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BVD provides an extensive set of resources to help you develop dashboards and integrate data:

Visio Stencil (required)

BusinessValadmueDashboardStencil.zip. Contains the BVD widgets for Visio. Start Visio; in the Shapes window, click More Shapes > Open Stencil and select the extracted BVD stencil file.

You can also save the stencil file to C:\Users\<user name>\My Documents\My Shapes folder and then access the BVD stencil in Visio in More Shapes > My Shapes.

Visio Dashboard Template (useful)

Dashboard_Template.zip. Contains a Visio template with an embedded macro. The macro exports your Visio drawing to SVG each time you save it. The SVG file has the same name as the Visio drawing and is stored in the same folder.

You can add the BVD template to Visio by specifying the template file name in Visio Options > Save > Default personal templates location.

Visio Add-in (useful)

VisioAddIn.zip. Contains an installer for a Visio ribbon called Dashboard. The button Export Dashboard in the ribbon exports your Visio drawing to an SVG file with the same name and in the same folder as the drawing itself.

Make sure you have administrative privileges when installing the Visio Add-in.

Data Generator Sample (interesting)

samplegen.zip. Contains a VBScript and a batch file to send data to the OMi sample dashboard. The batch file prompts you for the URL of your data receiver, your API key, and the HTTP proxy and port.

Sample OMi Status Dashboard (interesting)

omi_sample.zip. Contains the Visio drawing of the OMi sample dashboard. The dashboard is the target of the data sent by the data generator VBScript. You can use it as the basis for creating your own OMi event and KPI status dashboards.

AO-Bank Sample Dashboards (useful)

ao-bank.zip. Contains the Visio files for the AO-Bank sample dashboards, which you can view at the BVD demo.

AO-Cellular Sample Dashboards (useful)

ao-cellular.zip. Contains the Visio files for a sample cellular provider.