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Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
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Contents of the Scales Screen

The Scales screen displays the following columns.

Columns

Column Description
Scale Name This column displays the name of the scale. Click the name to view its details.
Appraisal Count This column indicates the number of appraisals using that scale and how many performance workflows are associated with the scale.

This column will only display if the Performance module is enabled.

The ability to select a default scale for the Development module is available only if that module is enabled.

Actions

The icons in the Actions column perform the following functions.

Displayed below the scale settings is the table populated with the rating values including the rating name, the value range for that rating, a description of the rating, and whether or not a comment is required if an employee is given that rating.

Icon Action Description
Edit Click this icon to edit the scale’s details using a wizard.
  • On the Settings page of the wizard, you cannot alter the scale type or any of the scale increment values if the scale is the Overall Scale.
  • On the Values page, you can revise the name of the rating, its description, and the range value.

The choices for requiring comments or for deleting the value from the scale cannot be edited if the scale is the Overall Scale.
Make Scale the Overall System Scale Click this icon to select the scale as the overall system scale for the organization. The icon changes to , indicating that it is set as the overall system scale.
  • Selecting a scale as the overall system scale means that the scale is used throughout the application whenever a scale is necessary, unless another scale has been selected (that is, workflow associations).
  • The application can only have one overall system scale. If you select a different scale to be the overall system scale, the icon on the previous system scale changes back to .
Make Scale the CDSP Overall Scale If the Development module is enabled, click this icon to select the Overall Development Scale as the default. The icon changes to , indicating that it is set as the overall development scale.

Similar to the Overall System Scale, there can be only one overall development scale. If you select a different scale to be the overall development scale, the icon on the previous development scale changes back to .
Delete Click this icon to delete the scale. If the scale is currently in use (that is, set as the overall scale associated with a performance workflow or appraisal), you cannot delete it.