Commentary is a written performance evaluation of a measure that is entered at a specific period. You can enter commentary for measures that you own, or have rights to enter commentary for.

Commentary entry is typically performed when data is collected and reported. For example, if measure data is collected monthly, a measure owner usually enters commentary on a monthly basis as well.

Metrics Management supports creating more than one type of commentary. For example, an organization can use the Owner’s Commentary type to explain performance, and the Action Plan type to capture details of review meetings. Both Commentary and Action Plan are default commentary types. You can change these names or create new commentary types.