Default visibility & options across 15Five features – 15Five Help Center

Check-in

	Default visibility	Visibility option 1	Visibility option 2
Check-in - General ***Visibility can be any combination of the options listed on the right.	Hierarchy visibility Visible to your manager, your manager's manager, and so on up the reporting line Account admins do not have visibility into all Check-ins by default. However, any account admin that also has "Global viewer" permissions will be able to see all Check-ins.	Allow additional people to view your Check-in by adding them as a follower OR Request to follow someone else's Check-in These options can be enabled by the reporter themselves.	Allow additional people to view other's Check-ins by enabling Group View or enabling Group Drill-down. These options can only be enabled by the group admin or an account administrator.
Pulse score	Hierarchy visibility Pulse scores are visible to all account admins via Reporting.	Any added visibility using options in row 3.
Pulse comments	Hierarchy visibility Account admins do not have default visibility into Pulse comments.	Any added visibility using options in row 3.	In addition to settings from row 3, there is the option to make answers private to immediate manager using the lock icon.
Priorities	Hierarchy visibility Account admins do not have default visibility into Priorities.	Any added visibility using options in row 3.	In addition to settings from row 3, there is the option to make answers private to immediate manager using the lock icon.
Question & Answers	Hierarchy visibility Account admins do not have default visibility into answers.	Any added visibility using options in row 3.	In addition to settings from row 3, there is the option to make answers private to immediate manager using the lock icon.
High Fives (given from the Check-in)	Public Visible to the entire company via High Five feed	Private Make the High Five private to the recipient using the private High Five option.

1-on-1s

	Default visibility	Visibility option 1
1-on-1 agenda	Private between the two people in the 1-on-1.
Talking points	Only visible to the two people in the 1-on-1.	Option to make talking points private to the person who added them using the lock icon.
Action items	Only visible to the two people in the 1-on-1.	Option to make action items private to the person who added them using the lock icon.
Shared notes	Only visible to the two people in the 1-on-1.
Private notes	Only visible to the person who wrote the notes.

High Fives

Default visibility

Visibility option 1

From the Check-in

Public

Visible to the entire company via High Five feed

Private

Make the High Five private to the recipient using the private High Five option.

From the High Five Feed

Public

All High Fives given here will always be public.

Request Feedback

Default visibility

Visibility option 1

Feedback Request

Private between feedback requester and responder(s).

Account admins do not have visibility into feedback requests.

Responders do not have visibility into feedback other than their own.

Requester can choose to share feedback with their immediate manager.

Objectives

Default visibility

Visibility option 1

Visibility option 2

Creating objectives

Public

Visible to the entire company via All objectives page

Follow 15Five permissions

Visible to everyone who can see the objective owner’s Check-ins (see the first row on this page).

Private to specific groups and individuals

Visible to the objective owner's reviewer, key result owners, and anyone else the owner has added to see the objective.

Best-Self Review®

	Default visibility	Visibility option 1	Visibility option 2
General visibility of submitted reviews	Hierarchy visibility Participant's hierarchy and review admins	Basic visibility Participant's immediate manager and review admins only
*Peer review answer* transparency**	Shared Participants will see all peer review answers verbatim.	Hidden Participants will only see a summary of peer review answers written by their manager.	See row 33.
*Peer identity* transparency**	Everyone Peer identities are transparent to participants, managers, and review admins.	Everyone except for the participant Peer identities are transparent to managers, review admins, etc, but not visible to the participant.	No one Peer identities are fully anonymous to everyone.
*Upward review answer* transparency**	Shared Managers will see all upward review answers verbatim.	Hidden Managers will only see a summary of upward review answers written by their manager.	See Release peer and upward feedback row too.
*Upward review identity* transparency**	Everyone Direct report identities are transparent to participants, managers, and review admins.	Everyone except for the manager Direct report identities are transparent to the manager's manager, review admins, etc, but not visible to the manager themselves.	No one Direct report identities are fully anonymous to everyone.
Release peer and upward feedback	All peer and upward answers will be shared and no answers can be removed.	Review admins can remove individual answers from a peer or upward review before the results are shared.	Review admins and/or managers can remove individual answers from a peer or upward review before the results are shared.
Peer Only review cycle visibility	Hierarchy, review admins, and cycle collaborators (if exists)	Manager, review admins, and cycle collaborator (if exists)

Engagement+

Default visibility

Visibility option 1

Engagement+ Survey results

***Identities in Engagement+ are always anonymous!

Admin only

Results visible to account admins only.

Admin and manager

Account admins have full visibility into all results. Managers can view the results of their direct reports and hierarchy.

Account settings (personal information)

Default visibility

Visibility option 1

Custom Attributes

***Visibility is set by account admins when creating the attribute

Visible to each individual and account admins

Visible to each individual, their hierarchy, and account admins

Profile page

	Default visibility	Visibility option 1
About tab	Public Visible to the entire company	Option to make answers private to immediate manager using the lock icon.
Career vision - Job title, Job description, & Strengths	Public Visible to the entire company
Career vision - Aspirational job title & Description	Visible to you and your immediate manager only
Activity tab	Visible to anyone that can see your Check-in See row the first row on this page.
Wins & Challenges tab	Visible to you only Managers have their own Wins & Challenges tab for you that only they can see.

Reporting

	Default visibility	Visibility option 1
Pulse	Hierarchy visibility + account admins	Can be limited to just account admins via settings.
Pulse Comments	Hierarchy visibility	May be visible to more people depending on Check-in visibility.
Submitted Check-ins	Hierarchy visibility + account admins
Reviewed Check-ins	Hierarchy visibility + account admins
Questions	Hierarchy visibility + global viewers Account admins who do not have visibility into Check-ins will only see % answered.
Priorities	Hierarchy visibility + global viewers Account admins who do not have visibility into Check-ins will only see % completed and % carried over.
1-on-1s	Hierarchy visibility + account admins see stats only.
Objectives	Depends on the objective's visibility settings
Trends	Hierarchy visibility + global viewers see metric and optional comments. Account admins who do not have visibility into Check-ins will only see metric data.
Polls	Hierarchy visibility + global viewers see metric and optional comments. Account admins who do not have visibility into Check-ins will only see metric data.
Custom Reports	Follows visibility rules for each feature listed above.