Transfer watchers to a new page

Steffen Ratzke October 16, 2024

Why do the watchers of a page not transferred to a new page, which is create underneath? 

In our Confluence Database we have much topics and so the pages are separated in some topic-pages. Underneath these topic-pages we create new pages. Is it possible that all of the watchers of the topic-page are automatically transferred to the new page, so that the watchers get a notification for the new one? 

Another option is to watch the whole space but then you get the notification for all of the topic-pages and not just for one in particular. But that is our need. 

So, are there any solutions for this problem?

 

--> I know that I can create blog posts instead of pages but we need pages for our database. So blog posts are not a good choice for us. 

 

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John Funk
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October 16, 2024

Hi Steffen - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Currently, there is no built-in feature in Confluence Cloud to watch an entire page tree, including sub-pages, without using a third-party plugin or custom script.

Steffen Ratzke October 16, 2024

Thank you!

Can I ,as an admin, transfer the watchers to the new page by myself easily? Or do I have to put them step by step in? Is there an option like copy+paste? 

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Manoj Gangwar
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October 16, 2024

Hi @Steffen Ratzke Welcome to the community! 

In Confluence, watchers of a parent page are not automatically transferred to child pages. This is by design, as Confluence treats each page as an independent entity regarding notifications.

Steffen Ratzke October 16, 2024

Thank you!

Do you have a solution for our problem (like a work-around)? 

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Kristian Klima
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October 16, 2024

@Steffen Ratzke 

You can watch the Entire Space which, I believe, does apply to new pages.

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But I understand that this might be an overkill and overload of notifications.

Steffen Ratzke October 16, 2024

Thank you! 

As I mentioned this would be too much notification for every user. 

Kristian Klima
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October 16, 2024

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