Create and manage goals

The Goals module organizes goals by time horizon and tracks their progress. The overview shows your organization's goals and milestones. In the Long-term, Medium-term, and Short-term tabs, you edit goals and add key results, milestones, or linked tasks.

Prerequisites
  • You're signed in to the right organization and can open Goals.

Read the overview

Open Goals. The Overview tab shows four metrics plus charts for status distribution and average progress per time horizon.

Total goals
All goals in the current organization, including drafts, paused, and completed goals.
Active
Number of goals with Active status. Paused and Draft are shown separately.
Avg. progress
Rounded average of the progress values across all goals. Every goal counts equally, regardless of size or time horizon.
Milestones
Completed versus all milestones in the organization, including milestones with no goal assigned.
Screenshot coming: Goals overview with four metrics, a status chart, and progress per time horizon

Read active goals and open milestones

The Active Goals list shows up to six active or paused goals, least progress first. It isn't a complete goal list. Open Milestones shows up to seven incomplete milestones, sorted by target date; entries with no date come last. Switch to the matching time horizon, or to Milestones, to see every entry.

Add a goal

First pick the right tab: Long-term for orientation over years, Medium-term for a quarter, or Short-term for a month. These categories don't set an automatic target date.

  1. In the time horizon you want, click Add or Add goal.
  2. Enter a clear title and add a description if needed.
  3. Check the time horizon and status. New goals default to Active.
  4. Optionally enter a target date and a manual progress value from 0 to 100 percent.
  5. Optionally pick a parent goal.
  6. Save and check the new card in the time horizon tab.
Screenshot coming: New goal with title, description, time horizon, status, target date, manual progress, and parent goal

Edit and place a goal

Open the matching time horizon and click the pencil icon on the goal card. From here you can change the details and the time horizon. Parent goal establishes a relationship, for example a quarterly goal under an annual goal. The card shows this relationship as Part of. This doesn't roll progress or key results up between the goals.

Keep the goal status up to date

In the edit dialog, choose Draft for prepared goals, Active for ongoing goals, Paused for a deliberate pause, or Completed for finished goals. Status and progress are independent: 100 percent doesn't automatically complete a goal; Completed doesn't set its progress to 100 percent.

Add results and work items

Expand a goal card via Details. Key Results measure outcomes, Milestones mark intermediate steps, and Tasks describe concrete work. All three areas are available in every time horizon.

Screenshot coming: Expanded goal card with key results, milestones, and linked tasks

Mind visibility and deletion

Goals belong to the current organization and aren't private personal notes. The goals list is organization-wide; there's no individual sharing list in the goal dialog. To remove a goal, use the trash icon on the card and confirm Delete this goal?. This deletes its key results. Assigned tasks, milestones, and child goals are kept under the current database schema and just lose their goal link. This view offers no restore action.

Common pitfalls

  • Check the time horizon when creating a goal

    Right now, creation picks up the starting tab's time horizon even if you change the selection in the dialog. Goals created from the overview become medium-term. So start in the tab you want, or change the time horizon afterward via the pencil icon.

  • Active Goals also includes paused goals

    The Active metric only counts active goals; the list of the same name also includes paused goals. That's why the number and the list can differ.

Frequently asked questions

Are long-, medium-, and short-term goals different features?

No. They're time horizons with the same capabilities for key results, milestones, and tasks. You set the actual target date yourself.

Why can't I find a goal in the overview?

The list only shows six active or paused goals. Find drafts and completed goals in the matching time horizon tab; also check the active organization.

Do child goals add to the parent goal's progress?

No. The link is for orientation. Each goal's progress comes from its own key results or its manual percentage.

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Last reviewed on 2026-09-27