# Import a Visio file into Jira

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**.

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## 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.

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## 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**.

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## 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](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/visio-file-will-not-import.html) for more.

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## Related

### [Visio import](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/visio-import.html)

Formats and what comes across.

### [Visio file will not import](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/visio-file-will-not-import.html)

When a file is refused.

### [Add a diagram to a Jira issue](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/add-a-diagram-to-a-jira-issue.html)

The usual way to add a diagram.

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_It arrives as a diagram, not a picture of one._