How Do I Create a Challenge?

Last updated: November 9, 2026

A Challenge ranks individuals or Groups on up to eight metrics over a time frame you choose. You can launch it right away or create it hidden so you can check the setup before competitors are notified.

Required permissions:

  • The Competitions: All Access or Competitions: Create Challenges: Can Create Challenges for Anyone permission is required to create a Challenge for anyone.

  • The Competitions: Create Challenges: Can Create Challenges for Managed Users/Groups permission is required to create a Challenge for the users and Groups you manage.

Name the Challenge

  1. Go to Motivate --> Competitions.

  2. Click on New Competition. The Create New Competition page will appear.

  3. Click on Create on the Challenge card.

  4. Enter a name in the Challenge Name field.

  5. Optional: Enter a short summary in the Description box.

Set the Time Frame and Competitors

  1. Click on Add Timing and leave the toggle set to One Time.

  2. Choose a date in the Start Date field, then select a time and a time zone from the Start Time and Time Zone drop-down menus.

  3. Choose a date in the End Date field. Choose a time from the End Time drop-down menu.

  4. Click on Add Competitors.

  5. Select Employee from the Hierarchy Level drop-down menu for a person-vs-person Challenge, or select a Group Type for a Group-vs-Group Challenge.

  6. Select who competes from the Competitor Selection drop-down menu:

    1. All: Everyone at the chosen level.

    2. Custom: Only the users or Groups you check on the Available tab.

    3. Within: Employees who belong to the Groups you pick.

    4. Custom Logic: Employees who match filters you build with AND, OR, and NOT.

Set Up Scoring and Prizes

  1. Click on Add Scoring.

  2. Select a metric from the Metric drop-down menu.

  3. Enter whole numbers in the Point(s) Per field, like 5 Point(s) Per 1 Metric Value.

  4. Optional: Apply any of the additional scoring parameters under the Options section and/or enter a Min Value or Max Value for that metric.

  5. Optional: Click on Add Metric to score another metric, up to eight in total.

  6. Optional: Click on Add Prize to list a prize for a rank or a score threshold.

Create the Challenge

  1. Optional: If you have the TVs: Edit permission, click on the Add to TV (Optional) step at the top of the form and check the TVs that should show the Challenge.

  2. Click on the Create Challenge drop-down button at the top of the page.

  3. Choose Create Challenge to notify competitors, or Create Hidden Challenge to test the setup first.

Note:

  • Only data that reaches Ambition during the time frame counts, so a one-hour Challenge won't work with a metric that syncs nightly.

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