The list below gives a sorted overview of non-breaking changes to the SkillEngine API. These changes are immediately available to you, will be supported by your API, regardless of your version.

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February 2025
  • Allow patching of Organisational Units with parent_id=null to become a root Organisational Unit in the PATCH /organisational_units/{external_id} endpoint.
  • Add GET /job_architecture/peer_groups endpoint.
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January 2025
  • Add the optional proficiency_float field to the request body of the PATCH /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile and PATCH /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile endpoints.
  • Add the include=proficiency_float option to the include query parameter of the GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile and GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile endpoints.
  • Add the include=proficiency_float option to the include body parameter of the POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles and POST /job_architecture/export/job_families/skill_profiles endpoints.
  • Add the external_vendor query parameter to the POST /employees/suggestions/skills endpoint
  • Remove the strict query parameter from the POST /employees/suggestions/skills endpoint
  • Add the include=critical option to the include query parameters to the GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/suggested_skill_profile endpoint.
  • Update the include parameter in the GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile and GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile endpoints to allow proficiency_level and critical to be included with response_format=hierarchy
  • Make the skill_cluster_description optional and set it to an empty string by default. Additionally, save any placeholder value or a description that exactly matches the Skill Cluster name as an empty string.
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December 2024
  • Add the include=proficiency_level and include=critical options to the include body parameter of the POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles endpoint.
  • Add the include=proficiency_level and include=critical options to the include body parameter of the POST /job_architecture/export/job_families/skill_profiles endpoint.
  • Add the external_vendor query parameter to the GET /skills/search endpoint.
  • Return the default proficiency level when no proficiency level is set in the GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile, POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles, GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile, and POST /job_architecture/export/job_families/skill_profiles endpoints.
  • Add the force_recalculate query parameter to all report endpoints.
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November 2024
  • Add limit, offset, and update_low_data_availability query parameters to the GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/employee_maturity_overview and GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/job_maturity_overview endpoints.
  • Add include=skill_cluster_description parameter to the GET /taxonomy/skill_clusters endpoint.
  • Add skill_cluster_description response body field and query parameter include=skill_cluster_description to the GET taxonomy/export endpoint.
  • Add the PATCH /taxonomy/skills/{skill_id} endpoint.
  • Return the custom Skill description in the GET /taxonomy/skills, GET /taxonomy/skills/{skill_id}, and GET /taxonomy/export endpoints if one is set.
  • Add the update_skill operation type to the GET /taxonomy/changes and POST /taxonomy/apply endpoints.
  • Add include=skill_description parameter to the /taxonomy/skill_clusters/{skill_cluster_external_id}/skills endpoint.
  • Add GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/market_skill_profiles and POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/market_skill_profiles endpoints.
  • Add the proficiency_level and critical attributes to the request body of the PATCH /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile endpoint.
  • Add the proficiency_level and critical attributes to the request body of the PATCH /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile endpoint.
  • Add the include=proficiency_level and include=critical query parameters to the GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile and GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile endpoints.
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October 2024
  • Add POST /job_architecture/jobs/metrics/adoption_metrics endpoint.
  • Add POST /employees/metrics/adoption_metrics endpoint.
  • Add source_data to skills returned in GET/job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile and GET/job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile endpoints.
  • Add CRUD operations for Custom Properties and Custom Property Definitions for Organisational Units.
  • Add active attribute to the Organisational Unit entity.
  • Add hierarchy as a possible response format for the GET /employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_profile endpoint.
  • Add include=custom_properties parameter to GET/job_architecture/job_families, GET/job_architecture/jobs, GET/courses, GET/vacancies, GET/employees, GET/companies, GET/taxonomy/domains, GET/taxonomy/subdomains, GET/taxonomy/skill_clusters and GET/taxonomy/skills endpoints.
  • Add output_skills_sorting parameter to GET /job_architecture/export/job_families/suggested_skill_profiles, GET /job_architecture/export/job_families/skill_profiles, GET /job_architecture/export/jobs/suggested_skill_profiles and GET /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles endpoints.
  • Deprecate the GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/market_skill_profile endpoint.
  • Add the vocab_update_rename_skill, vocab_update_merge_skill, and vocab_update_remove_skill operation types to the GET /taxonomy/changes endpoint.
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September 2024
  • Add GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/matching_source_jobs endpoint.
  • Add GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/matching_target_jobs endpoint.
  • Add error code 400 as possible response code for DELETE /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/profile_data/{job_family_profile_data_external_id} for DELETE /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data/{job_profile_data_external_id} when trying to delete Skill Profile Feedback instances and respective examples for this
  • Add GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/profile_data/{job_family_profile_data_external_id} endpoint.
