How to nest swimlanes in a Cross-Functional Flowchart Visio 2013
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It looks like there were some workarounds way back in Visio 2007 for such a thing, but I have not been able to find any way to either tweak the existing Cross-Functional Flowchart template, or hijack another template, into creating a swimlane diagram that supports nested swimlane headers in Visio 2013.
For example, let's say a swimlane exists for every process in some multi-process workflow. I want to group multiple processes/swimlanes because, for example, they may be more tightly interrelated than the rest of the processes/swimlanes in a diagram.
Here is a diagram from a google search that shows nested swimlane headers on the left:
microsoft-visio-2013 flowchart
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It looks like there were some workarounds way back in Visio 2007 for such a thing, but I have not been able to find any way to either tweak the existing Cross-Functional Flowchart template, or hijack another template, into creating a swimlane diagram that supports nested swimlane headers in Visio 2013.
For example, let's say a swimlane exists for every process in some multi-process workflow. I want to group multiple processes/swimlanes because, for example, they may be more tightly interrelated than the rest of the processes/swimlanes in a diagram.
Here is a diagram from a google search that shows nested swimlane headers on the left:
microsoft-visio-2013 flowchart
edited Mar 5 '14 at 21:40
Devid
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asked Feb 13 '14 at 19:21
jmsb
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If you are not satisfied with the answer you could ask here: visguy.com/vgforum maybe they have a answer.
– Devid
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It looks like there were some workarounds way back in Visio 2007 for such a thing, but I have not been able to find any way to either tweak the existing Cross-Functional Flowchart template, or hijack another template, into creating a swimlane diagram that supports nested swimlane headers in Visio 2013.
For example, let's say a swimlane exists for every process in some multi-process workflow. I want to group multiple processes/swimlanes because, for example, they may be more tightly interrelated than the rest of the processes/swimlanes in a diagram.
Here is a diagram from a google search that shows nested swimlane headers on the left:
microsoft-visio-2013 flowchart
edited Mar 5 '14 at 21:40
Devid
4,70164166
asked Feb 13 '14 at 19:21
jmsb
11115
It looks like there were some workarounds way back in Visio 2007 for such a thing, but I have not been able to find any way to either tweak the existing Cross-Functional Flowchart template, or hijack another template, into creating a swimlane diagram that supports nested swimlane headers in Visio 2013.
For example, let's say a swimlane exists for every process in some multi-process workflow. I want to group multiple processes/swimlanes because, for example, they may be more tightly interrelated than the rest of the processes/swimlanes in a diagram.
Here is a diagram from a google search that shows nested swimlane headers on the left:
microsoft-visio-2013 flowchart
microsoft-visio-2013 flowchart
edited Mar 5 '14 at 21:40
Devid
4,70164166
asked Feb 13 '14 at 19:21
jmsb
11115
edited Mar 5 '14 at 21:40
Devid
4,70164166
asked Feb 13 '14 at 19:21
jmsb
11115
edited Mar 5 '14 at 21:40
Devid
4,70164166
edited Mar 5 '14 at 21:40
Devid
4,70164166
edited Mar 5 '14 at 21:40
Devid
4,70164166
4,70164166
asked Feb 13 '14 at 19:21
jmsb
11115
asked Feb 13 '14 at 19:21
jmsb
11115
asked Feb 13 '14 at 19:21
jmsb
11115
11115
If you are not satisfied with the answer you could ask here: visguy.com/vgforum maybe they have a answer.
– Devid
Mar 5 '14 at 21:58
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If you are not satisfied with the answer you could ask here: visguy.com/vgforum maybe they have a answer.
– Devid
Mar 5 '14 at 21:58
If you are not satisfied with the answer you could ask here: visguy.com/vgforum maybe they have a answer.
– Devid
Mar 5 '14 at 21:58
If you are not satisfied with the answer you could ask here: visguy.com/vgforum maybe they have a answer.
– Devid
Mar 5 '14 at 21:58
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You could cheat by having a second chart simply over the top of one of the underlying lanes but that would be a pain if you need to change it.
But why not simply have 2 charts positioned one above the other with a small gap between them. Indeed, this might well be a clearer way to present the diagram.
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You could cheat by having a second chart simply over the top of one of the underlying lanes but that would be a pain if you need to change it.
But why not simply have 2 charts positioned one above the other with a small gap between them. Indeed, this might well be a clearer way to present the diagram.
answered Feb 13 '14 at 20:59
Julian Knight
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You could cheat by having a second chart simply over the top of one of the underlying lanes but that would be a pain if you need to change it.
But why not simply have 2 charts positioned one above the other with a small gap between them. Indeed, this might well be a clearer way to present the diagram.
answered Feb 13 '14 at 20:59
Julian Knight
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up vote
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You could cheat by having a second chart simply over the top of one of the underlying lanes but that would be a pain if you need to change it.
But why not simply have 2 charts positioned one above the other with a small gap between them. Indeed, this might well be a clearer way to present the diagram.
answered Feb 13 '14 at 20:59
Julian Knight
12.9k11535
You could cheat by having a second chart simply over the top of one of the underlying lanes but that would be a pain if you need to change it.
But why not simply have 2 charts positioned one above the other with a small gap between them. Indeed, this might well be a clearer way to present the diagram.
answered Feb 13 '14 at 20:59
Julian Knight
12.9k11535
answered Feb 13 '14 at 20:59
Julian Knight
12.9k11535
answered Feb 13 '14 at 20:59
Julian Knight
12.9k11535
answered Feb 13 '14 at 20:59
Julian Knight
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12.9k11535
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If you are not satisfied with the answer you could ask here: visguy.com/vgforum maybe they have a answer.
– Devid
Mar 5 '14 at 21:58