Visio driver for sql server 2012

I mean, it's got all those goofy tiles, and charms, and hidden stuff that you only see when you move the cursor into the corner, and all the other 'improvements' that Windows 8 provided. Dunno what you mean by "not a touch screen UX", But for me, if it waddles like a Metro and quacks like a Metro, then by golly it is a touch screen UX. Anyway, this thread was about a different improvement that Microsoft decided to make. The one where they removed reverse engineering from Visio.

You got any thoughts on that? So, why did I just buy Visio? I could already diagram using free tools! I previously recommended that our department purchase Visio for this purpose and will cease to do so. I have an intern from my University's Computer Science department now discovering that this product is worthless.

I will point her, and all her colleagues, in the direction of a competing product. I really wish someone could prove me wrong, because I have diagrams that I would prefer not to throw away.

We've been using this latter product quite a bit lately, and it works just fine. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Internet Explorer TechCenter.

Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Hello, Am I correct in my opinion that the reverse engineering functionality is dropped in Visio ?

Wednesday, December 5, AM. Hi, Visio still has various database diagramming options and these can be bound to data. Access can bind to ODBC datasources and can link tables - these can be also be graphically visualized. Tuesday, December 11, AM. You are not incorrect, it was dropped in v Wednesday, December 5, PM.

Reverse engineering is not possible in Visio ?? Is MS hoping that someone makes an add in for this functionality? Monday, December 10, PM. Jaynet what is " the SQL Workbench"? Cheers, Donna Donna Kelly. Monday, March 11, PM. Tuesday, March 12, PM. I've used ERwin in the past and it too is a great product.

Tuesday, August 6, AM. Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread. Downloaded OLE Driver x Tried all drivers, installed OLE driver x64 based on your suggestion. Trying to reverse engineer but Data source not getting added to the list and can't continue.

Thanks in advance. I am using Visio Professional on Windows 10, 64 bit. None of the above options work. How difficult or broken can connectivity between two Microsoft products be? If anyone knows a solution to this, please share it.

Markhughdev outlook. I use this ability for documentation of my database applications that I develop primarily in SQL Server and Oracle 19c.

I was able to pull data using the wizard by loading the Oledb provider. That almost always works, though you don't always get as much with it. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

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Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Enter in your server name, choose the authentication method, Select the database name from dropdown or build from file and click the Test Connection button.