Layers, Data Graphic and Visibility

Question

I am creating detailed rack diagrams for my organization. We (read they) prefer to have the Rack itself on a layer and toggle between front and rear views. My problem is I am have linked the front and rear server shapes to the same Excel data, so when i
enable Data Graphics botht he front and rear Data Graphics overlay themselves.
Unfortunately all the Data Graphics by default appear on the same "Data Graphics" layer. My question is, can I somehow assign the Data Graphics for the front and rear views to different layers that i can toggle on and off? If
that is not possible would anyone have a suggestion how enable a toggle visibility function?
As another thought is it possible to "link" two shapes together so that only one Data Graphic is shown for the pair?

Answer 1

unfortunately datagraphics is a single layer and cannot be split. DataGraphics gets it's data from the shape data (custom properties) of the shapesheet, so it is possible to link multiple records to different shapes and end up with a 'common' set of data
descriptors. The caveat is 'data bloat' where the amount to information your linking/embedding can change the size of document.
al
Al Edlund Visio MVP