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In development - release Q2 2023
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Overview

A Add one or more document activity macro can be added macros to a document (page or blog post) to display dynamic information for the document activity for the workflow on a page. <Add Screenshot>

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The document activity macro information for the lifecycle of the workflow events on the document is shown as a table with the following columns

  • User

  • ActivityAction

  • State

  • Comments

  • Date

  • Version

The macro can be configured to show the version includes a link to the document version.

Configure the macro to display different data columns and the maximum number of document activity entries displayed.

Info

The document activity macro is only displayed on the page if a workflow is applied.

Adding the macro to a page

Edit the page and type /doc and select the document approval activity macro option.<add macro select screenshot>

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Choose Document Activity to add the macro to the draft page.

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By default the macro displays the current workflow state name and the approvals in the state.

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Any current document activity is previewed in the macro on the draft page if a workflow is active on the page.

The default number of document activity entries displayed in the report is 25.

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Configuring the macro

The macro can be configured to display a maximium maximum number of document activity entries for the document.

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The macro will display the a list of the document activity workflow events for the document.

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Add the number of document activity entries to be displayed using the macro editor

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On the published document, the document activity for the current document will be displayedis displayed if a workflow has been applied to the document.

If no workflow is currently applied or there is no document activity

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an empty report is displayed

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(info) Document does not have a workflow applied.” <screenshot required>on the published document.

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The maximum number of document activity entries can be set for the report. The maximum number to be shown in the macro report is 100.
If there are more entries than the set maximum limit

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the macro will display

  • up to the defined limit of entries and display the following

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  • together with the following message with a link to the document activity report on the page with the additional entries

Info

Showing most recent entries. There are more records in the Document Activity.”

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Use with other macros

Tip

The document activity macro is compatible with the Confluence Page Properties macro and the Page Properties Report macro.

On the draft page, add the document activity macro as a table value in the page properties macro.<page properties example screenshot>

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Configure the document activity macro to select the document activity data to be displayed for each entry and the number of document activity entries.

The page properties report macro can then be added to a page to report on the added values.<page properties example screenshot>

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Exporting pages to pdf and Word

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The document activity macro table of information is included when exporting to pdf or Word.<export to pdf example screenshot>

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  • user avatars are not included in the pdf or Word export

  • links are included to the Confluence version related to each document activity entry

Only the number of document activity entries specified in the macro configuration are included in the export. The link to the full Document Activity Report is not included in the pdf.

In the pdf and Word export the date is in UTC format.

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