Is there a way to show only specific automations per page in Confluence?

[seigo_miyae]

Hi Community,
I’ve set up multiple automation rules in a Confluence space, and I’m running into a usability issue.
When users click the “Automation” button on a page, all automations registered in the space are displayed — which is confusing, especially when only one or two are relevant to that particular page.
What I’d like to do:
Control which automations are visible/available on a per-page basis, so users only see what’s relevant to them.
What I’ve tried / where I’m stuck:
• I couldn’t find any setting to filter or restrict automations by page
• As a workaround, I considered adding a button directly on the page to trigger a specific automation, but Smart Links only support Confluence templates and can’t be used to trigger automations
My questions:
1. Is there any way to control which automations are shown on a per-page basis?
2. Is there an alternative way to place a button on a page that triggers a specific automation directly?
Any advice or workarounds would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Tomislav Tobijas]

Hi @seigo_miyae ,

The only way, currently, to add some restrictions for manual rules is to set/limit who can see and run your rule (future to be called "flow"). This is stated in the official docs here:

You can limit who can see and run your rule by selecting specific users and/or groups from the trigger’s dropdown.

But it's probably not what you're looking for.

As an additional note, there is a smart button feature that you can basically embed within the page itself, but you currently cannot add custom automations to it, only out-of-the-box ones. 🫤
There's a feature request for it, though: CONFCLOUD-79704: Ability to set Custom Confluence Automation Rules to Smart Buttons 

The last thing is what Marc mentioned, although we're still talking about the space scope as the smallest granular point when it comes to 'limiting' rules.

Cheers,
Tobi

[Marc -Devoteam-]

Hi @seigo_miyae 

Welcome to the community.

No this is no applicable, automations are visible per space.

Confluence admins also have a global automation option to all rules globally in Confluence and they can set rule scopes.

Scopes are:

• Space
• Multi space
• Global