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Insert a table from another page
Asked by Martin Peralta:

Hi there, I am creating a Confluence page, and I saw that there is a macro that allows you to insert a page already existing, within your current page. But I failed to see if there is any possibility to insert only a table from that external page (the external page is also a confluence page). I tried using anchor links but the macro does not recognize them. Any idea? Thanks!


Answers:
author: Ryan Fish
body: [@Martin Peralta](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2031161)

Try [Table Excerpt and Table Excerpt Include](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros). They are dynamic references to the original table/ page.  

Enjoy!  

Ryan  

<br />

comments: author: Martin Peralta
body: That worked just smoothly! thank you very much :)


author: Bill Bailey
body: [@Ryan Fish](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1496621), looking at the documentation, this seems to only work with reference a table on the same page.

> *You will be able to reference the marked table by inserting the Table Excerpt Include macro (on the same page only) and entering the specified unique name.*

Is that correct?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Yes, that's correct, [@Bill Bailey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502089). You can use Excerpt and Excerpt Include macros in order to include tables from other pages.


author: Bill Bailey
body: OK, good idea to update the docs, then. ;-)


author: Matthew Howard
body: I do not see "Table Excerpt" as a selectable or searchable option. I only see Excerpt. Using regular Excerpt does not seem to work, I lose my table formatting when copying it into the Excerpt area.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: [@Matthew Howard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4507837), you need to install the [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app to get the [Table Excerpt](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros?src=contextnavpagetreemode) macro.


Tags: external

macro

page

table
Recently Updated Macro
Asked by Spencer Ivery:

Is there a way to create a two column flow using this macro?


Answers:
author: Spencer Ivery
body: Hi [@Spencer Ivery](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2030956),

Please note that the Recently Updated Macro displays a list of the most recently changed content within Confluence. The parameters are options that you can set to control the content or format of the macro output.

You can Choose the appearance of this macro based on the below options but will not be able to have multiple columns showing different data with a single macro, but you will be able to add multiple macros on the same page.

* `concise` --- the default list, showing the names of pages which were updated or commented on, the users who made the page modifications and time when the modifications occurred.
* `social` --- lists recent modifications in reverse chronological order, but groups them by user into short time segments. A 'sub' list appears within each user's time segment, showing the names of pages which they updated or commented on and time when these modifications occurred.
* `sidebar` --- lists recent updates in reverse chronological order, showing the names of pages which were updated or commented on and time when the page modifications occurred. This theme does not show authorship.

Please see this page [Recently Updated Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/recently-updated-macro-139519.html) for reference.

Regards,

Vijay Ramamurthy

comments: author: Spencer Ivery
body: Thank you for the reply...


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Comments Section
Asked by Sara Juel:

Is there a macro that allows me to add a comments section for customers at the bottom of my web page?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Well, that is the reason for the builtin comment function at the bottom of the page. Your customers will either need a user account for your Confluence instance *or* you will need to enable anonymous users to make comments (in the permissions settings). The later is easy, but you won't know who made the comments.

comments: author: Sara Juel
body: That sounds like what I need, a builtin comment function. Our customers do have their own user accounts for our Confluence Instance. Thank you Bill!


author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Sara Juel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2028862),

What information do you want to feed back to you through this comments function?

If you are using Jira at the same time, you can try using the Issue collectors feature to do this.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/using-the-issue-collector-938847338.html?_ga=2.63897832.674627892.1537836107-188493588.1535502567>

comments: author: Sara Juel
body: I just want my customers to be able to ask questions about the page, insight for other customers or any other additional comments they may have.


Tags: comment

feedback
Include Macros Cause Runtime Exception During Export to Word
Asked by Julie Leight:

Hi All,

I'm pretty new to Confluence and have been put in charge of a large wiki. I'm a tech writer by trade. Hopefully, someone can help me troubleshoot.

We're using the Scroll Office and Scroll Versions plugins. We export to Word via Scroll Office.

We have a need to single-source some information, so I began testing the Include Excerpt and Include Page macros.

When I export to Word, none of the text is the doc. Instead I get the following error message:

Error: RuntimeException occurred while performing an XHTML storage transformation (null)

If someone could help me resolve this, I would very much appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi Julie,

to further analyze the problem it would be great if you could send a Support ZIP, Scroll Office template and a space export to [K15t support](https://k15t.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).

