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Visualize Complex Processes with Microsoft Visio

You're reading from   Visualize Complex Processes with Microsoft Visio A guide to visually creating, communicating, and collaborating business processes efficiently

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837631926
Length 314 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Senaj Lelic Senaj Lelic
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Choosing the Correct Business Process Diagram Type 2. Chapter 2: Choosing the Best Visio Edition for Our Needs FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Learning to Manually Create Process Flow Diagrams 4. Chapter 4: Using Visio for Desktop with BPMN 5. Chapter 5: Utilizing Data Sources to Create and Enrich Business Process Diagrams 6. Chapter 6: Learn How to Diagram Efficiently 7. Chapter 7: Preparing Diagrams for Presentation and Collaboration 8. Chapter 8: Securing and Providing Access to Diagrams 9. Chapter 9: Integrating Visio with Other Microsoft Apps 10. Chapter 10: Customizing Master Shapes and Templates 11. Chapter 11: Improving the Provided Flowchart Shapes 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adding the phase of swimlane to process shapes

We learned about the formula in the Value cell of the Prop.Function row, which displays the label text of the swimlane that the flowchart shapes are within. The formula is as follows:

=IFERROR(CONTAINERSHEETREF(1,"Swimlane")!User.VISHEADINGTEXT,"")

The Swimlane shape is actually a group shape with two sub-shapes, one of which is the colored rectangle shape with the label text in it. We are using the Horizontal Cross-Functional Flowchart sample in this section, which can be created from the New | Templates | Flowchart | Cross-Functional Flowchart template:

Figure 11.1 – Blank and sample diagrams

Figure 11.1 – Blank and sample diagrams

When we type the text on one of these Swimlane shapes, we add text into this sub-shape, not onto the group shape. In the following screenshot, we have the Drawing Explorer window open and we have expanded the tree view of Swimlane.9, which has two sub-shapes, Sheet.10 and Sheet.11:

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