How to Create a Progress Bar in Notion

Quick summary

A Notion progress bar is built by adding Number columns for current and target values, then using a Formula column to calculate the percentage and displaying it as a Bar. This step-by-step walkthrough shows exactly how to configure each database property so your progress updates automatically.

Steps

1. Create or insert a table in your Notion workspace to serve as the base database.
2. Select your database to open it and prepare it for new columns.
3. Click the (+) icon to add a new column to the database.
4. Select the column type as Number.
5. Name and configure the Number column to store the current value for your progress bar.
6. Repeat the same steps to add a second Number column for the target value of your progress bar.
7. Create an additional column that will hold the calculated progress percentage.
8. Set the new column type to Formula.
9. Click Edit to open the formula editor for that column.
10. Enter the formula that calculates the percentage by dividing the current value by the target value.
11. Click Done to save and apply the formula.
12. Under Show as, select Bar to display the percentage as a visual progress bar.
13. Your progress bar is now live, automatically reflecting your current value against your target value.