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matthieu2906
Mar 21, 2019Copper Contributor
employee directory
Hi,
on our intranet (modern sharepoint site) we'd like to have an employee directory.
i showed delve to my management but they don't like the fact that there are all files and other infos showing up as well.
is there a way to have a simple "who's who" ? i checked and found ways to create it with custom pages but not on modern pages...
any advise ? :)
Hi matthieu2906,
There is excellent people and organization information in Office 365, with Contact Cards, Delve, Teams etc., but nothing "out of the box" with SharePoint will meet your needs. A 3rd party web part or custom solution would be in order.
If you are going custom, I think the SharePoint list formatting samples on GitHub are interesting - especially the User Profile Card.
I hope this helps.
Norm
- JohnKoziaCopper Contributor
Have a look at this youtube video that shows how to build a list connected to Azure AD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC-skWfWOXQ&t=35s - sukanya273Copper Contributor
matthieu2906 Saketa Modern Intranet provides a complementary Employee Directory App that serves the exact purpose.
You can check out Modern Intranet Software or Employee Directory - sukanya273Copper ContributorSaketa Modern Intranet provides a complementary Employee Directory App that serves the exact purpose.
You can check out <a href="https://saketa.com/intranet/modern-intranet-software/" rel="dofollow">Modern Intranet Software</a> or <a href="https://saketa.com/sharepoint-employee-directory/" rel="dofollow">Employee Directory</a> - vzhukovCopper Contributor
matthieu2906 we use this Employee Directory: https://vitextra.com/en/products/employee-directory
it supports Azure AD (via Microsoft Graph) and User Profiles (via SharePoint Search) as a data source.I like two things there: user picture and presence status
- mirzadamCopper Contributor
i don't know if you already have worked things out. I was looking for a solution too, i found this on the internet, it uses the sharepoint user profile to show the information, which synchronizes with A/D. it has even a feature to pop-up the info when you click on an accountname. if you are interested, let know. Credit goes to @APRIL DUNNAM. she created the Display templates.
- Andrew HodgesBronze Contributor
matthieu2906 It sounds like your requirement is to see all the employees in a list which as everyone mentioned is not doable. OOTB the best I have come up with is to ditch the requirement to see all the users in a list and just use search to find who you are looking for with a combination of the org chart to navigate through the hierarchy.
Link to https://<tenantname>.sharepoint.com/sites/Intranet/_layouts/15/search.aspx/people from a quick link with a directory icon and text telling the users to find contact details by searching for who or the job title they are looking for.
- RobElliottSilver Contributor
matthieu2906, I know it's an old thread and you're probably sorted by now, but on our intranet I built the employee directory within Office 365 using our monthly staff list spreadsheet imported into a PowerApps app. We didn't use a delve search for this as at the moment it doesn't hold the info (or completely accurate info). See the images below.
Staff just need to start entering a first name, surname, location, job, business area or cost centre and as they type the list searches and filters. So you could find all staff in Bristol, or all architects, or everyone named Rob.
Staff can access this directly on the intranet or via the app on their smartphone.
If anyone needs more info about the detail of this was built please get in touch.
Rob
Los GallardosEmployee directoryShowing just staff based in Bristol
- TruSaneBrass Contributor
RobElliott
Correct me if I'm wrong, but does that not require manual editing when employee changes happen? Or maybe a manual upload once-a-month?TruSane Check out Powerapps templates when you create new ones, there is one for Employee Directory in there, you can take this link and post it up on your intranet and you can even easily customize it from there.
This app pulls from the Office365 Users connector which reads from the directory. You can even furthur your search and or gallery by certain attributes even, such as for company, we have our company name for all actual employee's filled in and I filter by that to make sure just employee's show up.
I use the built in template for Mobile access. And I created my own using Horizontal Galleries that is a link people click, and search and can get details. It's not the prettiest but it works.
- jokullCopper Contributor
Hey RobElliott
Would it be possible to get som more information about the work you did here? sounds very interesting and could be useful for my organization.
- DaithiGSteel Contributor
- Alan MarshallSteel ContributorWe have deployed the search and refiners PNP wwebpart to provide a custom directory with search. You need to create your own layout to show People information using the handlebars template but it's reasonable easy to follow based on the example. Alternatively look at using Hyperfish as they have an A-Z webpart for the directory.
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Alan Marshall Thanks for the suggestions. I tried the Hyperfish approach and unfortunately its built in old classic site and we are using a modern communication site, so they layout is completely different but we'll have to live with it. The mega menu links for example don't translate at all to the old classic site so that's another challenge (links below headers aren't even displayed). I understand the functionality to create the search templates doesn't exist in a modern site yet, as the web parts are all different. Its been a journey understanding two separate platforms for classic and modern and how sometimes they are joined functionally and how sometimes they are not.
- praveenbattulaCopper Contributor
There is no OOB as everyone mentioned. But, I personally use Saketa employee directory. This is the only app which has better user experience with plenty of customization options. You can take a look at here.