This macro helps you create figures, diagrams, and notes using Excalidraw. It's a powerful tool for brainstorming and visualizing ideas. This plugin uses a built-in Excalidraw version, therefore, your data will not be seen or stored by excalidraw.com and will be securely kept in your Confluence instance.
Insert Excalidraw drawings
Select the Excalidraw diagrams macro from the macro list.
Click Open Editor.
Draw anything you want. To draw perfect shapes like a circle, hold the Shift button while drawing.
Click Save and Close, and wait until the drawing shows up in the dialog. If you don't want to save the changes, click the X button on the top right corner.
Click Insert (for new macro contents) or Save (for existing macro content).
Adding new shapes from the Excalidraw Libraries website
To add new shapes, visit the website and click the Download button to save the collection you need to your computer. The downloaded library file's extension is .excalidrawlib.
Do not use the Add to Excalidraw button, as the library will not be added to the plugin-hosted Excalidraw Editor.
Open the Excalidraw Editor in Confluence, and upload the library file.
You can then drag and drop shapes into the canvas.
Saving shapes as libraries
Let's say we want to save the following doughnut shape to reuse later. The first step is to select the whole shape.
Add the selected shape to your library.
To save your library locally (for the backup purpose, for example), click the Export button.
Draw.io Integration Macro
This macro helps you to use draw.io to create multiple kinds of advanced diagrams. The macro uses the embedded version of draw.io editor. If this is the first time you use draw.io, please check out their privacy policy.
Insert Draw.io drawings
Select the DrawIO diagrams macro from the macro list.
Click Open Editor.
Draw anything you want.
Click Save & Exit, and wait until the drawing shows up in the dialog. If you don't want to save the changes, click Exit.
Click Insert (for new macro contents) or Save (for existing macro content).
BPMN Macro
This macro helps you create BPMN diagrams using a built-in version of bpmn.io. The data is securely kept in your Confluence instance and is not shared with bpmn.io.
Insert BPMN drawings
Select the BPMN diagrams macro from the macro list.
Click Open Editor.
Click Save and Close, and wait until the drawing shows up in the dialog. If you don't want to save the changes, click the X button on the top right corner.
Click Insert (for new macro contents) or Save (for existing macro content).
Mermaid UML Diagrams Macro
In the Confluence editor, open the Select macro dialog. The macro name is Render Mermaid UML Diagrams.
Alternatively, type / (slash) and select the macro.
A dialog will appear. Type the content of the UML diagram into the macro editor. Here is an example:
sequenceDiagram
participant Alice
participant Bob
Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
loop Healthcheck
John->>John: Fight against hypochondria
end
Note right of John: Rational thoughts <br/>prevail!
John-->>Alice: Great!
John->>Bob: How about you?
Bob-->>John: Jolly good!
While editing, you can click Show preview to see the result. You can also click Full Screen Editor to open the Mermaid editor that will help you design new diagrams easily.
Save the page, and the UML diagram will be rendered.
PlantUML Diagrams Macro
In the Confluence editor, open the Select macro dialog. The macro name is Render PlantUML Diagrams.
A dialog will appear. Type the content of the UML diagram into the macro editor. Here is an example:
Save the macro, and the UML diagram will be rendered.
Graphviz Diagrams Macro
In the Confluence editor, open the Select macro dialog. The macro name is Render Graphviz Diagrams.
Select the macro, then click Insert.
Type the content of the Graphviz diagram into the macro editor. Here is an example:
graph {
a -- b;
b -- c;
a -- c;
d -- c;
e -- c;
e -- a;
}
Save the page, and the Graphviz diagram will be rendered.
Mindmap
Select the Mind Map macro from the macro list.
Click Open Editor.
The Mind Map Editor now opens and you can start brainstorming! To create a subtopic, use Tab. To create a sibling topic, use Enter.
Click Save and Close, and wait until the drawing shows up in the dialog. If you don't want to save the changes, click the X button on the top right corner.
Click Insert (for new macro contents) or Save (for existing macro content).
Examples
Mermaid
Flowchart
Sequence diagram
Class diagram
State diagram
Entity Relationship diagram
User Journey
Gantt chart
Pie chart
Graphviz
This diagram is rendered with Graphviz.
