Add results to goals in Adobe Workfront Goals

Last update: February 21, 2025

CREATED FOR:

  • User

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

Access requirements

You must have the following:

Adobe Workfront plan*

For the new plan and license structure:

  • An Ultimate plan

For the current plan and license structure:

  • A Pro or higher
  • An Adobe Workfront Goals license in addition to a Workfront license.
Adobe Workfront license*

New license: Contributor or higher

Or

Current license: Request or higher

For more information, see Adobe Workfront licenses overview.

Product*

New product requirement, one of the following:

  • A Select or Prime Adobe Workfront plan and an additional Adobe Workfront Goals license.
  • An Ultimate Workfront plan which includes Workfront Goals by default.

Or

Current product requirement: A Workfront plan and an additional license for Adobe Workfront Goals.

For information, see Requirements to use Workfront Goals.

Access levelEdit access to Goals
Object permissions

View or higher permissions to the goal to view it

Manage permissions to the goal to edit it

For information about sharing goals, see Share a goal in Workfront Goals.

Layout templateAll users, including Workfront 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 the following before you can start:

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

Add a result 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 page.

  3. Click Progress indicators in the left panel.

  4. Expand the New progress indicator drop-down menu, then click Create result.

    The New result box opens.

    New result box

  5. Enter a name for the result in the Result name field. This is a required field.

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

    NOTE
    You cannot assign a team, group, or the company as a result owner.

  7. In the How do you want to measure your result? area, specify the following information:

    • Value type: This indicates how you want to measure the progress on the result. You can measure progress numerically, with a percentage value, or using a currency amount.

      Select a value type from the options listed in the following table:

      Value typeDescription
      NumberNumber value
      %Percentage value
      CN¥,DKK,KR,Mex$, R, R$, zł, £ , ¥ , € , ₹, ฿, MYR, ₪, $Currency values

    • Initial Value: The value that the result has in the beginning, before any progress on it has been recorded.

    • Target Value: The value that the result aims to achieve when it is considered completed.

  8. Click Create result.

    The result displays in the Progress indicators section of the goal page, unde the Result grouping.

    After you activate the goal, the progress of the goal automatically updates when you update the progress of a result. For information about activating a goal, see Activate goals in Adobe Workfront Goals.

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