3596124 - Role for “unalign-parent” and “unalign-child” permission in Latest Goal Management

This article explains the logic behind the role setting for “unalign-parent” and “unalign-child” permission in Latest Goal Management when using Unalign Goal feature.

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In Latest GM, the option “unalign goal” is only available in user’s own goal plan. In other words, if user A accesses user B’s goal plan and tries to unalign a goal, the option will not appear in user B’s goal plan.
Therefore, the user is always performing the unalign action to his/her own goals.
As a result, in latest GM, only role "E" can be used for “unalign-parent” and “unalign-child” permission setting.

To better understand the use case for “unalign-parent” and “unalign-child”, let me give you an example:

User A is Manager. User B is Employee.
User A links/cascades a goal with/to user B. In this case, User A’s goal is the parent goal, and user B’s goal is the child goal.
Let’s say user A’s goal is Goal A (parent goal), and user B’s goal is Goal B (child goal).

Scenario 1: user A (manager) wants to unalign goals
For user A, his/her goal is the parent goal, so unaligning Goal B means unaligning a child goal for his/her parent goal.
Therefore, user A needs the “unalign-child” permission, and the role is granted to E, because user A is acting on his/her own goal.

Scenario 2: user B (employee) wants to unalign goals
For user B, his/her goal is the child goal, so unaligning Goal A means unaligning a parent goal for his/her child goal.
Therefore, user B needs the “unalign-parent” permission, and the role is granted to E for the same reason.

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• KBA 2072032 - How to Cascade Goals and Link Goals? - Goal Management

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