# Goal (chart type)

## Overview

* The Goal widget is a powerful tool designed to visualize and track your progress and growth with each cumulative milestone achieved. This chart provides a clear and detailed representation of your data model.

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* First, click on any "+ Add widget" button to add a widget.

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* Click on the Goal option.
* Click on the Add widget button to proceed.

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* Choose the available Collection or Connection of the data model that has been added.

## Set up your Goal

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* Your Goal widget shall be in the Progress bar - One period type with Cumulative turn on as default, which you can turn off later.

### Define metric

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* To visualize your Goal widget, first choose any column to set as a Define metric.

### Change the Define metric, formula, and customization

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* Click the X button to remove that column, then you can re-select another column.

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* Click on the selected column to pop up the [Formula](/docs/dashboard/footer-formula.md) options then choose the formula of your needs.

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* You can click on the 🖊 icon and then click on the Format button to [customize](/docs/dashboard/custom-column-configuration.md) the column.

### Target values

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* If your data model has any Date type column, one will be auto-selected.
* You change to another Date column by clicking on it and choosing another one on the list.

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* Type your desired Target value in the field.
* Other target periods will be auto-changed according to what you input.

### Cumulative

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* You can turn on and off the Cumulative toggle to show progressive compare to the goal over time or not.

### Advanced setup

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* You can further configure your Target value by clicking on the Advanced setup button.

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### Title&#x20;

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* You can also set up the Title for your Goal widget.

## Change the Goal type&#x20;

### One period type

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* You can change from the Progress bar type to the Bar type or Board type and vice versa of the Goal widget by clicking on the icon.

### Overview type

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* Click on the Overview button to change to this type.

## Change the Date preset

### One period type

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* Click on the Date preset on the left menu and choose available options.

### Overview type

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* For this type, you have larger options in the Calendar style.

## Checking your Goal widget

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* Hover on the Goal widget to see the details and track the progress of your data model.
* Click the Save changes button to confirm.

## Change to the Goal chart type from another widget

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* The Goal chart option can be selected by opening the Settings slider and then clicking on the Properties option.

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* Click on the View type dropdown and choose the Goal chart icon to begin configuring your data model to the Goal chart.


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