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Where can I find detailed documentation for the Gantt chart of the chart from table macro?
Asked by gabriel_gori:

I cannot find any detailed documentation on how to create, manage and style the Gantt charts that can be generated using the Chart from table macro in Confluence 6.15.2


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi [@gabriel_gori](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3171756),

In addition to [@Leo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2367914)'s answer, there is a [post](https://stiltsoft.com/blog/2018/10/5-tips-to-become-a-gantt-chart-expert-using-atlassian-confluence/) describing Gantt chart.

comments: author: gabriel_gori
body: Hi [@Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781696) ,

The post you've mentioned is where I got inspiration to create my Gantt, unluckily I don't see the same interface. As I replied to [@Leo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2367914) maybe is due to the Confluence version.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: As far as I see, you are using Confluence built-in Chart macro but referencing to documentation on [Chart from Table](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) macro (Table Filter and Charts app). If you do not have Chart from Table macro in your Confluence, you need to install this app to get it.


author: gabriel_gori
body: Ok, this is the issue. I was trying to use the built in 'Chart' macro which is really basic and has no features like the ones provided by [Chart from Table](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) macro (Table Filter and Charts app).

Thanks for your help!


author: gabriel_gori
body: [@Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781696) , [@Leo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2367914) ,

Do you know if there is a way to add milestones (stars, dots, squares, whatever kind) to a Gantt chart created using the built-in 'Charts' macro?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: As far as I know, milestones are not available there, only task progress.


author: Leo
body: Hi [@gabriel_gori](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3171756)

[This page from stilsoft](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro#HowtouseChartfromTablemacro-Ganttchart) may give you some ideas, where they documented about Chart from Table macro

Regards,

Leo

comments: author: gabriel_gori
body: Hi @\[deleted\] ,

Thanks for the link. I've already seen it but on the macro I cannot find the fields **'Labels Column'** and **'Values Column'** there is instead only one field called **'Columns'** with the following description "*Comma separated list of column names or numbers (starts from 1) in the macros body to use as chart data"*.

In order to make the macro work I need to put two comas (,,) before the column indexes but I don't understand why. (*source <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/chart-macro-163415075.html>*)

I would like to add milestones, some descriptions, etc. Maybe it's just not possible with the version of Confluence I'm using.

Regards,

Gabriel
Concatenating Calendars
Asked by tejkumar:

Hi,

Is there a way I can concatenate multiple calendars? Today, we have 2-3 projects which are maintaining separate calendars, which we are trying to merge into 1. But I don't see an option on Confluence to do this..

I tried creating a calendar from an existing calendar (but you could only select one calendar), tried extracting the calendars into ICS format, but again, I can create a calendar with only 1 ICS file at a time, cannot select multiple ICS files at once.

Is there a way to do it?


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@tejkumar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/75908)

Iwould suggest you create a new feature request on this one and see if there is enough interest from the community.

Link for new features: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html>

Regards


Tags: confluence-server

server

team-calendars-for-confluence
User gets notification without permission on Page
Asked by vallone.v:

Hello,

i have a User who gets Email Notifications without permission on this Page.


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@vallone.v](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3625101)

Confluence documentation say: You'll only receive notifications for content that you have permission to view. Users that have been disabled by an administrator will not receive email notifications.

Does do user have permission for the space or is the page restricted and not accesible for the user?

It could be, that a restriction was added after the user watched the page. But that would be strange, I think even a bug...


Tags: confluence-server

server
Daily report generates input on another template
Asked by roman:

I'm looking to reduce manual input (copy/paste).

I have a sales team daily report template. These are created daily by the team from the template. During the day, they edit it with updated bullets. The finance team has a similar template they use to create a daily report. At the end of the day, there is a complete office report that includes input from the sales and finance report.

I'm trying to find a way to include the updates from both teams (and potentially more) into the Office Daily Report.

I've tried the the excerpt macros, however I run into this problem. The daily sales report is created each day as Report @currentDate . So when I create a template for the overall office, I cannot state the page of the sales excerpt for that day as it is created each day. The include excerpt field doesn't acccept the @currentDate.

Any help is appreciated.


Answers:
author: Nadja Schedler
body: Hi Roman,

I would like to present you a solution using our app called Page Tree Creator. It's main functionality is to improve working with templates.

You would be able to create your templates with a simple click and even add some placeholders or default values.  
For your office report you would have a template with some excerpt includes pointing to the other templates. You could create you office report and the excerpt included will automatically adjust the references. Our templates are a little bit different than the Confluence templates because they are standard Confluence pages and the user only needs edit permission and no space admin permission, it is possible to have multi page templates. You can have buttons and placeholders to make it a lot easier creating templates.

