Review admins, cycle collaborators, and managers use the Private Manager Assessment (PMA) Results report to view how managers assessed direct reports across a review cycle. Completing the steps below opens the report and applies filters so you can analyze results for specific employee cohorts.
Note: Your organization may have renamed this feature. If you don't see "Best-Self Review®" in your navigation, check with your admin for the name used in your account.
Before You Begin
- You must have access to Best-Self Review® Reporting. This feature is available on the Perform and Total Platform pricing packages.
- Review admins and cycle collaborators can view PMA results for all participants. Managers can view PMA results for their direct reports only.
- If hierarchy visibility is enabled in Best-Self Review® feature settings, skip-level managers can also access PMA results for employees in their reporting hierarchy.
Steps
- Go to Reviews in the left-hand navigation.
- Click the relevant review cycle.
- Click Company's Results (review admins and cycle collaborators) or Team's Results (managers).
- Scroll down to the Private Manager Assessment Results section on the Summary tab.
- Click the People filter to narrow results by direct reports, your hierarchy, specific individuals, groups, or manager groups.
- Click the Demographics & People Data filter to narrow results by demographic attribute — Age, Ethnicity, Gender, Race, or Salary.
- Click the Compare By Attribute dropdown to view results side-by-side by demographic segment.
- Hover over any answer section in the distribution chart to see how many participants received that response.
- To drill into a specific question, click ... to the right of the question and select View all answers.
Note: PMA reporting updates in real time as manager reviews are submitted or edited. See for guidance on report timing.
Note: To save your People and Demographics filters for reuse, click Presets > Save Current as Preset. Review admins can share presets with other admins to standardize reporting across cycles. See Create a saved filter preset in a performance review cycle for instructions.
What Success Looks Like
The Private Manager Assessment Results section is visible on the Summary tab and the distribution chart reflects your selected filters. Selecting View all answers opens the PMA Question Details page.
If Something Goes Wrong
| Issue | Check | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Company's Results or Team's Results tab is not visible | Confirm your role in this cycle — review admins and collaborators see Company's Results; managers see Team's Results | Contact your review admin to confirm your role assignment in this cycle |
| Private Manager Assessment Results section does not appear on the Summary tab | Confirm PMA questions were included in the review cycle template | Contact your review admin to verify the cycle includes a Private Manager Assessment section |
| No data appears in the distribution chart after applying filters | Confirm manager reviews have been submitted for participants matching your filter criteria | Adjust filters or wait until managers have submitted their reviews |
| Hierarchy results are not visible to a skip-level manager | Confirm hierarchy visibility is enabled in Best-Self Review® feature settings | Ask your review admin to enable hierarchy visibility in Best-Self Review® settings |
Not Covered Here
This article does not cover the Answer Distribution, Compare Groups, or Trends Over Time sub-reports. See Analyze PMA Results Using Answer Distribution, Compare Groups, and Trends Over Time.
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