Problem is the free bit... there's plenty of great tools out there, erwin being my fav, otherwise visio is prob the best you got ...
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I had a little look at Erwin last time and couldn't see this functionality...does it have it?Originally posted by Jeebo72 View PostProblem is the free bit... there's plenty of great tools out there, erwin being my fav, otherwise visio is prob the best you got ...
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If you really want to kill yourself and do this in Visio, you can do what you want by using different layers to hide stuff etc.
You may be able to pick up some more free stuff at http://www.visiocafe.com/ that could save a bit of time.
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You could also try this add in from Microsoft that seems to do a lot of what you want dynamically:
"This add-in takes the input of SQL configuration prerequisites from users for SQL Server installations and shows them in a clear, easy to read diagram"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...kInfoContainer
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