The date on or before which, if you do not act upon the request, either you receive a notification that it is still outstanding, or the state of the request is changed automatically. This is applicable only to those requests where Notification:Still Outstanding, or Automatic Action, or both are configured in the corresponding AP:Process Definition form. The Action Date is calculated as the least of these two values, if both are specified. See Signature Escalations tabs and step 5 of the To enter signature escalations section.