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title: "Global settings"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/PAFS/2214757481/Global%20settings"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)

Some parameters for the [Page Approval](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PAFS/pages/2213905904) macro can be configured globally in **Confluence Administration**.

# Open the global administration

Navigate to the top menu bar **cog icon**

- Select **General configuration**

On the **General Configuration** screen:

- Scroll down in the sidebar to **Page Approval Configuration**
- Choose **Page Approval Properties**

![padc_global_sidebar_pageapprovalconfiguration.png](media://7915cbe2-1add-41fe-9df3-1061e9ee85df)

The **Page Approval Properties** screen lets a global administrator configure the parameters globally for the Confluence instance.

![padc_global_paheapprovalproperties.png](media://aed499de-451e-4cec-a8d9-e9c4f6f88073)

# Configuring global settings

## Additional Page Approval Fields

Configure the default appearance of the macro by checking one or more of

- **Show role field**
- **Show comment field**
- **Show acknowledgment**

## Page Approval Notifications

Configure how users are notified about approval events by choosing the dropdown options for each of

- **Notified users**
- **Notified actions**

Choose whether to notify users for one or more of the following events by checking each option

- **Notify on approval events**
- **Notify on acknowledgment events**

## Other Page Approval Settings

Configure the default behavior of Page Approval by checking the options to

- Fix the list of users when the **Users** or **Acknowledgers** parameters are used

> ⚠️ Choosing the above setting can remove existing approval data that was set on pages.

- Unapprove pages when a new user is registered to them (this can happen due to a group membership change, etc.)

> ✅ Ensure you choose **Save** after changing the global configuration settings.