I have the free version. Can I create a simple form macro?

[Kirk Gonzalez]

Hi, 

I have the free cloud Confluence version. (It's just me, trying to learn some things on Confluence)

I was looking at the Service Rocket Scaffolding - Creating a Simple Form. Creating a Simple Form - Scaffolding Forms & Templates (servicerocket.com)

I was following the directions and got to the part where it said, "In the cell next to Name, create a Text macro," and it showed that I should type "{text" and a macro suggestion dialog would appear for me to select Text Data. 

The dialog did not appear for me. It looks like I'm only typing text.  Is it not possible for me to create macros, no matter how simple? I tried to look for other options, like going to the Admin Console window, but I can't get to that either. I thought I would be the admin since it's only my site, but maybe that is not a feature for the free version? 

Any help on how to complete this simple macro above is appreciated. Even knowing it can't be done is helpful, so I'm not wasting my time. 

Oh, by the way, I'm a complete newbie on Confluence. I used it as a technical writer for the source content at my last job, but I've not written in it before. I'm trying to learn as much as possible for my new job starting next week, where I'll be writing documentation in Confluence.

Thanks,

Kirk 

[Eric Koepfle]

I got the sense that that onlyh applied to new spaces? We have about 1000 existing spaces and I would like something the local space admins cannot remove. I will play around with it.

However I think I may have found another hack. I granted my group 'SETSPACEPERMISSIONS' permtype in the spacepermissions table where spaceid is null (global space). I didn't see a way to do this in the UI, I used sql. It seems that it is taken into account in the permissions algorithm too.

[MJ]

You could create a new group, add all users you want to have the moderation rights, and grant this group space admin permission through the default space permissions. This will grant them all the admin permissions within a space, whilts preventing them from perfoming non space related administrative tasks. The space permission settings of an individual space will override the default settings, so you can still shield off certain spaces from this group if needed. This page will provide you with more details on the difference between the default and the individual space settings, and how to configure them.

[Eric Koepfle]

Thanks, I got the sense that that only applied to new spaces? We have about 1000 existing spaces and I would like something the local space admins cannot remove. I will play around with it.

I think I may have found another hack. I granted my group 'SETSPACEPERMISSIONS' permtype in the spacepermissions table where spaceid is null (global space). I didn't see a way to do this in the UI, I used sql. It seems that it is taken into account in the permissions algorithm too.

[Eric Koepfle]

Thanks, I got the sense that those were only applied to new spaces, but I will play around with it.

[Sergey Svishchev]

Mick, is it definitely true that default space permissions are in effect for all spaces?

[Peter Van de Voorde]

No there are only applied on new spaces or spaces that don't use their own settings not on all spaces.

[Sergey Svishchev]

Thought so. Perhaps a feature request is in order -- to force certain permissions in certain conditions on and off (https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/284443/approve-or-restrict-a-space-permission-how)

[Hans-Peter Geier]

Mick's suggestion may be an administrative nightmare for large sites (it would require to edit permissions of many spaces) if you do this manually.

You may consider scripting this, e.g. through Bob Swift's CLI package.