Thanks Daniel, your suggestion worked flawlessly. It compelled me to upgrade from version 1.10 (which did not appear to offer the #tag: parser function), to 1.12.
Since my template only uses the global parameter SUBPAGENAMEE, in an #ifeq: function, my template call is as simple as
{{#tag: graphviz | {{Template:View_structure}} }}
That little gem will save dozens of copies of nearly identical graphviz code...
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