Loading your SharePoint Environment into MetaVis Architect

This guide is designed to walk you through the process of loading your SharePoint environment into MetaVis Designer. The result will create a new diagram object in the navigation tree, which can be expanded to reveal a graphical model of the metadata structure within this site.

(1) Start Load from SharePoint Wizard
Select File/Load From SharePoint menu item or click on the Load From SharePoint toolbar icon. In the wizard that will appear define a project name for the new diagram and enter a valid URL for the target site or sub-site (along with a user name and password). Click Next to verify the connection and click Finish to begin the loading process.

A progress bar indicating the status of the retrieval process will be displayed. Once completed a message window will be generated. Confirm this message and navigate to the next step of this guide.

(2) Browse the site topology
Look for the diagram project that appears in the Navigation tree. Expand the project. Please note that the application hides many inherited and hidden objects by default, which may result in a completely empty diagram. You may expose these objects through the View menu.

(3) Open Site Diagram
You may double-click on the project to reveal the entire diagram or directly on any object within the tree to navigate to that object within the diagram.

(4) Arrange Diagram
Newly loaded diagrams or exposed objects are not always presented in a clear fashion due to object size and relationships. The application has a feature to automatically arrange the diagram. One of the easiest ways to do this is to right-click an empty part of the diagram and select the Arrange All option from the dialogue window.