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Deltek Talent Management 18.2 Release Notes
Release Date: June 26, 2025
Last Updated: August 1, 2025
Talent Management release notes are now provided in HTML format. These release notes detail the new features and resolved issues in this release.
You can find links to all Talent Management release notes in the
Talent Management Information Center
.
New Features and Enhancements
This section provides a summary of all new general features and enhancements included in this release.
The following features are Opt-In, meaning they are off by default and you can choose to enable them on the Feature screen, if you want to use them. (Administration » Global
Settings » System Administration » Features).
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Module
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Feature
Name
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Location
on the Features Screen
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Default
Setting
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Recruiting |
Send a Text Message
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Recruiting » Résumé » Résumé Dashboard
Management Page
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Off
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Core |
Skill Library Update Event
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Core » Integration Platform-as-a-Service » Skill Library Update Event
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Off
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Development |
Development
Plan Template Management Page
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Core »
Development Plans » Development Plan Templates » Development Plan Template
Management Page
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Off
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Development
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Development
Plan Templates
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Core »
Development Plans » Development Plan Templates
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Off
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Core Framework
Enhanced Performance
We have improved performance in the areas of My Employees, My Matrix Employees, and retrieval of current employment records throughout the application. Users, particularly Managers with more than 10 direct reports, will experience faster page loading in My Employees and My Matrix Employees screens, as well as other screens where employment records are accessed.
Development
Development Plan Templates Standardized by Role
Administrators can create a set of standardized, role-based Development Plan Templates to help strengthen employee career development plans and empower employees to grow their careers in the right direction. Administrators must be granted access to create templates, and employees and managers must be granted access to use Development Plan Templates to create their plans.
- Enable Development Plan Template Feature(s): There are two features that allow you to create and use development plan templates. These features are off by default, and you can opt-in if you want to use them by enabling them for the appropriate user group(s).
- Development Plan Template Management Page: This feature allows administrators to create templates that others can use to create their plans. To enable, on the Features screen (Administration » Global Settings » System Administration » Features), select the appropriate group who will create and manage templates (for example, Administrator) and select Core » Development Plans » Development Plan Templates » Development Plan Template Management Page.
- Development Plan Templates: This feature allows employees or managers to create plans using templates. To enable this feature, select the appropriate group who will create plans from templates (for example Employee or Manager) and select Core » Development Plans » Development Plan Templates. With this feature enabled, users can select a pre-defined template to use as a starting point for their plan or a direct report's plan.
- Create and Manage Development Plan Templates: When the Development Plan Template Management Page feature is enabled, Administrators with access will see a Development Plan Templates feature link on the Administration screen (Administration » Global Settings » Your Organization » Development Plan Templates). Click this link to open the Manage Development Plan Template screen, where you can do the following:
- Create templates
- Manage templates
- Assign a template to a set of users
- Edit templates
- Activate/deactivate templates
- Delete templates
- Sort templates: You can sort and filter templates to include all activated and deactivated templates, or only activated templates. By default, only Activated templates display.
- Create Development Plans from Templates: When the Development Plan Templates feature is enabled for a user group, a new field, Select a Template, displays on the Add Development Plan screen. This field allows you to select a pre-defined template to use as a starting point for a plan or for a direct report's plan. If no value is selected in this field you will create the plan from scratch, and not from a template. The templates that display at the top of the list are those that match the selected employee's associations (job profile, location, group or role). Since dates are not specified on Development Plan Templates, when a plan is created from a template, the Objective End Date field for each New Plan Item defined in the template uses the same default Target Date as what is specified for the Development Plan as a whole. You can change this date as needed.
Integrations
New Deltek Integration -- Deltek Replicon Polaris and Deltek Talent Management
As we continue to invest in strengthening the integration of Deltek Replicon and Talent Management, we now offer the integration of Replicon Polaris and Talent Management. We have made the following enhancements:
- Direct Access to Requisition Details from Resource Requests: We are now sending the requisition URL to Deltek Talent Management for Polaris to consume, allowing you to directly access the requisition details from any resource request generated from Polaris.
