Custom JQL Filter using the value of an excerpt

[Jane Mitchell]

Is it possible to use the excerpt on a page as a variable in a JQL filter query on that same page? Use case ( because we can't have custom user macros in Confluence Cloud ):

• We have sprint planning Confluence docs which show multiple Jira filters on the page.
• This template is reused every sprint and each filter then has to individually be updated by hand to update the JQL query to use the new sprint value
  • Would rather have a custom variable that could be used in the JQL query that uses an excerpt which sets the sprint string name on the page.

[Shannon S]

Hi Jane,

Thank you for raising this question. The JQL query is part of Jira, which the integration allows Confluence to reference.

There has been a feature request, but it's closed as of 2017:

• CONFCLOUD-32550 JQL and Page variables

I did some investigation to see what I could learn about any way to accomplish this. I discovered the discussion below, which has a  potential workaround:

Confluence Variables in JIRA JQL macro  

I hope this helps!

Take care,

Shannon

[Ali Rad]

Hello @Shannon S

I just tried following the link above and it seems to be broken.

Can you please confirm that the link is correct as I also have the same requirement as Jane?

Thanks,

[Ali Rad]

To be clear this following this link: Confluence Variables in JIRA JQL macro  gets me to:

[Tyler T]

@Ali Rad use this link: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Variables-in-JIRA-JQL-macro/qaq-p/1381620