Import file does not contain a recognized schema.

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Rob Johnson

When I try to import an xml file created by CiscoWorks data extraction engine
into Visio 2003 under: Brainstorming, Import Data - I get:
Unable to import file. Import file does not contain a recognized schema
 
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Al Edlund

the issue with many xml documents is they have a schema underneath (i.e. a
heirarchial database definition) that associated applications have to
understand. The brainstorming addin can both export and import xml documents
associated with how it draws the diagram. So yes the brainstorming addin can
import these documents (the assumption being that either it was used to
create the wellformed document or another application that understood the
schema created the document). It is highly unlikely that the Cisco Works
data extraction engine would want to draw a Visio Brainstorming diagram, but
you could go ask them. CiscoWorks at one time did allow export of topology
data as Excel, unfortunately MS dropped support of the import operation in
V2003.
Sorry,
al
 
R

Rob Johnson

Can I somehow take the DTD from the CiscoWorks application and apply it to
Visio Brainstorming when the file is imported?
 
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Al Edlund

visio does support the ability to import xml, the schema is at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...s/vissdk11/html/vixmlconXMLRef_HV01086441.asp

and is available for download

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...52-3547-420a-a412-00a2662442d9&DisplayLang=en

Where the CiscoWorks Campus Manager does discuss export as XML, it never
mentions Visio. An action plan might be to analyze the output of CiscoWorks
to create an XSD (schema definition file) that could then be used to create
a DTS sheet to convert between the two schemas and then possibly import the
translated data into Visio.

It could be a fun project.

al
 
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Al Edlund

the xsd files from cisco should (hopefully) describe the schema that they
are exporting and the visio schema is in the tool kit. You could use dtd,
but the current open favorite is xsd. The Visio 2002 SDK had a sample XSL
translate routine that you can examine as a start. Here's the pointer for
the SDK

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...80-6634-4703-9ad9-7e440ede12d7&DisplayLang=en

Also Altova has some great utilities for xml work, mapforce might be
appropriate if you want to ease the pain and speed up the process (about
$250 USD).
http://www.altova.com/products_mapforce.html

Al
 
O

Owen

There MUST be a way to import the .csv data into Visio. I can't imagine that
MS would drop a vital functionality like this from such a key product.

Does anyone have and further information on this? Cisco went so far as to
build an "Export to Visio" button into their GUI that still exists in their
most receint version of the CiscoWOrks package....

PLEASE comment.

Owen
 
H

hkphooey

Lots of discussion about importing from Ciscoworks. I am struggling to figure
out how I can import MS Word! See related thread "Brainstorming and import
from Word"
 

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