Appraisal in Frappe HR: Evaluating Employee Performance
An Appraisal is the document that captures an individual employee’s performance evaluation within an appraisal cycle. It’s where everything comes together the employee’s goals and KRAs, their self-appraisal, the feedback others give, and the final score that summarises the review.
You will find it under Home > Human Resources > Performance > Appraisal. In practice, appraisals are usually created automatically by an Appraisal Cycle rather than one at a time.
BEFORE YOU START
An appraisal builds on an Appraisal Template (its KRAs and rating criteria) and usually an Appraisal Cycle that generates it for the Employee being reviewed.
The parts of an appraisal
An Appraisal pulls together a few distinct inputs:
- KRAs & Goals: the Key Result Areas from the template, each weighted, along with the employee’s goals and how far they’ve been met.
- Self Appraisal: the employee rates themselves against the rating criteria and adds their own reflections on the period.
- Feedback: performance feedback given by managers or peers feeds in, contributing a feedback score.
- Final Score: the overall result, combining the above into one number.
How the score is calculated
The final score is built from weighted components:
- Goal Score – from how well the KRAs and goals were achieved.
- Self Appraisal Score – from the employee’s own ratings against the criteria.
- Feedback Score – the average of the performance feedback received.
These roll up into the total appraisal score, so the result reflects achievement, self-assessment, and others’ input together rather than any single view.
NOTE
Because the appraisal draws its KRAs and criteria from the template and its feedback from Employee Performance Feedback records, the quality of a review depends on those being set up well. The appraisal is where it all surfaces, not where the criteria are defined.
TIP
Encourage employees to complete their self-appraisal and reflections honestly and on time. A well-filled self-appraisal gives managers real context for their feedback, and makes the final score a fairer reflection of the period.
Related Topics
- Appraisal Template
- Appraisal Cycle
- Goal
- Employee Performance Feedback
- Appraisal Overview Report
SUMMARY
An Appraisal captures one employee’s performance evaluation within a cycle, bringing together KRAs and goals, self-appraisal, and feedback into a final score. It’s usually generated by an Appraisal Cycle from an Appraisal Template. The total score combines a goal score (KRA achievement), a self-appraisal score (the employee’s own ratings), and a feedback score (average of performance feedback), giving a rounded view of the period rather than a single perspective.
