Track Goal Progress

The article provides a comprehensive guide on tracking goal progress within the BambooHR platform. It emphasizes the importance of regularly updating goals to remain aligned with objectives. The guide includes sections on tracking progress, completing goals, and closing goals, with a focus on both individual and cascading goals. Users can adjust completion percentages and add comments for better tracking. To complete a goal, users must move the tracker to 100% or mark all milestones as complete. If a goal is not completed by the due date, it can be closed, removing it from the active list. The article also details how to reopen or delete closed goals. Overall, it serves as a valuable resource for effective goal management.

  • Nov 13, 2025
  • Knowledge

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Track Goal Progress
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This feature is only included in the Pro and Elite Packages.

How do I track my goal progress?

Purpose: Staying updated on your goals and updating goals regularly is an important part of the goal tracking process. This guide will show you how to track your goal progress.

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Tracking goal progress for cascading goals works the same as tracking individual goals. Milestones, completing a goal, and closing a goal actions are all the same however, you will be prompted to close the parent cascading goals if all of the child goals are completed. Learn more about how cascading goals work here. 

Track your goal progress

Do you need to track your goal progress on the BambooHR mobile app? Click here to learn how.

To track your progress toward meeting a goal, hover your cursor over a goal card and click on the double arrow icon to expand the card. You can use the progress tracker to adjust the percentage of goal completion. Add a comment to keep track of your progress.

If you have added milestones to a goal, you can adjust the percentage of completion by checking or unchecking individual milestones.

Complete a goal

To complete a goal without milestones, move the tracker to 100%.

If the goal has milestones, mark all milestones as complete.

The system will automatically record the goal completion date. You can view all completed goals by selecting Completed from the Status dropdown menu. A goal will stay in progress if the progress tracker is not at 100%.

The employee's direct manager will get a notification when the employee completes a goal.

Close a goal

If you have not completed the goal by the due date, you have the option to close the goal. This will make it so the goal no longer appears with your in progress goals.

Once you click Close Goal,you can enter an optional comment and confirm that you would like to close this goal. To view all closed goals, select Closedfrom the Status dropdown menu.

If you would like to reopen or delete a closed goal, click on the three-dot icon and select Reopen or Delete.

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