where is the gantt chart in confluence?
Asked by rdn:

1. when you type "/" and the menu opens up with those widgets, what are those called?

2. I have seen it before but forgot what its called. Doesn't confluence (without extra add-ins) have some type of gnat chart or visual project tracker? I need a timeline visually to plot out some projects.

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Answers:
author: Dave Rosenlund _Trundl_
body: Hi, [@ardian krivca](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5105811) ? Welcome to the community!

Confluence does ***not***come with a Gantt macro. You'd have to choose and install one from the Atlassian Marketplace.

You can choose one that's purpose-built for Confluence, or choose one that's built for Jira and has a Confluence macro. The advtg. of the latter is that both Jira and Confluence users would benefit from access to Gantt in their preferred environment.

Here's a search you may wish to use (of course, you can/should create your own):

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/addons/top-selling?hosting=cloud\&query=%22gantt%20chart%22](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/addons/top-selling?hosting=cloud&query=%22gantt%20chart%22)

I hope this helps,

-dave

comments: author: rdn
body: actually, I found my answer... insert-\>roadmap planner.

[@Dave Rosenlund _Trundl_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1164057) - can you please tell me whats the name of those "widgets"? Are they all called apps? for example is the "roadmap planner" considered an app?


author: Dave Rosenlund _Trundl_
body: Ahh... I suppose I should have mentioned [the Roadmap Planner](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-roadmap-planner-macro/). I believe it is the companion to [Jira \<Advanced\> Roadmaps](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/features/roadmaps).

In my defense, most people do not consider that to be a true Gantt chart. For example, you cannot depict dependencies.

Confluence widgets/apps/add-ons/helpers are called "**macros**" but I am afraid I am not exactly sure why. Sorry.

Educated guess = these are not true, standalone applications. I.e., they are not their own SaaS --- they are macros that you add that get added into your Confluence cloud.

Maybe someone else will chime in with a better, more complete explanation. ?


author: Dave Collins
body: Wrong. It does come with a Gantt macro (in Charts)...


author: Dave Rosenlund _Trundl_
body: You may know something we don't, [@Dave Collins](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5486777). Please say more. And maybe share a screenshot?   

AFAIK, unless you have a Confluence add-on for it, there's still no out-of-box Gantt chart for Confluence. And I just double-checked in a couple of different cloud instances to make sure this was still true.

Happy to be proven wrong though --- it wouldn't be the first time ?

Best,

-dave


author: Dave Collins
body: Sure. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/chart-macro-163415075.html> (search for Gantt


author: Takafumi Ohtake -Ricksoft-
body: Hi [@ardian krivca](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5105811)

Confluence offers various ways to draw timelines.  
You can find a summary in [this article](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/Plan-Projects-and-Roadmaps-with-Gantt-Charts-in-Confluence-Cloud/ba-p/1929687) if you like.

comments: author: rdn
body: thank you for the link, nice to know options.


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