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Published on June 4, 2021 by David Parker

Duplicating Visio Data Graphics

I was recently asked about switching between different Visio Data Graphics within a page, so I thought I should record a few short videos to explain how Visio Data Graphics work, how they can be edited and duplicated, and how to automate switching between them.

In this scenario, there is an External Data recordset called Detail, and I create a Person master that is preloaded with the relevant Shape Data rows (open in YouTube) .

I then demonstrate how Data Graphics can be duplicated, renamed and manually switched between (open in YouTube).

This is a short explanation of what is involved in switching between Data Graphics (open in YouTube).

Finally, I show how a macro can be written to switch automatically between different Data Graphics (open in YouTube).

The macro can be within the document or a stencil.

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About David Parker

David Parker has 25 years' experience of providing data visualization solutions to companies around the globe. He is a Microsoft MVP and Visio expert.

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  1. Visisthebest says

    July 6, 2022 at 9:45 am

    Amazingly useful information thank you David!

    With data graphics and containers we still deal with this bug in the latest Visio versions (when a Visio group shape has a 1D connector in its shape group) and the shape with data graphics is in a container:
    http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=4715.0

    Do you have any idea how this could be resolved while keeping the 1D connector in the group shape we add data graphics to?

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