This is the documentation for ConfiForms Server/Data Center app

However, this might also work for ConfiForms cloud and in most cases it does. But please see this page to understand the differences between server and cloud versions of the ConfiForms app.

See if the function is available for ConfiForms CLOUDCLOUD

Important! Function names and field names are CASE SENSITIVE. It is very important to follow the correct letter casing as per documentation


In order to make it easier to integrate with other external systems, such as JIRA, for example, or transform values as you like and need we have implemented so called "virtual" functions, what you can call on field values.


Usage:

  • When using in IFTTT macro body or in ListView/PlainView/CalendarView - the notation would be: [entry.fieldname.virtual_function] Please note that accessing values via [entry.field_name] notations brings you internal values.. which means you will need to make sure they are what you need - formatting dates via formatDate, accessing .label properties for choice-based fields and things like that.
  • When using in ConfiForms Field macro then reference it by a field name, adding the virtual function name: fieldname.virtual_function


Useful, when you try to prepare a JSON or some other format when used together with IFTTT macro to enable integrations with other systems


Functions support chaining ! That means you can apply function on a result of the previous function as much as you like

See also Accessing field values and properties . You can use complex properties in your filters. For example filtering dropdown fields by values and by labels, filtering page type fields by page metadata fields, filtering user fields by, for example - email property


As of now, the following functions are supported:

CORE - means the function is available since ConfiForms version 1.x 


FunctionDescriptionUsing in ConfiForms Field macro, setting the "Field name" parameterUsing in ListVIew/PlanView/CalendarView or in IFTTT macro body

urlencode
CORE
CLOUD          

Does URL encode on given value, see "urlEncode" method in

https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/7.16.0/com/atlassian/confluence/util/GeneralUtil.html

myfield.urlencode[entry.myfield.urlencode]

urldecode

CLOUD

3.7.6

Does URL decode on given value, see "urlDecode" method in

https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/7.16.0/com/atlassian/confluence/util/GeneralUtil.html

myfield.urldecode[entry.myfield.urldecode]

escapeXML
CORE
CLOUD

Escapes XML on given value, see "escapeXml" method in

https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/7.16.0/com/atlassian/confluence/util/GeneralUtil.html

myfield.escapeXml[entry.myfield.escapeXml]

escape
CORE
CLOUD          

Escapes string as in "escapeForHtmlAttribute" method in

https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/7.16.0/com/atlassian/confluence/util/GeneralUtil.html

myfield.escapeForHtmlAttribute[entry. myfield.escapeForHtmlAttribute]

escapeJavaScript
CORE
CLOUD          

Escapes JavaScript from the value

formatDate
CORE
CLOUD

FROM V. 2.12.5
You can specify date format and timezone. When you dont specify the timezone a user's timezone is used to format the date/time value

Example:

formatDate(MM-dd-yyyy, UTC)

Supported timezone arguments

Tries to format date fields in the specified format, expects date format as in http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html myfield. formatDate(JAVA_FORMAT)

[entry.myfield.formatDate(JAVA_FORMAT) ]

(no quotes)

convertDate(FORMAT, TIMEZONE)

FROM V. 2.13.5

CLOUD

Supported timezone arguments

This function converts a timestamp (UTC) into the formatted date in a specified timezone

Format can be anything supported by  http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Timezone argument can be anything documented here: Supported timezone arguments


Example:

myfield.convertDate(yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z', Europe/Tallinn)


jiraDate
CORE
CLOUD          

FROM V. 2.12.5
You can specify date a timezone

jiraDate(America/Chicago)

Supported timezone arguments

Same as "formatDate" method above, but specifies constant DateFormat pattern (yyyy-MM-dd), suitable for JIRA REST APImyfield. jiraDate[entry.myfield. jiraDate]

jiraDateTime
CORE
CLOUD          

FROM V. 2.12.5
You can specify date a timezone

jiraDateTime(UTC)

Supported timezone arguments

Same as " formatDate " method above, but specifies constant dateformat pattern ("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"), should be compatible with ISO 8601 standard as JIRA requires when setting timestamps to JIRA fields myfield. jiraDateTime[entry.myfield. jiraDateTime]

escapeJSON
CORE
CLOUD

Escapes illegal characters in the field value to generate a valid JSON property. New lines, quotes, tabs and etc will be properly escaped

[entry.myfield.escapeJSON]
myfield. escapeJSON[entry.myfield.escapeJSON ]

asArray

asArrayMultiSelect

asArrayMultiUserPicker

CORE
CLOUD          


Tries to create an array from the value. Useful when you want to pass ConfiForms multi-select values to JIRA. Something like

"customfield_XXXX" : [[entry.myfield.asArray]]
 
this will generate
 
"customfield_XXXX" : ["val1","val2"]
 
assuming "myfield" field is a multi select and has 2 values: val1 and val2


There are variations to support other multi-select fields in JIRA

https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/about-the-jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-create-issue

  • asArrayMultiSelect
  • asArrayMultiUserPicker (can be used to generate arrays for both: multi-user and multi-group field types)


myfield.asArray

myfield.asArrayMultiSelect

myfield.asArrayMultiUserPicker

[entry.myfield.asArray]

[entry. myfield.asArrayMultiSelect]

 [entry. myfield.asArrayMultiUserPicker]

asArray(separator)

FROM V. 1.35

CLOUD

Same as "asArray" without a parameter, but allows you to set own separator

Example:

asArray(') will wrap the values into list of 'v1', 'v2'...
asArray will do the same with default separator ", like this "v1", "v2"
asArray(_) will output _v1_, _v2_
myfield.asArray(separator)[entry.myfield.asArray(separator)]

asArrayOfIds

CORE

CLOUD

Same as the above, but exporting IDs of the multi-select values in the following format:

"1", "2"
myfield.asArrayOfIds [entry.myfield.asArrayOfIds]

asArrayOfKVPairs(key)

FROM V. 1.35

CLOUD

Will output the list of values in a format:

{"key":"value"}, {"key": "value2"}

Useful for adding JIRA labels, like when giving a key as "add" → asArrayOfKVPairs(add)

