Roadmap Toolbar
Overview
This page describes the Roadmap Toolbar elements in Portfolio++ and how to use them. Each section includes a small icon representing the UI element.
Zoom
Change the zoom of the timeline: Quarterly, Months, Weeks, Days.
The start date for Quarterly zoom can be customized on the Roadmap Settings → View Controls page.
Date Range
Reduce the timeline to a specific timeframe. Partial cards show a dotted line when cutoff by the date range. Milestones outside the date range will not show.
Milestones
Create or edit milestones displayed at the top of the roadmap for a specified date. Learn more about Milestones by watching this video.
Watch a short video on Milestones for a step-by-step walkthrough.
- Label: Customize the Milestone label.
- Date: The date the milestone appears at the top of the timeline.
- Color: Customize Milestone color.
- Linked Work Items:
- Check Mark: Linked work items are completed or the Milestone has passed.
- Exclamation Mark: Milestone date has passed and linked work items are not completed.
- Show Date Line: Display a vertical line on the timeline by clicking the milestone and enabling the toggle.
- Arrow: Click to expand or collapse the Milestone drawer.
- Multiple work items on the same date display as a number until the milestone drawer is expanded.
- Milestones outside the roadmap timeline extend the timeline (unless a Date Range filter is applied).
Roadmap Options
Customize the current roadmap view. Learn more from:
Filters
Customize which work items are shown (selected items) or rolled up into metrics (children).
Selected work items (by Project, Team, or Query) show a black triangle.
- Filter Mode: Controls how filters are applied.
- Selected items only (no children): Applies filters only to selected items.
- Selected items + children (show parents even if filtered out): Shows matching child items and their parent items, even if parents don’t match the filter.
- Selected items + children (strict filter): Applies filters to selected items and children. Only items that match are shown.
- Work Items: Choose which selected items are displayed.
- Work Item Types: Select which types of work items are shown (Epic, Feature, Task, etc.).
- Filter By Assigned: Filter Work Items based on who they are assigned to.
- States: Choose which state a work item must be in to appear (Active, Closed, Resolved, etc.).
- Visible Tags: Select which tags appear on cards.
- Select tags to filter by: Only show work items that have at least one selected tag.
Views
Select or search for a custom view to switch to.
- Save: Save the current view (also available via the blue Save View button).
- Save As: Save changes to a new or existing view.
- Rename View: Rename the current view (not available for Default view).
- Delete View: Delete the current view (not available for Default view).
Backlog Level
See the Team Capacity Planning page to learn about Backlog Level which is only available in the Capacity view.