Admins can set up the basic Performance Areas for their business. For example, "Productivity" or "Communication skills" could be a couple of possible Performance Areas. Please note that this option (setting up areas) is not available for users with non-admin rights.
In the left navigation, make sure you are in the Admin Workspace.
When in the Admin Workspace, select Development Admin for all Development Administration options.
Select Performance Reviews and then select Performance Areas.
You can add a new area here, select Create performance area.
In the window that appears, give the area a title and add a short description if needed.
If you've selected to have custom rating scales while configuring Performance Reviews, an extra block will appear here, related to the custom ratings used for this area:
If you enable this option and after saving your changes, when you will add this area to one of your profiles, the Custom Ratings will follow the ratings defined here.
Once all of the areas have been defined, you and your employees can start creating Performance Reviews Profiles