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Initiatives have to keep same metric format as Key Results
Hi everyone,
is it bug or feature that Key Results aligned to Objective can have mixed format of metric while Initiatives underneath can't? Probably hard to understand, so let's explain it like this:
- Objectives' Outcome is always set as percentage of completion
- Key results' Metric may be set as numeric, percentage, even currency and still may contribute to Objective above
- Initiative has to keep same metric format as Key results otherwise contribution is not available to set
Example: KR set as reach 2 (number), Initiatives set with milestones as percentage completed, "Manage contributions" dialog doesn't allow to choose some of those Initiatives as they have no metric or wrong metric format.
Is that by reason and could I understand why? It is possible to combine KRs contributing to Os but why not Is to KR?
- aarushiarora
Microsoft
Hi MilVe23, your understanding is correct. The objective progress is a progress representation in percentage, hence irrespective of the metric type aligned to it - the progress percentage considers conversion while calculating overall value. However, in case of key results, there are defined measurable metrics, which have a target value, hence any values rolling up to it are expected to be in the same format. Please let me know if this helps, or if you have any follow up questions.
