In Outlook 2010, there a handy feature – organization information, which let you see one's manager or direct reports. Is there a tool or plug-in that can export these info into a spreadsheet? Eventually I would like to use these info to generate a organization chart. How to do this?
Outlook – Export Outlook contact organization info
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Best Answer
There is an Organization Chart Wizard template in Microsoft Viso 2010 that can export the data out of your Exchange server (or other data sources).
In Microsoft Visio (get a free trial here http://visio.microsoft.com/en-us/TryBuy/TryVisio2010forFree/Pages/Try_Visio_2010_for_Free.aspx)
If you have contacts that are not stored in Exchange, or an ODBC-compliant (like Microsoft Access) database, you can follow the instructions here http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/export-contacts-HA101870639.aspx to export the contacts and generate a flat file data source.
If you want to export contacts in the Exchange Global Address List from Outlook, as far as I know I don't think it is possible directly through Outlook. There are ways to do it through external programs such as Access that can access Exchange Server as a connected data source. See http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/database/access/export-exchange-global-address-list-to-access/
Once you have your export file, it can be used as a data source in the Visio 2010 Organization Chart Wizard template instead of pointing directly at an Exchange Server.