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title: "Basic Learning Plan: Met by Default"
slug: "basic-learning-plan-met-by-default"
updated: 2022-08-17T19:46:49Z
published: 2022-08-17T19:46:49Z
canonical: "support.smarteru.com/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default"
---

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# Basic Learning Plan: Met by Default

A basic learning plan's met by default settings indicate whether the basic learning plan's [requirements](/v1/docs/requirements) are met when the learning plan is initially assigned to a user. These settings are located in the Met by Default accordion of the Add/Edit Learning Plan (Basic) workscreen.

![Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default-image-bkkxiasm.png)

The Met by Default accordion is only applicable to basic learning plans.

## Settings

### Met by Default

Indicates whether the requirements are met when this learning plan is initially assigned to a user:

- Yes - When the requirement is assigned to a user, it will have a status of *Met* for the number of days specified in the [**Delay the Calculation For** setting](/v1/docs/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default#delay-the-calculation-for). Having the requirement met by default prevents the user from showing up with a *Not Met* status and provides the user with a grace period to complete the requirement.

The requirement's status will include an asterisk (*Met**) to show that it was met by default and that the user has not yet fulfilled the requirement.

- No - When the requirement is assigned to a user, it will have a status of *Not Met*.

### Warning Period Should Start

This setting is only available if the [**Met By Default** setting](/v1/docs/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default#met-by-default) is set to *Yes*. Enter the number of days before the calculation that the status of the requirement will change to *Warning*.

### **Delay the Calculation For**

This setting is only available if the [**Met By Default** setting](/v1/docs/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default#met-by-default) is set to *Yes* and is used with the selected [**Start Calculation** setting](/v1/docs/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default#start-calculation). This setting delays when the requirement will be recalculated to have a status of Not Met by the specified number of days.

### Start Calculation

This setting is only available if the [**Met By Default** setting](/v1/docs/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default#met-by-default) is set to *Yes* and is used with the specified number of days in the [**Delay the Calculation** **For** setting](/v1/docs/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default#delay-the-calculation-for). Select the date that you would like to use to calculate the requirement's warning and expiration dates:

- Assignment Date - The requirement's warning and expiration dates will be based on the date that the requirement was assigned to the user.
- Custom Date - The requirement's warning and expiration dates will be based on the [selected custom date field](/v1/docs/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default#custom-date-field).

If a [user's profile](https://support.smarteru.com/docs/account-custom-user-fields) doesn't have a date in the selected custom date field, the requirement will remain *Not Met* until a date is provided.

### Custom Date Field

This setting is only available if the [**Start Calculation** setting](/v1/docs/basic-learning-plan-met-by-default#start-calculation) is set to *Custom Date*. Select the [custom date field](/v1/docs/account-custom-user-fields) in the user profile on which you would like to base the requirement's warning and expiration dates.

## Related

- [Adding a Basic Learning Plan](/adding-a-basic-learning-plan.md)
- [Adding an Advanced Learning Plan](/adding-an-advanced-learning-plan.md)
- [Assigning Learning Plans To a User](/assigning-learning-plans-to-a-user.md)
- [Learning Plan Automation](/learning-plan-automation.md)
- [Learning Plans](/learning-plans.md)
- [Learning Plans Dashboard](/learning-plans-dashboard.md)
- [Settings: Learning Plans](/settings-learning-plans.md)