Administrators can target an assessment to everyone eligible or to selected organizational groups. The Population step shows the eligible-recipient count and exclusions together.
Choosing your audience
The Population step controls who receives an assessment. You can select All People to include everyone eligible in your organization, or Select Groups to narrow the audience using your company’s organizational structure. The fields are grouped under Organization, Location, Work Schedule, and People. Only configured dimensions appear. Each field supports multiple selections and shows the selected names. The number of groups picked appears beneath the fields. This counts selections, not people: two selected departments can contain many recipients. The recipient count below the filters reflects assessment eligibility. People need an assigned career skill under a career that enables both proficiency and assessments. Someone can match your organizational filters and still be excluded because they have no assessable skills. The same callout explains how many people have no assigned skills and how many are excluded by career settings. Membership stays dynamic while an assessment is live. People who newly match the audience and eligibility requirements are added automatically. Changing the Population step while creating or editing an assessment uses the same organizational fields; existing selections appear when you edit. With Select Groups active and nothing selected, the count previews everyone eligible. Select at least one group before continuing in this mode. Switching to All People hides the group fields without erasing your draft selections. Switch back to Select Groups to continue refining those selections.Before you begin
- You need permission to create or edit company assessments.
- People and organizational groups must be configured in SkillsDB.
- Career settings must enable proficiency and assessments for the skills you want assessed.
Set the population
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Open the Population step
Navigate to Company > Assessments and start a new assessment. Complete Selection and Basic Info, then select Continue to reach Population. When editing an assessment, open its Population step to review the saved audience.
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Choose everyone or selected groups
Select All People for everyone eligible. For a targeted audience, select Select Groups, open a field, and check the groups to include. Available dimensions include Business Unit, Division, Department, Team, Country, Region, City, Site / Office, Shift, and People Type. Only your company’s configured options appear.
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Review the count and exclusions
Review the eligible-recipient count immediately below the group fields. Wait for Calculating recipients… to finish after changing filters. If the count is unavailable, select Retry count; your selections remain. If no eligible recipients match, review the filters and career exclusions before proceeding.
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Continue building
Once the audience is correct, select Save & Continue. Continue configuring the assessment in the Builder. Saving the population does not replace the remaining assessment configuration steps.
Common questions
Why are some people in my selected groups excluded?
Why are some people in my selected groups excluded?
The groups-picked number counts your selections. The recipient count counts eligible people. Review the exclusion explanation for people without assigned skills or with proficiency or assessments disabled in their career settings.
Does a loading or failed count mean there are no recipients?
Does a loading or failed count mean there are no recipients?
No. A pending count is still being calculated. A failed count is unavailable. Only a completed count can report that no eligible recipients match. Select Retry count if the request fails.
Why do different audience pickers have different fields?
Why do different audience pickers have different fields?
Each feature supports its own targeting dimensions. Assessments support People Type. Surveys and saved-page audiences do not offer People Type targeting. The available organizational options also depend on your company’s configuration.
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