Removing the association of Skill(s) from a User

A skill is an ability or capacity needed to execute a specific task or assignment. The skill feature enables you or the manager to determine the qualifications required to accomplish a task in a project. Therefore, the skill feature is an available component that allows optimizing the use of the Resource Management module.

This article details the associating of skills to a User's profile, which falls in line with the Resource Management capability of managers being able to run queries to find resources matching specific criteria, that may include skills, and then assign them to projects to streamline the workforce planning process and eliminate periods during which resources are idle.

This article details how to remove previously associated skills from a user's profile to keep their skillset information accurate and up to date.

1. From the Icon Bar click Setup .
2. From the Navigation Menu click Organization.
3. From the available options select Users.
4. Upon the Users list page displaying, click the name of the User you wish to edit, to access the User Edit page.
   

   Tip: You may wish to narrow your Users list so that you retrieve just the right amount of information you need. To do so you can perform a search. Select a search criterion from the list of available search criteria and then enter a corresponding value in the Search box. Click the Search icon to narrow down the Users list. For more information on the contains-in logic search click here.

5. Upon the User Edit page displaying, expand the Employment menu item.
6. From the available options, click Skills.
7. From the Skills page, select the required Skill(s) to remove.
8. Click the Remove button.

   

9. Removed Skills will display within the available Skills table on the left.