Setting up Skills Suggestions for Resources

To display skill suggestions for resources on the PSA Manage Skills and Certifications component, follow the steps below.

Setup Tasks for Skill Suggestions
Step Task Further Information
1 Select the Enable New Resource Skill Suggestions checkbox in the Skills Management custom setting. Skills Management Global Settings
2 Select the Send Skill Suggestion Notification checkbox in the Skills Management custom setting if you want users to receive notifications for suggested skills. Skills Management Settings
3 [Optional] In the Suggested Resource Skills Location field in the Skills Management Global Settings custom setting, enter the API name of an app page that contains the PSA Manage Skills and Certifications component. When a user clicks a notification, they are redirected to the Manage Skills and Certifications window in that app page. Ensure the component is added directly to the page, outside Salesforce standard container components such as the Tabs and Accordion components. Otherwise, the Manage Skills and Certifications window will not open when clicking a notification. Skills Management Global Settings
4

Define the trigger for sending notifications using the Resource Skill Suggestion Trigger field in the Skills Management Global Settings custom setting by doing one the following:

  • Enter AssignmentClosed to send notifications when an assignment is closed.
  • Leave ScheduledJob to send notifications using a scheduled job.
5 If you define the ScheduledJob trigger in step 4, schedule a job to send notifications. Scheduling Skill Suggestion Notifications for Resources
6 In the Skill Suggestions: Assignment Day Range field in the Skills Management Global Settings custom setting, enter the number of days to search for closed assignments to generate skill suggestions. For information on how to set this value, see Supported Day Ranges for Resource Skill Suggestion Notifications.

Supported Day Ranges for Resource Skill Suggestion Notifications

Skills Management Global Settings

7 In the Resource Skill Suggestion Display Limit field in the Skills Management Global Settings custom setting, enter the maximum number of skill suggestions that you want to display in the Manage Skills and Certifications window. Skills Management Global Settings