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Microsoft Visio (formerly Microsoft Office Visio) is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. The product was first introduced in 1992, made by the Shapeware corporation. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2000.

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Can not open Visio file on SharePoint 2019

When I try to open a visio file in SharePoint I get this error: Sorry, we couldn't open your file using this feature. Visio Web Access is not available on this site SharePoint version is 2019. ...
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Visio Services, the service shuts down on its own + Doesn't meet the requirements

Good day. Problem: The Visio service automatically turns off after (approximately) a day after the forced start from SP CMD. On the page next to the Visio Services line, an error is displayed: In the ...
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Image with Embedded Links

I have a image. In the image I have boxes that if a user clicks it would open another page. In SharePoint 2013 I could use a visio diagram and link the box to the other pages in the image. How can ...
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Can't open 2013 workflows now that I've upgraded to 64 bit version of Designer

I have a machine that has Office 2016 64 bit version, and we had SP Designer 32 bit running without issue. We needed to load Visio on this machine and only have access to the 64 bit version due to our ...
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Automate saving a PDF version of a vsdx file in a SharePoint Doc Library

I have an issue that only one-third of my team have Visio installed, as we are the ones doing the process mapping. The other 2/3 however still use and analyse our maps. It is a real pain to have to ...
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launching a visio diagram in Sharepoint so that links to other visio diagrams open in the same tab overwrite fprevious diagram

I have created a document library in Sharepoint of visio business process flow maps with relationships/hyperlinks to other visio diagrams in the library. when I click on the activity box to launch a ...
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"File not found" opening a Visio doc stored in a SP Library via Windows Explorer

Hoping someone has seen this before. We have multiple users (but apparently not everyone) that are unable to open a Visio document via Windows Explorer when it is stored in a SharePoint 2013 library. ...
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SharePoint Designer, Unable to open workflow due to Visio

I have SharePoint designer workflow (Online), I opened that workflow with Visio in my machine (didn't make any modification) and it was perfectly working fine but now when I am opening the same ...
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Displaying Visio diagram on page very very slow

I have several Visio Diagrams that I wish to display on individual SharePoint pages. They are very simple diagrams (less than 50kb in some cases) They contain nothing clever only links to documents ...
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Create the dynamic visio file in SharePoint 2013 On-premise

We have process item and the process have multiple steps to complete the process, we have keep steps items of each process into the ProcessCapture list. I need to provide Export to Visio ...
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Visio Service in SharePoint 2016 regularly corrupts/deletes cache

I have a SharePoint 2016 farm that is running Visio Services. Quite often the vent viewer is flooded with a error event "Failed to access the cache." and the ULS complains about missing cache files; "...
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SharePoint 2013 Query dynamic text and connect to filiter values

I have an embedded Visio Diagram that has different filter values for each shape. I have the filter values that are connected to List and Library's, and when a user selects a particular shape it will ...
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Designer 2013 workflow with Visio professional missing stencils

I have SP Designer 2013 and used it to create workflows for our 2013 on-prem hosted sites. So far so good. I recently got Visio 2013 Professional installed and was excited to try the visual design ...
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Is Sharepoint Designer 2013 compatible with Visio 2016?

Is Sharepoint Designer 2013 compatible with Visio 2016? I want to export a Workflow designed in SharePoint Designer 2013. Thank you very much in advance
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Using Visio in Sharepoint 2013

We don't have access to Business data categorie when creating web part (visio web access) Do i need "Visio Web Access" to work with visio web parts Sharepoint 2013 ?
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VSDX dont have the Visio Icon in SharePoint 2013 search

Visio 2013 files (vsdx) dont show the Visio Icon when I use the SharePoint search. Is there an easy fix for that? Adding a result type doesn't work.
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Visio (.vsd) file uploaded as Folder in SP 2013

We are facing a strange issue (probably for a while but just noticed it): You save a Visio file as xxx.vsd to a SP library: the file is uploaded with the "Folder" content type --> as a consequence we ...
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Link to Visio Shape from SharePoint 2013 List?

I'm working on creating a floorplan for our large office from a SharePoint "Employee Directory" list. The Visio drawing will be posted to our SharePoint which will be accessed using the Visio ...
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Visio tooltip display in SharePoint 2013 webpart

Tooltips works fine in the Visio drawing. Once saved as vdw file and embedded in a Visio WebAccess Webpart in SharePoint 2013, the tooltips won't display by mouse-over Action. Is there any solution?
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How to move SharePoint 2010 list workflows from QA to Staging

Is there a way to move SharePoint 2010 list workflows from one environment to another without the use of "SharePoint Designer"? I know how to Export it to visio and do stuff but my main issue is, it ...
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Workflow suspended after a while, worked properly at first

I came up with the workflow shown below, which seemed to do the job at first. The purpose of the workflow is to notify via email that a document is about to expire. First, it checks if the ...
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Filters for visio diagram based on the user input

I have data in a SP external list, one of the fields holds a date. I would like to visually present this data using Visio Services. I have drawn the Visio diagram using visio 2013 and using visio ...
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Visio Diagram Problem

I'm getting an error while trying to open a visio diagram on SharePoint 2010 library. Here is a screen shot of error. Here is detail of error: System.ServiceModel.FaultException: The server was ...
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Visio 2016, SP Designer 2013, and VWI files

I understand from reading here that I can create a workflow in Visio, and import it into SharePoint Designer. I'm using SP Designer 2013 and Visio 2016. It appears that Visio will not export a VWI,...
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Sharepoint and Visio together

