Create a Custom Relationship Map in Quip

Build a lightweight relationship map with custom data in your documents.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience
  1. In a document, enter @Relationship Map.
    A placeholder relationship map is added to your document.
  2. To build a new map or edit the current one, click Build Custom Map.
    Tip
    Tip Use Quick Update to edit a map’s field values but not the fields themselves. From the Tree Map, click the edit pencil on the card that you want to edit.
  3. Choose which fields appear on the relationship map cards from the Map Builder. To edit or add fields, click Edit Card Fields.
    Edit Card Fields button highlighted
  4. To customize the fields that show on a card, edit the fields in the Compact View section. You can add more fields in the Detail View section—these fields show when you click More... on the card.
    Compact View and Detail View field modal
    1. To add a field, click Add Field. Enter a field name, and select a field type.
    2. To reorder fields or move a field to a different view, use reorder icon to drag the field.
    3. To add a colored dot on a card that indicates its status, add a picklist field, and select Display a card’s status based on the picklist option. Add picklist options and choose a status color for each.
      Picklist options with color indicators
      Important
      Important Only one field per map can determine the card status.
  5. After you set up your fields, add new cards to your map in the Map Builder. To create a card, enter a name, and click Add.
    New card with fields highlighted
  6. Fill in the fields you created and click Done.
  7. From the Map Builder, drag cards to create a hierarchy. To see what it looks like in the Tree Map, click View Map.
    Tip
    Tip To keep your relationship map lightweight and to avoid document scrolling, we recommend adding up to 10 columns.

Your relationship map is ready to go! To stay on top of an account’s health and keep in touch with stakeholders, add it to your Account Plans.