2.1.3.17 Visio Graphics Service

 The Visio Graphics Service enables the server to render a drawing page in a Web drawing as a raster or vector drawing. The rendered drawing can then be viewed in a Web browser. The Web drawing can include connections to data sources that the Visio Graphics Service can query to update information displayed in the drawing page. The Visio Graphics Service also enables comments on the drawing page to be created, viewed, and edited in a Web browser.

The typical scenario for using these services is to create a Web drawing by using a client such as Microsoft Visio 2010 or Microsoft Visio 2013, storing the drawing on the server, and then viewing it in a Web browser. For example, a user can create a Web drawing that shows a business process and operational metrics for the steps in the process. The operational metrics are linked to data in a database. Users can view the Web drawing in a Web browser and see the business process overlaid with the current operational data from the database.