Create a Review Template

This article covers the following topics:

• Before you start
• How to create a template
• Name, instructions, and tags
• Add a word count limit
• Add questions from the bank
• Or create new questions

Before you start

• Create your review templates before you create the review cycle itself. 
• Talent reviews require rating-only questions. For a quick start, Lattice recommends copying over the default Performance, Potential [Ratings] template.
• When you create a review cycle, you choose which review groups complete which templates. You have up to four possible review groups: self, peer, upward, and downward.
• You can use the same template for multiple review groups or create a template for each group. You can also customize template assignments within review groups by department or custom field.

Create a template

Create a custom review template:

1. Navigate to Admin > Reviews > Templates.
2. Click Create new template.

Create a custom review template from a Lattice recommended template:

1. Navigate to Admin > Reviews > Templates > Recommended.
2. Click Copy to your templates. 

Name, instructions, and tags

Only admins can see the template name.  Template names are not visible to reviewers or reviewees.  We recommend including the review group and the type of review cycle in the template name.  

1. Enter a name.
2. [Optional] Add instructions.
3. [Optional] Add tags.

Add a word count limit

Set a comment response limit to a certain amount of words. This will prevent reviewers from exceeding the word count amount for all required and optional questions in the template. 

Note: The word count limit cannot be edited once the template has been used in an active or past review cycle. Learn more in Edit Review Word Count Limit. 

Add questions from the bank

You'll see the question bank on the left during template creation.  If you've already created review questions, you can add them to your template from the bank. If you aren’t sure what questions to ask your employees - feel free to consult our stock questions in the Recommended tab within the question bank.  Full list of recommended questions here.

1. Choose either Your Questions or the Lattice Recommended questions.
2. Hover your cursor over a question in the bank.
3. Use the Add to template button.

If you create brand new questions in your template, they will automatically save to the bank after creating your template.

Note: We recommend you avoid adding multiple questions with the same or similar names to your bank. Saving a question with the same wording multiple times can make it harder to analyze your review results if they end up being used in multiple templates.

Create new questions directly within the template

1. Use the + Create a question button.
2. Customize the wording, response type, and more by following the steps in Create a Review Question.
3. Use the Save button to finalize your question.
4. Repeat as necessary, and then Create template to save your changes.

You may find it convenient to duplicate questions when creating them directly in the template if you're using a custom response scale or only making minor changes to the wording.  See How to Edit a Question in an In Use Template starting with step 2 to duplicate a question in a template.  

After creating all of your templates, you're ready to create your review cycle.