Add a Skill Via Record Detail Pages

Add skills to share your professional expertise.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic

WDC is available for existing WDC customers in Professional Edition, Enterprise Edition, Performance Edition, Unlimited Edition, and Developer Edition.

Important
Important Starting in Spring ’22, WDC isn’t available to new Salesforce customers. For existing customers, WDC features and records from Badges, Skills, and Thanks aren’t affected and will remain available in the application beyond Spring ’22. WDC Goals, Coaching, Feedback, Performance, and Rewards features won’t appear in the application anymore, and records created previously will no longer be accessible.
Note
Note On May 1, 2020, we rebranded this suite. It's now called WDC.
User Permissions Needed
To add skills: Create on Skills and Skill Users

If the skill already exists, use the global search bar to find the skill, and click Add to My Profile on the skill record.

  1. From your personal settings, enter Advanced User Details in the Quick Find box, then select Advanced User Details. No results? Enter Personal Information in the Quick Find box, then select Personal Information.
  2. In the User Skills related list, click New Skill.
  3. Enter the name of your skill and an optional description.
  4. Click Save.
    The skill is created.
  5. Click Add To My Profile.
  6. Click Save.
    The skill is associated with you.

You can also add skills on Chatter profile pages.