How can I set up a synergy between a table on one page and a page properties report on another page?
Hello Atlassian Community,
I work for a company that produces large amounts of manuals, then hires a translation house to translate our original english manuals in 10-20 different languages. We're using a table on a company-specific Atlassian Confluence wiki page to track the status and estimated costs of translation projects. See screenshot 1 for an example of one of these pages that is tracking the status of Project #1 and the two manuals within the project that are to be translated into a couple different languages. You can also see I've figured out how to use the page properties macro in this screenshot. In screenshot 2 you can see the page properties summary on an overview page which is pulling the data from those project pages and forming a nice summary for readers who don't want to delve in too deep.
Here's what I want to do:
On the summary page (screenshot 2) I want amounts of money from the project table (screenshot 1) to be totaled into the column "estimated cost." I want to be able to form this final cost amount by adding/subtracting or multiplying/dividing values from the project page. Ideally this would be a formula running in the background that readers don't have to see or mess with, and it can just spit out a final estimation of the translation cost. Can I do this? It would also be nice to do this with text values like Yes or No, or Minor or Major, so changes to a project page would immediately be reflected on the summary page. I'm a novice user and I'm not an administrator and I'm not sure if there are weird restrictions on this page's functionalities because it's some company version of Confluence. That said, I'm happy to learn and I could probably talk to my manager about getting any necessary add-ons or something.
Advice appreciated!
Thanks,
Gjerda
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1 answer
Hello Gjerda,
This is not a complete solution, but a possible simplification of your work. You can use Table Filter macro's option Total row in combination with filters to calculate total cost of a project with different options. It will look like this:
But you'll still need to copy the total value to the Page Properties macro table.
the same you can do to calculate overall total for all projects on the summary page.
Best regards,
Andrey
Andrey,
I don't see this "Table filter" option you're referencing, and it doesn't show up in my list of available macros. Do you know how I can get it to work?
Screenshot attached of when I search for filter; doesn't come up when I search table either:
Anyway, thanks for the advice! Eventually I'd like to find something that's truly automated, but this is a good start if I can get it to work. Does Confluence really not have anything that can automate table entries? It seems like many users would want this feature but searching the community pages hasn't yielded any answers.
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