Create simple, visual timelines that are useful for planning projects, software releases and much more with the Roadmap macro.
Roadmaps are made up of:
- bars to indicate phases of work
- lanes to differentiate between teams, products or streams
- markers to highlight important dates and milestones
- a timeline showing months or weeks.
You can provide more information about items on your roadmap by linking a bar to a page.
Here's how the macro appears on a page:
Adding the Roadmap macro
To add the Roadmap macro to a page:
- In the Confluence editor, choose > Other Macros
- Find and select the required macro
Speeding up macro entry with autocomplete:
- In the new editor - Type / and the beginning of an element (tool or things in the insert menu) to see a list of suggestions.
- In the legacy editor - Type { and the beginning of the macro name to see a list of suggested macros.
Details are in Keyboard shortcuts, markdown, and autocomplete.
To edit an existing macro
Click the macro placeholder and choose Edit. A macro dialog window will open, where you can edit the parameters of the macro.
Editing your Roadmap
To edit your roadmap:
- Select the roadmap and choose Edit
- Add lanes, bars and markers
- Drag lanes, bars and markers to the desired location on the roadmap
- Select lanes, bars and markers to add text, change colors and remove from the roadmap
- Select bars to add links to existing pages, create new pages or add a description
- Set the start and end dates for the roadmap and choose to display it by weeks or months
Here's how the macro looks in the editor:
- Add lanes: to differentiate your teams or streams of work.
- Date range: display the plan by weeks or months.
- Add bar info: to provide more info or link a bar to a page.
Parameters
This macro does not use the macro browser to set parameters. You also cannot add this macro via wiki markup or by editing the storage format directly.