* To create a support ZIP, please follow [these](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/create-a-support-zip-790796819.html) instructions.
* To create a full XML export of a space, please follow these instructions: <https://help.k15t.com/creating-a-xml-export-of-a-space-111903671.html>.

Roman.


author: Bill Bailey
body: Well I have never used the include macros for docs, but rather I use the multe-excerpt macros (paid) and have not seen this issue.

I feel the multi-excerpt are far more useful for documentation (I am also a tech writer by trade).


Tags: confluence-server

server
Create from Template in Subspace
Asked by Bj?rn:

So I'm trying to create a template button that creates a page from a template in a subpage from the space. So not in the primary space, but lower in the hierarchy.

Is this possible?

So far I've tried putting the Spacekey in the space field, but this doesn't work


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Bj?rn,

Maybe our Page Tree Creator (PTC) could solve your requirement. It has a Button Macro to create a page based on a PTC Template. You can find it on the Marketplace.

Regards,  
Stephan (CEO of EPS Software Engineering AG, the vendor of the Page Tree Creator)


author: Shawn C
body: Hi Bj?rn,

When you create a page using the [Create from Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=317196995) macro, it will create that new Page as a Child of the one with the macro.

If you need to create the page in a particular location, you'll need to click on the Location Icon in the breadcrumbs to manually set the spot.

There is a Feature Request to bring in functionality to set Location within the Macro; if this is something you'd like to see added, I would ask that you include any feedback you may have for our Developers on the following Feature Request: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-29581>

If you have any other questions about this, please let me know.

Regards,  
Shawn

comments: author: Bj?rn
body: It is possible to set a space and to create it on a specific page, but not on any of the subpages from this main page?


author: Shawn C
body: Hi Bj?rn,

I'm afraid that it is not currently possible to specify a specific page to create new pages when using the Create from Template Macro. If you specify another Space in the Macro, that new page will be created as a Child of the Space's Home.

If a page created using the Create from Template macro needs to be placed in a particular location, it'll need to be manually moved.

We are tracking feedback and interest in bringing an option to the Macro to provide Users the ability to specify a Parent Page: [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-29581](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-29581?_ga=2.107163650.1237938725.1537801552-777496930.1514070180)

If this is something you'd like to see included, I would ask that you include any feedback you may have on the Feature Request as it'll help to influence the decisions our Developers and Product Manager make on which features to implement.

Regards,  
Shawn
Authorization Logs
Asked by Marat:

Is this relevant for version 5.8?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/audit-confluence-using-the-tomcat-valve-component-223216846.html?_ga=2.263291276.124763434.1537790775-1815890061.1532931306>


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi ?????,

You should be able to append those options in your Confluence Server.XML file for additional Tomcat logging. Do note that you will need to restart Confluence in order to apply the changes to your Server.XML and begin the logging.

Regards,  
Shawn
Why does the table of contents macro add bullets and number?
Asked by Sara Juel:

I have changed the bullet style to "none" and added the numbering yet I am getting both. How to I get rid of the default "disc" bullets. It appears how I want in the preview but not on the page? I have tried to delete the table of contents and re-add it yet it still pops an error. Also, is there a way to have a drop down so only the main sections show unless you expand the table? See sample picture below.![Table of Contents.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/33211i59927E0723F38F77/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Table of Contents.PNG")


Answers:
author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi Sara,

that sounds off. What error do you get when adding the macro again? In general, having only a section numbering or no indicators at all is possible and working. Does this only happen on this page? And I'm not sure about a collapsible TOC at all right now or how to maybe improvise it using different macros (Expand + TOC). But that's not very maintainable and user-friendly.

comments: author: Sara Juel
body: Sorry Max, error was probably the wrong verbiage. The preview in the macro shows up how I want it to but it adds disc bullet-points on the webpage. I have attached a screen shot of both the website view and the macro view. This happens in all pages. It seems as though it ignore my non and keeps the default. ![Webpage view.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/33257iBC34E43C97C15519/image-dimensions/536x436?v=v2 "Webpage view.PNG")![Macro Table View.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/33258iEDB04712BC2CCE88/image-dimensions/461x282?v=v2 "Macro Table View.PNG")


author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Just a wild guess, what kind of tool/settings do you use to change the overall appearance of your Confluence? Maybe you should have a look at that global settings/stylesheets as it seems your settings get overwritten.


author: Sara Juel
body: I am using zen foundation in conjunction with Confluence. Ill try looking into that. Thanks Max!


