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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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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

Validating the structure of flowchart diagrams

If we follow the advice in this chapter about connecting and labeling shapes, then we should have a well-structured flowchart diagram. However, if there are issues, such as missing labels and connections, then they can be easily revealed with the Process | Check Diagram button, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.38 – Validating the diagram structure

Figure 3.38 – Validating the diagram structure

Visio Plan 2 and Visio Professional include validation rules for flowcharts, and they can be modified or new rules created. This is the subject of the still valid book from Packt Publishing, Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation by David J Parker, and it can be referred to for more detail.

The SharePoint Workflow group in the Process ribbon tab will not be addressed in this book because it is superseded by the last ribbon group, Microsoft Power Automate, which will be covered in the next chapter. The other group...

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