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Organize Your Strategy – Add and Manage Categories (Perspectives)

This article explains how to create, organize, edit, duplicate, and delete Categories (Perspectives) in ClearPoint.

Written by Ted Jackson

Categories—also known as Perspectives—represent the strategic themes or groupings within your Scorecard (such as Financial, Customer, Internal Process, or Learning & Growth).
They help organize your objectives and measures, providing structure and clarity across your strategic framework.


Creating a New Perspective

  1. From the left navigation, click Scorecards.

  2. Click the kebab menu (⋮) and select Edit Scorecard.

  1. Navigate to the Categories tab.

  2. Click + Add Category.

  3. Enter a Name (e.g., Social Responsibility).

  4. Click Save.

💡 New Perspectives appear instantly within your Scorecard and can be assigned to Objectives, Measures, or Initiatives for better organization.


Adding Multiple Perspectives

  1. From the Categories tab, click + Add Category.

  2. Select Add Multiple.

  3. In the text box, enter each Category name on a new line (e.g., Financial, Customer, Internal Process, Learning & Growth).

  4. Click Save.

💡 Bulk adding is ideal when setting up a new Scorecard or defining a standard framework such as the Balanced Scorecard.


Editing a Perspective

  1. Click the kebab menu (⋮) and select Edit Category.

  2. Update details such as Name, Description.

  3. Click Save.

💡Editing a Perspective updates how it’s displayed across your Scorecard and any linked reports.


Duplicating a Category

  1. Click the kebab menu (⋮) to select Duplicate Perspective.

  2. Enter a New Perspective Name.

  3. Click Duplicate.

💡Duplicating helps you quickly reuse structure or naming conventions across multiple Scorecards.


Deleting a Perspective

  1. Click the kebab menu (⋮) to select Delete Category.

  2. Confirm deletion by clicking Delete.

⚠️ Deleting a Perspective permanently removes it from your Scorecard and any associated elements. Ensure all linked Objectives and Measures are reassigned before deletion.

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