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title: "Edit OKRs"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SPM/1918669695/Edit%20OKRs"
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Once created in the OKR module, you can modify the Objectives, sub-objectives, and Key Results. You can only edit one OKR at a time on its respective *[OKR details](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918536390)* page.

> 📝 In addition to editing OKR details, you can carry out the following actions on the *OKR details* page:
> 📝 
> 📝 - Update status
> 📝 - Update progress (of a manual OKR)
> 📝 - Restrict
> 📝 - Convert
> 📝 - Clone
> 📝 - Close
> 📝 - Delete
> 📝 - Clear update history
> 📝 - Add child OKRs (to a parent OKR)
> 📝 - Add dependency link
> 📝 - Add contribution link

| **Strategic theme details page** | **Objective details page** | **Key Result details page** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![Details page of the Strategic theme.](media://74283b55-1941-4a20-af8d-2a1bfccc313a) | ![Screenshot of the objective details page.](media://ce9e1f0b-ffd0-40fc-a9ad-28e99ab8865a) | ![Screenshot of the key result details page.](media://d4feca09-1bcd-482a-b21c-2a8874506dfe) |

## Edit OKRs

To edit Objectives, sub-objectives, and Key Results on their respective details pages:

1. On the *OKR details *page, click the respective field (or the pen icon, if applicable) to edit the details. OKR details are divided into the following sections:

- **Progress**
- **Info**
- **Alignment**
- **Linked work items **and **Linked boxes**

| **OKR details page section** | **Editable field/details for:** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Objective** | **Sub-objective** | **Key Result** |
| Parent | Add parent | Change parent | Change parent | Use a dropdown at the top of the page to:<br>- Add a parent Objective to a top-level Objective.
- Change a parent Objective of a sub-objective or Key Result (depending on the OKR being edited).
- You cannot edit the Objective of the closed OKR. |
| Progress | x | x | Start value | - You can edit progress only for the manual KRs.
- You can edit the progress of the open and closed OKRs. |
| x | x | Desired value |
| x | x | Measure as |
| Info | Name | Name | Name | - You cannot edit the name of the closed OKR. |
| Owner | Owner | Owner | - You can edit the owner of the open and closed OKR. |
| Collaborators | Collaborators | Collaborators | - You can edit the collaborators of the open and closed OKRs. |
| Teams | Teams | Teams | - You can edit the teams of the open and closed OKRs. |
| Period | Period | Period | - After selecting a new period for the Objective or sub-objective, you will be asked whether you want to move all sub-objectives and Key Results to the new period as well.
- You cannot edit the period of the closed OKR. |
| Expected start date | Expected start date | Expected start date | - If the selected start/end date does not match the current period, you will need to create a new one.
- Changing the start/end dates does not update the period dates.
- You can edit the start/end dates of the open and closed OKRs. |
| Expected end date | Expected end date | Expected end date |
| Label | Label | Label | - You can edit the labels of the open and closed OKRs. |
| OKR Type | OKR Type | OKR Type | - You cannot edit the type of the closed OKR. |
| Description | Description | Description | - You cannot edit the description of the closed OKR. |
| x | Weight | Weight | - You can edit the weight of the open and closed KRs. |
| Alignment | Dependency (with another Objective or sub-objective) | Dependency (with another Objective or sub-objective) | Dependency (with another Key Result) | - You can link and unlink dependencies in the open and closed OKRs. |
| Contribution (with another OKR) | Contribution (with another OKR) | Contribution (with another OKR) | - You can link and unlink contributions across open and closed OKRs. |
| Linked work items | x | x | Linked work items | - You can link and unlink work items in the open and closed KRs. |
| Linked boxes | x | x | Linked boxes | - You can link and unlink boxes in the open and closed KRs. |

## Edit OKR field inline

Similarly to Jira fields, OKR fields can also be [edited inline](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918637324). To edit a field value, left-click it and enter a new value. Depending on the field type, you can:

- Text, Number - enter a value manually
- Select, Multiselect, User - select a value from the dropdown
- Date - use a date picker to specify the value

![Date picker in the OKR module.](media://f27470f4-ec26-4edc-a9b0-4882a2c201c1)

You can edit field values in the OKR module on the following:

- *[Overview](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918834317)* page
  - Column layout
  - [OKR details side panel](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918865686)
- *[OKR details](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918536390)* page

| **Field name** | **Type** |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Text |
| Period | Date |
| Owner | Select |
| Teams | Multi-select |
| Labels | Multi-select |
| [OKR type](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918635736) | Multi-select |
| Progress | Number (opens a separate modal) |
| Collaborators | Multi-select |
| Status | Select (opens a separate modal) |
| Expected start date | Date |
| Expected end date | Date |
| Description | Text |
| [Custom field](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/3247341685) | Text, Number, Select, Multiselect, User, Date (depending on the field configuration) |