People Search - Show User Department in Search Results

[rlytwynec]

I've been trying to get this working for a while from a few different angles, but I can't figure it out.

Basically, I want to change the fields of the People search result to include the user's department.

I managed to get the search filter working so I can filter by department:

...which is great, but I also want to show the department in the search results.

In tab 1 of 4 when editing the search result web part, Department doesn't appear in the "Selected properties" list:

In tab 2 of 4, I've tried every possible value in the "Managed people fields" section, but I can't get it to display the department

So I figured there might be a setting I'd need to change for the Department managed property, but I can't edit the Department managed property (probably for the best). Then I tried to create my own managed property, but I can't get that one to display either.

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks!

[rlytwynec]

Of course, as soon as I submitted this, I went back to the documentation and found this:

I just had to edit the search result web part, go to tab 1 of 4, click on the text in the dropdown field for "Selected properties", then type Department and hit enter. Now it's in the list!

Then I went to "Layout slots" at the top of tab 1 and clicked "Customize" I added a layout slot for Department:

Back in tab 2 of 4, I went to "Manage people fields" and updated the Secondary text value to a handlebars expression:

So instead of replacing the email address with the department, I made the line above it JobTitle - Department:

Figured I should share how I got this working in case somebody else is in the same boat I was. Cheers!