Link or embed gantt chart in confluence
Asked by Jay Barra:

We are using Microsoft Project to create gantt charts but it would be much more convenient to handle this with a plug-in or import feature in Confluence. The gantt chart plug-ins for JIRA dont' quite meet the requirements I have so I uninstalled them.

I needed to be able to track multiple projects without tracking every project that I have going on. I'd like to the chart visible to my team after it has been created and I haven't found a good way to go about inserting the output of Microsoft Project into Confluence. Is anyone else trying to work with gantt charts in Confluence or JIRA?


Answers:
author: Midori
body: you can approach your problem by:

1. exporting Gantt charts from JIRA using the [JIRA PDF View Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/5167) (see the [sample](https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/download/attachments/2261537/jira-gantt-chart-report.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1343044326360))

2. attaching those PDFs to Confluence pages

3. embed the PDF files with the [View File macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/View+File+Macro)

![](../../upfiles/e1754d10-9326-442c-80ec-1c3bb34b91ee.png)


author: Lisa Rahder
body: The Creatley solution reads like it replaces MS Project, but cannot duplicate its features, and does not allow for display of an MS Project gantt.

Ferenc's solution is a workaround that begins with "Exporting gantt charts from Jira", but the gantt is not yet in Jira, it is in MS Project. Do you mean Export the MS Project gantt that was inserted with an existing plugin, Ferenc?

We use MS project for our planning, and will continue to, we just need to view an MS Project gantt within a Confluence page to avoid the current, clumsy process of detach, view, close, and delete from local... We don't want to do any editing inside Confluence. Is there a way to do this?

(The Connector by Ecliptic, et cetera, has functionality we do not need)

Thanks!

comments: author: Midori
body: I actually thought that you plan to replace MS Project with JIRA. It seems you don't (you should! :-)).

In that case there are plugins to integrate Project with JIRA, most notably The Connector: <http://www.the-connector.com/index.aspx> (I'm not affiliated with them in any way, and I don't know about the quality of The Connector.)

If you can get your data from Project to JIRA, then export that to Gantt using the [PDF View Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/5167) and embed the resulted PDF in a Confluence page.


author: Lisa Rahder
body: These solutions all address replacing MS Proect with Confluence: is there a way to insert an MS Project file into a page for viewing alone, so avoiding the clumsy current need to detach, open, then delete from your local drive later?

We have no intention of replacing Project , or need to edit within Confluence, just want the team to be able to view MSProject fike as-is. Can you suggest a plug-in/soltution for this?

Thanks!


author: Midori
body: I actually thought that you plan to replace MS Project with JIRA. It seems you don't (you should! :-)).

In that case there are plugins to integrate Project with JIRA, most notably The Connector: <http://www.the-connector.com/index.aspx> (I'm not affiliated with them in any way, and I don't know about the quality of The Connector.)

If you can get your data from Project to JIRA, then export that to Gantt using the [PDF View Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/5167) and embed the resulted PDF in a Confluence page.


author: Lisa Rahder
body: These solutions all address replacing MS Project with Confluence: is there a way to insert an MS Project file into a page for viewing alone, so avoiding the clumsy current need to detach, open, then delete from your local drive after viewing?

We have no intention of replacing Project , or need to edit within Confluence, just want the team to be able to view MSProject file as-is. Can you suggest a plug-in/soltution for this?

Thanks!


author: AlysonA
body: Hi Jay,

There's also the Creately for Confluence plugin: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.cinergix.confluence.plugins.creately.CreatelyConfluence>

It provides an easy way to draw diagrams and charts, and it supports many diagram types including Gantt charts.

Hope it helps!


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Another option inside Confluence is [Creately](https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugins/com.cinergix.confluence.plugins.creately.CreatelyConfluence)

comments: author: Tina Huston
body: Creatlely is not supported on the cloud version :((


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