# October 2024

### October Highlights

In our latest release, we’ve made significant strides in both feature enhancements and platform stability. With multiple updates rolled out, we’ve improved key functionalities and added new capabilities to drive your efficiency.

### 🚀 What's New?

**Rate Card** 

The Rate Card feature enables dynamic management of compensation and other key data fields. Auto populate compensation and other fields based on some deciding attributes like job family, job location, and project.

* Map and configure rate cards based on your organization’s unique requirements.
* Auto populate compensation and attributes directly within scenarios using rate card attributes, reflecting real-time changes.

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**Positions Planning**&#x20;

Position Planning enables you to manage positions and assignments within your organization. This allows you to create position-based scenarios, assign employees to positions, and adjust assignments while keeping key data like compensation intact.

* Easily assign or replace employees in positions while automatically mapping key data like compensation, ensuring updates are efficient and accurate.
* Create scenarios where you can assign people to positions, allowing you to visualize potential organizational structures.
* Export position and assignment details to CSV files for quick analysis, making it easier to review and optimize your workforce planning.
* Filter employees to identify those mapped to positions vs those who are not.

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**Skills Heat-map**

Easily import skills data via CSV to generate detailed heatmaps, enabling targeted skill gap analysis and resource optimization.

![skills heatmap](https://19874675.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/19874675/skills%20heatmap.gif)

**Layers Table Chart**

Gain clear insights into your organizational structure with our new Layers Table! Easily visualize key metrics like headcount, total costs, and average salaries by each layer, helping you make informed decisions on team structure and resource allocation.

![Layers Table](https://19874675.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/19874675/Layers%20Table.gif)

**Activity Analysis Enhancements**

Assign role contributions to key business processes by assigning effort percentages at the L1 level.

![Activity Analysis business processes](https://19874675.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/19874675/Activity%20Analysis%20business%20processes.gif)

**Slide Packs**

Build interactive dashboards by adding **Hub** charts to **Slide Packs** with selected filters, ideal for live presentations in executive meetings or reporting.

**Headcount Growth Chart**

You can now monitor changes in headcount growth over specific periods by adding a start date and end date to your headcount growth chart. This update adds more flexibility in how you view and analyze these trends.

![Growth chart](https://19874675.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/19874675/Growth%20chart.gif)

**Consolidated Menu Bar**

We’ve streamlined navigation by consolidating multiple menu bars into a single vertical bar on the left side of the platform. This unified menu now houses all interaction options, making it easier to access tools and features in one place.

![menu bar](https://19874675.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/19874675/menu%20bar.gif)

**Card Content Enhancements**

**Calculated Metric**s are now integrated directly into card content **Calculated Fields** allowing attributes like IC cost, layers, and manager count to be displayed on cards. Metrics previously available in views have been moved here for streamlined access and enhanced customization.

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**Views**

Views have been simplified to include only **Count** and **Summary Views**, along with a Changes View available within scenarios for tracking updates. All other metrics have been transitioned to Card Content.

![views](https://19874675.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/19874675/views.gif)

### ✅ Improvements&#x20;

* **Revamped Spotlight Design**

  Updated the spotlight feature to enhance visibility, providing a clearer and more intuitive user experience.

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* **Conditional Statements in Formulas**

  We've introduced support for conditional logic within formulas, allowing for more nuanced data analysis.

  **Example:** Suppose you need to calculate severance for employees marked as "RIF" (Reduction in Force).&#x20;

  *The formula could be structured as:*

  *fElse(in("RIF", \[scenarioState]), max(min(\[Service\_Years], 25), ifElse(\[Level] <= 7, 5, ifElse(\[Level] <= 12, 7, 19))), 0) \* (\[Full\_Compensation] / 25)*

  This formula considers service years and employee level to determine the severance amount, ensuring precise calculations based on your specific criteria.\ <br>

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* **Access Control Speed**

  Optimized the speed of access control configurations screen for large organizations, allowing for quicker updates and smoother access  management.
* **Faster Scenario Loading**

  Enhanced the speed of scenario loading, making organizational modeling  faster and more efficient.
* **Improved CSV Export**

  Agentnoon roster numbers are now included in CSV exports, offering a more complete dataset for your reports.
* **Scenario Filters for Custom Fields**

  Ensured newly added custom fields appear correctly in scenario filters, enhancing customization options.
* **Dropdown Optimization**

  Improved dropdown interactions for handling large datasets more efficiently

**+75 bug fixes and stability updates**

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We are committed to continuously enhancing your experience. As always, we welcome your feedback to help us refine Agentnoon. Thank you for your ongoing trust and partnership — we look forward to bringing you even more improvements in the months ahead!

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