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Create from Template Macro, the Template Name drop down is blank

Elizabeth Bedwell

Situation: Using the Create From Template Macro to add new Weekly Report Pages to a space, which are then displayed on the main page (with the button) using the Display Children Macro.

Issue: This system is working fine when adding it within the Space Templates but when it was added as a Global Template for all projects to use the Create From Template Macro stopped allowing for the Template Name to be selected, thus stopping this main page from being added as a template without the user having to change the button each time they add it to their specific space.

Is there any known issues with this when creating Global Templates? I have searched here and on the web and have only come across a few others users with presumably the same issue that seemed to then resolve itself.

Using Confluence 5.5.3.

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John Paz1

This is a limitation of the Create from Template Macro, because it requires you to enter a value for the Space field, and won't allow the value to be @self.

I've automated new project creation down to just about everything... save for this. It is quite frustrating.

Using it for one space works well, because you can add the spacekey in there. But for a global template it does not work well, because it doesn't allow for wildcard-like expressions.

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John Paz1

This is a limitation of the Create from Template Macro, because it requires you to enter a value for the Space field, and won't allow the value to be @self.

I've automated new project creation down to just about everything... save for this. It is quite frustrating.

Using it for one space works well, because you can add the spacekey in there. But for a global template it does not work well, because it doesn't allow for wildcard-like expressions.

Elizabeth Bedwell

Thank you for letting me know your issues too. It does cause a problem when trying to automate and standardise multiple projects across studios. I shall see if I can raise it as an issue, but for now I have just created a quick 'how to add template button' instructions to all the Global Templates that need them.

John Paz1

Great idea Elizabeth. I just have to keep a side note for creating new spaces for folks that I need to edit this one little thing... It kills me a bit inside, but hey, I've automated nearly everything else. I have it on my list of plugins/macros I'd like to develop.

Amalia Man

If you want to add a 'Create from Template' button to a global template (meaning the button links to a global template and is located inside a global template), you can follow these instructions: