Performance User Guide Review

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
For more information:Searching Online Help

Contents of the Score this Appraisal Screen

Use this screen to rate your own performance or the performance of another employee. Select a rating and enter a comment to explain your rating for each competency, goal, or skill that requires a score. In some cases comments are required.

Sections

Field Description
Core Competencies/Job Competencies/Skills These sections display all of the competencies and skills on which the employee is being evaluated, with a description of each one.

For each competency and goal, a graph displays, showing the score entered by each appraiser.

Use the Your Rating area to enter scores. Depending on how the appraisal is set up, you may enter a scale rating, select a rating from a drop-down list, or enter scores in another way. Entering a comment may be mandatory or optional.

Select a score to see a rating tip, which can help you determine if the rating is appropriate.

In the Comment field, enter a description of the employee’s performance that explains the score that you chose. If the Dela for Performance Appraisal Refinement Core feature is enabled for your Group, an AI Assistant is available to help draft and revise your comment. To use the assistant, follow these steps:
  1. Enter up to 3,000 characters as a draft in the Comment field, and click the Dela Business Assistant button to generate a draft in the dialog.
  2. You can edit the draft manually or click Generate again to receive a new draft. You can also modify the prompt and Generate again to tailor your draft. Click Reset Prompt at any time to delete the prompt. Generate and revise as often as needed.
  3. When satisfied with your result, click Accept Changes to transfer the text to the Comment field.
  4. Click Close at any point to return to the Comment field without accepting the AI suggestions.

In the Comment can be viewed by field, select one of the following:

  • All: The entry can be viewed by administrators, managers, appraisers, and the employee.
  • Managers: The entry can be viewed by administrators and managers only.
  • Employee: The entry can be viewed by administrators, managers, and the employee.
  • Other Raters: The entry can be viewed by administrators, managers, and other raters.
  • Private: The administrator and the person entering the comment are the only ones who can view a private entry.
Goals This section displays all of the goals on which the employee is being evaluated, with a description of each one.

The way in which you enter scores depends on the Goal Score Type:

  • Complete/Incomplete: Select the Goal Complete check box if the goal is complete.
  • Percent Complete: Enter a number to represent the percentage of the goal that is complete.
  • Numeric Target: Enter a number to represent the actual progress toward the target goal.
  • Scale: Select a value from the scale.

The Comment and Comment can be viewed by fields work the same way for goals as they do for competencies.

Buttons

The buttons on the Score this Appraisal screen perform the following functions.

Field Description
Expand All Notes/Collapse All Notes lick Expand All Notes to display:
  • Any journal entries that the employee or others have created to describe the employee’s performance in relation to this competency or goal.
  • Any comments that appraisers have already entered into the appraisal.

Click Collapse All Notes to hide the journal entries and comments.

You can also click Expand and Collapse next to a competency or goal to control the notes for that individual item.

Finish Later Click this button to save your work and complete the appraisal later.
Next Click this button to review your scores, then click:
  • Previous to return to the appraisal screen and make changes.
  • Finish Later to save your work and complete the appraisal later.
  • Finish if you are satisfied with your scores and have no more changes to make. You can change your ratings even after you click Finish, provided that the appraisal is still in the Assessment phase.
Save Click this button to save your work and continue working on the appraisal form.
Cancel Click this button to clear all unsaved entries. Clicking this button does not clear any previously saved entries.