contributors by label

[Jesper Jordan]

the contributors macro does not show the users who added a specified label.

Reproduce:

1. add contributors macro
2. choose "label" as contribution type
3. set the label 
4. current space and page
5. save
6. add the label you set before

expected result: macro shows contributor
actual result: no label message shown

Does anyone have the same problem?

Could it be because of Confluence Free (up to 10 users)?

[Jesper Jordan]

I forwarded this issue to atlassian: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-79166 

if you watch it and mark the issue as "this affects my team" it will get a higher priority https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-79166

[Barbara Szczesniak]

@Jesper Jordan Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

Looking at the documentation for the Contributors macro (https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-contributors-macro/), it looks like:

• the macro lists the users to added a label
• and you can further limit the list to contributors that added specific labels (though I think this would still give you an aggregate, not per label)

I don't see any way to specify which labels the person contributed.

I thought you might be able to somehow combine this with the Labels List macro (https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-labels-list-macro/), but I'm not sure how.

[Jesper Jordan]

Hi Barbara,

thanks for the reply.

I think I did not explain well enough what result I expect:

When I add the label I defined in the macro I would expect my name to show up in that macro.

That's how I understand the documentation:

|| Labels | none | Filters the list of contributors to those who created the specified labels from a page. You can specify one or more labels, separated by commas. ||

Kind regards

[Barbara Szczesniak]

I think we just interpret this statement differently.

It seems to me that the way to accomplish what you want would be to add a Contributors macro for each label, which would be ridiculous, especially since it would not account to new labels someone creates. 

There might be some way to do it with automation, but that is not available on the free plan.

Hopefully, another member of the community will have a better idea.

[Jesper Jordan]

That is exactly my use case!

I have three labels I want to track for each page.

I want to see who added label a, who added label b and who added label c using three macros on that page. Thing is no matter which config for labels in that macro I use the result is always "No contributors found for: labels on selected page(s)".

[Barbara Szczesniak]

Two thoughts:

1. Might the labels be added in the template used for the page? I'm not sure if you can do this.
2. Have you opened your space for Anonymous access? These users might be able to add labels, but Confluence would not be able to know who the contributor is in this case.

[Jesper Jordan]

thanks for the thought.

But no template and no anonymous access. Currently I am the only one using the space for preparing the launch into cloud.

[Jesper Jordan]

can anyone reproduce this issue? or is it just me who experiences it?