The information below is only relevant for the legacy routing steps experience, which was the default experience prior to August 2026. For more information on using rating scales in the new experience, see: New Routing Steps Experience: Rating Scales


If you need a rating scale where 1 is the highest value (e.g., NIH), you should edit each scale:


    1. Click Edit Rating Range below the default scale (1-9).

        Note: Rating scales cannot be edited after any review has been assigned.

    2. Edit your range (if needed) in the Lowest and Highest text fields. Always leave 1 as lowest.

    3. Check the Make 1 the highest rating value box.

    4. Click Save.


Admin view of editing rating range, with numbers next to items corresponding to instructions above.

Reviewer View

This is what the rating scale will look like to the reviewer(s):


Reviewer view of rating scale. Numbers are listed 9-1, left to right, with "Weak" showing below 9, and "Strong" showing below 1.

Check Rating Ranges

If you'd like to check your rating scales in a launched opportunity before assigning reviewers, you can view each from the Review tab of the Data Grid:

Administrator view of Review tab of data grid. Rating scales info outlined in red.

Have more questions about this topic? Go to the Community Forum to pose the question to other users or submit a support ticket to InfoReady.