# Jobs and joblists

Plint revolves around "things that need to be done". A thing that needs to be done is called a **Job** in Plint. Jobs can be completed in different ways (from just clicking "Done" to changing status after using the online editor to translate a feature film), but they all have the following in common:

- Jobs are always linked to **projects**. 
    - A collection of jobs linked to a project is called a **joblist**.
- The confirmation status needs to be **Confirmed** in order for work to begin. 
    - This is typically done by the assignee as a first step.
    - But jobs can be set to Confirmed from the start, for example with in-house tasks.
- They can have different **statuses.**
    - *In process* means that the job still needs to be done.
    - *Awaiting corrections* means that a job has been set to Done and then reopened for additional work.
    - *Done* = completed.
    - *Cancelled* means, well, cancelled.
- Jobs can have **parent** jobs. 
    - Until the Parent job is Done, the child job is not open for work.

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*A typical joblist*

*[![2022-03-02-11_20_25-Tank-full-of-sharks---Plint.png](https://docs.plint.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/scaled-1680-/2022-03-02-11-20-25-tank-full-of-sharks-plint.png)](https://docs.plint.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/2022-03-02-11-20-25-tank-full-of-sharks-plint.png)*

*A joblist in "Tree" view, showing interdependencies. The "Verify media" job cannot start until "Media upload" is Done, and so on.*

[![plint_joblist_tree_view.png](https://docs.plint.com/uploads/images/gallery/2019-07/scaled-1680-/plint_joblist_tree_view.png)](https://docs.plint.com/uploads/images/gallery/2019-07/plint_joblist_tree_view.png)