{"add": "value"}, {"add", "value2"}

[entry.asArrayOfKVPairs(key)] will produce something like {"key":"value"}, {"key": "value2"}

replaceCRLFWithBR
CORE
CLOUD          

Replaces CR/LF with <br/> tag to show with line brakes in HTML (useful when you reference the textarea field using [entry.] notation)myfield.replaceCRLFWithBR[entry.myfield.replaceCRLFWithBR]

replaceBRWithCRLF
CORE
CLOUD          

Does the opposite to "replaceCRLFWithBR" and replaces <br/> tags with CRLF

asUserFullNames
CORE
CLOUD          

Works only with User multi-select fields and shows list of full names for selected usersmyfield. asUserFullNames[entry.myfield.asUserFullNames]

asUserEmails
CORE
CLOUD          

Works only with User multi-select fields and shows list of emails for selected users myfield. asUserEmails[entry.myfield.asUserEmails]

asUserNames
CORE
CLOUD          

Works only with User multi-select fields and shows list of usernames for selected usersmyfield.asUserNames[entry.myfield.asUserNames]

friendlyDate
CORE

Formatting date and date/time field types with https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/core/datetime/FriendlyDateFormatter.html myfield. friendlyDate[entry.myfield. friendlyDate ]

asCount
CORE
CLOUD          

Returns size of a collection for multi-value fields or number of chars for other typesmyfield.asCount[entry. myfield.asCount]

asSize
CORE
CLOUD          

Returns size of a collection for multi-value fields or number of chars for other types (same as "count")myfield.asSize[entry. myfield.asSize]

asLength
CORE
CLOUD          

Returns size of a collection for multi-value fields or number of chars for other typesmyfield.asLength[entry. myfield.asLength]

formatCurrency
CORE
CLOUD

Tries to format value as currency using either default or given format

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html

If value could not be formatted according to given format then value will be returned as is

Can be used with any number (and not only currency)

myfield.formatCurrency(JAVA_FORMAT)

myfield.formatCurrency()

(default decimal format is used if empty)

[entry.myfield.formatCurrency(JAVA_FORMAT)]

(no quotes, JAVA_FORMAT could be empty, default will be used)


[entry.myfield.formatCurrency(# ###.##)]

[entry.myfield.formatCurrency(# ###.00)]

formatNumber
CORE
CLOUD

alias to formatCurrency

myfield.formatNumber(JAVA_FORMAT)

myfield.formatNumber()

(default decimal format is used if empty)

[entry.myfield.formatNumber(JAVA_FORMAT)]

[entry.myfield.formatNumber(# ###.##)]

[entry.myfield.formatNumber(# ###.00)]

asFilteredBy(FILTER)
CORE
CLOUD  

Since        

3.0.0 supports ConfiForms Filters expression when applied on a smart field

Very powerful function to extract the value by given filter (mostly used for multi-value fields).

Especially useful with Multi-select fields which are of type "smart fields", the ones referencing other forms and fields

Example:

You have one form which has a field called "mf" which holds multi-value references to another form which has the following fields: name, surname, position

Then... when showing the data from the first form you can actually show only specific choices.

For example:

  • mf.asFilteredBy(name:Alex) - to show only persons selected with name Alex only (here "name" references a field in 2nd form) 
  • mf.asFilteredBy(surname:Ve*) - to show only persons selected with surnames starting with "Ve" only (here "surname" references a field in 2nd form)
  • mf.asFilteredBy(position:CEO) - to filter OUT all those selected who are NOT in CEO position 

Any filtering expression as per ConfiForms Filters

(please note that filtering expressions work on Smart fields or web-service/db fields now only. For "comment" field this feature has been added since VERSION 3.11.3)

entry.mf.asFilteredBy(FILTER)

Filter should be in a format:

property:filter

[entry.mf.asFilteredBy(name:Alex)]

The following filters are supported:

  • value*
  • *value
  • *value*
  • *
  •             [empty]
              
                
                  


trimAllSpaces
CORE
CLOUD

Removes all the spaces in the field value.

Can be used when creating page labels automatically from ConfiForms field values and want to ensure the value is taken as a label and not split by spaces into differenet labels

myfield. trimAllSpaces[entry.myfield. trimAllSpaces]

camelCase
CORE
CLOUD          

Makes a CamelCase string from a given valuemyfield. camelCase[entry.myfield. camelCase]

camelCaseAndTrim
CORE
CLOUD          

Makes a CamelCase string from a given value and, additionally, removes all the spacesmyfield. camelCaseAndTrim[entry.myfield. camelCaseAndTrim]

addCRLF

CORE

CLOUD

Adds CR and LF characters after the valuemyfield.addCRLF[entry.addCRLF]

addCRLFHtml

CORE

CLOUD

Adds <br/> (brake) after the value in HTML formatmyfield.addCRLFHtml[entry.addCRLFHtml]

trunc(NUMBER)

CORE

CLOUD

truncLeft(NUMBER)

CORE

CLOUD

truncRight(NUMBER)

CORE

CLOUD

Truncates the value. Leaves "n" first symbolsmyfield.trunc(100)[entry.trunc(100)]

trim(NUMBER)

trim() - will trim the value from leading/trailing spaces

CORE

CLOUD

trimLeft(NUMBER)

CORE

CLOUD

Trims the value, Skips "n" first symbolsmyfield.trim(10)[entry.trim(10)]

trimRight(NUMBER)

CORE

CLOUD

Trims the value, Removes "n" last symbols

asAttachment

asAttachment(n)

CORE

You can reference a particular attachment stored in Confluence and linked though ConfiForms Field (either File or Attachment picker)

n - is the index of the attachment stored/linked using ConfiForms Field. Index starts with 0. When no index is specified, then the 1st attachment is taken (1st attachment is stored with index 0)

This means that

asAttachment = asAttachment(0)

This function is a "bridge" to get other properties of the attachment stored. See below.

myfield.asAttachment

[entry.asAttachment]

[entry.asAttachment(0)]

[entry.asAttachment(1)]

asAttachment.base64

asAttachment(1).base64

CORE


Returns bas64 encoded string of the file contents in this attachment

ConfiForms uses https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/apidocs/org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base64.html#encodeBase64URLSafeString-byte:A- to do this and it is important to note that

Encodes binary data using a URL-safe variation of the base64 algorithm but does not chunk the output. The url-safe variation emits - and _ instead of + and / characters.   Note: no padding is added.

