The following figure shows an account hierarchy and a franchise hierarchy:

The franchise hierarchy is a separate hierarchy from the main corporate account hierarchy. However, you want the franchise hierarchy to also appear under the account hierarchy. To do this, clone the root node of the franchise hierarchy to the account hierarchy.

After you clone the franchise hierarchy to the account hierarchy, the records in the franchise hierarchy also appear in the account hierarchy. In this example, you want the root of the franchise hierarchy to appear under the root of the account hierarchy. The following figure shows the structure of the hierarchies after you clone the franchise hierarchy: