Table Excerpt / Table Excerpt Include
Simple Tables can work with tables that are managed through Table Excerpt and reused with Table Excerpt Include in Confluence. This lets teams keep reusable content patterns while still enabling interactive table behavior for readers with both Simple Table and Simple Table (Bodied).
Typical setup
- Create and maintain the source table in a Confluence page using your Table Excerpt workflow.
- Reuse that table in other pages with Table Excerpt Include.
- Use Simple Table or Simple Table (Bodied) depending on how that page is configured.
- Publish the page and use Simple Tables features such as sorting, filtering, and aggregations on the rendered table.
Supported macro setups
- Simple Table: use it when the included table is being rendered through the standard Simple Table flow.
- Simple Table (Bodied): use it when you want to enhance a Confluence-native table directly in place.
- In both cases, the goal is the same: keep the reusable Confluence workflow and layer interactive table capabilities on top.
Why this is useful
- Reusable content: maintain a source table once and distribute it across multiple pages.
- Better reader experience: add search, sorting, and formatting without duplicating the data.
- Confluence-native workflow: keep editorial ownership in Confluence instead of moving data into another system.
- Lower adoption friction: customers can keep established Table Excerpt-based page structures.
Customer-facing message
If your team already relies on Table Excerpt / Table Excerpt Include to reuse tables across Confluence, Simple Tables fits that workflow. You can preserve the existing authoring pattern and add interactive table capabilities on top of the rendered result with either Simple Table or Simple Table (Bodied).
For native tables in general, see Native Confluence tables.
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