youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
priority attribute to task
Asked by Benji:

We use both Confluence and JIRA, but try to keep it simple wehne possible when it concerns tasks.

For many situations, the tasks in Confluence are great, simple to use. I found out the attributes of assigning a task and giving it a date. What would complete it, is the option of a priority to a task; low/medium/high.

Is there such attribute?


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Benjamin,

no, unfortunately, there is nothing like a priority or something like that for a Confluence task. There was an issue for that, but it is closed:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-41566>

comments: author: Benji
body: Thanks, I added a comment with request to re-open.


author: Michael M?ller
body: we would also like to see a task priority and category to filter and group by


author: Paul Wijnen
body: issued a question concerning the same topic, we would also be happy with this function to add priority, even filter function on task name could already help, than i could put the priority in the name of the tasks.


author: Brian Hawkins
body: Agreed this is needed. Right now doesnt matter if it is a personal or assigned tasks it is just a hot mess of tasks. Would be nice to categorized or at least see a priority associated with a task not just a past due date.


author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: We can recommend to use our app - [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview).

Wrap your Task Report macro into the [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Filter+macro) macro and use the free text filter to filter your tasks by descriptions.

Note that our filter works with statuses and recognizes their text successfully.

**Standard Task Report:**

**![Paul 1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102117i86063941B9D0ADA9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Paul 1.png")** **Task Report\&Table Filter:**

![Paul 2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102118iD5475B15AA326817/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Paul 2.png")**Filtering by assignee:**

**![Paul 3.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102119iF533ECAD9299AC90/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Paul 3.png")** **Filtering by description (priority):**

**![Paul 4.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102120i944CE569E9FB1F96/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Paul 4.png")**
Not able to import flowcharts in Confluence
Asked by Anushree J B:

Hi Team,

Im using confluence 5.8.17 and I'm trying to import a word document(I have tried both word 97 and 2016) . I get only the text in the confluence document. All the flow charts are not getting displayed. Could you please help me on this ASAP.

Thanks!!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: How are the flow charts embedded into the document? Are they of a type Confluence recognises?

comments: author: Anushree J B
body: They are created through word itself. As in insert the shape option in word and create the flow diagram. Not sure if it will be recognized by confluence.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence doesn't have a way to do those diagrams, so it can't read the data into another shape.
control port(127.0.0.1:8000) is not opend after starting confluence.
Asked by ???:

Dear,

I use centOS 7.

I installed conflence via installer.

And I am tyring to open setup page via web browser.

Sometimes the setup page is accessible.

But It is not often accessible.

When it is accessible, control port(8000) is opened.

When it is not accssible, control port(8000) is not opened.

I checked this situlation using service restart.

How much time should I wait for opening control port?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's no place like 127.0.0.1

This address is "home". It always means "this computer".

You have not told us what you have set up here, so we cannot tell you a lot. What have you told the installer to do?


Tags: port
Bulk delete/disable users in Confluence
Asked by Jeremy McCurdy:

I'm getting an error when I try to edit pages now that I have exceeded the maximum number of users for my license (Starter License, 10 users). It says in order to create or edit content, I must reduce the number of active users in the installation by deleting or disabling users. I think users were added to our instanced based on Active Directory Users, so we have hundreds there - but there are actually only a handful of people who need to be contributors of Confluence here. Is there a way to bulk disable users in Confluence, and then I can simply enable the few who require write-access? Thanks!


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: As mentioned in:

[How to get a list of active users counting towards the Confluence license](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-get-a-list-of-active-users-counting-towards-the-confluence-license-298978076.html):
> Confluence's license count is based on [Global Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html). Users will count towards the license in the following ways:  
> If the user is a member of a group that has global permissions to use Confluence  
> If the user is individually granted global permissions to use Confluence

To immediately reduce the users counting against your license, take the unneeded users out of any groups with Global permission to use Confluence.

For the long term please try the strategies in [How to change the number of users synchronized from LDAP to Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-change-the-number-of-users-synchronized-from-ldap-to-confluence-298979469.html)
use column number in table
Asked by Jaya Prasad Kusuma:

Is there any way to use column number as attribute in other parts of table.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/11664i738E2B00E94D1FCD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

we have table with 50 columns each time when we want to add any step in the middle we have to manually edit all the numbers.

Is there anything we can add column number so that it will increment if we add more columns.

something like below

1. restart completed

@columnnumber step completed


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jaya,

There's a built-in feature to add a numbering row, but I assume this isn't what you're looking for?

