If you no longer wish for a competency to be active, but you also do not want to delete it, then you can instead archive it. If you are using Totara Perform you can do this via the competency profile.
To archive a competency, follow these steps:
- Go to Develop > Competencies.
- Find the competency you wish to archive on your competency profile, and click it to open it.
- Click the Archive this competency button, located under the competency status and above the competency scale.
- Read the warning message and click OK to proceed.
The competency will now be archived.
You can view your archived competencies by using the Archived assignments filter on the competency profile. You can then click an archive competency and on the page the competency details page click the Archived assignments button.
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