If you are interested please have a look at our app the [Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214062/page-tree-creator-blueprint-template). If you need any more assitance just open a service desk issue. Our team is always happy to help customers.

Best Regards,

Nadja (Software Engineer at EPS Software Engineering AG, the vendor of the Page Tree Creator)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Page Content Viewable by Permission Groups
Asked by Chris Penksa:

I am building an IT knowledge base/service guide and would like to be able to amend pages with more information that is only viewable by the IT Team. Is there a way to have content on the same page obscured from users outside of our permission group?

I'd hate to have to manage a second Space and place a link on the external KB to it's corresponding internally notated article.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Answers:
author: Dara
body: Interesting use case this! I was interested so had a look around, it seems there are a few option to do this:

* First, there is the suggestion of using the Excerpt Macro in this [answer](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/hide-content-on-a-page/qaq-p/172703) by Travis Morgan. There are actually multiple useful suggestions in this thread, so ti is worth checking out. I would ignore the accepted answer there though, to implement that a paid plug-in is required that is also no longer available for Cloud.
* Second, there is a [Visibility plug-in](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/202/visibility-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) that can be used. It is discussed [here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-hide-confluence-content-on-a-page-based-on-permissions/qaq-p/411218). This plug-in is paid, but is not too expensive and does have all the functionality you asked for.
* I found a few options, like this [Security plug-in](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/6484/security-and-encryption-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview), but those are not available for Cloud sadly.

I hope this helps you a bit further on your way! Let me know if you succeed!


Tags: confluence-cloud
new editor experience - no support for indenting in tables
Asked by James McLeman:

Hi All

Just switched over to the new editor and found out there is no support for indenting text in a table cell.

Am I missing something here - tables are a basic structuring tool and indenting one of the most basic ways of formatting content. Is there some way to achieve this in the new editor?

thanks

James


Answers:
author: James McLeman
body: thanks for the reply, but in the new editor experience there is no way to select an indent inside a table - please let me know if I have missed it

cheers

James

comments: author: Shannon S
body: James,

You're right; I tried testing the work around in the older editing experience and it only works there, but not even with the TAB button does it indent in cells in the new experience.

I found that there are plans to bring back indentation to the new editor in the form of this feature request:

* [CONFCLOUD-65755](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65755) *Create indented action* lists

As for a workaround for the new editor, the only way I was able to get text to indent was by using the SPACE key. It's not ideal, but it will enable you to indent your text until it's available in the new editor.

Let me know if you have any trouble.

Regards,

Shannon


author: marklaff
body: It has been a while, I know, but this answer revers to [CONFCLOUD-65755](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65755) does not refer to text within a table. (And, further[CONFCLOUD-65755](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65755) is closed).

I have the same need: I have text within a table box that I need to indent. **Outside** of the table I would just press TAB and the text would be indented. **Inside** a table cell pressing TAB moves me to the next cell.


author: Tracy J
body: Need this functionality too! There is currently no way to indent text within a cell. It's HORRIBLE!


author: Shannon S
body: Hello James,

Thank you for reporting this to us. There's an existing bug for the behavior below, which I can see you've now discovered:

* [CONFCLOUD-66366](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66366) *Indent text is not working inside a table cell*

The workaround is to add text and then go back to the start of the text to indent it. Can you confirm that you've tested this and is it working for you?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Firefox v70 renders newly created Confluence page incorrectly
Asked by Mark McIntosh:

I use Firefox v70 on Windows 10. If I create a new Confluence Cloud Wiki page, the page will not render correctly after I save it. The text is not aligned as expected along the left margin, instead it displays indented a good distance from the left margin.

The page I created renders better on Chrome or Edge on my computer, but the font seems too big even there. However, older pages I have created weeks ago still render fine in my Firefox, it's only new pages that display strangely.

Someone else on Chrome created a new Confluence Cloud Wiki page and it rendered correctly in their Chrome. But it did not render correctly in my Firefox.


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: What you're describing sounds very much like you're just seeing the [new editor experience](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html). However this should be independent of the browser you're using.

Could you have a look at the link and if you think that it's not the new editor experience but indeed a rendering issue maybe post a screenshot of what you're seeing? :)


Tags: confluence-cloud
pasting a link from plain text
Asked by Matt Coarr:

I'm looking to copy and paste from plane text some links. I tried something that looks like:

\[my link text\|<http://www.myserver.com/abc/>\]

But that just pastes literally and makes the url a link.

