Hi,

Maybe the article from scott is what you need
https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/3042/Automating-the-Creation-of-Visio-Gantt-Charts-from-Excel-Data.html

Regards

Thank you Rgonzo1971. It is a good article, I have read it. Unfortunately, the company I work for prohibits me from launching any Commands, it opens the operating system up to modification. Too much risk.

The question I posed above is more of a formatting Visio question I think. I fell upon an option in Visio whereby the original excel spreadsheet became visible on the bottom of the Visio Gantt chart. It was awesome. I could see the Excel task and the Visio Gantt at the same time. I was interrupted by a meeting, and when I returned I had clicked on so many options, I lost track of how I had achieved the end result. Grrrrrr... very frustrating

to show the data

pls try

Goto Data - Show/Hide

and tick External Data Window

Thanks again, Rgonzo1970. I am using Visio 2010. Under the Gantt Chart tab I do not see an option for "Goto Data"? I see "Go to Start" or "Finish" (referring to the task duration), but nothing about Data. I do have an option to Import Data, or Export Data. Import option was how I populated the Gantt from Excel. I keep wandering back to the Insert tab thinking it must be somewhere on there, but NG.

Appreciate your help immensely.

Data in the level

File - Home - Insert  - Design - Data - Process - Review  - View

Maybe try

In Visio 2010, navigate to Data tab and click Link Data to Shapes button. and follow the wizard

Crazy, I know... but these are my tabs:

File, Home, Insert, Design, Review, View, Gantt Chart (No Data tab)

Here's an image:

Right-Click on the menu

Choose

Customize the Ribbon

on the right list make sure the Data Tab is ticked

if you don't have Visio Professional you wont have DATA or REVIEW

Not even an option for a Data tab

like I said before

if you don't have Visio Professional you wont have DATA or REVIEW

then I don't know how to solve your problem

Ok, then.
I now know what happened. My IT team installed a new key yesterday and apparently down graded my version.

like I said before... Appreciate your help immensely