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How to Add a Key Result to an Existing Key Result

Anna Goryachikova
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Easily add a key result to an existing key result
 

Please note: This article walks through adding a key result to an existing key result when goal differentiation is disabled by your account admin. For the steps for Goals V2, check out How to Add a Supporting Objective or Key Result to an Existing Key Result with Goal Differentiation.

Before you start

Progress will only cascade up to a parent key result that is set to binary.
The steps to adding a key result to another key result will be different depending on whether or not your company's account has enabled cascading goals by an admin:
Cascading goals allows for strict alignment between goals. To learn the differences between non-cascading and cascading goals, check out The Differences Between Enabled and Disabled Cascading Goals.
 

Add a key result with cascading goals

Step 1: Navigate to Goals > My goals.

Step 2: Expand the parent goal and then click on the key result you would like to add a key result to.

Step 3: Click + Create key result to open the goal context panel.

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Step 4: Add your desired fields into the key result. Note that Due date, Type, Owners, and Visibility are required.
Step 5: Click Publish.
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Add a key result with non-cascading goals

Step 1: Navigate to Goal > My goals.

Step 2: Click on the parent goal to open the goal context panel. 

Step 3: Under Key Results, click on the key result you would like to add an additional key result to.

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Step 4: Within the Goal details page, click Options > Edit.

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Step 5: Within the Goal creation page, click + Add another key result and add the new key result details. 

Step 6: Click Save. 

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