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title: "Creating Dotted Line Relationships"
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# Creating Dotted Line Relationships

In this article, learn how to represent multiple reporting relationships for an individual on your org chart.

In Built, each person must have a primary position, but can also have as many secondary positions (or dotted line relationships) as needed. The primary position is shown on the org chart with a solid line. A person's secondary positions are represented by dashed/dotted lines on the org chart.

## Common scenarios to utilize dotted line relationships:

- An assistant reports to multiple executives.
- A person is temporarily filling an open position until a new person is hired.
- A person wears many "hats" within your organization, and you'd like to represent this on the org chart.

## To create a dotted line position for an individual:

*Only Company Admins, HR Admins, or HR Managers can create a dotted line position. Learn more about* [*managing user roles and permissions*](/v1/docs/managing-user-roles-and-permissions)*.*

1. From the main menu, navigate to the **Org Chart** page.
2. Find the person who will report to multiple people/positions.
3. Hover over the position card and click on the three-dot menu, then click **Add Dotted Line Relationship.**
4. In the window that opens, type the name of the person they will report to in this new dotted line relationship. ​*You must type the name of someone who is already on the org chart.*
5. Enter an optional title for the new secondary position.
6. Click **Save**.

The person should now appear on your org chart twice—once in their primary position with a solid line connector, and once in their new dotted line position with a dashed line connector.

## To create a dotted line relationship by working in the other direction, from the manager downward instead of from the employee upward:

1. [Create an open or filled position](/v1/docs/creating-and-managing-positions) under the manager of the new reporting relationship by clicking the three-dot menu on the manager’s position card and then clicking **Add New Position Below**.
2. In the Add Position window, type the name of the person who should fill that position. Even if the person already has a primary position elsewhere in the organization, the system will let you place them in this new position as well and create a dotted line to the new manager.

Please contact our Customer Success Team for additional assistance.

## Additional Resources

[Creating Assistant Positions on the Org Chart](/v1/docs/creating-assistant-positions-on-the-org-chart)

[Creating Dotted Line Relationships via CSV Import](/v1/docs/creating-dotted-line-relationships-via-csv-import)