TeamTools gets managers for users by looking for a relationship of type “manager” in that user’s record in Google Apps Directory. To see your Directory, go to Contacts and click on the Directory link in the left column. Looking at a user’s Directory entry, you may see a section called “Directory profile”. This section includes[…]

Start dates are not part of the Google Apps Directory. There are two places TeamTools looks for start dates. First, TeamTools looks to see if your Google Apps administrator has introduced a Custom User Field called “startDate”. This might have been done using the Directory API or using Google Apps Directory Sync to synchronize to[…]

Birthdays are not part of the Google Apps Directory. There are two places TeamTools looks for birthdays. First, TeamTools looks to see if your Google Apps administrator has introduced a Custom User Field called “birthday”. This might have been done using the Directory API or using Google Apps Directory Sync to synchronize to a LDAP[…]

TeamTools by default uses Gmail pictures for user photos. This is the picture that you see whenever you roll over a name in your Gmail inbox, Contacts, or Chat list. To change your Gmail picture, to to Settings in Gmail and navigate to the “My picture” section. Make sure to choose “Visible to everyone,” or[…]

TeamTools gets most of its data from your Google Apps Directory (see below for photos and birthdays). To see your Directory, go to Contacts and click on the Directory link in the left column. Your Google Apps administrator maintains the data in the Directory. Please note that users cannot modify this data: for example, if[…]

TeamTools gets users from your Google Apps Directory. To see your Directory, go to Contacts and click on the Directory link in the left column. Suspended and deleted users are not shown either under the Directory section or in TeamTools. In addition, your Google Apps administrator can disable Contact Sharing for certain users, which will[…]