Organizational chart maker

Q: What data sources do you support for org chart import?

You can import data to generate org charts from CSVs, Excel spreadsheets, Google Sheets, and BambooHR.

Q: Can I add photos to my org chart?

Yes, you can. To add a headshot to an org chart shape, select the shape and click “Photo.” You can upload a photo from your local device or upload a publicly hosted image by pasting the URL in the associated text field.

Q: How do I add different views to my org chart?

Use Group View to create an intuitive framework that enables you to visualize your org chart data in a new way, without ever changing the original data source. For example, if you separated employees according to a Scrum team, which includes members of different departments, then you’d create a Group View that's color-coded and sorted by who's in a certain Scrum team.

Q: What should I know before getting started on building an organizational chart?

1. To edit an org chart, double-click any shape. The org chart context panel will appear to the right of the canvas. 2. To edit a single shape, triple-click the shape. Changes made to a single shape will override the universal settings of your org chart. 3. Press the ESC key on your keyboard to exit the org chart editor.

Q: What if I have more org chart-related questions?

Read through our FAQ section in our Help Center to learn more about creating org charts in Lucidchart.

Visualize your team structure by creating an org chart in Lucidchart. You can use one of our templates or start from scratch, and we make it easy to collaborate and share your chart with others.

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Embed a short Loom or CloudApp video clip for each person in your org chart. You’ll put faces to names quickly and learn more about your team.

Quick-start options

While you can build your chart yourself, you can also let our org chart software do the work. Use a template, or upload employee information using the data import feature to auto-generate a diagram.

Automatically up-to-date org charts

Our organizational chart creator makes updating your org chart simple—add, delete, or move employees without a hitch. If your data is linked to Google Sheets, all you have to do is hit refresh, and the chart will sync automatically.

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Share and collaborate on your org chart with anyone—no matter their location, browser, device, or operating system.

Customizable templates

Take inspiration from one of our 1,000+ templates. You can use the template as is and avoid reinventing the wheel, or you can change it up as much as you need.

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Real-time collaboration

Streamline work by enabling multiple collaborators to create and edit the same diagram at once.

Data linking

Conditional formatting

Layers

Revision history

Shape libraries

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Lucidchart feature highlights

Streamline work by enabling multiple collaborators to create and edit the same diagram at once.

Org chart templates and examples

Start building your organizational chart with a template.

Free organizational chart template

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Template of org chart with employee location

Geographic organizational structure template

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Org chart template linked to data

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Getting started with org charts in Lucidchart

How to create an org chart in Lucidchart

Follow along with this video tutorial and learn how to make an org chart in Lucidchart.

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What is an organizational chart?

An organizational chart, or org chart, maps the structure of your organization. The diagram uses boxes for each person, and lines connect the boxes. Generally, vertical lines show that the person above manages the person below, and horizontal lines show that the team members are peers. When you view the chart, you’ll quickly see who reports to whom, people’s job titles, and the teams or departments that they belong to. These diagrams come in handy when you need to figure out who to talk to about a specific issue or when you’re restructuring teams to reduce inefficiency.

How to create an organizational chart

Create a spreadsheet

Import your data

Customize your chart

Edit the employees

Share your org chart

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Frequently asked questions about org charts

What data sources do you support for org chart import?

Can I add photos to my org chart?

How do I add different views to my org chart?

What should I know before getting started on building an organizational chart?

How do I move only one set of child boxes to a lower level without moving the rest of the org chart child boxes that are currently on the same level?

A workaround is to cut an employee shape and paste it outside of the main body of the org chart, which will convert it to a regular shape that can be positioned freely. To extend reporting lines and place a set of child boxes on a new level, you could insert a new employee shape between two levels and make that shape transparent. This will create the appearance of a long reporting line with a gap in the middle where the hidden employee shape is. You can then drag a new line onto the canvas to fill in the gap in the reporting line.

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What if I have more org chart-related questions?

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