Add Placeholders

Besides static content, you can also add placeholders. Placeholders reference metadata, and insert this metadata into content boxes. To add placeholder, click the + icon in the toolbar and choose your placeholder from the available list. Alternatively, you also add placeholders via the / or { keyboard shortcuts.

If you are an app developer and want to create your own placeholder for our Scroll PDF Exporter, please have a look at our Create Custom Template Placeholders (Server/DC versions only) documentation page.

Default placeholders

The following placeholders are available to all PDF exporter users:

Name	Description	Settings
Chapter Heading	Displays the current chapter's heading (Heading 1).
Content Property	The specified content property on the root page. You cannot set content properties manually by yourself – they are only set by third party add-ons.	Not available on Confluence Cloud.
Creation date	Displays the creation date of the current page.	Enter a custom string using the supported date formats. Only available in Content section for templates.
Creator Username	Displays the username of the creator of the current page.	Only available in Content section for templates.
Creator Full Name	Displays the full name of the creator of the current page.	Only available in Content section for templates.
Current page number	Displays the number of the current page in this document.	Choose the page numbering format - numbers, letters or Roman numerals
Document Creation Date	Displays the creation date of the exported root page.
Document Creator Username	Displays the username of the creator of the exported root page.
Document Creator Full Name	Displays the full name of the creator of the exported root page.
Document Last Modifier Username	Displays the username of the last modifier of the exported root page.
Document Last Modifier Full Name	Displays the full name of the last modifier of the exported root page.
Document Last Modification Date	Displays the last modification date of the exported root page.
Document Page ID	Displays the ID of the exported root page.
Document Page Count	Displays the total number of pages in this document.	Choose the page numbering format - numbers, letters or roman numerals This placeholder is not compatible when using the segmentation mode on Confluence Server/Data Center.
Document Revision	Displays the revision of the exported root page.
Document Title	Displays the page title of the exported root page.
Document URL	Displays the document's Confluence URL.	Select between the full URL or a tiny URL, and display the link as the plain URL text, the page name, or custom text.
Export Date	Displays the date when the export was created.	Enter a custom string using the supported date formats
Export User Username	Displays the username of the user who performed the export.
Export User Full Name	Displays the full name of the user who performed the export.
Include page	Insert the content of a certain page.	Specify the space key of the included page Specify page title Add a heading offset number, which is added to the rank of the heading on that page (e.g. if offset = 2, a heading 1 becomes a heading 3.)
Index	Displays an index with the index terms you defined for this export.	Please see our related documentation to learn more
JSON Content Property	The specified JSON content property on the root page. This refers to properties available at: `<BASE_URL>/rest/api/content/<PAGE_ID>/property/<PROPERTY_KEY>` The placeholder returns the contents of the `value` field. For further information, please see the Atlassian docs for Cloud and Server/Datacenter.	(Optional) Specify a JSON Pointer to extract a specific field of a JSON structure. The path/JSON pointer of the content needs to be defined with a forward slash. For example, if the `value` of a property is: CODE `{ "hello": "world", "foo": ["bar", "baz"] }` Then you may use paths like these to extract the following values: `/hello` → world `/foo/0` → bar
Last Modification Date	The last modification date of the current page.	Enter a custom string using the supported date formats. Only available in Content section for templates.
Last Modifier Username	Displays the username of the last modifier of the current page.	Only available in Content section for templates.
Last Modifier Full Name	Displays the full name of the last modifier of the current page.	Only available in Content section for templates.
Metadata	The specified Metadata value on the root page (Server / Data Center versions only)	Enable the Space Home Fallback option to use a page property on space home page if it is not defined on export root page Within the Alternate text field you can enter specific text to show if the page property does not exist on the export root page or space home page This placeholder requires an additional app, Comala Metadata for Confluence Server / Data Center
Page ID	Displays the ID of the current page	Only available in Content section for templates.
Page Revision	Displays the revision of the current page.	Only available in Content section for templates.
Page Property	Displays the specified page property on the root page.	Enable the Space Home Fallback option to use a page property on space home page if it is not defined on export root page Within the Alternate text field you can enter specific text to show if the page property does not exist on the export root page or space home page Learn more about using this placeholder for creating custom placeholder content
Page Title	Displays the current page title.	Only available in Content section for templates.
PDF Author	Displays the value that is set in the PDF Author parameter within the Export Properties
PDF Keywords	Displays the value that is set in the PDF Keywords parameter within the Export Properties
PDF Subject	Displays the value that is set in the PDF Subject parameter within the Export Properties
PDF Title	Displays the value that is set in the PDF Title parameter within the Export Properties
Space Description	Displays the description of the space that contains the exported pages.
Space Key	Displays the Confluence space key for the exported pages.
Space logo	The logo of the exported space (or a fallback logo if none is defined).	Define the size Select a fallback logo for if no space logo is defined Choose if you want the logo to be rounded or square
Space Name	Displays the name of the Confluence space that the content belongs to.
Section Heading	Displays the current section's heading (Heading 2).
Table of contents	Displays a table of contents for the document.	Control the depth of the TOC and define how many heading levels should be displayed. This number is shown on the placeholder.
Table of Figures	Displays a table of figures for the document	Define the Alternate text and style to be rendered if the exported content contains no figures. Learn more about configuring a Table of Figures.
Table of Tables	Displays a table of tables for the document	Define the Alternate text and style to be rendered if the exported content contains no tables. Learn more about configuring a Table of Tables.

