---
title: "Goal"
description: "a measure, a target, a window, and the version of the measure it was set against"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/goal
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Goal

a measure, a target, a window, and the version of the measure it was set against

[figure: Goal is a definition at strategy scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | definition |
| scope | strategy |
| key | the strategy and the measure |
| store | postgres |
| family | strategy |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `strategy` | `id` | yes |  |
| `measure` | [KindOfMeasure](/concepts/kindofmeasure) | yes |  |
| `measure_version` | `count` | yes |  |
| `target` | `json` | yes |  |
| `window` | `duration` | yes |  |
| `reading` | [Measure](/concepts/measure) | no | the latest, with its basis |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/act/goal`](/reference/act/goal) returns it