Updating a Roadmap

In this article:

• Overview
• How the Roadmap editor is laid out
• How to update a Roadmap
• Where each part of a Roadmap is edited
• Re-publishing after your changes
• Things to keep in mind
• FAQs
• Who can do this

Overview

Roadmaps are living documents — job expectations shift, competencies get sharper, and the learning you attach to a Level gets better over time. This article is the overview of updating an existing Roadmap: how the editor is laid out, what you can change and where, and the one thing to remember afterwards — re-publishing so your changes reach the people already assigned.

How the Roadmap editor is laid out

Open a Roadmap and you get a grid. Levels are the columns, running left to right in progression order. Competencies are the rows. Where a competency meets a Level is a cell, and the cell is where the detail lives: a description, the skills expected, the behaviours to demonstrate, any attached learning and internal notes.

Everything in the editor saves automatically. Titles and descriptions save a moment after you stop typing; everything else saves the instant you change it. There is no Save button anywhere in the Roadmap editor.

How to update a Roadmap

1. Go to Roadmaps and click the Roadmap you want to change.
2. Edit the grid directly — click a Level title or description, a Competency title or description, and type over it.
3. To change the detail behind a cell, click the cell. The Competency Level Settings panel opens on the right with the cell's description, Skills, Behaviours, Learnings and Notes sections.

4. When you have finished, click the status button in the top-right of the editor and select Publish to push your changes live.

Where each part of a Roadmap is edited

Each individual change has its own short how-to:

• Levels — add, rename, reorder or remove a column: How to Add a Level to a Roadmap, How to Reorder Levels in a Roadmap, How to Delete a Level From a Roadmap.
• Competencies — add, rename, reorder or remove a row: How to Add a Competency to a Roadmap, How to Reorder Competencies in a Roadmap, How to Delete a Competency From a Roadmap.
• Cell detail — the description, skills, behaviours, learning and notes for one competency at one Level: How to Edit a Competency-Level Cell, How to Add Skills to a Competency Level, How to Add Behaviours to a Competency Level, How to Auto-Assign Learning at a Competency Level, How to Add Notes to a Competency Level.
• Roadmap details — the title, sub title, description, department, rating scale and tags: How to Edit Roadmap Details and Settings, How to Set the Rating Scale for a Roadmap, How to Add Tags to a Roadmap.
• Cover image — How to Set a Roadmap Cover Image.
• Collaborators — who else can edit the Roadmap: How to Add Collaborators to a Roadmap.
• Publishing — How to Publish a Roadmap.

Re-publishing after your changes

Changing a Roadmap's Levels or Competencies automatically flips a live Roadmap back to Unpublished, and SuperPath shows a notice explaining that your changes will not reflect on active Roadmap assignments until you re-publish. So the final step of any update is to click the status button and select Publish again — that propagates your changes to active assignments and lets you carry on assigning the Roadmap.

Editing the Roadmap's details fields — title, description, department, tags and so on — does not unpublish it.

Tip: You can tick Don't show this again on the unpublished notice if you would rather not see it every time you edit.

Things to keep in mind

• Re-publish when you are done. Until you do, the Roadmap cannot be assigned to anyone new and your edits do not reach people already on it.
• There is no Save button — everything saves as you go, which also means there is no way to discard a change once made.
• Deleting a Level, a Competency or a cell removes everything stored against it and cannot be undone.
• The Roadmap editor is a desktop and tablet experience. On mobile, SuperPath shows a notice asking you to switch device to make or update a Roadmap.
• Managers and Content Managers only see the Roadmaps they own or have been added to as a collaborator.
• Levels were previously called "roles" in SuperPath. If you come across "role" in an older article, read it as "Level".

FAQs

Do I need to save my changes?
No. The editor saves automatically — text fields shortly after you stop typing, and everything else immediately.

Why did my Roadmap become unpublished when I edited it?
Changing Levels or Competencies on a published Roadmap unpublishes it so you can review before your people see the change. Publish it again when you are ready.

Will my changes reach people already assigned to the Roadmap?
Only once you re-publish. Until then, active assignments keep the version they were given.

Can I undo a change?
No. There is no version history or undo in the Roadmap editor, so take care when deleting Levels, Competencies or cells.

Where do I change the Roadmap's title or tags?
In the settings panel — click the cog icon in the editor's top nav. See How to Edit Roadmap Details and Settings.

Who can do this

Owners, Admins, Managers and Content Managers can update Roadmaps — they hold the manage permission on the Roadmap subject and can reach the Roadmaps area. People Managers can only read Roadmaps, and Instructors, Employees and Restricted users have no Roadmap edit permission, so none of those roles can update a Roadmap. Roadmaps must also be switched on for your organisation.

Updated on: 25/07/2026