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# Request and respond to feedback

> Request feedback about yourself or your reports, track your requests, and respond to requests from others.

Request feedback to learn how your work lands with the people around you. Managers can also request feedback about people in their reporting line. Windy delivers each request and collects the response.

## Request feedback

You can request feedback about yourself. Managers can also request feedback about anyone in their reporting line, including skip-level reports.

### Use the Feedback page

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select Request feedback">
    Open [**Feedback**](https://app.gowindmill.com/COMPANY/feedback) and select **Request feedback**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose who the request is about">
    Leave **Request about** set to **Yourself**, or select a person in your reporting line.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose who will give feedback">
    In **Request from**, select up to 100 members. You can't select yourself or the person the request is about.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a topic">
    Under **What should the feedback be about?**, describe what you want feedback on. This field is optional.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Send request">
    Windmill creates a separate request for each person and shows when the requests will be sent.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/windmill/Fu1j7_kKFgoUAi4H/images/feedback-request-feedback.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Fu1j7_kKFgoUAi4H&q=85&s=0e6fe00c5b08150d29c6b88e52f49b2c" alt="The Request feedback form with Request about set to Yourself, three colleagues selected under Request from, and an optional topic field" width="818" height="566" data-path="images/feedback-request-feedback.png" />
</Frame>

New requests use your company's default audience. You can change the audience before the request is sent. The person who responds can also select another allowed audience.

You can also press **Cmd+K** (or **Ctrl+K**) and select **Request feedback**.

### Use Windy

<Callout icon="message" iconType="regular">
  "@Windy, request feedback about me from \[person's name] about \[topic]."
</Callout>

<Callout icon="message" iconType="regular">
  "@Windy, request feedback about \[report's name] from \[person's name]."
</Callout>

You don't have to include a topic.

## When requests are sent

Windmill schedules requests so they reach people during their working hours:

* At least 30 minutes after you create the request.
* Monday through Friday, between 9 AM and 5 PM.
* In the time zone of the person giving feedback.

A completed response is not guaranteed. The person can decline the request.

## Track your requests

Open **Feedback > Your requests** to find requests you sent. Each request shows its status:

| Status | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Scheduled** | The request has not been sent yet. **Sent** shows the scheduled time. |
| **Pending** | Windy sent the request and is waiting for a response. |
| **Declined** | The person declined the request. Open it to read their reason, if they gave one. |

When someone answers a request, it leaves this list. Find the answer under **Your feedback** or **Team feed**.

### Edit a scheduled request

Select a request with the **Scheduled** status, then select **Edit**. You can change the topic and the audience. You can't edit a request after Windy starts to send it.

### Cancel a request

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the request">
    In **Feedback > Your requests**, select the request.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Cancel request">
    You can cancel a scheduled or pending request.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm">
    Select **Cancel request** again. The request leaves your list.
  </Step>
</Steps>

If the request was already sent, Windy tells the person that they don't need to answer it. You can't cancel a request after it has been answered or declined.

You can also ask Windy to cancel a request:

<Callout icon="message" iconType="regular">
  "@Windy, cancel my feedback request to \[person's name]."
</Callout>

## Respond to a request

Requests that need your response appear under **Feedback > To-dos**, in **Cmd+K** to-dos, and on Home.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open your to-dos">
    Open **Feedback > To-dos** and find the request.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select the request">
    The **Respond to request** form opens. Read who asked for the feedback, who it's about, and any topic they included.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write your feedback">
    Under **Give feedback**, write your response. The visibility starts with the request's audience. You can select another allowed audience.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Submit feedback">
    The request is marked as submitted.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/windmill/Fu1j7_kKFgoUAi4H/images/feedback-respond-to-request.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Fu1j7_kKFgoUAi4H&q=85&s=37733a4be3951012a76ba50166fbd4e9" alt="The Respond to request form with the requester's name, a Give feedback text box, the Configure visibility picker, and Decline and Submit feedback buttons" width="764" height="557" data-path="images/feedback-respond-to-request.png" />
</Frame>

You can also respond in your conversation with Windy. If you give Windy feedback about the same person in another conversation, Windy asks whether it answers the request.

### Decline a request

Select the request, then select **Decline** in the **Respond to request** form. You can add a reason for the requester. Select **Decline request** to confirm. The requester can read your reason.

### Find requests with Windy

<Callout icon="message" iconType="regular">
  "@Windy, which feedback requests need my response?"
</Callout>

<Callout icon="message" iconType="regular">
  "@Windy, which feedback requests have I sent?"
</Callout>

## FAQs

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can I choose an audience when I request feedback?">
    New requests use your company's default audience. To change it, edit the request while it's scheduled. The person who responds can also select another allowed audience.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Where did my answered request go?">
    Answered requests leave **Your requests**. Find the feedback under **Your feedback** or **Team feed**, if its audience lets you see it.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Why wasn't my request sent right away?">
    Windmill sends requests during the working hours of the person you asked, at least 30 minutes after you create them. Find the scheduled time under **Your requests**.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>


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