Add a Goal to an Employee's Review
Goals help employees stay focused on key objectives throughout the review period and provide a way to track progress and achievements over time.
Depending on how your organization uses Trakstar Perform, goals can be managed in several ways. This article explains how to add a goal directly to an employee's review using the Add a Goal feature.
Note: The Add a Goal feature can be enabled or disabled by your site administrator. If this feature is unavailable, see Add a Measurement for an alternative way to track employee objectives.
Add a Goal
- Log in to Trakstar Perform.
- Locate your direct report.
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Select Set Goals next to the employee's name.

- Open the Goals and Notes tab.
- Select Add a Goal.

Choose How to Add the Goal
You can either:
- Add an Existing Goal
- Create New Goal

Create a New Goal
If you choose Create New Goal:
- Enter a Name for the goal.
- (Optional) Enter a Description.
- (Optional) Select the rating scale used to score the goal.
- If your organization uses only one rating scale, it is selected automatically.
- Select Save Goal.

Place the Goal in the Review
After saving the goal:
- Select where the goal should appear within the review.
- Depending on your review template, you may:
- Choose a specific review section.
- Decide whether the goal should appear at the top or bottom of the section.
- Depending on your review template, you may:
- Select Insert Goal.

The goal is added to the employee's review.

Add Goals After a Self-Review Has Been Submitted
If an employee has already submitted their self-review, you can still add additional goals to the current review.
When a new goal is added:
- The employee's self-review automatically reopens.
- The employee can provide ratings and comments for the newly added goal.
- Previously completed responses remain unchanged.
Summary
The Add a Goal feature allows managers to create new goals or add existing goals directly to an employee's review. Goals can be placed within the appropriate review section, and if additional goals are added after a self-review has been submitted, the employee's self-review automatically reopens so they can complete the new goal.
