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Configuring the Rater Section

Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Configure the rater section in a 360 Reviews form template

The Rater Section

The rater (or participant) section appears only during the Modification stage. This is the stage where the list of raters is created and reviewed.

Watch this video to learn more about the Rater Section and how it is configured in Manage Templates.

Configuration of the Rater Section

Configuration of the Rater Section in Manage Templates

Most configurations in a 360 Reviews form template are identical to those in a performance form template. The configurations that differ are mostly included in <rater- config>, which has several different elements that can be added. 

Configuration of the Rater Section in XML 

Warnings and Errors in 360 Reviews

Error and warning messages are specified in the <rater-config>section. If users select a number of raters that falls outside of the minimum or maximum parameters for the entire form, they receive either a warning or an error message.

Note
A warning message does not prevent the user from progressing to the next step. However, an error message does not permit the user to progress until the minimum and maximum parameters are met.

Warning Message Minimum Number Raters

If the minimum number of raters is not met, the user sees a warning message, but is not prevented from sending the form to the next step. This message can be configured as follows:

Code snippet
<min-rater-count>3</min-rater-count> <min-warning-msg><![CDATA[WARNING: Number of Feedback Givers selected - [[ACTUAL_COUNT]] - does not meet the minimum number of [[EXPECTED_COUNT]]. You must select more Feeback Givers before moving to the 360 Evaluation stage.]]></min-warning-msg>Expand

If the customer wants an error message to appear instead, so that the user is not able to move to the next step until the error is corrected, replace the word "warning" in the <min- warning-msg> and </min-warning-msg> tags with the word error. 

Messages regarding the maximum number of raters are formatted in the same way. Simply replace the word min in the <min-warning-msg> and </min-warning-msg>tags with the word max.

Minimum and Maximum Counts 

The minimum and maximum count values specify the minimum and maximum number of raters per category who can be asked to provide ratings. In the XML code that follows, the form has three categories of raters. Each category has a minimum rater count of between 0 and 2, and no category can have more than 50 raters. 

Code snippet
<meta-cat hidden-threshold="2" min-count="2" max-count="50" ><![CDATA[Direct Report]]></meta-cat> <meta-cat hidden-threshold="2" min-count="2" max-count="50" ><![CDATA[Peer]]></meta-cat> <meta-cat hidden-threshold="1" min-count="0" max-count="50" ><![CDATA[External]]></meta-cat> Expand

Minimums and Maximums per Category

The minimum and maximum number of raters per category can also be indicated with warning or error messages. To warn the user that the minimum number of raters for a category has not been met, use the code captured in the XML below, titled Warning Message for Minimum Number of Raters per Category.

Warning Message for Minimum Number of Raters Per Category

Code snippet
<rater-cat-min-warn-msg><![CDATA[WARNING: Number of Feedback Givers selected for Category "[[CATEGORY]]" is [[ACTUAL_COUNT]] and does not meet the minimum number of [[EXPECTED_COUNT]]. You may select more participants to continue]]></rater-cat-min-warn-msg>Expand

Error Message for Minimum Number of Raters Per Category

Code snippet
<rater-cat-min-err-msg><![CDATA[ERROR: Number of Feedback Givers selected for Category "[[CATEGORY]]" is [[ACTUAL_COUNT]] and does not meet the minimum number of [[EXPECTED_COUNT]]. Please select fewer participants to continue]]></rater-cat-min-err-msg>Expand

Hidden Thresholds

Anonymity in 360 reports can be compromised if there are not enough raters in a category.

Hidden threshold values specify the minimum number of raters that are required to evaluate the subject of the 360 Reviews before the average for that category can be displayed in the 360 Detailed Reports.

Watch this video to learn more about Hidden Thresholds.

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