access content from parent

[schumischumi NA]

Hi,

I have the task to create a template for new projects and for each new project we need a hand full of documents (most of them exist as word templates) we have to fill.

all of the documents share some information (i.e. I have to fill the field 'project manager' in each of them) and I really dont want to write these infos like 10 to 20 times.

So my idea was, to create a template for a master page for each new project and convert the word templates to confluence templates and use them as child pages for the master page.

i.e.:
-project xyz (master page )
|
----- project xyz - document from word template 1 (child page)
|
----- project xyz - document from word template 2 (child page)

...

now the problem is that I cant access the data from the master page to use it in the child pages or at least I cant do it dynamically.

I tried these options:

- use metadata as datastorage

I wrote the data  (i.e. 'project manager' ) into the master page metadata but I dont know how to access it from the child pages.

- use table excerpt

I created a table excerpt on the master page and used table excerpt include on the child pages. This works but I have to define the exact page as source if I want to use the master/parent page as source. Thats ok if it is one or two table excerpt includes on a childpage but not if it are like 20 on each child page. so its not scale able.

If possible I would like to use the second option 'table excerpt' but I need to know how I can parameterize the source field so it automatically searches in the parent page or I only have to define the source page only once for each child page.

But Im happy with every other option you have.

Thanks in advance!

Info: Im a confluence user and not an admin so I cant use or create new plugins.

Update: Or can I use a variable from a template for the excerpt table? this variable could be filled by the user manually.