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title: "Issues Solved by the Attachment Table macro"
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# Overview

A quick search of JIRA for Confluence finds a number of open issues related directly to the **attachments** macro. A number of these issues are solved through the use of the Attachment Table macro, which is part of the [Advanced Tables for Confluence](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TBL/overview) add-on.

# Issues Solved

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> | **Issue** | **Summary** | **Solved with the Attachment Table macro?** | **Notes** |
> | --- | --- | --- | --- |
> | [CONF-29725](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-29725) | Items displayed in Attachments macro can cause system instability | :check_mark: | Does **not** preview office files that can cause performance issues |
> | [CONF-24364](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24364) | Advanced filtering options for the Confluence attachments macro | :check_mark: | Covered with regex patterns |
> | [CONF-11968](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-11968) | Option to see an attachment list for child pages | [TBL-249](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/TBL-249) |  |
> | [CONF-28396](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28396) | Attachment Macro: Sort by Date Always Descending | :check_mark: | Column type specific sorting is default |
> | [CONF-29386](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-29386) | Attachment macro is a sortable table | :check_mark: |  |
> | [CONF-13729](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-13729) | The Attachments macro should be able to select the columns that should be shown. | :check_mark: | Column selection and ordering can be specified |
> | [CONF-18544](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-18544) | Page with 286 attachments only shows first 20 on Attachment View | :check_mark: | All attachments will show up to the limit specified by parameter |
> | [CONF-5760](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5760) | Option for {attachments} macro: sortbyfield=xy, reverse=true|false | :check_mark: | Standard [Common Table Capabilities](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TBL/pages/74815958) |
> | [CONF-12762](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-12762) | Enable user to limit the number of attachments returned by the {attachments} macro | :check_mark: | **limit** parameter |
> | [CONF-20707](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-20707) | Attachments Macro: Sort by Comment | :check_mark: | All columns are sortable |
> | [CONF-14157](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-14157) | Being able to chose the layout in attachments macro | :check_mark: | Mostly covered |