FROM V. 2.24.7 base64 function supports true/false as parameters to generate base64 with or without padding


base64(true) - generates URL-safe output (same as without parameter)

base64(false) - generates pure base64 hash

myfield.asAttachment.base64

[entry.asAttachment.base64]

[entry.asAttachment(0).base64]

[entry.asAttachment(1).base64]

asAttachment.ANY_PROPERTY

asAttachment(n).ANY_PROPERTY

CORE


Where ANY_PROPERTY is the "get" methods of the class Attachment https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/5.9.1/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/Attachment.html

Examples:

asAttachment.displayTitle
asAttachment.id
asAttachment.downloadPath
asAttachment.contentType 
 
and many other properties of the Attachment object
 
asAttachment(1).displayTitle - also perfectly valid and will try to get the display title for the attachment stored "second" in the field


base64Decode

FROM V. 3.10.4

CLOUD

Decodes a base64 string into original text value



asUsers

FROM V. 1.39.2

Converts multi-user / multi-owner (ownedBy field in ConfiForms) field values to list of user objects, which can be then transformed into the desired output as needed, for example:

ownedBy.asUsers.transform(email)

Any property of the User object (see below) is accessible




asUser.username

asUser.fullName

asUser.email

asUser(n).username

asUser(n).fullName

asUser(n).email

CORE

 When working with multi-select user control/field and want to get a particular user info

Only works with Multi-select user field!



asEntryRef(REF_TO_ENTRY)

CORE

CLOUD

Example:

[entry.id.asEntryRef(entry.id)]

This will return

[entry.id]

When this is necessary?

The use case is when you use it within an IFTTT or have a ListView which has another ListView inside and you want to prevent ConfiForms from applying the context variables onto the sub-lists


The function can be used with any field type (as long as the field exists) and actually the following constructions are perfectly valid

[entry.id.asEntryRef(entry.somefield)] will return [entry.somefield]
[entry.id.asEntryRef(entry.mytextfield)] will return [entry.mytextfield]
[entry.id.asEntryRef(entry.anotherfield)] will return [entry.anotherfield]
[entry.id.asEntryRef(entry.id)] will return [entry.id]


As you can see we apply the function on the same ID field (exists in every ConfiForms record) and the parameter you give in is the important bit in all this...

So, the parameter (PARAM) you give to asEntryRef is wrapped into the brackets and returned:

[PARAM]


You can also use "_func" pseoudo property of a record as a bridge to "asEntryRef" function when the "id" is not available (assigned)

This is always available

[entry._func.asEntryRef(entry.somefield)] will return [entry.somefield]
[entry._func.asEntryRef(entry.mytextfield)] will return [entry.mytextfield]
[entry._func.asEntryRef(entry.anotherfield)] will return [entry.anotherfield]
[entry._func.asEntryRef(entry.id)] will return [entry.id]


asVelocityExpRef(VALUE)

FROM V. 1.50.1

CLOUD

Same as asEntryRef, and asIFTTTRef, but returns a value wrapped in ${}, like ${VALUE}

asJSON

CORE

CLOUD

Converts a value to JSON and allows to access JSON object properties

myfield.asJSON.someJSONProperty

myfield.asJSON.anotherJSONProperty


asRef(VALUE)

FROM V. 1.53.8

CLOUD

Same as asEntryRef, and asIFTTTRef, but returns an exact expression as you have put inside the arguments

asRef(VALUE) will return VALUE



asUserProfile
CORE

Converts to User profile (or tries to, if a given field value can be resulved as a user object)

Available user profile properties (all standard ones, available in the profile) to reference are:

  • phone
  • im
  • website
  • position
  • department
  • location

somefield.asUserProfile.phone

somefield.asUserProfile.im

somefield.asUserProfile.website 

somefield.asUserProfile.position 

somefield.asUserProfile.department 

somefield.asUserProfile.location 


where " somefield " should get resolved into username (can be user field)

[ entry.somefield.asUserProfile.phone]

[entry.somefield.asUserProfile.im]

[entry.somefield.asUserProfile.website]

[entry.somefield.asUserProfile.position]

[entry.somefield.asUserProfile.department]

[entry.somefield.asUserProfile.location]

asList

CORE

CLOUD

Extracts values of a list and converts to a comma-separated string, see below for examples on transform and asList

asAttachments

CORE

Converts the file/attachment field values into the array of Attachment objects

https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/5.9.1/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/Attachment.html



transform(property_name)

CORE

CLOUD

Converts the list of some objects into the list of values for the given property

For example:

[entry.myfile.asAttachments.transform(id)]

When "myfile" is a field of type file/attachment, a function "asAttachments" will convert it's values into the list of Attachments objects and then function "transform" will extract and "id" property of each Attachment object and will put it into the resulting list

[entry.myfile.asAttachments.transform(id).asList]

Same as in previous example, but we convert the otput into a comma separated list of attachment IDs

Below, is another example, which returns a result of ID's, but wrapped into quotes

[entry.myfile.asAttachments.transform(id).asArray]


Function "transform" can be used on a multi-value field.(on Multi-select fields, which hold the structure of ID and LABEL (properties "id" and "label")) See Accessing field values and properties and dropdown fields

For example, to get the list of dropdown IDs

[entry.mymultifield.transform(id)]

To get the list of dropdown labels

[entry.mymultifield.transform(label)]


To get the list of User's full names for multi-user field (User field has properties: fullName, username, email, lastName, firstname) See Accessing field values and properties

[entry.mymultiuserfield.transform(fullName)]

same as above, but in "coma-separated" string

[entry.mymultiuserfield.transform(fullName).asList]

Important!

