Beginning SharePoint® 2013: Building Business Solutions by Amanda Perran & Shane Perran & Jennifer Mason & Laura Rogers

Author:Amanda Perran & Shane Perran & Jennifer Mason & Laura Rogers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

You configure the connection settings within the Visio Web Access Web Part in the Connections menu option. As shown in Figure 10-19, the menu option provided for configuring the connection is very straightforward and easy to understand.

FIGURE 10-19

The following table describes the different connection options available, as well as an example of when you would use that particular connection:

CONNECTION TYPE DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE

Send Shape Data To Send the data for the selected shape to another Web Part. When you have to show diagrams in a master/detail relationship, you would send the shape data to the Details Web Part so that it would know what data to display.

Get Web Drawing URL and Page Name From This connection enables you to dynamically accept the Drawing URL and Page name. You can use this when you have a list of drawings and you want users to be able to easily select a drawing from a list and have the drawing displayed.

Get Shapes to Highlight From This connection enables you to highlight shapes in the diagram. The connection will need to have the name of the shape and the color of the highlight. You can use this if you want to be able to select from a list of items and have certain ones highlighted; for example, if you have a floor plan drawing and want to highlight all rooms that are 6 × 8.

Get Filter Results From This connection filters the items in the Visio diagram based on the SharePoint list contents. This connection works only when the Visio diagram is connected to the SharePoint list and the only list that can pass the connection is the List Web Part of the connected list. This highlights values that match the filtered SharePoint list. If you look again at the floor plan example, you could have a list that contains all of your information about each of the rooms. If you filter the list based on the fireplace option, all rooms with fireplaces would be highlighted in your Web Part.

Get Shape to View From This connection enables you to change the zoom view for a specific shape. This is useful, for example, if you want to have a list of values that, when selected, would cause a new view to display that zooms in to show all of the details.

As you can see from the table, you can configure and connect the Web Parts in many different ways. In the Try It Outs that follow, you work through several different examples. Once you complete these Try It Outs, you should have a good understanding of how these diagrams can be connected to provide valuable, dynamic information to users.

TRY IT OUT: Creating a Visio Services Document

The process for creating a Visio Services document is the same as for creating a standard Visio document. In this Try It Out, you upload two separate Visio files. The first one has several different pages, and the second one has only one page. Because the content is not relevant, you can use whatever Visio diagrams you have access to.

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