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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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Global Configuration: The administrator has configured a limit for the parameter Maximum attachments to attachments to process.
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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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.
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