Build a link URL based on a Scaffolding 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 using Wikipedia and be directed to a specific page.

Result

Recipe

Apps	Reporting for Confluence 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 (from the Scaffolding app) for the user to enter the URL, with the following parameters:
- Name: URLprefix
- Type: line
- content: text
Create another Text Data macro for the user to enter the keyword, with the following parameters:
- Name: Website Page
- Type: line
- content: text
Create a Report On macro with Injected: selected.
Within the Report On macro, create a Report Link macro with the following parameters:
- Key: data:URLprefix
- URL Postfix: %data:Website Page%
Save the page.

Now, you can click Edit Contents to enter the URL and keyword.