Visio workflow is not imported in SharePoint Designer 2010

Hi,
I created a workflow in Visio 2010 Professional, however when I try importing into SharePoint Designer, I do not see it appearing in a different tab. There was no error during the import, but it is not imported.
Must I use Visio 2010 Premium only , or is some feature disabled.

Hello there,
you need Visio premium.
check this reference
good day
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