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Overview

Labels in SkillsDB are a flexible tagging system that lets your organization categorize and cross-reference records across the platform. A label is a named, color-coded tag that can be attached to four entity types: skills, careers, training resources, and certifications. Once applied, labels appear throughout SkillsDB in tables, grids, and filters — giving admins, managers, and employees a consistent way to group and locate related content. Labels support a parent-child hierarchy. A top-level label (for example, “Compliance”) can have sub-labels (for example, “Safety”, “Data Privacy”, “Financial”). Sub-labels can themselves have further children. This means your organization can build a structured taxonomy that reflects how you think about skills and roles — without flattening everything into a single alphabetical list. Each label carries a color that appears as a small circle indicator wherever the label is displayed. Colors help users visually distinguish labels at a glance, particularly in dense tables and grids. Administrators manage the full label library — creating, editing, reordering, and deleting labels. Managers can apply and remove labels from records within their access. Employees can add labels to their own profile entries for skills, certifications, and training.

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Prerequisites

Before creating or managing labels, ensure you have:

• Permission level: Administrator role in SkillsDB
• Access required: Navigate to Labels in the left sidebar under the Company section

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Understanding Label Structure

Labels in SkillsDB are organized as a hierarchical tree. Every label is either a top-level label (no parent) or a sub-label (child of another label). There is no enforced limit on tree depth — a label hierarchy can be as shallow or as deep as your organization requires. When a top-level label is deleted, its sub-labels are permanently deleted along with it. When a sub-label is deleted, only that sub-label is removed; its siblings and the parent label are unaffected. Each label has a name (up to 50 characters) and a color (a hex color selected from the color picker). The color defaults to blue if none is chosen.

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Managing the Labels Library

To access the labels library select Labels from the left sidebar navigation (under the Company section). The Labels page displays all labels in your organization as a hierarchical tree. Top-level labels appear at the root; sub-labels are nested beneath their parents and can be expanded or collapsed.

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Label tree features

Each label row in the tree includes:

• Color indicator — A small colored circle representing the label’s color. Select the circle to open the color picker and change the color inline.
• Label name — Selectable to navigate to the label’s detail page.
• Sub-label count — A blue badge showing how many direct child labels this label has. Visible only if the label has at least one child.
• Expand/collapse arrow — For labels with sub-labels, select the arrow to expand or collapse the nested tree.
• Drag handle — Hover over a row to reveal the drag handle on the left. Use it to reorder labels within the tree.
• Action buttons — Hover over a row to reveal three action icons: Edit, Delete, and Add sub-label.

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Searching labels

A search input at the top right of the page filters the label tree by name in real time. Enter any part of a label name to narrow results. The tree updates to show matching labels and their parent labels for context. If no labels match your search, the page displays: “No results for ‘[search term]’. Try a different search term.”

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Creating Labels

Administrators can create new labels at the top level or as sub-labels of an existing label.

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Creating a top-level label

1. Navigate to Labels in the left sidebar.
2. Select Add Label in the top right of the page.
3. In the Add Label dialog, complete the following:

4. Select Add.

When the label is created successfully, a confirmation toast appears: “Label added successfully.” The label appears in the tree at the bottom of the top-level list.

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Creating a sub-label

Sub-labels can be created from the labels tree or from within a label’s detail page. From the labels tree:

1. Navigate to Labels in the left sidebar.
2. Hover over the parent label where you want to add a child.
3. Select the Add sub-label icon that appears on hover.
4. In the Add Sub Label dialog, enter a Sub Label Name and optionally select a color.
5. Select Add.

From the label detail page:

1. Navigate to a label’s detail page by selecting its name in the tree.
2. Select Add Sub Label in the top right of the page.
3. Complete the name and color fields, then select Add.

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Editing and Reordering Labels

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Editing a label

To change a label’s name or color:

1. Navigate to Labels in the left sidebar.
2. Hover over the label you want to edit.
3. Select the Edit icon that appears on hover.
4. In the Edit Label dialog, update the Label Name and/or select a new color.
5. Select Save.

Renaming a label updates its name everywhere it is displayed across SkillsDB — in tables, filters, skill profiles, and the label details page — without affecting any of the records it is attached to.

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Reordering labels with drag-and-drop

Labels can be reordered within the tree by dragging and dropping. Drag-and-drop supports three types of placement: A glowing blue line indicates where the label will land when you release. If you hover over a collapsed label while dragging “inside” it, the label automatically expands after 400 milliseconds to let you drop into its sub-label list.

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Deleting Labels

To delete a label:

1. Navigate to Labels in the left sidebar.
2. Hover over the label you want to delete.
3. Select the Delete icon that appears on hover.
4. A confirmation dialog appears with the following message:

“Deleting a label will remove it permanently from all associated records in SkillsDB. It cannot be undone. Are you sure you want to delete this label?”

5. Select Confirm to delete, or Cancel to return without deleting.

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Applying Labels to Records

Labels are applied to individual records — skills, careers, training resources, and certifications — from the record’s own interface, not from the Labels management page. Administrators can apply and remove labels inline wherever the label selector appears.

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How the label selector works

Wherever labels can be managed (for example, on a skill’s detail view, a career row in the library, or a training resource), a label selector appears as a small tag icon or existing label pills. Selecting the icon opens a label selector popover with the following features:

• Search — Type at least three characters to search for labels by name.
• Hierarchical navigation — Browse the label tree with breadcrumb navigation. Select a parent label to expand its children.
• Multi-select checkboxes — Check or uncheck labels to add or remove them.
• Create new label — Admins see a + Create new label shortcut at the bottom of the popover to add a new label without leaving the current page.

Changes are applied when you close the popover. The entity’s label list updates immediately in the UI.

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Entity-level label behavior

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Applying labels in bulk

SkillsDB does not have a dedicated bulk label assignment tool. Labels are applied one record at a time via the inline selector. For large-scale labeling projects, it is most efficient to apply labels at the point of record creation (for example, when adding a training resource or creating a skill).

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Viewing the Label Details Page

Each label has a dedicated detail page that shows every record tagged with that label, organized by entity type. The detail page gives you a live view of what a label is being used for across your organization. To access a label’s detail page:

1. Navigate to Labels in the left sidebar.
2. Select the label name in the tree.

The detail page opens at Labels / [Label Name] and displays:

• Label name — Large heading at the top of the page.
• Sub-labels — Shown as colored pill chips below the label name. Each chip is selectable to navigate to that sub-label’s detail page.
• Resources table — An AG-Grid table showing all entities tagged with this label, grouped by type.

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Resources table structure

The resources table is divided into collapsible sections, one per entity type: Each section header displays a count badge showing how many records are in that section. Select the header to expand or collapse the section.

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Resources table columns

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Filtering the resources table

Two filters appear above the resources table:

• Resource Type — Multi-select filter. Choose one or more of: Skills, Certifications, Training, Job Roles. The table shows only rows matching the selected types.
• Other Labels — Multi-select filter. Appears when resources in the table carry additional labels. Filter to show only records that also carry a specific second label — useful for finding resources at the intersection of two labels.

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Where Labels Appear Across SkillsDB

Once applied, labels surface in tables, filters, and search results throughout the platform:

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Common Questions

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