Find and reuse

The second most common waste after redrawing is duplicating: the same architecture diagram pasted onto four pages, then updated on one.

Capable Diagrams catalogue for the Northwind Handbook space, All diagrams view, with diagram previews and filters for type, page and author — The Capable Diagrams catalogue lists every diagram in the space. Search or filter by type, page and author to find one you already have.

#What is covered

Find diagrams on your pages. Searching by title, by language, or by the text inside a shape, and browsing the Capable Diagrams catalogue.
Diagram collections. Grouping related diagrams from different pages, or different spaces, into one place without moving them.
Reuse one diagram on many pages. One source, many places, updated once.

Copying a page copies its diagrams as new, independent diagrams. That is usually what you want, but it is not reuse. If you need one source shown in several places, use a reference rather than a copy.

#Everything in this section

Find diagrams on your pagesLocate a diagram you know exists, by title, by language, or by the words inside it.Reuse one diagram on many pagesShow one diagram in several places so it is updated once, not four times.Diagram collectionsGroup related diagrams into space or global collections without moving them off the pages they belong to.

Integrations

Diagrams in Jira and on published sites.

Reference

How references behave when the source changes.

Examples

Diagrams worth reusing.

Diagram collections

Group diagrams without moving them.

One source, many pages, one update.