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Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio

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Master the art of presenting information visually using Microsoft Visio Desktop and Visio for Web

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, and from process diagrams to office layouts. The book starts off with a brief introduction to Visio Professional 2016 and then moves on to data storage, linking data to shapes, and working with SQL Server Access, Excel, and SharePoint. 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.

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Who this book is written for:

This book is aimed at the departmental-level operational or business intelligence professional or Microsoft Office power-user who wants to create data diagrams with Microsoft Visio that can accurately represent business information visually.

What you will learn from this book:

  • Understand the evolution of data linking in Visio and learn about its latest features
  • Add external data from a variety of data sources
  • Represent information with data graphics data from structured diagrams
  • Create custom data-like shapes and export
  • Present information graphics to non-Visio users
  • Use the pivot diagram add-on to create a base diagram superimposable with refreshable, linked data
  • Navigate external data and add data-linked shapes to Visio documents, and connect and add them to containers
  • Automate visualizations from data and develop custom templates and code for others

Table of contents

  • Chapter 1. Data within Visio Essentials
  • Chapter 2. Understanding How Data is Stored within Visio
  • Chapter 3. Linking Data to Shapes
  • Chapter 4. Using the Built-In Data Graphics
  • Chapter 5. Using the Pivot Diagram Add-On
  • Chapter 6. Creating Custom Master Shapes
  • Chapter 7. Creating Custom Data Graphics
  • Chapter 8. Validating and Extracting Information
  • Chapter 9. Automating Structured Diagrams
  • Chapter 10. Sharing Data Diagrams
  • Chapter 11. Choosing a Deployment Methodology
  • Index

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