If you still don’t see it, click the Expand the Shapes window button on the left. If you don’t see it, go to View > Task Panes and make sure that Shapes is selected. You should see the Shapes window next to the diagram. In the dialog box, select either Metric Units or US Units.
Select the Crow's Foot Database Notation diagram. Open Visio for the web and search for crow's foot. For more details, see Self-service purchase FAQ.
Visio professional 2017 entity relationship diagrams license#
If your admin has turned on "self-service purchasing," you can buy a license for Visio yourself. For more information, contact your Microsoft 365 admin. Note: Creating and editing crow's foot database notation diagrams on Visio for the web requires a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license, which is purchased separately from Microsoft 365. To add text, select the relationship line and type the text. To change the color of the relationship line, click the icon next to Color, and select a color.Ĭlick Begin Arrow size or End Arrow size to change the size of the Begin and End symbols. Right-click the relationship line, and click Format Shape.Ĭlick Line in the right pane to expand the list. When you're done, press Esc (or click elsewhere on the entity) to save the change.Ĭhange the appearance of the crow’s foot notation A gray box appears around the type name to indicate it's selected.Įnter the new type name. To change the type, point at the type name and single-click twice. Right-click the entity and select Show Attribute Types. You can change this setting for any entity: Double-click the attribute name placeholder and enter a suitable name for the attribute.īy default, the names of an entity's attributes are shown, but the type of each attribute is hidden from view. To add an attribute to an entity, drag an Attribute from the Shapes pane to the entity and then release the mouse key. To remove an unneeded attribute, select it and press Delete. The height is adjusted by the addition or subtraction of attributes: You can't manually adjust the height of an entity. You can adjust the width of an entity by selecting its border and then clicking and dragging its yellow handle. Right-click the relationship line again, click Set End Symbol, and choose from the list. Right-click the relationship line, click Set Begin Symbol, and choose from the list. Set the cardinality symbols on both ends of the relationship line: Drag the other end of the relationship line, and glue it to the second entity. To connect the entities, drag the left end of the relationship line to the first entity, and glue it to an attribute, a connection point, or the entire entity. In Visio, on the File menu, select New > Software, and then select Crow’s Foot Database Notation.Ĭhoose either Metric Units or US Units, and select Create.įrom the Crow’s Foot Database Notation stencil, drag an Entity shape onto the drawing page.ĭrag another Entity shape onto the drawing page to create a second entity.ĭrag a Relationship shape onto the drawing page to create the relationship line.