Create personal scheduling Confluence page updates with new content

Laurie Boczar

I am in charge of keeping our Confluence pages updated. The content on the pages is mostly design standards for a very large company. 

Is there a way to create reminders to review pages?

Is there a way to sync a date in the content of a page to a confluence calendar?

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For our reviews we use the page properties macro to create a hidden block of metadata at the top of each page. In that block of metadata we include a review date, status, version numbers and various other notes and categorisation.

We then use the page properties report macro to create a report page with the table sorted in review-date order so that we know what pages need review when. Regular meetings review the list and ensure people are tasked to do the work. When the page is reviewed, update the metadata and it is automatically sent to the bottom of the list.

You could take it a step further and use the confluence task option in the metadata to assign tasks to individuals with due dates, but as far as I'm aware, confluence tasks don't 'remind' the assignee that the task is due - assignees need to monitor their own task lists. But you can generate reports on tasks which would show you who specifically is overdue rather than just what page. Not an issue if you're the only assignee though.