Changelog
eThis page includes release notes and updates for External Data for Confluence. Use this page to keep track of new features and feature updates.
23 Sep 24
NEW Added Page Variables
You can now use page variables like $.page.title in combination with your data source to better fit the panel on the current page. Variables | Available-Page-Values
16 April 24
IMPROVEMENT Improved Configuration Area: Browser History and Tab Memory
Enhanced the configuration area to support browser history browsing and to remember the last active tab after a refresh.
22 Nov 23
NEW Dark Mode Theme Support Added
The app now offers theme support, including the new dark mode option.
26 Sep 23
NEW Basic Auth Header for OAuth2
You can now send credentials using the Basic Auth Header with the Authorization Code grant type.
13 Sep 23
NEW Added Shortlink to Documentation
A convenient shortlink to our external documentation is now available. Find it on the top right of the in-app documentation.
04 Aug 23
NEW Added Germany to data residency regions.
Added Germany to data residency regions. Users can now opt to store their data locally within Germany for improved compliance and latency. Current supported regions:
🇺🇸 United States
🇪🇺 Europe
🇩🇪 Germany
27 Jun 23
NEW Data Provider
The Data Provider feature enhances the support for the Table Extensibility feature in Confluence. This feature allows the app to serve as a data provider without the need for a visual representation such as a table or chart.
The data can be accessed by other macros or integrations within Confluence, provided they also support the Table Extensibility feature. You can find more information about this in our documentation.
25 May 23
NEW Support for Table Extensibility Feature
Introduced support for the "Table Extensibility" feature, allowing External Data for Confluence to function as a data provider. With this update, users can now create transformer macros and visual charts referencing data from a source macro. Check out the updated documentation for more details.
23 May 23
NEW Export Functionality Added to Advanced Tables
Introduced an export button for templates using Advanced Tables, enabling users to conveniently save and share their data. Consult our updated documentation for more details on this new feature.
20 May 23
NEW Data Residency - Realm to Realm Migration Support
Enhanced our Data Residency features by introducing support for Realm to Realm migrations. This improvement simplifies the process of moving data between realms, allowing for increased flexibility and control over data management
09 Mar 23
NEW Use Multiple Data Sources in a Converter
Added the ability to use multiple data sources in a converter. This feature enables you to streamline different data source structures into a single format. Now, you can easily align and convert data from multiple sources at once. Check out the updated documentation for more details.
09 Mar 23
NEW Use Multiple Data Sources in a Converter
Added the ability to use multiple data sources in a converter. This feature enables you to streamline different data source structures into a single format. Now, you can easily align and convert data from multiple sources at once. Check out the updated documentation for more details.
08 Mar 23
NEW Custom Error Template
Added the ability to define a custom error template for data source related errors in Template Visuals. With this feature, you can now create a tailored error message that provides clear guidance to the user on how to resolve the issue. Check out the updated documentation for more details.
03 Mar 23
NEW OAuth 2 Password Grant
While not recommended, OAuth 2 password grant can still be necessary to connect to certain APIs. We have added the ability to set up a data source using OAuth 2 password grant, allowing users to fill this gap and connect to APIs that require this type of grant.
12 Jan 23
NEW Custom Templates Pagination
Added custom pagination for templates to use a pagination endpoint without loading all items at once. See more details in the documentation.
11 Jan 23
NEW Hide Variable in Filter Panel
We have added the ability to hide created variables in the filter panel that is presented to users. This provides more flexibility when working with data sources by allowing certain variables to remain hidden from view. With this new feature, you can now build more complex data sources that offer greater customization options without sacrificing simplicity or ease of use.
02 Dec 22
NEW Advanced Tables for Templates
Add advanced interaction table controls to your HTML templates like pagination, sortable columns and search. See more details in the Advanced Tables.
21 Nov 22
NEW JavaScript Converter Data Source
With this new feature, you can use JavaScript to convert and extract data from any of your existing data sources. This can be especially helpful if the structure of your data source requires advanced functionality to prepare and output data optimally for your use case. See more details in the documentation.
05 Nov 22
IMPROVEMENT Better Template Editor & JSON Highlighting
For editing templates the app now offers a significant better code editor. This helps you write templates in the app instead of an external editor. Also Json will be highlighted better, especially when testing a data source.
19 Aug 22
NEW Snowflake SQL connector
Added a dedicated Snowflake SQL connector. Create a data source of type Database and select Snowflake as a driver to get started.
15 Aug 22
NEW VerifyCA and VerifyFull SSL Mode for MySQL
Added MySQL SSL Modes VerifyCA and VerifyFull with the ability to upload the needed certificates. This allows to connect to services like Google SQL with “only allow SSL connections” enabled.
03 Aug 22
IMPROVEMENT Dynamic Pagination Limit
Added a more dynamic pagination page limit to cover more API use cases.
Below 10.000 items the page limit is set to 20 and above 10.000 items the page limit is set to 6.
14 July 22
NEW Exclude Columns in Tables
Added the feature to exclude unwanted or unnecessary columns from a table visual. This is especially useful for very chatty data sources.
01 July 22
NEW Paginated Data Source
Added a new type of data source that lets you dynamically paginate over already created data sources. See [Beta] - Paginated Data Source for more details.
01 June 22
NEW Custom Auth Header
For data sources of type Rest/URL we added a dedicated Custom Auth Header authentication method that adds another encryption layer at rest. In addition the saved secret will not be readable again.
17 February 22
NEW Added Data Residency Support
The app now supports US and EU regions for data residency.. Visit our Data Residency section for more information.
24 November 21
NEW Added Auto-expand Filter Option
When adding a panel into a page you can now expand a filter by default. So users don’t have to manually expand the filter section themselves.
19 November 21
NEW Added IBM Db2 data source support
Now you can connect to an IBM Db2 database with a minimum version of 11.5.6 or later
20 October 21
NEW Export table data as CSV or JSON
You can now export all data from a table panel as CSV or JSON.
07 October 21
IMPROVEMENTS UX Improvements
We spent some time improving the user experience for admins and ironed out some issues along the way
2 June 21
NEW CSV support for data source of type File
You can now use CSV files as a data source when using the File type. Make sure the file has the appropriate .csv extension.
14 April 21
NEW Oracle is now supported as a data source
You can now use Oracle as a data source. The client requires network encryption to be available on the database for an encrypted connection.
23 March 21
NEW Template Helper Function to handle line breaks
In case you have a text that contains line breaks like \n or \r\n and want to display those line breaks in HTML, which doesn’t care about normal line breaks, you can use the following syntax to do so.
{{ SearchReplace field '\n''<br>' }}17 March 21
ADDED Space information to context
It is now possible to access space information in variables and filters. The following values are supported:
$.space.id
$.space.key
$.space.name
$.space.status
$.space.typeFor more information see Variables | Context-Variables
History
Jan 21: Added regex match functions to resolver
Oct 20: Ability to rearrange variable lists
Sep 20: Ability to easily copy data sources
Sep 20: Added template functions to format dates
Aug 20: Added export support
Aug 20: Added search in table visual
Jul 20: Add preview to simulation for easier feedback
Jun 20: Add user context to use in data source variables
May 20: Add more chart options & types: Radar, Doughnut, PolarArea
May 20: Responsive macro width
May 20: OAuth2: added client credentials flow
Apr 20: Added ability to expose variables in macro editor
Mar 20: Added markdown interpreter for template visuals
Mar 20: Added raw response type for data sources (allows to display html)
Jan 20: Added dynamic variables for database queries and post body field
Jan 20: Release External Data for Confluence