Scroll Document placeholders

If you are using Scroll Documents you can use the following placeholders in your template:

Please note that these placeholders are available when using Scroll Documents v3.6.0 (and newer)

Name	Description	Settings
Document ID (Scroll Documents)	Displays the ID of the exported document	Define an Alternate text as a fallback if the exported document ID is unavailable
Document Title (Scroll Documents)	Displays the title of the exported Scroll Document	Define an Alternate text as a fallback if the exported document title is unavailable
Variant Name (Scroll Documents)	Displays the name of the exported variant	Define an Alternate text as a fallback if the variant name is unavailable The use of variants in Scroll Documents requires an extension app, Variants for Scroll Documents
Version Name (Scroll Documents)	Displays the name of the exported version	Define an Alternate text as a fallback if the version name is unavailable
Version Saved Date (Scroll Documents)	Displays the ID of the exported variant	Enter a custom string using the allowed date formats to format the Version Saved Date output
Version Status (Scroll Documents)	Displays the name of the exported variant	Define an Alternate text as a fallback if the version status is unavailable

Scroll Versions placeholders

If you are using Scroll Versions, you can use the following placeholders in your template:

Name	Description	Settings
Version ID (Scroll Versions)	Displays the ID of the exported version.
Version Name (Scroll Versions)	Displays the name of the exported version.
Version Description (Scroll Versions)	Displays the description of the exported version.
Version Release Date (Scroll Versions)	Displays the release date of the exported version.	Enter a custom string using the allowed date formats
Variant ID (Scroll Versions)	Displays the ID of the exported variant.
Variant Name (Scroll Versions)	Displays the name of the exported variant.
Variant Description (Scroll Versions)	Displays the description of the exported variant.

Scroll Translations placeholders

If you are using Scroll Translations, you can use the following placeholders in your template:

Name	Description
Language Key (Scroll Translations)	Displays the language key of the exported language.
Language Name (Scroll Translations)	Displays the language name of the exported language.
Language Language (Scroll Translations)	Displays the language attribute of the exported language.
Language Country (Scroll Translations)	Displays the country of the exported language.
Language Variant (Scroll Translations)	This depends on the system and environment of the Confluence Server. Normally, it is empty.

Comala Document Management placeholders

If you have integrated Comala Document Management with Scroll PDF Exporter, you can use the following placeholders in your template:

Name	Description
Workflow State Comment	The comment provided when transitioning the root page into another workflow state without an approval.
Workflow State Date	The date when the root page was transitioned into the current workflow state. The output format is customizable.
Workflow State Description	The description of the workflow state of the root page in the workflow definition.
Workflow State Content	The content revision that the current workflow state of the root page refers to.
Workflow State Username	The name of the user who transitioned the root page into its current workflow state.
Workflow State Name	The name of the workflow state of the root page.
Workflow State is Public	Indicates whether the current workflow state of the root page is in a public state.

Communardo Metadata placeholder

If you have installed Communardo Metadata for Confluence, you can use the following placeholder in your template:

Name	Description
Metadatafield	Renders a metadata field value defined via the Communardo Metadata for Confluence app