This article lists the most common problems with performance reviews and how to fix them, grouped by stage. Each entry is written as symptom, cause and fix.
Access and navigation
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Symptom: "I don't see Reviews under Performance."
Cause: the company doesn't have the Performance module.
Fix: an admin can check the subscription.
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Symptom: "I don't see New review or Templates."
Cause: you lack Reviews > Create reviews.
Fix: ask an admin to add it to your permission group.
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Symptom: “I don't see Reviews in Settings > People.”
Cause: you lack Review Process Full Visibility.
Fix: ask an admin.
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Symptom: "Export and Edit are missing on my phone."
Cause: the mobile app doesn't offer them.
Fix: use a computer.
Setting up and launching
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Symptom: “Launch review shows Missing information.”
Cause: missing title, review type, target group, questions or deadline, or weights not adding up to 100%.
Fix: fix each listed item. See Review features, visibility and launch.
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Symptom: “'Your review may not have any reviewers'.”
Cause: the review types and people produce no evaluation, for example only Direct reports to manager for people without reports.
Fix: add a review type or change the people.
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Symptom: "Custom weights is locked with an upgrade badge."
Cause: it needs Enterprise.
Fix: use Final question or upgrade.
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Symptom: "The review is stuck in Launching."
Cause: large reviews take minutes.
Fix: leave the page and come back. Contact support if it lasts more than an hour.
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Symptom: "I can't edit the questions."
Cause: the review is launched.
Fix: questions can only change in Draft; duplicate the review.
During the review
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Symptom: “An employee has no manager review.”
Cause: they had no manager in their profile at launch.
Fix: set the manager, then reassign or re-add. See Manage an active review: participation, peers, reviewers and status.
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Symptom: "The employee's manager changed during the review."
Cause: reviewers are fixed at launch.
Fix: Replace reviewer on the manager review and accept Update the direct report review.
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Symptom: “Participation is stuck because of people who left.”
Cause: their pending evaluations still count.
Fix: Delete review.
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Symptom: "A reviewer can't submit."
Cause: a mandatory question is empty.
Fix: answer the question marked "Missing mandatory field".
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Symptom: “A reviewer can't edit a submitted review.”
Cause: Allow review edits is off, the review is finished, or the action plan was submitted.
Fix: an owner can turn on Allow review edits while the review is Active.
Scores and results
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Symptom: "A person has no final score."
Cause: an evaluation that counts towards the score is pending, the review is Without score, or in a Custom weights review with weighted competencies the person's job has no competencies.
Fix: remind or delete the pending evaluation; assign competencies before launch. See Scores, score scales and potential.
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Symptom: "Managers can't see their team's answers."
Cause: the review is active and early access is off.
Fix: turn on Grant managers early access to responses or wait until the review ends.
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Symptom: "An employee can see the manager's answers even though visibility is restricted."
Cause: the action plan was started, which shares the self review and manager review.
Fix: expected behavior.
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Symptom: “AI Insights say 'AI Insights in progress'.”
Cause: pending evaluations are needed to generate them.
Fix: wait until they are submitted. See AI features in Performance: insights, suggested competencies and writing help.
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Symptom: "AI Insights say 'AI Insights unavailable'."
Cause: the review was created before AI insights existed, or there isn't enough information.
Fix: no action possible for that review.
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Symptom: "The 9-box grid is empty."
Cause: the last completed review had no potential score.
Fix: turn on Add potential score in the next review.
Action plans
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Symptom: "The action plan says 'Not available yet'."
Cause: the self review or manager review isn't submitted.
Fix: ask the reviewer to submit.
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Symptom: "I can't comment on the action plan."
Cause: one side already submitted.
Fix: the submitter can click Edit action plan before the other side submits.
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Symptom: "The Sign button is missing."
Cause: you can't access the employee's documents.
Fix: ask an admin to check your document permissions.
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Symptom: "The action plan PDF content is wrong."
Cause: generated before a fix.
Fix: contact support to replace it.
One
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Symptom: "One says it can't create or launch the review."
Cause: One only reads review data.
Fix: do it in Performance > Reviews.
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Symptom: "One doesn't see a review I know exists."
Cause: One only sees what you can see.
Fix: see One and AI FAQ: data access and privacy.