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In the old Address Book, in addition to the 'Organization' field, there was also a 'Department' field, which doesn't exist in the new UI. Department is important in corporate world, therefore the lack of a proper Department field is a showstopper for corporate users.

Even though existing 'Department' information from the old address book is carried over to the new address book, but it get's all mixed up with the 'Organization' field. I.e. there are now two lines in the 'Organization' field.
The first one is the 'Department' information, and the second one is the actual 'Organization' information. This looks awkward.

Using tabular view one can turn on a 'Department' column header, and surprisingly, the 'Department' information is shown properly there. But real the problem is the lack of a proper 'Department' field which can be edited.

Instead in the new address book there is a 'Role' field which did not exist in the old address book. The 'Role' field is completely useless for me, and it seems somewhat redundant with the 'Title' field.
Beyond that, changes to the 'Role' field are not saved after editing.

Ideally the useless 'Role' field would be replaced with the 'Department' field, which would restore the status of the old address book.

I really wish I'd understand the rationale behind the changes being made in the new address book, and why Organization related information simply wasn't kept as in the old address book.

In the old Address Book, in addition to the 'Organization' field, there was also a 'Department' field, which doesn't exist in the new UI. Department is important in corporate world, therefore the lack of a proper Department field is a showstopper for corporate users.

Even though existing 'Department' information from the old address book is carried over to the new address book, it get's all mixed up with the 'Organization' field. I.e. there are now two lines in the 'Organization' field. The first one is the 'Department' information, and the second one is the actual 'Organization' information. This looks awkward.

Using tabular view one can turn on a 'Department' column header, and surprisingly, the 'Department' information is shown properly there. But real the problem is the lack of a proper 'Department' field which can also be edited.

Instead, in the new address book there is a 'Role' field which did not exist in the old address book. The 'Role' field is completely useless for me, and it seems somewhat redundant with the 'Title' field. Beyond that, changes to the 'Role' field are not saved after editing.

Ideally the useless 'Role' field would be replaced with the 'Department' field, which would restore the status of the old address book.

I really wish I'd understand the rationale behind the changes being made in the new address book, and why Organization related information simply wasn't kept as in the old address book.

This is all for a Google Contacts address book using CardDAV

In the old Address Book, in addition to the 'Organization' field, there was also a 'Department' field, which doesn't exist in the new UI. Department is important in corporate world, therefore the lack of a proper Department field is a showstopper for corporate users.

Even though existing 'Department' information from the old address book is carried over to the new address book, it get's all mixed up with the 'Organization' field. I.e. there are now two lines in the 'Organization' field. The first one is the 'Department' information, and the second one is the actual 'Organization' information. This looks awkward.

Using tabular view one can turn on a 'Department' column header, and surprisingly, the 'Department' information is shown properly there. But real the problem is the lack of a proper 'Department' field which can also be edited.

Instead, in the new address book there is a 'Role' field which did not exist in the old address book. The 'Role' field is completely useless for me, and it seems somewhat redundant with the 'Title' field. Beyond that, changes to the 'Role' field are not saved after editing.

Ideally the useless 'Role' field would be replaced with the 'Department' field, which would restore the status of the old address book.

I really wish I'd understand the rationale behind the changes being made in the new address book, and why Organization related information simply wasn't kept as in the old address book.

In the old Address Book, in addition to the 'Organization' field, there was also a 'Department' field, which doesn't exist in the new UI. Department is important in corporate world, therefore the lack of a proper Department field is a showstopper for corporate users.

Even though existing 'Department' information from the old address book is carried over to the new address book, it get's all mixed up with the 'Organization' field. I.e. there are now two lines in the 'Organization' field. The first one is the 'Department' information, and the second one is the actual 'Organization' information. This looks awkward.

Using tabular view one can turn on a 'Department' column header, and surprisingly, the 'Department' information is shown properly there. But the real problem is the lack of a proper 'Department' field which can also be edited.

Instead, in the new address book there is a 'Role' field which did not exist in the old address book. The 'Role' field is completely useless for me, and it seems somewhat redundant with the 'Title' field. Beyond that, changes to the 'Role' field are not saved after editing.

Ideally the useless 'Role' field would be replaced with the 'Department' field, which would restore the status of the old address book.

I really wish I'd understand the rationale behind the changes being made in the new address book, and why Organization related information simply wasn't kept as in the old address book.