  • Add skill_profile_feedback as a data_type to the Job Family Profile Data of a Job Family. This new data_type may be included the responses of GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/profile_data and GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/profile_data/{job_family_profile_data_external_id}.
  • Add GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data/{job_profile_data_external_id} endpoint.
  • Add skill_profile_feedback as a data_type to the Job Profile Data of a Job. This new data_type may be included the responses of GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data and GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data/{job_profile_data_external_id}.
  • Add skill_id query parameter to the GET /employees and GET /organisational_units/export endpoints that allows for filtering the returned entities on whether their Skill Profile contains a certain Skill.
  • Add an experimental POST /employees/suggestions/skill endpoint that allows to find suggested, validated, and rejected Skill suggestions for Employees.
  • Add en_us, de, and fr to the list of supported values for the vocab_language query parameters in the GET /{entity}/{external_id}/skill_profile, GET /taxonomy/skill_clusters/{external_id}/skills, GET /taxonomy/skill/, and GET /taxonomy/export/ endpoints.
  • Add the low_data_availability_flag to the possible values of the include query parameter of the GET /organisational_units/export and GET /job_architecture/export endpoints.
  • Add skill_id query parameter to the GET /job_architecture/export endpoint that allows for filtering the entities on whether their Skill Profile contains a certain Skill.
  • Add source_coverage metric to the response of the GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/job_quality_matrix and GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/employee_quality_matrix endpoints.
  • Add skill_name, skill_cluster_name, subdomain_name, and domain_name to the output of GET /taxonomy/changes.
  • Add subdomain_name to output of the POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_clusters, POST /export/employees/skill_clusters and GET /employees/<employee_id>/skill_profile?response_format=skill_clusters endpoints for 4-level Taxonomies.
  • Add source_data to the output of GET /jobs/{job_external_id}/suggested_skill_profile, GET /job_families/{job_family_external_id}/suggested_skill_profile, POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/suggested_skill_profiles, and POST /job_architecture/export/job_families/suggested_skill_profiles.
  • Add endpoints POST /integrations/file_load_task to upload a CSV-file from S3 into the system and GET /integrations/file_load_task/{task_id} to get the status of the File Load Task.
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August 2024
  • Add skill_validation_state to the possible values of the include query parameter of the GET /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles, GET /job_architecture/export/jobs/suggested_skill_profiles, GET /job_architecture/export/job_families/skill_profiles, and GET /job_architecture/export/job_families/suggested_skill_profiles endpoints.
  • Add skill_validation_state to the possible values of the include query parameter of the GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile and GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/suggested_skill_profile endpoints.
  • Add skill_validation_state to the possible values of the include query parameter of the GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile and GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/suggested_skill_profile endpoints.
  • Add Employee and Job key metric reports. GET /reports/employees/key_metrics GET /reports/jobs/key_metrics GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/suggested_skill_profile
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July 2024
  • Add CRUD operations for Organisational Units.
  • Add export endpoint GET /organisational_units/export to get the full hierarchy of the Organisational Units including the total_nr_of_employees field.
  • Added organisational_unit field to Employees that is returned in GET /employees and GET /employees/{external_id}.
  • Added query parameter organisational_unit to GET /employees to filter Employees on their linked Organisational Unit.
  • Added the low_data_availability_flag to the possible values of the include query parameter of the GET /employees/{external_id}/skill_profile and GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile endpoints.
  • Added the low_data_availability_flag to the possible values of the include body parameter of the POST /export/employees/skill_profiles and POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles endpoints that allows including the low data availability flag in the output.
  • Added the option to upload files of data type job_description as Job Profile Data. Available in the POST /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data and PATCH /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data endpoint.
  • Added the option to upload files of data type job_family_description as Job Family Profile Data. Available in the POST /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/profile_data and PATCH /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/profile_data endpoint.
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June 2024
  • Add low_data_availability attribute to the Employee entity.
  • Add low_data_availability attribute to the Job entity.
  • Added Data Maturity Scan reporting endpoints:
    • GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/employee_quality_matrix
    • GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/job_quality_matrix
    • GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/employee_maturity_overview
    • GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/job_maturity_overview
    • GET /reports/data_maturity_scan/data_improvement_actions
  • Added rejected_skills to the possible values of the include body parameter of the POST /export/employees/skill_profiles endpoint that allows including rejected Skills in the output.
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May 2024
  • Add GET /employees/{employee_external_id}/jobs/{job_external_id}/match endpoint that allows to match an Employee with a Job.
  • Add POST /employees/{employee_external_id}/matching_jobs endpoint that allows to find the top matching Jobs for an Employee.
  • Add POST /job_architecture/jobs/{external_id}/matching_employees endpoint that allows to find the top matching Employees for a Job.
