This page demonstrates how administrators and users can specify the number of attachments to process for the Attachment Table macro.
Global Configuration includes a new configuration parameter named Maximum attachments to process
To improve the performance of the Attachment Table macro, Administrators can control the maximum number of attachments to process in Global Configuration. (Available since app version 8.7.0.)
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Administrators should be cautious when increasing the parameter limit. Generating long queries and fetching large attachments compromise Confluence's performance. It brings down Confluence with extreme CPU load and consumes massive amounts of Java heap memory. |
Users can specify the limit for processing the number of attachments
Users can specify the number of attachments that the macro must retrieve. The default value is the admin-configured limit for the parameter Maximum attachments to process in Global Configuration.
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The macro considers the least of the value configured between the parameters Limit number of attachments to retrieve, and Global Configuration > Maximum attachmentsto processto process the attachments.
The various scenarios and
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setting the limit
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for processing the number of attachments
Scenario 1: The administrator changes the default value
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