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Overview

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This page describes how to access metadata from the Communardo Metadata for Confluence app in Comala Document Management Value References.

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You will need Communardo Metadata for Confluence version 3.0 or above.

Benefits

The ability to utilize metadata in Comala Document Management gives Space administrators a flexible new tool for customising the approval process of their pages.

This integration connects Metadata for Confluence to Comala Document Management Value References, allowing you to create rich user interfaces for metadata management, advanced reports and more.

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Users familiar with workflows markup language will find working with metadata easy to incorporate into their workflows.

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Go to Space Tools → Metadata → Metadata fields tab and you'll see all the value references listed in the Key column as illustrated below:

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Using the value references

You can now use those keys as the Value References in your workflows, simply by wrapping them with @ (at) symbols..

For example, to use the Deadline (metadatafield.deadline) and Main reviewer  (metadatafield.mainreviewer) metadata fields, highlighted in the screenshot above, in a content review:

{workflow:name=Metadata example}
  {state:Draft|submit=Review}
  {state}
  {state:Review|approved=Published|rejected=Draft|expired=Draft|duedate=@metadatafield.deadline@}
    {approval:Editor in Chief|user=@metadatafield.mainreviewer@}
  {state}
  {state:Published|final=true|updated=Draft}
  {state}
{workflow}

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You can use the value references to create custom Conditions for the following macros:

For example, you might want a Trigger that only fires when the main reviewer edits a page:

{workflow:Example}
   {state:Test}{state}
   {trigger:pageupdated|@metadatafield.mainreviewer@=@user@}
      {set-message}Main reviewer updated this page{set-message}
   {trigger}
{workflow}

Data types

The table below shows how Communardo Metadata data types should be mapped to the following Comala Document Management value reference types:

Note: links Links are treated as plain text, but any macro supporting wiki markup (eg. {pageheader}) can wrap the text in wiki link notation.

See also

• Press Release

• Product Documentation

• Vendor Website