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This page outlines the steps to migrate your Visibility data from the Confluence Server or Data Center to the Confluence Cloud

At the end of this guide, you will have:,

  • Upgraded Visibility macro to at least version 4.2.2 and or above.

  • Understand the macro differences and feature differences between Visibility for Confluence Server and Confluence Cloud. 

  • Perform the migration using the Confluence Cloud Migration Tool or through Space Exports.

  • Check and re-configure your Visibility data in Confluence Cloud.

These Depending on the size of your Confluence data, the migration process may take a few hours to complete depending on how large your Confluence data is.

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Steps to Migrate Your Data

Step 1 - Plan out your migration

Before you start, consider the following:

  • Understand the macro differences and feature differences between Visibility for Confluence Server and Confluence Cloud. 

    • Understand what are the effect effects of Show if / Hide if macros that are using parameters that are not available in the Cloud.

    • Understand what are the effect of effects of Show if / Hide if if macros that contain elements that are not available in Cloudcontaining unavailable elements in the Cloud.

  • Understand how many Visibility macros that are on your site

    • You can easily find out the location of all your Visibility macros by going to Confluence Admin > Macro Usage > Search for "Visibility "‘Visibility.’

  • Allocate time for a test migration to understand the steps required to migrate data using the Atlassian migration tool (CCMA)

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  • Atlassian migration tool (CCMA) will migrate all Visibility macro data together with your pages.

  • Make sure you mark the app as "Needed in the Cloud".

Step 3 - Check if your data are all intact

Things to take note of:

  • "The User Groups " parameter in the Cloud may not be working properly work correctly if the Groups are not migrated to the Cloud.

  • Refer back to the feature differences for other Visibility macro behavior that is behaviors different from Server & Cloud.