Who can see a participant's performance rating in a review cycle?

This article answers who has visibility into a participant's performance rating in a performance review cycle.

> Note: Your organization may have renamed this feature. If you don't see "Performance Ratings+" in your navigation, check with your admin for the name used in your account.

Direct Answer

Review admins, cycle collaborators, a participant's direct manager, additional managers, and review viewers can see a participant's performance rating.

Key Rules

  • Skip-level managers can view ratings for their direct reports' hierarchy only if hierarchy visibility is enabled in the review cycle.
  • Review cycle participants can view their own performance rating only if the Performance rating is visible to review participants setting is enabled in Performance Ratings+ feature settings.
  • Performance Ratings+ is available on the Perform and Total Platform pricing packages.

Common Misunderstanding

Visibility for skip-level managers and participants is not on by default — both require explicit configuration. If a participant or skip-level manager cannot see a rating, check the relevant setting before escalating.

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These steps show how to navigate to a participant's Performance Ratings+ score in a review cycle. When complete, the participant's performance rating is visible on their Summary tab.

> Note: Your organization may have renamed this feature. If you don't see "Performance Ratings+" in your navigation, check with your admin for the name used in your account.

Before You Begin

Steps

  1. Click Reviews in the left-hand navigation.
  2. Click the name of the review cycle you want to view.
  3. Scroll down to the Cycle Participants section.
  4. Use the filters at the top of the page to search for the participant if needed.
  5. Click the participant's name.
  6. Scroll down to the Performance Ratings+ section near the bottom of the Summary tab.

When complete: The participant's performance rating score is displayed in the Performance Ratings+ section of their Summary tab.

If Something Goes Wrong

Issue Check Fix
Participant's name does not appear in Cycle Participants Confirm the participant was included in this review cycle Go to the cycle's Overview page and verify the participant appears in Cycle Participants
Performance Ratings+ section is missing from the Summary tab Confirm a performance ratings formula is assigned to the cycle See Manage Performance Ratings+ settings to assign a formula
Performance rating shows no score Confirm the participant's review cycle is fully complete Return to the Overview page and check completion status under Cycle Participants
You cannot see the participant's rating Confirm your role has visibility access See Who can see a participant's performance rating in a review cycle?

Not Covered Here

This article does not cover how to interpret score calculations or open the performance ratings formula. See View performance rating score calculations for a review cycle participant.

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These steps show review admins and cycle collaborators how to open and interpret the Score Calculations chart for a participant's performance rating.

> Note: Your organization may have renamed this feature. If you don't see "Performance Ratings+" in your navigation, check with your admin for the name used in your account.

Before You Begin

  • You must be a review admin or cycle collaborator. Score calculations are not visible to other roles.
  • The participant's Performance Ratings+ score must be visible on their Summary tab. See .

Steps

  1. Navigate to the participant's Summary tab in the review cycle.
  2. Scroll to the Performance Ratings+ section near the bottom of the page.
  3. Click View score calculations at the bottom of the Performance rating section.
  4. Click the down arrow next to View score calculations to expand the Score Calculations chart.

When complete: The Score Calculations chart is open and displays a full breakdown of the participant's performance rating.

Score Calculations Chart: Column Definitions

Column What it shows How it's calculated
Rating Component All review cycle template sections included in the performance ratings formula Defined by the formula assigned to the cycle
Weight The impact of each rating component on the final score Section Weight + Review Weight
Normalized Weight Each component's share of the total weight, expressed as a percentage Derived from the Component Weight formula shown under the total score; all normalized weights sum to 100%
Score The participant's score in each rating component Calculated from the section's answers, expressed as a percentage
Weighted Score The participant's percentage score for the component after weighting Score × Normalized Weight; all weighted scores are summed to produce the final performance rating

Actions Available in the Score Calculations Chart

  • Click Performance ratings formula to open the formula assigned to the review cycle.
  • Click the arrow to the left of a rating component to open a drawer showing the participant's answers to questions in that component.
  • Hover over a column header to see how that column's value is calculated.
  • Hover over an underlined percentage to see a breakdown of how it was calculated.
  • View the overall formula and a legend of calculation characters below the total score row.

If Something Goes Wrong

Issue Check Fix
View score calculations button does not appear Confirm your role is review admin or cycle collaborator Contact your review admin to confirm your cycle role
Score Calculations chart shows no data Confirm the performance ratings formula was assigned before the cycle closed See Manage Performance Ratings+ settings — formulas cannot be applied retroactively after a cycle closes
Rating component is missing from the chart Confirm the template section is included in the performance ratings formula Open Performance ratings formula from within the chart and verify section inclusion

Not Covered Here

This article does not cover how to create or edit a performance ratings formula. See Manage Performance Ratings+ settings.

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