function modifyUpdateStatus(statusObj) {
        statusObj.spans.forEach(function (span) {
            var valStr = span.val;
            if(span.id === "percent") {
                valStr = StringUtils.format(Strings.NUMBER_WITH_PERCENTAGE, span.val.split('%')[0]);
            }
            $('#update-status #' + statusObj.target + ' #' + span.id).text(valStr);
        });
    }
Modifies the status information on Status Bar
@param {object} statusObj - json containing status info - {
                          target - id of string to modify,
                          spans - array of objects of type - {
                          id - id of span for modifiable substring,
                          val - the new value to modifiable substring }
                          }