Skill or Certification Fields
The skill or certification record includes the following fields.
Skill or Certification Detail
Key:
* – Mandatory field
R – Read-only
O – Obsolete.
Category |
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Level in a hierarchy, such as root, parent, or child level. Skills and certifications can belong to a category. |
Certification |
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Document relating to a status or a level of achievement. |
Currency |
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Default currency for this record. |
Description |
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Text description of this skill or certification. |
External ID |
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255 character limit field to identify this skill in an external system. |
Group |
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Picklist of groups. You can customize this picklist by editing the page layout. |
Hierarchy Key Path |
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R |
Read only field displaying IDs of ancestors within the skills hierarchy. |
Hierarchy Level |
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R |
Indicates the level within the skills hierarchy. |
Hierarchy Path |
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R |
Read only field displaying names of ancestors within the skills hierarchy. |
Parent Category |
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Lookup to the parent in the skills hierarchy. Parent must be a record type of category and not a skill or certification. You can customize this lookup by editing the page layout. |
Parent Hierarchy Level |
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Indicates the level of the parent within the skills hierarchy. |
Record Type |
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R |
Indicates whether this is a category, certification, or skill record. |
Resource Roles |
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Resource roles associated with this skill. The Resource Role global picklist value set contains the options available from this picklist field. |
Skill |
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An ability, proficiency, or expertise, in a subject area. |
Skill or Certification |
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O |
Determines whether this record is a skill or a certification. Certain PSA behavior was previously based on this field. This behavior is now based on the Record Type field. |
Skill or Certification Name |
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Name of the skill or certification. For example, Java, or Project Management. |
Type |
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Used for grouping purposes on the Skills Capacity and Skills Matrix pages. You must specify a type in this field to ensure the skill or certification record is visible on the Skills Capacity and Skills Matrix pages. You can customize this picklist by editing the page layout. |
Unique Name |
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Unique skill name. |
Certification Details
Certification Source |
Organization or institution that grants this certification. You can customize this picklist by editing the page layout. |
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