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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Steps: Set Up Skills in People Analytics

Steps: Set Up Skills in People Analytics

You must subscribe to Innovation Services to use this feature. Contact your Customer Success Manager to request the Innovation Services Addendum (ISA), or see Workday Innovation Services in the Workday Community for more information.
The Skills topic area in People Analytics helps you better understand key insights about skills in different areas of the organization, gaps, and areas for improvement.
  1. Access the
    Innovation Services and Data Selection Opt-In
     report.
    On the
    Innovation Services Opt-In
     task,
    Available Services
     tab, select the:
    • People Analytics
       service in the
      Analytics
       category.
    • HCM Machine Learning GA Features
       service in the
      HCM
       category.
    On the
    Maintain Innovation Services Data Selection Opt-In
     task, select check boxes in the
    HCM: HCM Machine Learning GA Features
     category to contribute data for Machine Learning. To enable People Analytics to use Skills data from the HCM Machine Learning GA Features service, you must opt in to these categories:
    • Job Requisition Data
    • Talent Profile Data
    • Worker Profile Data
    • Organizational Data
    Important: For all tenant types, after you select the required check boxes in the
    HCM: HCM Machine Learning GA Features
     category, you must wait 24 hours (or until after 1AM Pacific Standard Time on the next business day) before you install Skills in People Analytics. For implementation tenants, you need to also run the
    Run On-Demand Machine Learning Activation for Implementation Tenant
     task after selecting the required check boxes, and before you install People Analytics.
    Security:
    Manage: Innovation Services
     domain in the Innovation Services functional area.
  2. (Optional) Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Machine Learning
     task.
    Select the region in which Workday hosts data contributed to the Machine Learning Development Environment (MLDE). The default region for the MLDE is the U.S.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - Machine Learning
     in the System functional area.
  3. You must include these options:
    • Convert Duplicate Skills to Skills Cloud Skills
    • Convert Synonymous Skills to Skills Cloud Skills
    • Populate Suggested Skills for Workers
    • Populate Suggested Skills for External Candidates
    The
    Convert Duplicate Skills to Skills Cloud Skills
     and
    Convert Synonymous Skills to Skills Cloud Skills
     options remove duplicate and synonymous skills respectively from the
    Maintain Skills
     report, which you must edit in Step 4 of this task. To ensure the
    Maintain Skills
     report is up to date before you make changes, we recommend that you allow sufficient processing time. Workday processes 100 skills per hour for each of these background jobs.
    You can also include the option
    Populate Suggested Skills for Job Profiles
     to provide suggested skills for job profiles in the
    Suggested Skills for Job Profile
     report. The skill suggestions update hourly and provide up to 10 suggested skills for each reporting item. You add skills to job profiles in Step 5.
  4. Maintain Skills.
    You must select an existing or create a new
    Category
     for each skill in the
    Maintain Skills
     report.
  5. Access the
    Create Job Profiles
     task or the
    Edit Job Profiles
     task to add skills to new or existing job profiles.
    For each skill that you add, ensure that you select
    Required
    .
    When completing this step, be mindful of the
    Effective Date
     for a job profile. Ensure that the date covers the previous month to align with the current snapshot period for People Analytics.
    Security:
    Set Up: Job Domain
     in the Jobs and Positions functional area.
  6. Use these details to complete this step:
    • From the
      Manage Topics
       page, enable the topic area Skills. You must have at least one other Worker topic selected to enable Skills and you must complete the configuration for the
      Worker
       pipeline.
    • Complete the configuration for the
      Skills
       pipeline. We recommend that you use the default field for each field that you include in the field mapping to ensure the highest quality results.