Why don't my page exports include comments?

[david williams]

When I export a page, the comments don't appear in the export, but they did yester day. I can't find what setting I might have tweaked to get them to export as well

[Stefan Baader]

I created a user macro which does the job: https://web-seitig.de/page-comments-user-macro-for-confluence-to-include-page-comments-in-pdf-export-and-in-print/50/

[Jeff Takle]

Stefan, how does one add a macro in Confluence Cloud...is that even possible? Am quite lost on how to implement the workaround. Any advice is welcome. 

[Stefan Baader]

Jeff,

sorry, I have no experience with the Cloud Version of Confluence. 

I found a hint in https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Creating-a-User-Macro/qaq-p/200876
"User Macros are a feature available in Confluence on-premise.

In Confluence Cloud you create custom macros (and other custom functionality) using the Atlassian Connect framework."

So just try or ask Atlassian. I hope that helps.
Good luck.

Cheers,

Stefan

[Nikolai Ruban]

@Stefan Baader, many thanks for a script provided. I've created similar one for inline comments. Works on Confluence Server v.7
https://gist.github.com/nikolayr/271a4ee16a83240602f2fd7a3dada339

[Sven]

We would really appreciate if there was a feature like this for cloud instances. Currently exporting pages to doc is not really working and crucial for us.

[Stefan Baader]

We have the same issue, same question. Using Confluence 6.9
Page export to PDF does not contain the comments.
Any idea?

[david williams]

this function may added in the future. At this time, if you want to export comments, it can only be done in XML

[Steffen Heller]

There is another thread with information about different PDF exports with and without comments. Have a look at https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/222441/export-to-pdf

[david williams]

that does not answer my question and reinforces my statement that there appears to not be a function to export comments. The guideance states "Generates a PDF file of all pages and blog posts in this space, including comments and attachments" but it does not! If I can't export or create a report of comments, then the app does not meet my needs.