  • Add POST /job_architecture/job_families/{external_id}/matching_employees endpoint that allows to find the top matching Employees for a Job Family.
  • Add POST /employees/{employee_external_id}/jobs/{job_external_id}/recommended_courses endpoint that recommends Courses to address the Skill Gap between the Employee and the Job.
  • Add GET /employees/{employee_external_id}/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/match endpoint that allows to match an Employee with a Job Family.
  • Add GET /employees/{employee_external_id}/match_assigned_position endpoint that allows to match an Employee with their assigned position.
  • Add POST /export/employees/match_assigned_position endpoint that allows to match Employees with their assigned position in bulk.
  • Add output_skills_sorting body parameter to the POST /export/employees/skill_profiles endpoint, allowing alphabetical to sort the Skills in the resulting profiles alphabetically, or confidence to sort them by decreasing confidence.
  • Add is_active filter to the POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles, POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/suggested_skill_profiles, POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_clusters, POST /job_architecture/export/job_families/skill_profiles, POST /job_architecture/export/job_families/suggested_skill_profiles, POST /export/employees/skill_profiles, POST /export/employees/skill_clusters, POST /export/courses/skill_profiles export endpoints to only include active or inactive entities in the result based on the filter value.
  • Add is_active query parameter to the GET /job_architecture/export export endpoint to only include active or inactive jobs and job families in the result.
  • Add is_active query parameter to the GET /employees, GET /vacancies, GET /courses, GET /job_architecture/jobs, GET /job_architecture/job_families list endpoints to only include active or inactive entities in the result.
  • Add include=entity and include=custom_properties query parameter to POST /employees/{external_id}/matching_job_families.
  • Removed Core as a possible value of the skill_type field of a Skill in the Job Family Skill Profile.
  • Add response_format=explained query parameter to POST /employees/{external_id}/matching_vacancies, POST /vacancies/{external_id}/matching_employees and POST /employees/{external_id}/matching_job_families, that includes missing_skills and present_skills response body fields as additional information about the matches.
  • Add include=adoption query parameter to the taxonomy/skills/{skill_id} endpoint to include the adoption of the Skill in Jobs and Employees in the response.
  • Add assigned_position_id attribute to the Employee entity.
  • Allow PATCH /employees/<employee_id>/skill_events/<event_id> on the resume_document, feedback, goal, project, certificate, learning and ticket event types.
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April 2024
  • Add active attribute to Course, Employee, Job and Job Family entity.
  • Add support to display Skill Profiles in external vendor Skills on GET, using the query parameter external_vendor, for Course, Employee, Job and Job Family entities. Usage:
  • GET /employee/{employee_id}/skill_profile?external_vendor={external_vendor}
  • GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile?external_vendor={external_vendor}
  • GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile?external_vendor={external_vendor}
  • GET /courses/{external_id}/skill_profile?external_vendor={external_vendor}
  • Add support to provide feedback to Skill Profiles in external vendor Skills, using the query parameter feedback_format=external_vendor_skills, for Course, Employee, Job and Job Family entities. Usage:
    • PATCH /employee/{employee_id}/feedback_format=external_vendor_skills
    • PATCH /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile?feedback_format=external_vendor_skills
    • PATCH /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile?feedback_format=external_vendor_skills
    • PATCH /courses/{external_id}/skill_profile?feedback_format=external_vendor_skills
  • Deprecate GET /employee{employee_external_id}/vacancy/{vacancy_external_id}/recommend_courses
  • Add POST /employee{employee_external_id}/vacancy/{vacancy_external_id}/recommend_courses endpoint which makes use of an updated and improved methodology to recommend Courses.
  • Update POST /employee{employee_external_id}/recommend_courses endpoint in line with the updated and improved methodology to recommend Courses.
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March 2024
  • Add POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/suggested_skill_profiles endpoint to paginate through all suggested Skill Profiles of Jobs in the API in bulk.
  • Add POST /job_architecture/export/job_families/suggested_skill_profiles endpoint to paginate through all suggested Skill Profiles of Job Families in the API in bulk.
  • The domain_namespace query parameter is available on the job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles and job_architecture/export/job_families/skill_profiles endpoints.
  • When requesting an Employee Skill Profile through either GET /employee/{employee_id}/skill_profile or POST /export/employees/skill_profiles, the response will now include the source_events field on all Skills, when requesting sources. source_events provides more insights into which Skill Event contributes to which skill.
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February 2024
  • Add GET /employees/{employee_id}/skill_events/{skill_event_id} endpoint to be able to get a single Skill Event of an Employee.
  • Add POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_profiles endpoint to paginate through all Skill Profiles of Jobs in the API in bulk.