Transform function also works with smart fields, and could transform the fields / values referenced from another form through the reference (a field) in your current form

See an example here: Using transform function with smart fields



uniqueBy(field)

uniqueBy() 

VERSION 3.12

CLOUD

Could transform the list of values to retain unique only - that is by the given parameter (or by the object itself, if no parameter is given)

[entry.mymultifield.uniqueBy(fullName).asList]

For smart multi-value fields you can make them to be filtered by any field that the smart field is referencing

For comment fields, User multi-selects and other rich objects having own fields, please see the Accessing field values and properties

(which you can then use as a "field" argument in the uniqueBy function)



add(number)

CORE

CLOUD

Adds a numeric value to a field (can substract as well, if a negative number is given)

[entry.somedatefield.timestamp.add(86400000)]

to add 1 day to the date (value of 86400000 is in milliseconds)

[entry.somedatefield.timestamp.add(-86400000)]

to add -1 day (substract a day) to the date (value of 86400000 is in milliseconds )

Supports dynamic parameters via [entry.field_name]



subtract(number)

CORE

CLOUD

Subtracts value from field value

Supports dynamic parameters via [entry.field_name]



multiply(number)

CORE

CLOUD

Multiplies value by given parameter value

[entry.somedatefield.multiply(2)]

Supports dynamic parameters via [entry.field_name]



divide(number)

CORE

CLOUD

Divides value by given parameter value 

[entry.somedatefield.divide(2)]

Supports dynamic parameters via [entry.field_name]



split(separator)

separator could be a space, like:

split( )

CORE

CLOUD

Split is an intermediate function to help you with transforming the string values into the arrays of strings, which then can be used with "array type" virtual functions

For example:

We have a field type called "mytextfield" and want it's content to be passed to JIRA as labels. For this we need to make sure we split the entered text by "space" and then use a corresponding virtual function to transform the object inti the desired representation

mytextfield.split( ).asArrayMultiSelect

Any other "array type" function can be applied. For example to get the count, one will write the following

mytextfield.split( ).asCount


hasChanged(fieldName)

FROM V. 1.36

FROM V. 1.50.1 - can be used in Field Definition Rules as well!

FROM V. 1.51.6 - you can use it without specifying property to track ANY field change.

By using

hasChanged():true



Now you can easily understand if the field value has been changed or not. Can be used ONLY (from ConfiForms version 1.50.1 can be used in field definition rules as well!) in IFTTT macro, in "condition" parameter. Only in this case, we have a previous snapshot of the data for this record. And the function is applied on the whole entry and not on the field.

Example in IFTTT macro:

The result of the function is a boolean, "true" is returned when the value for the field is different from current, and "false" is returned otherwise

Example:

hasChanged(somefield):true

or

hasChanged(somefield):true AND hasChanged(anotherfield):false

In addition to "hasChanged" function, ConfiForms has a support to get "previous state" of the record. And that is using a "virtual property" called: "_previousState"

Below example has the same result as "hasChanged(somefield):true"

!somefield:[entry._previousState.somefield]

This expression could be also used with IFTTT macro condition to determine if the value has been changed, but also allows you to create a more sophisticated filters like the one below:

hasChanged(mynum):true AND mynum:<[entry._previousState.mynum]

Checks if the value has been changed and if the previous value was bigger than current

This is available only in IFTTT and this also means that the synthetic property _previousState is available for you to use in filters

For example - we want to run another IFTTT when the record status has changed from one value to another

(when "MyStatus" status field has changed it's value and the value was changed from "requested" to "development")

hasChanged(MyStatus):true AND MyStatus:development AND _previousState.MyStatus:requested






asUserLink

asUserLinks (same as above, but works on user multiselect fields)

FROM V. 1.36.3

Also, there is a function which renders it as a macro: useful for usage withing a template or LIstView/CalendarView

asUserLinkMacro

Generates a macro

<ac:link><ri:user ri:userkey="USER_KEY_HERE"></ac:link>

and renders the HTML out of it

USER_KEY_HERE is looked up by function based on the username given
myfield.asUserLink

[entry.myfield.asUserLink]

on multi-select user fields use

[ entry.myfield.asUserLinks ]

asLink

FROM V. 1.37.1

CLOUD

asLinks

FROM V. 1.38

CLOUD

asLink(Some label)

asLink([entry.somefield])

FROM V. 1.44

CLOUD

Returns value as HTML link (<a href="VALUE">VALUE</a>)

Also, for collections: function "asLinks"

myfield.asLink

myfield.asLink(I am a link label)

[ entry.myfield.asLink ]

[ entry.myfield.asLink(I am a label) ]

acLink

CORE

acLinkMacro

CORE

CLOUD

Renders a link to local resource

acLinkMacro functions generates a macro only (without rendering to HTML)

<ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title="SPACEKEy:PAGE_TITLE"/></ac:link>




asImageLink

CORE

CLOUD

Renders <img /> link to given url or attachment Id (in cloud)myfield.asImageLink[entry.myfield.asImageLink]

parseDate(FORMAT)

FROM V. 1.36.6

CLOUD

Tries to format date fields in the specified format, expects date format as in http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html


Example on how to parse and format a date from JIRA issue

jirakey.fields.created.parseDate(yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z').formatDate(yyyy-MM-dd)

In this example we have a field called "jirakey" in ConfiForms Form, and access a property "created" from JIRA issue.

Then we parse the created date, using the format JIRA uses when returning the date/time field via REST API and then we format the date using another virtual function called "formatDate" to show it as year-month-day only

myfield.parseDate(JAVA_FORMAT)

[entry.myfield.parseDate(JAVA_FORMAT)]

Returns a timestamp, which you can transform to date using formatDate function or use as a filtering criteria

toPersianDate

CORE

Converts timestamp to Iranian/Persian date

date.toPersianDate
myfield.toPersianDate[date.toPersianDate]

toPersianDateTime

CORE

Converts timestamp to Iranian/Persian date with time

mydatefield.toPersianDateTime
myfield.toPersianDateTime[date.toPersianDateTime]

join

FROM V. 1.38

CLOUD

You can join the field values into one string. Works best on multi-select fields


For example (expect a field to be a multi-select field here):

id:[entry.mymultifield.transform(id).join( OR id:)]

Will extract the ID's from a record stored, and then join (concatenate) those ID's into one string, separated by OR id:

