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Description

Dynamically inherit a template's structure and layout. Changes to the template will be automatically reflected on this page. It The Live Template macro is best used together with the Field Group macro.See 

Info

Key concepts

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 details the functionality

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and use of this macro.

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Tip
Tip

You can also use or customize 11 field group templates. To learn more ,- read Using the field group template library.  

Parameters

Name

Required

Default Value

Description

Template type

 Yes

Confluence template/blueprint

The type of the template to use.

 May

The template may be one of

:

  • Confluence template/blueprint -

The

  • the type of page template to import and render template

. Note that if

Info

If a space template and global template

has

have the same name, the space template gets priority.

  • Confluence page - a Confluence page

.

Tip

This is a good option if you would like the template to be edited by non-space administrators.

Space

 Optional

[current space]

The space where the template is located

. Leave

  • leave blank for the current space.

This parameter is used together with the Template name

 parameter

 parameter.

Template name

 Yes

The name of the page template to import and render

. You can select

  • the relevant template can be selected from a list of suggested values

.

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Macro Edit View

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Issues in use

Issue

Details

Knowledge Base

Issues with large number of pages

.

If a live template is being used for a large number of pages (e.g. hundreds or thousands of pages)

,

  • any changes to the live template document may take some time to propagate to all the affected pages

. It would be

  • as this equivalent to editing all the pages at the same time

.

This means end users may briefly see old content on pages instead of the newly-changed/added content.

Similarly, the new content may not be immediately indexed by Confluence, so it may not show up in searches right away. Confluence will usually propagate and index new content within a few minutes.

Also, users
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Users who happen to be viewing the page when it was being changed may be prompted to reload the page.

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Issues with global templates

(warning) 

Due to a Confluence Cloud limitation, you will not be able to preview field group macros in a Global template. You can review the final template in pages.

Why can't I preview Scaffolding cloud macros in global templates?

Issues with images & files

(warning) 

Due to

a

limitations in Confluence Cloud

limitation,

  • when creating a template, Images & Files

 are

  •  are disabled in the Field Group macro. 

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(warning) Due to a Confluence Cloud limitation,

  • when creating a template, Files &

Images 

  • Images are disabled in the Tabs macro. 
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Issues with Scaffolding Field Group

  • There is no option to edit the Scaffolding Field Group macro in a template (global or space).

Unable to edit Scaffolding Field Group once it has been saved in a template

Issues with Include Page macro

Tutorial Examples

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