Database Reference
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Prerequisites
To be able to use this topic successfully, you'll need the following software:
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SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise Edition
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SQL Server 2008 R2 / SQL Server 2008 / SQL Server 2012 (x86 or x64)
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Visio Client—2013 Professional or 2010 Professional or 2010 Ultimate
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SharePoint Designer 2013, available for download at
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Visual Studio 2012 or 2013 Professional Edition, trial version
available for download at
http://www.visualstudio.com/
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If you'd prefer using the Express editions of Visual Studio
and SQL Server, you can download them from
Why Visio?
Let me walk you through a small story called “My day begins with . . . . I wake up early in
the morning, get ready, and start from home at about 7:15AM. On my way driving to the
office, I stop by the nearest coffee shop to pick up my morning beverage. I choose hot
chocolate and head for the office—yet another decision to make, whether or not take the
freeway. I quickly look over my shoulder and as there's not a lot of traffic, I choose to drive
on local streets. At 8:45AM, I arrive at the office.
Notice the words in my little story. It's all about initiation, actions, decisions, and
concluding. Well, of course these four elements and maybe a few others are required to
run our lives and, in fact, any job, too. Simply put, if I want to tell my story in the form
of diagram or a flow chart, it becomes a sort of storyboard—a logical sequence of boxes
connected together, as shown in Figure
1-1
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Figure 1-1.
“My day begins with . . .” storyboard