The company I work for is looking for a way to display our Visio diagrams to our FE's through their browsers on PC, tablets, etc. Currently they do this by exporting diagrams to HTML and they are ...
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Using Visio to present SharePoint 2007 sites and permissions (or is there a SP webpart to do this)

I am Using Visio 2013 Web Site Map to create a visual representation of the SP2007 Site and folders. I need to incorporate showing permission groups (showing broken inheritances too). There does not ...
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Visio Web Access hyperlinks

I have a problem with Hyperlinks in Visio. I use Visio Web Access and Sharepoint 2010. If I use chrome browser, a single click on the visio shape will navigate to the desired URL, If I use IE 11, ...
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SharePoint 2013 - Visio Web Part open links in the same window

The problem is that the Visio Web Part opens links in a new window instead of the same window. The solution could be to configure the web part with JavaScript. I found this code from Jakub ...
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How to dynamically change the drawing path in Visio Web Access Web Part

I am wondering if there's any way to dynamically change the drawing shown by a visio web access web part. I have multiple drawings I want to show on a page based on what users click on the page. Any ...
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Sorry, we couldn't open your file using this feature. Visio Web Access is not available on this site.

Recently installed Service Pack 1 in SharePoint Server 2013 Farm, post upgrade we are experiencing issue when opening visio documents: I am trying to open .vsdx (visio 2013) file but encounter ...
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Save Visio document to web with multiple hyperlinks per object

We have a process flow document that requires multiple hyperlinks per object. It appears that the only the VML web format supports this. We recently upgraded from Visio 2003 to 2010. Now, when we go ...
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Visio, SharePoint list view

I am using Visio 2013 with external data. I am linking a SharePoint Online list view. Why I do not see the correct fields in Visio? I selected a list view but I see other fields not those in the ...
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Visio graphics service

Is it possible to add a trusted data providers to the Visio graphics service on SharePoint Online? I wish to display a Visio diagram with a connection to SQL Azure on SharePoint Online but I get this ...
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How to force a hyperlink which reference a visio drawing to display the visio drawing inside the browser

I have a site collection of type "Publishing>>Enterprise wiki", and I have the Visio Graphics service application enabled (I have enterprise SP license). Now if I open the document library, and I ...
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Filter library with vision graph

I am working with SP 2013 and Vision 2013. What I like to achieve is to have a connection between a Visio graph and a SharePoint Library. So far I managed to create such a connection but what is ...
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Cannot find (Excel Services Application & Visio Graphics Service ) inside the Service Application Menu

I have installed a new SharePoint server , and I wanted to create a new Visio graphics service and Excel service application, so that users can view excel & Visio documents inside their web ...
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Using firefox to edit office documents inside my document library

I have a problem in understanding what is the standard approach to follow for editing office documents inside my document library. As it seems each browser will have different behavior when it comes ...
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Sharepoint 2010 - Visio

We have in SharePoint 2010, some visio web drawings (they open wit visio services) with internal hyperlinks. In combination with windows 7 and internet explorer 11 the links won't work. If you click ...
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Visio Web Access web part

We are using 'Visio web Access' web part for rendering a Visio web drawing. We also have mashup scripts to view the shape data. Just want to know if using Visio Web Access web part and mashup scripts ...
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Present List as Graphic

I have a list that I have created of Servers that my group manages. I have also created a list of a specific type of file that we store on our servers. I went to the list of Servers and created a new ...
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How to allow my Visio drawing inside a web part to occupy the whole upper area, as currently I will get an empty upper area

I have a Visio drawing with .vdw , then I used the Visio Web Access web part to add the drawing to my wiki page. I set the following settings for the web part:- But I will get a free upper area as ...
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Can i allow users to edit word and visio documents from the document library and publish them again

I am working on a publishing site collection, and I have a document library which contains Microsoft Word and Microsoft Visio files. Is there a way to allow users to do the following : Select a ...
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Visio Web part not displaying picture

When loading a Visio drawing using the Visio Web access part I get a dialog box that only says "Error"
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Visio Web Access Error

I am responsible for a SharePoint 2013 farm that uses Standard CALs. As a result, we don't have a Visio service application provisioned. I have a Visio document in a document library, and when I ...
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Visio Web Drawing linking to Word bookmark in Sharepoint

Versions : Visio - 2010, Word - 2010, SharePoint 2010 I am working on a Visio diagram which will be used in Sharepoint. So I am using the Visio Web Diagram Format in Visio. I have my different ...
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Can't checkout Project (mpp) or Visio (vsdx) files

I have library with 'require checkout' set that contains mpp and vsdx files. I have MS Project and Visio 2013 (SP1) installed locally. If I choose edit for one of the mpp files, it simply opens in ...
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Can I publish a workkflow on sharepoint 2013 without using visio professional 2013?

I have Sharepoint designer 2013, i am working on a workflow that is already build by the company who setup-ed the initial step of sharepoint 2013. When i came i connected to the site, i can see the ...
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How to enable new webpart options in webpart section on a SharePoint 2013 page?

I want to add Visio web part which is not available in my webpart option on my webpage. How to enable new webpart options in webpart section on a SharePoint 2013 page?
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How to make an the Organisation Structure by taking the details through Visio diagrammatic representation

I want to build an Organization Structure/chart in SharePoint using the Visio diagram that means I want to pull the data/fields from Visio and then it would make an Org chart in SharePoint. Please ...
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Information on displaying a gantt chart in SharePoint 2010

I am looking to create a release management Gantt chart in a SharePoint 2010 dashboard. I am wondering if anyone on here has done this in the past and has any tips and tricks. I am looking for a ...
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