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page properties report macro showing "no content found" when page title contains "-"

johan milio

I have a template which contains both a page properties macro (set to hidden) and a corresponding page properties report macro;

One of the elements I use as a filter in the report macro is the "with title" element (for which i used a default value in the template): I replace the default value with the real title of the page i will create using the template

When I create a page based on this template, and i fill out the values in the page properties table, and I replace the "with title" field in the page properties report macro with the actual title of the page, they show up in the page properties report correctly;

But when the page contains a hyphen ("-"), the result of the page properties report macro is "no result found"; (when i remove the hyphen, both in the title of the page and in the "with title" field in de macro, all works fine again.

Is this a bug?

Accepted answers

Bill Bailey

A hyphen is a reserved character for search. Try escaping it with a backslash (\), for example if the page name is:

some-page

Try entering

some\-page

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Shannon S

Hi Johan,

Thank you for reporting this. I'd like to replicate, so can you tell me what version of Confluence you're using? Are you using the macro in combination with any other macros besides the Page Properties macro?

In addition, can you tail the Confluence server logs the same time you generate the error, and share with us the error you receive? I can use this additional information to search our known bugs to see if it's related to any existing issue.

Regards,

Shannon

Bill Bailey

A hyphen is a reserved character for search. Try escaping it with a backslash (\), for example if the page name is:

some-page

Try entering

some\-page

johan milio

Hello Shannon,

version: Confluence 6.11.2

"tail the Confluence server logs": how do I do this?

BTW: also see my reply to the answer given by Bill....

johan milio

Hi Bill,

I did as you suggested, and backslashed the name in the "with title" field, and it worked indeed!

johan milio

but then I tried something else; this is what I tried:

step 1: title contains "-" e.g. This-title; I entered "This-title" in the forementioned field, and got the error

step 2: remove the "-", so title becomes "This title"; entered that in the field: it works

step 3 (this is your suggestion): again add the "-", so "The-title", but now enter "The\-title" in the field: it works

step 4: first use the title without the "-", so "This title" and enter that in the field; than change the title back to the original, WITH the "-", so "This-title", BUT DO NOT CHANGE the value in the field (This title): it works too!

Why am I doing this? because the pages are created by a plugin (Send EMail To Page Admin) from email. And I do not want to change them (their title)

Bill Bailey

I think #4 worked because Confluence is good in resolving page names that have changed (based on pageID).

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@Shannon S

I experience similar behavior in Confluence 6.14.2.

When entering space name nothing happened. in name there is only one special mark "&"

Samuel Coleman

I have the same issue with page not showing the list of pages but I have no hyphen in the name. What else can I look for to be the issue. No matter what I do, I get the No Content message

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