Edit a skill

This feature requires the Skills solution. For more information, contact your Customer Success Partner (CSP).

Platform admins can edit skills, and link them to a user, a course or a path.

This article covers how to edit skills from the Web interface. You can also import skills in bulk, or with the API.

Rename a skill

1. At the top of the homepage, click Skills.
2. At the top, click the Skill libraries tab.
3. Expand a skill library, and click on a skill. You can also use the search bar at the top of the section.
4. At the top of the main section, click on the skill name.
5. Enter the new name.
6. Hit the ↵ Enter key**.**

Edit the parents of a skill

Platform admins can change the parents of a skill. The parent of a skill can be a skill library, or another skill. A skill can have several parents.

Users cannot assess themselves on skills that have subskills. If you want users to assess themselves on a skill, do not add it as a parent to another skill.

Add a parent

1. At the top of the homepage, click Skills.
2. At the top, click the Skill libraries tab.
3. Expand a skill library, and click on a skill. You can also use the search bar at the top of the section.
4. In the main section, click Skill details.
5. In the Parents section, click Add parents.
6. Enter the name of the parent.
7. On the right of the parent name, click Add.

Remove a parent

You cannot remove the last parent of a skill.

1. At the top of the homepage, click Skills.
2. At the top, click the Skill libraries tab.
3. Expand a skill library, and click on a skill. You can also use the search bar at the top of the section.
4. In the main section, click Skill details.
5. In the Parents section, on the right of a parent, click Remove.
6. Click Remove.

Edit the external ID of a skill

The external ID is a unique identifier, used to identify a skill when using CSV imports, or API routes.

1. At the top of the homepage, click Skills.
2. At the top, click the Skill libraries tab.
3. Expand a skill library, and click on a skill. You can also use the search bar at the top of the section.
4. In the main section, click Skill details.
5. In External identifier, click on the empty field (or on the current value, if it exists).
6. Enter the new value.
7. Click outside the field to save.

Edit the description of a skill

1. At the top of the homepage, click Skills.
2. At the top, click the Skill libraries tab.
3. Expand a skill library, and click on a skill. You can also use the search bar at the top of the section.
4. In the main section, click Skill details.
5. In Description, click on the empty field (or on the current description, if it exists).
6. Enter the new description.
7. Click outside the field to save.

Add and remove qualifiers in a skill

See Add a qualifier to a skill.

Add, edit or remove subskills in a skill

See Create a skill.

Add skills to users, courses, paths or jobs

See:

• Add skills to a user
• Add skills to a course
• Add skills to a path
• Add skills to a job