Skip to main content
Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Employee Reviews with Calibration

Concept: Employee Reviews with Calibration

Performance reviews are the only employee review type that integrates with calibration. Integrating calibration simplifies the review process. You can:
  • Calibrate the same population as the one you're reviewing.
  • Pull the overall rating from a review into calibration.
  • Place the review process on hold until the calibration event is complete.
    Administrators can prevent delays in the process by resuming on-hold reviews before the calibration event is complete.
  • View the calibrated rating in the manager evaluation of reviews.

Reviews with Calibration Process

When you start performance reviews with calibration for your organization, Workday simultaneously launches the calibration program. The rules and dates defined in the review template determine employee eligibility. Rules defined for reviews supersede rules that are defined for calibration. A
To Do
step on the
Launch Calibration
business process pauses calibration until the manager evaluations are complete. Workday then pulls the overall review ratings and potential assessment (if configured) from the review into the calibration.
Report fields specific to reviews with calibration determine the calibration default values for initial worker placement:
  • Rating - Overall for Reviews with Calibration
    .
  • Potential - Performance Review with Calibration
    .
You can now use the overall rating and potential assessment (if configured) from the review to compare, adjust, and plot worker placements in the calibration nBox.
After calibration is complete, the
Update Performance Review Ratings for Manager Evaluation
step in the
Complete Manager Evaluation
business process displays the calibrated review rating in the manager evaluation under
Additional Details
.
Entry conditions on this step:
  • Prevent it from running when you don't select a calibration program on the
    Start Performance Review for Organization
    task.
  • Place it on hold when the calibration event hasn't completed.
  • Prevent it from running when the worker is included in a different calibration event.
You can use these report fields:
  • Status for Calibration
    to create a validation rule on the
    Update Performance Review Ratings for Manager Evaluation
    subprocess.
  • Calibrated Rating - Manager
    and
    Calibrated Rating
    to create an entry condition that skips the
    Update Performance Review Ratings for Manager Evaluation
    step when the calibrated rating and overall rating are the same.
You can perform the same actions on the
Update Performance Review Ratings for Manager Evaluation
step as the
Complete Manager Evaluation
step except Send Back.
Workday doesn't include the calibrated review rating in performance review printouts.