Administering Business Objectives

This topic discusses how to administer business objectives.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Assign/Transfer Business Objectives - Select Objective Plan Page

EPO_PLAN_SELECT

Select an objective plan of which business objectives are to be assigned or transferred.

Assign/Transfer Business Objectives Page

EPO_PAGE_SELECT

Assign Objectives pages to an owner, or transfer ownership of Objectives pages that have already been assigned to a different owner.

Manage Objectives Status - Select Objective Plan Page

EPO_PLAN_SELECT

Select an objective plan of which business objectives are to be processed.

Manage Objectives Status Page

EPO_PAGE_SELECT

Perform these actions on business objectives: delete, inactivate, lock, reactivate, or unlock objectives.

Review Late Objectives - Select Objective Plan Page

EPO_PLAN_SELECT

Select an objective plan of which late business objectives are to be reviewed.

Review Late Objectives Page

EPO_PAGE_SELECT

Search for objectives that have not been published and the published due date is prior to today.

Review Objectives by Status - Select Objective Plan Page

EPO_PLAN_SELECT

Select an objective plan of which late business objectives are to be reviewed (by status).

Review Objectives by Status Page

EPO_PAGE_SELECT

Review objectives by status.

You can search for Objectives pages that are in any of these statuses: In Progress - Assigned, In Progress - Unassigned, Inactive, Published, and Ready to Publish.

Review Manager Cascaded Items Page

EPO_CASC_RUN_FL

Review a list of item cascading processes run by managers.

Cascaded Items Page (Read-only)

EPO_CASC_PARAM_FL

Review parameters and report results of selected cascade processes.

Field or Control

Description

Department

Select the department for which you want to administer an action.

Objectives Owner

Select the owner of the objectives for which you want to administer an action.

Status

To filter the search results, select one of these statuses:

  • In Progress - Assigned

  • In Progress - Unassigned

  • Inactive

  • Published

  • Ready to Publish

Note: If you do not select a status, the system displays all objectives regardless of status when you click search. In addition not all statuses are available for selection on every page.

Select

Select the check box associated with the objectives for which you want to initiate an action.

Continue

After you select one or more objectives, click this button go to the next page which you can use to notify the page owners of the action that you are taking. If you are assigning the Objectives page to a different owner, the system displays a page that enables you to search for and select an owner.

Use the Assign/Transfer Business Objectives page (EPO_PAGE_SELECT) to assign Objectives pages to an owner, or transfer ownership of Objectives pages that have already been assigned to a different owner.

Navigation:

Workforce Development > Performance Management > Business Objectives > Administer Business Objectives > Assign/Transfer Objectives

Select an objective plan on the Assign/Transfer Business Objectives - Select Objective Plan page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Assign/Transfer Business Objectives page.

Assign/Transfer Business Objectives page

Field or Control

Description

Action

Select one of these actions, enter your search criteria, and then click Search to view a list of objectives:

  • Transfer Business Objectives

  • Assign Objective Owner

Note: The system disables the Objectives Owner and Status fields if you select the Assign Objective Owner action.

Use the Manage Objectives Status page (EPO_PAGE_SELECT) to perform these actions on business objectives: delete, inactivate, lock, reactivate, or unlock objectives.

Navigation:

Workforce Development > Performance Management > Business Objectives > Administer Business Objectives > Manage Objective Status

Select an objective plan on the Manage Objectives Status - Select Objective Plan page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Manage Objectives Status page.

Manage Objectives Status page

Field or Control

Description

Action

Select one of these actions, enter your search criteria, and then click Search to view a list of objectives:

  • Delete Business Objectives

  • Inactivate Objectives

  • Lock Objectives

  • Reactivate Objectives

  • Unlock Objectives

Note: If you select Reactivate Objectives, the system automatically selects Inactive as the status.

Use the Review Late Objectives page (EPO_PAGE_SELECT) to search for objectives that have not been published and the published due date is prior to today.

Navigation:

Workforce Development > Performance Management > Business Objectives > Administer Business Objectives > Review Late Objectives

Select an objective plan on the Review Late Objectives - Select Objective Plan page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Review Late Objectives page.

Review Late Objectives page

With the Review Late Objectives action preselected, enter your search criteria, and then click Search to view a list of objectives.

Note: The system disables the Objectives Owner and Status fields for this action.

Use the Review Objectives by Status page (EPO_PAGE_SELECT) to review objectives by status.

Navigation:

Workforce Development > Performance Management > Business Objectives > Administer Business Objectives > Review Objectives by Status

Click an objective plan on the Review Objectives by Status - Select Objective Plan page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Review Objectives by Status page.

Review Objectives by Status page

With the Review Objectives by Status action preselected, enter your search criteria, and then click Search to view a list of objectives.

Use the Review Manager Cascaded Items page (EPO_CASC_RUN_FL) to review a list of item cascading processes run by managers.

Navigation:

  • Workforce Development > Performance Management > Business Objectives > Administer Business Objectives > Review Manager Cascaded Items

  • Select the Performance Administration Tile. From the page that appears, select Objectives > Review Manager Cascaded Items.

Note: The Review Manager Cascaded Items page is applicable to Fluid Business Objectives only.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Review Manager Cascaded Items page.

Review Manager Cascaded Items page

The Review Manager Cascaded Items page displays the latest results for each business objective document and section type combination that was used to run the Cascade Objective Items process, In other words, if a manager runs the process multiple times on the same business objective document and section type, only the information from the most recent process run is displayed on this page.

Select a row to view the details of the corresponding process run on the Cascaded Items Page (Read-only).

Use the Cascaded Items page (EPO_CASC_PARAM_FL) to review parameters and report results of selected cascade processes.

Navigation:

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Cascaded Items page (read-only).

Cascaded Items page (read-only)

This page is the read-only version of the Cascade Items Page. It displays the parameters used to run the Cascade Objective Items process being viewed, the list of items available in the section and whether they would be cascaded to target performance documents when the process actually occurs.