{"id":784,"date":"2012-10-24T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vm-officeblogs.cloudapp.net\/2012\/10\/24\/database-notations-tap-the-full-power-of-visio\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T04:50:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T11:50:42","slug":"database-notations-tap-the-full-power-of-visio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2012\/10\/24\/database-notations-tap-the-full-power-of-visio\/","title":{"rendered":"Database Notations tap the full power of Visio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Database templates have a fresh, modern look in the new Visio.\u00a0In our new approach,\u00a0templates focus on the on-canvas experience, which makes them great for brainstorming, free-form diagramming and collaborating on ideas.<\/p>\n

There are \u00a0four database templates: \u00a0Chen’s, Crow’s Foot, IDEF1X and UML<\/a>. Each template can be used to model a database system in a different notation. We’ll describe the components of a database diagram and then cover each of the notations.<\/p>\n

Entity Relationship Diagrams<\/h3>\n

Visio’s database templates allow you to model an entity relationship diagram. The key components are:<\/p>\n