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Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

By : John Marshall, David Parker
Book Image

Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

By: John Marshall, David Parker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Visio Professional is a data visualization application that is used by many different market sectors and many different departments to represent information visually, from network infrastructure to organization charts, from process diagrams to office layouts. Starting off with a brief introduction to Visio Professional 2016 and then moving on to data storage, linking data to shapes, and working with SQL Server to create a solid foundation. Then we’ll cover topics such as refreshing data, working with geographical data, working with various graphics, and diagrams, and more. Finally, you’ll find out how to deploy custom stencils, templates, and code.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
Credits
About the Author
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

A very quick introduction to data in Visio


There are many templates and tools within Visio that either import or export data.

The following diagram shows the various data sources or targets listed vertically in the center. The Visio features that can import data are on the left-hand side, and the features that export are on the right. There are many features that use data, but the most relevant features and data sources are enhanced with a thicker outline:

I have omitted SharePoint workflows from this diagram because it is so specialized.

Most of these features utilize the Shape Data capability of Visio shapes, pages, and documents. The following table lists the Visio features that import values into Shape Data rows:

Note

SQL Server stored procedures can also be used as a data source in code in addition to the tables and views that are accessible from the...