  • Add POST /job_architecture/export/job_families/skill_profiles endpoint to paginate through all Skill Profiles of Job Families in the API in bulk.
  • Add support for ticket Skill Events.
  • Add support for skill_notes Job Profile Data.
  • Deprecated the POST /job_architecture/export/job/skill_clusters endpoint and added the POST /job_architecture/export/jobs/skill_clusters.
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January 2024
  • A source attribute can now be added to each Skill Profile feedback endpoint to indicate the source of the feedback. See all PATCH /{entity}/{entity_id}/skill_profile endpoints.
  • An include query parameter can now be added to the GET /employees/{external_id}/skill_profile endpoint to include the source Skill Events where the reported Skills are inferred from.
  • Add POST /export/employees/skill_profiles endpoint to get the Skill profiles of all Employees in the API through pagination.
  • Add the POST /skills/lookup endpoint to get corresponding UUIDs for a list of Skill names.
  • Add GET /job_architecture/job/{job_id}/suggested_skill_profile to get suggested skills for a Job.
  • Add GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_id}/suggested_skill_profile to get suggested skills for a Job Family.
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December 2023
  • Add the include=custom_properties query parameter to the GET /taxonomy/skills/{skill_id} endpoint to include the Custom Properties of a Skill in the response.
  • Add the include=custom_properties query parameter to the GET /taxonomy/skill_clusters/{skill_cluster_id} endpoint to include the Custom Properties of Skill Clusters in the response.
  • Add the include=custom_properties query parameter to the GET /taxonomy/subdomains/{subdomain_id} endpoint to include the Custom Properties of Subdomains in the response.
  • Add the include=custom_properties query parameter to the GET /taxonomy/domains/{domain_id} endpoint to include the Custom Properties of Domains in the response.
  • Introduced a skill_id field alongside Skill names in our API endpoints to avoid ambiguities and conflicts. All endpoints that return Skill names will now also return a skill_id field. Using Skill names in a request body to denote an update of a Skill is deprecated, please use skill_id instead.
  • Mark all /occupations endpoints as deprecated.
  • Add the vocab_language query parameter to the GET /{entity}/{external_id}/skill_profile endpoints to specify the language of the Skill names in the Skill Profile response.
  • Add the vocab_language query parameter to the GET /taxonomy/skill_clusters/{external_id}/skills endpoint to specify the language of the Skill names in the Skill Profile response.
  • Add the vocab_language query parameter to the GET /taxonomy/skill/ endpoints to specify the language of the Skill names in the Skill Profile response.
  • Add the vocab_language query parameter to the GET /taxonomy/export/ endpoints to specify the language of the Skill names in the Skill Profile response.
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November 2023
  • Add the domain_namespace query parameter to GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile endpoint to express the Skill Domains in either TechWolf or Taxonomy Domains.
  • Add the domain_namespace query parameter to GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/market_skill_profile endpoint to express the Skill Domains in either TechWolf or Taxonomy Domains.
  • Add the domain_namespace query parameter to GET /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile endpoint to express the Skill domains in either TechWolf or Taxonomy Domains.
  • Add domain_name response body field and domain_namespace query parameter to GET /taxonomy/skills/{skill_id} endpoint to express the Skill Domains in either TechWolf or Taxonomy Domains.
  • Add domain_name response body field and domain_namespace query parameter to GET /taxonomy/skills endpoint to express the Skill Domains in either TechWolf or Taxonomy Domains.
  • Add the domain_namespace query parameter to GET /skills/search endpoint to express the Skill Domains in either TechWolf or Taxonomy Domains.
  • Add POST /export/courses/skill_profiles endpoint to paginate through all Skill Profiles of Courses in the API in bulk.
  • Add last_updated_with_taxonomy_changes filter to the POST /export/employees/skill_clusters and POST /job_architecture/export/job/skill_clusters endpoints.
  • Add next_starting_after field to response of POST /export/employees/skill_clusters endpoint.
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October 2023
  • Add GET /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/market_skill_profile endpoint to get the market Skill Profile of a Job.
  • Update request sample for POST /reports/job_architecture_benchmark endpoint.
  • Mark all /skill_clusters endpoints as deprecated.
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September 2023
  • Add skill_description response body field and query parameter include=skill_description to GET taxonomy/export.
  • Add a vacancy data type for Job Profile Data. Available in the POST /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data endpoint.
  • Add the taxonomy/changes endpoint to view all changes to the Taxonomy within a certain timeframe.
  • Add skill_id and skill_sources to Skills of response body field in GET export/employees/skill_clusters.
  • Add a POST /job_architecture/export/job/skill_clusters endpoint to fetch Job Skill clusters and Skills in bulk.