- Support for the New to Be Hired Substatus (Hiring Requested) Added to Polaris: To ensure that a requisition draft is only created when needed in Talent Management, Polaris has added a Hiring Requested substatus under the To Be Hired status. Talent Management now checks that both these statuses are selected before creating a draft requisition.
New SMS (Text) Provider Option and Feature
We now offer the ability to integrate with Twilio for SMS capability. To configure Twilio for text messaging in Talent Management we added a new option to the SMS (Text) Provider system setting (Administration » Global Settings » System Administration » System Settings » Notifications » SMS (Text) Provider » Twilio). To configure Twilio SMS Provider, the Global Administrator selects Twilio and configures the following system settings:
- Account SID: Enter the Twilio account SID (machine generated string identifier used as username.). This starts with AC and can be found in your Twilio Console.
- Auth Token: Enter the Twilio authentication token (secret key used as a password). This can be found in your Twilio Console.
- Twilio Service: Enter either the From number or the Twilio Messaging Service ID. This starts with MG and can be found in your Twilio Console.
To enable the Implementation group to control the Send A Text Message functionality, a Send a Message option has been added under the Résumé Dashboard feature (Administration » Global Settings » System Administration » Features » Recruiting » Résumé » Résumé Dashboard). This feature is off by default, and you can opt-in if you want to use it. When enabled for the Global group, it is also enabled for the following user groups:
- Hiring Manager
- Recruiter
- Administrator
With SMS (Text) Provider set to Twilio, Hiring Managers, Recruiters, and Administrators can use the new Send A Text Message section under the Actions tab on the Résumé Dashboard with the following fields and buttons:
- Receiver’s Number: This must be a valid phone number, with the candidate’s mobile number set as default.
- Text Message: Empty by default, you must include a text message to be able to send a message.
- Send: This is only usable with Twilio, otherwise it is disabled.
- Reset: Use this button to reset the entire form, including the receiver’s number.
The conversation history will be displayed at the bottom of the Send a Text Message section, which will include the Time, Action, User, Number (job seeker's), Message, and Status information. Inbound messages corresponding to the candidate’s registered numbers will be displayed in this section. Depending on the access and visibility configured for the user, this section may also display outbound messages sent by the administrator, recruiter, and hiring manager.
Skills Added to Deltek Talent Management and Deltek Vantagepoint Integration
The integration between Talent Management and Vantagepoint now includes Skills. When Administrators add or update Skills in the Skills library, or when employees add, edit, or delete Skills, regardless of whether the action is initiated in Talent Management or Vantagepoint, the change is made in the other system as well. The integration includes the Skill Name, Skill Level, and Skill usage. The Skill Library Update Event feature is an opt-in feature. It is off by default and you can choose to enable it on the Feature screen (Core » Integration Platform-as-a-Service » Skill Library Update Event).
Enhanced Integration of Vantagepoint and Talent for Resource Planning
The integration between Vantagepoint and Talent now offers improved functionality for Resource Planning. You have the option to send External Certification updates (such as new or renewed certifications) made in Talent Management to Vantagepoint, ensuring resource planning data is always up-to-date.
We have added Event Monitoring on External Certifications for Add, Edit/Update, Renew and Delete.
We have added a new portal property to configure the sending of External Certifications once acknowledged. This enhancement streamlines the process of tracking and renewing employee certifications.
We have added the following APIs:
- POST /api/v1/student-external-certifications
- PUT /api/v1/student-external-certifications/{userId}/certificates/{certificationId}
- DELETE /api/v1/student-external-certifications/{userId}/certificates/{certificationId}
- GET /api/v1/external-certifications
- GET /api/v1/external-certifications/{certificationId}
- POST /api/v1/external-certifications
- PUT /api/v1/external-certifications/{certificationId}
- DELETE /api/v1/external-certifications/{certificationId}
Automated Location Transfer for New Hires and User Updates
New hires and Core HR user updates made in Talent Management now automatically transfer Location data from Talent Management to Vantagepoint. This feature reduces manual data entry for those using Location functionality. The integration ignores Location data if it is not in use.
