Building a Link URL Based on Text Field

Scenario

This recipe uses the Scaffolding Text Data macro and Reporting macros to direct a user to a web page depending on what the user accesses. It includes the ability to enter a search keyword via Wikipedia and be directed to a specific page.

Result

Recipe

Apps	Reporting for Confluence Server & Data Center, Scaffolding
Level	Easy
Estimated time	10 minutes
Macros	Report Link, Report On
Suppliers	Scaffold Data Supplier

Storage format

You can copy and paste this code into the Confluence Source Editor:

<h5>
  <span class="uiOutputText">Enter URL prefix:</span>
</h5>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="151b200e-68c7-4a50-bb68-0a793cbc008b" ac:name="text-data" ac:schema-version="1">
  <ac:parameter ac:name="name">URLprefix</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="type">line</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="content">text</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
  <ac:rich-text-body>
    <p>
      <br />
    </p>
  </ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
<h5>
  <span style="color: rgb(112,112,112);">Enter website page</span>
</h5>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="32d56360-37dd-46c3-8081-fea78891c5fe" ac:name="text-data" ac:schema-version="1">
  <ac:parameter ac:name="name">Website Page</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="type">line</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="content">text</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
  <ac:rich-text-body>
    <p>
      <br />
    </p>
  </ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
<h5>
  <span class="uiOutputText">Link Output (using report-on):</span>
</h5>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="3009e2e2-5e2f-424e-a655-5ffe2af97b17" ac:name="report-on" ac:schema-version="1">
  <ac:parameter ac:name="injected">true</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
  <ac:rich-text-body>
    <p class="auto-cursor-target">
      <br />
    </p>
    <ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="a367eda8-1349-43d8-b5c1-7be5b5fe5c61" ac:name="report-link" ac:schema-version="1">
      <ac:parameter ac:name="postfix">%data:Website Page%</ac:parameter>
      <ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
      <ac:parameter ac:name="">data:URLprefix</ac:parameter>
      <ac:rich-text-body>
        <p>
          <span>%data:Website Page%</span>
        </p>
      </ac:rich-text-body>
    </ac:structured-macro>
    <p class="auto-cursor-target">
      <br />
    </p>
  </ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>

Macro structure

You can recreate the example in the editor view:

Steps

Create a Text Data macro for the user to enter the URL. Set the following parameters as stated:
Name: "URLprefix"
Type: "line"
content: "text"
Create another Text Data macro for the user to enter the keyword, and set the parameters as below:
Name: "URLprefix"
Type: "line"
content: "text"
Create a Report On macro, and check the injected parameter to set it to True.
Within the Report On macro, create a Report Link macro. Set the parameters as below:
Key: data:URLprefix
URL Postfix: %data:Website Page%
Save the changes. Now, you can click on Edit Contents to enter the URL and keyword.