# Separate live employee data source for Org Chart and People Directory web parts

**URL:** <https://community.origamiconnect.com/t/separate-live-employee-data-source-for-org-chart-and-people-directory-web-parts/1288>\
**Category:** Enhancement requests for Origami Connect\
**Created:** [September 17, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.origamiconnect.com/t/separate-live-employee-data-source-for-org-chart-and-people-directory-web-parts/1288 "2026-09-17T15:55:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![EmHall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@EmHall](https://community.origamiconnect.com/u/EmHall)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.origamiconnect.com/t/separate-live-employee-data-source-for-org-chart-and-people-directory-web-parts/1288/1 "2026-09-17T15:55:52Z")

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We’re looking to use the Org Chart and People Directory web parts but need to surface data from a separate live employee data source

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**Author:** ![origami](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.origamiconnect.com/origami/32/436_2.png) [@origami](https://community.origamiconnect.com/u/origami)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.origamiconnect.com/t/separate-live-employee-data-source-for-org-chart-and-people-directory-web-parts/1288/2 "2026-09-17T18:05:28Z")

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Thanks for posting this up, what is the data source you’re using for the people profile information?

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**Author:** ![EmHall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@EmHall](https://community.origamiconnect.com/u/EmHall)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.origamiconnect.com/t/separate-live-employee-data-source-for-org-chart-and-people-directory-web-parts/1288/3 "2026-09-18T14:23:55Z")

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Real-time data (ether by API or data upload). We have automated a backend data source for live employees.

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**Author:** ![origami](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.origamiconnect.com/origami/32/436_2.png) [@origami](https://community.origamiconnect.com/u/origami)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.origamiconnect.com/t/separate-live-employee-data-source-for-org-chart-and-people-directory-web-parts/1288/4 "2026-09-18T15:34:28Z")

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Origami People Directory and Org Chart, both already pull live data from Entra ID. If you’re using another data source, we need to know exactly what this data source is otherwise we don’t have enough details to do anything about this request.

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**Author:** ![EmHall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@EmHall](https://community.origamiconnect.com/u/EmHall)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.origamiconnect.com/t/separate-live-employee-data-source-for-org-chart-and-people-directory-web-parts/1288/5 "2026-09-22T17:40:54Z")

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Our Director, Technology & Data is OOO at the moment but it seems to be that the data would be held in an Excel spreadsheet that would be automatically updated in real-time.

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**Author:** ![origami](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.origamiconnect.com/origami/32/436_2.png) [@origami](https://community.origamiconnect.com/u/origami)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.origamiconnect.com/t/separate-live-employee-data-source-for-org-chart-and-people-directory-web-parts/1288/6 "2026-09-22T18:26:17Z")

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Thank you for clarifying, this helps a lot. We will post an update when one is available.