Wednesday, January 25, 2012

SharePoint Organization Charts

Update 2/3/2012
- 1orgchart did not seem to work at all and support could not resolve
- Found another third party http://www.sharepointorgchart.com/ that worked and met most requirements.

1/23/2012
Based on some recent work for a customer here are my findings on the SharePoint Org Chart Control and Third party solutions.



Out of the Box SharePoint Org Chart
AD User Profile as Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Graphical/Interactive Org Chart
Yes
Yes
Tree view Only
No – Tabular only
Amend fields Shown in Org Chart Boxes
Limited
Yes
No Boxes just tree view
No – Tabular only
Search
Not directly within chart
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tree View
HTML Tree View
Yes
Yes
No
Color Coding
No
Yes
No
Yes
Print
Limited
Yes
Limited
Limited
Presence Integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link to MySite Profile
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Customizable Style
No
Yes
No
Limited
Export chart
No
Yes as Jpeg
No
No
Multiple Views of Chart
No
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Starting point of Chart – CIO down for example
No
Yes
Yes
Filter by departments
Custom Depth of Hierarchy displayed
No
Yes
Yes
No
Picture Integration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trial Version Available
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
User can update attributes in AD
No
No
Yes
No

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