How do I set the "Author" metadata in Confluence 4.x?
Asked by Allan Johnstone:

In Confluence 3.5 and 3.2, which I used in my last contract, I used the following to set the "Author" metadata:

\*Author:\* {metadata:Author}\[\~AJohnstone@biz_name.com\]{metadata}

I don't seem to be able to get this to work in 4.0.1, which I am using at home. Any suggestions on how to set this info for use in the checklist-metadata?

E.g.: {checklist-metadata:Author}

Thanks for any help.


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Allan,

Does this (<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF40/Metadata+Macro>) work for you in 4.0.1? I.e. select Insert -\> Other Macros and enter a single row table with Author in the first column and the author's details in the second column.

Andrew.

comments: author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hmm, what about just Author, rather than Author-Nickname ?


author: Allan Johnstone
body: I did try this:

![](http://www.allan-johnstone.ca/ConfluenceSetMetadata.png)

But I get no result in the checklist:

![](http://www.allan-johnstone.ca/ConfluenceChecklistMetadata.png)


author: Allan Johnstone
body: OK, I tried several variants on "Author", and I was able to get the hyperlinked Confluence user name to appear in the table within the metadata macro. It even looked good in the saved page, but in the checklist-metadata table on the parent page, still no entry showed for the page in the "Author" column, and, yes, I did set the column to show the Author metadata; although I must be doing something wrong in the checklist:

![](http://www.allan-johnstone.ca/ConfluenceEditChecklistMetadata.png)

Suggestions?


author: Allan Johnstone
body: While I am getting daily reminder to close this question, the checklist-metadata still isn't working. If this feature is broken, so be it, but I don't intend to close this question until I get this feature to work or I have been informed that it has a Jira issue opened against it. If I haven't configured that macro correctly, please let me know what I must do. It worked for me in 3.5, but with the new editor I don't know if I have written it up correctly.


author: Allan Johnstone
body: This was sort of a two-part question, so I'm marking this first part (setting the Author metadata) to answered as I seem to have that working now. I will open a new question to deal with the second part (how do I get the Author metadata to show up in the checklist-metadata macro?).


author: Allan Johnstone
body: BTW, here's a screen capture of the success setting of the metadata... I think.

![correct metadata setting... I think](http://www.allan-johnstone.ca/ConfluenceSetMetadataCorrect.png)

At least, this is pretty much how it appeared in the successful 3.2 and 3.5 setting (with the username hyperlinked, but it still doesn't show up in the checklist).


author: Allan Johnstone
body: While it appears that I have set the "Author" metadata in a document, the checklist that I am using to show that information shows nothing in the "Author" column. I have a screen capture of that checklist macro, including the checklist-metadata macro at the bottom of this page. Have I marked this up incorrectly? If not, why is the "Author" column remaining blank?