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URL to Open Creation Wizard that displays Only Some Fields
Asked by Ingo Mohr:

I want to create an HTML link (in Confluence) to open a pre-filled create-issue wizard on JIRA.

**But**: That wizard shall only show some of the available fields:

* Project
* Issue Type
* Summary
* Description

Is there a way to have a URL for this?

... or to otherwise-programmatically open the wizard like this?

Note:

I already have a URL, but the wizard that opens up shows all available fields - and I don't want the users to be thrown at with clutter.

I created the URL based on

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/creating-issues-via-direct-html-links-159474.html>


Answers:
author: Ingo Mohr
body: Meanwhile I found out that specifying a screen for operation "Create Issue" helps here.

(You can do this by binding an Issue type screen scheme with the corresponding configuration to your project.)

Sorry for bothering - but maybe this helps other people, too.


Tags: jira-software
Confluence watch pages pragmatically
Asked by Tanya Gordon -HP-:

Hi community,

Can anyone please share a code snippet for a confluence REST EndPoint that adds a given user as a watcher on a given page/content?

I've been struggling with the existing [documentation](https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/latest/confluence/rest-endpoints.html) and [API](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/6.6.0/com/atlassian/confluence/api/impl/service/watch/WatchServiceImpl.html#watchContent-com.atlassian.sal.api.user.UserKey-com.atlassian.confluence.api.model.content.id.ContentId-)but couldn't get to a solution...

Any contribution would be welcomed!

Thanks a lot,  
Tanya


Answers:
author: Tanya Gordon -HP-
body: Answering to myself :-)

For string parameters: user, pageId

```
import com.atlassian.confluence.mail.notification.NotificationManager
import bucket.user.UserAccessor
import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page
import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.PageManager

def notificationManager = (NotificationManager) ContainerManager.getComponent('notificationManager')

def userName = userAccessor.getUser(user)
Page page = pageManager.getPage(pageId)
def content = page?.getContentEntityObject()
 notificationManager.addContentNotification(userName, content)
```


Tags: addon-com.onresolve.confluence.groovy.groovyrunner

confluence-server

scriptrunner
Space Directory - Increase the visible list
Asked by Tom Sharples:

Using Confluence Cloud, is there a way to increase the All Spaces Directory's list more than 24 to prevent using Next and Prev links at the bottom?

The search facilities work to find spaces and we could use categories, but sometimes its nice to have a full list.


Answers:
author: Tom
body: Hello :)


author: Yoga Reddy {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Tom](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/82844) Sharple

That is the default functionality. Alternatively, you can get the list of all the spaces in a page when you use Space list macro. You can find the details [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/spaces-list-macro-724765290.html).

Thanks

Yoga


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

directory

space
A new way to mention users in Meeting Notes pages in Confluence
Asked by Tanya Gordon -HP-:

Hi Community!

We would like to use the list of attendees from outlook meetings as a resource for automatic creation of mentioned users in Meeting Notes pages in Confluence.

Imagine the following scenario: user initiates a meeting and sends the invitation to several colleagues via outlook. When the meeting starts he creates a new Meeting Notes page in confluence. Now he needs to manually mention the attendees on the page. So he opens the invitation in outlook to look for the list of users and starts typing... A little annoying, don't you think?..  
Instead we would like to enable the option of simply copy\&paste the list of attendees from outlook to some macro and the mentioning will be done automatically.

If anyone has any suggestion, other than creating such macro myself, please share :-)

Thanks!  
Tanya


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Tanya,

Create a meeting note page within confluence using your existing meeting request email sounds like an amazing and huge time saving idea!

With that said, there is a feature request in place to allow you to create a confluence page from an email (in this case it would be your meeting request email). We would suggest you vote and watch this issue to get updates. The feature request can be found here at [CONFSERVER-1726](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-1726), and if you're on Cloud your feature request is here [CONFCLOUD-1726](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-1726).

This is a great idea and would save a lot of time. We appreciate you sharing this excellent idea!

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: confluence-server

server
External Partner Access to Jira Cloud
Asked by Tim Broun?us:

Hi,

We will have our initial dev work done by an external contractor. We want to give them access to a handful of projects on our Jira cloud, without any access to our confluence cloud.

I don't think this matters, but we will use next-gen Scrum template for the external contractor.

