Metadata is missing from all user macros

Bimmel April 1, 2014

We're evaluating Confluence 5.4 for an upgrade and I encountered a problem where all (not some but all of them) of our user macros throws the "no macro metadata" error message in the macro browser.

Has this happened before? Did we miss something in our setup or cloning processes?

Thanks!

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Bimmel April 4, 2014

Yes, the information in https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/216979/default-macro-metadata-provider-is-disable-after-upgrade-to-5-2-3was the solution:

1. Stop Confluence.

2. Execute this SQL command:

select * from BANDANA where BANDANAKEY='plugin.manager.state.Map';

3. Save the contents of BANDANAVALUE, just in case you need to rollback.

4. Execute this SQL command:

update BANDANA set BANDANAKEY='' where BANDANAKEY='plugin.manager.state.Map';

5. Restart Confluence.

Thanks to Mark Ellevsen for the find and post!

Joe Clark
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April 4, 2014

Nice work! :-)

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Joe Clark
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April 2, 2014

Make sure that your user macros have an appropriate pre-amble that defines how they should display in the macro browser. This usually involves making sure the input parameters for the macro are defined in a comment section.

This Knowledge Base Article has some more information: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/'No+Macro+Metadata'+Errors

Bimmel April 2, 2014

All the macros were working just fine in 5.1. They have all the properly defined parameters.

Thanks for clarifying my question.

Bimmel April 2, 2014

Additionally, on the User Macro page (admin console), I see the following error message:

There are user macros without any metadata configured in their template. They have been highlighted below. For these macros to be available for use in content they require parameter information. See the Guide to User Macro Templates.

The funny thing is that none of our user macros are marked with the warning icon.

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Bimmel April 2, 2014

Furthermore, when I create a new user macro from scratch and follow the User Macro Template guide or create a "hello world" macro, I still get the same error.

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October 29, 2015

The comment #comment-272732 solved it for me (on 5.8.5):

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22969

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