Engage with activity in Viva Goals

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You can keep track of people, teams, and reports within Viva Goals by choosing to Follow or Bookmark them. You can then show support and engage with this information by Liking and Commenting on their activity and progress. These social features foster collaboration and cross-functional working.

Follow

To keep track of people and teams within Viva Goals, you can Follow them. Following an individual or team will automatically begin sending you updates about their OKR progress.

For example, if you collaborate with a particular team regularly, you can choose to follow them and receive automatic updates about their performance.

To Follow a Team or Individual:

  1. Navigate to the required Team by clicking on the Search tab.
    1. Entering the name of the Team will start to auto-populate suggestions in the dropdown list.
  2. Select the required Team.
  3. At the Team Level, select the Follow icon.

When successfully selected, an icon will show you're Following the Team. You'll now receive regular updates on that Team's progress based on a default schedule. You can adjust when you get these notifications by selecting the gear icon.

Bookmark

Bookmarking a Team, Individual or Explorer View will add it to the navigation sidebar under the Bookmarks tab, allowing you to easily find it again in the future.

To Bookmark a Team or Individual, navigate to the required entity by clicking on the Search tab and typing in the name/title.

  1. Select the appropriate Team or Individual.
  2. Select the Bookmark icon.

When successfully selected, the icon will show you've Bookmarked them. Along with Teams and Individuals, you can also Bookmark reports in the Explorer tab. Your bookmarked Team, Individual or Explorer View will now appear in the Bookmarks tab.

Like

To show support for your colleagues, you can Like activities they perform within Viva Goals. This can be done in the Feed tab, on any page where the activity is being displayed, or on the Activity tab of an Individual.

To Like an activity within the Feed:

  1. Select the Feed tab.
    1. The Activity section will display activity from across your organization, as well as from Teams and People you've followed.
    2. Each activity will display a Like and Comment icon.
  2. Select the Like icon to show your approval or acknowledgment of an activity.

Comment

To engage with your colleagues and foster collaboration, you can Comment on their activities performed within Viva Goals. This can be done in the Feed tab, on any page where the activity is being displayed or on the Activity tab of an Individual.

To Comment on an activity, select the Comment icon.

  1. Select the Feed tab.
    1. The Activity section will display activity from across your organization, as well as from Teams and People you've followed.
    2. Each activity will display a Like and Comment icon.
  2. Select the Comment icon.
    1. This will open the comment box where you can enter your text. There are some formatting options such as Bold, Italic, and Lists.
    2. There is also the ability to @ mention other users of Viva Goals.
      1. To do this, type @, then start to type your colleague's name.
      2. Suggested individuals will be auto-populated in the dropdown menu.
      3. Select the appropriate individual.
  3. When you're ready to publish your comment, select the Comment button.

Your comment will now appear in the Feed under the relevant activity. Any individuals you've @ mentioned will receive an alert in the Notification tab. They'll also receive a notification outside of the Viva Goals platform either via email or their collaboration platform, based on their settings.