  • Add the Subdomain entity to enable a 4-level Taxonomy hierarchy.
  • Add CRUD operations for Custom Properties and Custom Property Definitions for the following Taxonomy entities: taxonomy/domains, taxonomy/subdomains, taxonomy/skill_clusters, and taxonomy/skills.
  • Add external_id and skill_vocab fields to the taxonomy/export and taxonomy/skill_cluster/<skill_custer_id>/skills endpoints.
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August 2023
  • Add skill_id response body field and query parameter search_method to POST skills/search.
  • Add GET and POST /taxonomy/domains to see all Domains and create a new Domain respectively. Add GET, PATCH and DELETE /taxonomy/domains/{external_id} to see a single Domain, update a Domain and delete a Domain respectively.
  • Add GET and POST /taxonomy/skill_clusters to see all Skill Clusters and create a new Skill Cluster respectively. Add GET, PATCH and DELETE /taxonomy/skill_clusters/{external_id} to see a single Skill Cluster, update a Skill Cluster and delete a Skill Cluster respectively.
  • Add GET /taxonomy/skill_clusters/{external_id}/skills to see all Skills in a Skill Cluster. Add PUT and DELETE /taxonomy/skill_clusters/{external_id}/skills/{skill_external_id} to add a Skill to a Skill Cluster and remove a Skill from a Skill Cluster respectively.
  • Add GET /taxonomy/skills/{concept_uuid} and GET /taxonomy/skills to get meta information of a single Skill or multiple Skills.
  • Add GET /taxonomy/export to export the full structure of the Taxonomy.
  • Add POST /taxonomy/apply to apply a set of changes to the Taxonomy.
  • Add skill_id to the response body of GET job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile and GET job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile.
  • Add functionality for Jobs to not be linked to a Job Family.
  • Skill Profile feedback in Skill Cluster format (PATCH /employees/{external_id}/skill_profile?feedback_format=skill_clusters) can now be given with a skill_cluster_id.
  • Add GET /job_architecture/export.
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July 2023
  • Add POST /reports/job_architecture_benchmark.
  • Add the include=skill_match_scores query parameter to the POST /employees/{external_id}/matching_job_families, which includes match scores between the Employee and individual Skills in the response.
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June 2023
  • Add POST /reports/internal_talent_mobility.
  • Update POST /reports/skill_inventory.
  • Add GET /employees/{employee_external_id}/interactions and GET /employees/{employee_external_id}/interactions/{interaction_external_id} endpoints, which allow for listing all interactions of an Employee and getting a single Interaction respectively.
  • Deprecated the PUT /employees/{external_id}/skill_profile, PUT /vacancies/{external_id}/skill_profile, PUT /courses/{external_id}/skill_profile and PUT /occupations/{external_id}/skill_profile endpoints.
  • Add POST /employees/{employee_external_id}/matching_job_families endpoint, which calculates and returns matching Job Families for an Employee. Weights are not customizable, but filtering on Custom Properties, external IDs and the last_updated field is allowed.
  • Add the used_event_types body parameter to the POST /employees/{employee_id}/matching_vacancies endpoint, allowing to use only events of certain types to be taken into account when calculating matching Vacancies for an Employee.
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May 2023
  • Vacancy searching now works based on literal text matching by default. Skills based searching is still possible, as well as a combination of both.
  • Allow PATCH on SkillEvents with type skill_notes.
  • Add progress to the POST /reports/skill_inventory endpoint.
  • Add skill_cluster_id to the output of Employee, Vacancy, Course, Occupation GET /{entity}/{external_id}/skill_profile?response_format=skill_clusters endpoints, the POST /export/employees/skill_clusters endpoint, and the POST /vacancies/{external_id}/matching_employees?include=skill_clusters endpoint.
  • Add POST /employees/{employee_external_id}/interactions and DELETE /employees/{employee_external_id}/interactions/{interaction_external_id} endpoints, which allow the creation and deletion of Interactions between the Employee and a title or Vacancy.
  • Add PATCH /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile and PATCH /job_architecture/job/{job_external_id}/skill_profile which allow feedback on the Skill Profile of Job Families and Jobs respectively.
  • Add a breakdown of the matching Vacancies for a company in the results of the /companies/search endpoint.
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April 2023
  • Courses can now have a source field. When creating Skill Events from a Course with a source, the source of the Course will be used if no source is provided in the Skill Event.
  • Add POST /reports/skill_inventory endpoint to get the Skill Inventory report.
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March 2023
  • Add Update /employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_events/{skill_event_external_id} endpoint to support updating an Employee’s Skill Event.
  • Add Job and Job Family entities to job_architecture/jobs and job_architecture/job_families endpoints respectively.
  • Add Job Profile Data and Job Family Profile Data to the job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/profile_data and job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data endpoints respectively.
