Searching Users by Competences

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1 Initial Problem

By now (version 5.1), there is little benefit of the ILIAS competence management from the perspective of superiors or HR.

2 Conceptual Summary

We suggest to provide a search for any competence data of users / employees / students.

3 User Interface Modifications

3.1 List of Affected Views

• "My Staff" (yet to be introduced, s. Introduction of 'Staff' page)

3.2 User Interface Details

3.3 New User Interface Concepts

Searching Users by Competences (Main Feature)

"Introduction of 'Staff' page" views, in case they are introduced in ILIAS, should also provide a way to search for users fulfilling a specific level of a specific competence.
To realize this, "Introduction of 'Staff' page" should offer an additional view "Competence Level Search" offering a workflow in which …:

1. An empty table appears, offering an "Add Search Criteria" button.
2. Clicking it, a competence can be selected from a drop-down list of published competences.
3. Checkboxes are offered for each level of the selected competence. The selection can be submitted by an "Add Search Criteria" button.
4. A table appears, showing the search criteria added by now. The process can be started again, in order to add more criteria. Below the table, there is a "Search" button.
5. Clicking it, a table appears, showing those subordinates fitting to the search criteria.

Search for Competence Profile Fulfilment (Additional Proposal)

Another, or additional workflow could be a search for competence profile fulfilment, with a similar proceeding in the "Add Search Criteria" dialogue:

1. Clicking "Add Search Criteria", there is an option first whether to search for competence levels or competence profiles.
2. A competence profile can be selected from a drop-down list of profiles.
3. The competences (level)s of the competence profile are displayed, where all competenced are featuring a (selected) checkbox. Checkbox can be unselected to exclude single competence (level)s from the search criteria. Below, there is a "Search" button.
4. A table appears, showing the search criteria added by now.
   The process can be started again, in order to add more criteria.
   Below the table, there is a "Search" button.
5. Clicking it, a table appears, showing the staff members assigned to the profile and fitting to the search criteria.

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4 Technical Information

5 Contact

• Author of the Request: Bromberger, Norbert [bromberger]
• Maintainer: Famula, Thomas [tfamula]
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6 Funding

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• Handelkompetent
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7 Discussion

8 Implementation

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