Reference: Employee Review Template Ratings and Comments Fields

Field	Description
Items Rated	( Accomplishments , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Enables the employee or manager to enter a rating for each item during the review process. When selected, enter a beginning and ending range for the rating scale.
Require Item Ratings For	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Requires managers or employees to enter a rating for each item in this section. When you don't set up any conditions, you can require item ratings for the manager for all supported sections. When you select the Allow Employee Ratings check box for the Goals section, you can require employees to rate Goal items. When you select the Allow Employee Ratings check box and select View and Modify from the Employee View Option prompt, you can require employee item ratings for the Accomplishments , Questions , and Responsibilities sections. For the Competencies section, when you select the Use Proficiency Scales or Use Rating Scale check box, you can require item ratings for managers, employees, or additional reviewers. When you set no conditions, you can only require item ratings for managers. When you select the Allow Employee Ratings check box, you can require item ratings for employees. When you select the Enable Additional Reviewers for Competencies Section template check box, you can require item ratings for additional reviewers.
Use Proficiency Scales	( Competencies ) Enables the employee or manager to evaluate competencies using a proficiency scale defined with the Create Proficiency Rating Scale task.
Use Rating Scale	( Competencies ) Enables the employee or manager to rate competencies using any tenanted rating scale defined with the Create Rating Scale or Edit Rating Scale task.
Section Rated	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Enables the employee or manager to rate the section. Options are: Ratings With Overrides : Workday displays the Rating field in the review section. If you selected Items Rated , Workday calculates and displays the section rating. You can change this value. If you didn't select Items Rated , you can enter a rating value. Ratings With No Overrides : Workday calculates the rating and displays the value in the Rating field in the review section. You can't change this value. Available only when you select Items Rated . Prompt for Rating : When selected, Workday prompts the reviewer to give the employee a rating for the section independent of the item ratings. Not available when you select Calculated Rating uses Item Averaging for the Overall section. When selected, Workday displays a section summary.
Proficiency Scale for Section Ratings	( Competencies ) Selects a proficiency scale for rating the Competencies summary section.
Rating Scale	( Accomplishments , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Selects the rating scale for the section. You can set the default rating scale on the Edit Tenant Setup - HCM task. This rating scale doesn't need to match the rating scale used in other sections.
Require Section Ratings For	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Requires managers or employees to enter section ratings. This option isn't available if you select the Ratings With No Overrides option from the Section Rated prompt. When you set no condition rules, you can only require section ratings for managers. If the Allow Employee Ratings check box is selected, you can require section ratings for employees for the Competencies and Goals sections. When you select the Allow Employee Ratings check box and set the Employee View Option field to View and Modify , you can require section ratings for employees for the Accomplishments , Questions , and Responsibilities sections. When you select the Enable Additional Reviewers for Competencies Section template configuration check box, you can require section ratings for additional reviewers for the Competencies section.
Show Rating Description	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions ) Displays the description of the selected rating. Define rating descriptions on the Create Rating Scale or Edit Rating Scale task. Define competency rating descriptions on the Create Proficiency Rating Scale or Edit Proficiency Rating Scale task.
Allow Employee Ratings	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions ) Enables employee ratings for these sections. Clear this check box to exclude item and section ratings by employees in employee reviews.
Show Calculated Rating Value	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Displays the Workday-calculated summary rating in the section summary area. Available when you select Items Rated and a ratings value in the Section Rated field.
Show Mapped Calculated Section Rating	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Displays the Workday-calculated section summary rating in the employee review document. Available when Section Rated is selected. Workday recommends this option when you select the Calculated Rating uses Section Rating Precision check box in the Overall section.
Item Comments	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Options include: All Reviewers . Enables managers, employees, and additional reviewers (if enabled) to enter comments for each item. Exclude Employee . Enables only managers and additional reviewers (if enabled) to enter comments for each item. No Comments . Excludes comments for the items in the section.
Require Item Comments For	( Accomplishments , Competencies , Goals , Questions , Responsibilities ) Requires managers, employees, additional managers, or additional reviewers to enter comments for each item. When you set the Item Comments prompt to All Reviewers or Exclude Employee , you can require item comments for the manager for all employee review template sections that support this option. When you set the Item Comments prompt to All Reviewers , you can require item comments for the employee for the Competencies and Goals template sections. When you set the Item Comments prompt to All Reviewers and the Employee View Option prompt is set to View and Modify , you can require item comments for the Accomplishments , Questions , and Responsibilities template sections. When you set the Item Comments prompt to All Reviewers or Exclude Employee , and you select the Enable Additional Manager Evaluations for All Sections check box for template level configuration, you can require item comments for additional managers for all the employee review template sections that support this option. When you set the Item Comments prompt to All Reviewers or Exclude Employee and you select the Enable Additional Reviewers for Competencies Section check box for template level configuration, you can require item comments for the Competencies template section.

Items Rated

(

Accomplishments

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Enables the employee or manager to enter a rating for each item during the review process. When selected, enter a beginning and ending range for the rating scale.

