Clicking on any measure opens the Measures Drawer - your central place to manage all details around a single measure. Everything relevant to that measure lives here: communication, files, links, and status - structured and accessible in one place.

The Details tab is the central place for all content-related information on a measure. Add detailed descriptions that go beyond the title - context, background, steps, or requirements the team needs to execute. Comments are added in the Activities field, so all communication around a measure stays in one place - structured, traceable, and visible to everyone involved.

Every measure has a status that reflects its current state. The default statuses are: Not Started, In Progress, Off Track, Need Support, Escalated, and Completed (see Measure statuses for what each means and when to use it). In addition to these defaults, your project can be configured with custom statuses - new statuses can be defined and added to match your team's specific workflow. Status changes made in the drawer are synced instantly across the board and the work package view.

Status tells you where a measure is. Degree of Implementation tells you how far it has landed. If your project has it switched on, a Degree of Implementation chip sits next to the status in the drawer, between Status and the due date. Click it to pick a level from D1 to D5, or click the X on the chip to clear it. It's optional, and Project Leads and Consultants switch it on per project in Project Details, then Settings (see Degree of Implementation).

Every measure carries a start date and a due date, shown as a pair in the drawer. The start date marks when work should begin - the people responsible are reminded the day before it starts - and the due date is the deadline the measure is tracked against. Both can be edited directly in the drawer. Recurring measures are marked with a recurring icon next to the drawer title, and their dates follow the schedule: change them through Edit recurrence (see Recurring measures). Once a measure is Completed, its due date can no longer be edited (see Completed measures below).

Any measure can be made recurring after it's been created. Open the More menu in the drawer and choose Make recurring. The recurrence settings open in the drawer, above the title, with the same options you get when creating a measure. The measure's current due date becomes the start of the recurrence, or today if it has no due date. From then on, the schedule sets the due date. Click Save to make the measure recurring, or Discard to leave it as it was.

Once a measure is recurring, the More menu shows Edit recurrence instead of Make recurring. Make recurring isn't available on a Completed measure. While a measure is Escalated, only Work Package Leads, Project Leads and Consultants can make it recurring or edit its recurrence (see Recurring measures).

Upload files, images, or documents directly to a measure. Attachments are stored inside the drawer and linked to the measure - always available to everyone with access. Whether it's a photo from the shop floor, a data export, or a supporting document, keep all relevant material connected to the work it belongs to.

Add external links to a measure to connect it with resources outside elyvate. This includes SharePoint documents, shared drives, or any other URL. Linked resources appear clearly inside the drawer, so your team can access everything in context - without switching between tools.

Use the share link function to copy a direct link to a specific measure. Send it via email or chat to bring colleagues straight to the relevant item - no searching required.

The Requested by field captures who initiated or requested the measure. This adds accountability and context, especially in cross-functional teams where measures are raised across different departments or by external stakeholders.

The drawer keeps a full history of due date changes: who changed the date, when, and from what to what. If your project uses the escalation flow, date changes also count toward the measure's escalation limit - and Work Package Leads, Project Leads and Consultants can remove a date change directly from the history using the X icon next to it. Removing a change lowers the measure's counter; if an escalated measure drops back below the limit, it de-escalates automatically (see Escalation flow).

Completed means completed. Once a measure is set to Completed, its content locks: the title, details, Requested by and resources, the due date and the Degree of Implementation can no longer be edited, in the drawer or on the measure's card, including cards in the Completed column on the Board. The status stays editable, so you can reopen the measure by moving it back to another status.

When a measure is linked to a Glidepath KPI, the drawer shows a dedicated Glidepath section. This section displays the progress of the linked KPI directly in context - so you can see at a glance whether the measure is having the intended effect on the target curve. The Glidepath section only appears for measures that have an active Glidepath link; it is not visible on standard measures.

Measures can be archived directly from the drawer when they are no longer active but should be kept for reference. Archived measures are removed from the active view without being permanently deleted - you'll find them under Archived measures in the work package's measure table. If a measure becomes relevant again, restore it with one click from the three-dot menu in the table or from the drawer - your full history remains intact.