expand macro holding a table filter & a table excerpt include makro

[Christian Ring]

Hi there,
we just recently moved from data center into confluence cloud, thus wondering about the following.
In the migrated site from DC, I have a page with an "expand" (now: Refined Expandable Panel Group) that hold a table excerpt include, it is actually working.

However, if I do it from scratch as tutorials suggest, I am not able to built this.
Somehow it seems to be impossible to put a macro into the "expand" area.

Would highly appreciate any ideas and/ or other solutions that could cater the something similar...
Cheers,
Christian

[Philip Feldmann - appanvil · Accepted solution]

Hi @Christian Ring

As the others have mentioned, you can't nest body macros in Confluence Cloud. This makes it impossible to put a table filter inside of an expand.

However, you can use the table excerpt include to include your table data into the expand, by using our free alternative app, which is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the app you're already using: Aura Table Filter. Unlike your current app, Aura Table Filter does not send data outside of the Atlassian ecosystem ("Runs on Atlassian"). Your current Table Filter macros can be imported into Aura Table Filter using our mass import tool.

You can simply place the Aura Table Excerpt macro with a name (e.g. "inside-expand") outside of the expand and in the macro configuration select "Hide from view".

Then, put the Aura Table Excerpt Include inside of the tab and select the appropriate Aura Table Excerpt by name ("inside-expand"). This will render the Table Filter macro inside of the Expand macro, without having to nest macros.

If you have any questions, you can reach out to us via our service desk.

Best,

Philip

[Mia Tamm _Simpleasyty_]

Hi @Christian Ring 👋

Unfortunately, Confluence Cloud doesn’t support nesting macros, which is why you’re able to see an Expand → Table Excerpt → Table Filter combo after the migration — but you can’t rebuild it from scratch.

(The migrated page still renders, but you can’t insert macros inside Expand anymore in Cloud.)

If your goal is mainly to:

• Show a table,
• Apply a filter on top of it,
• And hide/reveal it behind an expandable section…

…one workaround is:

• Insert a Simple Table macro (from our app Simple Tables for Confluence) → it lets you display + filter a table natively,
• And then wrap that entire Simple Table inside a Refined Expandable Panel Group — so you end up with a working “expand to reveal a filtered table” experience without nesting other macros.

It’s not the same as the Table Excerpt + Filter macros, but might serve the same visual/UX purpose depending on what you need to expose.

Happy to show you how that looks if it could help 😊

— Mia Tamm from Simpleasyty

[Stiltsoft support]

Hi @Christian Ring ,

Indeed the Cloud editor doesn't allow you to nest macros with bodies (both native and 3rd party macros). Hence comes your issue.

Also please note that regarding our macros (belonging to the Table Filter, Charts & Spreadsheets for Confluence app, I mean), you should use the Table Toolbox macro for nesting.

On Data Center you can wrap macros directly on the page: for example, table < Table Filter < Pivot Table < Chart from Table.

But on Cloud you just wrap your source table in the Table Toolbox macro, then go to the macro settings and recreate the table < Table Filter < Pivot Table < Chart from Table sequence inside its shell.

If you have any questions regarding the app after the migration, please contact our support directly - we are happy to assist.

[Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM]

Hi @Christian Ring 

The cloud doesn't allow you to nest macros.  I have seen some nested macros work after a migration, but I would hold them suspect for working long term.