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Designations

Designations is the catalog of job titles for the tenant — Senior Engineer, Project Manager, HR Lead, etc. Every user carries a designation, and analytics views that filter by Role (e.g. Team Analytics) read from this catalog.

Designation Table​

A simple list of designations with Edit and Deactivate actions per row. New tenants will see No designations found. Create your first designation. until at least one is added.

Adding a Designation​

Click + Add Designation to open the Add Designation modal. Fill in:

  • Name — Job title (e.g. Senior Software Engineer)
  • Description — Optional context

Save to persist. The designation becomes available in the Users Designation dropdown.

Designation vs Role​

Designations are job titles — what someone does day-to-day. Roles are RBAC roles — what someone can see and do inside SWA. The two are independent; an employee with the designation Senior Engineer could carry the SWA role of Employee (analytics-only access) or Manager (team-level access) depending on their responsibilities.

Best Practices​

  • Match designations to the official titles in HR — using SWA-specific titles introduces drift between systems.
  • Keep the list flat rather than encoding seniority in the name (Engineer L4) — seniority is better tracked in HRMS.
  • Don't delete designations with assigned users — Deactivate instead so historical user records still resolve correctly.
  • Users — Assign designations to users
  • Roles — RBAC roles (different from designations)
  • Departments — Department directory