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Can I share the same data record between multiple shapes?
Hi,
I am creating a rack diagram of our servers and have created various custom fields for the data we wish to hold. One half the page shows the front view of each rack and the other shows the rear view of each rack. Is there anyway that I can connect the data of the front and rear shapes of each server, such that when I update the data on the front it will update the data on the rear? I have looked briefly at using the ShapeSheet but I'm not sure what formula I need to use to map the fields across. Any help is much appreciated, Tim |
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Can I share the same data record between multiple shapes?
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:41:27 -0700 (PDT), HeroBadger
wrote: Hi, I am creating a rack diagram of our servers and have created various custom fields for the data we wish to hold. One half the page shows the front view of each rack and the other shows the rear view of each rack. Is there anyway that I can connect the data of the front and rear shapes of each server, such that when I update the data on the front it will update the data on the rear? I have looked briefly at using the ShapeSheet but I'm not sure what formula I need to use to map the fields across. You could add custom properties to the page rather than the shapes. If the page has a custom property p1 then any shape on that page can access that property with the formula =ThePage!Prop,p1 -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. SSADM for Visio http://www.saadm.sandrila.co.uk/ |
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Can I share the same data record between multiple shapes?
On 23 Jul, 16:40, Paul Herber
wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:41:27 -0700 (PDT), HeroBadger wrote: Hi, I am creating a rack diagram of our servers and have created various custom fields for the data we wish to hold. *One half the page shows the front view of each rack and the other shows the rear view of each rack. Is there anyway that I can connect the data of the front and rear shapes of each server, such that when I update the data on the front it will update the data on the rear? I have looked briefly at using the ShapeSheet but I'm not sure what formula I need to use to map the fields across. You could add custom properties to the page rather than the shapes. If the page has a custom property p1 then any shape on that page can access that property with the formula =ThePage!Prop,p1 -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. SSADM for Visio * * * * *http://www.saadm.sandrila.co.uk/ Thanks Paul, although that isn't really what I wanted. If I was to create custom page properties I would have to create one for each property for each server, with 15 severs on the page each with 10 properties, that is a lot. What is the formula to use the data from another shape? |
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Can I share the same data record between multiple shapes?
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:47:47 -0700 (PDT), HeroBadger
wrote: On 23 Jul, 16:40, Paul Herber wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:41:27 -0700 (PDT), HeroBadger wrote: Hi, I am creating a rack diagram of our servers and have created various custom fields for the data we wish to hold. *One half the page shows the front view of each rack and the other shows the rear view of each rack. Is there anyway that I can connect the data of the front and rear shapes of each server, such that when I update the data on the front it will update the data on the rear? I have looked briefly at using the ShapeSheet but I'm not sure what formula I need to use to map the fields across. You could add custom properties to the page rather than the shapes. If the page has a custom property p1 then any shape on that page can access that property with the formula =ThePage!Prop,p1 Thanks Paul, although that isn't really what I wanted. If I was to create custom page properties I would have to create one for each property for each server, with 15 severs on the page each with 10 properties, that is a lot. What is the formula to use the data from another shape? Very similar to what I wrote above, find the shape's name, i.e. shapename.5 then if the property is prop.p1 then reference that property as shapename.5!Prop.p1 -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/ |
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