Which template is used for a Viso import?

Symbols of different symbol palettes can be mixed in a Microsoft® Visio file. These symbols are converted into the symbol palette of the template which has been used to create the Microsoft® Visio file. This template determines the mapping of the mapping editor and the appearance of the import result in ARIS.

You can determine the template of the used Viso XML file by extracting the file ???.vsdx/docProps/app.xml of the VSDX-archive. ??? stands for the actual name of your VSDX archive. The template identifier is stored as the value of the XML element <Template> in this file. When importing a Microsoft® Visio file into ARIS, the applied mapping is determined by this template identifier. The template identifiers that are used for a specific mapping can be found in ARIS Architect in the report category Visio import within the file visioshapes.xml under the alias attribute.

Example

A Microsoft® Visio file created with the Basic Flowchart template has the template identifier BASFLO_U.vstx. Therefore, when importing the Microsoft® Visio file into ARIS, the Basic Flowchart mapping with its default symbol mapping is used.