Using Holly
Comprehensive guides for Holly's core features
29 articles
Getting Started
Everything you need to get going.
Logging In & Accessing Your Holly AccountEverything you need to know about accessing the Holly platform, managing your account, and troubleshooting login issues.
Your Holly Home PageYour Home page is the first thing you see when you log into Holly. It's your personal command center—showing the specs you own, reviews waiting for your attention, and quick…
Finding and Understanding Specs
Learn how to navigate Holly's spec library, search for classifications, and understand what you're looking at.
Understanding the Class Specs Dashboard and Your DataLearn what you're looking at on Holly's main dashboard, where your data comes from, and what you can do with job specifications.
Mastering Enhanced Search to Find SpecificationsLearn advanced search techniques to quickly find exactly what you're looking for in Holly's comprehensive job classification database.
Reading and Understanding a Class SpecificationA complete guide to navigating job specifications, understanding quality scores, and taking action on your classifications
Working with the History TabHolly's History tab lets you access and download previous versions of your job specifications.
Understanding Holly's Approval Workflow
A starter guide for how to use Holly's Approval Workflow
Building an Approval WorkflowLearn how to set up Holly's approval workflow to streamline specification reviews, collect feedback from multiple stakeholders, and publish approved specs—all without endless email chains.
Managing an Active Approval WorkflowTrack reviewer progress, send reminders, review feedback, and keep your specification moving toward approval.
Reviewing a SpecificationHow to review a specification in Holly, provide feedback through comments and suggested edits, and complete your review.
Reviewing Feedback and PublishingHow to address reviewer comments, accept or reject suggested edits, and publish your approved specification.
How to Review a Class Spec as an External Reviewer to the Holly Platform
Creating & Editing Specs
Create new specifications from scratch or with AI, edit existing specs, merge classifications, and manage spec settings.
Creating a New Specification from ScratchCreate a blank specification template and build it your way—manually, with selective AI assistance, or by adapting existing content
Creating New Job Specifications with AIGenerate a complete, high-quality specification in minutes by providing context and letting Holly's AI build a comprehensive first draft
Advanced Editing: Rewriting vs. Editing and RegenerationLearn when to use AI rewriting versus manual editing to improve your job specifications strategically.
Merging Specifications: Complete GuideLearn how to combine classifications strategically to eliminate redundancy while preserving essential distinctions.
Using the Spec Settings PageThe Spec Settings page gives you quick access to manage key details for your specifications, including title codes, version history, and deletion options. This article walks you through each feature…
Benchmarking & Analysis
Compare your specifications against internal classifications and market data, and run AI-powered analyses for deeper insights.
Understanding Benchmarking in HollyLearn how Holly compares your specifications against internal classifications and external market data to support informed compensation decisions
Understanding Similarity AnalysisLearn how Holly finds comparable roles, calculates similarity percentages, and helps you make informed classification decisions
Adding and Managing ComparatorsBuild focused comparison sets by selecting the most relevant classifications for your analysis
Using Reports for Bulk AnalysisRun compliance analyses across your entire spec catalog at once to identify issues and prioritize your review.
AB339 Contract Overlap AnalysisScans a service contract against your entire published class spec catalog to identify which classifications have duties that overlap with contracted work — and which unions you may need to…
Conduct a Salary Survey in HollyFor each of your class specs, you can proceed to the “Market” tab and use Holly's similarity analysis to create a defensible, high-confidence benchmark study — in a few focused…
Data Intake & Refresh Process
Holly's Data Ingestion + Refresh Process
Understanding How Holly Collects Your DataLearn about the types of data Holly uses and where it comes from.
Understanding Holly's Data Refresh ProcessLearn when Holly updates your data, what gets refreshed, and how the system handles edits you've made in the platform.
ChatMOU
Search, compare, and extract information from your MOUs and comparator contracts — with source citations for every answer.
ChatMOU: Querying and Comparing MOUs with AISearch, compare, and extract information from your MOUs and comparator contracts — with source citations for every answer.
Using AI in the Holly Platform
Explanations of how Holly leverages AI to aid in HR analysis
Rewriting an Existing Class Spec with AIHolly can redraft an existing class specification using AI — here's how to use the Additional Information field to get the best possible rewrite.
Writing a Strong Prompt to Build a New Class Spec with AIHolly's AI spec builder turns a few lines of input into a full draft classification specification — here's how to fill out each field to get the best results.