Make certain table cells uneditable / lock table cells
Asked by David Pressley:

I have a requirement to be able to have certain cells in a table read-only. Does this functionality exist in Confluence Cloud?

I don't see such functionality within the UI, and I'm not sure if there is a macro, third party plugin, or scripting solution which can be used.


Answers:
author: Katerina Rudkovskaya [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi David,

There's a way which you can do with the help of the Table Transformer macro of [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) and standart [Excerpt (Include).](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-macro-148062.html)

You need to divide you data into two pages. The first one should contain data which are available for public editing. And the secound one should include only those data which other users can't edit. Here on the second page you need to apply appropriate restrictions for it and wrap data with the Excerpt macro.

![Screenshot_1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96652iA26E082691CD083E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_1.png")![Screenshot_5.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96653iC75FD9F24AEA598A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_5.png")![Screenshot_6.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96654iA16B5FB9E5B9FDA1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_6.png")  

Then you should insert Excerpt Include on the page with data available for editing and merge data of both tables with the help of our Table Transformer macro.

![Screenshot_2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96656i79E29FC5CEE00E0B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_2.png")![Screenshot_3.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96659iC89BD73B989F5DC6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_3.png")![Screenshot_4.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96658iDE69C32A161E6F3B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_4.png")  

Thus, other users won't be able to edit restricted columns on both pages.  

Katerina  
StiltSoft

comments: author: David Pressley
body: Hi Katerina,

Thank you for your answer. I think your product is likely the way to go if I wish to manipulate a table in this way


author: Diego
body: Hello [@David Pressley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/929836) !

After reading your question I understand that you need to create tables with read only cells.

*++Going straight to the point I can tell you that this kind of control over tables is not natively available in Confluence.++*

In our marketplace we can see a few plugins that aim at implementing more features into tables. Those third-party applications might be able to achieve the desired result.

You can check our marketplace for them here:
> * ++***[\[Atlassian Marketplace\] Confluence Cloud -- Tables](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=table)***++

++*Reaching out to the vendors of the plugins*++ might be the best approach to understand more about their applications and if they can serve you with the desired functionality.

A few years ago there was a pretty similar request here in our Community. Here, take a look:
> * ++***[\[Atlassian Community\] Can i restrict editing in columns of a table?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-i-restrict-editing-in-columns-of-a-table/qaq-p/674938)***++   

Let us hear from you!


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