Something like this (when mymultifield contains 2 items):

id:1234-5678-9000-1234-5678-9000 OR id:1234-5678-9000-1234-5678-9001
myfield..join(SOME VALUE)[[entry,myfield.join(, Hello: )]

asJIRAIssue

FROM V. 1.40

CLOUD

Helps you to transform the values of a "JIRA Issues multi-select" field into a JIRA objects to allow access to any property/field of the JIRA issue

myfield.asJIRAIssue.key

myfield.asJIRAIssue.fields.customfield_x

Any property from JIRA issue, See Accessing field values and properties for JIRA field type

asInsightObject

FROM V. 1.49.1

Helps you to transform the values of a "Insight Objects multi-select" field into a list of Insight Objects, which can be then transformed via "transform" function or properties can be accesssed directy

asPage

FROM V. 1.40

CLOUD

Helps you to transform the values saved to Page objects when used on Page/BlogPosts multi-select field

Or to try to transform numeric value to page object (load page by id)

myfield.asPage.spaceKeyAny property from a Page object, see Accessing field values and properties

userInSecurityGroup

securityGroupHas

FROM V. 1.40

CLOUD

Both functions allow you to check if a particular user belongs to a given security group or not

Examples:

If field "u" is holding a username and we want to check if this user belongs to "confluence-administrators" group

u.userInSecurityGroup(confluence-administrators)

If field "sg" holds a name of a security group and we want top check if a username is in this security group

sg.securityGroupHas(sash)

In the example below we check the same, but for currently logged in user

sg.securityGroupHas()

Both functions return "true" when condition is matched and "false" otherwise

(without quotes)


This means that if you need to put a filter to check the condition, the full expression will look like:

u.userInSecurityGroup(confluence-administrators):true

or

sg.securityGroupHas():true


securityGroups

FROM V. 2.0

CLOUD

Retrieves user's securityGroups in a comma separated list

userfield.securityGroups

(Assuming userfiled is the field holding the username)



securityGroupUsers

FROM V. 2.27.14

CLOUD

on cloud version we return only the first 200 members of a group

Lists users (comma separated list of user names) for the given security group

fieldContainingSecurotyGroupName.securityGroupUsers


get(index)

FROM V. 1.42.4

CLOUD

Using get() without an index will return the last item from the list

FROM V. 1.44.2

CLOUD

Get's the element by index form a multi-value field

To get the first element (index starts from 0)

somefield.get(0)

Another example with chaining the functions (when somefield holds a string value and we split it by "," and get the first element)

somefield.split(,).get(0)


append

FROM V. 1.43

CLOUD

Appends text to a value

Will append a space to the value of "somefield"

somefield.append( )

For multi-select dropdown, adding space after transformation and shows in as html link

somefield.transform(label.append()).asLinks



Argument can be dynamic, and reference another field, like [entry.somefield], so you can concat values together





prepend

FROM V. 1.45.2

CLOUD

Prepends text to a value

Will append a space to the value of "somefield"

somefield.prepend(SOME TEXT HERE)

Argument can be dynamic, and reference another field, like [entry.somefield], so you can concat values together



lowerCase

FROM V. 1.44.2

CLOUD

Returns a lowercases value for the field

upperCase

FROM V. 1.44.2

CLOUD

Returns a uppercased value for the field

formatLinks

FROM V. 1.45.2

CLOUD

Tries to format the http(s) links found in the text as HTML links

somefield.formatLinks


greenhopperAsJSON

FROM V. 1.45.3

CLOUD

Tries to parse the fiedl value returned by JIRA API for greenhopper fields

com.atlassian.greenhopper.service.sprint.Sprint@71f1f2ae[id=6745,rapidViewId=2391,state=ACTIVE,name=My Sprint 2,startDate=2017-08-29T10:46:33.923+01:00,endDate=2017-09-08T10:46:00.000+01:00,completeDate=<null>,sequence=6745]

to a structure you can access via properties

id=6745
rapidViewId=2391
state=ACTIVE
name=My Sprint 2
startDate=2017-08-29T10:46:33.923+01:00
endDate=2017-09-08T10:46:00.000+01:00
completeDate=
sequence=6745

Example (to return a sprint name)

myJIRAField.fields.customfield_10900.greenhopperAsJSON.name


asIFTTTRef(RESULT_NAME_AND_MORE)

FROM V. 1.47.2

CLOUD

The idea and the need for this function is the same as described for function asEntryRef(REF_TO_ENTRY)

This allows you to "escape" the ${IftttResult_NAME.someproperty} into a function to workaround template evaluations against the current record. Useful when your ConfiForms Form creates a page with another ConfiFormiForms Form and that form has various rules using iftttResults or entry.fieldnames


entry.id.asIFTTTRef(MYRESULT.id) will produce ${iftttResult_MYRESULT.id}


entry.id.asIFTTTRef(MYRESULT) will produce ${iftttResult_MYRESULT}


asUserProfileLink

FROM V. 1.48

Outputs a field value as a link to user profile (with avatar and full name). The field must have a username as a value

[entry.myfieldholdingusername.asUserProfileLink]


replaceAccents

replaceAccents()

FROM V. 1.48.2

CLOUD

Replaces the following accents letters using the folllwing mapping

"Ä" -> "Ae"
"Æ" -> "Ae"
"ä" -> "ae"
"æ" -> "ae"
"Ö" -> "Oe"
"ö" -> "oe"
"Ü" -> "Ue"
"ü" -> "ue"
"ß" -> "ss"
"ó" -> "o"
"ú" -> "u"
"Ç" -> "C"
"ç" -> "c"
"í" -> "i"
"Ñ" -> "N"
"ñ" -> "n"
"À" -> "A"
"Â" -> "A"
"à" -> "a"
"â" -> "a"
"È" -> "E"
"É" -> "E"
"Ê" -> "E"
"è" -> "e"
"é" -> "e"
"ê" -> "e"
[entry.myfield.replaceAccents]


replaceWith(searchstring, replacewith)

FROM V. 1.48.2

CLOUD

Replaces every value matching "search string" in a field with given "replace with" value

[entry.myfield.replaceWith(hi,hola)]

Will match every "hi" and replace it with "hola"



formatLink(url )

formatLink(url|label )

