Databases are coming soon to Confluence!
Update as of Jan 18th, 2024:
Hey folks, the wait is over - we’re excited to let announce that Confluence databases is officially in Beta! All site admins who want to try databases can opt in into the experience from settings. Can’t wait to see everyone try out databases.
Join us on our private community group for Confluence Databases to tell us how you’re using databases and what you'd like to see. More importantly, if you aren’t using Confluence databases, we’d love to learn what’s missing for your teams in order to use the feature?
FYI: we will be migrating our EAP instances to Beta soon & closing the gap on the differences that exist today between EAP and Beta (for example: supporting media like images, referencing entries/values). We wanted to rollout the Beta version as soon as we could so all the folks that wanted to try databases can, as we iterate on it!
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Hey there Community - we’re super excited to announce databases in Confluence! We have acquired Orderly Databases by K15t, a Platinum Marketplace Partner with multiple apps for Atlassian tools.
We are actively working on integrating k15t’s Orderly Databases into Confluence so a free public beta is in the works. Join the waitlist to be among the first to get access as soon as it’s available.
What are databases?
Databases are structured collections of information organized in tables, where advanced functionality makes it easy for you to change data and content as often as your work does.
Unlike traditional static tables, these dynamic tables have living fields where you can assign a teammate, pull in a Confluence page, or assign a status and reference inputs from anywhere in Confluence. Changes in one place automatically update everywhere else all at once!
Why databases?
We know that customers need a simple, flexible way to connect work in Confluence. Databases can bring together disparate information from wherever you do work into a single view. We’ve designed Confluence as a new way to help teams plan, connect, and organize work faster.
Databases are a great tool for a lot of use cases and for every team. Here are just a few examples for technical and non-technical teams:
Software: Build launch plans, collect feature requests, organize user interviews, prioritize, and score features.
Sales: Manage sales pipeline, keep account management team in sync, and monitor sales targets.
Marketing: Outline SEO keywords, track ad spend, run campaigns, manage vendor data, organize creative assets, triage survey results, collate leads list, launch email campaigns, and collate and prioritize campaign ideas.
HR: Track candidates, streamline new hire onboarding, manage hiring process, and create a list of hiring targets.
Finance: Centralize and visualize financial data or strategy and planning pages
Project management and ops: Log decisions, plan budgets, track meetings, and aggregate requirement docs in one place
What are the benefits of Confluence databases?
- Connect and organize information
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Make it quick and easy for multiple teams to store and retrieve data simultaneously.
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Get a holistic view of Jira tasks, Confluence pages, owners, due dates, status, and more in a single database.
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Stay up-to-date
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Real-time syncing ensures you and your team are always viewing the same and most current information
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Changes made to one database reflect immediately across every page that same database exists. No more manual updates in multiple locations!
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Display data your way
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Slice and dice data however you want using custom sorting and filter options.
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Display your databases as tables, cards, or boards.
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Why have databases in Confluence?
So you may be wondering, why databases in Confluence? Well, we know teams want a way to store and reference simple, structured information in one place. So it only made sense to give you that option in Confluence – your single source of truth! – where everyone is already working, collaborating, and documenting knowledge.
Plus, teams with less structured work want flexibility and fewer constraints when capturing and shaping information. Databases deliver on that – you aren’t bound to one view or tied to manual updates across pages. You’re free to pivot and make changes, just as quickly as your work does!
What about tables?
If you’re attached to your tables, don’t despair. We will still have good ol' fashioned tables in Confluence since they’re still useful for quickly displaying information. And you can still use them to build different kinds of beautiful charts and graphs.
Confluence databases are coming soon!
We’re so excited for you to give databases a try soon and use Confluence as the collaborative knowledge hub for all your work––from early thinking phases to finished delivery. Join the waitlist for early access!
Cheers,
Divya (PM) + Siddharth (Eng) + Sami (Design)
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