  • Add custom_property_is_in_list filter to POST employees/{employee_external_id}/recommended_courses.
  • Add the property_value and assigned_position fields of an Employee to the Skill Cluster Adoption report (reports/employees/skill_cluster_adoption).
  • Add GET job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/skill_profile and GET job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/skill_profile endpoints
  • Add match_feedback option for the include parameter of the /employees/{employee_external_id}/matching_vacancies and /vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/matching_employees endpoints, which includes feedback given to a match in the result if applicable.
  • Custom Properties have been added to the Job and Job Family entities. They can be requested by using the custom_properties include option when sending to the GET job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id} and GET job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id} endpoints.
  • Add Update /job_architecture/jobs/{job_external_id}/profile_data/{profile_data_external_id} and Update /job_architecture/job_families/{job_family_external_id}/profile_data/{profile_data_external_id} endpoints to support updating Job Profile Data and Job Family Profile Data.
  • Create or update working history Skill Events using a job_id at POST /employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_events and PATCH /employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_events/{skill_event_external_id} respectively
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February 2023
  • Add the multi_max_geo_distances filter in matching for endpoints /employees/{external_id}/matching_vacancies and /vacancies/{external_id}/matching_employees.
  • Add the Succession Risk Report available under the /reports/succession_risk endpoint.
  • Add the rejected_skills include option to the POST /export/employees/skill_clusters endpoint.
  • Add the option to create learning Skill Events from a course_id
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January 2023
  • Add competency_type in GET /competencies and GET /competencies/{external_id}.
  • Add support for specifying the location in LocationAddress format in the MaxGeoDistanceFilter.
  • Add the Replacement Risk Report available under the /reports/replacement_risk endpoint.
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December 2022
  • The Get Skill Profile endpoints /entity_type/{external_id}/skill_profile with response_format=competencies now return Skill information.
  • Add custom_property_list_overlap filter for Employee and Vacancy matching.
  • Add GET vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/metrics/fillability endpoint, which calculates the fillability metric of a Vacancy. The fillability is influenced by the number of matching Employees and the number of Vacancies that can be filled by those Vacancies. More matching Employees will result in a higher fillability, and more matching Vacancies will result in a lower fillability.
  • Add POST vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/metrics/fillability endpoint which allows for filtering the used entities on maximal allowed distance and Custom Properties, and assigning weights to the different factors used in the fillability calculation.
  • Add exclude_match_feedback filter to POST employees/{employee_external_id}/recommended_courses and POST employees/{employee_external_id}/matching_vacancies
  • Add DELETE endpoints to employees/{employee_external_id}/vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/match_feedback and employees/{employee_external_id}/courses/{course_external_id}/match_feedback
  • Add include=competencies query parameter to vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/matching_employees.
  • Add include query parameter for the employees/{employee_external_id}/similar endpoint. Possible values are: entity, competencies and custom_properties.
  • Add validation_state to Skills returned from GET employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_profile endpoint in list and competency format.
  • Add validation_state to Skills returned from POST export/employees/competencies endpoint.
  • Add exclude_match_feedback filter to the employees/search and vacancies/search endpoints.
  • Add related_skills to include in POST export/employees/competencies endpoint.
  • Adding a proficiency_level to a competency in the body is no longer required when sending feedback via PUT or PATCH to /employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_profile?feedback_format=competencies
  • Add score_breakdown option for the include parameter of the /employees/{employee_external_id}/matching_vacancies and /vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/matching_employees endpoints, which includes a breakdown of the contribution of all input weights to the total match score in the response body.
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November 2022
  • Add the skill_notes event type.
  • Add the Competency Adoption Report available under the /reports/employees/competency_adoption endpoint.
  • Add POST employees/{employee_external_id}/metrics/employability endpoint which allows for filtering the used entities on maximal allowed distance and Custom Properties, and assigning weights to the different factors used in the calculation.
  • Add PATCH endpoint to vacancies/{external_id}/skill_profile, occupations/{external_id}/skill_profile and courses/{external_id}/skill_profile.
  • Add include=relevant_experience query parameter to employees/{employee_external_id}/matching_vacancies and vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/matching_employees.
  • For LocationAddress inputs, city can be used instead of postal_code now, making one of them required instead of having postal_code required.
  • The Get Skill Profile endpoints /entity_type/{ID}/skill_profile with response_format=competencies now return Skill category information.
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October 2022
  • Add a not equals option (neq) to the custom_property filter.
  • Add sources in the /export/employees/competencies endpoint, to be able to track from which Skill Events the given competencies originate from.
  • Add support for addresses as an alternative for location coordinates.
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August 2022
  • Add include query parameter to vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/matching_employees to allow retrieving Employee information without extra calls.
