Profit.co provides an option to Assign a Key Result as a Key Result / Sub key Results in the assignment approach of the Top-Down Alignment.
Why this Feature?
By using this feature, you can directly assign a Key Result as a Key Result itself or as a Sub Key Result instead of switching to Settings to change the default options.
Note: Only Super User has access to settings for Alignments.
To know how to keep the Key Result progress as default follow the below steps,
Step 1
Navigate to Settings → OKRs → Alignments & Dependencies from the left menu.
Enable the Toggle to Assign a key result as a key result / Sub key results as a Default option.
Note: Only Super Users can set the Assignment approach as default.

By enabling the toggle, The selected Assignment Approach will be automatically set as the default Alignment while creating a new Key Result.
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