Objectives

The Objectives hierarchy can be created, viewed, and edited from any of the following pages:

• IDENTIFY/STRUCTURE > IDENTIFY >  Objectives; 
• IDENTIFY/STRUCTURE > OBJECTIVES > Hierarchy,
• IMPACT OF EVENTS > STRUCTURE > EVENTS OBJECTIVES >  Objectives.

The default wording can be defined on the Workgroup Template; or from Default Option Sets. You can also change the wording for each model on the Judgments Options page of the model.

Depending on the Default Option Sets wording used when creating a model, the overall statement will be shown, in this case, "Objectives" and can be edited.  A prompt to add objectives will pop-out as shown above.

Add Objectives (same level or below)

You can add objectives below the Objectives node. 

Additional elements (objectives, sub-objectives)  can be added either at the same level of the currently selected node by pressing Add Objectives (same level) button, or below the currently selected button, by pressing Add Objectives (level below) button.

Pressing either of the first two options above will open a dialog:

Here you can either:

a) enter one or more elements, along with brief descriptions (a simple form of an information document which you can modify later using the Edit description or i buttons).  Adding one or more spaces before an element name will indicate that the element should be added at a lower level in the hierarchy.  

b) The Paste from Clipboard  button will paste elements that have been previously placed on the clipboard into the hierarchy.  These elements can be placed on the clipboard in a variety of ways:

1. By copying from adjacent rows/columns in an Excel spreadsheet
2. By copying from adjacent row/s columns in a Word document
3. By copying from a tab delimitated text file, where the tab is used to separate the element name from the element description.

The Objective and the objective names can be edited by selecting them and clicking the Edit button or by double-clicking the node name.

Add Objectives from predefined sets of Objectives

The Add Objectives from predefined sets of Objectives allows you to add new objectives from predefined objectives determined by the site administrator.

Delete Objectives

You can delete one or more objectives by selecting them and clicking the Delete button.

You can also right-click an objective to see a set of commands, and then select Delete. 

Objectives right-click commands

Some commands already explained above and more are available by right-clicking an Objective node:

• Add Objectives (level below) - add nodes below the selected node 
• Add Objectives (same level) - add nodes same level as the selected node
• Add Objectives from predefined sets of Objectives - Open the predefined sets modal 
• Edit - edit the selected node
• Edit description - open the rich text editor to edit the description of the selected node
• Delete - delete the selected node
• Copy judgments - copy judgments of the selected node
• Paste judgments - paste the copied judgments from another node to the selected node
• Erase node-s judgments for all participants - delete the judgments of the selected node 

will expand all branches of the hierarchy.

 will collapse the hierarchy and show only the goal and the first level of elements (objectives).

You can also expand/collapse sections of the hierarchy by clicking the same icons at the left of the objective node. 

When the Auto-Redraw box is checked, clicking on the name of any element will not only expand the branches below that element but will automatically contract the branches in other parts of the hierarchy. This is useful to be able to focus on a part of the hierarchy, see all of its ancestries, but not be distracted from details in other parts of the hierarchy.

Elements can be moved or copied from one position/level in the hierarchy to another by drag/dropping to the desired position in the hierarchy.

In Tree View, you can move or copy a node from one position to another by dragging and dropping. Simply select a node and hold on to the left button of your mouse and then drag to the position you want the node to be moved/copied (you will see a blue arrow as a pointer). Once you release the mouse's left key, you will then see a dialog asking whether to copy or move the node. Select and click OK to confirm.

You can also sort elements  in the cluster below the selected objective or sub-objective by name ascending/descending: 

Sorting by name can be done both in Tree View and Hierarchy View. 

Objectives can be viewed in Tree View or Hierarchical View.  By default, the Tree View is displayed as shown below:

You can use the drop-down to select the Hierarchy View:

The Hierarchy View of Objectives is shown below: 

You can do similar actions such as adding objectives, editing, sort by name, and export as you can do in the Tree View. 

Additionally, you can show/hide the Events in the Hierarchy view by checking the  checkbox. The Events those with green boxes. 

You can specify the rectangle length and width by clicking the gear icon