Is there a global find and replace option anywhere yet?

[Hilary Damant]

Hi everyone - I've had a look at some older posts and it seems that it needs some API work or user marcos to be able to do a global find and replace across multiple pages in a Space. Is this still true? Has anyone invented anything a little more user friendly yet please?

[Andrii Maliuta]

Hello @Hilary Damant ,

Usually, tool like ScriptRunner https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215215/scriptrunner-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview can be used as a powerful way to manipulate all kinds of actions and animations (Paid addon).

Also, you can use any HTTP tool and Confluence REST API to manipulate contents you want. E.g. get a list of pages from space or by label and them change its body.

Thanks

[Hilary Damant]

Thanks ... that still looks someone convoluted for me. I was hoping for something more like what you see in MSWord!

[Andrii Maliuta]

@Hilary Damant ,

though it is not a very good option, you can export the pages branch to MS Word and then find/replace data in it and then Import Word as the pages branch :) But , of course, you will lose dynamic data like markup or macros and will probably have some HTML layout errors :(

[Jessie Wang_ScriptRunner_The Adaptavist Group]

Hi @Hilary Damant if you have ScriptRunner for Confluence installed, there is a free script you can copy and paste into the Script Console feature, which will find and replace text across your entire space: https://library.adaptavist.com/entity/find-and-replace-text-across-space?tab=cloud

You can try ScriptRunner on a 30-day free trial in the Atlassian Marketplace.