How to create and manage missions in GFoundry
Create a mission from the Missions List with the three-step wizard, build its milestones and objectives, then manage it from the Mission Details page. After it starts, you can edit, duplicate, export, reset or delete it.
How do I create a new Mission?
In the backoffice side menu, click Missions > Missions List.
Click New Mission to open the wizard.
Complete the General step and click Next. The mission is saved with the status Building.
In Milestones & Objectives, add at least one milestone, and at least one objective to every milestone. Until each milestone has an objective, the milestone shows Must have at least one objective and you cannot continue.
Click Next to open Finish.
Click Start Mission to make it live, or Save for later to keep building it later.
If your platform has more than one language, use the language tabs to fill in each language. A mission with the status Building reopens in the wizard when you click it in Missions List.
The panel on the right of the wizard shows a live preview of the mission as users will see it.
How do I define the mission's general information?
The first step of the wizard is General, where you configure the mission's name, description and appearance:
Fill in the Mission Name (e.g. Onboarding Mission) and the Description, explaining the mission's purpose. Both are required.
If your organisation uses several languages, select the language in the language tabs.
Under Appearance, click Upload Thumbnail to add an image, and Select Background to choose a background colour, a gradient or your own image. Both are required. Use the Visible toggle to choose whether the thumbnail is shown in the mission popup. See How to set mission thumbnail and background.
Click Next. If some languages are not filled in, you are asked whether to proceed with the default language values for them. Select Yes to continue.
How do I add milestones and objectives to a Mission?
The Milestones & Objectives step lets you structure the mission's journey with milestones. Each milestone must have at least one objective.
How do I create a milestone?
Click Add Milestone and fill in the fields:
Milestone Name: the name of the milestone (e.g. Milestone 1).
Milestone Completion Message: a message shown to the user when they complete the milestone.
Select Icon: choose an icon for the milestone (rocket, medal, etc.) and its colours.
Click Create. The milestone appears in the list, and in the preview on the right.
To add a delay before the milestone becomes available, open the milestone menu, choose Edit Milestone and set Milestone Delay (hours).
How do I define objectives?
Objectives define the action a user must perform to complete the milestone.
Click Add Objective inside the milestone.
Fill in the fields:
Objective Name and Objective Description: for example Objective 1 and a short explanation of the task.
Action: the type of action that counts towards the objective (for example First login or Play quizzes). The list shows the actions of the modules active on your platform. Depending on the action, more fields appear, such as the object (for example, a specific quiz or content). In the example, milestone 1 uses the First login action, which does not need a trigger.
Trigger: shown when the action has several variants. In the example for milestone 2, the action Play quizzes is used with the trigger Quizzes played, and the Number field sets how many quizzes the user must play.
Click Create to save the objective. The milestone is updated with the new objective.
Repeat these steps to add more milestones or objectives as needed.
How do I finish and start the mission?
After defining all milestones and objectives, click Next to move to the Finish step. Here you can:
Write the Message shown to users after completing the mission. It is required.
(Optional) Set a Group to be Removed after Completion to remove a group from the user when they complete the mission. If you set it, you can also choose a Replacement Group.
(Optional) Use Content Segmentation to target the mission to specific user groups.
At the bottom you'll find Reset, Back, Save for later and Start Mission.
Choose Save for later to keep the mission in Building, or Start Mission to make it live. Click Start Mission only when you are ready to make the mission available: the mission changes to Running and becomes visible to the users it targets. See What do Start Mission and Save for later do?.
How do I manage a mission after it starts?
Click a Running mission in Missions List to open Mission Details. From there you can:
Edit the name, description, thumbnail, background, completion message, groups and segmentation.
Use Edit Milestone and Edit Objective in Mission Journey to change their texts, and the milestone delay and icon.
Preview the mission on the platform, Export User Progress, Duplicate Mission, Reset Mission or Delete it.
Follow each user in Users Progress, and use Reset User's Mission to reset one user.
In Missions List, Export lets you choose Export User Missions Report or Export Missions Report.
For the preview, see How to open and work with a mission journey preview. For resetting a mission, see How to reset mission progress and data for all users.
What additional tips can help with creating missions?
While building the mission, you can reorder milestones and objectives by dragging them. The order is reflected in the user experience.
Use motivational completion messages to boost engagement.
Use segmentation to send specific missions to teams or departments, ensuring relevance.
After a mission starts, you cannot add or remove milestones or objectives, or change the action that completes an objective. To change the structure, duplicate the mission and adjust the copy.
By following these steps you can create missions in GFoundry that turn strategic objectives into gamified journeys, keeping employees motivated and tracking their progress.