Filtering with the Confluence Advanced Search

Advanced Search using the Confluence Search Bar

Click on the search bar on your confluence page.

Search bar | Image

A search window should open up on the right of your screen. On the left side at the bottom you should find a text saying Advanced Search, click on it.

Search window | Image

You will be redirected to a search page, where at the bottom left a text field Add filter should be, click on it and than either click on EDM Dropdown or EDM Status.

Search page | Image

Add filter | Image

Now you can filter for values in the dropdown under the selected Macro (EdmDropdown or EdmStatus). After inserting a value you should see all pages that have this Macro with this value.

Filter for dropdown values | Image

Advanced Search using the CQL search in the URL

Navigate to the Confluence Advanced Search page. The basic URL looks like the following:

CODE

https://{baseurl}/dosearchsite.action?cql=

Query for EDM Macros

Modify the URL to filter for your desired macro:

CODE

https://{baseurl}/dosearchsite.action?cql=macro="MacroName"

Macro	MacroName
Edit Mode Macro	easy-dropdown-menu-edit-mode
Not Predefined Macro	easy-dropdown-menu
Predefined Macro	easy-dropdown-menu-predefined
Status Macro	easy-dropdown-menu-status

You can search for more than one macro with the keyword in and () surrounding the macros you want to search for.

CODE

https://{baseurl}/dosearchsite.action?cql=macro in ("easy-dropdown-menu", "easy-dropdown-menu-status")

Query for EDM Values

Modify the URL to filter for your desired values in the selected macro:

CODE

https://{baseurl}/dosearchsite.action?cql=FilterName="OptionValue"

Macro	FilterName
Edit Mode Macro, Not Predefined Macro and Predefined Macro	EdmDropdown
Status Macro	EdmStatus

OptionValue needs to be an existing value in the selected Filter.

You can search for more than one value with the keyword AND or OR. With the keyword AND only pages appear that have both values in it. With the keyword OR pages appear that have either value in it.

CODE

https://{baseurl}/dosearchsite.action?cql=EdmDropdown="Yes" AND EdmStatus="Postponed"

You can search for more than one value with the keyword in and () surrounding the arguments you want to search for.

CODE

https://{baseurl}/dosearchsite.action?cql=EdmStatus in ("ERROR", "Solved")