MultiExcerpt Macros

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Last updated: Mar 25, 2024 by Praveena Manohar
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Create actual content with the MultiExcerpt macro and then reproduce it with the MultiExcerpt Include macro. Follow the following steps to create and reproduce content:

  1. Create the original content with the MultiExcerpt macro.

  2. Reproduce the content across pages and spaces using the MultiExcerpt Include macro.

Parameters

The following table provides you with a description of the parameters for the MultiExcerpt macro:

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

Name

Specify a name for your MultiExcerpt content.

Fallback permission handling

The "Fallback permission handling" parameter in the MultiExcerpt macros is used to provide a fallback permission check in some scenarios such as exposing Confluence content in Jira Service Desk (JSD).

A system user, a.k.a. "app user", exists for 3rd party apps like the MultiExcerpt app. 

When "Fallback permission handling" is enabled for a MultiExcerpt then, ONLY for situations where the user cannot be found, the app user will be used to access the excerpted content when a MultiExcerpt Include macro requests it.

An example of a scenario where it could be necessary to enable it is when using a MultiExcerpt Include on a page that is exposed on Jira Service Desk (JSD).  Due to Atlassian bugs, users not in your basic profile in JSD will be unable to see content included via a MultiExcerpt Include.

Hidden

When the page is published, this option allows you to hide the MultiExcerpt content. 
Check this box, if you only want the MultiExcerpt content to appear when the page is in edit mode.

MultiExcerpt macro

To create the MultiExcerpt macro, perform the following steps:

  1. Create a new page or Edit the page where you want to create MultiExcerpt content.

  2. Type / or click the + icon and type MultiExcerpt.

  3. Select MultiExcerpt macro and Click Insert.

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  4. The Insert MultiExcerpt window is displayed. Specify a name for the MultiExcerpt content and click Insert.

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  5. The MultiExcerpt key is displayed on the page.

     

  6. Copy and paste the content, or create new content inside the macro body. You can add text, images, Informational boxes, Flow Boards, JIRA issues, and more.

  7. Click Publish.

Note

  • MultiExcerpt (Advanced Inline) and MultiExcerpt (Advanced) are special cases macros. These macros are solutions to rendering issues in the cloud. To know more about their differences, click here.

  • The process to create these macros is the same as the MultiExcerpt macro.

  • Make sure you add the respective include macros MultiExcerpt (Advanced Inline) and MultiExcerpt (Advanced) to reproduce the content.