Confluence global search
Available since v. 2.33.0
Available since v. 3.1.* - added User preview with quick management
Available since v. 4.18.* - added Group preview with quick management
“pp” is a shortcut that will change your approach to configuring
Search through all important administrative data, such as administrative actions, spaces and users. You can go directly to any page/object configuration in your application.
All these items are literally at your fingertips for all administrators
Each element is properly grouped under the appropriate configuration, with available actions.
Supported configuration:
Administrative actions
Spaces
Groups (available since v. 2.37.0)
Users
User preview with quick management
User preview allows you to quickly verify the data of each Confluence user, such as:
Account information (with the ability to reset the CAPTCHA)
User statistics
Application access
Groups (with the ability to quickly add/remove user groups)
About user
Group preview with quick management
Group preview allows you to quickly manage a group anywhere in Confluence.
Faster search configuration experimental
This setting has been deprecated since version 3.6.*
From version 2.38.0 it is possible to enable the experimental search method, which is much faster but may not work in all app configurations
Check status:
As an administrator, open the link below in your browser
CONFLUENCE_URL/rest/extender/1.0/configuration/get
On this page, you will see the status marked with a true or false flag of the com.itlab.confluence.plugins.restextender.configuration.global.search
parameter in the configuration
node. If this parameter is not visible, it means that experimental search is turned off (this is equivalent to the false flag)
{
"configuration": [
{
"com.itlab.confluence.plugins.restextender.configuration.global.search": false
}
],
"api": [
...
]
}
Turn on:
As an administrator, open the link below in your browser
CONFLUENCE_URL/rest/extender/1.0/configuration/set/api/global.search/true
Turn off:
As an administrator, open the link below in your browser
CONFLUENCE_URL/rest/extender/1.0/configuration/set/api/global.search/false