For those who might not be familiar with Visio, it's a tool that allows you to create various types of diagrams by dragging and dropping shapes (which are like icons) onto a workspace. Although ...

This cuts out the laborious data retrieval we’d otherwise have to perform to arrive at this information. Visio lets you use a variety of icons and metaphors to display data, including dials, meters, ...

There’s also an icon labelled “All templates” — here you can go through the complete list of templates available in Visio to help you find the exact template that’s right for your situation.

Dynamic, data-linked organization chart with the new Visio 2010 user interface ... place real-time data right onto the shapes of a diagram,” Crane said. “The icons, symbols, colors and bar graphs give ...