Integrating Visio with SharePoint - Visio Services Quick Guide - page 68

PROBLEM CASE

One of the leading fast food chains (let's call it “Tasty Foods”) wants to collect
feedback from its customers on various food items. The feedback form must be
filled out by the customer using an online web application. Customers must enter
their full name, food item, and email address, and they must leave comments. If the
customer doesn't enter a comment, the workflow status will be rejected; if he does,
the status will be approved.

There are three major components that will be used in this case:

· A SharePoint list, used as the feedback form (responsibility of the

developer).

· A Visio diagram to create the workflow design (responsibility of

the business analyst).

· SharePoint Designer to enable the workflow and deploy (attach) it

to the list (responsibility of the developer).

Solution

Create a custom list, add a few columns as shown in Figure 4-44 , and save it as
Tasty Foods Feedback.

Figure 4-44. The Tasty Foods custom list

The Fooditem Choice column can contain items such as Sandwiches, Chicken
Burger, Breakfast, Salads, Snacks and Sides, Beverages, Coffee, Desserts, Shakes,
and so on.

Open Visio 2013 and create a new Visio diagram using Shape Stencils SharePoint
workflow Actions (US units). You'll find these in the Flowchart section.