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Last Updated: 2026-03-13
Set Up Confidential, Private, and Anonymous Feedback Options

Set Up Confidential, Private, and Anonymous Feedback Options

Security: These domains in the Performance Enablement functional area:
  • Self-Service: Feedback
  • Worker Data: Confidential Feedback
  • Worker Data: Private Feedback
Workday enables anonymous, confidential, and private feedback by default. You can control which visibility option workers can select on feedback tasks. Use the
Maintain Feedback Setup
 task to control settings for anonymous, confidential, and private feedback.
Changing these settings only affects future feedback events, and doesn't change the anonymity, confidentiality, or privacy of existing feedback. Example: You disable confidential feedback. Future feedback isn't confidential but existing confidential feedback stays confidential.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Feedback Setup
     task.
  2. As you complete the
    Give Feedback
     section, consider:
    Option Description
    Default: Give Feedback to Confidential
    Defaults to confidential feedback on Anytime Feedback.
    For
    Give Requested Feedback
    tasks, select the
    Enable Confidential Feedback for Give Requested Feedback
    option to default to confidential feedback.
    Workers can still select
    Share with others
     for both Anytime Feedback and Give Requested Feedback tasks.
    Disable Confidential Feedback
    Prevents workers from providing confidential feedback on the
    Give Feedback
     task for anytime feedback. When you select this option, Workday:
    • Hides the
      Don't share with
       [
      feedback recipient
      ] check box on the
      Give Feedback
       task.
    • Allows workers to view all future feedback submissions about themselves.
    • Hides existing confidential feedback from the feedback recipient but displays it to users with access on the
      Worker Data: Confidential Feedback
       security domain.
    Anonymous by Default
    Defaults to anonymous feedback for from these business processes:
    • Give Feedback
    • Get Feedback on Worker
    • Get Feedback on Self
    When you select this option, Workday:
    • Unselects the
      Show my name?
       check box in the
      Give Feedback
       task by default.
    • Selects the
      Make Feedback Anonymous
      check box on the
      Get Feedback on Worker
       and
      Get Feedback on Self
       tasks.
    • Hides the names of feedback providers in future feedback submissions.
    • Prevents the use of the
      Deactivate Anonymity
       option in this task.
    Deactivate Anonymity
    Prevents workers from giving or requesting anonymous feedback in these business processes:
    • Give Feedback
    • Get Feedback on Worker
    • Get Feedback on Self
    When you select this option, Workday:
    • Hides the
      Show my name?
       check box on the
      Give Feedback
       task.
    • Hides the
      Make Feedback Anonymous
       check box on the
      Get Feedback on Worker
       and
      Get Feedback on Self
       tasks and the
      Show my name?
       option on the
      Give Requested Feedback
       step.
    • Displays the names of feedback providers in future feedback submissions.
    • Hides feedback providers' names in existing anonymous feedback.
    • Prevents the use of the
      Anonymous by Default
       option in this task.
    Disable Decline Feedback
    Removes the option to decline feedback requests sent through the
    Get Feedback on Worker
     and
    Get Feedback on Self
     business processes.
    Disable Private Feedback
    Prevents workers from providing private feedback on the
    Give Feedback
     task for anytime feedback. When you select this option, Workday:
    • Hides the
      Share with
       [
      feedback recipient
      ] option on the
      Give Feedback
       task.
    • Displays existing private feedback to users with access on the
      Worker Data: Private Feedback
       security domain.
    Enable Confidential Feedback for Give Requested Feedback
    Enables feedback providers to make their feedback confidential when responding to a
    Give Requested Feedback
     My Tasks task as part of the
    Get Feedback on Worker
     business process. When you select this option, Workday:
    • Displays the
      Don't share with
       [
      feedback recipient
      ] option in the
      Give Requested Feedback
       task.
    • Selects the
      Disable Confidential Feedback
       option in the
      Get Feedback
       section of this task.
    Enable Private Feedback for Give Requested Feedback
    Enables feedback providers to mark their feedback as private when responding to a
    Give Requested Feedback
    My Task item as part of the
    Get Feedback on Self
     business process. When you select this option, Workday:
    • Displays the
      Share with
       [
      feedback recipient
      ] option in the
      Give Requested Feedback
       step.
    • Selects the
      Disable Private Feedback
       option in the
      Get Feedback
       section of this task.
  3. As you complete the
    Get Feedback
     section, consider:
    Option Description
    Disable Confidential Feedback
    Prevents feedback requestors from requesting confidential feedback from feedback givers on the
    Get Feedback on Worker
     task. When you select this option, Workday:
    • Hides the
      Don't share with
       [
      feedback recipient
      ] and
      Share with others
       option on the
      Get Feedback on Worker
       task.
    • Allows workers to view all future feedback submissions about themselves.
    • Hides confidential feedback to the feedback recipient, but allows users with access to the
      Worker Data: Confidential Feedback
       security domain to view it.
    Disable Private Feedback
    Prevents workers from requesting private, peer-to-peer feedback on the
    Get Feedback on Self
     task. When you select this option, Workday:
    • Hides the
      Share with me
       and
      Share with others
       options on the
      Get Feedback on Self
       task.
    • Displays existing private feedback to users secured to the
      Worker Data: Private Feedback
       security domain.
    Default: Get Feedback on Worker is Confidential
    When you select this option, Workday automatically selects the
    Don't share with
     [
    feedback recipient
    ] option in the
    Feedback Sharing
     section. The feedback requestor can still select the
    Share with Others
     option.
Depending on your settings, your feedback requestors and feedback givers can or can't request or provide anonymous, confidential, or private feedback.