Flowchart Shapes In Visio
Each template has an associated excel workbook used to convert process data into a flowchart in visio.
Flowchart shapes in visio. Visio plan 2 available as a subscription includes the all same capabilities as visio professional 2016 as well as cloud only features like visio visual in power bi data visualizer through excel and database reverse engineering dbre. Drag another swimlane shape near the first one releasing it when you see the connection indicator. When you open the basic flowchart template in visio the basic flowchart shapes stencil opens too. In the shapes window in the cross functional flowchart shapes stencil drag a swimlane shape either horizontal or vertical onto an empty area of the diagram.
Connect the flowchart shapes by holding the mouse pointer over the first shape and then clicking the small. For each step in the process that you are documenting drag a flowchart shape onto your drawing. Drawing a structured flowchart. For instruction in adding a stencil see add a stencil to a template in visio.
You can even add additional columns of data in excel that are converted to visio shape data. From the cross functional flowchart shapes stencil select more shapes flowchart. You can also use your own custom excel template map excel data to shapes in the create diagram from data wizard and automatically create the diagram. In the shapes palette on the shape tabs region select basic flowchart shapes.
As you create the process diagram make sure shapes are completely located in the correct swimlane and phase section. Create the flow chart diagram. Enhanced support for autocad drawings and more templates stencils and shapes are also only available in plan 2. Click the flowchart category.
Drag a swimlane shape onto the drawing page. Parallel mode often called concurrent operation fork or join this shape two parallel lines is used to indicate two or more simultaneous operations or processing paths. Each new swimlane comes with a label bar which says function by default. Terminal or terminator shape this shape tells you where the flowchart begins and ends.
For more information see add and connect shapes in visio for the web. However there is no standard universal meaning for the shapes any shape can carry whatever meaning is agreed on by the people who will create and read the flowcharts. The words you use are up to you. Point to the shape and point to the arrow that indicates the direction of the next shape you want to add.
To change the label double click the bar. Select a flowchart shape and drag it onto the drawing page. This shape has been renamed to custom 4 in the visio 2010 flowchart shapes stencil but is still available in the audit diagram shapes stencil named data transmission. Each shape on the stencil represents a different kind of step in a process.
Select the basic flowchart shapes stencil if necessary.