Global variables are unavailable

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What you are seeing

The Global variables section says: Global variables are unavailable. They are kept in the Capable Asset Store space, which is missing or which you cannot view. Ask a Confluence admin for View access. Create is greyed out. Global values may also show [unavailable] on pages.

#Why it happens

Global variables are stored in the Capable Asset Store space. Anyone who cannot view that space cannot list, create or read global variables.

#What to do

Ask a Confluence administrator to give View permission on the Capable Asset Store space to everyone who should read global values, typically the same groups that use Confluence. Give Add pages permission to the people who should create them.

#A few things that catch people out

  • Do not delete the Capable Asset Store space. Other Capable features keep global content there too.

  • Being able to view the store space does not let people change global variables; editing follows that space's edit permissions and each variable's restrictions.

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