Goal Management Profile Options

Use the profile options of Goal Management to control how your organization uses this functional area. To configure the profile options, navigate to the Setup and Maintenance work area and use the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.

Specify appropriate values for the different profile options of Goal Management to do these configurations:

Enable responsive pages.
Enable or disable Goal Management components such as goal plan sets and organization goals.
Enable or disable different actions such as sharing and alignment of performance goals.
Enable or disable different features such as target outcomes and goal measurements.
Control editing of completed performance goals.
Optimize performance during assignment of goals and goal plans.

This topic lists the various profile options of Goal Management grouped according to their purpose. The tables in this topic describe the effects of enabling and disabling these profile options.

Profile Options for Responsive Goal Management

Profile Option Code	Profile Option Display Name	Default	Effect of Enabling	Effect of Disabling
HRG_GOALS_RESPONSIVE_ENABLED	Mobile-Responsive Goals Pages Enabled	Y	You can view the responsive Goal Management pages and features.	You can't view the responsive goal pages and features.

Profile Options for Goal Components

Profile Option Code	Profile Option Display Name	Default	Effect of Enabling	Effect of Disabling
HRG_ENABLE_GOAL_LIBRARY	Goal Library Enabled	Yes	HR specialists can create goals in the central repository. This can be reused by other workers in the organization.	A goal library can't be created or used. Users must create performance goals individually. This also applies to goals added to performance documents or a talent review. Note: Users can edit performance goals that were previously added from the goal library.
ORA_HRG_RESTRICT_LIB_GOAL	Restrict Library Goals Enabled	N	Workers and their managers can see only library goals that are relevant to their business unit, department, legal entity, and job family.	Workers and their managers can see all library goals.
HRG_ENABLE_ORGANIZATION_GOAL	Organization Goals Enabled	Yes	Makes organization goals available to use.	Users can't access existing organization goals or add new ones.
HRG_USE_GOAL_PLAN_SET	Goal Plan Sets Enabled	No	HR specialists can create a goal plan set, add goal plans to the set, and assign the set to workers who report to them or who they have access to.	The goal plan set feature isn't available for use.

Profile Options for Goal Actions

Profile Option Code	Profile Option Display Name	Default	Effect of Enabling	Effect of Disabling
HRG_ENABLE_GOAL_ALIGN	Goal Alignment Enabled	Yes	Workers and managers can align their own goals with those of their managers, colleagues, or the organization.	Prevents any new goal alignment. Note: Existing goal alignments are retained.
HRG_ENABLE_GRANT_ACCESS	Goal Sharing Enabled	Yes	Workers and managers can share their goals with others in the organization.	Prevents any new goal sharing. Note: Existing goal shares are retained.
HRG_LOV_SEARCH_SHAREDGOALS_STARTSWITH	Shared goal starts with search Enabled	Y	When sharing goals, you can search for goals that start with the characters specified in responsive Goal Management.	When sharing goals, you can search for goals that contain the characters specified.
ORA_HRG_ENABLE_INLINE_WEIGHT_UPDATE	Enable inline weight update	No	You can edit a goal in a goal plan and edit the goal weight in responsive Goal Management if the Drill Down to Goal Details profile option is disabled. Note: The Edit Weights action won't be available.	You need to use the Edit Weights action to edit weights of a goal in a goal plan.

Profile Options for Goal Features

Profile Option Code	Profile Option Display Name	Default	Effect of Enabling	Effect of Disabling
HRG_ENABLE_TASK	Goal Tasks Enabled	Yes	Users can add tasks to performance goals.	Users can't add tasks to performance goals.
HRG_ENABLE_OUTCOMES	Goal Target Outcomes Enabled	Yes	Users can add target outcomes to performance goals.	Users can't add target outcomes to performance goals.
HRG_USE_MEASUREMENTS	Use Goal Measurements	Multiple	Users can add multiple measurements to goals in responsive Goal Management. Note: After you enable this option, users can see all the earlier multiple measurements, if added.	The other values are: Single: Users can add only one measurement for a goal. Disabled: Users can't add any measurement for a goal.
HRG_ALLOW_DECIMALS_IN_WEIGHTS	Decimals in Goal Weights Allowed	Yes	Users can enter decimal values when entering weights for performance goals. For example, user can set the weight of a goal to 22.5.	Users can't enter decimal values when entering weights for performance goals.
HRG_ENABLE_GOAL_DRILLDOWN_VIEW	Drill Down to Goal Details	Yes	Enables drilling down to goal details in responsive Goal Management.	Disables drilling down to goal details. You can view goal details in the expanded mode on the same page. Note: Changing the profile option value has no effect on how you view performance goals in performance documents and talent review meetings.
ORA_HRG_DEFAULT_GOAL_SORT_OPTION	Default Sort Option for Performance Goals	Display sequence	Goals are listed in the in the goal plan according to the sort order specified. Note: The sort order specified also applies to performance documents in which the goal plan is included that have synchronization of goals enabled.	You can select one of these sort options: Display sequence Goal name Goal category Goal status Goal weight Last updated date

Profile Option for Editing a Completed Goal

Profile Option Code	Profile Option Display Name	Default	Effect of Using the Default Value	Effect of Using the Other Values
HRG_COMPLETED_GOAL_EDIT_OPTIONS	Completed Goal Edit Options	Never	Users can't edit completed goals.	Users can edit completed goals.

Profile Options for Goal Assignment

Profile Option Code	Profile Option Display Name	Default	Effect
HRG_ONLINE_PROCESS_THRESHOLD	Online Processing Threshold	25	Specifies the maximum number of goal records that can be automatically processed. The number of goal records to process is calculated using this formula: Number of goals x Number of assignees. This value applies for these use cases: The HR specialist mass assigns goals or creates goal plans. Managers add or assign goals. Organization owners assign goals. Note: If the number of records exceeds the threshold, the process is submitted to the scheduled process queue.
HRG_GP_MAX_THREADS	Maximum Number of Threads for a Multithreaded Goals Batch Process	4	Specifies the maximum number of threads for a batch process that assigns goals or goal plans. Valid values are from 2 to 8 for multithreaded and 0 or 1 for a single threaded process.
HRG_GP_MINCOUNT_EACHTHREAD	Minimum Number of Assignments for Each Thread in a Multithreaded Goals Batch Process	5000	Specifies the minimum number of assignments required for each thread of a multithreaded batch process that assigns goals or goal plans.
HRG_GP_MINCOUNT_LASTTHREAD	Minimum Number of Assignments for the Last Thread of a Multithreaded Goals Batch Process	1000	Specifies the minimum number of assignments required for the last thread of a multithreaded batch process that assigns goals or goal plans.
HRG_MASS_REQ_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL	Performance Optimization Level for Goals Assignment Through a Batch Process	1	Specifies the performance optimization level for mass assignment of goals through a batch process. Set this value to a number between 0 and 3. Here's what you indicate when you set this profile option to any of these values: 0: Show log messages and populate all results data from the process in temporary tables. 1: Show log messages and populate mid-level results data from the process in temporary tables. 2: Suppress log messages and populate high level results data from the process in temporary tables. 3: Suppress log messages and don't populate any results data from the process in temporary tables.