Performance Score Dashboard
Track individual performance over time to identify trends.
Rich Text Editor
Make your comments pop with rich-text editing in comment boxes.
Self-Service Copying
Allow users to copy and use their own goals & other criteria.
Upgrade Instructions
For Hosted Customers:
If you are a hosted customer, you are asked to schedule an upgrade at your convenience. As part of the upgrade, you will also be asked to schedule a 15-minute meeting with a System Administrator to help guide you through the configuration of the new layout and settings.
Contact us to schedule your upgrade
For On-Premise Customers:
If you have emPerform deployed within your network, your IT department will need to download the update files and upgrade emPerform. To download the files, please refer to the email sent to you with the download links or contact us to secure the file downloads.
Questions about this upgrade?
New Features
New Features in emPerform 5.5:
| What’s New? | Area | Details | |
| Appraisal Dashboard – Performance Score Over Time | Appraisal | Introduces visual dashboards to track performance metrics over time. | |
| Rich text box added for comment control on review side. | Appraisal | Review-side comment boxes now support rich text formatting for improved readability and professional presentation. | |
| Ability for users to copy library items (i.e. goals) on the front-end from current review. | Appraisal | Enables users to copy library items directly from the current review interface, reducing administrative overhead. | |
| Average Compensation Cost by Organization Level | Compensation Dashboard | New feature enables data insights on average compensation through organization level filter. | |
| Team Compensation Comparison with Score | Compensation Dashboard | Ability to compare team compensation alongside performance scores. | |
| Compensation Breakdown by Organization Level | Compensation
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Ability to view detailed compensation breakdown through organization level filter. | |
| Pay Equity Analysis | Compensation Dashboard | Provides deeper pay-equity insights, helping organizations identify and address compensation gaps. | |
Enhancements
Enhancements in emPerform 5.5:
| What’s New? | Area | Details | ||
| Hidden rater group dropdown on 360° nominations if no rater group exists. | Appraisal | Automatically hides the rater group dropdown when no rater group exists, creating a cleaner and more intuitive 360° nomination experience. | ||
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Option to select ‘Max mandatory count before leaving’ on Evaluation area setup.
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Appraisal | Adds a “Max Mandatory Count Before Leaving” option so administrators can set minimum completion thresholds before users exit an evaluation area. | |
| Execute Jobs for Inactive appraisals. | Appraisal | Set jobs can now run on inactive appraisals, ensuring that updates and background tasks continue without requiring manual activation. | ||
| Show the ‘view direct reports data’ for the sections you selected to turn it on for in the detail section. | Appraisal | Admins can instantly reveal or hide direct-report data within Manager’s review by using the intuitive “eye” toggle in the detail section. | ||
| Preview email and be able to add an email from Set Jobs. | Appraisal | Provide the ability to preview the selected email template for a Set Job directly within the Design interface, along with an option to create and add a new email template from the same page, eliminating the need to navigate back to the email templates section | ||
| Hidden reviewer label on 360° reports if reviewer is anonymous. | Appraisal | Reviewer labels are automatically hidden in 360° reports when anonymity is enabled, strengthening confidentiality. | ||
| Hidden “Rating Column” option in the 360° appraisals on review grid. | Appraisal | Administrators can hide or display the rating column in 360° appraisals to match organizational preferences. | ||
| Hidden submitted response on 360 nomination page. | Appraisal | Adds the ability to hide submitted responses on the 360° nomination page when the rater’s name is set to ‘Anonymous’ or ‘None’, rather than ‘Named’. The supervisor will not be able to see whether a response has been submitted—ensuring greater anonymity for participants | ||
| Added download attachment option under ‘Utilities’ menu option | On-Demand Forms | Adds a convenient download option under the Utilities menu for attachments within On-Demand Forms. | ||
| Tag wall enhancement –Tag Category added, send tag content in email | Tag Wall- Admin
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Introduces tag categories and the ability to send tag content via email for improved knowledge sharing |
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| Color and font changes on Group consolidation report | Compensation | Updated colors and fonts for sharper, more accessible reporting visuals. | ||
| New Admin Report to display appraisal wise data modification (status report). | Report Manager | This feature within report manager gives admins visibility into all changes made within appraisals. This report acts as an audit trail, helping admins track appraisal data when updated. | ||
| Addition of font changes in Print report and employee evaluation report (SSRS). | Report Manager | Larger, consistent fonts across employee evaluation reports to improve readability. | ||
| Ability to separate Employee code and name columns in following reports:
– Employees in WF state – Employees in WF state by reviewer |
Report Manager | Adds the ability to separate employee code and name columns in key reports such as Employees in Workflow State and Employees in Workflow State by Reviewer for cleaner exports. | ||
| Ability to view transition date on workflow timeline.
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Appraisal | New appraisal feature allows the option to view transition dates on the workflow timeline for better data insights.
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| Option to copy review data between evaluation areas with different library types. | Appraisal | Ability to copy goals and review data across evaluation areas even when different library types are used, saving significant setup time. | ||
We are committed to the ongoing development and improvement of emPerform. This new release brings important upgrades to help support your organization’s performance management efforts. The outlines the new release features, enhancements, and fixes.
As always, please feel free to contact us with your questions or feedback.
1-877-711-0367 | [email protected]
