Stakeholders need to use the tools they get there work done most productively. Therefore there is no one tool to rule them all. On the other hand stakeholders need to exchange information via a common gateway - the information hub . A wiki or a collaboration platform like Confluence is such a hub.

This short tip shows how macros from the PDAC1 support teams to make information accessible from the hub.

1. Transclude information from other information systems using the Information Systems Extension
2. Export information to Confluence and import from it via the Web API Extension.
3. Attach properties files to projectdoc documents.

You need have installed the Information Systems Extension and the Web API Extension on top of the PDAC1 on your Confluence server.

It is also recommended to install the Core Doctypes Add-on.

The Information Systems Extension connects to remote servers and transcludes information into Confluence pages. Content to transclude may be text or images. The extension provides also macros to make linking information quite easy.

The projectdoc Toolbox is also intended for software development teams in a moving development environment, where servers change from time to time. Therefore the extension allows to set the root URL for each server as a space property. In case the server got a new address, only this base URL needs to be changed.

The extension provides the following macros to link and transclude information from remote servers.

The projectdoc Toolbox makes projectdoc documents available via a RESTAPI. Information may be easily read from a property or section. The API also allows to change the values of properties and sections.

Here are some examples using cURL to access information from projectdoc documents.

Using the Document Properties Supplier Attachment Macro projectdoc documents may make properties specified in properties files available as document properties.

In cases where a remote system has no direct access to the Confluence server, properties may be exported in form of a file and attached to a projectdoc document.