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What are Performance Fields and how do I use them?

A Performance Field can be specifically gathered and utilized for a particular review. For instance, you might want to gather a rating scale response such as "Rate the employee's performance in the past 30 days" without saving it to the Team Member's profile. This data will be stored within the connected review and can only be accessed by revisiting that review or by generating performance review reports.

Additionally, Performance fields can be collected in one task and then transferred into another consecutive task in the review as a variable.

Different Types of Performance Fields:

Explore the various types of data you can gather through Performance Fields, which can be created and collected from Review Assignees.

  • Short Text: space for a single sentence                                   
  • Long Text: space for multiple sentences                
  • User: space for Task assignee to select either an active Team Member or invite an External User (for more information on External Users, click here)
  • Check-Box List Field: build a list of answers from which multiple options can be chosen
  • Radio Button Field: build a list of answers from which one can be chosen
  • Opinion Scale: allow task assignees to select a rating from a scale of 0-10 with labels of your choosing, you can also allow users to leave a comment explaining their choice
  • Drop Down:  build a list of answers from which one can be chosen
  • Date: create a field that will show a popup calendar and display formatted date info 
  • Currency: create a field that can be set to many common international denominations
  • Number: field that only allows numeric digits
  • File Upload: allows the Task Assignee to upload a requested file   
  • Automatic Calculation: create custom formulas to provide calculations inside your reviews.  The 4 different types are Sum, Average, Median, and Weighted. For more information on how to customize this field click here

Now that we know all the different Performance Fields we can collect in GoCo, you can get started creating and customizing your own!

⭐ If you want to learn more about Reporting on Performance click here!

⭐ If you want to learn more about Scheduling Performance Reviews click here!


If you have any additional questions, please reach out to your Client Success Team or email us at help@goco.io!