Search for Confluence Pages I Created
Asked by Curt:

Is it possible to produce a list of Confluence pages that I (or a given user) created?


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: If you click in the Search up in the right-hand corner you can access Confluence advanced search and from here you can specify the users you want to search on and other options.

comments: author: Curt
body: [@Mikael Sandberg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853579) - I don't see how to limit the search to only those pages created by a specific user.


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: From the advanced search you had search on the contributor which includes the creator. If you only want to search on the creator you have to use [CQL](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/cql-fields/#creator) in order to do that.


author: Curt
body: [@Mikael Sandberg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853579) - CQL gives us the needed functionality. We will be testing the "CQL Search" add-on. Thank you for putting us on to this.


author: Keane Yam
body: So still no answer huh...

comments: author: Owen Wallis
body: Hi [@Keane Yam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5169070) you can use CQL

So doing the following search

creator.fullname \~ "Keane Yam"

would show all the pages you created

Hope this helps


author: Keane Yam
body: Hi [@Owen Wallis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3169792), thanks for the reply. Can I ask where I should insert the CQL? I might be doing it wrong but typing it in the search (or advance search) doesnt work.


author: Owen Wallis
body: Ah yep, sorry this is via the REST API

Instructions here <https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/advanced-searching-using-cql/>

Is this something you were hoping to do via the standard search interface?


author: Alli Shea
body: Hi [@Curt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3265103)

You could also achieve your goal here by going to the "Filter by Contributor" section in search, and selecting yourself (or any given user) from the drop-down.

This would reduce your result list to only pages that person has created or modified.

We're looking into improving search refinement. Your feedback is welcome [here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-discussions/Help-improve-Confluence-Search/m-p/2180672#M10419), if you're open to sharing!

Thanks,

Alli

comments: author: Curt
body: Hi [@Alli Shea](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4937456) - The "creator" filter returns a list of pages that the user created and contributed to. That seems misleading. In this case, one particular user has contributed to hundreds of pages but created a much smaller number. He wants a filter that shows only those pages he created. He does receive notifications (emails) when any of the pages he created are updated. He is looking for a way to generate a list that he can review on a period basis without needing to maintain a separate page (or spreadsheet) of his pages that he has to maintain manually. Why do it manually when the computer should be able to do it for him without any effort on his part?

As we get busier, we have less time to do things manually when a script or filter can do it automatically with no effort other than setting up the script or filter and running it. We are placing greater value on processes that can be automated.

Thank you for hearing our need and for giving us the opportunity to contribute.

Best regards,

curt...


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