I even tried copying/pasting everything up until the closing bracket, but it still make the url the link. And I tried typing the open bracket, then pasting everything until the closing bracket, and then typing the closing bracket. That didn't help either.

I also tried copying:

\<a href="[http://www.myserver.com/abc/"\>my]() link text\</a\>

But then I just ended up with html.

I have about 80 links that I need to copy and paste in scattered locations across my Confluence pages, so it'd really help being able to copy and paste the links.


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Matt Coarr](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3611845)

If I understand you correctly, you just want to paste a link with a normal text.

You can absolutely use the wiki markup, but then you have to insert it especially like shown in the printscreens.

![wiki_markup1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71775iF454BE2CBFE9898E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "wiki_markup1.png")![wiki_markup2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71774iDCF263B12345E395/image-dimensions/627x176?v=v2 "wiki_markup2.png")

Otherwise you can just type "my link text", mark it and click the link icon in the menu bar. This will open a window, where you can add your adress like this: ![web_link.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71776i995B4A522910A0DA/image-dimensions/645x227?v=v2 "web_link.png")

Hope this helps for you

Regards,

Dominic


Tags: confluence-server

server
Plugin icons missing
Asked by K:

I am updating a custom Confluence plugin from v6.6.5 to v.7.1 and notice that the icons listed on <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/icons/> do not seem to be present any more (maybe since 6.7?). Are there replacements? These are not AUI icons and AUI does not have all of them so cannot be a direct replacement (eg icon-space).


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello [@K](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1096961),

Thank you for contacting us about this. I'm not aware of that change, but the best place for this would be our [Atlassian Developer Community](https://developer.atlassian.com/resources/). They would be able to tell you if there was a replacement for this.

Let me know if you have any trouble.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atl-dev

confluence-server

server
Max URL length
Asked by Chaitanya Bhandare:

Hi,

<br />

I am trying to add a web link, to an existing confluence page. Whenever I click on publish, the link saves as a plain text.

I have some more links on the same page, but they work just fine. I thought it has something to do with the character length, but the links with more characters save just fine.

Link that does not work has 273 characters


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Chaitanya,

Thank you for bringing this up to us.

I found a similar bug here:

* [CONFCLOUD-65020](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65020) *No error message when adding a Space Shortcut with link longer than 255 characters*

Therefore, I have created the following feature request:

* [CONFCLOUD-68422](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68422) *Unable to add page links over 255 characters*

If you vote on the request, you will receive updates going forward on any progress.

Unfortunately there's no workaround at this time, so I would recommend that you generate a short URL using a service such as [TinyURL.com](https://tinyurl.com/) or [Tiny.cc](https://tiny.cc/).

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Markus Ke?ler
body: Hi [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046),  

as I try to use weblink to provide a mail template for some documented steps with mailto: incl. subject cc and also a defined body the 255 characters are really a bit short.

Is there an other - maybe better way - to do this aside using weblink and mailto?

Regards,

Markus


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Cannot edit confluence page for the error "The editor didn't load this time"
Asked by Atom Cai:

I cannot edit the confluence page I created: <https://confluence.expedia.biz/display/POS/Anywhere+360+Image+Viewer>

And the web page displayed the error:

The editor didn't load this time

The connection timed out. If it happens again, speak to your Confluence admin. You may be using a proxy server that prevents WebSocket connections.


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Atom,

This type of issue often relates to how Confluence is set up on the server. You'll likely need to speak to a site admin to help get this resolved. This article may help with solutions: [Confluence throws "The editor didn't load this time" error when trying to edit a page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-throws-the-editor-didn-t-load-this-time-error-when-trying-to-edit-a-page-840796639.html).

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak
How to connect Askme to Confluence
Asked by Siva Natarajan:

How can I create a service account in Confluence to connect it with AskMe app


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Siva,

Happy to help you with this. I'm not familiar with the AskMe app. As far as I can tell, there's no integration for this.

Are you able to connect some 3rd party user management to AskMe that you can also connect in Confluence using Access, perhaps? That might be one way it would work.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Siva Natarajan
body: Thanks Shannon!

I saw on the forum that there's no way to create a service account without an email address. I searched through the marketplace and couldn't find a related app to integrate with. Basically, my team is exploring to connect AskMe to Confluence so that it can be single interface for technical and business queries, which connects to the knowledge base on Confluence.


