Questions tagged [diagrams]
A diagram is a visual representation of data, logic, and/or relationships. Use this tag for questions related to creating or editing diagrams using computer software.
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How to turn Draw.io Diagrams.net image into a shape
I am working with Draw.io/Diagrams.net tool and I notice that when I search for object two types are returned. Some seem to be SHAPES and other are IMAGES. I can drag and drop these onto a canvas.
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Quick and easy way to plot a copied list of numbers as a line chart in MS Excel?
I have a copy pasted list of numbers.
I want to plot it in Excel as a line chart.
How can I do this, without having to add labels etc. to the data?
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How to put text in the overlapping portion of a Venn diagram in MS Word
Using MS Word 2016, how can I put text into the middle (overlapping) part of the Smartart graphic for a Venn diagram, without making another textbox?
With the current Venn diagram layout, I only get ...
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Export and edit XML metadata in Diagrams.net?
I have a large UML class diagram which I can open in diagrams.net. I also have an Excel file containing metadata for each of those classes. I would like to add the metadata from the Excel file to the ...
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How to use command line to insert plantuml code into draw.io and output diagram as headless option?
I know it's possible to insert plantuml into draw.io and output a diagram using the GUI. See https://www.drawio.com/blog/plantuml for example.
I know it's possible to use command line to get draw.io ...
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Software to draw/edit the Syntax of SQL statements
Looking at the images under Syntax here.
It shows the syntax (grammar) in a visual way. Is there specialized software for creating and editing such diagrams?
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Excel diagrams with labels instead of numbers on y-axis
I want an Excel line diagram with text labels instead of numbers on the y-axis (like 'low', 'high', 'higher') and number or date values on the x-axis.
How can I achieve this?
Having a column with the ...
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How can I change the default properties of Visio's connector tool?
I'd like to change the default properties of the connector tool in Visio from right-angled lines with an arrow head to curved lines without arrows at either end. Can this be done? If so, how?
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Enable overlapping shapes in Visio 2013
I cannot get two rectangles to overlap in Visio 2013! For various reasons I need overlapping rectangles in my diagram. How can I do that?
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draw.io: How export a diagram as a figure but including a custom watermark?
About the draw.io tool
Is there a way to export the diagram to any figure format but giving the option to include a custom watermark?
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Why are my Database Diagrams now blank after upgrading to SSMS 18.12.1
I upgraded SSMS this morning to 18.12.1, but when I open my database diagrams all of them are displayed as blank pages.
How do I fix this?
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Export Diagram from Word as HighRes PNG?
I have this abysmal word document (docx) where someone put an UML diagram in (technical drawing) which is so large, that 500% zoom is not enough to read the labels on an A4 page.
Thus, I tried to ...
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Convert image to Visio diagram?
I'm trying to convert a simple diagram (boxes and arrows) into a Visio chart. There are lots of these boxes and arrows, however, so this will be a pain to do by hand.
Is there a way to convert an ...
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Scaling a Visio Shape with Connections (connection scaling)
Is it possible to scale the connections along with a shape without having to "rewire" everything?
I'm trying to resize a Diagramm with many connection lines that are sorted, but when resizing the ...
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Excel histogram
I am attempting to make a histogram in Excel. I would like the X axis to be a percent distribution.
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How to use a non-contiguous range for diagram?
(Similar to question How do I select non-adjacent ranges in libreoffice calc?, but not identical)
I have a time-based series of data (date&time, value), and I have a diagram showing the data.
The ...
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XY Diagram/Data Browser for mid-sized CSV files
I have a set of CSV files with about a 100k records in them. The records need to be visualized in an x-y diagram.
Specifically, I'm looking for:
Seamless zooming in and out of the data
Navigation ...
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Comparing several years in excel line chart/diagramm
I want to compare several data values of several years over the course of a year. Something like this. For that, I changed all the data to be within the same year and I can put them in a graph ...
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PowerPoint - Consolidate internal Excel sheets
A PowerPoint presentation features a lot of diagrams.
All those diagrams are copied via embedding (not linking) to the PowerPoint file.
Is it possible to reconnect all those "internal" Excel ...
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How to convert the svg outcome to png?
I am using this package to generate a sequence diagram
https://github.com/francoislaberge/diagrams
Here is a very simple sequence diagram file:
Alice->Bob:Hello
I ran this command
diagrams ...
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How to draw boxes and tables in plain text
In many plain text documents, box drawing characters are used to draw these boxes in figures and tables. Such examples (from RFC 5766) are shown below. Is there a better way to draw this (for instance,...
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How can I add a text for a connection line just like the sample flow chart?
I use diagrams.net to create flow chart
I find a text "No" is added to a connection line in left sample flow chart, and the text can be moved automatically when I drag "Plug in lamp&...
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How can I display an ER Diagram with a self referencing relationship in yEd?
I am using yEd to create an ER Diagram. Mostly everything is pretty easy to understand, but I am stuck trying to figure out how to create a self referencing relationship since the edges always connect ...
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Force Visio to automatically make horizonal, single line connectors
In Microsoft Visio 2019, is there some way to automatically cause a connector to be connected to another vertical connector with a straight, horizontal line? The junction between the connectors should ...
