Important
Using the Save As Web Page feature to publish a website
to a SharePoint server produces a very different result than
publishing Visio drawings to Visio Services on a SharePoint server.
In the previous exercise, you used the Save As Web Page feature in
Visio to create a website that you stored on your computer. The sidebar
in that section described how to move the published website to another
location. With the increasing popularity of SharePoint, you might choose
to move your website to a SharePoint server. However, it isn’t necessary
to publish the website locally first and then move it to SharePoint—you
can publish directly to SharePoint.
Set Up
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Press Ctrl+A to select all shapes on the Main Process page. Then on the Data tab, in the Display Data group, click the Data Graphics button.
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In the Available Data
Graphics section of the gallery, click Color by Process Status. Visio applies the
color-by-value data graphic to the shapes on this page.
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Click the Print and Fulfill
page name tab, select all shapes on that page, and apply the same
data graphic.
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On the File tab,
click Save & Send, and then
click the Change File Type
button.
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In the Other File Types
section, click Web Page (*.htm)
[do not click Web Drawing (*.vdw)], and then click the Save As button.
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At the top of the Save As
dialog box, click in the address box and type the URL for your
SharePoint Server.
Tip
Often the easiest way to select the desired folder on the
correct SharePoint site is to navigate to it first in your web
browser. After locating the correct folder, copy and paste its URL
into the address bar at the top of the Save As dialog box.
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In the Save As dialog box,
click the Save button.
Visio creates your website on the SharePoint server, where it
is now accessible by anyone with access to the server and
appropriate permission. Visio also opens the website in your
browser.
The webpage shown in this graphic displays the
color-by-value data graphic that you applied to this page. It’s
important to understand, however, that this is a static webpage. If
the data values in the Visio drawing change, causing the data
graphics to change, you will need to repeat Steps 4 through 7 to see
the changes.
Clean Up
Save the changes to the Theater
Ticketing Website drawing, and then close it.
With this webpage layout in mind, you will now learn about Visio
Services so you can compare the static website you created here to a
dynamic web drawing you will create in an upcoming exercise.
