Overview

Welcome to Comala Metadata

Comala Metadata for Data Center makes it very easy to quickly create common pages that pull attributes (metadata) from a parent page or the space.

The Comala Metadata app provides the ability in Confluence to

Create metadata for pages or spaces
Aggregate the metadata from several sources to dynamically build tabular reports, dashboards, charts, and other useful statistics
Define space hierarchies by utilizing space metadata
Provide metadata for use in templates, other macros, and other apps, including Comala Document Management.

Metadata values can be in a range of formats, allowing links and emoticons to be added

Add metadata to your pages

Page metadata

Create and add metadata to individual pages or page templates
Easily reference snippets of data from one page on other pages
Generate summary metadata tables and lists automatically
Visualise metadata using Confluence macros such as the Chart macro
Present a metadata list on multiple pages, but choose more or less detail as appropriate for each individual page

Add metadata to your spaces

Space Metadata list macro

Add metadata to spaces either individually or as a group to manage your key information
Generate reports for metadata across your instance spaces
Create tabular reports and dashboards for your content

Create hierarchical spaces using metadata

Confluence provides a flat space hierarchy - by using Comala Metadata, you can visually group spaces without affecting the existing Confluence permission schemes

Space hierarchy

Easily add a visualisation for your new space hierarchy with the space-hierarchy macro
Add space breadcrumbs to your pages, either individually or in the global administration Layout options, add the space-breadcrumbs macro

Generate Metadata reports for users, blog posts, and attachments

Add metadata to user profiles and personal spaces and generate reports for the metadata attached to users, blog posts, and attachments.

Use Comala Metadata App with other apps

Several Comala Metadata app macros work with the Comala Document Management family of apps
Comala Metadata custom metadata is compatible with the Appfire Reporting for Confluence app.

You can also use Comala Metadata with