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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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David Parker David Parker
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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

Utilizing Data Sources to Create and Enrich Business Process Diagrams

The previous chapters taught us how to manually create business process diagrams. However, there are ways of automating the creation or updating the diagram from external data and even updating the data from the diagram. So, in this chapter, we will review the no-code techniques available to us:

  • Creating process diagrams automatically in Excel
  • Creating process diagrams automatically from data in Visio for Desktop
  • Creating Visio for Desktop and Excel process diagram templates for others
  • Adding extra information to process steps
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