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# Progress Measurement

> An overview of the different types of goal progress measurement

## Measurement of Goal Progress

How the progress of goals is to be measured can be determined for each goal individually by clicking on `Progress`.

There are five different options for measuring progress of a goal:

* `Start and target value`
* `Aggregation`
* `Threshold`
* `Open/Done`
* `None`

### Start and target value

This option can be used to define the start and target value for a key figure and the associated unit (e.g. start: 0 % => target: 100 %).

Furthermore, the goal can be automatically updated with integrations to other tools such as Asana, Jira or Excel by clicking on `Connect to data source`. This way you can automate the manual updating of goals.

### Aggregation

With the option `Aggregation`, at first you have the option to customize how goal progress appears in the goal table view. You can choose to display progress as a percentage, as absolute values, or both.

Per default, the progress of the goal is expressed as a percentage of the average progress of all goals below it. Thus, the progress is displayed from 0 to 100%. If the subgoals are not measured on a scale from 0 to 100% and have other units (which often happens), they are translated to a percentage scale beforehand.

Example for the calculation:

**Progress (Aggregation)**

| Goal          | Progress (Aggregation) |
| ------------- | ---------------------- |
| **Objective** | 33%                    |
| Key Result 1  | 100%                   |
| Key Result 2  | 0%                     |
| Key Result 3  | 0%                     |

If you want to allow specific goals to exceed the limit of 100% progress, you can enable the button `Allow overachievement of aligned items` on these goals. This has the consequence that reports and dashboards also do not cap goals at 100%.

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Further, you have the option to add up the total values of a goal's subitems to calculate its progress. This enables you to, e.d. add up revenue values from different sales areas or create self-updating KPI trees. You can enable this setting by selecting `Calculate progress by Sum (Absolute)`.

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### Threshold

This option is suitable for goals that should not exceed or fall below a certain limit value. It is possible to specify a numerical limit as well as a self-defined unit (e.g. per cent, euro, customers, etc.). Again, the goal can be automatically updated with integrations to other tools such as Asana, Jira or Excel by clicking on `Connect to data source`.

### Open/Done

With this option, progress is only measured in binary (either `Open` or `Done`). So this option is mainly suitable for goals or initiatives with task or milestone character.

### None

Finally, there is the option of not displaying progress. This can be advantageous, for example, for objectives or other goals that should be of a merely qualitative nature. Subordinate Key Results or other sub-goals can, in turn, again have a progress measurement.