How to change navigation option in sidebar globally for all spaces
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Summary
You can configure "Child page" or "Page tree" navigation in sidebar for each space as described in Configure the Sidebar.
However, it's not possible to configure the option globally for all spaces.
Solution
Always back up your data before making any database modifications. If possible, test any alter, insert, update, or delete SQL commands on a staging server first.
Update BANDANA table with following SQL
If you want to set to "page tree",
1update BANDANA set BANDANAVALUE='<string>page-tree</string>' WHERE BANDANAKEY='sidebar.nav-type';If you want to set to "child page",
1update BANDANA set BANDANAVALUE='<string>pages</string>' WHERE BANDANAKEY='sidebar.nav-type';Clear caches with General Configuration > Administration > Cache Management > Flush All
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