Require Item Ratings For

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Requires managers or employees to enter a rating for each item in this section.

When you don't set up any conditions, you can require item ratings for the manager for all supported sections.

When you select the

Allow Employee Ratings

check box for the

Goals

section, you can require employees to rate Goal items.

When you select the

Allow Employee Ratings

check box and select View and Modify
from the

Employee View Option

prompt, you can require employee item ratings for the

Accomplishments

,

Questions

, and

Responsibilities

sections.

For the

Competencies

section, when you select the

Use Proficiency Scales

or

Use Rating Scale

check box, you can require item ratings for managers, employees, or additional reviewers.

When you set no conditions, you can only require item ratings for managers.

When you select the

Allow Employee Ratings

check box, you can require item ratings for employees.

When you select the

Enable Additional Reviewers for Competencies Section

template check box, you can require item ratings for additional reviewers.

Use Proficiency Scales

(

Competencies

) Enables the employee or manager to evaluate competencies using a proficiency scale defined with the

Create Proficiency Rating Scale

task.

Use Rating Scale

(

Competencies

) Enables the employee or manager to rate competencies using any tenanted rating scale defined with the

Create Rating Scale

or

Edit Rating Scale

task.

Section Rated

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Enables the employee or manager to rate the section. Options are:

Ratings With Overrides
: Workday displays the

Rating

field in the review section. If you selected

Items Rated

, Workday calculates and displays the section rating. You can change this value. If you didn't select

Items Rated

, you can enter a rating value.

Ratings With No Overrides
: Workday calculates the rating and displays the value in the

Rating

field in the review section. You can't change this value. Available only when you select

Items Rated

.

Prompt for Rating
: When selected, Workday prompts the reviewer to give the employee a rating for the section independent of the item ratings.

Not available when you select

Calculated Rating uses Item Averaging

for the

Overall

section.

When selected, Workday displays a section summary.

Proficiency Scale for Section Ratings

(

Competencies

) Selects a proficiency scale for rating the

Competencies

summary section.

Rating Scale

(

Accomplishments

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Selects the rating scale for the section. You can set the default rating scale on the

Edit Tenant Setup - HCM

task. This rating scale doesn't need to match the rating scale used in other sections.

Require Section Ratings For

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Requires managers or employees to enter section ratings. This option isn't available if you select the Ratings With No Overrides
option from the

Section Rated

prompt.

When you set no condition rules, you can only require section ratings for managers.

If the

Allow Employee Ratings

check box is selected, you can require section ratings for employees for the

Competencies

and

Goals

sections.

When you select the

Allow Employee Ratings

check box and set the

Employee View Option

field to View and Modify
, you can require section ratings for employees for the

Accomplishments

,

Questions

, and

Responsibilities

sections.

When you select the

Enable Additional Reviewers for Competencies Section

template configuration check box, you can require section ratings for additional reviewers for the

Competencies

section.

Show Rating Description

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

) Displays the description of the selected rating. Define rating descriptions on the

Create Rating Scale

or

Edit Rating Scale

task. Define competency rating descriptions on the

Create Proficiency Rating Scale

or

Edit Proficiency Rating Scale

task.

Allow Employee Ratings

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

) Enables employee ratings for these sections. Clear this check box to exclude item and section ratings by employees in employee reviews.

Show Calculated Rating Value

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Displays the Workday-calculated summary rating in the section summary area. Available when you select

Items Rated

and a ratings value in the

Section Rated

field.

Show Mapped Calculated Section Rating

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Displays the Workday-calculated section summary rating in the employee review document. Available when

Section Rated

is selected. Workday recommends this option when you select the

Calculated Rating uses Section Rating Precision

check box in the

Overall

section.

Item Comments

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Options include:

All Reviewers
. Enables managers, employees, and additional reviewers (if enabled) to enter comments for each item.

Exclude Employee
. Enables only managers and additional reviewers (if enabled) to enter comments for each item.

No Comments
. Excludes comments for the items in the section.

Require Item Comments For

(

Accomplishments

,

Competencies

,

Goals

,

Questions

,

Responsibilities

) Requires managers, employees, additional managers, or additional reviewers to enter comments for each item.

When you set the

Item Comments

prompt to All Reviewers
or Exclude Employee
, you can require item comments for the manager for all employee review template sections that support this option.

When you set the

Item Comments

prompt to All Reviewers
, you can require item comments for the employee for the

Competencies

and

Goals

template sections.

When you set the

Item Comments

prompt to All Reviewers
and the

Employee View Option

prompt is set to View and Modify
, you can require item comments for the

Accomplishments

,

Questions

, and

Responsibilities

template sections.

When you set the

Item Comments

prompt to All Reviewers
or Exclude Employee
, and you select the

Enable Additional Manager Evaluations for All Sections

check box for template level configuration, you can require item comments for additional managers for all the employee review template sections that support this option.

When you set the

Item Comments

prompt to All Reviewers
or Exclude Employee
and you select the

Enable Additional Reviewers for Competencies Section

check box for template level configuration, you can require item comments for the

Competencies

template section.