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How to use Graphviz diagrams

Graphviz Diagrams for Jira helps in translating your project requirements into visually appealing diagrams using plain text. There are numerous scenarios where you want your requirements to be displayed as simplified diagrams. The succeeding sections list such scenarios with respective DOT syntax and example output, helping you select which graph type to be used for each scenario.

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Digraph

ScenarioDescriptionDOT syntaxOutput
Organizational ChartAn organizational chart that lists the hierarchy of people from the CEO to the controller.
digraph {

	nodesep=1.0 // increases the separation between nodes
		
	node [color=Orange,fontname=Courier,shape=box] //All nodes will this shape and colour
	edge [color=Black, style=dashed] //All the lines look like this

	"CEO"->{"VP of Finance" "VP of Operations" "VP of Engineering"}
	"VP of Finance"->{"Dir. Finance" "Head of US Operations" "Head of India Operations"}
	"Dir. Finance"->Controller
	{
          rank=same;"Dir. Finance" "Head of US Operations" "Head of India Operations"
    }  // Put them on the same level
}

Cluster SampleSingle directed cluster with start to end process.
digraph {
	subgraph cluster_0{
	label ="Process A";
	node[ style =filled, color="lightgray"];
	a0 -> a1 -> a2 -> a3;
	}
	subgraph cluster_1 {
	label ="Process B";
	b0 -> b1 -> b2;
	}
	b1 -> a3;
	start -> a0;
	start -> b0;
	a3 -> end;
	b2 -> end;
	start [shape=Mdiamond];
	end [shape=Msquare];
}

Graph with circles and boxesA directed graph with circles and boxes.
digraph {
	size="5,5"
	# a 'graph' statement
  	graph [overlap = true, fontsize = 10]
 
  	# several 'node' statements
  	node [shape = box, fontname = Helvetica]
  	A; B; C; D; E; F
 
  	node [shape = circle, fixedsize = true, width = 0.9] 
	// 	sets as circles
  	1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
 
  	# several 'edge' statements
  	A->1 B->2 B->3 B->4 C->A
  	1->D E->A 2->4 1->5 1->F
  	E->6 4->6 5->7 6->7 3->8
}

Multi-colored directionsA multi-colored undirected and directed graph.
digraph {
    a -> b [dir=both color="red:blue"]
    c -> d [dir=none color="green:red;0.25:blue"]
  }

Node shapesLists the different shapes of the node available in the macro.
digraph {
   a [shape=box,color=gray,style=filled];
   b [shape=polygon,sides=5]
   c [shape=ellipse,color=gray,style=filled];
   d [shape=oval];
   e [shape=circle,color=gray,style=filled];
   f [shape=point];
   g [shape=egg,color=gray,style=filled];
   h [shape=triangle];
   i [shape=plaintext, label="plaintext",color=gray,style=filled];
   j [shape=plain, label="plain"];
}

Nodes with stylesA list of nodes with different styling options.
digraph {
	rankdir=LR;
 	node [style=rounded]
  	node1 [shape=box]
  	node2 [fillcolor=lightblue, style="rounded,filled", shape=diamond]
  	node3 [shape=record, label="{ a | b | c }"]
  	node1 -> node2 -> node3;
}

Software componentA directed graph for software components.
digraph {
   main -> parse -> execute;
   main -> init;
   main -> cleanup;
   execute -> make_string;
   execute -> printf
   init -> make_string;
   main -> printf;
   execute -> compare;
}

