| Name | Confluence Tabular Metadata Plugin |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Atlassian Software Systems (Website) |
| Authors | Atlassian Developers |
| Homepage | http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEXT/Confluence+Tabular+Metadata+Plugin |
| Issue Management | http://developer.atlassian.com/jira/browse/TABMETA |
| Categories | Macros |
| Version | 2.7 |
| Availability | Confluence v2.0 to v2.10-m1 |
| State | Stable |
| Support |
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| License | Freeware / Open Source (BSD) |
| Price | Free |
| Release Docs | n/a |
| Java API Docs | n/a |
| Download Source | |
| Download JAR |
Compatibility With Confluence
| Plugin Version | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 |  |
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|
David Chui (Aug/22/2008) |
Description
This plugin contains a pair of macros which work with content labels to allow you to embed metadata into pages and blog posts. With the macros, you can add "fields" to a page or a blog post and then display a summary of them in a fixed tabular format. It's really an easy way to add fields to pages or a blog posts dynamically and then generate a report based on them.
Usage
Using this plugin involves the usages of two macros – {details} and {detailssummary}.
Inserting Metadata
The first step is to create some metadata. We can do that with the {details} macro. Let's say we want to insert the following fields into a page.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Is-Secret | Yes |
| Author Nickname | Banana Split |
What we need to do is to create a page or blog post. It must have a particular label. For clarity's sake, let's say we are creating a page titled "Metadata" with the label "test". What you need to do to embed metadata is to insert the following wiki markup to the "Metadata" page.
{details:label=test}
Is-Secret: Yes
Author-Nickname: Banana Split
{details}
The output will look similar to the one in the screen shot below.
Display Metadata
Now that we have embedded metadata, we can show a summary of it. To do that, create a summary page and insert the following wiki markup.
{detailssummary:label=test}
This would display a summary of metadata of pages with the label test. In our case, the summary page will display a metadata summary of our "Metadata" page. The summary looks the table in the screen shot below.
Plugin Versions
| Version | Date | State | License | Price |
2.7
(#1)
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01 Jan 1970 | Stable | Freeware / Open Source (BSD) | Free |
Comments (5)
Jul 08
Stefan says:
Hi,\\ i dont really understand: What is the benefit with this plugin? Can you te...Hi,
i dont really understand: What is the benefit with this plugin? Can you tell me a little bit more about it? What are advantages and cant this be already done with the metadata plugin?
regards,
Stefan
Jul 14
Azwandi Mohd Aris says:
Hi Stefan, Tabular Metadata Plugin is a simple plugin (compared to Metadata Plu...Hi Stefan,
Tabular Metadata Plugin is a simple plugin (compared to Metadata Plugin), that will display the data in a fixed tabular format. Besides, this plugin is supported by Atlassian.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Azwandi
Jul 14
Stefan says:
Hi Azwandi, thank you for your answer. But i dont really understand what the dif...Hi Azwandi,
thank you for your answer.
But i dont really understand what the difference is. E.g. the details macro seems to apply to a label. Is that, because meta information can be assigned to a single label to provide additional information for a label?
So, what is the connection to meta information and a label, as shown in this example:
{details:label=test} Is-Secret: Yes Author-Nickname: Banana Split {details}Jul 15
Azwandi Mohd Aris says:
Hi Stefan, The {{label}} parameter is not meant to provide additional informati...Hi Stefan,
The label parameter is not meant to provide additional information to a label, but to ease you to grab metadata details (via detailssummary macro) that belongs to certain pages that has the labels defined for the parameter.
In addition, I hope you are not confused with page's label as it is not related to this label parameter.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Azwandi
Jul 16
Stefan says:
Hi Azwandi, yes indeed i was confused with page labels\! So, thanks for your cla...Hi Azwandi,
yes indeed i was confused with page labels! So, thanks for your clarification!
regards