FROM V. 1.51.3

CLOUD

Helps you to create http links from values in ConfiForms directly in teh views

[entry.myfield.formatLink(https://google.com?q=)] 


will create a <a href="https://google.com?q=<VALUE_OF_MY_FIELD>" target="_blank"><VALUE_OF_MY_FIELD></a>

the below example shows how to specify a contant label for your links

[entry.myfield.formatLink(https://google.com?q=|search)] 


will create a <a href="https://google.com?q=<VALUE_OF_MY_FIELD>" target="_blank">search</a>


timestamp

FROM V. 1.52.1

CLOUD

Tries to get the timestamp from date/datetime/timestamp holding fields in epoch format




asHex

FROM V. 1.52.1

CLOUD

Converts string into hex representation

stringasHex
131
232
hello68656c6c6f

You can use it with other functions, as usual... something like

[entry.myfield.asHex.upperCase]


dec2Hex

FROM V. 1.52.1

CLOUD

Converts decimals to hex

valuedec2Hex
100000001
200000002
255000000FF
210000000D2

As always, you can chain the functions

[entry.myfield.dec2Hex.upperCase]
[entry.myfield.dec2Hex.trim(4)] - returns last 4 digits, instead of 000000D2 for 210 will return 00D2


randomInt(minVal)

FROM V. 2.0.8

CLOUD

You can generate tips from ConfiForms data with something like

<ac:macro ac:name="confiform-plain">
  <ac:parameter ac:name="filter">valuecounter:[entry._total.randomInt(1)]</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="formName">f</ac:parameter>
  <ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
  <ac:plain-text-body>[entry.advice]></ac:plain-text-body>
</ac:macro>

To show "random" advice from your form of "advices"


Where "valuecounter" field is autonumber field and we randomly picking one record from a dataset, starting from 1 (that is why we use "randomInt(1)" function on _total field)



generateUUID

FROM V. 3.4.0

CLOUD

Generates a unique value. Value is based on https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/UUID.html



toString

CORE

Ensures the value is a string value

timezoneAwareDate

CORE


Since 2.13.7 supports setting the formatting pattern

timezoneAwareDate(PATTERN)

CLOUD

Tries to format the date given in the user's timezone. Uses user's defined formatting pattern to format the date.

Unless given as parameter ( http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html)

Date is always in the user's timezone



timezoneAwareDateTime

CORE


Since 2.13.7 supports setting the formatting pattern

timezoneAwareDateTime(PATTERN)

CLOUD

Tries to format the date/time given in the user's timezone. Uses user's defined formatting pattern to format the datetime.

Unless given as parameter ( http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html)

Date is always in the user's timezone



formatNumberWithLocale(COUNTRY)

CORE

Formats number with a given locale

formatNumberWithLocale(de) will format the number in German locale.

See supported locales in Java 8, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/java8locales-2095355.html



compactDateTimeInterval

FROM V. 2.0.23

Helper function to render DateTime Interval field values in a more compact way when the date for start and end is within the same day

[entry.mydatetimeintervalfield.compactDateTimeInterval]

Example (the output format is specific to your Confluence date/time formatting settings):

DateTime Interval valueOutput
Mar 19, 2019 2:00 PM  - Mar 19, 2019 3:00 PM
Mar 19, 2019 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Transforms to a short format
Mar 19, 2019 2:00 PM  - Mar 20, 2019 3:00 PM
Mar 19, 2019 2:00 PM  - Mar 20, 2019 3:00 PM
Stays in long format, as event spans 2 days





truncWithExpand(N) where N is the number of characters to show

FROM V. 2.0.25

CLOUD

[entry.field_name.truncWithExpand(10)]

will show the first 10 symbols and if the value is longer then the "..." block will be shown to allow your users to expand the value



extractText

CORE

CLOUD

Extracts text from HTML value

renderAsText

CORE

CLOUD

Render as Text (mainly to be used with values produced by wiki markdown field type)

https://www.markdownguide.org/



renderAsHtml

renderWikiMarkdown

CORE

CLOUD

Render as HTML (mainly to be used with values produced by wiki markdown field type)

https://www.markdownguide.org/



renderWikiMarkup

FROM V. 2.1.0

Renders wiki markup contents as html

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-wiki-markup-251003035.html



removeCRLFs

FROM V. 2.1.0

CLOUD

Removes all new lines in a field value

removeSpaces

FROM V. 2.1.0

CLOUD

Removes all the spaces in the field value

remove(value)

CORE

CLOUD

Removes value from the field (works as replaceWith for non-collections (single fields) and as remove item for multi-value fields)

If you give a CSV values for multi-select field to remove then it will attempt to remove each value (splitting by ,)



obscure

FROM V. 2.6.0

CLOUD

Hides the value behind the given mask

pwd.obscure(********|click to view)

Will create something like

Clicking on the "click to view" link will reveal the actual value of the "pwd" field



hasValue(value)

FROM V. 2.9.4

CLOUD

Helps you to determine if the field has certain value. Useful when you want to check if the multi-select field has a certain option selected

field.hasValue(somevalue)

For single choice fields it checks for equality

Can be used with Supported math operators, formulas and functions to construct conditional formulas

For example:

IF([entry.Options.hasValue(choice1)], 10, 0)

Or in filtering conditions, checking for true or false:

Options.hasValue(choice1):true

Of course, chaining with transform is absolutely possible

Options.transform(label).hasValue(my label):true

or (assuming Options is a multi-user field)

Options.transform(fullName).hasValue(John Smith):true


escapeSQL

FROM V. 2.9.5

CLOUD

Escapes SQL parameters

getOptions

FROM V. 2.9.5

CLOUD

Allows you to get all the options registered with a field (choice based field, like radio group, checkbox group, dropdowns...)

For example, to get the labels for options registered in a field called "radiogroup"

id.getOptions(radiogroup).transform(label)


getUnselectedOptions

FROM V. 2.9.5

CLOUD

Allows you to get all the UNSELECTED options registered with a field (choice based field, like radio group, checkbox group, dropdowns...

