Set Visibility on an Objective

Ben Pemstein Ben Pemstein
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Use this procedure to set who can view an objective and its key results when creating or editing an objective in 15Five.

Before You Begin

  • You must have access to the Objectives feature (available on Focus and Total Platform packages).
  • Your account admin controls which visibility options are available. If you cannot see all three options, contact your admin to update Objectives feature settings.
  • Visibility applies to the entire objective. Key results inherit the same setting and cannot be set independently.

Steps

  1. Open an existing objective or start creating a new one.
  2. Locate the Privacy field in the objective form.
  3. Select one of the following options:

- Public — visible to everyone in the company. - 15Five permissions — visible to anyone who can view your Check-ins. - Specific people — visible only to the owner, their manager, and any added individuals or groups.

  1. If you selected Specific people, review the auto-populated owner and manager names.
  2. Add any additional individuals or groups to the Specific people field, if needed.
  3. Leave the field as-is if you want only yourself and your direct manager to have access.
  4. Save or update the objective.

If Something Goes Wrong

Issue Check Fix
One or more visibility options are missing Admin has restricted available privacy settings in Objectives feature settings Contact your account admin to enable additional options
A key result has different visibility than expected Visibility is set at the objective level only Change the objective's visibility setting; key results will update to match
A Global Objective Viewer can see a Specific people objective Global Objective Viewers have view access to all objectives regardless of setting This is expected behavior; contact your admin to review Global Objective Viewer assignments
Changing to Public did not affect existing private objectives Privacy changes are not retroactive Update each previously private objective individually

Not Covered Here

This article does not cover how admin controls visibility option availability or how Global Objective Viewer permissions are configured.

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