How can i use the labels of a page automatically in the content by labels macro Edited

[Stefan Meier]

I am creating a new template with a see also section in the bottom. I would like to include the content-by-label macro and adjust it in a way so that it always shows all sites that have the same labels. Is that possible? Or how can I do that (other than manually)?

[Bill Bailey]

If you enter the macro in the template with a set of labels, then when you use the template, the macro will always display the content matching those labels. I guess I am not seeing what the issue is?

[Stefan Meier]

No, it’s a template, so when a user uses it and ads labels to the page, the macro should automatically show the content with these labels. I want automation! 

[Bill Bailey]

OK, then there is this solution using a user macro:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Related+Content 

Now personally, I would probably make this simpler as a wrapper user macro that reads the label(s) from the page, then feeds them to an instance of Content by Label macro. A cleaner solution.

I wrote an article about this process: Getting-Started-with-User-Macros-Writing-a-Wrapper-Macro 

[Stefan Meier]

Hey Bill,

thx for the answer. You might have overlooked, that I am in Confluence Cloud and I cannot use user macros. Is there also a solution for cloud?

Stefan

[Bill Bailey]

Yes, switch to the server version? (bad joke) There are two main reasons I advise clients to not use the Cloud version of Confluence:

• No control over what version you are running (workflows can break without notice)
• Lack of user macros.

I have not tried this route, but:

• Develop your user macro on a local server version
• Package your macro as a plugin
• Install in the Cloud

The first two I have done, but I am not sure if the Cloud version will allow installing a plugin derived from a user macro.

[Anil Prasad]

I want this, too. I'm also in cloud. Seems like a setting that should be allowed inside the macro.