Do Confluence DATABASES support date change reporting opportunities? And "Group By"?

[Afrothiti Manolis]

Hi there!

1. Within the field, "Date," within Databases, is there a way to report changes made to the field like you can with Jira and JPD?

2. Like JPD, is there a way to "Group By" a certain field?

[Humashankar VJ]

Hi @Afrothiti Manolis 

Confluence Databases have limitations when it comes to tracking changes and activity. Unlike Jira or JPD, they do not support field-level change history or audit trails, including for date fields.

• This means that there is no automated way to track when a field, such as a date, was changed or by whom.
• While Mitigations like using page history or manually adding "Last Updated" columns are possible, they are not automated and lack the same level of auditability.
• Besides, Confluence Databases' "Group By" functionality is limited, allowing grouping by certain field types like single-select or person fields, but not by date fields, multi-select fields, or linked databases.

This limitation restricts the ability to create advanced visualizations like swim lanes or timelines, unlike JPD's more robust grouping capabilities.

This limitation has been raised in the Atlassian Community - Database change tracking where other users are asking for built-in change tracking in Confluence Databases, especially for use cases similar to what Jira and JPD support.

Hope this helps - Happy to help further!!
Thank you very much and have a great one!
Warm regards

[Afrothiti Manolis]

Thank you for your help and reply!!!

[Afrothiti Manolis]

@Humashankar VJ Do you know if the Group By Function is on their roadmap?