# What are target agreement processes?

A target agreement process is the top organizational level for target agreements in easyreview. It groups all target agreements of a particular type — for example "Annual goals", "Quarterly goals" or "Project goals". Each process has its own settings for visibility, permissions and notifications.

You'll find the overview of all target agreement processes under **Objectives** in the sidebar.

 ![Target agreement process overview with the sidebar](/attachments/ziele/was-sind-zielprozesse/zielprozesse-uebersicht.png)

## How the hierarchy is built

Target agreements in easyreview are organized hierarchically:

1. **Process**: The top level, for example "Annual goals". Here you set the title, visibility and permissions, and optionally [process steps](/en/c/target-agreements/what-are-process-steps) such as releases and digital signatures.
2. **Edition**: A concrete period within the process, for example "01/01/2026 to 12/31/2026". Editions let you repeat the process regularly.
3. **Target agreement**: One target agreement is created per employee and edition.
4. **Intermediate goals**: The individual, measurable goals within a target agreement.

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You can run any number of target agreement processes in parallel, for example "Annual goals" and "Quarterly goals" at the same time.

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## The process overview

The overview page shows every target agreement process you have access to. Each process is shown as its own row.

### Information shown

For each process the overview shows:

* **Title**: The name of the process (for example "Annual goals"). Clicking the title opens the status page of the current edition.
* **Period**: The start and end date of the edition currently running (for example "01/01/2025 – 12/31/2025").
* **Overall progress**: A progress bar with a percentage. It shows the average progress of all target agreements in the current edition.
* **Individual goals**: A doughnut chart with the distribution of target agreements by status:
  * *Goal reached* (green): progress at 100% or higher
  * *In progress* (yellow): progress between 0% and 100%
  * *Not started* (gray): no progress recorded yet

 ![Process row with progress bar and individual-goals chart](/attachments/ziele/was-sind-zielprozesse/zielprozess-zeile.png)

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If the progress display isn't visible, it can be turned on in the process settings (the "Progress display" option).

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### Admin dropdown

Users with HR access see the **Admin** button to the right of each process. It gives you:

* **Settings**: Opens the process configuration page (title, editions, visibility, permissions and custom fields).
* **Delete**: Removes the process along with all its editions and target agreements.

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Deleting a process removes all its editions and target agreements permanently.

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## Create a new process

Users with HR access can create a new process via the **Create category** button in the top right. For a full walkthrough, see [Create a target agreement process](/en/c/target-agreements/create-target-agreement-process).

## Open a process

Click a process title to open the status page of the current edition. There you see:

* The overall progress of the edition
* The status of the edition (active, not yet started or ended)
* The list of all target agreements with progress, recipient and deadlines
* A dropdown for switching between editions

 ![Status page of a process with target agreements](/attachments/ziele/was-sind-zielprozesse/statusseite.png)

For more on the status page, see [Target agreements overview](/en/c/target-agreements/target-agreements-overview).

## Who sees which processes?

Visibility depends on your role:

* **HR employees**: See all processes in the company.
* **Executive Management (CEO)**: See all processes in the company, but can't create or edit them.
* **Supervisors**: See processes in which their employees have target agreements.
* **Employees**: See only processes in which they themselves have a target agreement.

Processes without any target agreements are visible only to HR employees and Executive Management.

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The visibility of the individual target agreements within a process is configured separately. See [Visibility of target agreements](/en/c/target-agreements/target-agreement-visibility).

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## Related articles

* [Create a target agreement process](/en/c/target-agreements/create-target-agreement-process)
* [What are target agreement editions?](/en/c/target-agreements/what-are-target-agreement-editions)
* [Create a target agreement](/en/c/target-agreements/create-target-agreement)
* [Target agreements overview](/en/c/target-agreements/target-agreements-overview)
* [Visibility of target agreements](/en/c/target-agreements/target-agreement-visibility)