Flowchart Macro

Description

The Flowchart Macro creates diagrams composed of shapes joined by lines using the Graphviz language. This language is extremely versatile and powerful, but you can start with a really simple example as shown below, and then gradually improve your knowledge and create more advanced diagrams easily.

Acknowlegment

Some of the contents of this page taken from Confluence 3.5 Flowchart Macro documentation.

Graphviz Resources

Graphviz is a powerful way of describing diagrams of any kind, using just text. Graphviz provides automatic layout of diagrams based on the text. Have a look at the following Graphviz resources.

Graphviz home
Gallery Of Example Diagrams
Online Documentation
Getting started tutorial - Jodie Miners has provided this nice tutorial
Color names

Examples

These are some very basic examples of what you can achieve easily. For more advanced layouts and formatting, please refer to the Graphviz Resources.

Macro Call	Macro Output
{flowchart} Parameters -> Diagram {flowchart}
{flowchart} main -> parse -> execute main -> init main -> cleanup execute -> make_string execute -> printf init -> make_string main -> printf execute -> compare {flowchart}
{flowchart} Open -> "Needs Verification" -> Verified -> Implemented Open -> Implemented -> Resolved Open -> Closed Open -> Resolved [style=dotted, color=red, weight=2] Implemented -> "To be reviewed" [label="Request review", fontsize=10] "To be reviewed" -> Resolved [label="Reviewed", fontsize=10] Resolved -> Closed {flowchart}