Confluence: Who's Updating What?

Friday 13 March 2009 - Filed under Code

In addition to JIRA (which is our bug tracking system) I’ve been working on getting Confluence (wiki) setup as part of our knowledge management system.  We have Sharepoint but I find that a real pain to use for anything other than document storage.

As I get things setup I thought I’d post on some features of Confluence you may not be aware of – today I’ll cover how to get Confluence to send you a daily email with what has been updated.  Very nice when you are trying to grow your wiki!

While individuals can add a ‘watch’ to pages or spaces I wanted to know EVERYTHING that was being edited.  Turns out Confluence makes this very easy – though the option is a bit buried.

First navigate to your “Preferences” – this is done via the top navigation menu:

Next – “Edit Profile”:

Click “Email”

Now you can select what and how you want to be notified:

1. Select “Subscribe to daily update”
2. Select your mail format
3. Click Save

Done!

Now every morning you will get an email with ALL changes made to your wiki.  Note you will only see changes to spaces you have permission – I’m an admin so I can see everything :)

2009-03-13  »  Jim Priest