Did you know Visio supports data integration? Have you ever seen a network architecture diagram made with Visio? Of course you have. Did you know you can use your network monitoring tools to feed the map you made with Visio? You can have a real visualization tool that lets you actually see on your network map which servers are up or down.
Visio Services lets you publish Visio diagrams to SharePoint. Users can view and refresh diagrams – in a browser. You can integrate your Visio diagrams into SharePoint and develop rich mash-ups and applications. What are some other things you can do with Visio integration? You might be surprised.
Imagine your conference floor maps with real-time information about which booths are sold and which are available. Conference floor maps that show traffic. Feed your ID scanner information into Visio to show which booths were busy during which times of the show.
These are not typical reports – these are visualizations using Visio. Visio Services lets you publish them to executives, staff, members, volunteers, attendees, vendors, or to anyone you wish.