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## Overview

There are a number of Atlassian **reserved words** that can cause errors when used with the Comala Metadata app. T<span style="color: #172b4d">he Confluence search is sometimes confused when using certain metadata keys.</span>

<span style="color: #172b4d">For example, this can occur if the <</span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Modified**</span><span style="color: #172b4d">> metadata key is used in a custom template and is paired with the value </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**<date>. **</span><span style="color: #172b4d">This can require you to</span>

- <span style="color: #172b4d">Rename the metadata key (</span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Modified**</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> becomes </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Changed,**</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> for example)</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Reindex the content</span>

> 📝 When using a macro to set a metadata that is a date and time, Confluence search and CQL return the value as a **string value** unless the metadata value is added in the following format `yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS`. For example:
> 📝 
> 📝 - Creating the metadata** End Date** with a value of `Dec 2023` or `08/09/2024` is returned as a string value and is not recognized as a date format value
> 📝 
> 📝 This date format is also required if you use any of the reserved words.

The following is a list of **reserved words** used by Atlassian and **should not be used as a metadata key**.

## Atlassian reserved words

| **Reserved words** | **Notes** |
| --- | --- |
| ### A. abort ... avg<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"abort", "access", "add", "after", "alias", "all", "alter", "and", "any", "as", "asc", "audit", "avg"</span> |  |
| ### B before ... byte<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"before", "begin", "between", "boolean", "break", "by", "byte"</span> |  |
| ### C - catch ...current<br>"catch", "cf", "char", "character", "check", "checkpoint", "collate", "collation", "column", "commit", "connect", "continue", "count", "create", "current" |  |
| ### D - date ... drop<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"date", "decimal", "declare", "decrement", "default", "defaults", "define", "delete", "delimiter", "desc", "difference", "distinct", "divide", "do", "double", "drop"</span> |  |
| ### E - else ... explain<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"else", "empty", "encoding", "end", "equals", "escape", "exclusive", "exec", "execute", "exists", "explain"</span> |  |
| ### F - false ...  function<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"false", "fetch", "file", "field", "first", "float", "for", "from", "function"</span> |  |
| ### G - go ... group<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"go", "goto", "grant", "greater", "group"</span> |  |
| ### H - having<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"having"</span> |  |
| ### I - identified ... isnull<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"identified", "if", "immediate", "in", "increment", "index", "initial", "inner", "inout", "input", "insert", "int", "integer", "intersect", "intersection", "into", "is", "isempty", "isnull"</span> |  |
| ### J - join<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"join"</span> |  |
| ### K |  |
| ### L - last ... long<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"last", "left", "less", "like", "limit", "lock", "long"</span> |  |
| ### M - max ... multiply<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"max", "min", "minus", "mode", "modified", "modify", "modulo", "more", "multiply"</span> |  |
| ### N - next ... number<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"next", "noaudit", "not", "notin", "nowait", "null", "number"</span> |  |
| ### O - object ... output<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"object", "of", "on", "option", "or", "order", "outer", "output"</span> |  |
| ### P - power ... public<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"power", "previous", "prior", "privileges", "public"</span> |  |
| ### R - raise ... rows<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"raise", "raw", "remainder", "rename", "resource", "return", "returns", "revoke", "right", "row", "rowid", "rownum", "rows"</span> |  |
| ### S - select ... synonym<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"select", "session", "set", "share", "size", "sqrt", "start", "strict", "string", "subtract", "sum", "synonym" </span> |  |
| ### T - table ... true<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"table", "then", "to", "trans", "transaction", "trigger", "true"</span> |  |
| ### U |  |
| ### V - validate ... view<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"validate", "values", "view"</span> |  |
| ### W - when ... with<br><span style="color: #172b4d">"when", "whenever", "where", "while", "with"</span> |  |

## See also 

- [Reserved characters](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACM/pages/656579465)
- [Confluence internal metadata](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACM/pages/656578765)