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A beautiful software release which includes:
Love for Administrators!!!
Admins, we've been listening to your feedback and version 4.0 has some exciting additions for you, namely:
- You no longer need to hunt and peck in order to find our configuration page. We've added Cache for Confluence as an item within the side navigation.
- We have a clean new tabbed interface to separate the securing of macros from global configuration.
Elimination of the Properties Files
We heard from some of you that editing a properties file in order to make a simple change was too restrictive and made simple changes a chore. We agreed and decided to remove this from the editor experience altogether:
- A single screen to list and restrict macros.
- If you are upgrading and have a properties file in place, we automatically add your entries
Wunderpick
We heard from customers that it was challenging to remember the exact names of supported macros without revisiting our documentation. They also mentioned that it was tough to remember group, user, and especially Confluence space keys. Our administrators struggle with this as well, so we decided to build the picklist of all picklists referred internally as "Wunderpick":
- Enter the first few characters of a macro name while we filter and autocomplete or sort through the listings.
- We are listing the managed macro names and their controlled parameters.
- Type the beginning of a group, individual user, or name of a Confluence space and we will help filter and autocomplete.
Secure Individual Macros
For several releases, we've provided the ability to enable/disable macro security at a global level and while this all-or-nothing approach was helpful, it wasn't fine-grained:
- We now allow you to enable or disable individual macros.
- Simply toggle on or off states and confirm your changes.
Migrate Configuration Changes
We heard from several customers that it was difficult to safely migrate macro security changes from either their test or staging environments into production or between production systems. We agreed and in this releases:
- With two clicks, you can now import or export configuration changes.
- All changes can now be safely moved and applied across systems.
The Macro Security for Confluence 3.5 Roadmap Team
Team | Members |
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Development | Nagesh Santhapuri |
Support | Swathi Komirelli Vijay Ramamurthy Amith Mathur |
Product Management | Randall Ward |
Marketing | Holly Wright Sam Rector Kat Sandin Cody Wooten |
Technical Writing | Sireesha Dugginapeddi |
An EAP (Early Access Program) download is now available for this pending release!