User Profile Macro
The User Profile macro displays a short summary of a given Confluence user's profile. This is the same summary that appears in a Hover Profile, which appears whenever you mouse over a user's name in the Confluence interface.
Screenshot: Example of the User Profile macro
Using the User Profile macro
To add the User Profile macro to a page:
- In the Confluence editor, choose Insert > Other Macros
- Find and select the required macro
Speeding up macro entry with autocomplete: Type { and the beginning of the macro name, to see a list of suggested macros. Details are in Autocomplete for links, files, macros and mentions.
To edit an existing macro: Click the macro placeholder and choose Edit. A macro dialog window will open, where you can edit the parameters of the macro.
Parameters
Parameters are options that you can set to control the content or format of the macro output. Where the parameter name used in Confluence storage format or wikimarkup is different to the label used in the macro browser, it will be listed below in brackets (example).
Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Username | none | The username of the Confluence user whose profile summary you wish to show. |
Code examples
The following examples are provided for advanced users who want to inspect or edit the underlying markup for a Confluence page.
Macro name: profile
Macro body: None.
Storage format example
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="profile">
<ac:parameter ac:name="user">
<ri:user ri:userkey="12345678912345678912345678912345"/>
</ac:parameter>
</ac:structured-macro>Wiki markup example
{profile:user=admin}