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How to ensure exactly vertical/horizontal connectors between identical size and aligned shapes?
I create a shape and duplicate it, then connect them with an angular connector line.
Then I decided to placed them in a vertical line, expecting the connector to become one straight line, but it ...
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Excel horizontal chart with color bars and a marker
I need to create a diagram with sections (yellow to red) and a marker at a % position. This is just an example.
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How do I reset the connector points of a shape?
While working on a Visio diagram, I noticed the same shape that I had duplicated a few dozen times actually had custom connector points on it. Essentially every Rectangle shape now has additional off-...
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How to list and manage all IT systems of a company? [closed]
I currently need to document all our IT systems in some sort of list or diagram. I am wondering if an Excel table or something similar is really the best thing to do this. Therefore, I would like to ...
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How to read what a switch does in a motherboard block diagram
I have the basic understanding that a switch in a motherboard block diagram is suppose to show which ports/connections are usable at one time, but I'm having trouble understanding the possible ...
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Warnier-Orr diagrams in MS word: aligning Math cases and stacks
I'm trying to design some Warnier-Orr diagrams using MS word 2016 and Math options.
Using the "cases and stacks" brackets (Math Design tab, brackets menu, scroll down) it should be easy. However, ...
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How to create a Call Diagram for Excel macros?
I have an Excel file with multiple VBA-Macros. For documentation purposes I want to create a UML Call Diagram, or similar that represents which macro calls which other one.
Is there a way to ...
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Excel diagram type for x-y-value datas or better tooling
To visual my calculation values I create debug csv-files with following structure:
x;y;value
| x | y | res value1 | result value2 |
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Is there anything like about:healthreport in desktop Firefox browser anymore?
Until recently, the desktop version of Firefox included a very useful internal page, about:healthreport. That page presented useful information, including graphs that showed browser startup time (y-...
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Program for creating language syntax/grammar "railroad" diagrams? [closed]
I'm looking for the program that JSON, SQLite and other projects are using to create the diagrams used for their language syntax, if there is a particular program. All of the diagrams have a similar ...
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Oracle database block diagram or map
I have an Oracle database. It has multiple schemas, and each schema has many tables.
Is there a way to generate a tree diagram or block diagram, such as this image, to visualize the database?
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Cross platform diagramming tool [closed]
I am looking for a cross platform diagramming tool like Viso I can use on Windows, Linux, and OS-X for diagramming. Are there any decent ones available?
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Can I get a diagramming tool with a transparent background, for Windows? [closed]
I would like to be able to a diagramming tool's main window over another application's window, so that I can trace areas from the base window with drawing elements on the overlaid window. I can take a ...
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Arrow with multiple turns in Libreoffice Draw?
I want to draw an arrow between two objects in LibreOffice Draw. For simplicity suppose they're rectangular and even that they have those "connection points" and the arrow connects those.
Now, I don'...
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Visio ERD cannot fit in A4
I did a reverse engineering on a Oracle database into Visio 2010, the issue is that I can't find anywhere to make the size of the entities to fit into an A4 format, entities won't shrink. Am I missing ...
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Microsoft Visio 2010 Premium missing "Software & Database" templates
In Microsoft Visio 2007, there was a "Software & Database" template to be able to draw ER diagrams. In Visio 2010, this template is missing. Does anyone know if this template (and others missing)...
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How can I group objects without losing their glue points?
Suppose I have two objects in LibreOffice Draw: A Foo object and a label object. Now, I want to connect 'smart' connectors to the glue points of Foo's; but I also want to group together Foo's with the ...
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How to highlight (or make larger) connection points in Visio?
I have two questions:
How to make connection points in Visio larger, or highlighted as in this example?
How to make description bubble as in the example?
Example of a server with large connection ...
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How to create a diagram for my data
I am doing the Google HashCode practice and I would like to visualize some data. I thought of using Excel for this. Example data:
Earliest start: 186, 208, 228, 244, 281
Distance of ride: 479, ...
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Can't resize Visio 2010 entities
Please don't mark as a duplicate (this is a similar question). I am making a Database diagram in Visio 2010, but when I add a table entity, I can't resize it. I've tried changing the protection, I've ...
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How to create diagram in spreadsheet with dates on x-axis?
I recently became a father to twin boys. Naturally there is a lot of weighing and measuring, and we record these numbers in a spreadsheet. I use OpenOffice.org Calc (but I'm open to solutions for ...
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Excel diagram - proportional axis
I am making 2D line diagram in Excel with year on one axis and value on the other axis. The problem is that I have several series with values with very disparate values. One serie might go from 1 to ...
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How to open a XML from Enterprise Architect without spending money? [closed]
Someone with EA has saved/exported a set of xml files. I want to open those files to see the diagrams, but I don't know a free tool that would do that.
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Formatting MS Excel's table to draw a diagram of a certain form
I have some data which consists of the list of documents, revisions of each document and the year of each revision. My goal is to represent this data with a diagram of the following form:
In the ...
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Using UML Diagrams in Visio 2013 Pro
I want to create a simple UML database diagram for presentation. My understanding is that the Viso shapes should be mostly complete in this regard with adding attributes, keys, etc. and then having ...
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