Q: What are the steps to provide access to a specific Jira Cloud project for a particular user, without allowing them to see other Jira projects, or gain access to Confluence

Br,  
Tim


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

Could you clarify your question?

comments: author: Tim Broun?us
body: Hi,

Sure. What are the steps to provide access to a specific Jira Cloud project for a particular user, without allowing them to see other Jira projects, or gain access to Confluence

Br,  
Tim


author: Alexey Matveev
body: You can find an answer here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Give-a-JIRA-user-access-to-only-1-project/qaq-p/371132>


Tags: confluence-cloud

jira-administration

jira-cloud
Cannot extend the sidebar
Asked by Alex Leontyev:

Updated Confluence to 6.12.0 and it seems that there's some limit to which I can extend the sidebar. Now I cannot move it so I can see the full name of the document. Is it a bug or can it be customized?

![??????????.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/36514iF2EF81DDEFE86AE7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "??????????.png")


Answers:
author: AhmadDanial
body: Hello, Alex.

I had this behavior tested on a brand new deployed 6.12.1 but I was unable to reproduce the issue on my end. What it means here is that I was able to expand the sidebar accordingly as you can see from the screen shot(s) below:

++**Fully collapsed**++

![Screen Shot 2018-11-05 at 08.12.14.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/36721i1C9EC7A2CE9FB7F6/image-dimensions/500x280?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-11-05 at 08.12.14.png")

++**Semi expanded**++

![Screen Shot 2018-11-05 at 08.12.22.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/36723i6980BD7CD4732C28/image-dimensions/500x281?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-11-05 at 08.12.22.png")

++**Fully Expanded**++

![Screen Shot 2018-11-05 at 08.12.29.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/36722iA4D825081F129927/image-dimensions/498x281?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-11-05 at 08.12.29.png")

To help me understand the issue from your end better, can you please confirm on the following please?

* When you mentioned that there is a limit to the sidebar expansion, can you provide a sample page name so I can test it on my end?
* Which version of Confluence were you running on before you upgraded?
* Did you try to replicate the issue on other web browsers as well?
* Do you use any add-ons on your web browser? If yes, can you temporarily disable them and reproduce the issue again?
* Have you reproduced the issue on the Incognito / private mode of the web browsers?
* Any other users experiencing similar issue on their end?

Looking forward to hear from you soon.
Charts from Table in a different space
Asked by Ash Srivastava:

Hi,

I am trying to create charts(for reporting purpose) based on data present in a table(which is located on a page in a different space).

Is it possible to do this operation without using any third party macros?

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Ash and welcome to the Community!

The simple answer for your question is, No. Not out of the box without Add-Ons.

The long answer is the chart macro is designed to render a table within the macro as a chart. It will not allow a seed excerpt table to be rendered. If you copy the table from your other page into the chart macro it should work, depending on the format of the table.

Add-Ons will extend the use of the char macro. I have had success in using SQL macros to pass data into a chart macro and then draw multiple graphs and charts.

Here is the documentation for the [Chart Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/chart-macro-163415075.html#ChartMacro-Codeexamples) to see use case examples.

I hope this clarifies how to use the chart macro and answers your question.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Ash Srivastava
body: Hi Stephen,

Thanks for the detailed reply. Does Atlassian intend to implement such functionality in future?

Cheers!

Ash


author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Ash,

There are multiple add-ons available in the marketplace which add this functionality. Along with this, there was a feature request ([CONFSERVER-52764](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52764)) which has since been closed out.

If you feel this should still be explored then you are welcome to create a new [Feature Request](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa) and submit your use case.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Recovering data after server hang / comm's loss
Asked by Hugh Rodrick:

I have an instance where, after some hours of data entry, either the server hung or communications with the server was lost. During the endit session I used the standard Confluence "Save Draft" facility regularly to protect against loss of entered page data.

The end result = data lost... :-(

Question: Is there a local machine cache where Confluence stores entered page data either at regular intervals or when the "Save Draft" is used... i.e. a location on my local drive where I can at least recover the text entered?

Q


Answers:
author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Hugh Rodrick](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2221252),

If your Confluence instance is going down too often, it is better to investigate the reason for it. As far as the data is concerned, it is stored in the database.

In the meanwhile, you can set the time interval to as low as you can, 30 seconds is the default one, from [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-time-interval-at-which-drafts-are-saved-181537852.html). If you are using Confluence v6.0 and above, then the collaborative editing is enabled and the data is saved all the time!

Thanks,  
Amith Mathur


Tags: draft

save
SSO loses the linked page
Asked by Mandia:

Hi everyone! I have a issue about SSO losed the linked page. Can anyone help me what's the root cause about this issue?

