Template Setup for Using Results Writer and Development Tips

You can define text for these tools at either the competency or sub-competency level. You then set up the document template to access this text. The template rules control the level of text, by competency or sub-competency, that the system searches to find text suggestions for a section or item.

You must set the template rules to correspond to the level at which the text is defined. For example, if you define text or bring in text from a third party at the sub-competency level, then you must set the Results Writer and Development Tips template switches to Sub-Competency for the tool to locate text.

The combination of the level at which text is defined, the level at which the tool is enabled on the document template, and the ratings that the user enters, determine the suggested results that appear when the user clicks the Writing Tools link on an evaluation.

This table shows the results for the possible combinations of link level, text level, and ratings entered.

Writing Tools Link Appears at Level	Text Defined at Level	Ratings Entry Required	What Appears in Suggested Results
Item	Competency	The item is rated. If using sub-items (behaviors), the item rating was calculated.	Competency text for the item and rating.
Item	Sub-competency	At least one sub-item for the item is rated.	Sub-competency text for the item, sub-item, and rating.
Section	Competency	At least one item in the section is rated. If the item has sub-items, the item rating was calculated.	Competency text for the item and rating. The Results Writer tool returns one or more entries for every rated item in the section. The Development Tips tool returns one or more entries for every rated item in the section.
Section	Sub-competency	Sub-item. At least one sub-item for an item in the section is rated.	Sub-competency text for the item, sub-item, and rating. The Results Writer tool returns one or more entries for every rated sub-item in the section. The Development Tips tool returns one or more entries for every rated sub-item in the section.