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Draw.io Diagramming in Confluence: Cheat Sheets for Beginners

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The highest rated diagramming solution for Atlassian products is called draw.io and is available as an add-on for Confluence from the marketplace. A Confluence user who hasn’t used similar diagramming tools will need time to familiarize themselves with draw.io, to learn how to use the basic functions, and then build on these skills. Our draw.io team has created cheat sheets for new users, available below.

New version of draw.io for Confluence: Custom Libraries, Universal Search and Visio Import

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draw.io is a mature add-on that extends Confluence with powerful diagramming functionality. You can create all types of professional diagrams with draw.io in its intuitive and responsive editor which is directly integrated into Confluence pages: flow charts, network diagrams, organization charts, UML diagrams, mind maps and many more. It is the most feature-rich add-on of its kind.

Diagram Versioning in Confluence: Integrated Revision History with draw.io, Not Supported by Gliffy

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One of the advantages of Confluence is that its revision history supports audits: Each version of a page is always visible, comparable with other versions, and an earlier version can be restored, if required. There are many scenarios in which this functionality is useful, or even necessary.

But what happens with diagrams that are embedded in Confluence pages?

draw.io and Gliffy are the two most mature add-ons that support professional diagramming within Confluence. But the difference in how diagram versions are handled is massive: draw.io supports full version control integrated with Confluence’s version history, but Gliffy only has rudimentary version control within the diagram itself (not integrated with the version history in Confluence).