

Make your changes to the diagram in Visio for the web as follows:įor more details, see Add and format text.įor more details, see Apply a theme or theme color.įor more details, see Re-layout a diagram. In the diagram area in Excel, select Edit. If you have a subscription to Visio,you can edit the diagram in certain ways in Visio for the web-change the theme, modify the layout, or add and format text. To share your diagram, select the Share button to create a link or to enter the email addresses of those you want to share with. ) at the top and then select Print to print your diagram. ) in the diagram area and select Open in web.Īfter the Visio file is opened in a new browser tab, select the ellipses (. To view the diagram in Visio for the web, select the ellipses (. Open the Data Visualizer flowchart in Visio for the web to view, print, or share your diagram with others. The role you select determines the color of the shape in the diagram. Select a field under the Role Type column to choose from a pre-set list of roles. Organization charts in the add-in come with different role types for you to choose from.
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For more information, see the next section, "How the table data interacts with the diagram."Īdd or remove entries for people by adding or removing rows in the data table.Īfter you've finished modifying the data table, select Refresh in the diagram area to update the appearance of the chart. You can use any numbering scheme you like for Employee ID, but each entry in that column must be unique. Fill in the Employee ID, Name, Manager ID, Title, and Role Type for each person you want to include in the organization chart.ĭon't change the names of the column headings. Replace the sample data in Excel table with information about your organization. The diagram is saved as a Visio file in the same location where you saved the Excel workbook. Then select one of the five layout options:Ī sample diagram and its data-linked table are added to the workbook. In the Data Visualizer window, select Organization Chart. Modify the data-linked table to customize your diagram If you see a permissions prompt, select Allow. Sign in with the account associated with your Microsoft 365 work or school subscription. In the Office Add-ins window, select the Store tab, search for Data Visualizer, and then select Add next to Microsoft Visio Data Visualizer. If you see a security message regarding the add-in, select Trust this add-in. Save the workbook to a OneDrive or SharePoint location.Įnsure that an empty cell is selected in the workbook. Open Excel for the web and create a new Blank workbook.

Here we focus on using Excel and Visio in a web browser. The Data Visualizer add-in is available for Excel on PC, Mac, and the browser with a Microsoft 365 work or school account. Start with the Visio Data Visualizer add-in An advantage of this process is that when changes occur, you simply update the employee data in the Excel workbook and then click a button to entirely refresh the Visio diagram. There are several steps in the process, all described below. You'll replace the sample data with data about the people you want to include in your organizational chart. We'll give you some sample data to make it easy to get started.

The org chart is derived from data in an Excel workbook. If you want to make an org chart that is not based on Excel data, see Create an organization chart in Visio. It isn't available for personal Microsoft 365 accounts (Hotmail,, , etc.). Important: This process only works if you have a Microsoft 365 work or school account.
