Shape Data Sets

Started by dmd6x, February 02, 2024, 11:58:31 PM

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dmd6x

Hi-

I'm on Visio Professional 2019.  Working on Shape Data, specifically employee info for an org chart.  I want my Shape Data Fields to display in a particular order, and not all shapes have the same data fields.  When I go to add a data field to a particular shape's list of shape data, selecting it from a pre-defined Shape Data Set, I select the shape, right click in the shape data window, choose "Shape Data Sets", choose the desired shape data set (check the box), choose apply checked shape data sets to: "Shapes selected in drawing", and I UNcheck "Remove existing data sets" (because I'm trying to add this data set to the existing list of shape data fields).  When I click "apply", a new data field is added to the Shape Data Window, but it does not retain the parameters defined in the "Shape Data Sets" window, where I input the data set parameters.  For example, the data field added is called "Row_17", and the default value is "0", not "Project Team" with a fixed list. 

Is this a known bug?  Any known workarounds?  Thanks in advance!

Nikolay

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The order of fields is defined by the "sort key" attribute.
You can set that attribute to some specific value if you want to have a specific field order, and then apply that to your shapes (using the data sets for example).