Add activities to goals in Adobe Workfront Goals

Activities measure the progress of a goal. Without associating results, activities, projects, or aligned goals, you cannot activate a goal and you cannot record progress on it.

Access requirements

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Adobe Workfront package Adobe Workfront Ultimate
Adobe Workfront license

Contributor or higher

Request or higher

Access level configuration Edit access to Goals
Object permissions

View or higher permissions to the goal to view it

Manage permissions to the goal to edit it

Layout template All users, including System Administrators, must be assigned a layout template that includes the Goals area in the Main Menu.

For more information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Prerequisites

You must have an existing goal to add activities to it.

For information about creating goals, see Create goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.

IMPORTANT
A goal cannot have more than a total of 1000 activities, results, or aligned goals.

For more information about activities, see Get started with results and activities in Adobe Workfront Goals.

Add an activity to a goal

  1. Click the Main Menu Main Menu icon , then Goals.

  2. From the Goal List, click the name of a goal to open the goal’s page.

  3. Click Progress indicators in the left panel.

  4. From the New progress indicator drop-down menu, click Create activity.

    The New activity box opens.

    New activity box

  5. Enter a name for the activity in the Activity name field. This is a required field.

  6. (Optional) Remove your name from the Activity owner field if you want to assign the activity to another user. By default, you are the owner of an activity you create.

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    NOTE
    You cannot assign a team, group, or the company as an activity owner.
  7. Click Create activity to save it and add it to the selected goal.

    The activity displays in the Progress indicators section of the goal page, under the Activity grouping.

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