Organization Design Release Notes

Discover the new features, improvements, and bug fixes for Organization Design.

October 1, 2026

What's new

Manager Ratio Design Principle

You can now identify positions based on what percentage of their reports hold manager status. This design principle reveals what share of your total headcount and payroll is dedicated to managing, giving you a single measure of organizational overhead.

Ratio Design Principles Now Consider All Reports

Ratio design principles, such as Contractor Ratio and Experience Level Ratio, now account for every report beneath a position rather than only direct reports. This helps you more reliably identify pockets of the organization with insufficient entry-level staffing or an overrepresentation of executives.

Comment Indicators

You will now see comment indicators on nodes, in the changes view, and when selecting a scenario. This helps you quickly spot collaborator feedback. Selecting an indicator takes you straight to the related comments.

Additional Confirmation Modals

We’ve added confirmation modals for successfully updating access to a scenario and resolving comments. These modals ensure your changes are intentional and reduce accidental edits.

September 16, 2026

What's new

Usage Data for Organization Design

We’ve added new objects to track user actions in Organization Design, giving you deeper insight into usage patterns and adoption. You can answer questions like: Which users are creating projects, how they're interacting with the organization structure, and if users are comparing scenarios when modeling changes. To access usage data, use the Actions metric in Explore. For more information, see Usage.

September 2, 2026

What's new

Max Reporting Layer and Max Chain Length Updates

We've updated hierarchy depth metrics in Organization Design to provide clearer insights into your organizational structures. Max chain length has replaced Max reporting layer as the standard display metric. Now, the metric definitions are as follows:

• Max chain length: Measures the longest reporting chain length. A reporting chain is the number of positions between a manager and one of their reports.
• Max reporting layer: Measures the deepest reporting layer. A position’s reporting layer is the number of positions between the position and the CEO.

Exported PowerPoint File with Timestamp

When exporting to PowerPoint, your scenario file name will include an export date to avoid duplication.

2026 Summer

What's new

July 29, 2026

What's new

Add Custom Metrics

Custom metrics are now available in Organization Design. This allows you to tailor the metrics used when modeling changes, helping you align structural changes to specific use cases.

Metric Breakdown Export Enhancements

We’ve updated the metric breakdown export to include more details, such as which metric and group bys are included.

Show Design Principle Metrics on Nodes

When customizing nodes, you can now include design principle metrics.

Change Indicators for PowerPoint Overview Slides

When exporting to PowerPoint, you can now choose to include change indicators showing added, moved, and modified positions in the overview slides.

Position Details in Organizations View

You can now view position details in Organizations view when you are viewing the Positions list in the Organization Details panel or the No Organization panel.

July 15, 2026

What's new

Export to PowerPoint Enhancements

We've made the following enhancements to exports:

• We've updated the user interface so you can customize and configure your exports to include specific organization, position, and metric details. The update includes a new settings pane for choosing node detail levels and a summary pane that recaps your export configuration.
• You can select if you want the baseline org structure to be included in your export. If selected, a chart slide will be automatically generated for it and included in the export.

Navigate to Node from Changes View

You can now navigate directly to a node from the Changes view. This allows you to easily jump back into the canvas and make quick edits to nodes.

Metric Breakdown Enhancements

We've made the following enhancements to metric breakdowns:

• The metric picker now clearly separates metrics from design issues. Design issues will also have different columns in the breakdown such as Baseline Issues Resolved and New Issues.
• You can now group by employee attributes such as Employment Status and Performance Rating.
• When looking at the Vacant Positions metric, employee attributes are not available as a group by option to prevent invalid data combinations.

July 2, 2026

What's new

Position Hierarchy Group By in Metric Breakdown

You can now group metric breakdowns by Position Hierarchy.

Color Code Nodes

When customizing a node, you can now select a property to color-code the nodes in your org structure.

Node Preview

When customizing a node, you can now preview what the node will look like.

June 17, 2026

What's new

Choose Levels to Display in Node Customization

When customizing a node, you can now select the levels to display for properties with named levels such as Location. This keeps your nodes focused on the most relevant details. For more information, see "Customize nodes" in Design by Position.

Bulk Add Positions

You can now add multiple positions at once to an org structure. When adding positions, you can include position details such as job name or pay level. For more information, see "Add positions" in Design by Position.

Select Key Metrics in Side Panel

You can now choose exactly which key metrics to display or hide in the side panel, giving you control and visibility on the metrics that matter most.

Design Principle Key Metrics

You can now view the following design principle key metrics directly in the side panel or in the metric summary:

• Critical issues
• Non-critical issues
• Custom checks

Metric Breakdown Export

You can now export metric breakdowns in Excel or CSV format.

Grouped Elements in PowerPoint Export

When you export your org structure to PowerPoint, node elements are now automatically grouped together to simplify moving them around.

Move Starting Point Nodes

You can now move starting point nodes using either the move button or by dragging them directly. Previously, the move button was hidden for starting point nodes, preventing you from reassigning them to a different parent.

2026 Spring

What's new

Design Principles

Administrators with the Organization Design Administrator capability can create design principles to define the organizational rules users should follow. Design principles let you set quantitative and qualitative guardrails (such as span of control limits, pay differentials, staff ratios, and time zone alignment) that are evaluated against your organizational data. When designing their org structure, users will instantly see the number of issues that violate a principle. By turning on highlighting, they can pinpoint exactly where these issues occur, making it easy to identify and fix them at a glance. For more information, see Create a Design Principle.

Updated Organization View

In Organizations view, you can now remove an organization and add positions to an organization. To add positions, simply drag them directly from the Positions or No Organization panels straight into any organization. For more information, see "Remove organizations" in Design by Organization.

Node Customization

You can now customize the appearance of nodes in both Organizations and Positions views. You can customize node sizes as well as the information that appears such as key metrics, employee and position details, and more. For more information, see "Customize nodes" in Design by Organization.

Focus on Position

You can now focus on specific positions within an org structure by double-clicking a node, bringing direct reports up horizontally for a clearer view. This eliminates extra noise from the rest of the hierarchy, making it easier to walk through specific team structures with others. For more information, see "Focus on position" in Design by Position.

Plan Creation Filtering

When creating a new org structure, you can now select multiple starting points to view specific teams side by side. Additionally, you can refine your position scope by choosing whether to apply your organization's default filter context. For example, these filters typically exclude specific worker types, such as contingent workers. For more information, see "Create an organizational structure" in Organization Design.

Export Scenario for Presentations

You can now export to PowerPoint. The export generates PowerPoint objects that you can easily edit post-export. For more information, see Organization Design.

May 6, 2026

What's new

Unknown Org Side Panel

We’ve added a new area in the Organization Details panel for positions without an org assignment so you can quickly identify and manage unassigned roles.