---
title: Duplicate a goal or target
description: Create a copy of an existing goal or target to align goals with your organizational strategic priorities. If the goal or target you want to create is similar to an existing one, duplicating the existing record saves your time.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/scenario-planning-in-spw/create-a-copy-of-a-goal-or-target.html
release: australia
product: Scenario Planning in SPW
classification: scenario-planning-in-spw
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Manage portfolio plan goals, Portfolio Planning in Strategic Planning Workspace, Strategic Planning, Strategic Portfolio Management]
---

# Duplicate a goal or target

Create a copy of an existing goal or target to align goals with your organizational strategic priorities. If the goal or target you want to create is similar to an existing one, duplicating the existing record saves your time.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_apw\_advanced.spw\_goal\_user and sn\_align\_core.apw\_user

## About this task

Goals are typically qualitative by nature. Goals should be ambitious and are expected to motivate and challenge your teams.

Only the owner or contributors of the goal can edit the goal.

**Note:** If you have created goals but don't see them appearing in the portfolio plan, populate the Assigned entity type and Assigned entity fields on the Goal form to display those goals in the portfolio plan.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Strategic Planning Workspace** > **Portfolio Planning**.

2.  From the list of portfolio plans, select a portfolio plan that you want to create a goal for.

3.  From the Goals page, select **Goals and targets** and then select **List** or **Hierarchy** view.

4.  Select the Row context menu icon \(\[Omitted image "more-actions.png"\] Alt text: Row context menu icon.\) of the goal or target that you want to copy and then select **Duplicate**.

    -   For a goal, the Goal modal opens with all details of the goal you copied from. You can update the details for the goal as needed and then select **Save** to save the goal or select **Save and add a target** to save the goal and add a target for the goal. For a description of the field values, see [Goal form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/scenario-planning-in-spw/goal-form-egm.md).
    -   For a target, the New target window opens with all details of the target you copied from. You can update the details for the target as needed and then select **Save** to save the target or select **Save and add a new target** to save the target and add another target for the goal. For a description of the field values, see [Target form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/scenario-planning-in-spw/target-form-egm.md).
    By default, the name is **Copy of ABC** where ABC is the name of the goal or target you copied from.


## What to do next

Set more targets for the goals. For more information, see [Add targets for a goal in Strategic Planning](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/scenario-planning-in-spw/set-targets-for-goal-egm.md) or [Configuring target source for target automation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/scenario-planning-in-spw/setting-targets-for-a-goal-and-automating-the-actual-value-using-agf-apw.md).