I like linking data to shapes in Visio. It saves time in filling in Shape Data and adding text, or any Data Graphic to them. Basically I am lazy, and I also like to create macros for repetitive tasks, so in this blog I provide two macros to save the drudgery of two tasks I do so often:
In my last article, I described how to calibrate a map in Visio ( see http://blog.bvisual.net/2015/05/26/calibrating-a-map-in-visio/ ), and in this article I use a calibrated map to distribute data points from a linked data source automatically.
For this example, I drew a simple shape at the size that I want, but you could add this smartness to any shape. All you need is an external data recordset that contains the Latitude and Longitude values that need to be linked to each data point.
Many years ago, I wrote a blog article about calibrating a map in Visio ( see http://blog.bvisual.net/2008/09/30/moving-between-visio-and-kml/ ), but I used VBA and a shape from my friend Chris Roth / VisGuy. Well, I have now worked out how to calibrate a map without code!
This could be especially useful now that MapPoint has been deprecated
My fellow MVP for Visio, and author, and friend, Scott Helmers, has recently presented a series of videos entitled “Becoming a Visio 2013 Power User”. Scott is a natural presenter, and he does a great job in getting the fundamentals across.
There are two ways that I know of to see these videos:
Microsoft Virtual Academy : http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/becoming-a-visio-2013-power-user
Channel 9 : http://channel9.msdn.com/Search?term=Becoming%20a%20Visio%202013%20Power%20User#lang-en=en&ch9Search
Highly recommended.
Scott also patrols Experts Exchange : http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suites/MS_Office/Visio/
Visio Professional has the ability to link to various data sources, and one of the most popular is SQL Server. The DATA\Link Data to Shapes … function will present a UI to choose from a table or view, but does not provide any stored procedures. Therefore, this article present a VBA macro that demonstrates how a stored procedure can be added as a refreshable data recordset in Visio.
[Read more…] about Linking Data to Visio with SQL Server Stored ProceduresI had an enquiry recently about displaying Organisation Charts with text in different languages. This set me thinking, and, if you have Visio Professional, then you can use Link Data to Shapes to add this capability to existing diagrams, but Visio Standard users can just the Org Chart Wizard.
I will use the OrgData.xls file that is provided in the <Program Files>\Microsoft Office\Office 15\Visio Content\<LCID>\ folder to demonstrate this. I have English US (1033) and Norwegian Bokmal (1044) available to me, as shown below:
In Englsih
