How to use the context panel to view growth areas in a review cycle
While writing a review, reviewers can access previous 1:1 meetings. Reviewers can utilize this information to help provide additional context and examples to their responses.
This article covers the following topics:
Before you start
Growth areas are only visible to the reviewers who have the correct permissions assigned to view the responses. For more information, check out the Review Visibility section outlined in this article.
Entering the review cycle
You can enter your review cycle from your Home page or from the People navigation bar.
Entering your review via the Homepage:


Using the reviews context panel
Step 1: Select the name of your reviewee from the left-hand panel. On the right-hand side, the context panel will become visible.


Visibility
Growth areas are only visible to the reviewers who have the correct permissions assigned to view the responses. This includes:
- Managers viewing growth areas for their direct reports when reviewing their reports
- Managers of managers, if configured, viewing growth area for their indirect reports when reviewing their indirect reports
- Custom relationships (Dotted-line managers), if configured, viewing growth areas for reviewers they have been granted Growth area visibility into when reviewing those reviewees
- Peers and direct reports will not have access to growth areas
Please note: Growth areas will only be visible to reviewers who have visibility into the reviewee's Growth areas via a role or relationship.