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Goals are a way to set objectives for someone to work towards. Each goal can be broken down into smaller sets of targets, and each target can have an achievement attached to it in order to make it specific.
When adding a target to a goal you then have the option to add achievement which will give you a further set of options to choose from.
What do you want to achieve
This displays a list of all of the event types which the the owner can have on their timeline. Selecting one or more from this list means that these will be the types of event which the user should be linking to this goal in order to demonstrate progress against it.
How to link events
This controls which events are linked to this target.
How to measure progress
Once events are linked to this target this controls how progress should be calculated. Progress is always measured using the events which have been linked.
How many do you want to completeachieve
This is allows you to set the number of different events that things specified in the progress filter which the user should link in order for this target to be considered complete. It is possible to leave this number as 0 if you would like the user to link specific event types but do not want them to be restricted to a certain quantity.
How would you like to record progress
Here you can choose for events to be automatically linked every time they are created onto the user's timeline, or for the user to have to manually link when creating new events.
With automatic linking every time events of this type are created they are automatically linked to this target. Confirmation that this linking is occurring is displayed within the link to goals popup on the create screen for a new event. It is always possible for users to deselect these links from this popup when creating the event if they wish.
be working towards. If you do not wish to set a specific number then please leave this as 0.
Both linking and measuring progress are configured using filters, similar to those found in the report generator. Clicking add new filter will allow you to start defining how linking and measuring progress should function.
If no filters are set for measuring progress then it will mean that any event linked to this target (both automatically and manually) will count towards its progress.