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Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

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Product type Book
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785882661
Pages 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
John Marshall John Marshall
David Parker David Parker
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
Credits
About the Author
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Preface
Data within Visio Essentials Understanding How Data Is Stored within Visio Linking Data to Shapes Using the Built-In Data Graphics Using the Pivot Diagram Add-On Creating Custom Master Shapes Creating Custom Data Graphics Validating and Extracting Information Automating Structured Diagrams Sharing Data Diagrams Choosing a Deployment Methodology Index

Analyzing the composition of a Data Graphic


A Data Graphic is actually stored as a special type of Master in a stencil. The Master contains a reference to each of the graphic items within it along with their configurations. The graphic items are also special masters, except for Color By Value, which is stored as a formula in user-defined cells.

The Data Graphic and Graphic Item masters do not appear in the Document Stencil list, but they are visible in the Drawing Explorer window, as can be seen in the following screenshot:

The following ListDataGraphicMasters() VBA macros simply produces a list of the data graphics in the active Document Stencil:

Listing the graphic item masters is a bit more involved because the necessary information is stored in specific user-defined cells of the group shape. So, the ListGraphicItemMasters() VBA macro, which is displayed in the following screenshot, checks the contents of the User.msvCalloutType cell, if it exists:

A Data Graphic Master is a collection of...

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