Tags Configuration
In Template Configuration your able to set the Tag Configuration.
The Tag Configuration allows you to configure additional settings for individual tags on a template. These settings will be applied and enforced when the template is copied.
The Tag Configuration provides the following configuration options:
To what type the content with which the tag is replaced should be restricted, see Tag Formats.
Whether the user copying the template must provide a value to replace the tag with or not.
Setting an additional description text for the tag to be shown in the replacement dialog when the template is copied.
Your also able to set the same settings with the Tag Description Macro. The Tag Description Macro overwrites the Tag Configuration.
Tag formats
It allows the following types of inputs.
Standard | When setting the tags format to standard, the user copying the template can supply any text with which the tag is replaced. |
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User | Tags of the user format will ask for existing Confluence users when being replaced. The user names will be displayed in default Confluence rich text, such as Lisa for example. |
Date | Date tags require a valid date to be entered into the replacement. The date will be displayed in default Confluence rich text, such as 01 Jan 2020 for example. |
Link | A tag set to the link format will be replaced with a functional link to another Confluence page or an external web page. |
Multi Line | The multiline format makes it easy to have the tag replaced with multiple lines of text. |
Single Line | Setting the tag format to single line restricts the replacement value to a single line of text. |
Dropdown | When the dropdown format is selected, the user can choose one or multiple items from a dropdown menu in the replacement dialog. The selectable values can be defined directly in the Tag Description Macro. See Dropdown Format Parameters. |
Regex | The regex format forces the user to choose a replacement text that matches a regular expression defined directly in the Tag Description Macro. See Regex Format Parameters. |
Counter | The counter tag works in the same way as ConsecutiveTags. What the counter tag adds in is the location where it counts up. See Counter Format Parameters. |
Page | When setting the tags format to page, the replacement has to be a valid page. The tag is replaced with a hyperlink to the chosen page |