Use HTMLUses the HTML content as a dot input to render a graph.
digraph {
  rankdir=LR
  node [shape=plaintext]
  a [
     label=<
	<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLBORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0">
  		<TR><TD ROWSPAN="3" BGCOLOR="yellow">Zookeeper</TD></TR>
  		<TR><TD PORT="here" BGCOLOR="green">Animals</TD></TR>
	</TABLE>>
  ]
  b [
	shape=ellipse style=filled
 	label=<
	<TABLE BGCOLOR="white">
  		<TR><TD COLSPAN="3" BGCOLOR="lightblue">elephant</TD> 
    	<TD ROWSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="yellow" 
          VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">Giraffe</TD> </TR>
  		<TR><TD COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="2">
    	<TABLE BGCOLOR="white">
    		<TR> <TD BGCOLOR="orange">tiger</TD> </TR> 
    		<TR> <TD BGCOLOR="purple">lemur</TD> </TR> 
    		<TR> <TD BGCOLOR="pink">flamingo</TD> </TR> 
    	</TABLE> </TD>
    	<TD BGCOLOR="white">penguin</TD> 
  		</TR> 
  		<TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="white" BORDER="4" 	ALIGN="right" PORT="there">Zebra</TD> </TR>
	</TABLE>>
  ]
  c [ 
  	label=<long lines<BR/>melting ice cream<BR ALIGN="LEFT"/>maps that won't fold<BR ALIGN="RIGHT"/>>
  ]

  subgraph { rank=same b c }
  a:here -> b:there [dir=both arrowtail = diamond]
  c -> b
  open [shape=triangle]
  open -> c [label=<
	<TABLE>
  		<TR><TD BGCOLOR="red" WIDTH="10"> </TD>
      	<TD>This is a Zoo!<BR/></TD>
      	<TD BGCOLOR="red" WIDTH="10"> </TD>
  		</TR>
	</TABLE>>
  ]
}

Record-based nodesA directed graph with record-based nodes.
digraph {
    node [shape=record];
    struct1 [label="<f0> left|<f1> middle|<f2> right"];
    struct2 [label="<f0> one|<f1> two"];
    struct3 [label="New Node |{ b |{c|<here> d|e}| f}| g | h"];
    struct1:f1 -> struct2:f0;
    struct1:f2 -> struct3:here;
}

Graph

ScenarioDescriptionDOT syntaxOutput
Node with working URLA undirected graph with live URLs
graph {
	a [label="Hyperlink (Root)", shape=circle URL="http://www.appfire.com"];
	b [shape=box, label="Hyperlink", color=red URL="http://www.appfire.com"];
	a -- b -- c [color=blue];
	b -- d [style=dotted];
	a -- e -- f [color=green];
	f [label="Leaf"];
}


UnidirectedA undirected graph.
graph {
	1 -- 2;
	3 -- 2;
	4 -- 1;
	5 2 -- 5 -- 4;
}


Colored nodes graphA undirected graph with colored nodes.
graph {
	rankdir="BT"

  	bgcolor="#222222"

  	// defaults for edges and nodes can be specified
 	 node [ color="#ffffff" fontcolor="#ffffff" ]
 	 edge [ color="#ffffff" ]
  
  	2 [fillcolor="#f22430" style=filled color="#000000" fontcolor="#000000"]
  	4 [fillcolor="#f22430" style=filled color="#000000" fontcolor="#000000"]
  	5 [fillcolor="#f22430" style=filled color="#000000" fontcolor="#000000"]
  	6 [fillcolor="#f22430" style=filled color="#000000" fontcolor="#000000"]
  	7 [fillcolor="#f22430" style=filled color="#000000" fontcolor="#000000"]
  
  	1 -- 2
  	1 -- 3
  	1 -- 5
  	2 -- 4 [color="#f22430"]
  	2 -- 6 [color="#f22430"]
  	3 -- 4 
  	3 -- 7 
  	4 -- 8
  	5 -- 6 [color="#f22430"]
  	5 -- 7 [color="#f22430"]
  	6 -- 8
  	7 -- 8
}

Graph with color pathA single directed graph with color paths.
graph {
    1 -- 2[color=green,penwidth=2.0];
    2 -- 3;
    3 -- 4[color=green,penwidth=2.0];
    4 -- 5;
    5 -- 6;
    1 -- 4;
    2 -- 4[color=green,penwidth=2.0];
    3 -- 6[color=green,penwidth=2.0];
}


For more scenarios, refer to More example scenarios.


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