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The Zoho Creator ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Zoho Creator, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Zoho Creator data like you would a database - read, write, and update Zoho Creator Records, Files, Jobs, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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How to create Visio diagrams from Zoho Creator Data


Automatically update Zoho Creator data with the changes you make to Visio master shapes.

Automate the process of entering data into Visio diagrams and keeping your diagrams up to date with the CData ODBC Driver for Zoho Creator. The driver surfaces Zoho Creator data as an ODBC data source that can be accessed by applications with built-in ODBC support like Microsoft Office. This article shows how to create a simple diagram to start brainstorming about Visio projects linked to Zoho Creator data.

Connect to Zoho Creator as an ODBC Data Source

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

The connector is already registered with Zoho Creator as an OAuth application.

If you would prefer to use your own custom OAuth app, see the Help documentation.

Connect Zoho Creator Data to Diagrams

Follow the steps below to use the Data Selector Wizard to import data into your diagram.

  1. Open Visio and click File -> New. Open the Brainstorming template.
  2. On the Data tab, click Link Data to Shapes.
  3. Select the ODBC option and select ODBC DSN.
  4. Select the DSN for Zoho Creator, select the table you want to import, and finish the wizard. This article uses Leave_Types as an example.

Link Zoho Creator Entities to Shapes

Follow the steps below to create a simple diagram that shows how to create shapes from your data, one of the ways to link Zoho Creator entities to shapes:

  1. Click Brainstorming Shapes and drag a main topic onto the drawing page. Enter Leave_Types as the text of the main topic.
  2. Click Topic.
  3. Select a row in the External Data window and drag it onto the drawing page.
  4. Right-click the Topic shape and click Data -> Edit Data Graphic.
  5. Click New Item.
  6. In the Data Field menu, select a column. In the Displayed As menu, select how to display them.
  7. Drag a few other Zoho Creator entities onto the drawing page and add association lines back to the main topic, Leave_Types. New topics have the same configuration: Numeric columns displayed in data bars stand out in contrast to other Leave_Types entities.

You can refresh your diagram from the Data tab, synchronizing your shapes with the external Zoho Creator data.