Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation

Summary

In this chapter, you have learned about the Visio Process Repository in SharePoint 2013 through Office365. You have also learned how to add a custom Visio template to SharePoint so that your users can create Visio diagrams that follow your company's guidelines and for compliance.

Visio diagrams are a first-class consumer of data, especially using its linking-shapes-to-data feature, but this book has demonstrated how it can be an excellent generator of validated data too. A visual data tool makes comprehension of complex information far easier, and thus reduces the risk of mistakes arising from misunderstandings. The ability to define rules to validate diagrams of all types with Visio Professional ensures that consistency is applied and ...