Bookshelf v7.7: What's New in This Release

Table 1 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support release 7.7 of the software.

Table 1. Changes in Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. A
Topic	Description
New features described
Ratings Distribution Adjustments See Working with Ratings Distributions.	This chapter describes how administrators can set up and managers can use Ratings Distributions to meet the ratings distribution guideline defined by the organization.
Improvements to the documentation
Compensation Planning See Navigating the Compensation Planning Screen (Managers).	This topic has been expanded to include information about ratings distributions and compensation components.
Compensation Planning See Defining Compensation Changes for Direct Reports.	This topic has been updated to include information on the compensation guidelines indicator.
Compensation Planning Recommendations Status See Tracking Compensation Plan Recommendations Status.	This topic has been updated and corrected.

What's New in Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide, Version 7.7

Table 2 lists changes in this version of the documentation to support release 7.7 of the software.

Table 2. New Product Features in Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide, Version 7.7
Topic	Description
Objectives and Reviews Attributes See Managing Objectives and Reviews by Organization.	This new feature allows the administrator to manage attributes at the organization level to control which objectives and reviews appear on the Performance Management Dashboard, All Employee Objectives, and My Team's Objectives views.
Objectives Definitions See Defining Objectives Before the Next Period Begins.	This new feature allows the administrator to create objective records in the database before the next performance cycle begins.
Objectives and Reviews Status Updates See Managing and Updating Objectives and Reviews.	This new feature allows the administrator to update the status and details (including ratings and comments) of an employee's objectives and reviews.
Objectives Updates See Unlocking Approved Objectives for Midperiod Updates.	This new features allows the administrator to unlock objectives so that employees can update their objectives in the middle of a period.
Performance Review Delegation See Delegating a Performance Review.	This new feature allows managers to delegate a performance review and then check the status of each delegated review from the Performance Management Dashboard.
Performance Assessments See Adding Performance Assessments During the Cycle (End User).	This new feature allows managers and employees to add midcycle performance assessment comments for objectives.
Objectives Progress See Tracking Progress on Objectives (End User).	This new feature allows employees and managers to update the progress on each objective at any time during the objectives and reviews cycle.
Compensation Support Team See Assigning Compensation Support Team Members to Employees.	This new feature allows Human Resources to assign support team members to assist managers who cannot perform compensation plan actions and employees who request compensation advice.
Group News Versions See Managing Versions and Publishing from the All News Stories List.	This new feature allows users to manage the versions of a news story, review the version history, preview and restore previous versions of a story, and perform one-click publication of a news story from the All News list.

What's New in This Release

What's New in Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. B

What's New in Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide, Version 7.7, Rev. A

What's New in Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide, Version 7.7

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