Page Approval Global Settings

Some parameters for the Page Approval macro can be configured globally in Confluence Administration.

Open the global settings

Navigate to the top menu bar cog icon

  • select General configuration

On the General Configuration screen, look in the sidebar and look for Page Approval Configuration.

  • choose Page Approval Properties

The following screen is displayed allowing you to configure the parameters globally for the Confluence site.

Configuring global level Page Approval settings

Additional Page Approval Fields

Configure the default appearance of the macro by checking one or more of

  • Show role field

  • Show comment field

  • Show acknowledgment

Page Approval Notifications

Configure how users are notified about approval events by choosing the dropdown options for each of

  • Notified users

  • Notified actions

Choose whether to notify users for one or more of the following events by checking each option

  • Notify on approval events

  • Notify on acknowledgment events

Other Page Approval Settings

Configure the default behavior of Page Approval by checking the options to

  • Fix the list of users when the Users or Acknowledgers parameters are used

  • Unapprove pages when a new user is registered to them (this may happen due to a group membership change, etc.)

Ensure you choose Save after changing the global configuration settings.