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Reserved characters

Prohibited characters

Use of the following characters inside macro parameter values can result in a syntax error.

Characters

Why?

Characters

Why?

{ }

Curly braces are used to denote macro tags

|

Pipes are used as a delimiter for macro parameters

Prohibited characters for metadata names

The following characters can not be used for metadata.

Characters

Why?

Characters

Why?

( ) * . : ; < > ? / \\ | # ^ \

Confluence and Jira and installed apps use these

Special characters

The following characters have special meaning and may cause unexpected results if used improperly.

Characters

Why?

Characters

Why?

,

Commas are used as a delimiter in comma-separated lists

@

"@" symbols are used to denote a value reference

&

Ampersands are used to mandate (OR → AND) all list items in setting conditions

!

Exclamation marks are used to negate conditions

[ ]

Used to denote links in wiki markup

See also