Key differences between Confluence Server and Confluence Cloud versions - 8.x
Description
This page describes what you need to consider:
- When migrating from Confluence server to cloud and you are using the Advanced Tables for Confluence app on pages in your instance.
- When using Advanced Tables for cloud and you are seeing some differences in behavior from the documentation.
Related article
Atlassian's Confluence migration instructions
What will be different?
The macros involved are:
The key differences in behavior are:
- The Confluence server and cloud versions have different macro editor experiences. The server version has a new custom macro editor while the cloud version has the default Confluence macro editor.
- The cloud version supports all the macros available in the server except the JQL Table macro
- Macros render in the background in the cloud version and then appear as the data becomes available.
- The performance of the macro rendering in the cloud version is mostly dependent on the performance of the user's client machine as a majority of the processing is now done using the browser's JavaScript engine. The way the connect architecture in Confluence cloud works is that macros get loaded dynamically AFTER the page is rendered and displayed. This allows the page to be displayed to the user somewhat quicker, but then there can be a delay on each macro loading. The loading time is dependent on client JavaScript speed (some browsers may be better than others) and network connections. This is a permanent restriction of the architecture.
- There may be a difference in behavior with some interactions with other page elements or macros. The Atlassian Confluence development team continues to improve the integration and interactions of macros in the connect environment.
- There are some known issues and incompatibilities.
Reporting problems
If you experience any problems or behavior changes that are unexpected, please do not hesitate to open a support issue (login required - see Help). This helps us identify and prioritize fixes and improvements.
Known issues and incompatibilities
Description | Issue |
|---|---|
| Plain text macros are not supported (JSON macro and CSV macro) in cloud with the new editor experience. | https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65717 |
| The Attachment Table macro has a parameter incompatibility between server and cloud versions for Advanced Tables. The page parameter on server is renamed to attachmentPage on cloud. Migrations to cloud are typically successful. Work is underway for the next release of Advanced Tables server to resolve the problem going the other way. | |
| Inter-operability between macros. Specifically, there are rendering issues and differences between server and cloud apps. There have always been some compatibility problems between macros. This is more of an issue with connect based apps. The Confluence connect development team is working on improvements in this area based on likely use cases. We have seen no progress in this area for a very long time from Atlassian. | CONFCLOUD-41551 - This is not an exhaustive list and we've seen very little activity from Atlassian to add support in this area. |
| Anchor macros within Advanced Tables macros do not work. Atlassian has deemed this a permanent restriction. | CE-886 |
Sorting inline tasks in connect macros does not work. | CONF-45450 |
| Preview in the macro editor does not work in some cases. The workaround is to use full page preview until the issue can be resolved. | CE-13 |
| Style (css) on the page is no longer active in Advanced Tables macros. For the Table Plus macro, the workaround is to include the macro within the body of the Table Plus macro. | CE-890 |
| Export to PDF or Word does not include some of the Advanced Tables features. You basically get the table. The workaround is to use browser's print to PDF function. | |
Excerpt include macro results in 404 error when including a connect macro. | CE-876 |
Not all options for the Jira Issue/Filter macro work when displayed inside a Table Plus macro. Using the Total Issue Count option and the Single Issue option does not work when used inside Table Plus macro. The Jira data does not load and simply shows a spinning icon. | |
| Page Properties Report not displaying formatting and styling when used in a Table Plus macro. The Page Properties macro loads asynchronously and the Table Plus macro does not have a trigger to know when to add formatting. |
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