PlantUML
Sequence diagram
@startuml
Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
Alice <-- Bob: Another authentication Response
@enduml
Use Case diagram
@startuml
left to right direction
actor Guest as g
package Professional {
actor Chef as c
actor "Food Critic" as fc
}
package Restaurant {
usecase "Eat Food" as UC1
usecase "Pay for Food" as UC2
usecase "Drink" as UC3
usecase "Review" as UC4
}
fc --> UC4
g --> UC1
g --> UC2
g --> UC3
@enduml
@startmindmap
* Class Templates
**:Example 1
<code>
template <typename T>
class cname{
void f1()<U+003B>
...
}
</code>
;
**:Example 2
<code>
other template <typename T>
class cname{
...
</code>
;
@endmindmap
Work Breakdown Structure
@startwbs
* Business Process Modelling WBS
** Launch the project
*** Complete Stakeholder Research
*** Initial Implementation Plan
** Design phase
*** Model of AsIs Processes Completed
**** Model of AsIs Processes Completed1
**** Model of AsIs Processes Completed2
*** Measure AsIs performance metrics
*** Identify Quick Wins
** Complete innovate phase
@endwbs
Maths
@startuml
:<math>int_0^1f(x)dx</math>;
:<math>x^2+y_1+z_12^34</math>;
note right
Try also
<math>d/dxf(x)=lim_(h->0)(f(x+h)-f(x))/h</math>
<latex>P(y|\mathbf{x}) \mbox{ or } f(\mathbf{x})+\epsilon</latex>
end note
@enduml
Entity Relationship diagram
@startuml
' hide the spot
hide circle
' avoid problems with angled crows feet
skinparam linetype ortho
entity "Entity01" as e01 {
*e1_id : number <<generated>>
--
*name : text
description : text
}
entity "Entity02" as e02 {
*e2_id : number <<generated>>
--
*e1_id : number <<FK>>
other_details : text
}
entity "Entity03" as e03 {
*e3_id : number <<generated>>
--
e1_id : number <<FK>>
other_details : text
}
e01 ||..o{ e02
e01 |o..o{ e03
@enduml
C4 diagram
@startuml
!include https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML/master/C4_Container.puml
' uncomment the following line and comment the first to use locally
' !include C4_Container.puml
' LAYOUT_TOP_DOWN()
' LAYOUT_AS_SKETCH()
LAYOUT_WITH_LEGEND()
title Container diagram for Internet Banking System
Person(customer, Customer, "A customer of the bank, with personal bank accounts")
System_Boundary(c1, "Internet Banking") {
Container(web_app, "Web Application", "Java, Spring MVC", "Delivers the static content and the Internet banking SPA")
Container(spa, "Single-Page App", "JavaScript, Angular", "Provides all the Internet banking functionality to cutomers via their web browser")
Container(mobile_app, "Mobile App", "C#, Xamarin", "Provides a limited subset of the Internet banking functionality to customers via their mobile device")
ContainerDb(database, "Database", "SQL Database", "Stores user registration information, hashed auth credentials, access logs, etc.")
Container(backend_api, "API Application", "Java, Docker Container", "Provides Internet banking functionality via API")
}
System_Ext(email_system, "E-Mail System", "The internal Microsoft Exchange system")
System_Ext(banking_system, "Mainframe Banking System", "Stores all of the core banking information about customers, accounts, transactions, etc.")
