Import a Visio file into Jira

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To import a Visio file into Jira, open the issue, select Add Diagram in the Diagram panel, choose Visio import in the type picker and pick your .vsdx or .vssx file. It opens in the draw.io editor with the file name as its title, so shapes and text stay editable. Check it and select Save.

#Before you start

  • The file is a .vsdx or .vssx. Older Visio files (.vsd, .vdx, .vss, .vsx) must be re-saved as .vsdx in Visio 2013 or later first.

  • You can add attachments to the issue.

#Steps

  1. Open the issue.

  2. In the Diagram panel, select Add Diagram, or Add if the issue already has diagrams.

  3. In the type picker, choose Visio import. It is under Whiteboard and visual.

  4. Pick your Visio file.

  5. Check the converted diagram in the draw.io editor and fix anything that did not come across.

  6. Select Save.

#What happens next

The diagram is saved on the issue as a draw.io attachment. From then on it is an ordinary draw.io diagram that you edit in Jira; the original Visio file is not attached.

#If it does not work

  • The file is refused: it is probably an older Visio format. Re-save it as .vsdx.

  • Custom or licensed stencils can arrive as plain shapes. Keep the original file until you have checked the result.

  • See Visio file will not import for more.

It arrives as a diagram, not a picture of one.