe

Once you select a campaign or area to review, you can choose the reporting timeframe.

By default, Orbit reports on campaign activity for the last year.

To choose a timeframe:

1. Click the timeframe box in the top right corner.
2. Select the timeframe from the available drop-down options.
3. Click **Apply**.

The window updates automatically with the new timeframe.