![Screen Shot 2018-01-03 at 11.48.31 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/11914iA3A23448B93A1145/image-dimensions/357x166?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-01-03 at 11.48.31 AM.png")

This would number each of your rows and would automatically increment when you add new rows.

However, from your description, it sounds like you want to number across the top, in columns? Are you also trying to mention specific numbers?

Can you help provide a few more examples of what you're trying to do exactly if the numbered rows are not suitable?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Jaya Prasad Kusuma
body: I want to use that columnumber in other parts of the table. suppose i have a table with 80 rows and want to use the same column number in 2nd or 3rd column. If i add/delete any of the rows then the numbers in both columns should be increased/decreased.

![Screenshot 2018-01-05_12-41-48.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/12090iA62E756D4B9C0208/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2018-01-05_12-41-48.png")


author: Shannon S
body: Hello,

Thank you for your explanation.

This would definitely require [an external add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=tables), but I am not familiar with one that would provide that feature.

Maybe someone that has used that feature before will be able to let us know here, or you can try some of the linked add-ons above and see if they help with that.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Shannon S
body: At first glance, it seems like maybe one of these could help you?

* [Table Enhancer](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.tngtech.confluence.plugins.tableenhancer/server/overview)
* [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview)

Besides those there are about 54 other table add-ons so please feel free to review them and let us know if you find one that works best for you. That will help other users if they're looking for the same feature.

Regards,

Shannon


author: kolka0000
body: [@Jaya Prasad Kusuma](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1172908) hi, did you find a solution?


Tags: column

number

table
Confluence page restriction
Asked by Siddheshwar mhetre:

Below are the scenario for space "Product"

Products  
-\> Page A  
-\> A  
-\> B  
-\> C  
-\>Page B  
-\> P  
-\> Q  
-\> R

<br />

I have create a space called "Products", Under that "Page A" \&"Page B" are the child pages of the given space and they have child pages respectively.

<br />

Now, I have given view restriction to "Page A" accessible only by "Group 1"  
Similarly, I have given view restriction to "Page B" accessible only by "Group 2"

<br />

I know that page restriction are inherited from Parent.

<br />

There are some content from each child page, which should be accessible to each group. I have tried with include page macro, excerpt macro as well as page properties macro, but not able to content due to permission issue

Is there any better way where each group can access some content of the restricted pages?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: \>There are some content from each child page, which should be accessible to each group

But you've deliberately restricted the pages so they're not accessible to the groups!

Really easy solution though:

* Create page C and do not restrict the read access (I often have a page called something like "Space Shared pages" or "Common space includes")
* Take out the parts you need to share, and put them in their own pages, under page C
* In pages beneath both A and B, use include/include-excerpt to draw the shared content in

comments: author: Siddheshwar mhetre
body: Thanks Nic, Its working :)


author: 5meter
body: I find this solution very unsatisfying.

We have the same problem and I don't have an answer yet:

The restricted page can also have some common info that should be shared to all users, so it should imho be possible to include that part of the page via include excerpt to a 3rd page in an open space, that everybody has access to.

(in the suggested solution we would have to export a whole bunch of different page parts into the open space, that would make editing the pages very cumbersome and it would destroy our organic hierarchy and content-flow massively... )

Any solutions to that?

Thanks,

Ben
What is the best use of Confluence XML backup?
Asked by madhura1:

I want to know the best use of XML backup.

I know we can use this backup while upgrading system or migrating servers etc

Are there any other us of these backups?

Also, I have seen space backup using XML,PDF \& HTML, which backup is suitable to upload my personal website. I want to display only content of the space.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Creating copies of the production system in testing systems, and some people use them for disaster recovery.

If you want to scrape a Confluence space out into a non-Confluence format for sticking on a static web page, then the html export is what you want.

XML is in a Confluence format and PDF is an annoyingly pointless format suitable only for printing.
Confluence upgrade successful notification
Asked by Siddheshwar mhetre:

I have currently upgrade Confluence.  
How I can see the notifications for successful upgrade.  
Is there any tools, like UPM or Audit log etc. Where I can see the successful upgrade message.  
I know that I can see using atlassian-confluence.log file, but are there any way where I can find this notification in Application?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: If there were errors associated with the upgrade they would show in the log analyzer but there is no info message there regarding my test upgrade being successful. The logs will have the phrase 'entire upgrade completed successfully" or "Upgrade failed: application will not start." In general, Confluence will not serve content if an upgrade fails.

comments: author: Siddheshwar mhetre
body: Thanks :)


author: AnnWorley
body: The logs continue to be the source of truth as to the status of the upgrade.

