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Last Updated: 2026-07-10
Start Reviews with Calibration

Start Reviews with Calibration

When you launch performance reviews with calibration, Workday:
  • Initiates the calibration event for the target population.
  • Pulls in the overall review rating and the potential assessment into the calibration event.
  • Displays the completed calibrated review rating in the manager evaluation.
When you run performance review with calibration, Workday recommends that you use the
Facilitate Calibration
 task instead of
Mass Operations Management (MOM)
 to either:
  • Pull the calibration task forward.
  • Enable the highest-level manager to
    Complete on Behalf Of
    .
  1. (Optional) Engage the Production Readiness team if your calibration event has more than 50,000 employees or 5,000 managers.
    See Workday Community: Production Readiness: Large Volume Events Best Practices for guidelines about opening a Production Readiness case.
  2. Access the
    Start Performance Review for Organization
     task.
  3. Complete the task:
    Option Description
    Organizations
    Select your organization.
    Review Template
    Select the review template.
    Period Start Date
    Period End Date
    If the review period is defined in the template, Workday populates the dates automatically.
    Calibration Program
    Workday uses the rules and dates defined in the review template to determine employee eligibility.
  4. Click
    OK
    .
The selected calibration program launches at the same time as the performance review event for the same group of employees.