Tags: macro

table-of-contents
Sharing a page with a user group doesn't show notifactions for single users
Asked by Christof Hurst:

When sharing a page with single users every users gets a notification in the upper right indicator.

When sharing with a group this notifactions doesn't show. Is it a bug or a feature?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Christof,

This is a known issue below:

* [CONFSERVER-52729](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52729)

It's in our long-term roadmap at this time, but until then, you will want to share individually in order for the notification to show.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

group

server

share
Detected tables with non-default collation
Asked by Pieter-Jan Vanhoutte:

My Confluence throws error at startup saying Detected tables with non-default collation.  
My admin set default collation to utf8_bin for all table for confluence database.  
He also followed your KB [https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-fix-the-collation-and-character-set-of-a-mysql-database-744326173.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-fix-the-collation-and-character-set-of-a-mysql-database-744326173.html/)

But no luck.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Pieter-Jan,

It won't just be the tables you need to check. Per the article you linked, you need to also check:

* [MySQL Collation Repair: Database Level Changes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/mysql-collation-repair-database-level-changes-670958163.html)
* [MySQL Collation Repair: Table Level Changes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/mysql-collation-repair-table-level-changes-670958169.html)
* [MySQL Collation Repair: Column Level Changes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/mysql-collation-repair-column-level-changes-670958189.html)
* [MySQL Collation Repair: Column Level Encoding Issues](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/mysql-collation-repair-column-level-encoding-issues-670958195.html)
* [MySQL Collation Repair: Case Study - Repairing a Production Database](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/mysql-collation-repair-case-study-repairing-a-production-database-670958249.html)

If it's a fresh install, then he could even destroy the database and create it again using this article:

* [Database Setup for MySQL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-mysql-128747.html)

Lastly, you can have a look at the error logs itself and see what the error is actually saying in case it leads to the specific part that has the wrong collation.

Let us know if you have any trouble.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Start Confluence in the background
Asked by Anna Protopapa:

We have Jira and Confluence installed in the same server.

When we run "./start-**jira**.sh ./run" Jira runs on background and we can use the console for more commands.

When we run "./start-**confluence**.sh ./run" Confluence runs on the console and we cannot run any other commands. If we close the console the Confluence stop working.

How can we run Confluence in the same way we run Jira. We do not use sudo for any one of the 2 applications.

Thank you


Answers:
author: Yoga Reddy {Appfire}
body: HI [Anna Protopapa](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/656954)

Please use ./start-confluence.sh -bg so that you get the prompt to execute the commands

Thanks

Yoga

comments: author: Anna Protopapa
body: It works!

Thank you


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence: Migrate from data center to server
Asked by Jando:

--- {#toc-hId-1824940733}
-------------------------

Migrate to Confluence Server
Before switching from Data Center to Server, make sure you've copied any existing data from your shared home directory to your local Confluence home directory. {#toc-hId--727216228}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

---

It says this when I enter confluence. I didn't copy anything (I have a lot of stuff there) now I am not sure if I can. Do I loose everything if I start migration? Or is there a possibility that all my data migrates automatically? I don't want to loose anything. What should I do?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Jando](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1520407) ,

please read this guide <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf711/moving-from-data-center-to-server-1044782868.html>

You should move all data from shared area to your local home confluence folder otherwise you could lose data.

Fabio


Tags: confluence-server

server
Assigner column not in "Task report"
Asked by nyoungb2:

Given that a Task Report can aggregate tasked from many assigners, why isn't there a column in the Task report for displaying who assigned the task? The task assigner seems like very useful information to have in the task report. The task report can be filtered to just "Created by", but if there are many potential task assigners, then there would have to be many different task reports, each with a different "Created by" filter.


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi Nicholas,

There have been a few different Feature Requests to bring in the ability to show the Creator or Tasks on the Task Report Macro, however it is not something our Developers are looking to implement at this time:

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-37622>
* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-45205>

Our Developers take in many considerations when looking at implementing new features, you can read more about them here: \[Feature Request Policy\|[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Support/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy\].](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Support/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy].?) As both of these Feature Requests are quite old and did not have any additional feedback from other customers, it's unlikely we will see this feature implemented in the near future.

