Is there a way to update information in multiple places at once?

Question

We use our Confluence for a Knowledge Base that has subject matter experts listed on every page to contact for further information. Whenever we have a staffing change, multiple pages have to be changed to update the subject matter expert. Is there a way instead that on each page we can label a position (rather than a person) and then somewhere update the position information that automatically pulls to each page that the position is mentioned on?

In other words, the page would be designed showing: Subject Matter Expert: Operations Consultant - Ext. XXXX, but when it was viewed, it would pull the information from another page on who the Operations Consultant was to read: Subject Matter Expert: John Smith - Ext. 1234.

Is this possible?

Brittany Burley · Answer

That's exactly what I was looking for! I really appreciate you including the KB article. We are just about finished updating our database to use all excerpt macros and are amazed at the time savings!

Brittany Burley · Answer

We ended up using excerpt macros which is exactly what we needed!

Julie d_Antin _Elements__bsgnak · Answer

I haven't played around with the new Confluence databases (currently in Alpha, formerly known as Orderly from K15T), but since the information is stored outside of a page, displaying the information you need from a database could be a solution. When you update the data, it's automatically updated on all the pages.