How to see a list of defined excerpts

[Jay Maechtlen]

The 'insert excerpt' macro asks for the source page of the excerpt- that seems inconvenient.

Must I track those myself?

Do we have any 'best practices' for naming and tracking excerpts?

[Dan Breyen]

Hi @Jay Maechtlen welcome to the community.  These aren't 'best practices', but take a look at CONFCLOUD-33268 , It sounds related to your issue.

At this time, it seems like you would need to track them yourself.  

If that work item is related to your issue, feel free to vote for it and watch it for updates.

[Thiago P _Atlassian Support_]

Hey there @Jay Maechtlen ,

Yep, that's required. Excerpts do not enforce unique names, so it's necessary to specify a page as source and then the excerpt name.

Also, there's no centralized view or menu with all Excerpts in Confluence, but it is possible to find a list of pages with the macro by checking Data Management > Macro Usage from Confluence Administration and finding 'excerpt' under Advanced Macros.

Here's a sample search:

https://<your-site>.atlassian.net/wiki/search?cql=macro%20%3D%20%22excerpt%22

Hope this helps!  =]