CQL Search Table Macro

This macro is only available from version 1.3.0 onwards.

Introduction

Similar to CQL Search Macro, this macro allows you to execute contextual searches with predefined CQL.

Results are displayed in a table with configurable columns.

Configuration

Field Name	Required	Default Value	Explanation	Additional Information
CQL			Enter a CQL statement with $$query$$ or $$query*$$ as the search term.	Placeholder Variables for CQL Information on CQL Configured How to Search Content effectively with Titles Search Results and Warnings Useful scenarios with Canned Search for Confluence
Default Query Term			Enter a default query term to replace the $$query$$ in CQL. Search results will be preloaded if it is provided. *Note: $self returns current page title	How to use CQL Macro to Share Information
No. of Results per Page	10		Select the no. of results to be displayed: 5 — Pagination will occur if there are >5 search results 10 — Pagination will occur if there are >10 search results 50 — Pagination will occur if there are >50 search results 100 — Pagination will occur if there are >100 search results If there are more results than the selected no. of results to display, pagination will occur.	Search Results with Pagination
Custom "No Results Found" message			Enter a customised message when no results are found.	Use case for custom message
Table Template		title, space, modified	Select the template to use for results table. comments created creator labels modified modifier space title type url version Page Properties Separate template values using ",". See default value for example.	Table Template Details How to display Page Properties of the results
Template Header			Enter customised headers to replace default template header. If not provided or provided incorrectly, specified header will not be applied.	Template Header Details

Features

Hidden Search Bar

Search bar is hidden when “Default Query Term” is used. This allow page owner to use the macro to create listing which users can view-only.

Table Template for customising table columns

The available template are as follows:

Available Template Terms	Result
comments	Shows number of comments on page
creator	Shows creator of page / file
labels	Shows all labels on page
modified	Shows last modified date
modifier	Shows user who last modified page/ file
space	Shows space where file / page is located
title	Shows title of file / page
type	Indicate if item found is an attachment / page
url	Indicate the url to space where page is located / page where attachment is located
version	Shows latest available version for file / page

When provided incorrectly, only correct templates will be used

E.g. For template “title, spaces, modified, labels”

“spaces” is incorrect (should be space)
Results will only show table with table headers “title, modified, labels”

E.g. For template “titles, spaces, label, types”

None of the template terms used is correct
Default template will be used to display results (“title, space, modified”)

Template Header for customising table headers

To allow users to customise table headers, a template header field is provided. Users can rename template values to a more suitable value for the results table they are creating.

In the example shown above, changes to template header are as follow:

Creator → Owner
Modified → Last Modified

Headers defined incorrectly will result in default template being used (over-defined / under-defined).

E.g. For the template “title, type, creator, modified” , if header “title, type, owner” is defined

Only 3 headers are defined for 4 template (under-defined)
Header defined will be ignored, template “title, type, creator, modified” will be used as header instead.

If no header is defined, template “title, type, creator, modified” will be used.