To reproduce - Log out of confluence (so you get the login page), then go to your email and click on a confluence page someone sent you. You'll get redirected to the login page, then wait for the SSO button to appear and login via SSO. When you've finished logging in, you'll get a "page not found" error in confluence. then click on the link in your email again and it will work properly the second time

Thanks,

Mandia


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Mandia,

Glad SSO is working for you, that is rather frustrating you have to click the link twice to get the page to login and load.

Can you give us a bit more background on which SSO product/vendor you are using?

Is this for Confluence Server or Cloud? If Server, which add-on are you using to gain access to SSO?

We look forward to your response so we get this issue resolved!

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers
How can I add links to a file in Confluence?
Asked by Rachel Brown:

**Problem I'm trying to solve:**

Most of our documentation exists outside Confluence (i.e., Google Drive). I want to use Confluence as a landing page / jumping off point where individuals can view and access all relevant materials in one place. (Example: I have a file list for "onboarding" and within that folder, I have a variety of docs and links to external web pages)

**Issue**:

I do not see an option to add links in the attachment macro -- I only see an option to drop files (see image below).

**Questions**:

1) Is it possible to add links in the attachment macro?

2) Is there a better way to organize information within a folder structure in Confluence?

![Screen Shot 2018-10-31 at 3.06.52 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/36488i23078299D4B55620/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-10-31 at 3.06.52 PM.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Rachel,

You can add links to a file using the [Links macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/links-776656293.html). The Attachments Macro is only for adding attachments to a page, so it's not possible to do so there.

As for folder structure, Confluence organizes its content in pages. You have Spaces \> Parent Pages \> Child Pages.

If you want folder structure, you'll need to use a 3rd party add-on for that, for example:

* [Google Drive add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=google%20drive)
* [Dropbox add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&query=dropbox)

Let us know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Rachel Brown
body: Thank you for the quick response! Unfortunately it looks like I might need a 3rd party add-on to accomplish my goal, but will keep an eye out for any product changes.


author: Shannon S
body: No problem at all!

Take care, and have a pleasant weekend.

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
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Asked by ??????? ???????:

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Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@??????? ???????](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2220421)

The only way to sort tables in Confluence is by adding a table header and clicking on it the header you would like to sort on.
Confluence installation failing to set up SQL database
Asked by Christian Herring:

Hi Atlassian Support,

We have recently been trying to set up Confluence on a locally hosted server, and have been having trouble with connecting it to a SQL database. The version of confluence we are using is 6.12, and we are using a Microsoft SQL server database. During setup, it appears that Confluence is able to connect to the server successfully when testing the connection, but when the software tries to set up the SQL database, it just returns a 500 error.

I have the atlassian-confluence.log and confluence.cfg.xml files from the database available, if you would like to take a look at them, let me know. Do you guys have any suggestions/ideas for what we might be able to try in order to get everything to work?

Thanks, Christian


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: When you get to the point where the 500 happens, what does the bottom of atlassian-confluence.log say the problem is?


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I stop mass emails after using two-way synchronization (CalDAV) process?
Asked by Sandi Mathers:

After a colleague followed your "Subscribe with two-way synchronization (CalDAV)" process to sync her team calendar on Confluence here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-team-calendars-from-microsoft-outlook-251005307.html>, the system then started sending mass emails to every person on the team---it is resending:

* Every item on her Outlook back out to at least every host of the meeting
* Each item out to all the participants
* Deleted items

Will you please tell us how to make this mass emailing stop, and what did she do wrong to have this occur to not repeat in the future?

She thinks the team calendar tried to sync with her personal calendar instead of an empty one, and in Step 2-Confluence substep 4, it didn't allow her to choose which calendar to sync to.

If someone would please get back to us ASAP so we can fix this \& stop the emails. Thank you so much!


Answers:
author: Sandi Mathers
body: The same thing happened to us too. Please help

comments: author: Sandi Mathers
body: Hi Katie---I never rec'd an answer to this, so prob best bet is to create a ticket with them.


Tags: caldav
user macro to get a json from a third party server
Asked by support for vo:

hi,

I'm new in developing user macro in confluence.

I want to develop a user macro where i make requests to a third party server with authentication, and then working on the reponse which is a JSON.

is there methods/examples for that, (i dont want to use ScriptRunner)


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello,

That is great you're looking to create a user macro for Confluence.

