Configuring Goals Settings

Intro 

As an admin, you can change the Domo Goals settings for your organization. Some actions will need to be taken before others can use Domo Goals. This article discusses how to configure various administrative features.

Actions in this article can only be executed by Admin users or those with the Manage All Goals grant enabled. For more information, see  Managing Custom Roles.

 

Managing General Settings

Admins can specify general settings for Domo Goals. This includes choosing nomenclature, creating time periods for goals, and setting the check-in cadence. 

 

Configuring Goals Nomenclature 

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals. 

3. In General tab, select an option from the Goals Nomenclature menu.

Several choices display allowing you to determine if your organization will use Goals and Metrics, Objectives and Key Results, Objectives and KPIs, or Priorities and Action Items. Your choice of terminology will not affect the Goals functionality. 

4. Select Save. 

The Goals feature now uses your organization's chosen nomenclature.  

 

Configuring Goals Time Periods

In Domo Goals, you use time periods to determine when a goal should be completed. These generally correspond to your company’s fiscal quarters, months, or years (depending on how often you expect people to create new goals). The Name is what the people will see when selecting the time period during the goal creation process.

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3. In the General tab, go to the Select a period to edit menu. 

4. From the menu, choose a period to edit. Give the time period a Name, and select Time period start and end dates.

5. Select Save. 

6. (Optional) Repeat this process  for multiple time periods. 

Members of your organization can now create goals within the specified time period(s).

 

Configuring a Check-In Cadence

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3. In the General tab, locate the Weekly Goals email toggle. 

Switching the toggle to "enabled" sends a weekly email to members of your organization with reminders to update the progress of their goals and metrics. 

4. (Conditional) Select the day and time you wish the weekly goals check-in reminder email to be sent to all people who have active goals.

Weekly reminders send at the specified time. Switch the toggle to Disabled if you no longer wish to send check-in emails. 

 

Configuring Goal Status Settings

Administrators can give users the option for goal statuses to be automatically or manually updated. 

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3. In the Objectives and Key Results tab, locate the Automatic Objective Status toggle. 

By enabling Automatic Objective Status, the status for all new goals will automatically be determined by the average progress of associated metrics. Users can choose to override the Automatic Objective Status for individual goals. 

By disabling Automatic Objective Status, the status for all new goals will be chosen by their owners.  Users can choose to enable Automatic Objective Status for individual goals. 

 

Managing Delegates Settings

In Goals, you can allow someone else to create and manage goals on your behalf. This person is called a delegate. For example, an operations specialist might create goals for a team, or an executive assistant might create goals for a CFO. 

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3. Select the Delegates tab.

4. Specify What person or group you want to assign a delegate to and Select a delegate. 

5. Select Add. 

6. (Optional) Search for existing delegates in the Search delegates field. 

People/groups and their delegates appear in a list in the main Delegates tab.

 

Managing Tag Categories

In Domo Goals, you can use tags to help identify your goals. Tags can be created and assigned to a goal at anytime. To stay organized, Admins can create pre-defined tags for other users and add levels of hierarchy with tag categories.

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3. Select the Tag Categories tab.

4. To create a new tag category, select the Create button.

The new category is added to the Tag Category list. The Number of tags list displays the number of tags within each category. 

5. To add a tag to a category, hover next to the number of tags. 

A Manage option displays. 

6. Select Manage. A list of tags in the chosen category displays. In the Select tags menu, add new tags to the category. To create a new tag, begin typing a new title and select the + Your Tag button. 

7. (Optional) To remove tags from the category, select delete next to the tag. 

8. (Optional) To remove a tag category, select the box next to the category's name. Select delete.

A modal displays confirming the category's deletion. The tags associated with this category will be uncategorized.

9. Select Delete. 

 

Managing Tags

Teams and individuals can track and organize goals with tags. Tags can be created by admins or regular users. They can also be sorted into any of the tag categories. 

Adding a Tag

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3. Select the Tag tab.

4. To add a new tag, begin typing its title in the New name field. (Optional) select a tag category and click Create. 

The new tag is added to the Tag name list. 

5. (Optional) To assign a tag to a category, hover next to the existing category name or Uncategorized. Select edit. From the menu, select an existing category and click Save. 

The tag is added to the specified category and can be viewed in the Tag Categories tab. 

 

Deleting a Tag

1. To delete a tag, check the box next to its name. Select delete. 

A window displays confirming the tag's deletion.

2. Select Delete. 

 

Renaming a Tag

To rename a tag, select edit next to its name. 

 

Merging a Tag

1. To merge a tag, select the boxes next to multiple tag names. Select merge.

The Merge tags modal displays. 

2.. Select which tag you'd like to keep. This merges all other selected tags with it. 

 

Managing Key Results

Admins can manage their organization's key result (or metric) attributes. This includes changing progress percentages, enabling pacing, and determining if a card-based metric will continue to be updated even after the goal's time period has passed. 

 

Setting the Key Result Progress Color Changer

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3. Select the Key Results tab.

4. Use the sliders to determine which percentages will make a metric At Risk (Red), Needs Attention (Yellow), or On Track (Green). 

5. After adjusting the sliders to your preferred percentages, select Save. 

 

Enabling Key Result Pacing

In Domo Goals, you can enable key result pacing. This calculates key result progress based on time remaining until the achieve by date and percent completion towards the value target. Key result pacing is optional. 

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3.In the Key Results tab, toggle Key Results Pacing to enabled. 

Metrics now uses key result pacing to determine progress.

 

Enabling Continuous Card Metric Updates

In Domo Goals, you can allow card-linked data to continue updating the key result after the achieve by date. This can be useful if all the data for your time period isn’t reflected until after the time period ends. Continuous card-based metric updates are optional. 

1. In the navigation header, go to More > Admin.

2. From the Features section, select Goals.

3.In the Key Results tab, toggle Continue updating card data after achieve by date to enabled. 

Card-based metrics will continue to be updated even after the goal's time period has passed.