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Siva,

Thank you for confirming that.

In that case, you might want to reach out to AskMe and see if they offer any Confluence integration from their end.

Otherwise, you might want to try and see if there's something your company could develop in-house using the [Confluence Cloud API](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/) to connect the two.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Embedded Draw.io diagrams cannot be displayed
Asked by aworden:

I want to embed a draw.io diagram in a confluence page. We are using the cloud-hosted confluence version. The draw.io diagram is on the company Google Drive and is viewable by anyone in the company.

When I use the 'Embed draw.io' macro to insert it in a confluence page from a URL, the diagram is not displayed. If I click the "Show Diagram" button on the dialog, I get an error message saying "Error loading file" and "File not found".

I suspect I need to somehow give Confluence access to our Google Drive as if it were an employee so that it can display the diagram. How do I do that?

Perhaps it is a different problem so please provide a solution.


Answers:
author: aworden
body: In case anyone else has the same question and finds my conversation...

1) I fixed the draw.io plugin installation by creating an empty configuration file on the administrator page. Before that, it was exhibiting some strange buggy behavior.

2) The 'embed' feature \*only\* allows embedding of diagrams that are already defined within confluence. It is not obvious what that feature is intended for. It is intended for including a diagram on more than one page. The diagram can only be edited on the original page where the diagram was created (so I am told).

comments: author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: 1 is fixed.

For 2 we've added embed from Google Drive as an option in the embed draw.io macro.


author: Marija Radovic
body: Hi,

I replied to the ticket you sent us to support. Please take a look at it and we are here for you if you have additional questions.

Regards,

Marija

comments: author: Deepthi
body: I'm having problem with using draw.io from confluence. I created flow charts in draw.io and published it. I'm facing 2 issues

1. When I try to embed the file from draw.io, getting error "Cannot read the specified diagram. Please check you have read permission on that file"

2. When I created flow chart using draw.io on the same confluence page, getting "Diagram Not Found" error


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Hi, please send a ticket to support@draw.io, it's very hard to manage many different support requests within a single topic here.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

draw.io

embed
How can I allow users from external sites to my Confluence? Do they count for my licence?
Asked by Johanna:

Hey there,

we want to allow some freelancers to join one of our Confluence (Cloud) spaces. They already have Confluence (Cloud) accounts for a different company. Is it somehow possible to make the space avialable (and editable) to them with the same account/mailadress? And do they count for our company licence then?

Or is there a way to let them have access and not let them take on of our licences since we already reached a tier and optimally would not want to upgrade for people who don't need access all year round. (Make that space visible for "the whole world" aka anonymous users is not really an option cause of the content)

Hoping for helpful answers, cause Google could not give me any :-)


Answers:
author: Sharon Helms
body: Unfortunately not an immediate solution, but a point of interest: the capability you describe is on the roadmap for next year -- in Confluence Premium.

Here's the [Confluence Premium Roadmap](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/premium/roadmap#results), where they note:

"External collaboration

Add people outside your organization to particular spaces."

You might want to also check out this Community post, where the Atlassian team is inviting feedback: [New Confluence Cloud Premium Roadmap announcement](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-discussions/New-Confluence-Cloud-Premium-Roadmap/td-p/1223827)

-- Sharon

comments: author: Johanna
body: Oh, thanks [@Sharon Helms](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/976803) for the hint. How do the Premium features work? I somehow remember reading that the will be available first to the premium costumers. But will they only be available to them or will the come to the "regular" crowd as well?


author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: Hi [@Johanna](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3500061) ,

Short answer: If they need to access, regardless of editing, they will consume licenses on your system.

The only instance where someone external (unlicensed) can access (view-only) a Confluence space is when you're using Jira Service Desk, which allows you to have a Knowledgebase that is accessible without a license.

Probably not the answer you were looking for, but the only answer applicable.

Darryl

comments: author: Johanna
body: Thanks, knowing that the feature is not available helped. But since we do need the licences for other people and don't wanna upgrade, the short term solution is going back to Word and e-mail...


author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: [@Johanna](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3500061) , subsequent to my answer (and much to my surprise), there is an app that *may* suit your needs. [External Share for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220562/external-share-for-confluence).

It's unlikely that the functionality mentioned on the roadmap for Premium will trickle down anytime soon. Premium is bringing feature sets for "power users" (my term, not exactly theirs). It's more likely that a feature on Server would be ported to Cloud, or vice-versa, than a Premium feature porting to Standard.

Darryl


Tags: confluence-cloud