Microsoft Visio: define data position on master shape
I am very very beginner at Visio and I have been struggling days on something which is probably very basic.
I have a set of data defined in an excel file, this way:
Name,Age,City
Paul,23,Paris
Jacques,55,London
Thomas,67,New York
I am trying to create a master composed of 3 rectangles, one for the field "Name", one for "Age" and one for "City". Each rectangle is supposed to contain one of the field in the above file.
Then I would like to create shapes of this master populated with data when I import data from my excel file.
Preferably I would like to avoid using VBA.
Is this realistic with Visio? Can someone provide with a good method to realize this?
Edit
Maybe my question might be simplified as this one: is there a way to link the data of one SHAPE to another SHAPE?
In other words, I create a shape A and associate data (name, age) to it. Then I create a shape B, and I would like B's data to always be equal to A's data, e.g if I change A.name, B.name also changes.
I've tried many different manipulations without success.
microsoft-visio shapes master
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I am very very beginner at Visio and I have been struggling days on something which is probably very basic.
I have a set of data defined in an excel file, this way:
Name,Age,City
Paul,23,Paris
Jacques,55,London
Thomas,67,New York
I am trying to create a master composed of 3 rectangles, one for the field "Name", one for "Age" and one for "City". Each rectangle is supposed to contain one of the field in the above file.
Then I would like to create shapes of this master populated with data when I import data from my excel file.
Preferably I would like to avoid using VBA.
Is this realistic with Visio? Can someone provide with a good method to realize this?
Edit
Maybe my question might be simplified as this one: is there a way to link the data of one SHAPE to another SHAPE?
In other words, I create a shape A and associate data (name, age) to it. Then I create a shape B, and I would like B's data to always be equal to A's data, e.g if I change A.name, B.name also changes.
I've tried many different manipulations without success.
microsoft-visio shapes master
asked Feb 4 at 6:00
OokamiOokami
12
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I am very very beginner at Visio and I have been struggling days on something which is probably very basic.
I have a set of data defined in an excel file, this way:
Name,Age,City
Paul,23,Paris
Jacques,55,London
Thomas,67,New York
I am trying to create a master composed of 3 rectangles, one for the field "Name", one for "Age" and one for "City". Each rectangle is supposed to contain one of the field in the above file.
Then I would like to create shapes of this master populated with data when I import data from my excel file.
Preferably I would like to avoid using VBA.
Is this realistic with Visio? Can someone provide with a good method to realize this?
Edit
Maybe my question might be simplified as this one: is there a way to link the data of one SHAPE to another SHAPE?
In other words, I create a shape A and associate data (name, age) to it. Then I create a shape B, and I would like B's data to always be equal to A's data, e.g if I change A.name, B.name also changes.
I've tried many different manipulations without success.
microsoft-visio shapes master
asked Feb 4 at 6:00
OokamiOokami
12
I am very very beginner at Visio and I have been struggling days on something which is probably very basic.
I have a set of data defined in an excel file, this way:
Name,Age,City
Paul,23,Paris
Jacques,55,London
Thomas,67,New York
I am trying to create a master composed of 3 rectangles, one for the field "Name", one for "Age" and one for "City". Each rectangle is supposed to contain one of the field in the above file.
Then I would like to create shapes of this master populated with data when I import data from my excel file.
Preferably I would like to avoid using VBA.
Is this realistic with Visio? Can someone provide with a good method to realize this?
Edit
Maybe my question might be simplified as this one: is there a way to link the data of one SHAPE to another SHAPE?
In other words, I create a shape A and associate data (name, age) to it. Then I create a shape B, and I would like B's data to always be equal to A's data, e.g if I change A.name, B.name also changes.
I've tried many different manipulations without success.
microsoft-visio shapes master
microsoft-visio shapes master
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I eventually followed this solution. Basically:
- Group the shapes
- Set the data for the group (not for an individual shape)
- Open the "Open Group" editor (Right Click -> Group -> Open Group)
- Use the "Insert" feature on each shape, but instead of "Shape Data", a Custom Formula is needed.
The link above is very clear so I recommend it for people having the same issue.
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I eventually followed this solution. Basically:
- Group the shapes
- Set the data for the group (not for an individual shape)
- Open the "Open Group" editor (Right Click -> Group -> Open Group)
- Use the "Insert" feature on each shape, but instead of "Shape Data", a Custom Formula is needed.
The link above is very clear so I recommend it for people having the same issue.
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I eventually followed this solution. Basically:
- Group the shapes
- Set the data for the group (not for an individual shape)
- Open the "Open Group" editor (Right Click -> Group -> Open Group)
- Use the "Insert" feature on each shape, but instead of "Shape Data", a Custom Formula is needed.
The link above is very clear so I recommend it for people having the same issue.
answered Feb 8 at 2:39
OokamiOokami
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I eventually followed this solution. Basically:
- Group the shapes
- Set the data for the group (not for an individual shape)
- Open the "Open Group" editor (Right Click -> Group -> Open Group)
- Use the "Insert" feature on each shape, but instead of "Shape Data", a Custom Formula is needed.
The link above is very clear so I recommend it for people having the same issue.
answered Feb 8 at 2:39
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I eventually followed this solution. Basically:
- Group the shapes
- Set the data for the group (not for an individual shape)
- Open the "Open Group" editor (Right Click -> Group -> Open Group)
- Use the "Insert" feature on each shape, but instead of "Shape Data", a Custom Formula is needed.
The link above is very clear so I recommend it for people having the same issue.
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