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Congrats Macro Functions

Display special occasions of your Confluence users.

Profile configuration

To display your special occasions within Congrats macro and give your team the chance to celebrate with you, you have to enter the important dates in your profile.

  • Go to your profile picture and select My Occasions

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  • All occasions which are defined by the administration interface will be listed here. Click on "edit" and provide your dates in the format yyyy-mm-dd.

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Congrats and notifications

To congratulate someone listed in the Congrats macro, just use the button "Congratulate" and compose your message.

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What happens after you've hit the "Send" button:

  • Instead of the "Congratulate" button, a message will be displayed that you've already sent congrats to this user for this occasion.

  • The user you've sent your congratulations to will receive your message.

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There are two ways users can receive congratulations:

  • via workbox

  • via email


Workbox notifications

Users will get a new entry within the workbox showing

  • the message

  • the occasion

  • the user who's sent congratulations

  • the time when they were sent.

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Email notifications

Users will be notified about the congratulations of other users by email, too, but only if Confluence is configured to be able to send out mails ( configuring outgoing mail ). You cannot reply to that mail. It simply provides you with the message, the sender and a link to your Confluence instance.

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Examples

  • Congrats is showing all occasions of the next and the previous seven days. The user's position, as well as the event name and date, are configured to be displayed in the macro.

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  • The user John Doe hasn't entered a date for his birthday yet.

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  • If there are no current occasions, a message will be displayed accordingly.

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FAQ


How can workbox notifications be turned off?
  • Go to

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     → General configuration → In-app notifications

  • Choose does not provide in-app notifications

I get workbox notifications but no email. Did I miss to configure sending of emails?

Please check if your Outgoing mail server is configured correctly:

  • Go to

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    → General configuration → Mail servers

  • Check if there is a configured mail server at all

  • Send a test mail to check whether emails are sent correctly



Parameters of Congrats-Macro

Name

Description

Type

This is a required field

Default

Events
events

Select one or more events to be displayed

string

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Show position
showPosition

Show position which is stored in the user's profile.

boolean

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true

Show event
showEvent

Show event name and date.

boolean

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true

Hide the number of repetitions
hideOccasionCount

Hide the calculated value of repetitions (e.g. age for the occasion birthday).

boolean

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false

Event history
prevDays

How many days should an entry be shown in this list?

int

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7

Days before
nextDays

How many days before the occasion should the event be displayed in the list.

int

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7

Max entries
max

The maximum number of entries to be displayed.

int

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5

Remind to edit own occasions
remindEditOwn

Remind users to add a date for all of their occasions.

boolean

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true

Image size
imageSize

Define the height and width of the profile images in px. Example: 48

int

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80

Width
maxWidth

Define the width of the macro in pixel. Example: 350

int

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350