How to create a goal in Atlassian Goals
Open Atlassian Home, click Create and choose Goal. Name it, check the owner, set a target date and click Create. About 2 minutes. Goals must be switched on for your site first.
Before you start
Goals must be switched on for your site. If you cannot see Goals, ask your site or organisation admin.
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Open Atlassian Home
Go to home.atlassian.com and pick your site if you have more than one.
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Click Create, then Goal
Click the Create button at the top of the screen and choose Goal from the list.
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Name the goal
Type a name that says the outcome, for example "Cut onboarding time to one day". If your company uses objectives and key results, say which level it is in the name.
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Check the owner
You are the owner by default. Change it if someone else is accountable for the goal.
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Set a target date
Pick the date the goal should be met by.
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Click Create
Click Create. The goal opens on its About tab, where you add a description, a parent goal, followers and linked work.
If it does not work
There is no Goal option under Create. Goals is switched off for your site. An organisation or site admin turns it on in Atlassian Administration.
You want the goal to show progress from Jira. Open the goal and link work to it, such as an Atlassian project or a Jira work item, from the goal's page.
How we checked
Verified 8 Oct 2026 against the live interface.
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Ready to do it?
Run these 6 steps on your own Atlassian page. Each step shows in a panel on the page, Next when you are ready.