How can we reassign Confluence page owners dynamically using automation?

[Sarah HaÏm-Lubczanski]

Hi everyone,

We’d like to automatically reassign pages owned by deactivated users so ownership always stays with an active user.
Our idea:

• If the page has a parent → use the parent’s owner.
• If it’s top-level → use the space owner.

The issue is that Change page owner doesn’t support smart values like `{{page.parent.owner}}`, so the rule can’t finish.

Has anyone found a workaround, or is this planned for Confluence automation?

Thanks a lot!

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Sarah HaÏm-Lubczanski -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

There is a template rule which is close to what you describe:

Change page owner when scheduled for pages with deactivated accounts

Unfortunately, the Change Page Owner action does not support entering a smart value, or selecting the option, for the page or space owner.

A workaround is using the Send Web Request action to call the REST API to update the page, passing the new owner's accountId in the request.  If you want to try that, here are some references to help:

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/Automation-for-Jira-Send-web-request-using-Jira-REST-API/ba-p/1443828
• https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v2/api-group-page/#api-pages-id-put

Kind regards,
Bill