This page describes a way of allowing arbitrary Confluence content, including macros, in the bodies of macros that don't normally allow this.

Introduction

Confluence macros can be nested within other macros. This allows very powerful combinations, like Unix pipes, where one macro fetches data and feeds it to another. A good example is the chart macro, which accepts tabular data from any source: a static table, CSV, SQL, or anything else returning tabular data:

Confluence Markup

Results

Static content

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Plugin	Download Count
WhizzPlugin	1000
BangPlugin	990
ZippyPlugin	600
AnotherPlugin	500

SQL-generated content

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