Configure Visio Graphics Service trusted data providers (SharePoint Server 2010)

Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

Summary: The Visio Graphics Service trusted data providers can be provisioned through Central Administration or with Windows PowerShell.

Trusted data providers

By default, the following trusted data providers are trusted by the Visio Graphics Service:

Data Provider ID

The Data Provider ID is the name of the driver that acts as the data provider. This ID must be the same ID that is used to reference the data provider in a connection string. The driver for the data provider must be installed on every application server that is running the Visio Graphics Service. Once you have installed the driver on your application servers, you can add it as a trusted data provider in Visio Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

Data Provider type

When adding a new trusted data provider, the data provider type must be one of the following values:

Data Provider description

The data provider description is a friendly name that appears in the Trusted Data Providers section of the Manage the Visio Graphics Service page in SharePoint Central Administration.

Creating, editing, and deleting trusted data providers

The following steps show how to create a Visio Graphics Service service application.

To create a Visio Graphics Service trusted data provider by using Central Administration

1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:

   • To create a trusted data provider, you must be a member of the farm administrators group.

2. On the Central Administration Home page, in the Application Management section, click Manage service applications.

3. Click the Visio Graphics Service service application where you want to create the trusted data provider.

4. Click Trusted Data Providers.

5. Click Add a new Trusted Data Provider.

6. Enter values for the following parameters:

   Parameter	Description
   Trusted Data Provider ID	The Trusted Data Provider ID
   Trusted Data Provider Type	The Data Provider type
   Trusted Data Provider Type Description	Description of the Trusted Data Provider type

7. Click OK.

To edit a Visio Graphics Service trusted data provider by using Central Administration

1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:

   • To edit a trusted data provider, you must be a member of the farm administrators group.

2. In Central Administration, under Application Management, click Manage service applications.

3. Click the Visio Graphics Service service application where you want to edit the trusted data provider.

4. Click Trusted Data Providers.

5. Select the data provider that you want to edit, and from the drop-down menu select Edit Trusted Data Provider.

6. Edit the settings that you want, and then click OK.

To delete a Visio Graphics Service trusted data provider by using Central Administration

1. Verify that you have the following administrative credentials:

   • To delete a trusted data provider, you must be a member of the farm administrators group.

2. In Central Administration, under Application Management, click Manage service applications.

3. Click the Visio Graphics Service service application where you want to delete the trusted data provider.

4. Click Trusted Data Providers.

5. Select the data provider that you want to delete, and from the drop-down menu select Delete Trusted Data Provider.

To create a Visio Graphics Service trusted data provider by using Windows PowerShell

1. Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.

2. On the Start menu, click All Programs.

3. Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

4. Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

5. From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER:

   New-SPVisioSafeDataProvider -DataProviderId <ProviderID> -DataProviderType <Int32> -VisioServiceApplication <VisioServiceApp>

For more information, see New-SPVisioSafeDataProvider.

To edit a Visio Graphics Service trusted data provider by using Windows PowerShell

1. Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.

2. On the Start menu, click All Programs.

3. Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

4. Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

5. From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER:

   Set-SPVisioSafeDataProvider -DataProviderId <ProviderID> -DataProviderType <Int32> -Description <String> -VisioServiceApplication <VisioServiceApp>

For more information, see Set-SPVisioSafeDataProvider.

To delete a Visio Graphics Service trusted data provider by using Windows PowerShell

1. Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.

2. On the Start menu, click All Programs.

3. Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.

4. Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

5. From the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command and press ENTER:

   Remove-SPVisioSafeDataProvider -DataProviderId <ProviderID> -DataProviderType <Int32> -VisioServiceApplication <VisioServiceApp>

For more information, see Remove-SPVisioSafeDataProvider.

See Also

Concepts

Visio Services in SharePoint Server 2010 knowledge articles
Configure Visio Graphics Service global settings (SharePoint Server 2010)