# Review perspectives

Perspectives define the role a person takes part in a feedback from. Every feedback process has at least one perspective. In a feedback process's settings you can rename the perspectives and set which perspective takes on the moderator role.

## What are perspectives?

Each perspective represents a role in the feedback process. There are two basic kinds:

* **Feedback recipient**: the person being assessed (e.g. the employee in an annual review). Not every feedback type has a feedback-recipient perspective. External feedback and anonymous external feedback have none; in a 360° feedback it's optional.
* **Feedback giver**: the people who give the feedback (e.g. the supervisor, colleagues). Depending on the feedback type there are one or several feedback-giver perspectives.

You can name each perspective freely. Examples: "Employee", "Supervisor", "Peers", "Manager", "Cross-team".

Among other things, perspectives control:

* which questions in the questionnaire are visible for which role
* who may start the sealing process (moderator)
* how results are grouped and color-coded by role

## Perspectives by feedback type

The available perspectives depend on the type of feedback process:

| Feedback type | Perspectives | Adjustable? |
|----|----|----|
| General feedback | Feedback recipient | Rename only |
| General, anonymous feedback | Feedback recipient | Rename only |
| Two-sided feedback (e.g. annual review) | Feedback recipient + supervisor | Rename only |
| External feedback | Feedback giver | Rename only |
| Anonymous external feedback | Feedback giver | Rename only |
| Pulse survey | Feedback recipient | Rename only |
| 360° feedback | Feedback recipient (optional) + any number of feedback givers | Rename, add/remove perspectives |

You can only add or remove perspectives in 360° feedbacks. For all other types the perspectives are fixed.

## Edit perspectives

To change a feedback process's perspectives:

1. [Open the settings of the feedback process](/en/c/feedbacks/open-settings).
2. Scroll to the "Perspectives" section.
3. Click into a perspective's text field and change the name.
4. Click "Save".

 ![Perspectives section in the settings of a two-sided feedback](/attachments/feedbacks/beurteilungsperspektiven/perspektiven-zweiseitiges-feedback.png)

:::info
Perspective names appear in invitation emails, in the questionnaire and in the results view. Choose names your participants will understand.

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## Perspectives in a 360° feedback

In 360° feedbacks you have extra options:

### Add a perspective

1. Click the **+** icon next to an existing feedback-giver perspective.
2. A new input field appears.
3. Enter the name of the new perspective (e.g. "Peers", "Cross-team").
4. Click "Save".

### Remove a perspective

1. Click the **-** icon next to the perspective you want to remove.
2. The field is removed.
3. Click "Save".

:::warning
At least one feedback-giver perspective must remain. The last perspective of a kind can't be removed.

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### Feedback-recipient perspective in a 360° feedback

In 360° feedbacks the feedback-recipient perspective is optional. Use the checkbox next to "Feedback recipient" to turn it on or off. When it's off, only the feedback givers fill in the questionnaire.

 ![Perspectives in a 360° feedback with several feedback-giver perspectives](/attachments/feedbacks/beurteilungsperspektiven/perspektiven-360-feedback.png)

## The moderator role

The moderator checkbox sets which perspective gets special permissions. Moderators can:

* start the sealing process
* view results before sealing is complete
* reopen feedbacks after completion (if that option is turned on)

Tick "Moderator" next to the feedback-giver perspective you want.

 ![Moderator checkbox on a feedback-giver perspective in a 360° feedback](/attachments/feedbacks/beurteilungsperspektiven/moderator-checkbox.png)

:::info
In two-sided feedbacks (e.g. annual reviews) the moderator checkbox isn't shown. There, the supervisor perspective automatically has the moderator role.

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## Color coding

Each perspective is automatically given a color. These colors appear in the feedback overview as colored rings and in the result displays (e.g. radar charts). The colors are assigned automatically when the feedback process is created.

 ![Colored perspective rings in the feedback overview](/attachments/feedbacks/beurteilungsperspektiven/farbige-perspektiv-ringe.png)