One very important use-case of Orderly Database is Page Metadata. This means, the database entry does not only link to a Confluence page, but actually it belongs to a Confluence page.

For example:

  • You have Confluence pages that contain information about each projects, and you have a Projects database that contains structured (meta)data about the projects.

In such cases you can turn your database into a Page Database, so that each entry is represented by a Confluence page and contains metadata for that Confluence page.

Using a Page Link Field as Title Field of a Database

In order to turn a database into a page database,

In order to use a Page Link field as Title Field for this database…

  1. Click ⋯ → Database Settings to open the Database Settings.
  2. Select the Page Link field you want to use as Title field.
  3. Click Save.

Move Page Link Field to First Position

It's optional (but recommended) to move the new Title Field to the first position.

To reorder the title field to the first position…

  1. Drag the Page Link field to the left.

Delete Original Title Field

Optionally you can delete the original title field.

To delete the title field…

  1. Click on the cog icon to open the settings.
  2. Click on Delete field.
  3. Click Delete to confirm.
  4. Click Save changes to persist the change in the database.