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Putting Subpages in table and add aditional rows

ryder

Hi all,

I have a set of page (about 120) that will be updated externally every halft year. The structure of the pages is like this:

To every page, I have to docutment a owner, status and a comment. My first idea was to edit every page and add a small table with this information. But this is horrible when the pages get an update. I have to edit every page. Normally, after an update only the content of the pages changes, but not my values mentioned above.

So my Idea was to use page propertie report and add additional rows. But this seems to be not possible. In know, this is possible, if I add every page manually in the table and use a standard tabel, but this really time consuming, especially when every 6 month the subpages changes. So I want a kind of automatism.

Here is a manual created example what I like to have at the end:

Do you have any idea how to solve this. We use Confluence cloud and I would prefer a solution without additional macros. But solutions which need a new plugin or macro are welcomed,

Thanks, in advanced.

ciao

Thorsten

Accepted answers

Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_

Hi @ryder,

Maybe you could use Excerpt and Excerpt Include macros to display the table on each page. Then wrap the Excerpt Include macro with the Table Filter macro on each page to display only relevant for this page data.

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Dominic Lagger

Hi @ryder

How the pages get an update externally, via REST? And what update they get, the whole page or just some sections?

Let's play this with an example:

When "subpage_a" gets an update, does the Owner, the status or the comment change? Means: You have to manually change these 3 attributes on the overview page every half year?

Are these 3 informations (owner, status, comment) on the "subpage_a" itself?

Wouldn't it be possible, that you use "page properties report" in the overview and the "page properties" on every page. Just make sure that the "page properties" macro is not updated on the subpages on the externally update.

I know, many questions, but I'm not sure I get the idea of your project.

Regards, Dominic

ryder

@Dominic Lagger

I get an update of the pages via an space import. The pages are in an extra page. Everythink can be changed the title, adding or removing pages and the content.

Most changes are in the content.

Owner, status and comment stay unchanged if the content of a subpage gets changed.

If a page is added or removed, it's necessary that the owner, status and comment must be added or removed.

Owner, status and comment are NOT on the subpages, this is the reason for this post. So I'm looking for smart way to add this content in a fast manner without editing every page, every 6 month.

Page properties was also my first idea, but when the page get's update the label is removed.

So, I hope, I did not missed answering any question and my problem is now more clear.

Thanks, in advanced.

Best wishes

Thorsten

Dominic Lagger

Thanks for sharing the answers.

Would it be possible, that the source space (from where it will imported) add these informations, so the space import imports the pages with these 3 informations (owner, status and comment), and of course the label. This means, you wouldn't have to add these informations every 6 month.

Because everything is change with the space import, I'm not sure if there is a good solution for you.

I really would try to add the import with these informations. otherwise you will always have manual work.

Regards, Dominic

ryder

@Dominic Lagger ,

thanks for the clarification. Now it the importeted space from an external company and have no option to add these information.

This was my reason for the initial idea to collect the subpages in a table and add extra rows with my information. So adopting everything after an update would also be necessary, but it would be only page where I have to put in all the information.

But it seems to be no easy way for that.

Regards,

Thorsten

Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_

Hi @ryder,

ryder

@Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_

sounds interesting, do you have an example or more details how to solve this with Table Filter?

Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_

Here are some screenshots:

Table Filter macro filters column Page by Subpage 1 value.

ryder

@Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_

thanks for this hint. That resolved not my issue. But I found another way to solve it.

My way is now like this:

1. I import a the updated space

2. After that I use Bob Swift CLI to give all pages one label

3. Then I replace a version number, which is on each with a small table for using PagePropertyReport. In this table I use insert a Index-Number to have a kind of identical serial number for each page

4. Then I use a Table Transform macro (on a new page) which joins to tables together, one table is the PagePropertyReport, the other table contains one row for every serial number and the additional tables. The join of table Transform makes the a kind of overview table which includes all the necessary data.

See below some screenshots.

Thanks for giving me the right hint.

Regards,

Thorsten

result of the overview:

overview page in edit mode

example of one subpage

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