Salary Information Transfers from Talent Management to Vantagepoint when Payroll is Enabled
If Payroll is enabled in Vantagepoint, Salary information from the Talent Management Total Talent Profile Pay Rate field is now transferred from Talent Management to Vantagepoint via the UserUpdated event.
When the Rate Type is set to Salaried, the amount transferred to Vantagepoint is the employee's pay per pay period. The calculation for Salaried employees is based on the Annual salary divided by Pay Frequency.
When the Rate Type is set to Hourly, the transferred amount corresponds to the Hourly Rate. In cases with a value other than Hourly or Salary, the value transferred defaults to Hourly.
Synchronized Requisition Code and ID for Improved Integration
To improve the integration process, Deltek Talent Management now assigns the requisition code only after the requisition is created, using the requisition ID to generate it. This enhancement increases the likelihood of keeping the requisition code and ID in sync, which is particularly beneficial for clients who refer to the requisition code associated with candidates within various integrations. This enhancement benefits Administrators and Recruiters who will find it easier to associate candidates with requisitions.
Performance
Auto-Save Functionality on Appraisal Scoring Pages
Talent Management now
automatically saves your work every five minutes on any Score this Appraisal
screen. This helps to
guard against data loss due to accidental navigation away from the page,
browser crashes, or other interruptions. You will receive a notification each
time a save is successful.
Automatic Activation of Continuous Feedback Sessions
We have introduced a new system setting, New Session Acceptance Required, that allows Administrators to configure whether Continuous Feedback sessions require acceptance, or are automatically Active after being saved, eliminating the need for the session to sit in a Pending state while participants accept the session. This setting is found under (Administration » Global Settings » System Administration » System Settings » Continuous Feedback » New Session Acceptance Required).
The default value for this setting is
Yes, which means acceptance of the session from other parties is required before the session is
Active. When this setting is changed it only applies to Continuous Feedback sessions launched after the
New Session Acceptance Required setting is saved/changed.
As part of this enhancement, we added the Continuous Feedback category to the System Settings screen. We added the New Session Acceptance Required setting in this category and moved the Continuous Feedback Delinquent Manager Notification from the General section to the new Continuous Feedback section.
Continuous Feedback Session Status Descriptions:
- Pending: This indicates the session was created but not yet accepted by the other party or parties. New sessions only enter a Pending status when the New Session Acceptance Required System Setting is set to Yes, and the session is not yet accepted.
- Active: This indicates the session is saved and active. If the New Session Acceptance Required System Setting was set to Yes before a session was created, this means that all parties have accepted the session. If the setting was saved as No before the session was created, The session became Active when it was created, without need for all parties to first accept the session.
- Completed: This indicates all parties have signed off to end the session.
Recruiting
New Filter and Status Indicators on My Offers Screen
Administrators, hiring managers, and recruiters can now use the My Offers screen's new Show only current offers filter, which is selected by default, to display the current offers associated with a candidate. If you clear the selection, the historical offers are displayed along with current offers. The Extended Offers section also has a new Related Offers column that displays in descending order the created dates of the related offers, with check icon before the active offer's created date, and an x icon before the historical offer's created date. You can click the dates to view the details of an offer.
Moreover, you can now identify the offers that were permanently rejected by candidates and offers where the candidates agreed to an option to receive an updated offer through their respective status indicators under the Offer Status column on the My Offers page and under the Approval Status column on the Offer Details screen. Offers that are permanently rejected display a red exclamation icon and the indicator Permanently Rejected.
Expanded Criteria for Inactive Jobseeker Account Deletion
The criteria for deleting inactive jobseeker accounts have been expanded to include accounts without last login data. This includes accounts added by recruiters that have never accessed the application. When you delete inactive jobseeker accounts, this enhancement ensures all qualifying inactive jobseekers are removed.
