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

  1. Open your diagram in Visio and select PowerDesigner > Export to PowerDesigner Model to open the PowerDesigner Export wizard:


  2. 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.
  3. When the export is complete, click OK to close the wizard.

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