Table view turns your org chart into a clean, editable spreadsheet. It's the fastest way to bulk-edit a lot of people at once, see everyone in a flat list, or fix structural problems that are hard to spot in the visual chart.
OrgCanvas has three ways to look at the same data:
Switch between them via View → Table View in the toolbar (or press 3). All three show the same underlying data — edits in one immediately apply to the others.
Every cell in Table view is editable on the spot. Click a Name cell, type, hit Tab to move to Title, Tab again to Department, etc. No modals, no save button.
The circular avatar next to each name is interactive. Click it to upload a photo — the same one that shows up on the visual chart. Hover over the avatar and a small camera icon appears as a hint.
Once a photo is set, hovering the row shows a small X badge in the top-right corner of the avatar to remove it. Photos are auto-resized to 128px and stored efficiently — no need to crop them yourself.
Click the + col button in the table header to add columns for Email, Phone, or Status. They sync to the underlying person data and persist across views.
At the top of Table view, two special sections appear when relevant:
People who don't have a manager assigned and aren't intended to be top-level (e.g., they have no direct reports, so they're not a CEO). This usually happens after an import where the manager column had names that didn't match anyone in the file.
Each row has an Assign manager button. Click it, pick from the list, and the person moves into the visual chart immediately. The manager picker only shows people who can legitimately be managers — you won't see other unassigned people or open positions in that list.
Every node marked with the Vacant employment type, regardless of where they sit in the chart. This is your hiring inventory — a single place to see all the roles you're trying to fill.
Each row has a Fill role action that converts the vacant marker to a real employee and opens the edit panel so you can name them. There's also a manager-change action and a delete action.
You don't have to be in Table view to know there are unassigned people or open positions to deal with. Three signals tell you:
When you're scrolling a long table, the toolbar (split view toggle, person count, and the primary + Add Person button) stays pinned to the top. The column headers stay below it. You never have to scroll back up to add someone or sort.
If you have a Pro plan, click Split View in the table toolbar to see the chart and the table side-by-side. Hovering a row highlights the matching node on the chart. Clicking a row pans and selects.
By default the table is sorted in hierarchy order (CEO at the top, then their direct reports, then theirs, and so on) with subtle indentation showing depth. Click any column header to sort by that column instead. Click the # column to return to hierarchy view.
Hover any row to reveal a small trash icon at the right edge. Click to delete. The person's direct reports get reassigned to their manager so the structure stays intact — no orphans get created from deletes.