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If you use a non-standard Visio scheme, you may need to update this transformation file.

If you work with the cloud solution, download the file and upload it to your Enterprise Studio Online. If you work with the on-premise solution, a standard mapping file is available in the folder Configuration\MetaModels\ArchiMate\ImportTypeMappings of your local Enterprise Studio installation. The mapping of the Visio object types to the Enterprise Studio object types needs to be defined in the mapping file VisioToArchiMateTypeMapping.xml. Enterprise Studio uses this specification to determine which types of objects must be created while importing. If you save the Visio file, this specification is added to the file. This Visio scheme is like a metamodel specification. Within Visio you need to use a (standard) Visio scheme. To be able to use the Visio import, you need to save your Visio model as XML file. You can only import Visio files with the extension.

Any shape or relation to be imported has to be mapped in the type mapping shapes or relations not in this type mapping will not be imported.

To import names of objects or relations, the names have to be connected to the objects or relations.

To import lines or relations from Visio, the lines have to be connected to the objects/shapes in Visio isolated lines will not be imported.

To successfully import a Visio drawing, note the following: Shapes, text and relations in Visio are imported based on a mapping that specifies which shapes and relations are mapped onto which types of objects and relations in Enterprise Studio. Visio drawings can be imported into ArchiMate ® models.