Render a Macro in a User Macro

[William Yeack]

I want to create a user macro that includes the rendered output of a different macro.  For instance:

## Macro title: Version Issues
## Macro has a body: N

## This is an example macro
## @Param Version:title=Version|type=string|required=true

<div>
$helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{cheese]")
</div>

However, this just prints out "$helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{cheese]")".  How do I get it to actually render the cheese (or another) macro?

[Thomas Schlegel · Accepted solution]

Hi @William Yeack,

the easiest way is using the Confluence Source Editor and then do something like this:

• create a temporary page and put the cheese macro on that page
• save the page, edit it again and open the source editor
• there you can see that the cheese macro looks like this:
  
  • <ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="3025afb4-6562-4aba-bc01-3668dfd87322" ac:name="cheese" ac:schema-version="1"/>
• copy this and add it to your user macro like this:
  

  ## Macro title: My Cheese
  ## Macro has a body: N
  
  ## @noparams
  
  My Cheese:
  
  <ac:structured-macro ac:name="cheese" ac:schema-version="1"/>
  
  End of My Cheese, do something else

If you don't know the Confluence Source Editor, have a look at the marketplace. In my opinion, it's a must-have app (and it's free). 

[William Yeack]

Nice one!

[William Yeack]

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