Are you interested in database design, but new to Visio 2010? Have you worked with Access and feel ready to move into more professional level relational database applications?

Visio 2010 provides you with advanced diagramming tools. It can be used to construct databases that vary in scope and size from organizing library events to running a business.

In this tutorial, Visio 2010 is used to construct Entity-Relationship Diagrams. It reviews all the basics for getting started and walks you through each step to creating a diagram as the basis for your database. The tutorial is broken into 3 clear parts for easy viewing:

1. The first part of this tutorial provides you with an overview of Visio 2010. The addition of the Ribbon is explored and the Backstage view is described. The specific shapes explored in this video are the entitity-relationship shapes. The drawing board is explained.

2. In the second part of the tutorial, adding entities, attributes, and relationships are highlighted.

3. In the third part of the tutorial, unary relationships, basic formatting and designs, textboxes and adding new pages are discussed.

What do you think of this tutorial? Please provide your comments and start a discussion!

If you are interested in database design, take a look at LIS 7460: Database Concepts and Applications.

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