Editions of Microsoft Visio that have an online subscription also have the ability to search for shapes in a number of third party stencils hosted by Microsoft. For example, searching for the word "Tile" shows that it is also found in an online stencil, which can then be selected and downloaded.
These stencils, and all of the master shapes within them, are immediately available to use in the current and subsequent sessions. These stencils have been vetted by Microsoft and are safe to use. If you have an Internet connection, you can search the Microsoft Download Center for Visio shapes or stencils.
Some shapes you can download include:. New Microsoft Office shapes. Network equipment shapes. Azure Cloud and AI shapes. Visio shapes are also created by people and companies outside of Microsoft. If you are looking for some very specific or unusual shapes, you might try non-Microsoft providers such as these:. Equipment manufacturers If you are looking for shapes that represent specific pieces of equipment, you can often find them at the equipment manufacturer's website.
You can find often stencils of shapes on their web sites. Other external sites Some sites on the web such as NetZoom Visio Stencils and Visio Cafe run by independent Visio users and businesses offer shapes and other downloads. For more information, see Import downloaded stencils and Create, save, and share custom stencils. Standard versus Professional editions of Visio. You can also search for stencils that are online, created by third-parties or Microsoft.
In the search box at the top of the Shapes pane, enter a key word or phrase e. Under Online , if available, you'll see shapes on the web by other companies, including Microsoft. You can find shapes by searching the Microsoft Download Center for Visio shapes.
You can use the search box to find shapes installed with Visio. The search box is in the Shapes window, in a separate tab from the stencils.
Right-click the title of a stencil in the search results, and then click Save As. Type a name for the stencil, and save it in your My Shapes folder. Then click Favorites to add the shape to your Favorites stencil. You can also click Add To New Stencil to create a stencil that contains only that shape, or click Add to Existing Stencil to select a stencil, for example from your My Shapes folder.
You can choose whether searches for shapes use all of the words that you enter or any of the words that you enter. For example, if you enter "office chair" as a search in the Shapes window, the search can be for shapes that are related to both "office" and "chair," or for shapes that are related to either "office" or "chair" or both. Choose the first type of search, AND, when you only want results that are related to all of the words that you enter.
Choose the second type of search, OR, when you want to see more search results and matching all words is not necessary. In Visio Options , click Advanced , and then scroll down to the Shape search section. You can find shapes by searching the Microsoft Download Center for "Visio shapes download. Geographic map shapes. Educational shapes. Microsoft Exchange Server shapes. If your admin has turned on "self-service purchasing," you can buy a license for Visio yourself.
For more details, see Self-service purchase FAQ. Related diagrams Create a data flow diagram in Visio. See the following support articles for more details about these types of diagrams: Crow's Foot Database Notation Chen's Database Notation Note: Creating and editing entity relationship diagrams on Visio for the web requires a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license , which is purchased separately from Microsoft Need more help?
Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? On the Relationships tab, under Show , select the Relationships check box. In the Database Properties window, under Categories , click Miscellaneous. Under Cardinality , choose the cardinality that best fits the relationship. For one-to-many relationships, the best choice is either Zero or more or One or more.
For one-to-one relationships, the best choice is either Zero or one or Exactly one. To make other refinements to your diagram such as creating indexes, check clauses, and triggers , select a heading below to open instructions about adding doing any of the following:.
Double-click the table to which you want to add an index, and in the Database Properties window, in the Categories list, click Indexes. In the Create Index dialog box, type a name for the index, and then click OK. In the Index Type list, select an option to create a unique or non-unique index.
In the Indexed Columns list, select the Asc check box to create an index that has an ascending sort order, or clear the check box to create an index that has a descending sort order. You can think of a view as a saved query. Views are particularly handy if you need to repeatedly access the same information from multiple tables, or if you want to expose the data to users without letting them change the actual tables. Depending on your database management system DBMS , you may be able to set extended properties for tables or views to determine where they are stored.
Double-click the table or view whose extended properties you want to set, and in the Database Properties window, in the Categories list, click Extended. Use check clauses to ensure that the data that is entered into a column is within a particular range of values. For example, you can create a check clause that requires the data in a column called "Age" to be over Under Categories , click Columns and then click the column that you want to add a check clause to. On the Check tab of the Column Properties dialog box, enter the constraints that you want.
For more information about your choices, see Column and Field Properties dialog box Check tab. Use stored procedures and user-defined functions to create packets of code that you can reuse to perform the same actions repeatedly. The major difference between the two is that a user-defined function returns a value, whereas the stored procedure executes code without returning a value. On the Properties tab of the Code Editor , click the kind of code that you want to create, and type a name for the code.
Triggers cause SQL code that you specify in the trigger to run when a particular event occurs in the database. Under Categories , click Triggers , and then click Add. Visio Professional and Premium editions support the reverse engineering features for the Database Model Diagram template that is, using an existing database to create a model in Visio but they don't support forward engineering that is, using a Visio database model to generate SQL code.
The full suite of database modeling features, including both reverse engineering and forward engineering, is in Visio for Enterprise Architects. The name of the edition is in the top line of text in the dialog box. If you are using Visio Plan 2 and want to learn about how to engineer an existing database into a database model, see Reverse engineer an existing database.
Define a relationship in a Database Model diagram. Create or edit views in Database Model diagrams. Add tables and columns to Database Model diagrams.
Set and edit data types in Database Model diagrams. Show Crow's Foot notation in a database model diagram. Create or edit an index in a Database Model diagram. Preserve referential integrity in Database Model diagrams. Network, software, database. How do you want to begin? Create a new model from scratch Use an existing database as a starting point Import and refine an existing model.
In the Search box, enter database model and press Enter. The Reverse Engineer Wizard usually opens automatically. Before you start the wizard: If you're going to reverse-engineer an Excel workbook, first open the workbook and name the group or range of cells that contains the column headings. The Reverse Engineer Wizard should open automatically. In the Import dialog box, select OK.
How do you want to start your diagram? Create a new model diagram from scratch Use an existing database as a starting point Import and refine an existing model. Yes, install Microsoft Download Manager recommended No, thanks. What happens if I don't install a download manager? Why should I install the Microsoft Download Manager? In this case, you will have to download the files individually. You would have the opportunity to download individual files on the "Thank you for downloading" page after completing your download.
Files larger than 1 GB may take much longer to download and might not download correctly. You might not be able to pause the active downloads or resume downloads that have failed. Details Note: There are multiple files available for this download. Once you click on the "Download" button, you will be prompted to select the files you need. File Name:.
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