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title: "Objective progress"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SPM/1918834235/Objective%20progress"
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> Macro (excerpt-include)



## Overview

The Objective’s progress can be automatically calculated by the app or manually updated by the user.

## Calculate the Objective progress

> 📝 - The progress of an Objective is always expressed as a percentage.
> 📝 - The individual sub-items impact the parent item’s progress based on their contribution ([weight](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=spm&title=Add%20weight%20to%20OKR&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=1918834235)).

> ✅ **Objective progress** = The sum of progress of all direct sub-items divided by the total number of those sub-items.

The direct supporting sub-items can include:

- Sub-objectives
- Key Results
  - [linked work items](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918507296) (they affect the automatic Key Results’ progress)
  - [linked boxes](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/2229665803) (the work items in the scope of linked boxes affect the automatic Key Results’ progress)

Below, you can see an Objective (highlighted in blue) and the three direct sub-items (highlighted in yellow). Objective’s progress is based on these three sub-items and their weight.

![Screenshot of Objective progress in the OKR module.](media://da10fd3a-70c6-4ccc-9e8e-6a02d8d5d50b)

### Objective progress: Example

![A sumple OKR hierarchy - one objective and three key results.](media://097de4f8-0037-4181-b401-e109082ee79a)

Given:

- Total number of direct sub-items = 3
- Key Result 1** **progress =66.67% and its weight = 1
- Key Result 2** **progress = 9.41% and its weight = 1
- Key Result 3** **progress = 20% and its weight = 1

Therefore:

**Objective progress** = (66.67%x1 + 9.42%x1 + 20%x1)/3 = 32.03%

## Auto-Objective

In the auto mode, the progress of the Objective is calculated automatically by the app based on the progress of the linked sub-items. As your teams work toward their OKRs and update the status of the associated sub-items, the Objective progress automatically updates.

Objectives in the auto progress mode require minimal user intervention to maintain accurate tracking.

## Manual Objective

In the manual mode, the user <u>[updates the progress](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918507253)</u> of the Objective.

## Set an Objective to auto or manual mode

You can set the progress mode for an Objective in two ways:

- On the **New Objective** modal (when you <u>[create a new Objective](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918702275)</u>)
- On the <u>[OKR details page](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SPM/pages/1918536390)</u> (by <u>[converting](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=spm&title=Convert%20KR&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=1918834235)</u> an Objective progress mode)