Importing Photos – OrgChart

Audience: Administrators

Overview

Administrators can import photos into OrgChart using the following methods:

API - Directly from select HR or directory systems
Manually

The following article provides information on:

Preparing photos for import
Pulling photos directly from supported HR or directory systems
Uploading photos manually
Customizing a missing photo

Preparing photos for import

For best results, OrgChart recommends following these guidelines in order to import or manually upload photos into OrgChart:

1. Format and size photos

Uploaded photos must be in either .jpg or .png format. Photos will automatically be re-scaled and re-sampled when referenced in an OrgChart.
The recommended size for a photo is 150x150; however any size greater than 72x72 and less than 512x512 should work without any issues.
Wide photos are also supported, but are not recommended. Recommended sizes include 100x80 and 200x160 pixels.
Crop and center photos prior to upload.

2. Remove metadata to avoid photos that appear rotated.

3. Name photos with a consistent naming convention

The naming convention for photos should be associated with the employee name or PersonID (e.g. PersonID.jpg or employeename.jpg)

Pulling photos directly from supported HR or directory systems

OrgChart can pull photos directly from the following HR or directory systems. HR or directory systems that require additional configuration to pull photos are bolded, and contain links to articles for more instructions.

Support Photo Integrations

ADP
BambooHR
Breathe HR
Entra ID
Google Directory
Igloo
Namely
Oracle
OrangeHRM
PeopleHR
SuccessFactors
TriNet
Workday (RaaS)

Uploading photos manually

Administrators and Read/Write users with the proper permissions can manually upload photos to the File Manager.

1. Click on the name of your chart in the upper right-hand corner to open the Chart explorer. Then, click on the File manager tab.

2. Click on the Photos folder, and then click on the Upload file option. Select all of the employee photos that you'd like to import, and then click on OK to upload them.

Customizing a missing photo

If a photo is missing, OrgChart will show a silhouette image instead of an employee photo. You can replace the default "missing.jpg" with your own missing photo, if desired.

To do so, upload a .jpg of the image you would like to use to the File Manager. Then, delete the existing missing photo file, and rename the newly uploaded photo Missing.

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