Friday, September 14, 2012

Visio Services:


If you are using Visio Services, use the procedures in this section to complete the necessary configuration steps.

If the Unattended Service Account has not already been configured for Visio Services, follow these steps to configure it.
1.     On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, under Application Management, click Manage Service Applications.
2.     Click the Visio Services service application.
3.     Click Global Settings.
4.     In the External Data section, in the Application ID text box, type the name of the target application that you created for the Unattended Service Account.
5.     Click OK.
In order to use Visio Services with Secure Store, you must first create an ODC file that has a connection string and data query for your dataset. This ODC file must be created in Excel and exported to a data connection library where you can then connect to it from Microsoft Visio 2010.
Use the following procedure to create an ODC file in Excel.
1.     In Excel, on the Data tab, click From Other Sources, and then click From SQL Server.
2.     On the Connect to Database Server page:
a.     Type the name of the instance of SQL Server that you want to connect to in the Server name text box.
b.     Choose the Use the following User Name and Password option, and then type the user name and password of a SQL Server account that has access to your data source.
c.     Click Next.
3.     On the Select Database and Table page, select the database and table that you want to connect to, and then click Next.
4.     On the Save Data Connection File and Finish page, click Finish.
5.     On the Save Data Connection File and Finish page, type a name for the data connection file (or keep the default) in the File Name text box, and then click Finish.
6.     In the Import Data dialog box, choose one of the PivotTable options, and then click OK.
7.     In the SQL Server Login dialog box, type the password for the Login ID, and then click OK.
8.     In Excel, on the Data tab, click Connections.
9.     Select the connection that you are using and then click Properties.
10.  In the Connection Properties dialog box, click the Definition tab.
11.  On the Definition tab, click Authentication Settings.
12.  Confirm that you have the SSS option selected and the correct Secure Store target application is specified in the SSS ID text box, and then click OK.
13.  Click Export Connection File.
14.  Navigate to an appropriate Data Connection Library on the SharePoint site, type a file name, and then click Save.
Once the ODC file has been exported to a data connection library in the SharePoint site, you can then access it from Visio and use it to create a data-connected Visio Web drawing.
1.     In Visio, on the Data tab, click Link Data to Shapes.
2.     On the Data Selector page, select the Previously created connection option, and then click Next.
3.     On the Select Data Connection page, click Browse.
4.     In the Existing Connections dialog box, click Browse for More.
5.     In the Data Selector dialog box, browse to the Data Connection Library on the SharePoint site, select the ODC file that you want to use, and then click Open.
noteNote:
The ODC file must be on the same farm where you plan to publish the Visio Web drawing.
6.     On the Select Data Connection page, click Next.
7.     In the SQL Server Login dialog box, type a Login ID and password that has access to the data source that is specified in the ODC file, or, if your Windows account has the needed data access, select the Use Trusted Connection check box.
8.     Click OK.
9.     On the Connect to data page, select the columns and rows that you want to include and then click Next.
10.  On the Configure Refresh Unique Identifier page, select the appropriate option for your dataset and then click Next.
Click Finish.

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