Applies To:
KnowledgeSmart Principal Administrators and Library Administrators.
Common Causes/Issues:
You would like to edit the default skill ratings in your KnowledgeSmart admin dashboard.
Solution Overview:
Go to the Settings > Skills ratings area of the admin dashboard to create custom Skill rating descriptions for your Skills audits.
Skills ratings are 5 levels of Knowledge, Skill or Ability (KSA) which may be selected for a specific topic or personal attribute. The default ratings within KnowledgeSmart are:
It is possible to edit the text for each rating, so that it more closely matches the way that questions are posed. It is also possible to reverse the order, such that a rating of 1 is at the top end of KSA and a rating of 5 is at the lower end of KSA.
These skills ratings can be edited on a per Skills audit basis, on edit Skills audit step 3.
The rating is selected by the user when answering the question for the first time in a Skills audit.
Editing a User Skills Rating
The rating may be edited by the user in their own user page. This change of rating will usually be to reflect increased experience, knowledge, or training. It allows the user to keep their personal Skills profile up to date. It also ensures that when a firm is searching for Skills for project resourcing, it is filtering up-to-date capability records.
Manager Skills Rating
When a user is part of a team then the team manager has the option to add their own ratings alongside those of the user. This rating is only visible to the manager and the KnowledgeSmart administrators. It is not visible to the user. Managers may add their own ratings by accessing their user page.
Average and Difference
KnowledgeSmart calculates the average of user and manager ratings and the difference between the two.
Skills Ratings in Power BI
The user and manager Skills ratings, averages and differences, and the accompanying rating descriptions, are exported as part of the Power BI export file from the Skills 'Home' page.
The rating number also dictates the color chosen when displaying in a Heat Map in the Skills Matrix Power BI report.
This file is exported by choosing the green 'Run Export' button at the bottom of the 'Home' page.
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