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# Submetric Goals in Data 360

Enhance your data with actionable insights by adding business goals to your submetrics. Tableau Semantics goals eliminate the need for external tools and manual processes. You can track your progress in real time, measure your progress consistently, and align data insights with business outcomes.

### Required Editions

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d9796e50 ">To add a goal to a submetric:</td>

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            <p>Semantic Models object permission </p>
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Despite having access to vast amounts of data, organizations often struggle to translate it into actionable insights and measurable outcomes. Tableau Semantics goals address issues such as fragmented goal management, lack of visibility, and inconsistent measurement. Users can set multiple goals per submetric, define specific goal values, and set status conditions. They can specify a target value or range for the submetric, set a time range with start and end dates, and select colors to indicate the goal status.

![Example](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-semantics-264-0-0-production-enus/f7c99ab1-3439-4722-b925-34cb47455d89/images/icon_example.png)

Example A retail company can improve sales performance by setting and tracking specific sales goals within Tableau. Sales teams can define these goals, set target values and status conditions, and specify time ranges. For example, the company aims to reach $200 million in sales in the US during the first three months of the year. In June, they target an average order value of $40. Real-time monitoring and regular measurement make sure that goals are tracked correctly. This helps to improve sales strategies and resource allocation.

- **[Create a Goal in Data 360](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.c360_a_sl_goals_add.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Help business users monitor their metrics against specific targets by creating one or more goals in Tableau Semantics. Adding goals is an optional final step when creating or editing a submetric.
- **[Edit or Delete a Goal or Threshold](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.c360_a_sl_goals_edit_delete.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    You can edit or delete a goal in the Submetric window.