Help with hierarchy in organization charts

[Erik S]

I am trying to create a basic org chart for my organization. I am having difficulty representing people at different levels that report to the same person. For example, a manager and a director might report to a partner. I want the manager to appear lower on the chart than the director, but want a direct line to the partner above both people. I realize I can manually lower the manager, but when I use the re-layout function the manager is elevated back to the level of the director. Any ideas? This was easy to accomplish in OrgPlus and I assume there must be a way in Visio as well. Thanks!

 

[RA]

Try turning off the Automation events in Tools\Options\Advanced.
Orgchart will automatically reset the levels and so turning off the Orgchart
automation code will allow you to set anything you want.

I am trying to create a basic org chart for my organization. I am having

difficulty representing people at different levels that report to the same
person. For example, a manager and a director might report to a partner. I
want the manager to appear lower on the chart than the director, but want a
direct line to the partner above both people. I realize I can manually
lower the manager, but when I use the re-layout function the manager is
elevated back to the level of the director. Any ideas? This was easy to
accomplish in OrgPlus and I assume there must be a way in Visio as well.
Thanks!