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Migration Path
Original Platform | Target Platform | Available App Migration Path | License Migration | Notes/Consideration | ||
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Server/Data Center | Cloud | Needed | Understand the feature differences between the application for Confluence Server(DC) and Confluence Cloud.
Allocate time for a test migration to understand the steps required to migrate data and complete re-configuration.
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Feature Differences
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Versioning/License | Version Support | Minimum migratable Version : 5.1.14 | Migrate to Security and Encryption for Confluence using steps at the Migration Path. | ||
License | Available through Atlassian Marketplace. | Available through Atlassian Marketplace only.
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Confluence Differences | Creating an approval request | Page Approval macro is used to create an approval request. The macro has to be created on the page to use the page approval functionality. | The status panel is used to create an approval request. The status panel appears by default on all pages, no macro is required
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Tracking page approvals and acknowledgment reports | Page Approval Report macro is used to keep track of approval requests. The macro has to be created on a page to track pages with the approval status. Page Acknowledgement Report macro is used to keep track of acknowledgments. The macro has to be created on a page to track the acknowledgment status of the pages. | The approval requests are tracked in the Page Approval Dashboard. This is accessible from Apps > Approval Dashboard.
Currently, page acknowledgment status is not recorded in the Approval Dashboard. | |||
Create approval templates for space | Not supported. | Page Approval templates allow you to create an approval template with a preset list of approvers and acknowledgers. | |||
Page Approval Space Settings | Configure the Page Approval Space Settings to control the Page Approval settings on an individual space level. The following are the settings that can be configured:
| The Page Approval application is enabled on a space level. The following settings can be configured:
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Page Approval Global Settings | Configure the Page Approval Global Settings to control the Page Approval settings on a global level. The following are the settings that can be configured:
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Integration with other macros | Confluence server supports nested macros which means this application’s macros can easily be nested and integrated with other Confluence macros. | The Page Approval macro is not used to start the approval process, thus it is not possible to have nested macros. A status panel is used instead. | |||
Other functions | Not supported. | Action logs of the approval request process are recorded in the comment section of the page. Action logs of each approval request iteration are on the same page. | |||
Macro Differences Overview | Server Macros | Cloud Macros | |||
This table lists the macro differences between the server/data center app and the cloud app version. | Adds the page approval functionality to a page. |
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Generates a report on the pages using the Page Approval macro. | |||||
Generates a report of acknowledgments for all pages where the Page Approval macro is used. |