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> Macro (aura-html)

## Add metadata to your pages

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- Create and [add metadata to individual pages](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACM/pages/656676899) or page templates
- Easily reference snippets of data from one page on other pages
- Generate summary metadata tables and lists automatically
- Visualise metadata using Confluence macros such as the **Chart** macro
- Present a metadata list on multiple pages, but choose more or less detail as appropriate for each individual page

## Add metadata to your spaces

![image](media://55bafd0a-dac1-43ea-b3dc-5d8fda135b71)

- [Add metadata to spaces](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACM/pages/655988362) either individually or as a group to manage your key information
- Generate reports for metadata across your instance spaces
- Create tabular reports and dashboards for your content

## Create hierarchical spaces using metadata

Confluence provides a flat space hierarchy - by using Comala Metadata, you can visually group spaces without affecting the existing Confluence permission schemes

![image](media://4b6f01fc-e974-46a3-a005-4129a564b498)

- Easily add a visualisation for your new space hierarchy with the [space-hierarchy macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACM/pages/655759770)
- Add space breadcrumbs to your pages, either individually or in the global administration **Layout** options, add the [space-breadcrumbs macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/COMALACM/pages/656677781)

## Generate Metadata reports for users, blog posts, and attachments

Add metadata to user profiles and personal spaces and generate reports for the metadata attached to users, blog posts, and attachments.

### Use Comala Metadata App with other apps

- Several Comala Metadata app macros work with the [Comala Document Management family of apps](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDML/pages/650216302)
- Comala Metadata custom metadata is compatible with the [Appfire Reporting for Confluence app](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/186/reporting-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview).

You can also use Comala Metadata with

- [Scroll Word Exporter for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/24982/scroll-word-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)
- [Scroll PDF Exporter for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)

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