Goal status overview in Adobe Workfront Goals

You can deactivate an active goal when the owner stopped working on it temporarily or permanently. You can keep it for historical information. This updates the status of the goal to Inactive.

For information about deactivating goals, see the “Deactivate goals” section in the article Delete and deactivate goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.

You cannot deactivate a drafted or closed goal.

You can reactivate an inactive goal and continue to work on it.

Workfront Goals does not calculate progress on inactive goals.

You cannot update the progress of an inactive goal.

Inactive goals do not contribute to the progress calculation of other goals, and they are not taken into account in graphs.

Inactive goals have a progress history because they were once active, unlike drafted goals.

Inactive goals display in the following areas of Workfront Goals:

• Goal List
• Goal Alignment section (only as aligned goals)

You can close a goal when you want to indicate that you have achieved it or that you are no longer working on it nor will you do so in the future. For information about closing goals, see Close and reopen goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.

TIP

If you plan on later working on a goal that is not yet achieved, we recommend you change the status to Inactive instead of Closed.

You cannot close goals that have never been activated, like drafted goals.

You can reopen a closed goal and continue working on it.

Workfront Goals stops recording progress on closed goals.

You cannot update the progress of a closed goal.

Closed goals display in the following area of Workfront Goals:

• Goal List
• Goal Alignment section (only as aligned goals)
• Information from closed goals is also taken into account in the Graphs section.