Glossary in Team Pulse

A list of specific terms and their definitions used in the Team Pulse module.

  • Start date of team pulse: It is the date when Team Pulse is launched within the organization.
  • Start date of question: It is the date from when the question is sent to the employees based on the frequency set for the question.
  • Response: Employees respond to the questions.
  • Submit review: Managers review their teams’ responses.
  • Mark as reviewed: Anyone above the employees’ hierarchy, except the primary manager, can mark their responses as reviewed.
  • Comment: To initiate a conversation, the user can add comments on any response.
  • Team questions: The questions added by admin for employees to respond and managers to review.
  • Private questions: The questions only the admins can add to Team Pulse and view the employees’ responses. If required, the admins can also make them anonymous.
  • Manager questions: The questions added by managers for their respective teams and view their responses.
  • Pin questions: Pinned questions skip randomization and are sent to the employees each time when the frequency is applicable.
  • Active question: The questions in the question pool that are sent to the employees based on the set frequency.
  • Inactive question: If the questions are paused, the employees do not receive them until the admins resume them.
  • Team pulse audience: The employees are added as respondents to the weekly pulse.
  • Manager’s team:

    • My team: The employees directly report to the manager (manager’s direct reports).
    • Secondary team: It consists of employees for whom HR assigns a secondary manager, besides their reporting manager, in their profiles.
    • Entire team: It includes both the employees who directly report to the manager and those who report to the manager's direct reports (manager's direct reports and those who are reporting to the direct reports). 
  • Audit log: All admins' activities in the team pulse can be tracked in the audit log.
  • Question library: It includes the Engagedly library and the org library.
    • Engagedly library: It includes scientifically curated questions recommended by Engagedly to help organizations quickly launch Team Pulse.
    • Org library: It includes the organization-specific questions picked from the Engagedly library or created by the admin and managers.
  • Response history: Track the employees’ responses over time to identify trends or patterns in the data.
  • Employee submission status:
    • Yet to submit: When Team Pulse is assigned and the employees are yet to submit their responses.
    • Submission missed: When the employees do not submit their responses before the due date.
  • Manager review status:
    • Review pending: When managers do not review their teams' responses and the manager review period is not over.
    • Review missed: When managers do not review their teams' responses before the due date.
    • Reviewed: When managers review their teams' responses on or before the due date.
  • Response rate: The number of times the employees submit Team Pulse, out of the total number of times it is assigned to them.
  • Review rate: The number of times the managers review their teams’ responses, out of the total number of times their teams submit the Weekly Pulse.