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OKR types (levels)

Owned by Weronika Spaleniak (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jul 28, 2021
3 min read

OKR type is another attribute that you can assign to your objectives. It differentiates the OKRs' reach and focus between the company OKRs, team OKRs and personal OKRs.

You can also add your own OKR types if your company is working i.e. with department-level OKRs or squad-level OKRs.

How to choose an OKR type in OKR for Jira

  1. While adding Objective
    While adding a new objective, in the second part of the form, click on the “OKR type” dropdown. You will see the default options and the ones added by anyone on the instance there.

    Choose a type. Then fill in any missing fields and click on “Create objective” button.The type you’ve chosen will be also visible on the side panel with all detailed information on the “Created OKRs” page



  2. On an objective’s detail page

Go to any objective’s detail page. In the info section, you will see an OKR type field.

If it’s empty, you can choose a type by clicking on the “Set type…” area and picking one of the options in the dropdown. You can change the option set anytime.

 

How to add a new OKR type?

  1. Go to Settings

  2. Choose “OKR types”

3. Click on “Add a new type” button. A dialog will appear.

4. Type in the type and choose the icon’s colors. Click “Save”, when it’s ready.

5. The new type will be available now in all OKR type dropdowns and will be visible under “Your custom OKR types” section in the settings.

You can also hide the default OKR types by clicking the eye icon next to them in the settings. Crossed out eye means the type is not available in any dropdown.