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The Content by Label macro lists content which has been tagged with specific labels.
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Usage with the Macro Browser
To insert the content by label macro into a page using the Macro Browser,
- Open your desired Confluence page or blog post, then click the 'Edit' button. The page or blog post opens in edit mode.
- Click the Macro Browser icon on the toolbar. The macro browser window opens in the middle of the screen in 'macro selection' mode.
- Scroll through the list of macros. Alternatively, start typing part of the name of your desired macro into the search box at the top right of the macro browser window. Macros with a matching name will appear in the main pane.
- Click on the desired macro to access its parameters and preview parameter changes ('preview mode').
- Set the macro parameters to your requirements. If desired, you can preview these changes by clicking 'Refresh'.
- Click 'Insert' to put the macro into the page.
You can also insert macros via autocomplete. For more information, see Using Autocomplete in the Rich Text Editor.
Once you've found the content by label macro, click 'insert' to add it to your page.
Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor
To display all pages with the label needs-fixing, use:
{contentbylabel:label=needs-fixing|showLabels=false|showSpace=false|maxResults=99|space=@self}
Below is a working example of the 'Content by Label' macro. In the example, we have restricted the display to 5 results. By default, Confluence lists all the labels for each result displayed. See the optional parameters below for more information.
What you need to type |
What you will get |
|---|---|
{contentbylabel:label=documentation|maxResults=5} |
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Parameters
Parameters are options that you can include in Confluence macros to control the content or format of the macro output. The table below lists relevant parameters for this macro.
Parameter names are different in the macro browser and in wiki markup. Below we show the macro browser parameter names in bold text, and the equivalent wiki markup parameters in (bracketed) text. If we do not show any parameter name for the wiki markup, then you should leave out the parameter name and simply include the parameter value as the first parameter, immediately after the colon (:).
Parameter |
Default |
Description |
|---|---|---|
( |
None |
Filter the results by author. The macro will display only the pages etc which are written or updated by the author(s) you specify here.
|
Label(s) |
None |
This parameter is required.
|
Maximum Number of Pages |
15 |
Specify the maximum number of results to be displayed. Note that the results are sorted first, and then the maximum parameter is applied. |
( |
OR |
The operator to apply to the supplied lists of labels. By default, a page with any of the non-prefixed labels (that is, labels without a plus (+) or minus (-) sign immediately preceding it) will be listed. By using |
Show Labels for Each Page |
true |
Show or hide labels for results. |
Show Space Name for Each Page |
true |
Show or hide spaces for results. |
Reverse Sort |
false |
Use this parameter in conjunction with the |
Sort By |
modified |
Specify how the results should be sorted. To change the sort order from ascending to descending, use the
|
Restrict to these Spaces |
@all, i.e. all spaces in your Confluence site. |
This parameter allows you to filter content by space. The macro will display only the pages etc. which belong to the space(s) you specify here.
Special values:
|
List Title |
None |
Adds a title or heading to the list. |
Include these Content Types Only |
all |
This parameter allows you to filter content by content type. The macro will display only the content of the type you specify here.
To exclude content of a given content type, put a minus sign (-) immediately in front of that content type. For example: If you specify a content type of Available values:
|
Display Excerpts |
false |
Displays excerpts for each page listed in the Content by Label macro. Note that you must define the excerpts on each of those pages, by adding the excerpt macro to each page. If a particular page does not have an excerpt defined, then the Content by Label macro will not attempt to show an excerpt for that page. The Content by Label macro will show only the first few lines of the excerpt for each page. |
Examples
1. Show content from a specific space
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|space=PETS}
2. Show only results in current space
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|space=@self}
3. Show results from all spaces
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|space=@all}
4. Show only content of a specified type
The code below will show only pages (but not blog posts or other content types) with the labels 'dogs' or 'cats':
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|type=page}
5. Do not show the labels in the results
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|showLabels=false}
6. Do not show the space names in the results
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|showSpace=false}
7. Display excerpts in the results
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|excerpt=true}
8. Specify the maximum number of results to display
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|max=99}
9. Sort by modification date
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|sort=modified}
10. Change the sort order
{contentbylabel:label=dogs,cats|sort=modified|reverse=true}
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