How can I search for pages that have the Pages Properties macro in Confluence?

[Victoria Reggiardo]

I need to search for all pages that include the Pages Properties macro. I tried: macroName:page-properties but returned no results (I know for a fact that there should have returned lots of pages).

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Jonathan Smith · Accepted solution]

@Victoria Reggiardo ,

  You can see how many pages use this macro from the Confluence admin console:

1. Cog wheel, general configuration 
2. Macro Usage
3. Scroll down to Page Properties Macros
4. 

It looks like those items are clickable.. hope this helps.

- Jonathan

[Jonathan Smith]

When clicking the 'details', it will take you to a search results screen. From here, you will need to filter down to what you want to see.

[Victoria Reggiardo]

Thanks so much @Jonathan Smith . Unfortunately, I'm not a Confluence admin, I was looking for a way in which a regular user can obtain such info.

[Jonathan Smith]

@Victoria Reggiardo 

  Try this link:

https://yourconfluenceURL/dosearchsite.action?cql=macro+%3D+%22details%22

- Jon

[Jonathan Smith]

Anxiously awaits @Victoria Reggiardo to try the link above.

[Victoria Reggiardo]

Hey @Jonathan Smith, it works!!

[Jonathan Smith]

@Victoria Reggiardo 

  Sweet! We both learned something today! 

If you are satisfied with the answer, please vote and accept this thread. 

Thanks,

Jon

[Victoria Reggiardo]

I'm sorry but I'm not a coder at all, what should I change if I want to search for another macro?

[Victoria Reggiardo]

Actually, what part of the URL defines the Page Properties macro?

[Jonathan Smith]

https://yourconfluenceURL/dosearchsite.action?cql=macro+%3D+%22details%22

• Assuming cql means confluence query language

Other examples:

Attachments macro
https://yourconfluenceurl/dosearchsite.action?cql=macro+%3D+%22attachments%22

Info macro
https://yourconfluenceurl/dosearchsite.action?cql=macro+%3D+%22info%22

Your admin should be able to supply the desired URLs for other macros if needed.

- Jon

[Jonathan Smith]

I don't think your going to be able to 100% guess the URLs. Some like page properties macro say "details" in the URL..

[Victoria Reggiardo]

@Jonathan Smith , that's great. This is really helpful, thanks!

[Fabienne Gerhard]

Thanks @Jonathan Smith  an option for admin I didn't use yet :) - maybe a tip for everyone using macroName: nameofmacro* check out the correct name of the macro with your browser using F12 cause search is really really a *miau* here ;)

[Jonathan Smith · Accepted solution]

Hi @Victoria Reggiardo ,

  What is your purpose for searching for pages with this macro?

Reminder: Page Properties Report macro + page label would populate a dashboard with contents from those desired pages.

- Jon

[Victoria Reggiardo]

@Jonathan Smith

We want to know the number of pages that use that specific macro.

[Jonathan Smith]

Note: Since your search had special characters, you might have to put quotes around that.

[Victoria Reggiardo]

@Jonathan Smith

Thanks for your reply, macroName:"page-properties" is not working either.

[Liza Top]

Way too late for the original question, but I'll add it for future Googlers. Use the following in a search field:

macroName:details*

The technical name of the page properties macro is "details" not "page-properties". The * is needed to prevent possible search problems. See https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-search-syntax-158720.html

Tested and used in Confluence Server 7.8.3