Update your own appraisal

What you need to know

Updating your Appraisal will require the loading of Java scripts. This will appear as a downloaded file at bullet point 'click on Update Appraisal' and 'click the JPA Appraisal Form link'. You must activate this to continue.

There are 2 routes to updating Appraisals:

1. Using the Self-Service menu on JPA
2. When notified to action your Appraisal by your 1RO through a workflow notification

What you need to do

Using the Self-Service Menu

• logon to JPA and select JPA Self Service – Employee, Armed Forces > JPA Next Gen Home Page

• click on the My Career Sub-Menu

• click on Update Appraisal and the grey Oracle applications Appraisal List will open

• select the Appraisal you wish to update
• view all parts of the Appraisal that you have access to. This includes:
  • the Details tab, ensuring that the Personal, Responsibilities, Objectives, Preferences, and Comments sub-tabs are correctly populated
  • the 1RO tab, reading through the Performance Grades and Narrative sub-tabs
  • the Recommendations tab, which has been populated by the 1RO
  • the Inserts tab, which will only be populated when applicable
• click on the Subject tab

The Have no comments and the Date Seen (when first opened) will appear as a default. If you wish to add comments, you should click on the drop-down menu and select Have commented below. Spell check functionality is built into the JPA Appraisals Extension.

• click on the Complete button if you do not have any comments to make

A note box will appear stating that your participation in the appraisal is now complete.

• click OK

Updating Appraisal through Workflow Notification

• logon to JPA and select JPA Self Service – Employee, Armed Forces > Workflow Notifications to open the Workflow Notifications list
• select the relevant workflow, e.g. Appraisal Report for Period xxx. The workflow message will appear

• click the JPA Appraisal Form link within the workflow and grey Oracle applications Ongoing Appraisal Form will open
• select the Appraisal you wish to update
• view all parts of the Appraisal that you have access to. This includes:
  • the Details tab, ensuring that the Personal, Responsibilities, Objectives, Preferences, and Comments sub-tabs are correctly populated
  • the 1RO tab, reading through the Performance Grades and Narrative sub-tabs
  • the Recommendations tab, which has been populated by the 1RO
  • the Inserts tab, which will only be populated when applicable
• click on the Subject tab

The Have no comments and the Date Seen (when first opened) will appear as a default. If you wish to add comments, you should click on the drop-down menu and select Have commented below. Spell check functionality is built into the JPA Appraisals Extension.

• click on the Complete button if you do not have any comments to make

A note box will appear stating that your participation in the appraisal is now complete.

• click OK