Weโre really excited to announce a brand new feature we've been working on for months. You can now view dotted line managers and dotted line reports directly in the org chart!
OneDirectory already gives you an up-to-date, fully interactive org chart of your entire organization, built automatically from your Microsoft 365 people data. But Microsoft 365 only gives you solid line reporting (via the Manager field) - it doesn't allow for dotted line reporting ๐ข
By enabling the Dotted Line Manager field on your OneDirectory profiles, you now have a powerful new view within your org chart. Unlike other org chart tools, OneDirectory overlays dotted lines right on top of your existing solid line structure. No separate view, no context switching. Just browse your dotted lines directly within the live org chart, exactly where they belong ๐
Plus, it's interactive. Youโll now see a little dotted tab on the card if someone has dotted line reports, with a quick tooltip showing who their reports are. Click the tab to expand the dotted lines, hover to highlight them, and use the display options in the toolbar to turn dotted lines on or off whenever you need (e.g. for download/printing).
We hope you love this new feature! ๐ Let us know what you think.
People Search just got better ๐คฉ We've improved the card and face views in search results to make them more useful and easier to navigate.
In card view, each card now includes an office and department label. Photos are slightly larger, text contrast is improved for better readability, and weโve added new borders and hover styles.
Hovering over a card now shows contact options. You can hover to preview details or click to call or email directly from the search results.
Face view also got a refresh, with office and department labels, improved contrast, clearer separators, and updated hover styles.
Hot off the heels of the new Assistant field, you can now add a Dotted Line Manager to any profile in OneDirectory!
This new field helps reflect matrixed reporting lines by showing secondary or dotted line managers directly on employee profiles, so reporting relationships are clearer across your organization.
To enable the Dotted Line Manager field:
Once enabled, just switch to edit mode on any profile and youโll see the new Dotted Line Manager field in the Connections pane on the right.
May was a big one with our brand-new Assistants feature! Here's everything else we fixed and improved this month:
๐ง Group by Manager uses the manager's pic in group headings
๐๏ธ Updated styling of group headings to make it easier to navigate when groups are collapsed
๐ฆ If you start from a specific person in the org chart, youโll now see a โStarting from {name}โ button at the top. Click it to clear the starting point whenever needed.
๐ Various improvements to Register page
๐ญ Show support chat during sign up process
๐จ Various updates to the org chart toolbar:
๐ Browser compatibility updates
๐งฑ Numerous state management improvements in the org chart, giving you a better user experience
๐ Quite embarrassingly, when a country field was set to just "Korea," we were displaying the North Korean flag instead of the South Korean flag ๐คฆโโ๏ธ Now we learned that "Korea" usually refers to South Korea in most modern contexts; if someone means North Korea, they typically specify it explicitly. Apologies to our customers with staff and offices in Korea ๐
๐ Fixed a bug with the org chart not updating in real-time when updating the Manager field on a profile that was opened directly from the org chart itself
๐ Fixed a bug with the job title displaying null on the org chart cards if the job title field didn't exist in the data source
We recently rolled out the Assistant field on OneDirectory profiles, and now weโve taken it a step further: assistants are now visible right on the org chart! ๐ฅ
Now there's an easy way for everyone in your organization to see whoโs supporting who, whether youโre checking out a profile or exploring the org chart.
In keeping with OneDirectory's focus on seamless navigation, clicking an assistant in the org chart instantly opens their profile, right in place, so you never lose your spot while exploring your organizational structure.
Getting started is easy: head to Settings > Fields, turn on the Assistant field, add a few assistants to profiles, and enjoy the upgraded org chart!
Read more ๐ Assistants Deserve a Special Place in Your Org Chart and Directory
You can now add assistants to any profile in OneDirectory!
This new feature makes it easy for everyone in the company to see who supports who, right on their profile.
To enable the Assistant field, follow these steps:
Once enabled, just switch to edit mode on any profile. Youโll see the new Assistant field in the Connections pane on the right, where you can easily add or remove assistants directly on the profile.
This month, we squeezed out a bunch of updates to sweeten your OneDirectory experience. Hereโs what's new:
๐ OneDirectory is already fast, but we gave it extra punch with a few behind-the-scenes performance optimizations!
โช Added a Collapse button to the contact column in list view: shows after clicking Expand on the contact items.
๐จโ๐ผ ICYMI: The Manager field is now displayed in the list view, and you can group by and sort by Manager
โจ Dozens of small UI updates! Margins and alignment, contrast improvements, font styling, element sizing tweaks, colors and shading, heading styles, placeholder text updates, and more. (Let us know if you have any comments or requests.)
๐ Fixed a bug where the save dialog for offices and departments wouldnโt close after hitting save
๐ Fixed a bug with Hobbies & Interests tags in edit mode not showing the correct icon
๐ Fixed a bug where the State field wasn't displayed in the address on the profiles. Now it shows next to the city name, e.g. "Atlanta, GA" if you've enabled the State field (in Settings > Fields).
๐ Squashed a quirky bug that blocked admin or directory editor access if a userโs UserPrincipalName (UPN) didnโt match their email address, and they hadn't signed in before. It didnโt happen often, but it wonโt happen again.
Weโve just rolled out an enhancement to People Search, bringing the built-in Manager field directly into search results. You can now:
This small but powerful update makes it easier to explore team structures and understand who reports to whom, right from the search results, without needing to open profiles or the full org chart.
We released some bug fixes and minor updates to make your OneDirectory experience just a little bit better!
๐ฆ Updated the Organizational Units group heading to Organizational Structure in the field settings, in preparation for some exciting new features we're working on
๐ฏ Moved Skills field into Job Information section in field settings
๐ค Setup Assistant: Removed 3 of the less-relevant 12 onboarding steps to streamline the process. Also improved the descriptions, and changed the order of the "customize" steps.
๐ Profile menu (top right): updated styling and updated Product Updates link to point to the new News Center at news.onedirectory.com
๐ Content updates on the trial registration page
๐ Fixed a bug with apostrophes in accountName field (OneDirectory profile account names are generated from the email address; who knew email addresses could contain apostrophes?! ๐คทโโ๏ธ)
๐ Fixed issue where new organizational units are now disallowed from using the name "Team" to prevent conflicts with the existing "Team" (department) organizational unit.
๐ Fixed a sync progress issue in the Setup Assistant
๐ Fixed tap glitch bugs by removing underline from all links on touch devices
๐ Fixed a recently introduced issue with the sidebar flyouts not hiding themselves when you click an item in the flyout
๐ Fixed a mobile UI glitch when tapping sidebar items
It's now easier than ever to browse profile connections, thanks to a redesigned connections pane on every profile.
The connections pane lets you quickly view people connected to the current profile. In addition to managers and direct reports, you can click the expander button above the manager to see the individual's full reporting line.
Plus, you'll soon be able to view assistants and dotted line managers in the connections pane if you've configured those new fields.