Office Seating Plan

Randomly assign available employees to named desks or work areas without exceeding each area's capacity. Built for workplace coordinators, office managers, and hybrid team leads, this tool keeps people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities visible and shows the office seating plan before you use it.

Presentation

1 · Set up your assignment

Randomly assign available employees to named desks or work areas without exceeding each area's capacity.

Paste one complete name per line. Use any additional settings shown below the list.

Attendance

Turn off anyone who does not need a desk for this seating plan.

Add entries above to configure them here.

Add one desk or work area per line, then set its capacity below.

Desk and area capacities

Set how many people each desk or work area can receive. Use 0 to keep the default above.

Add entries above to configure them here.

Set the fallback capacity. You can override it for each desk or area below.

Office seating plan

Set the options, then choose “Plan office seats” to create a result.

Set the options, then choose “Plan office seats” to create a result.

What this tool does

Designed to randomly assign available employees to named desks or work areas without exceeding each area's capacity, this tool applies seating assignment rules to people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities and presents the office seating plan for review.

Build, randomize, and drag seats in the seating chart maker.

Assignment workflow

When to use Office Seating Plan

Allocate desks for a hybrid office day

Randomly assign available employees to named desks or work areas without exceeding each area's capacity. Keep people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities visible while you allocate desks for a hybrid office day, then review the office seating plan.

Assign people across named work areas

For this case, set people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities, then choose “Plan office seats.” Check the office seating plan before sharing or putting the result into use.

Exclude employees who do not need a seat today

The Office Seating Plan result still needs organizer review. Assignments are random and do not consider departments or fixed desks. The tool does not connect to access-control or booking systems.

Instructions

How to use Office Seating Plan

Prepare people

In Office Seating Plan, start with people: paste one complete name per line; use any additional settings shown below the list.

Set the seating assignment options

Configure people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities. Turn off anyone who does not need a desk for this seating plan. Set how many people each desk or work area can receive; use 0 to keep the default above.

Plan office seats

Choose “Plan office seats.” The tool applies seating assignment rules and displays the office seating plan with any result notes.

Review the office seating plan

Check the office seating plan against this limit: assignments are random and do not consider departments or fixed desks. If this Office Seating Plan result fits the task, copy it and download a CSV.

Troubleshooting

Checks before you plan office seats

People cannot be used yet

When: Office Seating Plan has no usable people, or an entry does not follow the format shown by that field.

Why: The tool needs valid people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities to produce the office seating plan.

Try: In Office Seating Plan, paste one complete name per line; use any additional settings shown below the list; then plan office seats again.

Review required for office seating plan

When: Assignments are random and do not consider departments or fixed desks.

Why: The tool evaluates people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities, but it cannot assess context outside those controls.

Try: Check the office seating plan against this additional limit: the tool does not connect to access-control or booking systems. Revise the visible settings in Office Seating Plan when needed.

Trust

Why Office Seating Plan keeps its setup visible

How the visible setup shapes the result

The tool applies seating assignment rules only to people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities. Review those settings with the office seating plan; the tool does not connect to access-control or booking systems.

  • The visible setup—people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities—defines what can appear in the result.
  • Changing a setting may change the office seating plan, so confirm the setup before running the tool.
  • The result still has this limit: assignments are random and do not consider departments or fixed desks.

What happens to inputs in Office Seating Plan

The active inputs and office seating plan remain with the open task. Random 42 does not save Office Seating Plan work as an online project; refreshing or closing the tool clears that active work.

  • You can use Office Seating Plan without an account or saved result history.
  • For “Allocate desks for a hybrid office day,” enter only the values represented by people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities; leave unrelated personal or sensitive information out.

Boundaries

What Office Seating Plan does not decide

What still needs human review

Assignments are random and do not consider departments or fixed desks.

Review before you use the result

  • Assignments are random and do not consider departments or fixed desks.
  • The tool does not connect to access-control or booking systems.
  • Before using the office seating plan for “Allocate desks for a hybrid office day,” confirm that the result fits the rules and context of that activity.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What should I enter in Office Seating Plan?

For Office Seating Plan, paste one complete name per line; use any additional settings shown below the list; each additional control explains the value or rule it accepts.

How does Office Seating Plan create the office seating plan?

It applies seating assignment rules to people, desks or work areas, default seats per area, attendance, and desk and area capacities, then displays the office seating plan with any result notes.

When should I review the office seating plan?

Review the office seating plan before every use. Assignments are random and do not consider departments or fixed desks. The tool does not connect to access-control or booking systems.

Does Random 42 save inputs from Office Seating Plan?

No. Office Seating Plan keeps its active inputs and office seating plan with the open task instead of creating a saved online project.

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