Visio – Show/Hide based on two properties of an element

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I am trying to Hide/Show the highlighted box and the 2 lines based on the 2 property values from an element ("FMTS" and "Recap").

  • It should show both the box and lines when either one of the property has a value of "true" as the box will contain the other shape during this condition like the one below.
  • It should hide when both the values are "false" as the box will contain no other shapes like the one below.
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Inorder to achieve this scenario, I have used both Hide and Show but it is failing for one of the false condition always.

Scenario 1:

I had used both "Show" and "Hide" which worked when both

  • "FMTS"=true and "Recap"=true
  • "FMTS"=false and "Recap"=false

But failed when one of the condition was true and other was false which resulted in the hide of both box and the lines even when one of the property had a true value.

Scenario 2:

I used only the "Hide" which showed the box and the lines when one property had a "true" value but works only for the first condition which we provide.

  • This works for FMTS=true but the box and lines vanish for Recap=true
  • This works for Recap=true but the box and lines vanish for FMTS=true

This behaviour is same when we only use the "Show" with interchanged properties.

Scenario 3:

So, I tried by separating this condition as 2 different rules but this still worked for the first condition only.

Please advise on how to achieve this functionality to satisfy both the conditions. Thanks in advance.

Harinee G [DevOps Member] Selected answer as best 1 day ago

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Hi Harinee,

You can do this with an Extended conditional shape manipulation action.

  1. Add a Show (or Collapse / Hide) shape data field to the box and to each of the two lines.
  2. Use one Show rule that combines the two element properties with a logical OR.

Example

<A>or<B>
-A|Element:MyElement|Property:FMTS|=true
-B|Element:MyElement|Property:Recap|=true

Harinee G [DevOps Member] Selected answer as best 1 day ago
Harinee G [DevOps Member] commented

Sorry we are using the properties from the services created and not from the element.
Also should we only use this one Show condition?
Sebastiaan Dumoulein [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] commented

Yes, that does not really change the OR concept. You can swap Element with Value and use the property placeholder instead.
Harinee G [DevOps Member] commented

Thankyou very much Sebastiaan!! It worked perfectly now with all different cases.