Embed Database Macro - Is there a bug?

Chasidy Spurgeon

I am attempting to embed a database entry into a Confluence page, but after I select the macro and the database to use, it pops up with entries for a split second and then goes to a screen that says 'Uh oh. Something went wrong! missing referenceId'. I can't take any different steps and I've tried it selecting different databases with the same result. My databases aren't large by any stretch of the imagination. I think this might be a bug.  

Andrew Ketley

I have run into this as well, as far as I can tell it is a UI bug.

Workaround

1. Look up your databaseId manually - navigate to the database directly, the ID is the last part of the URL:
   https://{site}/wiki/spaces/{spaceKey}/database/{databaseId}
2. Create a database embed by using the option Create Database
   Don't bother to configure it, you'll be deleting it later.
3. Select the macro element
4. In the context toolbar below, select Edit link
5. Change the ID the the ID of your target database (or copy and replace the entire URL)
6. Delete the newly created database.

If you already have a database embed macro on the page, copy, paste and edit should also work.