Importing Visio Diagrams into PowerDesigner

Importing your Visio diagrams into PowerDesigner's rich metadata environment enables you to link your architectural objects with the objects that will implement them, and to profit from PowerDesigner's powerful impact and lineage analysis features. You must have installed Visio 2002 or higher and have selected to install the Visio plug-in from the PowerDesigner installer.

Note: Only Visio diagrams created from the following standard templates can be imported into PowerDesigner, and only objects available on the standard stencils will be imported. Custom properties will be imported as extended attributes.

You can import the following diagrams into a PowerDesigner BPM or EAM:

Visio Template	PowerDesigner Diagram
Audit Diagram	BPM Analysis/ Business Process Diagram
Basic Flowchart	BPM Analysis/ Business Process Diagram
Cross-Functional Flowchart	BPM Analysis/ Business Process Diagram
Business Process/ Data Flow Diagram Software/ Data Flow Diagram	BPM Data Flow Diagram
Event Driven Process Chain Diagram	BPM Business Process Diagram
ITIL Diagram	BPM Business Process Diagram
Work Flow Diagram	BPM Business Process Diagram
Flowchart/ SDL Diagram	BPM Business Process Diagram
Organization Chart	EAM Organization Chart Diagram
Software/ Enterprise Application	EAM Application Architecture Diagram
Network/ Basic Network / Detailed Network Diagram	EAM Technology Infrastructure Diagram
Active Directory	EAM Organization Chart Diagram
LDAP Directory	EAM Organization Chart Diagram

Open your diagram in Visio and select PowerDesigner > Export to PowerDesigner Model to open the PowerDesigner Export wizard:
Specify the type of model to which you want to export your diagram, enter a name for the model to be created, and then click OK to start the export.
When the export is complete, click OK to close the wizard.

The diagram is opened as a new BPM or EAM in PowerDesigner.