Use

On this tab page, you can enter value descriptions that explain the attributes of appraisal values in a scale. This ensures that the appraiser and appraisees have an equal understanding of the different levels in a valuation scale.

If any value descriptions have been stored, these are displayed in the Final Appraisal column of the appraisal document using the Info link.

You can assign value descriptions for appraisal templates, criteria groups, and criteria. You can select each value that represents an attribute in the value list and store a description that fulfills your requirements.

Structure

Default Valuecheckbox

The tab page includes the Default Value checkbox, which is flagged as default. Any value descriptions that have been stored are displayed. If you want to change existing value descriptions or enter new descriptions, you must delete the flag. After you have deleted the flag, the Description of Current Value group box is ready for input.

Values group box

The Values group box lists the values with which you can valuate an element in an appraisal document. To change the description of a value, you must select the entry.

Description of Current Valuegroup box

Various pushbuttons are displayed above the text field in which you enter value descriptions. These pushbuttons allow you to insert text, load local files, and save local files, for example. These pushbuttons allow you to reuse descriptions created for other elements.

Example

In your appraisal template, you use a value list for the criteria group Competencies that contains the following values, completely satisfactory, good, adequate, average, could be improved.

You have added the criteria Team Work and Customer-Orientation, for which these values are valid, below the criteria group.

You can edit each criteria one after another and store a value description for each value:

Describe what is meant by completely satisifactory, good, and so on for the Team Work objective. Do the same for the Customer-Orientation objective.

When you call the Info link in the appraisal document, the relevant value descriptions are displayed for each objective.