Action and rule for new Confluence template approach

Use Confluence Template/page in Rule action

Once your Create page/template within Confluence is ready, it's finally time to push your release notes to Confluence that are compatible with the v2/new Confluence editor!

Create Rule

Navigate to the Rules tab from In-project/Cross-project screen. All the steps are same in terms of how to create Rules. Once you have saved the Rule, notice a new Action showing up called Publish to Confluence (with new editor), and click on it.

 

Create Action

In case of the action, it is the same as creating an action for any other templates. However, in case of Confluence action there are a few differentiating fields, below is the list -

Field name

Details

Action name

Add the action name for internal rule management, this is not displayed to end users anywhere.

Confluence Instance

Select the relevant Confluence instance that has the ARN Helper app and is properly integrated via Token.

Select source template

Select space

Select the relevant space where you have created a page/template

Select a template from Confluence

 

You have two radio button options here -

  • Select a confluence page as a template - This is the recommended approach for the best experience and advanced option.

  • Select a confluence template - If you are using Confluence’s native template, select this option.

Destination page settings

In this section, set up the destination page where the release notes are supposed to get published.

Space key

Mention the space key or choose the space

Type

Select whether it will be published as a Blog or a Page

Page action

Use one of the below actions based on whether you want to create a new Confluence page or use an existing page -

  • Create new

  • Create new or update if exists

  • Append to an existing page

  • Prepend to an existing page

Parent page

It is not mandatory, but use it if you are publishing it under a parent page

  • Existing page - Add the page ID of an existing page

  • Page created/updated through the previous action - Confluence page created/updated in the selected previous action from the current rule will be used as a parent page for this rule action. Both rule actions should have the same confluence space selected.

Parent page id Page

Choose parent page or add the accurate page ID.

Page Title

Below page titles will be available based on what page action you have selected -

  • Use the source template's page title

  • Customize the page title

    • Add page title - You can select variable/custom variable based that will be auto-replaced on rule action execution

  • Do not alter the existing page’s title

Labels

Confluence page labels go here

Empty check

If checked, the page will not be created/updated if none of the JQL sections and Stats/Charts return any data

ARNR branding

Adds ARNR branding text at the bottom of the release notes

Skip subsequent actions if this action fails

This option prevents subsequent actions from running if the current action fails.

Once you Save, the release notes will be published as per Triggers you set in the rule. Please feel free to share any queries or feedback on our Support portal.