Sync Project Status Macro to Dashboard
Asked by brooke.clem:

I have created a Dashboard on my main Confluence Page where I would like to reflect current Status for each project. I then have subpages where I have individual Project Status Reports. Each Status Report has 'Status Macros' of Red/Yellow/Green. I want to automatically reflect each Status Macro from these individual Project Status Report to the main Dashboard. I haven't been able to find the how or any information on doing this. Help?


Answers:
author: Bal?zs Szak?l _META-INF_
body: Hey, what's a project for you? Jira Project, or Confluence space?

There are few ideas came into my mind reading this:

#### Include page macro - free {#toc-hId-289457526}

With this, you can include subpages to the parent, and show all the subpages.

#### Excerpt macro - free {#toc-hId--1517996937}

Similarly to Include page, add macros on the subpages name Excerpt, and include Excerpt on the parent page for all the subpages.

#### Page properties macro - free {#toc-hId-969515896}

Add page properties table on your subpages, and page properties report on the top page. i thinks this is the nicest solution :)

#### Advanced Content Navigator - cheap {#toc-hId--837938567}

With this macro you can manage page statuses and handle confluence pages like jira issues, and manage statuses real-time, without editing the page. Also it can do lot more (show unread and changed pages, table of contents, and build custom dashboards) Check it out [on the marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218865/advanced-content-navigator-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)!

Good luck,

Balazs

comments: author: brooke.clem
body: Thank you so much for taking time to answer my question! I am thinking that Page Properties might work.

Here's my example. Project 1 is the Status Report that will be completed by Project Lead each week and exists on a confluence page. I want to take the Status (Green / Yellow / Red) from the key areas and have them automatically update to the main Dashboard that is on a different page of Confluence.![ProgramDashboardExample.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291658iF46A17167FC4A1A4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ProgramDashboardExample.PNG")

![Project1example.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291651iA9D9712C64CD8883/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Project1example.PNG")


author: Bal?zs Szak?l _META-INF_
body: That looks great! :)

If you change your mind to use page statuses for reporting, [give ACNC a try](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218865/advanced-content-navigator-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)! :)

![Screenshot 2023-11-14 at 15.52.02.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291826i7A4180F67F78D3C0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2023-11-14 at 15.52.02.png")

Good luck!


author: Danut M _StonikByte_
body: Hi [@brooke.clem](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5363676),

Are your projects stored in Jira? If yes, you could easily create status pages in Confluence for tracking you projects by using the macros offered by our [Great Gadgets](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1226592/great-gadgets-for-confluence-cloud?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291528i9D9483FE7C3C5BC8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

This app offers a complete set of macros for tracking your projects in effective way. Watch this video: <https://youtu.be/gDlKbI9cLdU>.

To make a better idea about what you can track with this app, have a look over the articles from our [blog](https://blog.stonikbyte.com/), especially this one which explain how to track individual projects as well as the status at the global level: [How to track multi-team or scaled-agile projects (such as SAFe?) in Jira with Great Gadgets app](https://blog.stonikbyte.com/2022/02/01/how-to-track-scaled-agile-projects-in-jira-with-great-gadgets-app/). The article is for Jira, but the same gadgets/charts exist in the Confluence app.

I hope this helps.

Thank you,

Danut Manda

comments: author: brooke.clem
body: Thank you so much for taking time to answer my question. We are using Jira for our development ticketing system, but I'll take a look at these videos to see how I might pull in Jira data to our Confluence page. It would be a nice addition!


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