Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007 Inside Out

Comparing Charts and Creating Reports

You can use your diagram to track changes in an organization. Visio 2007 can compare two organization charts and list the ways in which they differ. If you imported organizational data, you can even compare changes to shape data, such as job title or manager. You can also create reports based on the shape data stored in your diagram. Visio 2007 includes a built-in organization chart report, and you can create your own reports of the particular information you want to see.

Comparing and Updating Versions of an Organization Chart

You can see changes between two versions of an organization chart with the Compare Organization Data dialog box, shown in Figure 10-14. The Compare Organization Data command is most ...