##new.erb
<p>Fields marked with (*) are mandatory</p>
  <%= error_messages_for :kpi, :header_message => "We encountered some errors while processing this form",
      :message => nil
  %>

  <% form_for @kpi do |form| %>
    <%= render :partial => 'form', :object => form %>
    <%= form.submit "Add" %>
  <% end %>

##controller
def new
    @kpi = Kpi.new

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # new.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @kpi }
    end
end

def create
    @kpi = current_user.kpis.build(params[:kpi])

    respond_to do |format|
      if @kpi.save
        flash[:notice] = 'Kpi was successfully created.'
        format.html { redirect_to(@kpi) }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @kpi, :status => :created, :location => @kpi }
      else
        format.html { render :action => "new" }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @kpi.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

##form.erb
  <label><sup>*</sup>Name</label>
  <%= form.text_field :kpi_name %>
  <br/><br/>

  <label><sup>*</sup>Description</label>
  <%= form.text_field :kpi_desc %>
  <br/><br/>

  <label><sup>*</sup>Weight</label>
  <%= form.text_field :kpi_weight, :maxlength => 7 %>
  <br/><br/>


  <label><sup>*</sup>Year</label>
  <%= date_select 'kpi', 'kpi_year' %>
  <br/><br/>

  <label><sup>*</sup>Appraisal Date</label>
  <%= date_select 'kpi', 'kpi_appraisal_date' %>
  <br/><br/>

  <label>Self Rating</label>
  <%= form.text_field :kpi_self_rating %>
  <br/><br/>

  <label>Self Description</label>
  <%= form.text_field :kpi_self_desc %>
  <br/><br/>

  <label>Freeze KPI</label>
  <%= form.check_box :kpi_freezed %>
  <br/><br/>