To get unselected options from a field called "radiogroup" and show them on each line separately

id.getUnselectedOptions(radiogroup).transform(label.append(<br/>))


queryAndRender(<formName:pageId>;<FILTER>;<FIELDS_OR_EXPRESSIONS>;<VIEW_TYPE>)

FROM V. 2.10

CLOUD

You can add a ConfiForms Field to your form's view and set it to show the contents of another form within your form

  • <formName:pageId> - name of the form and page id (location of the form) separated by :
  • <FILTER> - ConfiForms Filters , can be dynamic and reference values in a current record via [entry.field_name]
  • <FIELDS_OR_EXPRESSIONS> - list of fields (can contain expressions or virtual functions) to render from the referenced form separated by |
  • <VIEW_TYPE> - how the view shall be rendered. Supported values at this point are:
    • table
    • card
    • list


Example

id.queryAndRender(f:819201;*;t;table)

this renders a TableView inside the field for form "f" located on page "819201", showing all the records from this form and only "t" field.

id.queryAndRender(myform:819202;partner:[entry.partner];name|amount;card)

this renders a CardView inside the field for form "myform" located on page "819202", showing records matching the value in "partner" field and showing 2 fields: "name" and "amount".



queryAndSet(<formName:pageId>;<FILTER>;<FIELD_OR_EXPRESSION>)

FROM V. 2.16.9

CLOUD


Support for Sorting in ConfiForms parameter as shown below

FROM V. 2.21.3

queryAndSet(<formName:pageId>;<FILTER>;<FIELD_OR_EXPRESSION>;name ASC LIMIT 1)

You can set up this function to lookup (query) the value from some form by given filter and you can set the result of this query to a field

Useful when you want to make a value lookup in ConfiForms IFTTT

  • <formName:pageId> - name of the form and page id (location of the form) separated by :
  • <FILTER> - ConfiForms Filters , can be dynamic and reference values in a current record via [entry.field_name]
  • <FIELD_OR_EXPRESSION> - field to get the value form.

When multiple records much the filter the value will be concatenated

Example:

id.queryAndSet(myform:1111222;myfield:[entry.field];anotherfield)

same can be done though the _func helper

_func.queryAndSet(myform:1111222;myfield:[entry.field];anotherfield)
or
[entry._func.queryAndSet(myform:1111222;myfield:[entry.field];anotherfield)]
FROM V. 2.21.3
id.queryAndSet(myform:1111222;myfield:[entry.field];anotherfield;LIMIT 1)
id.queryAndSet(myform:1111222;myfield:[entry.field];anotherfield;created DESC LIMIT 1)

FROM V. 2.25.2

id.queryAndSet(myform:1111222;myfield:[entry.field];sum:(anotherfield);created DESC LIMIT 1)

See sum:(anotherfield), as an expression to give for the field you want to query on - this way it will attempt to "sum up" found values if all the found values are of numeric type

Similarly you can just warp the field or and expression into brackets

(anotherfield)
([entry.anotherfield])


queryAndAggregate(<formName:pageId>;<FILTER>;<FIELD_OR_EXPRESSION>)

FROM V. 3.4.5

CLOUD

Same as queryAndSet function mentioned above, but forces the aggregation by the <FIELD_OR_EXPRESSION> (attempts to sum up the values found)



pageProperties(property_name)

FROM V. 2.10.7

CLOUD

pageProperties(property_name, pagePropertiesId)

FROM V. 3.4.1

Access page properties of a page object. The field you can apply this function has to be a page or should resolve into a page (page ID)

mypage.pageProperties(property_name)

What is page properties:  https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-properties-macro-184550024.html

Since ConfiForms version 3.4.1 you can give ConfiForms a hint where to look for the property. As the page may have multiple page properties sections and a user can name them using the ID parameter in the page properties macro. ConfiForms is now able to look into a specific page properties macro, if necessary

mypage.pageProperties(property_name, pagePropertiesId)


sort(property_name ASC)

sort(property_name1 ASC, property_name2 DESC)

FROM V. 2.11.3

CLOUD

Sorts lists of choices / objects 

limit(number)

FROM V. 2.11.3

CLOUD

Limits the number of items in an array/list

asUserTimezone

FROM V. 2.12.4

CLOUD

Represents given date as in user timezone date. Actually al the dates in ConfiForms are stored/entered in server timezone! But sometimes it is required to pass the selected date further (to Jira, for example) as if it is given in user timezone.myfield.asUserTimezone.jiraDateTime[someDate.asUserTimezone.formatDate]

asUserTimezoneAwareDate

asUserTimezoneAwareDateTime

FROM V. 2.12.4


Since 2.13.7 supports setting the formatting pattern

asUserTimezoneAwareDate(PATTERN)

asUserTimezoneAwareDateTime(PATTERN)

CLOUD

Aliases for timezoneAwareDate and timezoneAwareDateTime

Formats dates in user timezones

someDate.asUserTimezoneAwareDate

someDate.asUserTimezoneAwareDateTime


timezoneOffset

FROM V. 2.13.2

CLOUD

Returns offset between server and user's timezones in milliseconds

htmlToWiki

FROM V. 2.13.2

CLOUD

Attempts to convert an HTML to Atlassian wiki markup (please note that this is an experimental function and does not support nested inline CSS styles)

iterateAndPrint

FROM V. 2.13.10

Now it is possible to iterate through the multi-select fields and print their properties in a convenient way

For example, iterating on multi user field and printing username and full name of the user in a row for each selected user

mymultiuserfield.iterateAndPrint([entry.username] - [entry.fullName] <br/>).renderAsHtml

For comment field

mycomment.iterateAndPrint(
<p>[entry.user.asUser.fullName] - [entry.timestamp.formatDate]: [entry.content]</p>).renderAsHtml


formatToPattern

FROM V. 2.13.10

CLOUD

Formats value to given regular expression pattern. For example, to format the phone number given 1234567890 into (123) 456-7890

You will need to do something like this:\

myfield.formatToPattern((\d{3})(\d{3})(\d+), ($1) $2-$3)

Where first parameter is a grouping regular expression:  (\d{3})(\d{3})(\d+)

And the second one is how the "groups" should be printed (pattern itself):  ($1) $2-$3



storageToHtml

FROM V. 2.14

CLOUD

Attempts to convert/render given value into HTML. Will work when the value is a valid storage format (Atlassian page storage format)




evaluateFormula(FORMULA)

