Overview
Some Key Results matter more than others in driving an Objective forward. Key Result weighting lets you add a multiplier to increase or decrease each KR's relative weight in how the Objective's overall progress is calculated.
You'll still see each Key Result's actual progress on the OKR detail view — weighting only changes how much it moves the Objective's needle.
Note: To turn on Key Result weighting for your organization, contact your Customer Success Manager. It's an org-wide setting that applies to every Objective's progress % and RAG calculation - there's no way to enable it for just one team.
How the Default Weight Is Calculated
Before anyone manually adjusts a Key Result's multiplier, WorkBoard assigns a default based on how much of the Objective's timeframe that Key Result covers.
Default multiplier = the Key Result's fraction of the Objective's span:
A Key Result spanning the Objective's full timeframe defaults to 1.000.
When both the Objective and the Key Result use a named period (Quarter, Trimester, Half Year, Annual), the multiplier comes from the table below. For example, a Quarterly Key Result under a Trimester Objective defaults to 0.750 - not the 0.250 you'd get by treating it as a fraction of a fiscal year.
KR period ↓ / Objective period → | Annual | Half Year | Trimester | Quarter |
Annual | 1.000 | — | — | — |
Half Year | 0.500 | 1.000 | — | — |
Trimester | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 | — |
Quarter | 0.250 | 0.500 | 0.750 | 1.000 |
If either side uses a custom date range, the multiplier is the Key Result's day count ÷ the Objective's day count.
This multiplier feeds three things: the Weighting shown on this Objective, the Objective's rolled-up progress %, and its rolled-up RAG. Your displayed weight is always this raw multiplier divided by the sum of every Key Result's raw multiplier on the Objective — so weights on an Objective always add up to 100%.
A manually set weight (steps below) replaces the default and stays fixed — WorkBoard never recalculates it automatically, even if the Key Result's dates change later.
Add and Configure KR Weightings on an Objective
Hover over the Objective and click the kebab (⋮) menu.
Select Edit Settings.
Click Change weights.
Adjust the Multiplier (0 to 1) for each Key Result.
Click Save.