Regards,  
Shawn


Tags: questions-for-confluence
How do I turn on User Access Logging for cloud Confluence
Asked by Mark J Frampton:

I want to track user activity on our cloud confluence site and hook it up to Google Analytics.

Are both of these possible?

I don't know if this article is relevant to cloud confluence:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-enable-user-access-logging-182943.html>


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Mark,

Currently, user access logging function is only available to On-premise version. In Confluence Cloud, in order to view that information you can install analytics add-on from our marketplace. You can try one of our add-on from below :

\* [Google Analytics in Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/me.davidsimpson.confluence.addon.google-analytics-for-confluence/cloud/overview)

It's called **Google Analytics in Confluence** where you can track all content activities which group by spaces.

Just in case that you need more interesting analytics add-on, you can always refer to the link below :

\* [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud\&product=confluence\&query=analytics](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=analytics)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Change of IP address for Confluence server Centos 7 Error connection refused
Asked by homunculus griseo:

Hello, I changed IP address for confluence server from 192.168.X.X to 10.32.X.X.   
And now I have err_conection_refused.  
Selinux is disabled also firewalld, UTM dont block any of the ports.  
In pg_hba.conf is 0.0.0.0/0 addres for local connection and md5.  

Any idea ?  
Installed on Centos 7.  
And ofcourse I have contact to server with SSH and ping. So connection is configured properly.  


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Connection refused is usually caused by one of the things you've mentioned, so I suspect there is still a firewall or configuration in place that is blocking the confluence port on the new IP address. Or something is not running.

Assuming that Confluence is running on the default port of 8090, can you try

* A simple wget or curl of "localhost:8090" actually on the server
* A simple wget or curl of "10.32.x.x:8090" again on the server
* A simple wget or curl of "10.32.x.x:8090" from a client

comments: author: homunculus griseo
body: I have connection refused everywere.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, so is Confluence running on port 8090? Is it running at all?


author: homunculus griseo
body: Yes it is running I see it with ps-u \| grep confluence that process is running.   
It is running on port 8090, I'm connecting from my saved tab in the google chrome.  
And I was trying connecting with ip address and dns. Nothing helped.  
I only changed IP address and gateway in ifcfg-nameofthe eth.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm not too worried about Chrome connections, I think we know they're failing.

What exactly were the errors you got from the first two wget/curls I asked for? The ones physically on the server?


author: homunculus griseo
body: I was trying edge, firefox and chrome. Nothing changed.

curl: (7) Failed connect to localhost:8090; Connection refused

curl: (7) Failed connect to 10.32.10.50:8090; Connection refused  

SELinux status: disabled  

\[root@docs \~\]# service firewalld status  
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status firewalld.service  
? firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon  
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)  
Active: inactive (dead)  
Docs: man:firewalld(1)  

<br />


author: homunculus griseo
body: \[root@docs \~\]# ping localhost  
PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.  
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.025 ms  
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, if you can't connect to localhost:8090 and you can see Confluence running on port 8090, then either your hosts file is totally messed up, your networking on the machine is incorrectly configured for routing, or your server is still running a firewall or routing system blocking even local access.


author: Bill Bailey
body: Is it running behind Apache or NGINX?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is it possible to set up that people can not take a screenshot in a confluence page?
Asked by Macha:

Hi,

Is it possible to set up that people can not take a screenshot for viewable but non downloadable file in confluence page?


Answers:
author: Stefan Kohler
body: Hi [@Macha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1212827),

In my opinion is your question not really related to Confluence, or any other Atlassian tool.

The reason why I say this is because of a (web) application or add-on could not restrict a user from making a screenshot. I might be possible to restrict this on a desktop, assuming it's a corporate desktop with central management.

If the information is viewable in Confluence, a user can make a screenshot, take a picture or copy-paste the information.

comments: author: Macha
body: Absolutely right, thanks [@Stefan Kohler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781604)!


author: Macha
body: Hi [@Macha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1212827),

There does not seem to be a full-proof method of achieving your requirements. A [similar question was posted](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-i-prevent-downloading-of-pictures-on-a-page/qaq-p/159297).

Hopefully someone else on the Community will have a full-proof method :)

comments: author: Macha
body: Thanks @\[deleted\] for the help.


Tags: confluence-cloud