  • Add include=location query parameter option to employees/{employee_external_id}/matching_vacancies
  • Add a validation_state field to the /export/employees/competencies response. Indicating whether the competencies linked to Employees are already validated by a manager or Employee or still suggested.
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July 2022
  • Add a category field to the POST /competencies and PATCH /competencies/{external_id} endpoints to change the category of a competency.
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June 2022
  • Add a PATCH endpoint for Skill Profile feedback on Employees such that Skill profiles can be partially updated.
  • Add last_updated filter for Employee and Vacancy matching.
  • Add an experimental POST /export/employees/competencies endpoint for extracting Employee competencies and Skills from the API.
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May 2022
  • Change how the GET /competencies/{external_id}/skill_profile endpoint returns Skill Profiles for clients who use a Taxonomy managed by TechWolf.
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April 2022
  • Add support for project and certificate Skill Events.
  • Add support for explicit working_history, education_history, and resume_document Skill Events.
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March 2022
  • Add support for feedback and goal Skill Events.
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February 2022
  • Add include query parameter to employees/{employee_external_id}/recommended_courses to allow retrieving Course information without extra calls.
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January 2022
  • Add Delete /employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_events/{skill_event_external_id} endpoint to support removing an Employee’s Skill Event from the API.
  • Add GET /employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_events endpoint to support fetching an Employee’s Skill Events of a specified type in the API. The only allowed event type is a learning_event.
  • Add POST /employees/{employee_external_id}/skill_events endpoint to support the creation of Skill Events in the API. The only allowed event type is a learning_event.
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December 2021
  • Add /employees/{employee_external_id}/recommended_courses endpoint, returning the recommended Courses to improve an Employee’s Skill Profile.
  • Removed Certificates from Employees and all its functionalities.
  • The Custom Property weights for the matching endpoints now support the custom_property_contains, custom_property_contains_element , custom_property_is_in and custom_property_is_in_list configurations. Match scores are increased when the applied condition on the matching entities’ specified Custom Property checks out.
  • The matching endpoints now support the language weight configurations. Match scores are increased when the matching entities’ language levels fall between a range of the source entity language levels.
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October 2021
  • All endpoints supporting the explained response format now return additional category information when the explained response format is requested.
  • The Get Skill Profile endpoints /entity_type/{ID}/skill_profile now support response_format=categories and thereby return Skill category information.
  • The Skill Search endpoint /skills/search now returns Skill category information.
  • The Search endpoints now support German (de) language.
  • You can now create and update entities in German with the language=de query parameter.
  • The Reskilling & Deployment report now provides information for key missing Skills on an Employee-level.
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September 2021
  • The /employees/{employee_external_id}/vacancies/{vacancy_external_id}/match endpoint with response_format=explained query parameter now returns the body with missing Skills included under the missing_skills key.
  • Add external Company hiring activity profiling with NACE-codes under the /companies/{external_id}/nace endpoint.
  • Add the Reskilling & Deployment Report available under the /reports/reskilling_and_deployment endpoint.
  • Reskilling & Deployment report now supports a Qlik-friendly CSV output format.
  • Reskilling & Deployment report now supports score_min_threshold.
  • The external_id_is_in_list filter is now supported for the Job Matching and external Company Matching endpoints. Additionally, this filter is also supported for the Search and Similar endpoints of Employee, Vacancy, and external Company.
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August 2021
  • The Employability metric now takes into account the supply of Employees that could fill in the demand as well.
  • The Search endpoints now support an optional language query parameter, to indicate the language of the input text.
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July 2021
  • companies/:external_id/desired_functions now supports the PUT method. Calling this method replaces all existing desired function Vacancies with the new set.
  • Similar Entity endpoints now support score_min_threshold.
  • Similar Entity endpoints now support Custom Property filters.
  • Similar Entity endpoints for Employees and Vacancies now support location and language based filters.
  • Similar Entity endpoints now support Custom Property weights.
  • Similar Entity endpoints for Employees and Vacancies now support location weight.
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June 2021
  • Add the option to override the location used for geo-distance calculation in matching request filters.
  • max_geo_distance field on Employee entities was deprecated.
  • remove max_geo_distance field on Employee entities.
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May 2021
  • You can now use a Vacancy-prefix when looking for matching external Companies such that filtering and weighting is based on the Custom Properties of the Vacancies associated with the external company, rather than the external company itself.
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April 2021
  • Add strict parameter to entity creation and update operations (Employees, Competencies, Courses, Documents, Occupations, Vacancies).
  • Change the outward facing side of (non-)desired functions during Employee creation. Output and input now better reflect internal results.
  • Add languages field to external Companies.
