Variable Substitution

During a workflows transition, you may want to send an Email to your documentation team and include the the title of the page, the space that it sits in, or even the transitioner. While using actions that require user input in their configuration, it is useful to be able to access variables that are related to the current page.

How to use the variables

The syntax you need to use to access the variables are the same that you may use for a Velocity template e.g. ${page.title}

Here is an example configuration that uses the variables:

Available Actions

Modify Page Title
Webhooks
- Can only be used in the JSON payload
Comment
Email

Available variables

Variable	Description	Example
page.title	The current title of the Confluence page	"Product Report"
page.id	The content id of the Confluence page	"67392084"
page.version	The current version of the page	"2"
page.url	The tinyurl of the Confluence page	"https://example.atlassian.net/wiki/x/45345tr "
page.lastUpdated	The timestamp of the last time the page was updated	"2020-04-17T12:45:59.308Z"
page.lastUpdatedBy.accountId	The id of the user who last updated the page	"5b9f8515c41ba41990290358"
page.lastUpdatedBy.publicName	The public name of the user who last updated the page	"Eric Cartman"
page.lastUpdatedBy.displayName	The display name of the user who last updated the page	"e.cartman"
space.key	The space key of the space the page sits in	"SUV"
space.id	The space id of the space the page sits in	"145435"
history.createdBy.accountId	The id of the user who created the page	"5b9f8515c41ba41990290358"
history.createdBy.publicName	The public name of the user who created the page	"Eric Cartman"
history.createdBy.displayName	The display name of the user who created the page	"e.cartman"
history.createdAt	The timestamp of the date the page was created	"2020-04-17T12:45:59.308Z"
transitioner.accountId	The accountId of the user who initiated the transition	"5b9f8515c41ba41990290358"
transitioner.publicName	The public name of the user who initiated the transition	"Eric Cartman"
transitioner.displayName	The display name of the user who initiated the transition	"e.cartman"
workflow.owner.publicName	The public name of the user who added the workflow to the page	"Eric Cartman"
workflow.owner.displayName	The display name of the user who added the workflow to the page	"e.cartman"
date	The current date as a unix timestamp	"1587131629639"
datetime	The current date as a UTC timestamp	"Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:54:25 GMT"

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