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title: "Migration from Data Center to cloud"
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This page explains the migration support details for the Excel for Confluence app data from the Data Center to the cloud.

Before migrating your Excel for Confluence app macro content from Data Center to the cloud, we recommend reading the <u>[Cloud migration guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/plan-your-cloud-migration-972349846.html)</u> to plan your migration.

## <span style="color: #000000">Pre-requisites</span>

- Install the latest version of the Excel for Confluence app on the Data Center instance. (Migration is supported from Excel for Confluence, Data Center version 7.4.4)
- Install the latest version of the Excel for Confluence app on your cloud instance.
- Install <u>[Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219672/confluence-cloud-migration-assistant?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)</u> on the Data Center instance from which you intend to migrate the Excel for Confluence app configurations.

> ⚠️ - If you are using the Connect on Forge version of the app on the cloud and your Data Center version is below 7.4.4, you will see a warning message when you attempt to migrate from Data Center to the cloud.
> ⚠️ - You can migrate only from the latest version of the Excel for Confluence Data Center app, starting with version 7.4.4, to the Forge remote version of your cloud app, and subsequent versions.

> 📝 <span style="color: #000000">Administrators must ensure that the following feature flag is enabled in the Data Center instance as a part of the pre-migration setup:</span>
> 📝 
> 📝 - `migration-assistant.app-migration.feature`<span style="color: #000000">: </span><span style="color: #000000">***<Confluence_URL>/admin/darkfeatures.action***</span>
> 📝 
> 📝 For more information about the migration prerequisites, refer to the <u>[Getting started](https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/app-migration/getting-started/setup/)</u> Atlassian page.

# <span style="color: #000000">Migration process</span>

- Before you begin, ensure you have all the required applications installed on the Data Center and the cloud. Refer to <u>[Prerequisites](#Pre-requisites)</u>.
- On the Data Center instance, navigate to the **Migration Assistant home** screen: **General Configuration** > **Atlassian Cloud** > **Migration Assistant**.
- With the help of Migration Assistant, you can migrate global app configurations, users, and groups, as required. For more information, refer to <u><span style="color: #bf2600">[Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/cloud-migration-assistant-for-confluence-973486571.html)</span></u><span style="color: #bf2600">.</span>

> ⚠️ **On completion of migration starting with version 7.4.4 and subsequent versions:**
> ⚠️ 
> ⚠️ - <span style="color: #000000">All global configuration data in the </span><span style="color: #000000">[Configuration](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/x/nQHARg)</span><span style="color: #000000"> page is transferred from the Data Center instance to the cloud instance.</span>
> ⚠️ - <span style="color: #000000">If multiple migrations are performed on the same cloud instance, the latest migration takes precedence.</span>
> ⚠️ - <span style="color: #000000">Any subsequent migrations performed on the same cloud instance only adds or merges the data, but does not delete any existing data.</span>

> ⚠️ **Important information:**
> ⚠️ 
> ⚠️ - The migration of data from the Data Center to the cloud is an independent process from app installation or configuration in your cloud instance. We recommend that administrators verify that all your data (configuration and Confluence pages) is displayed properly after the migration process is completed. To report any issues, open a <u>[support ticket](https://appf.re/support)</u>.
> ⚠️ - We capture certain details during the migration process, excluding private user data and any personally identifiable information, to help us continually improve our app. Refer to the <u>[Analytics data](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XL/pages/76612107)</u> to know more about the data collected.

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<span style="color: #000000">Difference between Data Center and cloud versions</span>

<span style="color: #000000">The </span><span style="color: #000000">*Excel*</span><span style="color: #000000"> macro features available in the Data Center versions are mostly supported in the cloud version. The following table lists the macro's parameters and features that work differently in Data Center and cloud:</span>

> ℹ️ Last updated 1/22/2026

| <span style="color: #000000">**Parameter/Feature**</span> | <span style="color: #000000">**Data Center**</span> | <span style="color: #000000">**Cloud**</span> | <span style="color: #000000">**Notes**</span> |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| <span style="color: #000000">URL whitelisting</span> | <span style="color: #000000">Supported natively by Confluence</span> | <span style="color: #000000">Administrators must manually whitelist the URLs in the </span><span style="color: #000000">[Global Configuration](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/x/nQHARg)</span><span style="color: #000000"> page, because Confluence Cloud does not natively support URL whitelisting.</span> | <span style="color: #000000">For more information, refer to </span><span style="color: #000000">[CLOUD-2636](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CLOUD-2636?_ga=2.132608974.1394606258.1569218293-232908448.1565943714)</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Blacklist domains</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Due to certain technical restrictions, the feature is not available in the app's cloud version.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Profiles</span> | :cross_mark: | :check_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Administrators configure some parameters, such as the base URL of the location, user name, password, and so on, required to access Excel files from external locations. Users can provide the relative path that points to the actual location of the files through a relevant profile. To know more about profiles, refer to the </span><span style="color: #000000">[documentation](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/XL/pages/76611721/Configuration+-+cloud#Configuration-Cloud-Profiles)</span>. |
| <span style="color: #000000">Stop encoding of HTML characters</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Due to certain technical restrictions, this feature is not available in the app's cloud version.</span><br><span style="color: #000000">Refer to </span>[https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-361](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-361)<span style="color: #000000"> for more updates.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">File encoding</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Due to certain technical restrictions, this feature is not available with the app's cloud version.</span><br><span style="color: #000000">For more updates, refer to </span>[https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-387](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-387)<span style="color: #000000">.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Name of attachment in the path</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Confluence Cloud does not support access to files from disk or folders.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Default process with Legacy and Current options</span> | :check_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Not available</span> | <span style="color: #000000">The app implicitly takes care of this process and therefore does not provide this parameter in the Cloud app.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Use column information from excel sheet check box</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Confluence Cloud does not support this parameter.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Language for number and date formats</span><br><span style="color: #000000">Country for number and date formats</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Due to certain technical restrictions, these parameters are not available in the app's cloud version.</span><br><span style="color: #000000">For updates on the Language parameter, refer to </span>[https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-386](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-386)<span style="color: #000000">.</span><br><span style="color: #000000">For updates on the Country parameter, refer to </span>[https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-385](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-385)<span style="color: #000000">.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Table Filter, Pivot Table, and Chart from Table macros</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Confluence Cloud does not support the use of inline macros.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Ignoring trailing blank rows and columns</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Due to certain technical restrictions, this feature is not available with the app's cloud version.</span> |
| <span style="color: #000000">Table class and table width</span> | :check_mark: | :cross_mark: | <span style="color: #000000">Confluence Cloud does not support these parameters.</span><br><span style="color: #000000">Refer to </span>[https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-383](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-383)<span style="color: #000000"> and </span>[https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-382](https://appfire.atlassian.net/browse/XL-382)<span style="color: #000000"> for more updates.</span> |

Please note that all other parameters function the same in both versions of the app.

# <span style="color: #000000">Problem reporting</span>

If you experience any unexpected problems or behavior changes, <u>[create a support request](https://appf.re/support)</u>. This helps us identify and prioritize fixes and improvements.