Connect Confluence to clariBI
Analyze knowledge-base activity, content trends, and team collaboration patterns. Ask questions about your wiki in plain English - no CQL or manual exports required.
Powered by Atlassian OAuth 2.0 with content read scopes, full pagination (250 items per request), and 6 synced data types. Shares the same OAuth app as Jira.
What is Confluence?
Confluence is Atlassian's team workspace for documentation, project planning, and knowledge sharing. Teams use it to create wiki pages, meeting notes, project plans, technical documentation, and company-wide announcements. It is one of the most widely adopted knowledge management platforms in the world.
Organizations rely on Confluence to store institutional knowledge, onboarding guides, architecture decision records, runbooks, and product specs. Over time, a Confluence instance becomes a rich record of how your organization communicates, documents, and collaborates. But understanding the health and activity of your knowledge base - which spaces are active, which pages are stale, who contributes the most - typically requires manual audits.
clariBI connects to Confluence Cloud via OAuth 2.0 through the Atlassian platform. It requests read:confluence-content.all, search:confluence, and offline_access scopes. It syncs 6 data types: pages (with full content, title, body, labels, and metadata), blog posts, comments, attachment metadata, spaces, and labels. All data is fetched with full pagination at 250 items per request.
Confluence shares the same Atlassian OAuth app as Jira, so if you have already connected Jira, setup is even faster. Once connected, any team member can ask clariBI a question like "Which spaces have the most pages?" or "Who are the most active contributors this quarter?" and get an instant answer.
Learn more about Confluence at atlassian.com/software/confluence →How to connect Confluence to clariBI
The entire setup takes under two minutes. You will need an Atlassian account with read access to the Confluence spaces you want to analyze.
Open Data Sources and click "Connect Confluence"
From your clariBI workspace, navigate to Data Sources in the left sidebar. Click + Add Data Source and select Confluence from the collaboration integrations category.
Authorize with Atlassian
You will be redirected to Atlassian's OAuth consent screen with Confluence-specific scopes including read:confluence-content.all and search:confluence. If you have already authorized Jira, this step may be automatic since both use the same OAuth app.
Select your Confluence site and spaces
clariBI queries accessible resources to find your Confluence Cloud instance and cloud ID. Select which space keys to sync. By default, all 6 data types are synced (pages, blog posts, comments, attachments, spaces, labels).
Data syncs automatically
clariBI pages through your Confluence content using the REST API with full pagination (250 items per request). Pages include full content with title, body, labels, and metadata.
Start asking questions in plain English
Your data is ready. Ask questions like "Which spaces have the most pages?", "Show me the most commented pages this quarter", or "Who are the most active contributors?" and get instant, chart-ready answers.
Data clariBI syncs
6 data types synced from your Confluence Cloud instance with full pagination at 250 items per request.
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Pages
Full page content with title, body, labels, and metadata. Track page creation, updates, and content volume across spaces.
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Blog Posts
Blog articles with full content and metadata. Analyze publishing frequency, authorship, and engagement trends.
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Comments
Comments on pages with author and timestamp. Identify the most discussed pages and track collaboration activity.
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Attachments (metadata only)
File attachment metadata including file name, size, and type. Understand attachment usage patterns without downloading file content.
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Spaces
Space information and settings. Compare activity, content volume, and contributor counts across your organization's spaces.
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Labels
All labels used across content for categorization analysis. Understand how your team organizes knowledge and identify gaps.
Connection details
Reference these parameters when configuring your Confluence connection in clariBI. All authentication is handled through Atlassian's OAuth flow.
| Parameter | Value / Notes |
|---|---|
| Platform | Confluence Cloud only (Server and Data Center are not supported) |
| Auth method | OAuth 2.0 via Atlassian platform (same app as Jira) |
| OAuth scopes |
read:confluence-content.all,
search:confluence,
offline_access
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| Data types synced | 6 types: Pages, Blog Posts, Comments, Attachments (metadata), Spaces, Labels |
| Pagination | Full pagination at 250 items per request; handles instances of any size |
| Content depth | Full page body content synced (title, body, labels, metadata); attachment file content is not downloaded |
| Shared OAuth app | Same Atlassian OAuth app as Jira; authorize once for both integrations |
| Access model | Read-only; clariBI never creates, modifies, or deletes content |
Use cases
Confluence holds your organization's collective knowledge. clariBI helps you understand its health, activity, and gaps without manual audits.
Content Activity
Track how often pages are created and updated across spaces. Identify stale content that needs review and active spaces where documentation is growing. Ask "Which pages haven't been updated in 6 months?" and get an instant answer.
Team Contributions
See which team members are the most active contributors and commenters in your wiki. Recognize documentation champions and identify teams that may need encouragement to document their work.
Knowledge Coverage
Analyze label distribution and space sizes to understand documentation coverage across your organization. Find gaps where critical processes or systems lack documentation.
Comment Engagement
Identify the most discussed pages and understand where collaboration is happening. Track comment trends to see if your team is actively reviewing and improving documentation or if pages go unread.
Space Management
Compare activity and content volume across spaces to inform governance and cleanup efforts. Identify spaces that are growing out of control and spaces that may need to be archived or consolidated.
Combined with Jira
Cross-reference Confluence documentation activity with Jira development work for a complete team view. See whether documentation keeps pace with feature delivery and identify sprints where docs fell behind.
Security & requirements
Your knowledge base contains sensitive organizational information. Here is how clariBI protects your Confluence connection and what you need to get started.
Security measures
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Read-only OAuth scopes
clariBI requests only content read scopes. It can never create, modify, or delete pages, blog posts, comments, or any other Confluence content.
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Encrypted token storage
OAuth tokens are encrypted at rest using Fernet symmetric encryption. The encryption key is managed separately from the data store.
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Automatic token refresh
The
offline_accessscope enables automatic token refresh. If a refresh fails, clariBI notifies you to re-authorize. -
Revocable at any time
You can disconnect the integration from clariBI or revoke access from your Atlassian account settings at any time.
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Audit logging
All sync operations and data access events are logged in clariBI's audit trail, visible to workspace administrators.
Prerequisites
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Confluence Cloud only
This integration works with Confluence Cloud instances only. Server and Data Center are not currently supported.
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Atlassian account with space access
Your Atlassian account must have read access to the Confluence spaces you want to sync. Admin access is not required.
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No software installation required
Everything runs through Atlassian's OAuth flow and REST API. No plugins, browser extensions, or server-side software to install.
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Shares OAuth app with Jira
Both Confluence and Jira integrations use the same Atlassian OAuth app. If you have already connected Jira, the authorization step may be automatic.
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Attachment metadata only
clariBI syncs attachment metadata (file name, size, type) but does not download file content. Your attachments stay in Confluence.
Pricing & availability
Confluence integration is included on all paid clariBI plans and the free 14-day trial. No extra fees, no per-sync charges.
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6 data types • Full pagination • Shared OAuth with Jira • All paid plans from $99/month