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How do I export a Visio database?

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How do I export a Visio database?

On the Tools menu, point to Add-Ons, then point to Visio Extras, and then click Export to Database. Select the database table that you want to use. If you have a data source stored somewhere other than the default location, click Browse to locate the file. To create a new data source, click Create.

How do I export data from Visio to Excel?

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  1. Click the Shape Reports button under the Review ribbon:
  2. Click New, select Advanced if you need to add some criteria around what you want to export, then click Next:
  3. Click Next, choose the properties you want displayed as columns, hit Next > Next > Finish.
  4. Click Run > Excel > OK to generate report:

How do I import a database into Visio?

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  1. Click Database.
  2. Click Reverse Engineer.
  3. Under Installed Visio drivers, select Microsoft SQL Server.
  4. In the Data sources: field select the data source you created above.
  5. Click Next.
  6. If prompted, enter a username and password that has access to your database.

How do I export shapes from Visio?

Export Visio shapes or drawings to another file format

  1. Do one of the following:
  2. On the File menu, click Save As.
  3. Select the appropriate location where you want to save the file.
  4. In the Save as type list, click the format you want.
  5. In the File name box, type a name for the file.
  6. Click Save.

How do I extract text from Visio?

Go to the Review tab, and select Shape Reports. If you are in a Flowchart, one of the options should be a Flowchart report, which will export several fields of data plus the text in the shapes. Select the Flowchart report, then click Run, and select Excel from the list of export types, and click OK.

Can you link Visio to Excel?

If you have an Excel workbook that contains data your Visio diagram needs, you can import the Excel data into Visio. You can then link a specific workbook to any object you like. Click “Microsoft Excel Workbook,” then “Browse” and then double-click the Excel workbook you’d like to import.

Can you convert Visio into PowerPoint?

You can share your Visio diagrams in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 by creating slide snippets of your diagrams and then exporting them to PowerPoint. It’s never been easier to get your diagrams into PowerPoint. Note: In order to use this feature, you must have a Microsoft 365 subscription.

Can Visio pull data from Excel?

With Visio Professional, you can import data from external sources. The source of your data can be an Excel workbook, Access database, SQL Server database, SharePoint list, OLEDB source, or an ODBC source.

How do I export a database from Visio to SQL Server?

Open the diagaram and right click, you have an option to export diagram to clipboard. YOu can past to mspait/word or wherever you want. If you have visio, connect to db and get all the tables to visio and arrange the way you want in diffferent pages and print.

Can you export from Visio to Word?

Export the Visio diagram to a Word document. Make sure your diagram has shapes with text and some shapes have shape data. If you have a multi-page diagram, select the page you want. On the Process tab, in the Export group, select Word.

Where do I extract Visio stencils?

When you find stencils online and download them, Visio stores them in the My Shapes folder. That’s where you can find them when you’re ready to use them in your diagrams. When you download a stencil, and the notification bar asks if you want to open or save the file, click the arrow next to Save and click Save As.

How do I export data from Visio to a different database?

On the View tab > Add-Ons > Visio Extras > Export to Database. Select the database table that you want to use. If you have a data source stored somewhere other than the default location, click Browse to locate the file. To create a new data source, click Create. Follow the Create New Data Source wizard.

How do I create a database model in Visio?

Create a Database Model in Visio 1 Start a database-model diagramHow do you want to begin?How do you want to begin?Create a new model from… 2 Refine the structure of the diagramAfter you create a database model diagram, the work of refining the diagram… 3 Add features for searching and updating data See More….

How do I set up the ODBC driver in Visio?

Select the database driver for your database management system (DBMS). If you have not already associated the Visio database driver with a particular ODBC data source, click Setup. Note: If you are reverse engineering an Excel worksheet, choose the ODBC Generic Driver.

What data elements do you not use in Visio?

There are some data elements that I don’t really use (Height, Width, X Location, Y Location), but “Displayed Text” (the user-defined label on the shape) and “Master Text” (the type of shape as defined in the stencil master) I almost always use. The Visio reporting functionality has become an indispensible tool in my requirements work.

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