Every organization has a story – one told not just by its people, but by the positions they hold and how those positions connect across the company. Have you ever wondered how the reporting structure of positions impacts your workforce analytics and decision making? Imagine being able to see that story clearly, tracing the reporting lines from the top down and uncovering insights hidden within your organizational structure.
With the new Position Hierarchy dimension in the Oracle HCM Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI) 25R2 update, it’s now possible to explore your organization from a fresh, position-centric perspective, offering you additional clarity on how positions relate, report, and align across the business.
A New Dimension for Deeper Organizational Insight
This capability introduces a new analytical lens for executives and people leaders to understand the workforce, independent of employee movement or assignment changes. Whether restructuring teams, analyzing span of control, or identifying redundant or vacant roles, this feature adds critical depth to organizational reporting.
Here’s what this enhancement brings to your analytics toolkit:
🗂 New Dimension Folder: “Position Hierarchy” dimension is added under the Hierarchies subfolder across most HCM subject areas.
🧭 Position-Centric Reporting: Built on the Parent Position Hierarchy in Cloud HCM, it reflects the reporting structure of positions, helping understand hierarchy dynamics beyond just person-to-person reporting.
Why it Matters?
Position-centric analytics unlock a range of strategic benefits:
- Analyze reporting structures based on organizational design
- Evaluate span of control, vacancy chains, and position dependencies
- Support headcount planning and organizational modelling with greater accuracy
Visualize It: Position Hierarchy in Action
Understanding position structure is one thing — seeing it unfold layer by layer is another.
With Position Hierarchy dimension support in HCM subject areas, organizations can create visual breakdowns that reveal how roles stack, where depth increases, and how responsibilities are distributed across the hierarchy. For example, here’s a quick demo showing how users can drag and drop the Position Hierarchy dimension to build an intuitive visualization that traces the hierarchy from executive roles down to team-level positions, layered with headcount and reporting depth.
The visualizations shown below helps uncover patterns including:
- Which leadership positions manage the highest headcount downstream?
- How does my structure align with operational goals?
- Where are critical reporting gaps?
Ready to Explore?
To begin using this feature, administrators enable the Position Hierarchy functional area in the Enable Features data configuration panel.
Whether you’re a people leader, HR analyst, or senior executive driving strategic change, the Position Hierarchy equips you with the clarity needed to design, scale, and align your workforce with confidence. With this capability, you’re not just analyzing your people, you’re understanding the architecture of your organization. We invite you to leverage this powerful new capability to gain deeper insights into your company’s position landscape, helping you build a more agile, transparent, and future-ready organization.
To help you get started, check out the Position Hierarchy in Oracle HCM Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI) – Sample DVA post in the Oracle Analytics Community that contains a sample dashboard file.
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