This document provides an overview of Visio Services in SharePoint Server 2013. It discusses what Visio Services is, why it is useful, how it works and its architecture. It also demonstrates how to configure Visio Services, use the Visio Web Access web part to display Visio diagrams without Visio installed, and create a simple PowerBI dashboard in Visio. The presentation includes live demos and concludes with suggestions for further information on Visio Services.

1. Visio 2013 & Visio Services – A Quick Guide
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Knut Relbe-Moe
May 31st, 2014

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6. Agenda 1 What is Visio services
2 Why Visio Services
3 Overview of Visio Services in SharePoint Server 2013
4 How it works
5 Configuring Visio Services
6 What is JSOM
7
Demo - How to create a Visio Drawing and show it in the Visio
Webpart
8 Demo - Create a simple PowerBI dashboard in Visio
9 Summary / Next

7. What is Visio Services

8. Why Visio Services

9. Overview of
Visio Services in
SharePoint
Server 2013
Visio Services runs as a SharePoint Server 2013 service
application.
Use and benefits of Visio Services
• Visio diagrams can be rendered by Visio Services and viewed in a Web
browser.
• Users can view Visio documents without having Visio or the Visio Viewer
installed on the local computer.
• Diagrams can also be viewed on mobile devices.
• Basic exploration and navigation of these rendered diagrams are supported
within the Visio Web Access Web Part
• Visio Services can refresh the data and recalculate the visuals of a Visio
diagram hosted on a SharePoint site
• Visio diagrams can be published to SharePoint Server 2013 by using Visio
Professional 2013 and Visio Premium 2013.

10. How it works: Architecture
Visio Web
Access
Custom Data
Providers
Visio JSOM
Mash-Up API
Web Part
Connections
Visio Proxy
Visio Graphics Service
VDW/b/mSQL
OLEDB/ODB
C
XLSX SP Lists

11. How it works: Creating a Visio Solution
Save VSDX file to SharePoint
Server 2013 or Office 365
• Create Diagram
• Use Data Linking and
Data Graphics
• View diagram in web browser
• Opens diagram in Visio
• Click Refresh to update data
graphics
• Data refresh can be automated
by setting interval time
Data Source
• SharePoint List apps
• Excel Services
• SQL Server
• OLEDB / ODBC

12. How it works: Compatible diagrams
• Visio Services in SharePoint Server 2013 can render diagrams created in Visio 2010 or
Visio 2013
 Visio diagrams created in Visio 2010 must be created using Visio 2010 Professional or Visio 2010
Premium and must be published to a SharePoint site as a Visio Web drawing (*.vdw) file
 Visio diagrams created in Visio 2013 must be created by using Visio Professional 2013.
The new standard diagram format in Visio Professional 2013 (*.vsdx files) can be rendered by Visio
Services, along with the Web drawing (.vdw) format
 Recommend to use the new *.vsdx format

13. Configuring
Visio Services
Create a Visio Graphics Service service application in SharePoint Server
2013.
2 options:
1. Create using Central administration
2. Create using Powershell
2. Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:>), type the following
command and press Enter:
New-SPVisioServiceApplication -Identity “<VisioGraphicsServiceName>” -
ServiceApplicationPool “SharePoint Web Services Default” -AddToDefaultGroup

14. What is JSOM
Web Part Page
Visio Web
Access Web
Part
Content Editor
Web Part
Document Library
File containing JScript
Visio Diagram

15. What is JSOM

16. VWA Javascript Object Model
getActivePage()
setActivePage()
getShapes()
getItemById() getItemAtIndex()
diagramComplete
shapeMouseEnter
shapeMouseLeave
selectionChanged
diagramError
getSelectedShape()
setSelectedShape()
VWA
Control
Page
Shapes
Shape
getShapeData()
getHyperlinks()
Shape

17. Getting started
Web Part Page
Visio Web
Access Web
Part
Content Editor
Web Part
Document Library
File containing JScript
Visio Diagram

18. Demo - How to create a Visio
Drawing and show it in the
Visio Webpart

19. Demo - Building A Simple BI
Dashboard With Visio 2013
And Visio Services

20. Summary
• Easy to set up
• Easy to create diagrams with Visio
• Need Enterprise License
• Visio provides lots of tools to create diagrams
• Callouts
• Stock graphics
• Use other images
• Excel Services
• Requires additional considerations
• Users
• Interaction
• No need for client

21. Want more information/Deep dive?
• Can find much information on Internet
• I will update my blog with more information about Visio Services the next days/weeks.
WebCast:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLJPonmyw5o
• Technet:
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663482(v=office.15).aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663485(v=office.15).aspx
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22. Thank you!
 Thomas Browet
 Alan Richards
For some good inputs, and for borrowing me some slides.
 SharePoint Arctic Challenge – For inspiring me to learn about
Visio Services

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