Master the art of presenting information visually using Microsoft Visio Professional 2016 and Visio Pro for Office365 About This Book * A complete guide to data visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016 * Visualize information to meet the needs of your business * Get the quick way to learn Microsoft Visio 2016 Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at the departmental-level business intelligence professional or Microsoft Office power-user who wants to create data diagrams with Microsoft Visio that can accurately represent business information visually. What You Will Learn * Add external data from a variety of data sources * Represent information with data graphics * Create custom data-like shapes * Export data from structured diagrams * Present information graphics to non-Visio users * Automate visualizations from data * Develop custom templates and code for others In Detail Microsoft Visio Professional is a data visualization application that is used by many different market sectors and many different departments to represent information visually, from network infrastructure to organization charts, from process diagrams to office layouts. Starting off with a brief introduction to Visio Professional 2016 and then moving on to data storage, linking data to shapes, and working with SQL Server to create a solid foundation. Then we'll cover topics such as refreshing data, working with geographical data, working with various graphics, and diagrams, and more. Finally, you'll find out how to deploy custom stencils, templates, and code. Style and approach This book has real life examples that will let you explore all the new features of Microsoft Visio 2016 and apply them in your daily life.
David Parker s background has been in data visualization ever since, as a building architect in the 80s, he struggled to produce lists of hospital equipment from Computer Aided Design models of the buildings. He moved into building and infrastructure asset management in the late 80s using a Unix system, and gradually migrated to Windows-based systems throughout the 90s.
He became a European Business partner of Visio Corporation in 1996, and presented the database-linked Visio solutions that he was providing to the merchant banks in London and New York at several international conferences. He started bVisual ltd in 1998, which has been providing Visio-based solutions to various industries since then, and became a Silver-level Microsoft Partner.
David has been a Microsoft MVP (Visio) for the last 12 years, and has helped Microsoft Corp. UK and Western Europe by providing Visio solutions, training, website content, and presentations. He has had several books on Visio published, and has been presenting Visio/SharePoint integration courses for many years for Microsoft Western Europe from Oslo in the north down to Lisbon in the south. He has presented at SQL and SharePoint Saturday conferences, and writes a regular blog for people interested in Microsoft Visio.
