Book description
Master the art of presenting information visually using Microsoft Visio Professional 2016 and Visio Pro for Office365
About This Book
- A complete guide to data visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
- Visualize information to meet the needs of your business
- Get the quick way to learn Microsoft Visio 2016
Who This Book Is For
This book is aimed at the departmental-level 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
- Add external data from a variety of data sources
- Represent information with data graphics
- Create custom data-like shapes
- Export data from structured diagrams
- Present information graphics to non-Visio users
- Automate visualizations from data
- Develop custom templates and code for others
In Detail
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.
Style and approach
This book has real life examples that will let you explore all the new features of Microsoft Visio 2016 and apply them in your daily life.
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Publisher resources
Table of contents
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Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
- Table of Contents
- Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
- Credits
- About the Author
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Data within Visio Essentials
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2. Understanding How Data Is Stored within Visio
- A very quick introduction to data in Visio
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Understanding the Visio object model
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Starting with the Application object
- Understanding the relationship of the Master shape and its shape instances
- Knowing how a shape can be identified
- How to use a globally unique identifier
- The danger of using the Index property
- Reviewing shape text
- Understanding the DataRecordsets collection
- Understanding the Validation objects
- Getting shapes selected in the UI
- Understanding shape sections, rows, and cells
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Starting with the Application object
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Getting to grips with the ShapeSheet
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Understanding the Shape Data section
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Specifying the type of Shape Data
- Allowing text with the String type
- Offering choices with the Fixed List type
- Allowing only a numerical value with the Number type
- Simplifying True/False choices with the Boolean type
- Offer some choices but allow others with the Variable List type
- Presenting a date picker with the Date type
- Measuring elapsed time with the Duration type
- Entering monetary values with the Currency type
- Listing Shape Data rows in code
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Specifying the type of Shape Data
- Auto-generating hyperlinks from data
- User-defined Cells
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Understanding the Shape Data section
- The Visio file format
- Knowing how shapes relate in structured diagrams
- Summary
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3. Linking Data to Shapes
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A very quick introduction to importing and linking data
- Knowing when to use the Quick Import tool
- Using the Custom Import feature
- Removing external data connections for privacy and efficiency
- Creating data links to the shapes
- Summary
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A very quick introduction to importing and linking data
- 4. Using the Built-In Data Graphics
- 5. Using the Pivot Diagram Add-On
- 6. Creating Custom Master Shapes
- 7. Creating Custom Data Graphics
- 8. Validating and Extracting Information
- 9. Automating Structured Diagrams
- 10. Sharing Data Diagrams
- 11. Choosing a Deployment Methodology
- Index
Product information
- Title: Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2016
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781785882661
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