Skills and Certification Fields

Here is a description of the fields on a skills/certification record. Skills and certifications are separate objects but contain the same fields.

Skill / Certification Detail

Key:
* – Mandatory field.
R – Read-only.
O – Obsolete.

Field     Description
Category     Level in a hierarchy, such as root, parent, or child level. Skills and certifications can belong to a category.
Certification     Document relating to a status or a level of achievement.
Currency *   Default currency for this record.
Description     Text description of this skill or certification.
External ID     255 character limit field to identify this skill in an external system.
Group     Picklist of groups. You can customize this picklist by editing the page layout.
Hierarchy Key Path   R Read only field displaying IDs of ancestors within the skills hierarchy.
Hierarchy Level   R Indicates the level within the skills hierarchy.
Hierarchy Path   R Read only field displaying names of ancestors within the skills hierarchy.
Parent Category     Lookup to the parent in the skills hierarchy. Parent must be a record type of category and not a skill or certification. You can customize this lookup by editing the page layout.
Parent Hierarchy Level   R Indicates the level of the parent within the skills hierarchy.
Record Type   R  
Skill     An ability, proficiency, or expertise, in a subject area.
Skill or Certification   O Determines whether this record is a skill or a certification. Certain PSA behavior was previously based on this field. This behavior is now based on the Record Type field.
Skill/Certification Name *   Name of the skill or certification. For example, Java, or Project Management.
Type     Used for grouping purposes on the Skills Capacity and Skills Matrix pages. You must specify a type in this field to ensure the skill or certification record is visible on the Skills Capacity and Skills Matrix pages. You can customize this picklist by editing the page layout.
Unique Name     Unique skill name.

Certification Details

Field Description
Certification Source Organization or institution that grants this certification. You can customize this picklist by editing the page layout.