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In the source space publishing dashboard, a space administrator can select the user permissions in the target space that are used for single-page publishing and space publishing actions.
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Comala Publishing for Confluence Cloud app add-on user permissions
user permissions of the User who triggers responsible for the action
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By default, for a new space publishing configuration, the Comala Publishing for Confluence Cloud app add-on user permissions in the target space are used for publishing actions.
The choice of user permissions for publishing is set using a the Select user performing publishing action dropdown.
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Pages are published using the selected user’s permissions in the target space.
Why use the
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app add-on user as the user responsible for the publishing
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action?
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When publishing is configured to use the app add-on user, only the app add-on user requires edit permission in the target space.
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The app user permissions are used when publishing occurs using an applied Comala workflow, irrespective of the selected publishing configuration for User publishing permissions.
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Target space page history
When the User permissions for publishing Select user performing publishing action option is set as Comala Publishing for Confluence Cloud, the app add-on user is set as the owner and creator of the published page recorded in the target space page history.
Initial publish and sync of a page
If the page has not been previously published, publishing and syncing add the app add-on user as the page's owner and creator in the target space.
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The Confluence target space page history displays the Comala Publishing for Confluence Cloud app add-on user in the Changed By entry.
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Publish and sync a page after the initial publish using the user permissions
If the page has been previously published using the publishing user permissions, the app-add-on user is added as the user who last changed the page authorin the target space.
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The Confluence target space page history displays the Comala Publishing app add-on user in the Changed By entry each time the page is published and synced. The latest Changed By entry also displays the user who initially published the page and is the page creator.
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When using a Comala workflow to publish a page and the app add-on user permissions are used for publishing, the add-on user is added to the Changed By entry in the target space page history.
Publishing reports
When the Confluence Select user who initiated the performing publishing action option is set as the publishing app add-on user:
the space publishing report displays the Confluence user as the Publisher of the last whole space publish action
the publishing report for the target space displays
Last updated by as the Comala Publishing for Confluence Cloud app add-on user
Last synced by as the Confluence user who triggered the publishing action
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In the source space, the Last updated by and Last synced by values are the Confluence user who triggered the publishing action. |
Page analysis tool
In the page analysis diagnostic tool, when the Select user performing publishing action optionis set as the app add-on user:
the Publisher in the page manifest , the Publisher value is the Confluence user who triggered the publishing action
in the publishing configuration, the Publish as add-on user is
YES - space publishing action uses the app add-on user permissions
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