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4. Quick Reference

4.1 Operation Comparison

Operation

Adds labels

Removes old label

Preserves other labels

Supports child pages

Add Bulk Labels

Replace Bulk Labels

Remove Bulk Labels


4.2 Content Selection Options

Option

When to use

This content with its all child content

You want to apply the operation to the entire page hierarchy below the current page - no manual selection needed.

Choose Content

You want to pick specific pages from a tree, or include some child pages but not others.

Tip: When re-labeling an entire project section, select the top-level page and use This content with its all child content - the operation cascades through all descendants automatically.


4.3 Processing Results Reference

Result

Colour

Meaning

Total Processed

Blue

Total pages or attachments evaluated during the operation.

Successful

Green

Items updated without any problem.

Skipped

Yellow

Items the label wasn't found on (Remove only), or items outside your edit permissions. Expand the row with for details.

Error

Red

Items that failed to process. Expand the row with for the error detail.


4.4 Label Naming Rules

Rule

Detail

Case-sensitive

project-alpha and Project-Alpha are treated as different labels.

Allowed characters

Letters, numbers, hyphens ( - ), and underscores ( _ ). Spaces are not permitted.

Maximum length

255 characters.

Duplicates

If a label already exists on an item, it is not duplicated - the item is counted as successful and the operation continues.

Scope

Labels are space-scoped in Confluence. The same label name in different spaces is independent.


4.5 Best Practices

Use Replace instead of Remove + Add. For renaming a label, Replace Bulk Labels is a single atomic step - faster and cleaner than running two separate operations.

Test on a small selection first. Run the operation on a handful of pages before applying to the whole space to confirm the result matches your expectation.

Use "Choose Content" carefully on large spaces. Selecting a top-level page with many descendants can affect hundreds of pages. Review the Review & Confirm summary before clicking Confirm.

Check the results table after every run. Skipped and Error rows expand to show which pages were affected - handle any failures manually if needed.

Document your operations. Record what was changed, by whom, and when - particularly useful for team awareness or compliance.