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Parameters removed
The URL user and URL user password parameters are removed from Excel for Confluence and are no longer available in the Excel macro.
Parameter removal is effective and available in:
Excel for Confluence - Server (version 7.3.0 and above)
Excel for Confluence - Cloud
Excel for Confluence app updates
The Excel for Confluence app now uses only Profile for the new macro configurations. You can use a Profile to access Excel data from a remote location without exposing any sensitive information.
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Administrators create a Profile by defining a set of parameters, such as the base URL of the location for the Excel data, User, Password, and other relevant information to access the specified location. For more information, refer to How to create Create a profile with URLsa URL.
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Use Profile to access the Excel data
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How the change impacts the pre-configured macro?
The removal of parameters does not impact the existing macro configurations or pre-configured macros. Below are the various configuration changes to help you consider and plan the Excel macro configuration.
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Modify any of the parameter values such as Page of for attachment, Name of attachment, Name of attachment in the path, Profile, or URL to Excel file in the pre-configured macro. The app considers the updated value of the parameters to fetch the data.
If the macro configuration contains Profile:
The macro considers the values of the parameters, User, and Password from the Profile for authentication. The app fetches the data based on the chosen Profile and relative URL provided in the URL to Excel file.
If the macro configuration does not contain Profile:
The macro considers the values of the parameters, URL user, and URL user password from the Storage Format for authentication. The app fetches the data based on the URL provided in the URL to Excel file.
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copy the pre-configured macro on the same or another Confluence page.
copy the page containing the pre-configured Excel macro in the same space or another space.