You can save the progress you’re making towards a particular metric by posting a story using the Quick Update popup on a Progress Board.
Steps
Open a Progress Board in Cards view.
To do this from the Homepage:
To do this from the My Apps menu:
You’ll see a Card for every Progress Tracker on that Progress Board.
If the Progress Tracker you’re looking for is not displayed, click Load More at the bottom of the page to see additional cards.
Press the + button at the bottom of the card
This opens the Quick Update popup. The layout of the popup depends on the type of Progress Tracker.
Some things are consistent for every type of Progress Tracker
Project selector at the top: let’s you confirm which project the progress will be saved to
Name of the Progress Tracker with a number next to it showing the amount of progress that will be saved
Options to add the following to the story:
Text
Attachments
Location
Change the date
Publish button to save your progress story.
When it’s an Activity tracker, a numerical input field lets you enter the number
When it’s an Engagement tracker
a checkbox appears for each contact in that project
and/or you can record a single number using Manual Headcount, which you optionally can add demographic splits too
When it’s a Choice tracker
a set of answer choices appear for every contact in that project
and/or you can use Manual Headcount to record the number of people for whom each answer choice was the case
When it’s a Numerical tracker
there is a numerical input field for each contact in that project
and/or you can record Manual Headcount: specifically, the number of people for whom that number was the case.
When it’s an Achievement tracker
there is a checkbox for each contact in that project
and/or you can record a single number using Manual Headcount, which you optionally can add demographic splits too
On a legacy progress board, the progress bar on the card changes automatically based on the progress that’s been saved