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# Associate or update the primary goal or target

# Associate or update the primary goal or target for a planning item {#ariaid-title1}

* Versão de lançamento: Australia
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* Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 3 min. de leitura

Associate a primary goal or target for the planning items where the items contribute to achieving the goal or target.

## Antes de Iniciar

Role required: sn_apw_advanced.spw_goal_user and sn_align_core.apw_user

## Por Que e Quando Desempenhar Esta Tarefa

You can associate a goal or target as primary with a planning item by populating the Primary goal and Primary target fields on the Planning item form respectively. When you populate
the Primary target field, the Primary goal is automatically populated with the goal of the populated target. For more information, see [Planning item form](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/KE7_WInGE2uESFJjontUyg "Learn about the fields in the forms of the different planning item types available in Strategic Planning. Use these forms to add new planning items or update details of existing items.").

After you associate planning items with goals or targets, you can check these relationships directly on the Planning items tab of the goal's form or on the Goal/Target Relationships tab of the planning item's form.  
Nota:  
* By default, the goal or target becomes the primary when you associate a goal or target with a planning item for the first time. Then after, association of any goal or target with the planning item becomes a secondary association unless the Primary field is selected while associating the goal or target.
* When a planning item already has a primary goal association and you want to make another goal as primary, the existing primary goal association becomes secondary and the fresh association becomes primary for the planning item.
* Associating the primary goal or target isn't supported for strategic items such as initiatives and strategic programs.
* To associate the primary goal or target with a custom planning item, ensure that the custom planning item is added to the planning_item_types_allow_list property.
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## Procedimento

1. Open the required planning item form using one of the following options.

   | Option | Navigation |
   | From the Portfolio Plans tab | 1. Navigate to WorkspacesStrategic Planning WorkspacePortfolio Planning. 2. From the list of portfolio plans, select the required portfolio plan that the planning item belongs to. 3. Select Planning. 4. Select the Prioritization, Roadmap, or Hierarchy tab. 5. Select a planning item that you want to associate or update the primary goal or target with.The side panel opens with the Details tab. Alternatively, you can select Full details and open the item's record page. Select the Details tab from the record page. {#associate-update-primary-goal-egm__ol_ocp_ty2_fqb} |
   | From the Free-form Roadmaps tab | 1. Navigate to WorkspacesStrategic Planning WorkspacePortfolio Planning. 2. On the Portfolio Planning page, select Free-form Roadmaps. 3. From the list of roadmaps, select the required roadmap that the planning item belongs to. 4. Select a planning item that you want to associate or update the primary goal or target with.The side pane opens with the Details tab. Alternatively, you can select Full details and open the item's record page. Select the Details or Goal/Target Relationships tab from the record page. {#associate-update-primary-goal-egm__ol_pcp_ty2_fqb} |
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2. On the Item details side panel or Details tab, fill in or update the Primary goal and Primary target fields with the goal and target respectively that you want to associate or update.  
   Alternatively, you can select Add in the Goal/Target Relationships tab, populate the Goal and Target fields as needed, and then
   select Primary. The Primary goal and Primary target fields are then automatically populated on the planning item form.
   For a description of the field values, see [Planning item form](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/KE7_WInGE2uESFJjontUyg "Learn about the fields in the forms of the different planning item types available in Strategic Planning. Use these forms to add new planning items or update details of existing items.").
3. Select either Update or Save.
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## O que Fazer Depois

If you want to remove the existing goal or target association, you can remove the association by selecting the association record and selecting the Remove option on the Goal/Target Relationships tab of the
planning item record. If the planning item has the primary goal and secondary goal association, you can remove the primary association only after you make any other goal as primary for the planning item.