While this is a general support Community, there are not as many developers that scroll through the questions here. You might be better served to create a post over in the [Developer Community](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/).

Another reference is [Developer.Atlassian.com](https://developer.atlassian.com/).

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: atl-adm

atlassian-marketplace

macro

user-macro
Turn a regular page into a component of another page
Asked by Tomasz Rakowski:

I have created a page that at first was a stand alone page. Later we've decided it should become a component of another page. How do I make an existing non-component page become a component of another page ?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That sub-component thing is coming from an add-on. That add-on needs you to use "create sub-component" to create them, or it can't create them properly.

These are not child pages, they're being handled outside that structure by the add-on.


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Tomasz,

Like make it a child page of the original?

Victor

comments: author: Tomasz Rakowski
body: Yes, in my main page I have a section called Sub-Components. When I create a new page through this interface, it is attached as a child in terms of breadcrumbs, and also displayed there as a subcomponent.

However if I create a page independently, and the move it to be structured as a child of some parent, in the parent there is nothing in component section.

See attached screenshot:

![Screen Shot 2018-10-31 at 1.32.14 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/36461iE393CC70B6DC4E11/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-10-31 at 1.32.14 PM.png")


author: Lizzie_Rogers
body: Looks like you're using a template called Sub Components. If you create a page independently, instead of just clicking the Create button, click the ... next to it and select the Sub Component template. Then it should be added to your section correctly.


Tags: cloud

component

confluence-cloud
How do I program a space's restrictions?
Asked by Laura Lawson Langmade:

I get an error saying "**You're not allowed to change these restrictions. It's either due to edit restrictions on the page, or permissions settings for this space."**for a new page I just created. There are no current restrictions anywhere in any of our spaces.

When I try to figure out what permissions settings for this space, I can't determine what I need to change in order to apply a restriction.

What do I need to do to my space settings so that I can apply restrictions?


Answers:
author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Hi [@Laura Lawson Langmade](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1937151) and welcome to our community!

According to

[Permissions and restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html)
> ... the ability to apply restrictions to pages is controlled by the 'restrict pages' space permission
User label subscribe
Asked by Cherry:

Is there a way the user can be alerted to any meeting notes which have a tag/label relating to their user likes via email. For example, the user lists topics/labels he/she likes on their profile page and wants to get alerted to if another user tags the labels to their meeting notes  


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Karanpreet,

It's not yet possible, but we do have a feature request for it below:

* [CONFCLOUD-6810](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-6810)

Please feel free to contribute to the conversation there and vote in order to help show the amount of interest in such a feature.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Restrict Task Completion Click
Asked by Jack Ashcroft:

Is there a way in which when a user is set a task then only that user can click it's completion? Currently any other user is able to click it and mark it as done. This is for confluence cloud.

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Jack,

This is a great question about restricting tasks within a confluence page to an "assigned" user complete (without interference from others).

By default, Confluence will anyone who has permissions to view or edit the page to then mark the task as completed (regardless if they are "assigned" as the @mentioned user). While in the case you stated this is not desired, this is how the product has been designed.

With this said, there are additional product that can give you an assigned task which only the assigned are allowed to completed. For that list of products, you can visit the following page to see them, [Add, Assign, and View Tasks](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-assign-and-view-tasks-590260030.html#Add,Assign,andViewTasks-Notes).

I hope this answers your question about assigned tasks.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: KaCee Bunn-Smith
body: I know this thread is a few months old now, but I am encountering the same issue, and the linked page has nothing to do with locking down task completion in any way. Just an overview of tasks in general.


author: Sharon Meyler
body: We would also like to restrict the task completion to the assignee. Is there a bug or feature request open on this question that we can vote for?


author: Amit Agrawal
body: I want this to track approvals. I've a table where rows are for various tasks and columns are for stakeholders. Need is to enable each stakeholder to tick/check that they have approved; which needs this feature.


Tags: confluence-cloud

task
Trello Board dissappears in Confluence!
Asked by Karen Shapiro:

Hi all, does the Trello Board have to remain open (in Trello) in order to show up in Confluence? It is working that way, but it seems like it should be available in Confluence whenever Confluence is being used.

We use Trello to organize our team's work, within our Confluence space. Thanks!


Answers:
author: Torben_trello
body: Hi Karen,

I'd recommend checking with the Confluence support team, to see what is expected behavior for the boards to be displayed.


Tags: cloud

trello