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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Private Feedback

Concept: Private Feedback

Workday enables you to configure feedback visibility using domain security policies and the
Maintain Feedback Setup
 task. Confidential feedback and private feedback are mutually exclusive; feedback can be 1 or the other but not both. Private feedback can be anonymous.
The feedback recipient, the feedback provider, and users with access on the
Worker Data: Private Feedback
 domain can view private feedback. Workers typically use private feedback to give peer-to-peer feedback not visible to the recipient's manager. The ability to give or request that private feedback is only available on these business processes:
  • Give Feedback
  • Get Feedback on Self
Add roles, such as HR Partners and HR Administrators, to the
Worker Data: Private Feedback
 domain in the Performance Enablement functional area to enable them to view private feedback. To ensure that managers can't see peer-to-peer feedback, don't add managers to this domain.
On the
Get Feedback on Self
 business process, the
Maintain Feedback Setup
 task option you select determines who can request private feedback. These options are mutually exclusive. Do 1 of these actions:
  • Clear the
    Disable Private Feedback
     check box in the
    Get Feedback
     section so the feedback requestor selects whether the feedback is private.
  • Select the
    Enable Private Feedback for Give Requested Feedback
     check box in the
    Give Feedback
     section so the feedback provider selects whether the feedback is private.

Feedback Sharing

Depending on your settings for private feedback, Workday displays different
Feedback Sharing
 options for the feedback requestor and feedback provider. Workday displays feedback sharing options for the
Give Feedback
 task only when giving feedback to a single recipient. When giving feedback to multiple recipients, Workday doesn't display feedback sharing options.
This table illustrates the effects of the
Give Feedback
 options on the
Maintain Feedback Setup
 task.
Check box Selection
Feedback Task or Step
Feedback Sharing Options Displayed
Disable Private Feedback
 cleared
Give Feedback
 task
Feedback provider (single recipient only):
  • Don't share with
     [
    recipient
    ]
  • Share with
    [
    recipient
    ]
  • Share with Others
Disable Private Feedback
 selected
Give Feedback
 task
Feedback provider (single recipient only):
  • Don't share with
    [
    recipient
    ]
  • Share with others
Both:
  • Disable Confidential Feedback
     selected
  • Disable Private Feedback
     selected
Give Feedback
 task
Feedback provider: no options displayed
Enable Private Feedback for Give Requested Feedback
 cleared
Give Requested Feedback
 step
Feedback provider: no options displayed
Enable Private Feedback for Give Requested Feedback
 selected
Give Requested Feedback
 step
Feedback provider:
Don't share with
 [
feedback recipient
]
This table illustrates the effects of the
Get Feedback
 options on the
Maintain Feedback Setup
 task.
Check box Selection
Feedback Task or Step
Feedback Sharing Options Displayed
Disable Private Feedback
 cleared
Get Feedback on Self
 task
Feedback requestor:
  • Share with Me
  • Share with others
Disable Private Feedback
 selected
Get Feedback on Self
 task
Feedback requestor: no options displayed
You're an HR Administrator at Global Modern Services and want to use private feedback to drive workers' career development. You clear the
Disable Private Feedback
 check box in the
Get Feedback
 section of the
Maintain Feedback Setup
 task. You then add the Employee as Self security group to the business process security policy for
Get Feedback on Self
. To encourage private, peer-to-peer feedback, you don't secure the Manager security group to the
Worker Data: Private Feedback
 security domain. Employees at GMS can now request private feedback about themselves using the
Get Feedback on Self
 task. Employees' managers can't see private feedback their direct reports request about themselves.
Aparna is an engineer at Global Modern Services. After completing a project, Aparna wants to request private feedback about herself that her manager, Joe, can't see. Aparna uses the
Get Feedback on Self
 task to request feedback about herself from Sue, one of his project teammates. In the request, Aparna selects the
Share with me
 option in the
Feedback Sharing
 section so that the feedback is private and Joe can't see the feedback.