You can use the Appraisal Systems component to:

• Plan and prepare appraisals

• Perform appraisals

• Evaluate and analyze appraisals
• Compare appraisals

• Manage appraisals

You can map practically all appraisal systems and processes in the R/3 System.

The functions available in this component include:

• Planning and Preparation

• For each appraisal (or subappraisal), you can specify a period within which the appraisal or subappraisal should be worked through.
• The system proposes default values for the most important input fields.
• You can plan recurring appraisals in advance.
• You can create new appraisals by copying appraisals that have already been performed.
• You can specify that the system should select groups of objects to be appraised or groups of appraisers, and then use a ‘to do’ list to prepare the corresponding appraisals.

• Performing, Following Up and Approving Appraisals
• You can perform every appraisal online, or use a different medium.
• During this phase, you can save and change every appraisal as often as you want.
• You can set up the system to determine partial results and overall results automatically. A range of calculation methods are provided to choose from.
• You can create notes and store descriptions for every appraisal element.
• Once you have performed an appraisal, you can complete it and archive it.
• You can use a workflow for approving appraisals and for controlling further processing of appraisal results.
• You can use the appraisal results to control remuneration in Compensation Management.
• You can follow up and process the appraisals results in different way.

• Reporting
• Every appraisal has a unique status.
• You can use a search function to report on all appraisals on the basis of a range of selection criteria.
• From the hitlist of this search, you can access all the related functions that you need.
• A range of display options are available for appraisals (from the overall list to the detailed view).
• You can calculate the average results of appraisals, and generate a ranking list.

• Comparison
• You can compare appraisals with the same criteria groups with each other. This comparison gives you detailed information on the rating of each appraisal element.
• You can compare appraisals against one specific appraisal (reference appraisal) or against average values.
• A range of formatting options are available to help you tailor the comparison to your own specific needs.

• Management of appraisals
• You can access all functions for editing and evaluating appraisals both from the profile views of appraisers and appraisees, and via a separate reporting function for appraisals.
• The profile view and the search function provide you with up-to-date information on the status of the appraisals, the overall results and any notes that exist.