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Log in as a user with the Confluence administrator's Global Permission.
Navigate to Manage apps > Advanced Tables for Confluence Configuration > Global Configuration
The page displays the configuration options available. For more information, refer to Configuration - 8.x.
Maximum attachments to process: Select the limit for processing the maximum number of attachments from the Maximum attachments to process drop-down. The default limit is 1000. The configuration also shows the approximate number of attachments available in the Confluence instance.
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Administrators should be cautious when increasing the configuration limit, as this may lead to heavy Confluence usage and potentially result in degrading the performance of Confluence. |
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Limit the processing of the number of attachments in the Attachment Table macro
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Macro browser input: The user does not change the default value for the macro parameter Limit number of attachments to retrieve.
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Scenario 1 result:
The Global Configuration parameter Maximum attachments to process and the macro parameter Limit number of attachments have the default value configured as 1000. In this case, the macro considers the default value while processing the attachments.
The macro stops processing after the number of attachments found matching the Page filtering selection criteria reaches the default value of 1000.
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The Confluence page shows the processed attachments and their metadata as a table.
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Scenario 2: The administrator changes the value for the Global Configuration parameter Maximum attachments to process.
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Macro browser input: The user does not change the value for the macro parameter Limit number of attachments to retrieve.
Scenario 2 result:
In this case, the macro considers the value configured for the Global Configuration parameter Maximum attachments to process.
The macro stops processing after the number of attachments found matching the Page filtering selection criteria reaches the value configured for Maximum attachments to process. For reference, 500 attachments are shown.
The Confluence page shows the processed attachments and their metadata as a table.
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Scenario 3: The user provides a higher value than the admin-configured limit
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Macro browser input: The user enters a higher value for the macro parameter Limit number of attachments to retrieve than the admin-configured limit in the Global Configuration.
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Scenario 3 result:
In this case, the macro considers the least of the value configured between the parameters, Limit number of attachments to retrieve, and Maximum attachments to process. The macro stops processing after the number of attachments found matching the Page filtering selection criteria reaches the least of the value configured.
For example, here, the macro considers the admin-configured value for the Global Configuration parameter Maximum attachments to process that is 1000. The macro stops processing after the number of attachments found matching the selection criteria reaches the value 1000.
The Confluence page shows the processed attachments and their metadata as a table.
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Scenario 4: The user provides a lower value than the admin-configured limit
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Macro browser input: The user enters a lower value for the macro parameter Limit number of attachments to retrieve than the admin-configured limit in the Global Configuration.
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Scenario 4 result:
In this case, the macro considers the least of the value configured between the parameters, Limit number of attachments to retrieve, and Maximum attachments to process. The macro stops processing after the number of attachments found matching the Page filtering selection criteria reaches the least of the value configured.
For example, here, the macro considers the user-configured value for the macro parameter Limit number of attachments to retrieve that is 500. The macro stops processing after the number of attachments found matching the selection criteria reaches the value of 500.
The Confluence page shows the processed attachments and their metadata as a table.
Setting the Attachment Table macro limit for displaying the number of attachments is based on the below criteria:
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 processing stops after the number of attachments found matching the Page filtering selection criteria reaches the least of the value configured. The macro displays the processed attachments and their metadata as a table.
If the macro encounters more attachments than the least value configured, the confluence page displays a warning message, or else the message is not displayed.
