Outcome relationships

Connect key results and objectives with parent, dependency, and related relationships

Relationships show how a key result contributes to another goal, which work contributes to it, or which goals share useful context. Your workspace may call outcomes key results or use another custom label; the workflow is the same.

You can connect a key result to either another key result or an objective.

Choose the right relationship

• Add parent — the current key result contributes to the selected objective or key result. The connection appears under Contributes to on the current item.

• Add dependency — the selected objective or key result contributes to the current key result. The connection appears under Dependencies on the current item.

• Add related — the two items are associated, but neither contributes to the other. The connection appears under Related.

Use parent and dependency relationships when progress has a direction. Use a related relationship for shared themes, risks, or context that should not imply a roll-up.

Relationship editing requires plan edit permission and a Starter-or-higher workspace. If Add relationship is unavailable, check the plan permissions and subscription.

Add a relationship

1. Open the key result to show its details panel.

2. Expand Relationships.

3. Select Add relationship.

4. Choose Add parent, Add dependency, or Add related, then choose whether to connect an objective or key result.

5. Select the plan that contains the other item.

6. Select the objective or key result, then select Save.

When you add a parent, Tability initially selects the current plan's parent plan when one exists. You can choose a different plan before selecting the item.

Repeat the workflow to add more connections. Tability groups them in the details panel under Contributes to, Dependencies, and Related.

Remove a relationship

1. Open the key result and expand Relationships.

2. Find the connection under Contributes to, Dependencies, or Related.

3. Hover over the row and select the remove icon on the right.

Removing a relationship does not delete either objective or key result.

Trace relationships in the Dependencies Map

Open the Dependencies Map when you need more context than the details panel provides. The map can start from a plan, objective, key result, or initiative and show both structural and custom relationships.

In the Dependencies Map:

• Parent shows what the focused item contributes to.

• Dependencies shows what contributes to the focused item.

• Both shows both directions.

• Dashed lines represent custom parent, dependency, or related connections.

Roll up progress from dependencies

A parent key result can calculate progress from the key results listed under Dependencies.

1. Add each contributing key result with Add dependency.

2. Edit the parent key result.

3. On Target, choose Rollup dependencies.

4. Choose Rollup values or Rollup percentages, then choose the method.

5. Review the Preview value, configure optional auto-sync, and select Save.

For a complete example, see How to roll up progress from dependent key results.

Troubleshooting

Add relationship is missing

You need edit permission for the current plan. The button is hidden when you cannot edit the key result.

Tability says the plan is locked

Ask a plan owner or workspace admin to grant edit access. See Plan permissions.

The relationship picker shows an upgrade message

Goal alignment is not available on the Free plan. Upgrade to Starter or higher to add relationships.

A relationship does not update progress

Relationships describe alignment; they do not change a key result's value by themselves. Edit the parent key result and choose Rollup dependencies if you want its progress calculated from dependencies.