Rel(customer, web_app, "Uses", "HTTPS")
Rel(customer, spa, "Uses", "HTTPS")
Rel(customer, mobile_app, "Uses")
Rel_Neighbor(web_app, spa, "Delivers")
Rel(spa, backend_api, "Uses", "async, JSON/HTTPS")
Rel(mobile_app, backend_api, "Uses", "async, JSON/HTTPS")
Rel_Back_Neighbor(database, backend_api, "Reads from and writes to", "sync, JDBC")
Rel_Back(customer, email_system, "Sends e-mails to")
Rel_Back(email_system, backend_api, "Sends e-mails using", "sync, SMTP")
Rel_Neighbor(backend_api, banking_system, "Uses", "sync/async, XML/HTTPS")
@endumlplan
AWS architecture diagram
@startuml S3 Upload Workflow
'Copyright 2019 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
'SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT (For details, see https://github.com/awslabs/aws-icons-for-plantuml/blob/master/LICENSE)
!define AWSPuml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/awslabs/aws-icons-for-plantuml/v15.0/dist
!include AWSPuml/AWSCommon.puml
!include AWSPuml/AWSExperimental.puml
!include AWSPuml/Groups/all.puml
!include AWSPuml/Compute/LambdaLambdaFunction.puml
!include AWSPuml/General/Documents.puml
!include AWSPuml/General/Multimedia.puml
!include AWSPuml/General/Tapestorage.puml
!include AWSPuml/General/User.puml
!include AWSPuml/MediaServices/ElementalMediaConvert.puml
!include AWSPuml/MachineLearning/Transcribe.puml
!include AWSPuml/Storage/SimpleStorageService.puml
' define custom group for Amazon S3 bucket
AWSGroupColoring(S3BucketGroup, #FFFFFF, AWS_COLOR_GREEN, plain)
!define S3BucketGroup(g_alias, g_label="Amazon S3 bucket") AWSGroupEntity(g_alias, g_label, AWS_COLOR_GREEN, SimpleStorageService, S3BucketGroup)
' Groups are rectangles with a custom style using stereotype - need to hide
hide stereotype
skinparam linetype ortho
skinparam rectangle {
BackgroundColor AWS_BG_COLOR
BorderColor transparent
}
rectangle "$UserIMG()\nUser" as user
AWSCloudGroup(cloud){
RegionGroup(region) {
S3BucketGroup(s3) {
rectangle "$MultimediaIMG()\n\tvideo\t" as video
rectangle "$TapestorageIMG()\n\taudio\t" as audio
rectangle "$DocumentsIMG()\n\ttranscript\t" as transcript
user -r-> video: <$Callout_1>\lupload
video -r-> audio
audio -r-> transcript
}
rectangle "$LambdaLambdaFunctionIMG()\nObjectCreated\nevent handler" as e1
rectangle "$ElementalMediaConvertIMG()\nAWS Elemental\nMediaConvert" as mediaconvert
rectangle "$TranscribeIMG()\nAmazon Transcribe\n" as transcribe
video -d-> e1: <$Callout_2>
e1 -[hidden]r-> mediaconvert
mediaconvert -[hidden]r-> transcribe
mediaconvert -u-> audio: <$Callout_3>
transcribe -u-> transcript: <$Callout_4>
StepFunctionsWorkflowGroup(sfw) {
rectangle "$LambdaLambdaFunctionIMG()\nextract audio" as sfw1
rectangle "$LambdaLambdaFunctionIMG()\ntranscribe audio" as sfw2
e1 -r-> sfw1: Start\nExecution
sfw1 -r-> sfw2
sfw1 -u-> mediaconvert
sfw2 -u-> transcribe
}
}
}
@enduml
The Excalidraw Libraries website () provides a lot of useful shapes. These shapes are contributed by the community.
The Render Mermaid UML Diagrams macro () uses Mermaid to render UML diagrams. It allows you to define UML diagrams in plain-text format just like Markdown.
For a live editor to draft your diagrams, please try .
The Render PlantUML Diagrams macro () uses PlantUML to render UML diagrams. It allows you to define UML diagrams in plain-text format just like Markdown.
For a live editor to draft your diagrams, please try .
You can find more examples here . The PDF guideline can be downloaded here .
The Graphviz layout programs () take descriptions of graphs in a simple text language, and make diagrams in useful formats, such as images and SVG for web pages; PDF or Postscript for inclusion in other documents; or display in an interactive graph browser. Graphviz has many useful features for concrete diagrams, such as options for colors, fonts, tabular node layouts, line styles, hyperlinks, and custom shapes.
You can find more Graphviz examples .
Flowcharts can be rendered with Mermaid. See more .
Sequence diagrams can be rendered with Mermaid. See more .
Class diagrams can be rendered with Mermaid. See more .
State diagrams can be rendered with Mermaid. See more .
Entity Relationship diagrams can be rendered with Mermaid. See more .
User Journey can be rendered with Mermaid. See more .
Gantt charts can be rendered with Mermaid. See more .
Pie charts can be rendered with Mermaid. See more .