  • You can now add a geo distance weight to the matching endpoints. Match scores are increased when two entities are in proximity to each other.
  • You can now add Custom Property weights to the matching endpoints. Match scores are increased when the applied condition on the matching entities’ specified Custom Property checks out.
  • Extraction language can now be specified for the POST companies/{external_id}/desired_functions endpoint.
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March 2021
  • You can now specify the non-desired functions when creating or updating an Employee to take their negative preference into account when matching to new positions.
  • You can now modify the non-desired functions boost used during matching by setting the appropriate weight on the match endpoints employees/{external_id}/matching_vacancies and vacancies/{external_id}/matching_employees.
  • You can now submit multiple desired functions linked to a given External Company through a single multiline string using the new request_format=free_text query parameter on the /companies/{external_id}/desired_functions endpoint.
  • You can now submit free text, multiline strings desired functions & non-desired functions for an Employee through the desired_functions & non_desired_functions attributes.
  • You can now search for Vacancies and external Companies based on free text, through the endpoints /vacancies/search and /companies/search.
  • You can now add datetime-typed Custom Properties.
  • You can now provide a list of filters when searching for entities using free text through the endpoints /employees/search, /vacancies/search and /companies/search.
  • You can now provide multiple values (as a list) when using the custom_property_contains_element filter. Entities will not be filtered out if they contain at least one of the provided values in the list Custom Property.
  • You can now specify the comparison operator when using the custom_property filter. If no operator is specified, the filter defaults to the equals operator.
  • You can now specify an offset on matching endpoints for employees ,vacancies and companies.
  • You can now specify an offset on search endpoints for employees,vacancies and companies.
  • You can now pass the null value for optional fields during creation and updating of all entities. Passing the null value during an update will unset the entity’s attribute. Objects will be unset as null, arrays as the empty array [] and strings as the empty string ''.
  • External Companies now support Custom Properties.
  • (Non-)desired function score boosting is now calculated relative to the relevancy of the function title, instead of a binary boost on occurrence of a title.
  • You can now provide a list of filters at the match endpoints employees/{external_id}/matching_companies and companies/{external_id}/matching_employees. This will be used to filter out entities that do not need to be considered during matching.
  • You can now provide a list of weights at the match endpoints employees/{external_id}/matching_companies and companies/{external_id}/matching_employees. The weights can override some default weights during matching (e.g. desired functions boost).
  • Custom Property definitions are no longer allowed to contain double underscores in their name.
  • You can now set the weight of the skills-related match component contributing to the final match score (this was previously hard-coded to 1.0).
  • You can now filter on the Custom Properties of External Companies linked to a Vacancy, when matching Employees to Vacancies and vice versa.
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February 2021
  • You can now search for Employees based on free text, through the endpoint /employees/search.
  • You can add an (optional) External Company link to a Vacancy, through the endpoint /vacancies and attribute company.
  • You can now list, create, retrieve, update and delete External Companies through the endpoints /companies/*.
  • You can now optionally mark Vacancies as inactive using the field active. When this is field has the value false, the Vacancy will not be used for matching.
  • Deleting External Companies now deletes all linked inactive Vacancies in cascade.
  • You can now find the best Employees for a given External Company with an overview of its matching Vacancies, through the endpoint /companies/{external_id}/matching_employees.
  • You can now find the best External Companies for a given Employee with an overview of the matching Vacancies per External Company, through the endpoint /employees/{external_id}/matching_companies.
  • You can now upload desired functions as inactive Vacancies linked to a given External Company, through the endpoint /companies/{external_id}/desired_functions.
  • You can now see when an entity was last updated by checking the attribute last_updated upon entity retrieval.
  • You can now provide a list of filters at the match endpoints employees/{external_id}/matching_vacancies and vacancies/{external_id}/matching_employees. This will be used to filter out entities that do not need to be considered during matching.
  • You can now provide a list of languages with proficiency levels during Vacancy creation.
  • You can now provide a list of weights at the match endpoints employees/{external_id}/matching_vacancies and vacancies/{external_id}/matching_employees. The weights can override some default weights during matching (e.g. desired functions boost).
  • The POST-type methods on matching_vacancies and matching_employees are now the preferred way to request the matches.
  • You can now add a list of strings as a Custom Property.
  • You can now explicitly provide the language used in Skill Profile extraction during entity creation/update using the language query parameter. Supported languages are auto, nl, fr and en.
  • You can now optionally add a Job description to the entries in the working_history of an Employee. These descriptions will also be used for Skill extraction.
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January 2021
  • You can add a (optional) max_geo_distance attribute when creating an Employee through the endpoint /employees. This is used for matching if there is no max_geo_distance. provided as query parameter. The default distance in our system when nothing is provided, is 50 km.

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