Capabilities Experience Improvements
With this enhancement, small but meaningful improvements are made to the Skills interface and experience that provide visual cues and information, making interactions more intuitive and providing richer details about how the functionality works.
The following enhancements are included with this release:
- A new status message confirms the addition and removal of skills from the Skills Profile
- Updated icons are more intuitive to provide better context for hidden skills
- Ability to add a skill from another user’s Skills Profile
- "Skills You Might Have" tooltip explains which data is used to provide suggestions
- For administrators
Confirmation Message When Adding or Removing Skills on Skills Profile
When adding or removing a skill from the Skills Profile, a status message is displayed to confirm the action. The message appears temporarily in the lower-left corner of the screen.
A confirmation message appears in the following scenarios on the Skills Profile:
- Adding or removing skills.
- Adding skills to develop.
- Removing skills.
- Hiding a recommended skill.
A confirmation message appears in the following scenarios on the Manage Skills flyout:
- Adding skills.
- Adding skills to develop.
- Adding skills you do not want to develop.
Updated Icon for Skills You Don't Want to Develop
The icon that is displayed next to a skill that you do not want to develop is updated to be more intuitive. The icon was previously an eye, and it is now an eye with a diagonal line across it. This icon appears on the Skills Profile, Skills Wizard, and Manage Skills flyout.
Add a Skill from Another User's Skills Profile
When viewing another user's Skills Profile, you now have the option to add a skill from their profile to your profile. Within the skill menu, two new options are available when viewing another user's Skills Profile:
- I Want to Develop - This option adds the skill to your profile as a skill you want to develop.
- Add to My Profile - This option adds the skill to your profile as a skill you have.
Tooltip Added for "Skills You Might Have"
A tooltip is added to the Skills You Might Have section of the Skills Profile. Selecting this tooltip displays an explanation of which data is used to generate suggested skills.
Proficiency Level Number Added to Proficiency Level Preferences
In Proficiency Level Preferences, a Level column is added to the table of proficiency levels. This column displays the numeric level value associated with each level. The first proficiency level value is one.
View Skill History in Capabilities Library
When editing a skill in the Capabilities Library, two additional values are displayed next to the Capability ID:
- Created - This displays the date on which the skill was created and the name of the creator.
- Modified - This displays the date on which the skill was last modified and the name of the modifier.
Search Capabilities by ID
When searching for capabilities in the Capability Library and Capability Model Library, administrators can now search by ID. Searching by ID only returns exact matches. For example, if an administrator searches for "27765," the results will not return SKL-27765; the results will only include a capability with an ID of 27765. Previously, administrators could only search by name.
Filters Persist in the Capability Library and Capability Models Library After Editing
Previously, when an administrator set filter in the Capability Library or Capability Models Library and then edited an item, the Status, Source, and Linked Status filters were removed after editing the item and returning to the Library page. The keyword search, sort, and pagination parameters were retained.
With this enhancement, any settings for the Status, Source, and Linked Status filters remain set after editing an item in the Capability Library or Capability Models Library. This enables administrators to edit multiple items without having to set their filters each time.
Starter Guide
Click here to download the Skills Profile and Capabilities Library Starter Guide.
Implementation
This functionality is automatically enabled for all organizations.
Permissions
The following existing permissions apply to this functionality:
| PERMISSION NAME | PERMISSION DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY |
| Capabilities - Capability Models Library - Edit | Grants ability to access the Capability Models Library and create and edit Capability Models. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an administrator permission. | Core Administration |
| Capabilities - Capability Models Library - Manage | Grants ability to access the Capability Models Library and create, edit, and deactivate Capability Models. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an administrator permission. | Core Administration |
| Capabilities - Skills Profile - View |
Grants ability to view an employee Skills Profile. Users who have this permission may view the Skills Profile for anyone in the organization. However, individual ratings have privacy settings that control visibility within the Skills Profile. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an end user permission. |
Core Administration |
| Capability Library - Edit | Grants ability to create, edit, and copy capabilities via the Capability Library. Administrators with this permission cannot delete capabilities or change the status of a capability. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an administrator permission. | Core Administration |
| Capability Library - Manage | Grants ability to create, edit, copy, delete, import, and approve capabilities via the Capability Library. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an administrator permission. | Core Administration |
| Capability Preferences - Manage | Grants ability to create and edit expertise levels and rating scales for capabilities via Capabilities Preferences. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an administrator permission. | Core Administration |