Defining Content for the Development Tips and Results Writer Tools

To define content for the development tips and results writer tools, use the Define Development Tips (EP_DEV_TIP_TBL_EP) and Results Writer (EP_COMP_WRT_TBL) components.

This topic lists prerequisites and discusses how to define content for the development tips and results writer tools.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Define Development Tips Page

EP_DEV_TIP_TBL

Define development tips or modify those that are imported from third-party suppliers.

Link Development Tips - Competency Page

EP_COMP_DEV_TBL

Associate development tips with each level of proficiency in a competency.

Link Development Tips - Sub-Competencies Page

EP_SUB_DEV_TBL

Associate development tips with each level of proficiency in a sub-competency.

Results Writer - Competency Page

EP_COMP_WRT_TBL

Define Results Writer statements for each level of proficiency associated with a competency.

Results Writer - Sub-Competencies Page

EP_SUB_WRT_TBL

Define Results Writer statements for each level of proficiency associated with a sub-competency.

Text entries for the Results Writer and Development Tips tools are related to competencies and their proficiency level, and sub-competencies and their proficiency level. You must set up this information before defining text for these tools.

  • Rating models.

  • Competencies and sub-competencies.

  • Competency and sub-competency proficiency levels.

If multiple business units and setIDs are implemented in PeopleSoft HR, the information that you use and create is determined by how the business unit and setID functionality is set up for the user ID.

See Understanding the Content Catalog.

Use the Define Development Tips page (EP_DEV_TIP_TBL) to define development tips or modify those that are imported from third-party suppliers.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Define Development Tips page.

Define Development Tips page

After development tips are defined, link them to competencies and sub-competencies. One development tip can be linked to one or more competencies and sub-competencies.

Field or Control

Definition

Content Supplier

Select the content supplier for the development tip. Select a third-party supplier from the available options, or select Customer Defined to enter development tips.

Use the Link Development Tips - Competency page (EP_COMP_DEV_TBL) to associate development tips with each level of proficiency in a competency.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Link Development Tips - Competency page.

Link Development Tips - Competency page

Field or Control

Definition

Development Tip ID

Select a development tip in the system to link to the associated review rating.

Use the Link Development Tips - Sub-Competencies page (EP_SUB_DEV_TBL) to associate development tips with each level of proficiency in a sub-competency.

Image: Link Development Tips - Sub-Competencies page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Link Development Tips - Sub-Competencies page.

Link Development Tips - Sub-Competencies page

The Link Development Tips - Sub-Competencies page and Link Development Tips - Competency page are similar in appearance and usage.

Use the Results Writer - Competency page (EP_COMP_WRT_TBL) to define Results Writer statements for each level of proficiency associated with a competency.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Results Writer - Competency page.

Results Writer - Competency page

Review ratings describe an employee's level of proficiency for a competency. For each review rating that is associated with the competency, you can define the suggested text that managers can use when they invoke the Results Writer tool. You can create one or more text entries for each rating.

Note: When you access the Sub-Competencies page, the first sub-competency that is associated with the competency appears. You must page forward or use the View All link to access other sub-competencies.

Field or Control

Definition

Seq Nbr (sequence number)

Enter a number that determines the order in which managers see the statements when they use the Results Writer tool for this competency.

Results Writer

Enter one or more sentences to describe the selected proficiency level.

You can insert the following characters to personalize the text based on the employee's name and gender.

  • %1 = Employee's First Name

  • %2 = He or She

  • %3 = His or Her

  • %4 = Him or Her

  • %5 = Himself or Herself

Important! In order to add results writer statement to a sub-competency, make sure that the proficiency description of the sub-competency is already set up, and that the sub-competency is related to the competency. Both the proficiency description and the relationship with a sub-competency are defined under Set Up HCM > Product Related > Profile Management > Content Catalog > Content Items.

Use the Results Writer - Sub-Competencies page (EP_SUB_WRT_TBL) to define Results Writer statements for each level of proficiency associated with a sub-competency.

Image: Results Writer - Sub-Competencies page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Results Writer - Sub-Competencies page.

Results Writer - Sub-Competencies page

The Results Writer - Sub-Competencies page and Results Writer - Competency page are similar in appearance and usage.