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1. Go to Performance Appraisal System > Manage appraisal forms

2. Click on the Add button

3. Fill out the "General settings" section of the form.

   1. We recommend that you keep the form disabled until it's ready for usage.

4. Fill out the "Email notifications" section to specify when you want the emails to go out.

5. Add blocks to your form to design what it will look like, what information will be presented to the users, and what competencies you want to assess as part of the form.

   1. Competency. This block loads all the competencies in a given competency framework and then asks the user to rate themselves and/or provide feedback on ALL competencies. If you plan on dividing your competencies into multiple sections (e.g. with headers), note that you'll need to add one (1) competency framework per section.

   2. Feedback. This blocks will display text areas where users can enter free-form text. It is used to collect general feedback such as strengths, weaknesses, and so on.

   3. Header. This block will display a category in the form. Everything included below the header (and until the next header) will be in a category that can be expanded / collapsed.

   4. Static. This block allows you to enter static text. It's generally used to display instructions for the form. It can contain placeholders as per the following:

      1. Standard User Profile Fields:  {{assignee.fieldname}}

      2. Custom User Profile Fields:  {{assignee.profile_field_fieldname}}

      3. Completed by Employee Timestamp (in epoch format0: {{appraisal.employeecompleted}}

      4. Completed by Manager Timestamp (in epoch format): {{appraisal.managercompleted}}

      5. Completed by First Name: {{appraisal.managercompletedby.firstname}}

      6. Completed by Last Name: {{appraisal.managercompletedby.lastname}}

      7. Completed by Username: {{appraisal.managercompletedby.username}}

      8. Locked Timestamp (in epoch format): {{appraisal.locked}}

      9. Locked by First Name: {{appraisal.lockedby.firstname}}

      10. Locked by Last Name: {{appraisal.lockedby.lastname}}

      11. Locked by Username: {{appraisal.lockedby.username}}

      12. Assigned Timestamp (in epoch format): {{appraisal.assigned}}

      13. Assigned by First Name: {{appraisal.assignedby.firstname}}

      14. Assigned by Last Name: {{appraisal.assignedby.lastname}}

      15. Assigned by Username: {{appraisal.assignedby.username}}

      16. Strings from the Language files: {{#str}}welcome, core{{/str}}

      17. Utilities to format dates:  {#userdate}}assignee.profile_field_dateofhire, %Y %m %d{{/userdate}}

   Repeat Step 5 until the form

   1. Keep adding blocks until the form is complete.

6. Click on "Save changes" as the bottom of the form.

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There are numerous blocks to choose from when building the form.

Important Notes

• Once you are done editing the form, go back to the Performance Appraisal System > Manage appraisal forms page and enable the form so that it can be assigned to users.

Related Articles

• Displaying a User's First and Last Name in an Appraisal Form

• Linking to the Compliance Overview in an Appraisal Form

• Displaying and Formatting a Date in an Appraisal Form

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