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Overview
The {metadata-from} macro is the simplest macro to get a piece of metadata from another page onto the current one.
The macro can only be used to retrieve the value of a single metadata value name.
Parameters
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| The value name of the metadata to retrieve. Any wiki format that is part of the metadata value will be rendered on the current page. | ||
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| The page where the value name of the metadata has been added. Default is to the current page. |
Usage
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To retrieve a single metadata value from a page, choose the Metadata from macro from the Confluence macro browser:   The macro editor allows you to configure the macro.   The macro requires you to add both:
The macro will retrieve the metadata value and display on the current page. If the metadata includes any wiki formatting as part of the value then this will be rendered on the current page together with the value. In the example the value of the metadata Division value has been defined using the {metadata} macro:  the Comala Metadata  On the page, the metadata value is retrieved using the {   In this example, the display would simply be the value of the metadata Division filtered to be from the page Project initiation Document.   |
Markup Reference
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{metadata-from:Project Initiation Document|Division} |
In this example the Project Initiation Document page contains the metadata name Division Division whose value has been set as Digital Products.
The { metadata-from} macro retrieves the value for Division from the page Project Initiation Document.
The following would retrieve the value of Division metadata Division metadata from the current page (if present).
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{metadata-from:Division} |
Usage with the Comala Document Management app
The {metadata-from} macro is supported by the Comala Document Management app and will work at workflow level.
Related macros
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