I just tested an upgrade to make sure the Audit Log does not show upgrade history. You may however, view the version you are running toward the top of the Confluence Admin\>System Info page.

comments: author: Siddheshwar mhetre
body: Thanks Ann,

Can I see this in Log Analyzer?

Regards,

Sid
Page in space is blacked/shaded out, cannot edit it. What should I do?
Asked by Klaus M?ller:

Hello Community!

One of my Spaces has multiple pages on it with very similar content, but it turns out the latest page that was created now has a black shade over it. I cannot access any of the buttons (edit, share, etc) on top and I have no clue what's happening

All other pages in this Space are still working fine, it's just this specific latest one created

Please help :)

Many thanks!

Klaus


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Klaus!

That's an interesting case - I have not seen a Confluence page with a black shade. Maybe it was an attachment preview lightbox that got stuck somehow. Please make sure it appears that way on a different browser, in case that browser has something odd in it's cache.

We have strategies for performing operations such as editing and viewing previous versions of pages that won't render. I hope one of these resolutions is helpful: [Editing or Deleting a Page That Won't Render](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/editing-or-deleting-a-page-that-won-t-render-167608440.html)

Cheers,

Ann
External link to Confluence anchor
Asked by Elad Aharoni:

Hi,

I have read some threads related to this subject, unfortunately I havent found a solution.

I'm trying to access to a predefine anchors I have created on a Confluence page, I have used the guidelines and it is possible to paste the link within the address bar of the browser, however, when clicking the link from an external system, I get into Confluence home page or the recents ones I viewed.

\* it is important to mentioned that my company works with okta, hence, I need to authenticate before accessing Confluence.

Even after my brwoser was connected (tried with chrom and IE) I'm unable to access the specific locationon the page using the anchor link.

Are there any settings I need to follow to make this work correctly?

Thank you,

Elad


Answers:
author: Robert Koegler
body: Are there any news regarding this topic? :-)


author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Elad,

You mentioned you followed the guidelines, just to make sure we are on the same page, are you referring to [Anchors](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/anchors-139442.html)? The external link syntax is:

```
http://myconfluence.com/display/spacekey/pagename#pagename-anchorname
```

The Okta layer is an unknown element for me, but you mention that the links still don't take you to the anchors even when you already have a session in the browser.

Please let me know if you are using the syntax from the Anchors doc. Please also elaborate on what happens when you are unable to access the specific location on the page using the anchor link. Do you land on another part of the page, or on the recently viewed/ home page?

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Christophe Villamizar
body: Hi Elad,

Thanks that was useful!

Is there a way also to still refer to that anchor, even if the page name has changed? I tried to use the page's id in the permalink instead of the page name, but that does not seem to work. E.g., if there would be something like a pageId that never changes, one could reference a page like this:

```
http://myconfluence.com/display/spacekey/pageid#pageid-anchorname
```

In my projects, page names can change quite often, so external links to anchors end up breaking.

Thanks,

Christophe


author: Phil
body: That'd be interesting for me as well! Any solutions?
How to manage backups
Asked by Marc CUCULIERE:

Hi,

Is it possible, if so, how to create separate administrators to backup

* All the confluence
* A specific space

Regards, Marc.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Duplicate of <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Backup/qaq-p/695476>
QuieterSoySyntaxException when adding a form to my Confluence Blueprint
Asked by Yaacov Weingarten:

Trying to create a Confluence blueprint and I am loosely following the Intermediate Tutorial supplied by Atlassian (all Tutorials seem to be using outdated syntax) and I copied their code into my plugin:

```
{template .page1Form}
 <form action="#" method="post" class="aui">
 <fieldset>
 <div class="field-group">
 <label for="vname">{getText('es.blueprint.form.label.title.vName')}</label>
 <input id="vname" class="text" type="text" name="vName">
 </div>
 </fieldset>
 </form>
{/template}
```

When I run (atlas-run) this plugin, I get the following error message:

```
?[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] com.atlassian.soy.impl.QuieterSoySyntaxException: Found error where declared syntax version 2.0 is not satisfied: In file /soy/enablements.soy:6, template ESPlugin.Blueprints.Enablements.page1Form: Tag {template .page1Form}: Template is missing SoyDoc.
```

Is this template missing some field?

Is there a reference with the updated syntax for adding these forms to the plugin (I obviously need to create a more extensive form for my plugin, and having a reference would be very helpful)?


