Employee Commenting on Advanced Coaching Reports
Employees can add a comment when reviewing their coaching reports to allow participation in the coaching report process. Once the employee completes the report, managers can view the employee’s comments.
Who can use this feature?
- Browser, iPad, iPhone Users
- Users do not require an additional license
- Employees, Survey Designers
Configuring Employee Commenting on Advanced Coaching Reports for

To configure this feature:
- Ensure Advanced Coaching Reports is enabled.
- Navigate to Admin > Users & Groups > Permission Sets.
- Select the appropriate permission set.
- Select Objects.
- Grant Edit permission to the enable_employee_comment__v field on the survey__v object.
- Grant Edit permission to the enable_employee_comment__v field on the survey_target__v object.
- Grant Edit permission to the employee_comment__v field on the survey_target__v object.

To enable this feature:
- Navigate to Admin > Users & Groups > Permission Sets.
- Select the appropriate permission set.
- Select Objects.
- Grant Read permission to the enable_employee_comment__v field on the survey_target__v object.
- Grant Edit permission to the employee_comment__v field on the survey_target__v object.
- Add the employee_comment__v field to the appropriate survey_target__v layouts.
Using Employee Commenting on Advanced Coaching Reports as

Survey Designers can enable employee commenting on an advanced coaching report survey by selecting one of the following values for the enable_employee_comment__v field:
- Disabled - Employee Commenting is disabled for the coaching report. This is the default value.
- Comment Optional - Employee commenting is enabled but comments are not required before the employee can complete the coaching report
- Comment Required - Employee commenting is required before the employee can complete the coaching report

When reviewing an advanced coaching report, the employee_comment__v field displays in its own section underneath survey questions, regardless of the field's position on the layout.
If enable_employee_comment__v = Comment Optional, the employee can enter a comment before completing the advanced coaching report. If enable_employee_comment__v = Comment Required, the Employee must enter an employee comment before completing the advanced coaching report.