--- title: "Customizing the Employee Details Pane in Employee Directory" description: "Learn how to customize the employee details pane in the Vitextra Employee Directory: built-in and custom attributes, sections, Free/Busy status, recent documents, and settings." url: https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10199 language: en published: 2025-01-24 modified: 2026-10-10 products: - "Employee Directory" author: "Lidija Reising" tags: ["Employee Directory details pane", "customize employee profile SharePoint", "Vitextra Employee Directory", "employee attributes Entra ID", "SharePoint user profile mapping", "free/busy status", "recent documents", "details pane customization"] --- # Customizing the Employee Details Pane in Employee Directory Learn how to customize the employee details pane in the Vitextra Employee Directory: built-in and custom attributes, sections, Free/Busy status, recent documents, and settings. ## Introduction [Employee Directory](https://vitextra.com/en/products/employee-directory) streamlines how you manage and display employee information across your organization. It offers extensive customization for the employee details pane, so you can tailor the way employee information appears to suit your needs. This article gives a complete overview of the customization options available for the details pane in the Employee Directory. ## Supported Web Parts **Employee Directory** and **Employee Directory (Entra ID)** support details pane customization. 📝 **Note** The New Employees web part does not support the details pane and instead uses a native Microsoft 365 ::Profile Card::, which cannot be customized. ## Details Pane Layout The employee details pane consists of ten sections; nine of them can be customized or hidden. Its layout is shown below: [![Details Pane Layout](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10199/details-pane-layout_thumb.webp)](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10199/details-pane-layout.webp){data-provide="lightbox" data-lity} *Details Pane Layout* ### Employee Name Section The **Employee Name** section, located at the top of the pane, includes the user's profile image, display name, department, and job title. This section cannot be modified or removed. 📝 **Note** The Employee Name section cannot be changed or hidden. ### Manager and Direct Reports Sections The **Manager** and **Direct Reports** sections show where an employee sits in the company's organizational structure. They can't be customized, but you can hide them. Their information comes from ::Microsoft Graph::, regardless of the selected data source (::Entra ID:: or ::SharePoint User Profile::). ❗ **Important** The Manager and Direct Reports sections get their information from Microsoft Graph, regardless of the selected data source. Administrators must approve the required permissions for these sections to display data. ### Built-in Attributes The Employee Directory supports twenty-four employee profile properties. The table below lists the attributes available for displaying employee information, along with how each maps to Entra ID user objects and the SharePoint ::Search Service:: schema: |Attribute|Type|Entra ID|User Profile[*](https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10199#ref1)| |--|--|---|---| |About Me|String|aboutMe|Description| |Address|String|streetAddress|N/A| |Business Phones|String collection|businessPhones|WorkPhone| |Cell phone|String|mobilePhone|MobilePhone| |City|String|city|N/A| |Company Name|String|companyName|OrgNames| |Country|String|country|N/A| |Department|String|department|Department| |E-Mail|String|mail|WorkEmail| |Employee ID|String|employeeId|N/A| |Employee Type|String|employeeType|N/A| |First Name|String|givenName|FirstName| |Full Name|String|displayName|Title[**](https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10199#ref2)| |ID[***](https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10199#ref3)|String|id|DocId| |Interests|String collection|interests|Interests| |Job Title|String|jobTitle|JobTitle| |Last Name|String|surname|LastName| |Office Location|String|officeLocation|BaseOfficeLocation| |Past Projects|String collection|pastProjects|PastProjects| |Responsibilities|String collection|responsibilities|Responsibilities| |Schools|String collection|schools|Schools| |Skills|String collection|skills|Skills| |State|String|state|N/A| |User Name|String|userPrincipalName|UserName| |ZIP/Postal Code|String|postalCode|N/A| ::*:: ::Managed Property:: of SharePoint search schema. ::**:: If the Title property is empty, the web part uses the PreferredName property. ::***:: Attribute cannot be displayed on the details pane. The image below shows an example of the built-in attributes section. The web part does not support changing the order in which fields appear. ![Built-in Attributes Section](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10199/built-in-columns.webp) *Built-in Attributes Section* The **Custom Attributes** section contains the custom profile attributes specified in the web part settings. ![Custom Attributes Settings](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10199/custom-columns.webp) *Custom Attributes Settings* 💡 **Tip** The Employee Directory displays built-in and custom employee attributes only when they contain data. The **Skills**, **Interests**, and **About Me** sections display the corresponding information about the employee. These three attributes have their own sections because they can only appear on the details pane. The **Free/Busy Status** section shows basic free/busy information from the employee's mailbox. The top of the section also shows the signed-in user's own availability for scheduling meetings. The **Recent Documents** block displays the last five documents the employee created or edited. 📝 **Note** The Recent Documents section displays only the documents that the currently signed-in user has permission to access. ## Employee Attribute Display Options Both built-in and custom attributes offer two display options: - **Show in list** — display the attribute in the list view. - **Show on card** — display the attribute on the employee details pane. 💡 **Tip** The Employee Directory (Entra ID) web part lets you define searchable attributes. Such attributes can be hidden so they don't appear in the list or the details pane. ![Built-in Attributes Settings](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10199/attributes.png) *Built-in Attributes Settings* ## Web Part Settings To configure the employee details pane: 1. Open the page in edit mode. 2. Open the web part settings. 3. Scroll to the **Panel** property group and choose the sections you want to display. You configure the **Built-in Attributes** and **Custom Attributes** sections using the **Columns** and **Custom Columns** properties. ![Columns properties of the web part](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10199/web-part-properties.webp) *Columns properties of the web part* 📝 **Note** By default, the web parts display all built-in employee attributes on the details pane. ## Summary The Employee Directory offers extensive customization for the employee details pane, so organizations can tailor how employee information appears to meet their specific needs. With support for both built-in and custom attributes — plus dedicated sections such as Skills, Interests, and Recent Documents — it provides a comprehensive, flexible way to present employee information and keep the most relevant details readily accessible to users.