Database Reference
In-Depth Information
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Publish once, use multiple times. You can create the diagrams,
connect them to data, and publish them to your SharePoint
environment. The diagrams load data from the underlying data
sources and you won't have to modify them unless and until the
source diagrams change. When the data changes, the shapes will
automatically reflect the changes.
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Various authentication models (explained further in chapter 4)
are supported, including
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Secure Store Services (SSS) (explained further in chapter 4)
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Kerberos or Integrated Windows Authentication
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Unattended Authentication
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in Chapter 4, we will discuss how to connect to a sQL server data source,
a sharepoint server list, and a custom data provider, with examples.
Info
In our first example, you saw how to publish a Visio drawing to SharePoint and view
it. That's one of the ways to integrate Visio with SharePoint. There are a number of other
methods for loading and interacting with a Visio drawing on SharePoint 2013, including:
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Visio Web Access Web Part—Use a Web part that can load a
.vsdx file.
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JavaScript Mashup API—Communicate with a Visio Web Access
Web part and change HTML content as needed asynchronously.
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Web Part connections—Connect and communicate with other
Web parts on the page.
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SharePoint Designer with Visio—Create diagrams in Visio,
import them into SharePoint Designer, and publish them to the
SharePoint environment.
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Commenting: Users can share their views and collaborate with
others using the new commenting feature.
We'll discuss these in Chapter 4, but first we'll take a look the architecture and
building blocks of Visio Services.
Architecture
Figure
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shows the components a Visio Services environment. Visio Services is loaded
into and becomes an integral part of SharePoint Server 2013, which runs on Windows
Server 2012 in conjunction with IIS, SQL Server, and Windows Identity foundation. Visio
Services can run in both hosted and nonhosted environments.
