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Goal form

Use the Goal form to create goals for your organizational strategic priorities.

Note: For Operational Sustainability Workspace and Strategic Planning users, to view the other fields (that are not added to the default or your custom form view) on the form in the workspace, configure the default/custom form layout. For information on how to configure the form layout, see Configuring the form layout.

FieldDescription
NameName of the goal.
StateState of the goal. The state can be Draft, In progress, Approved, Complete, Pending, Achieved, Not Achieved, or Cancelled.
CategoryCategory of the goal. The available options are:- Total Applications - Total Cost - Opex - Capex - Cloud Applications - Homegrown Applications - Support Cost - Labor Cost - Standards Compliance - Strategic - Operational - Tactical - Artificial Intelligence
StatusStatus of the goal. Status can be Red, Yellow, Green, or None.
ProgressPercentage complete for the goal. The progress value is calculated automatically if the goal has sub-goals or/and targets.For more information on how the progress value is calculated, see Progress value calculation.
DescriptionBrief description of the goal.You can refine goal description using the Refine records skill, if the Now Assist for SPM application is installed.
FieldDescription
Strategic priorityName of the strategic priority that this goal is created for.
Parent goalName of the parent goal that this goal contributes to.
Impact on parent goal

A numerical value that represents the importance of this goal relative to sibling goals or other goals under its parent goal. By default, the value is (1) Neutral.The available options are:

  • (0) No impact
  • (1) Neutral
  • (2) Moderate
  • (3) High
  • (4) Very high
  • (5) Maximum

Note: This field is available only when the sn_gf.weighted_average_enabled system property is set to Yes.

FIeldDescription
Assigned entity typeEntity type to which the goal is assigned. For example, Business Unit, Department, Company, or Portfolio.
Assigned entityEntity to which the goal is assigned. For example,if the portfolio plan is created with Business Units, HR and IT, populate the Assigned entity type as Business Unit and Assigned entity type as HR or IT.Note: Populating the Assigned entity type and Assigned entity fields are required to display the goals in the portfolio plan.
OwnerOwner of the goal. By default, the name of the user creating the goal is populated.
ContributorsUsers who contribute to the achievement of the goal.
FieldDescription
Start dateStart date for the goal. By default, the start date of the current quarter is populated. For a sub-goal, start date of its parent goal is populated.
End dateEnd date for the goal. By default, the end date of the current quarter is populated. For a sub-goal, the end date of its parent goal is populated.
FieldDescription
CommentsDetailed comments for the goal to facilitate collaboration.
TeamAssignment group responsible for different activities in achieving the goal.
ClassificationGoal classification type. The available options are Environmental, Social, and Governance. This field is applicable only for the Operational Sustainability Workspace users.

Parent Topic:Form field information for Strategic Planning

Related topics

Iteration goals and work item goals in EAP