Reporting Tool
Introducing Two New Standard Reports
We have introduced two new standard reports:
- Mentoring Relationships Standard Report: This report generates a list of mentees & their respective mentors who are engaged in approved mentoring relationships. It includes two default filters you can use to narrow report results:
- Mentor Request Status: Options users can filter on include:
- Approved: managers and mentors have approved
- Awaiting approval: Pending manager(s) approval
- Waiting on mentor: Pending mentor approval
- Relationship Status:
- 360 Feedback - Participant Audit Standard Report: This report generates a list of open 360 Feedback Assessments where the participant's feedback is outstanding. It includes two optional prompts you can use to filter report results:
- Appraisal Name: You can filter on any appraisal included in the report.
- Feedback Submitted: You can filter on where the participant is in the process of submission:
- Y (yes): The participant submitted feedback.
- N (no): The participant did not yet submit feedback.
API/SOA Updates
Salary Information Transfers from Talent Management to Vantagepoint when Payroll is Enabled
If Payroll is enabled in Vantagepoint, Salary information from the Talent Management Total Talent Profile Pay Rate field is now transferred from Talent Management to Vantagepoint via the UserUpdated event.
When the Rate Type is set to Salaried, the amount transferred to Vantagepoint is the employee's pay per pay period. The calculation for Salaried employees is based on the Annual salary divided by Pay Frequency.
When the Rate Type is set to Hourly, the transferred amount corresponds to the Hourly Rate. In cases with a value other than Hourly or Salary, the value transferred defaults to Hourly.
Enhanced Integration of Vantagepoint and Talent for Resource Planning
The integration between Vantagepoint and Talent now offers improved functionality for Resource Planning. You have the option to send External Certification updates (such as new or renewed certifications) made in Talent Management to Vantagepoint, ensuring resource planning data is always up-to-date.
We have added Event Monitoring on External Certifications for Add, Edit/Update, Renew and Delete.
We have added a new portal property to configure the sending of External Certifications once acknowledged. This enhancement streamlines the process of tracking and renewing employee certifications.
We have added the following APIs:
- POST /api/v1/student-external-certifications
- PUT /api/v1/student-external-certifications/{userId}/certificates/{certificationId}
- DELETE /api/v1/student-external-certifications/{userId}/certificates/{certificationId}
- GET /api/v1/external-certifications
- GET /api/v1/external-certifications/{certificationId}
- POST /api/v1/external-certifications
- PUT /api/v1/external-certifications/{certificationId}
- DELETE /api/v1/external-certifications/{certificationId}
Software Issues Resolved
This section includes software fixes in this release.
Core Framework
Preservation of Position Code for Future Start Dates
Deltek Tracking Number: 2370686
Description: When a user is hired with a future start date and a position is manually selected, the user now remains in the assigned position instead of being removed by the sync cron. This enhancement ensures that the correct position code is preserved and used during export, maintaining consistency and accuracy in job assignments.
Integrations
Employment Period
Deltek Tracking Number: 2401473
Description: This release addresses critical issues related to employment period data corruption, specifically affecting hire dates and start dates in employee records. These issues impacted both new hires and existing employees during record updates, leading to data corruption and reporting problems.
- Future-Dated Hire Fixes: Resolved two issues related to future-dated hire entries.
- Critical Bug Fix: Addressed issue where employee updates were clearing start dates.
- Data Synchronization: Improved logic to maintain consistency between hire and start dates.
- Stability Improvements: Enhanced system resilience to prevent cascading integration failures.
Employment Period Data Fix: We will be applying a Data fix for all the users that were impacted by the issue where the fields were missing over the weekend of August 9th.
Learning
Error When Processing Associated Learning Requirements
Deltek Tracking Number:2393432
Description: When you processed associative learning requirements, an error occurred.
Performance
Continuous Feedback Section Missing in System Settings
Deltek Tracking Number: 2422229
Description: Some customers reported missing the Continuous Feedback section in system settings. This release adds the Continuous Feedback setting for affected customers to ensure consistent access and configuration.
