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You can populate a Strategy SAVIŽ model from diagrams created in Professional versions of Visio from 5.0.

Visio Database Export Wizard

This is done by running the Visio Database Export Wizard to export data from shapes in a Visio diagram into the appropriate database tables of the Strategy SAVIŽ model. For example, you can create a Business Process flow diagram or Data Model diagram in Visio and automatically load relevant information such as the process definition or data relationship information into the appropriate Strategy SAVIŽ

To run the Wizard, in Visio, from the Tools menu, choose Macro, then Database, then Database Wizard. For details about options, click the More Info button in the wizard or search on-line help for "database wizard".

In using the wizard, you can select the Visio ShapeSheet cells or custom properties from which you want data exported and indicate which columns or fields in the Strategy SAVIŽ

Mapping

You can export data for every shape in the drawing or for selected shapes. You can select the shapes with data you want to export by placing those shapes on a separate layer within Visio. The wizard prompts you for the appropriate layer. You must be careful to ensure correct mapping between the item in the drawing and the appropriate field in the appropriate Strategy SAVIŽ

An item in a drawing that you wish to export must have a Strategy SAVIŽ sequence number and a name. The data you export from the Shapesheet cells and custom properties must correspond with the fields in the Strategy SAVIŽ

Visio offers a number of operations that keep your diagrams and the Strategy SAVIŽ database in sychronisation. For example if you make changes to an item in Strategy SAVIŽ, those changes can be reflected back into the diagram next time it is loaded.