Cloud & Server Differences
This article only outlines the differences between the Confluence Server/Data Center version of the app and the Confluence Cloud version of the app. Therefore, anything else not listed on this page can be considered as working as expected for the app on any Confluence deployment type (ie. Server, Data Center, or Cloud).
Features
Learn about the differences between the Server and Cloud versions of Scroll PDF Exporter.
Scroll Macros
When installing Scroll PDF Exporter on Confluence Server/Data Center, the Scroll Exporter macros come bundled automatically and will be available after the installation. This differs to Confluence Cloud, where, to gain access to the Scroll Macros you would need to separately install the free Scroll Exporter Extensions app (after installing the macros will become available after a few minutes).
Please note, if you have content nested within Scroll macros, that is also then nested within other macros (ie. Confluence’s own or 3rd-party), this content will not be properly editable in your Cloud instance after the migration, and Confluence will display a notification on the migrated page. This is because Confluence cloud does not support the nesting of macros within other macros, whereas Confluence Data Center does. This means you would either need to re-add/ alter this content on your affected cloud page(s) post migration, or you’d need to make changes on your Data Center content before migrating. Atlassian has an open issue for reintroducing the functionality for nesting macros within macros which you can track here - https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68323
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– Partially available | N/A – Not Available or Applicable
Macro | Description | Server / Data Center | Cloud | Details |
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Scroll Page title | Makes Scroll overwrite the page title on export. |
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| On Cloud, this macro is not available. Instead, use the Scroll Page Title dialog by going to the Page tools menu (•••) > Set Scroll Page Title |
Scroll App specific macros | For users of Scroll PDF Exporter 4.1 (and older), you may have used macros specific to individual exporters on your Confluence pages (eg. Scroll-PDF-Ignore). Since EXP-32 we have made changes to these Scroll macros so they are not app-specific. |
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| On Cloud, these macros will not be made available. However, since the release of Scroll PDF Exporter 5.1 (and later) we have implemented a migration tool that users can run on their server/DC Confluence instance to turn the Scroll App specific macros into a cloud compatible version. Learn more about how to use this tool here. |
Template Placeholders
Placeholder | Description | Server / Data Center | Cloud | Details |
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Content property | A custom content property |
| N/A | Not Available → Content properties are not available on Confluence Cloud and therefore this placeholder is not available. Potential alternatives include using either the JSON content property placeholder or Page property placeholder. |
Administrative Features
Feature | Description | Server / Data Center | Cloud | Details |
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Option to restrict the export option | Choose which spaces and/or user groups have the option to export content with Scroll PDF Exporter. |
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| Related feature request: Restrict the export functionality for Confluence Cloud Exporters |
A number of settings pertaining to export generation;
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| N/A | Not Applicable → these features are not available on Confluence Cloud as they pertain to on-premise Confluence (self-hosted) deployments to influence memory consumption and export generation. |
Show/hide the native Confluence PDF export option | Show or hide Confluence's built-in PDF exporter in the page tools (•••) |
| N/A | Not Available → Marketplace apps are not able to influence this option on Confluence Cloud |
Audit Logging | Use the Audit log section to view specific logged events with the exporter app. |
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| Confluence Cloud does not offer an audit log section |
Export Method
Feature | Description | Server / Data Center | Cloud | Details |
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Export to PDF via Java API | Perform exports in your custom Java app using our public Scroll Exporter Java API |
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| Due to the technical setup of apps on Confluence Cloud a Java API is not available (since Cloud apps are not running on the same Confluence instance any more). Users should use the REST API instead. |
Integrations
Template Placeholders & Export Options
Feature | Description | Server / Data Center | Cloud | Details |
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Metadata | Add a custom metadata value (defined in the Metadata app) |
| N/A | Not Available → Comala Metadata is not available on Confluence Cloud |
Scroll Content Management | Refers to any of our Scroll content management placeholders available through Scroll Versions and/or Scroll Translations apps. |
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| Scroll Versions and Scroll Translations are not available for Confluence Cloud. However, we have alternatives for these apps on Confluence cloud, please see here for more information. |
Comala Document Management | Integrate with Comala Document Management to only export content that has been approved through every step of a Comala Workflow, and has been published to the final workflow state. Additionally, use any workflow state placeholder when integrating Comala Document Management with Scroll PDF Exporter. |
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| Related feature request: Comala Document Management for Scroll Exporter on Cloud |
Custom Template Placeholders | Refers to the custom template API that can be used by third-party apps to add their own template placeholders to the Scroll PDF Exporter. |
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| If you are interested in implementing custom placeholders on Confluence Cloud please let us know via help@k15t.com. |
Scroll Apps
Feature | Description | Server / Data Center | Cloud | Details |
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Integrate with Scroll Viewport for Confluence Cloud to start a Scroll PDF Export via a Scroll Viewport site. |
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| Related feature request: Scroll PDF Exporter Integration with Scroll Viewport for Confluence Cloud |