How do I connect my Appraisd account to the Appraisd Slack app and other FAQ?

The Appraisd Slack app brings performance management into the system your colleagues use every day. 

Who can install the Slack app?

An Appraisd admin must install the app for Slack.

If you're an Appraisd admin, you can do this from the Configuration > Labs page in Appraisd.

If you're an Appraisd admin but you don't have permission to install apps on your Slack account, then Slack will usually ask you if you want to request permission from your Slack admins to install the app. Once approved, you can try installing it again.

Does everyone need to install the Slack app to use it?

Not necessarily. Once you have installed the app to your workspace your colleagues will be able to activate the app for themselves by using the 'Add apps' option within Slack and selecting the Appraisd app.

A user also becomes "active" if they receive a notification another way, for example the notification that they've received some feedback in Appraisd or their manager has added a comment to one of their objectives. Like before, this user will now see Appraisd in their list of Slack apps.

Things to know

• If you're still in the onboarding phase, please wait until you launch to connect to the Slack app so your employees don't receive notifications too early. 
• Slack isn't able to show only Appraisd users in the user-selection menu. If you try to give feedback to someone who isn't on Apppraisd you'll get an error message.
• The email alerts from Appraisd will continue to be sent for all users regardless of whether they are using the Slack app or not.
• If an Appraisd user is not on Slack, then they won't of course get the notification in Slack but they will get the usual email alerts from Appraisd.
• You cannot add a Slack attachment (eg an image or file) to an Appraisd note or feedback. Slack rich-text formatting will also not be transferred to Appraisd.
• If a user would prefer not to get the Slack notifications from Appraisd, they can mute the Appraisd app in Slack.
• The Appraisd Slack app is currently only available in English.
• The app currently relies on users having the same email address registered in Appraisd as in Slack.
• If you uninstall the Appraisd Slack app, it doesn't uninstall it for other users. If you'd like us to remove Slack registration for all users, let us know.

Future development

• Showing more information about your team
• Replying to instant feedback
• Adding a progress update to your/your team members' objectives