Answers:
author: Andrew S
body: Is it simply that your template has no documentation tag? This is required, as explained [here](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/writing-soy-templates-in-your-plugin/). In your case, because your "page1form" template seems to take no parameters, it might look like this:

```
/** * Shows my nice form. */
```

I see that the [tutorial page](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/write-an-intermediate-blueprint-plugin/) does contain such a tag. Although it looks like a mere comment, it's actually required by the Soy compiler.

comments: author: Yaacov Weingarten
body: Thanx, but the full Soy code was/is the following (copied from the tutorial \[except the name space\]):

```
{namespace ESPlugin.Blueprints.Enablements}
/**
* A form that accepts a person's name
*/
 
{template .page1Form}
 <form action="#" method="post" class="aui">
 <fieldset>
 <div class="field-group">
 <label for="vname">{getText('es.blueprint.form.label.title.vName')}</label>
 <input id="vname" class="text" type="text" name="vName">
 </div>
 </fieldset>
 </form>
{/template}
```


author: Yaacov Weingarten
body: Found that the problem was apparently with the blank line between the javadoc comment and the template line. Not allowed to have whitespace in the beginning of these lines.


Tags: app

confluence-app
??? ?? ??? ??
Asked by Paul (???):

server ??? cloud??? ????? ????? confluence ?? ??? ???? ??? ?? ?????

confluence ??? ? ?? ??? ? ????? ??? ?? ?? ???.

????? ?? ?? ??? ??? ???? ??? ???? .


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi,

We do support in English, here is my understanding of your meaning, courtesy of Google Translate:

```
Confluence connection itself is impossible during backup to move from server type to cloud typeI have tried restarting confluence and restarting the server, but they are still in the same state.I want to know if I can back up data separately.
```

We don't have any migration paths to Cloud except through site XML backups. I am wondering if you mean that Confluence is inaccessible during the XML site backup. If that is the case, a lack of resources, especially heap memory can cause Confluence to bog down during XML exports. You might try raising the heap memory allocated to Java temporarily during the export if the site backups are not completing. Here is the guide:[How to fix out of memory errors by increasing available memory](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-fix-out-of-memory-errors-by-increasing-available-memory-154071.html)

If I am misunderstanding your case, please feel free to set me straight.

Cheers,  
Ann
Create a jira issue from Confuence with custom form
Asked by Paul:

I am using custom form to create issues from confluence. However, on issue creation screen i dont see the required fields from my JiRa project. Confluence is only updating summary and description


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: How are you doing this "custom form"?

comments: author: Paul
body: So the admin is doing it. We want to use confluence for user testing. So the plan is to have the user enter the defect information on a form ( table like) and then we will manually create issues in JiRa.

however, when we select to create the issue in jira it only gives option of summary and description and not all required fields


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That does not tell us anything about what this "custom form" is. Are you using Forms for Confluence, an issue collector, a plain page and the built-in create-from-selection, some form add-on you've found or written yourselves?

Rather than guess at an answer to that, there's a couple of things you might want to do instead

1. Ask your admin
2. Describe what you do to create the issues


author: Paul
body: Sorry Nic but the admin is not able to figure out either.

essentially when inhighlight the text and select creat issue, i only see summary and description. Why are the other required fields not showing up?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Right, so there's no "custom form".

When you select text and create issue, that's the standard Jira and Confluence integration and nothing to do with forms. That integration is relatively simple and expects the Jira project to only require the summary. It can't (yet) ask Jira for other field requirements.


author: Paul
body: What are the options we have so we can have that capability


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: See the last sentence in the last comment... Then make the fields optional.
How do I remove a SPAM label?
Asked by Shawn in Van:

The Atlassian community SPAM bot is way too aggressive! :\]  

But, I've learned my lesson with embedded URLs in my messages. I edited my post but the SPAM label seems glued on.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Cloud-Limitations/qaq-p/695304#M93046>

<br />

Mods... Your assistance is appreciated.

Thank you


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I've hoofed it out of Spam for you.

comments: author: Shawn in Van
body: Thank you. :)


author: Shawn in Van
body: It seems that it already happened. I am not sure if that was automatic or by person. Either way, thank you.

So this leads me to another question that I've had for a while, how do I delete posts? My only options are Edit and Report...

Thanks

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There isn't a delete option yet, Atlassian mods can do it, but Champions have a (flaky) "move" option where we can drop posts into a "removed posts", which are at least invisible to most.

I've said "flaky" because this function mostly doesn't work for me. I select the options and the "go" button just adds a couple of lines to the display and doesn't move anything.

For now, possibly the best option is to simply say "ignore my post" and mark the question answered by that!

(It's quite annoying and spam like when people edit their posts to make the answers and comments useless too)


author: Shawn in Van
body: Thank you again for your advice. :)