FROM V. 2.17

CLOUD

Evaluates and calculates a given formula. Formula should be given as explained here: Supported math operators, formulas and functions

Parameters can be given as [entry.field_name] references

Can be applied on a field or on _func for convenience

[entry._func.evaluateFormula(IF(EMPTY("[entry.somefield]"), "ERROR", "ALL GOOD"))]

Or in ConfiForms Field macros it is easier to use via "id" field

id.evaluateFormula(IF(EMPTY("[entry.somefield]"), "ERROR", "ALL GOOD"))


formatDuration(PATTERN)

FROM V. 2.19.4

CLOUD

This function helps to format numeric value in milliseconds as "duration"

Example:

somefield.formatDuration(H:mm:ss)
somefield.formatDuration(d H:mm:ss)
somefield.formatDuration(d 'days' H:mm:ss)

Value of "somefield" needs to be numeric and represent time in milliseconds



round(scale,roundingMode)

FROM V. 2.20.2

CLOUD

Where scale must be an integer

And rounding modecould be given as a numeric value or as text value

Text constantNumeric
UP
                
0
DOWN
                
1
CEILING
                
2
FLOOR
                
3
HALF_UP
4
HALF_DOWN
                
5
HALF_EVEN
                
6
UNNECESSARY
                
7


Example: 

somenumericfield.round(2, HALF_UP)

same as

somenumericfield.round(2, 4)


barcode(type)

FROM V. 2.26

CLOUD

Renders value as barcode

Supported types are:

  • Interleaved2of5
  • Codabar
  • ITF-14
  • Code39
  • Code128
  • EAN-128
  • GS1-128
  • UPC-A
  • UPC-E
  • EAN-13
  • EAN-8
  • POSTNET
  • RoyalMail
  • USPS
  • PDF417


somevalue.barcode(Codabar)
somevalue.barcode(Codabar)[entry.somevalue.barcode(Codabar)]

qrcode

qrcode(type)

FROM V. 2.26

CLOUD

Renders values as QR code

Supported types are:

  • url (default)
  • SMS
  • MMS
  • email


Suggesting to use SMS when scanned (field value is preset as phone number)

somevalue.qrcode(SMS)


Or as default (url) - field value is set as URL

somevalue.qrcode

somevalue.qrcode

somevalue.qrcode(MMS)

[entry.somevalue.qrcode]

[entry.somevalue.qrcode(MMS)]

isValidPassword

FROM V. 2.27.24

value.isValidPassword()
value.isValidPassword

Returns true or false

Checks the password given in the field value for current user only

In other words this function can only verify current user's password

value.isValidPassword():true

value.isValidPassword():false

value.isValidPassword:true

value.isValidPassword:false

[entry.value.isValidPassword()]

[entry.value.isValidPassword]

isValidCaptcha

FROM V. 2.27.25

field.isValidCaptcha() 
field.isValidCaptcha

Returns true or false

field.isValidCaptcha():true

field.isValidCaptcha():false

field.isValidCaptcha

field.isValidCaptcha

[entry.field.isValidCaptcha()]

[entry.field.isValidCaptcha]

variables

FROM V. 2.27.26

You can access the value of a variable defined in ConfiForms configuration: "Variables and Secrets" section. 

Please note that you can only access variables, but not secrets. The value for the secret will always be returned as empty value

variables(variable_name)

field.variables(variable_name)


queryCount(<formName:pageId>;<FILTER>)

FROM V. 2.27.29

CLOUD

You can lookup records number in the form matching your filter

id.queryCount(myform:1111222;myfield:[entry.field])

You can refermce to the same page via @self (if your form is located on the same page)

id.queryCount(myform:@self;*)

Returns number of records matching (numeric)

Or using the _func bridge when there is no id field (value) available (new records, for example)

_func.queryCount(myform:@self;*):>0



workDaysTo

FROM V. 2.28.0

CLOUD

Calculates working days (excluding Saturday and Sunday) between timestamps

sometimestampfield.workDaysTo([entry.anothertimestampfield])

If your field is a DatetimeInterval field then have a look at new properties this field has



daysTo

FROM V. 2.28.0

CLOUD

Calculates days between timestamps

sometimestampfield.daysTo([entry.anothertimestampfield])

If your field is a DatetimeInterval field then have a look at new properties this field has



fixHtml

FROM V. 2.28.0

Attempts to clean given HTML and process an xHtml like contents

somefieldwithhtml.fixHtml

Expect this method to attempt to close the unclosed tags and remove offensive html code



removeByRegExp

FROM V. 2.28.2

CLOUD

Removes symbols matching given regular expression in the field's value

field.removeByRegExp(regularExpressionHere)

field.removeByRegExp(regularExpressionHere)

[entry.field.removeByRegExp(regularExpressionHere)]

matches(regular_expression)

FROM V. 2.0.1

CLOUD

Matches value by regular expression

For example:

field.matches(^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$):true

Returns true if field's value is alphanumeric and false otherwise

Use https://regex101.com/ to test your expressions - very helpful and easy to use resource for building regular expressions



pageWatchers

FROM V. 2.24.7


You can access page watchers on the page object

Returns a comma separated list of usernames who are page watchers of this page

pageObjectValue.pageWatchers



pageContributors

FROM V. 2.24.7


You can access page contributors on the page object

Returns a comma separated list of usernames who are page contributors of this page

pageObjectValue.pageContributors




tidyHtml

tidyHtml()

tidyHtml(false)

tidyHtml(true)

FROM V. 3.12.4

CLOUD

Function to clean up your HTML and sanitize agains the OWASP rules with a possibility to remove all the CSS styling (when true as an argument is passed)

myfield.tidyHtml


myfield.tidyHtml

myfield.tidyHtml(true)

[entry.myfield.tidyHtml]

[entry.myfield.tidyHtml(true)]

If entry value is null or could not be formatted according to rules then value is returned as-is 

See also Accessing field values and properties . You can use complex properties in your filters. For example filtering dropdown fields by values and by labels, filtering page type fields by page metadata fields, filtering user fields by, for example - email property


It is important to understand that it is totally possible to combine virtual functions WITH field properties and to chain functions!