Summary
The Future macro works well with many macros, however, there are numerous cases where the interactions of the Future macro with other macros does not produce the expected result. The background rendering of the content can prevent more advanced macros from behaving as expected. Similarly, some advanced macros can interfere with the communications needed by the Future macro to display the content that is rendered in the background. Fixes have been provided for some of the most prevalent use cases and more can be considered in the future based on user need. Even though there are a number of interoperability issues, the benefits for some of the most common scenarios warranted delivery. Plus interoperability is significantly better than the old future plugin provided.
This page is intended to document interoperability with other advanced macros. In some cases, there are restrictions or work-arounds for using the macros together. In other case, improvements are needed in the implementations to work better together. Feedback from users with experience with other macros not listed here will help everyone be able to use the support more effectively. Please vote and open new issues if necessary.
Outer Macro | Macros | Status | Tested | Restrictions & Workarounds | Discussion |
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| future | future |  |  | Since 6.4, many scenarios are now covered. The most significant restriction is Future within an Include within a Future macro. Confluence 5.4.3 or above provides the most scenario coverage. | Error rendering macro 'jira' : Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
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| future | cache | | | Since 6.2. Prior to 6.2, Cache refresh link does not work inside a Future macro. | |
| future | table-plus, sql, csv, excel | | | ||
| future | run, run-now | | | ||
| future | cloak |  | | ||
| future | metadata macros | | | ||
| future | scaffolding macros | | | Does not work in edit contents mode | |
| future | report-table, report-variable | | | ||
| future | other reporting macros | | | There is a user report
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| future | expand | | | Requires release 6.1 and at least Confluence 5.0 For Confluence 7.0 and later versions, when you use the future macro embedded with an expand macro multiple times in a page, it does not expand and collapse as expected. This is because of a known issue - CONFSERVER-40562. | |
| toc | future on same page | | | ||
expand | future | | |
Similar results for other Expand like macros that selectively show data | |
| cloak | future | | | ||
deck/card | future | | | Requires 6.1.1. Use Future macro for one or more cards. This is the most typical situation. | , |
localtabgroup/localtab | future | | | Requires 6.4. |
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| cache | future | | | It works, but is of little value as Cache captures the rendered body without the rendered data from the Future macro. Each rendering of the page will result in the Future macro getting the data in the background again. | |
macros requiring web resources Examples:
| future | | |
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A workaround is to have the macro requiring resources be on the page outside of the Future macro. Perhaps in a Hide macro with rendering. |
| Refined Wiki | future |
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| future | OfficeConnector
| | Requires release 6.1 Resolved with Confluence 5.4.3 and above together with Cache for Confluence 6.3 or above.
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The Cache macro used with the Office Connector macros has a compatibility issue in Confluence version 7.9.0. Refer and watch CACHE-346 for updates. | |
| future | JIRA macro | | | ||
| future | pagetree | | |
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| future | page-gadget | | |
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| future | code | | | Fixed in Confluence 5.8.5. Workaround: Make sure the page has a Code or Code Pro macro outside of a Future macro. This brings in the necessary web resources correctly. Or install the patched version of the Code macro plugin. | CONF-35014 - provides a fix for the Code macro for future versions of Confluence newcode-macro-plugin-2.1.5.1.jar - a patched version of the code macro for Confluence 5.3 and above
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| future | Confluence table sorting | | | Some Confluence release level restrictions. Workaround: Use Table Plus macro. | |
| future | excerpt-include excerpt | | Avoid putting the Excerpt macro within a Future macro if you need to access the data using excerpt-include. | ||
| chart | future | | The Chart macro excepts all data to be available immediately, so a delayed rendering via Future is not going to work. |
| Legend | Status |
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| Works |
| Works with some restrictions or workarounds |
| Does not work in most cases |
 | Unknown |
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