Concept: Competency Effective Date
When you create a competency, you set the date it becomes effective. The effective date
applies to these attributes:
- Description.
- Proficiency scale.
- Proficiency ratings.
- Behaviors.
If you make multiple changes to these attributes and start an employee review with the
changed competency, Workday applies only the first change. Changes you make to other
attributes of a competency immediately impact the competency throughout Workday. If you
change the proficiency rating scale on a competency, talent cards display competency
ratings only after you evaluate the competency using the new scale.
When a competency is pulled into an employee review, the competency effective date might be
different from the date the review was launched. In this situation, Workday pulls in the
competency description of the compensation grade that's effective before or on the day
the review was initiated.
Example: If you initiate the review on 3/14/22 with a competency effective date of
3/14/22, then Workday pulls the competency description into the employee review with the
description as of 3/14/22. If you initiate the review on 3/14/22 and you change the
competency grade with an effective date of 3/17/22, then Workday still pulls in the
competency description with the description as of 3/14/22.