Roadmap

The Feedvote roadmap shows your feedback items grouped by status, so your users can see what is planned, in progress and shipped. Your team sees the roadmap in the dashboard under Roadmap. Visitors see it on the Roadmap page of your public board.

Roadmap columnsCopy Anchor Link

The roadmap has one column for each of the five Feedvote statuses. Their default names are Backlog, To Do, In Progress, Shipped and Canceled. The Shipped column holds the items that are done. An item appears in the column that matches its status.

These five statuses are fixed. You cannot add a new column or delete one. You can rename, recolor and hide them.

A new board shows Backlog, To Do, In Progress and Shipped in the dashboard. The Canceled column is hidden by default. To check which columns your board shows, open Settings > General and click Edit Statuses.

If you connected Linear, see Two-way sync to learn how Linear workflow states relate to these statuses.

Rename, recolor or hide a columnCopy Anchor Link

The project owner or a team admin can change the roadmap columns in the dashboard:

1. Open Settings > General.
2. Click Edit Statuses. The Roadmap Statuses window opens.
3. To rename a column, type a new name in its field.
4. To change its color, click the color square and pick a color.
5. To hide or show a column, click Visible or Hidden next to it.
6. Click Save.

A hidden column is hidden on the dashboard roadmap and on the public roadmap.

Choose how the public roadmap looksCopy Anchor Link

The project owner or a team admin chooses the public roadmap layout in Settings > General, in the Roadmap row:

Board is the default. If Show Updates is off, the roadmap is the landing page of your board, so you cannot choose Hidden.

When the roadmap is Hidden, a visitor who opens the roadmap address is sent to the home page of your board. Your team still has the roadmap in the dashboard. The dashboard roadmap shows the timeline when you choose Timeline, and the status columns in all other cases.

In the Timeline layout, you can switch the time scale between week, month, quarter and year.

Move an item on the roadmapCopy Anchor Link

Your team moves an item from one column to another by changing its status in the dashboard. There is no drag and drop on the roadmap.

To change the status from the roadmap:

1. In the dashboard, open Roadmap.
2. Click the three-dot button on the item card. On a phone, this opens Update roadmap card.
3. Choose the new status. You can change the priority in the same place.

The status list only offers visible columns. You can also click the item to open it and change its status there.

Move an item back to the backlogCopy Anchor Link

In the card actions, choose Move to Backlog. If you renamed the backlog column and it is visible, the button uses your name. Feedvote asks you to confirm. The button is not shown for items that are already in the backlog.

Moving an item to the backlog only changes its status. It keeps its audience. The item shows on the roadmap only if the backlog column is visible. To hide an item from customers, set its audience to Only my team in Feedback. See Item audience.

Other actions in the dashboard roadmapCopy Anchor Link

• New feedback creates a new feedback item.
• Review feedback opens your feedback inbox.
• You can sort the roadmap and filter it by Category, Status and Priority.
• If Linear is connected, you can also filter by Project, Team and Initiative.

What visitors can do on the public roadmapCopy Anchor Link

On the Roadmap page of your public board, a visitor can:

• Search the roadmap with the Search roadmap field.
• Sort and filter the roadmap, with the same filters as the dashboard.
• See the vote count and comment count on each item card.
• Click an item to open its details, comments and share link.
• Comment on an item. If your board needs visitors to sign in, Feedvote asks them to sign in first.

Visitors cannot change the status of an item or move it on the roadmap.

If your board is read-only, or the visitor is not allowed to react, the item details do not show a comment box.

For how votes work, see Voting. For comments, see Comments.

What each visitor seesCopy Anchor Link

The public roadmap only shows the items a visitor is allowed to see. Two visitors can see different items on the same roadmap. This depends on the audience of each item and on who the visitor is.

If a visitor opens a link to an item they cannot see, Feedvote shows "This feedback is unavailable or you do not have access."

To control who sees each item, see Item audience. To control who can open the whole board, see Board access.

Common questionsCopy Anchor Link

Can I add a custom column to the roadmap?Copy Anchor Link

No. The roadmap has five fixed status columns. You can rename, recolor or hide them in Settings > General with Edit Statuses.

Can I drag and drop items between columns?Copy Anchor Link

No. To move an item, change its status from the card actions or from the item details in the dashboard.

Why don't I see the backlog column?Copy Anchor Link

A column you do not see is hidden. The Canceled column is hidden by default. The project owner or a team admin can show or hide any column in Settings > General with Edit Statuses.

Does moving an item to the backlog hide it from customers?Copy Anchor Link

No. Moving an item to the backlog does not change its audience. The item leaves the roadmap only if the backlog column is hidden. Set its audience to Only my team to hide it from customers.

Why is the done column called Shipped?Copy Anchor Link

Shipped is the default name of the column for done items. You can rename it in Settings > General with Edit Statuses.

How do I remove the roadmap from my public board?Copy Anchor Link

The project owner or a team admin opens Settings > General and sets the Roadmap row to Hidden. This is not possible while Show Updates is off.

Why does a customer see fewer items than I do?Copy Anchor Link

The public roadmap only shows items that the visitor is allowed to see. Check the audience of the item. See Item audience.