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Objective visibility settings control who can see an objective and its key results in 15Five. This article explains the three visibility options and how admins can control which options are available to users.
Feature Structure
Visibility Options
Every objective has one of three visibility settings:
- Public — visible to everyone in the organization.
- 15Five permissions — visible to anyone who can view the objective owner's Check-ins, including global Check-in viewers.
- Specific people — visible only to the objective owner, their direct manager, and any additional groups or individuals explicitly specified. Global viewers do not have access unless added as a specific person.
Visibility is set at the objective level. All key results within an objective share the same visibility setting.
Configuration Layers
- Objective visibility is configured per objective at creation or during editing.
- Admin visibility restrictions are configured in Objectives feature settings > Permissions. Admins can limit which visibility options users are allowed to select.
- Global Objective Viewers are designated users who can view all objectives regardless of visibility setting. Admins configure this in Objectives feature settings.
Key Rules
- Visibility cannot be set independently on individual key results — all key results inherit the objective's visibility setting.
- Restricting visibility options in admin settings does not apply retroactively. Objectives created before the restriction retain their original visibility setting.
- A Global Objective Viewer has view-only access. They cannot edit objectives unless they are the objective owner or hold edit permissions by another means.
- If a user can see a parent objective but lacks access to one or more child objectives, they see a count of hidden aligned objectives rather than the objective details.