Background

Sometimes, there is a requirement to generate the countdown based on the output from other macros

This is a workaround by using Confluence user macro to redirect the output of the encapsulated macros as the date paramater for the Countdown macro

The date format generated by the other macros must follow the format of dd-mm-yy.

Otherwise, additional preprocessing steps can be added in the user macro code

Instructions

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Macro Name	countdownbody
Visibility	Visible to all users in the Macro Browser
Macro Title	Countdown Date in Body
Description	Uses the output of other macros as the date input to the Countdown Timer plugin
Categories	Visuals & Images
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Macro Body Processing	Rendered
Template	## Macro title: Countdown Date in Body ## Macro has a body: Y ## Body processing: Rendered ## ## @noparams #set ($index = $body.indexOf('</span>')) #set ($index = $index - 8) #if ($index > 0) #set ($startIndex = $index - 8) #set ($date = $body.substring($startIndex, $index)) #else #set ($date = $body) #end <ac:structured-macro ac ac:name="countdown" ac:schema-version="1"> <ac:parameter ac:name="countdowndate">$date</ac:parameter> <ac:parameter ac:name="centered">true</ac:parameter> <ac:parameter ac:name="style">Black</ac:parameter> </ac:structured-macro>