> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ionworks.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Organizations

> Top-level Ionworks workspace containing projects, cells, models, and members with shared organization-level resources and roles

An **Organization** is the top-level container in Ionworks. It represents your team's workspace where all your projects, data, and members are managed.

## Organization Structure

```
Organization
├── Projects
│   ├── Cell Specifications
│   ├── Parameterized Models
│   ├── Studies → Simulations
│   └── Optimizations
└── Models
```

## Key Concepts

### Central Workspace

Your organization is the central hub for all your work. Every [Project](/core-concepts/projects-studies) and [Model](/build/models) belongs to your organization, and every [Cell Specification](/core-concepts/cells) and [Parameterized Model](/build/parameterized-models) belongs to a project inside it.

### Shared Resources

* **Models** are available to all team members across every project.
* **Cell Specifications** and **Parameterized Models** are scoped to a single project. To reuse a cell design in another project, create a new Cell Specification in that project.

### Team Collaboration

* Invite team members to your organization
* Manage access through roles (Admin, Member, Viewer)
* All projects are visible to organization members

## Managing Members

Organization admins can invite new members, change roles, deactivate access, or remove members entirely from the organization's **Members** settings.

### Deactivating a Member

Deactivating a member blocks their access to the organization while keeping their membership record and role intact. This is the recommended way to temporarily revoke access — for example when someone changes teams, goes on leave, or needs their access paused during an audit — without losing their assignments or history.

* **Deactivated members** cannot sign in to the organization. If it is their active organization, they see an *Access deactivated* screen and can switch to another organization they belong to, or contact support.
* Their **role and membership are preserved**, so reactivating restores their previous access with no reconfiguration.
* Deactivated members appear in the members list with a **Deactivated** badge.

To deactivate a member:

1. Open **Organization settings → Members**.
2. Find the member in the list and click **Deactivate**.
3. Confirm in the dialog. The member's role is preserved and they can be reactivated at any time.

To reactivate a member, click **Activate** next to their name in the members list.

<Note>
  Admins cannot deactivate their own membership, and the organization's last active admin cannot be deactivated. Use **Remove** instead if you want to end a member's association with the organization entirely — this deletes the membership row and any role assignment.
</Note>

## Next Steps

* Create a [Project](/core-concepts/projects-studies) to organize your work
* Define [Cell Specifications](/core-concepts/cells) for your batteries
* Set up [Models](/build/models) for simulation