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Restrictions to Page view in Confluence
Asked by Yulia:

Hi,

I have a problem in restricting access (view and edit) to ALL except one group in Confluence.

I have a space which is open to All in my company and I have a page under this space that I want to hide from everyone except a few people.

The problem is Confluence does not allow to this on Page level (it is only available on Space level). On page level I can only choose users or groups who I want to restrict, BUT even if I do so, it doesn't work, I test on some people restricted but they still have access.

Is there any way to restrict a page under space to all except some users?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Yulia
body: :smile: no no, you explained it perfectly! )


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, you use restrictions, but you claim they "are not working". Problem is, they work fine for me. I have a space with company-wide view access, I create a new page, I add a restriction of group X and myself and the page is visible only to me and users in group X.

I think you need to go back over it and test exactly that scenario I describe - use a temporary dummy user who you put in the login group and group X, and log in using a different browser so the sessions are totally separate.

If it doesn't work, tell us what you're doing differently, and also check if you have any plugins that might be affecting the restrictions.

comments: author: Yulia
body: Hi Nic,

It works now. Thanks! I misunderstood the functionality of "restricted" function, I thought it worked in the opposite way.

Thanks for your advice!!!

BR,

Yulia


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah! I didn't see that in your question, but now I read it again, you did say it! Sorry, I could have been a bit more clear on that answer!


Tags: restriction
Confluence and extended taxonomy / metadata
Asked by B_ Normann P_ Nielsen:

Hi,

I am scripting all VMware Virtual Machines attributes into Confluence Documents under the Customer Space they belong to.

Secondly, as an Sysadmin on VMware, I want som alternative selection possibilities.

One of the attributes is the folder structure in Virtual Center, and I would like to view and (perhaps) select serverdocuments in Confluence from that structure.

A Folder could be like "Netic/vm/Netic/Hosted/Region Nord/Prod-Servers/"

Now, labels are quite insufficient, as I can make a "Netic/vm/Netic/Hosted/Region Nord/Prod-Servers/" label, but perhaps I want to find all documents to servers in folder "Netic/vm/Netic/Hosted/Region Nord/"

Multiple labels could :warning: solve it:

labels= "Netic",""Netic/vm/", ""Netic/vm/Netic/Hosted" . etc etc etc

But that really sucks... gives a lot of labels to handle and maintain....

So, how do I accomplish to add this taxonomy / metadata structure in a fitting manner.....


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Hi Normann,

My first though is, why don't you just do it with text? You could write somewhere in your document:

Server Location: Netic/vm/Netic/Hosted/Region Nord/Prod-Servers/

Then, to find all servers in Region Nord, you would simply do the following search (with quotes): "Server Location: Netic/vm/Netic/Hosted/Region Nord"

If you search for something more specific, it would not return the not matching values, and if you wanted less specific, it would return more pages.

comments: author: B_ Normann P_ Nielsen
body: Hi,Sure, You are right, but it goes a bit further, which my initial question did not reflect, I also would like to "handle" these properties a bit more, like making the tree-structure from VM (or part of it) on a Confluence page, or via a java script lib. But Your thought is excellent enough :-)


author: B_ Normann P_ Nielsen
body: As stated, the actual Page structure is not an option, Pages a placed in the Customers space.
Is it possible to list every visit to the page, of the same user, with Viewtracker?
Asked by Ivar:

The Viewtracker is great for our need; simple and efficient.

There is one thing I would like however - the possibility to see that User X visited the page last week, two days ago and earlier today. All in the same list. According to the documentation (<https://wiki.bitvoodoo.ch/display/DOC/Viewtracker+Plugin;jsessionid=74F0860A9C1F25672B1BAB3B45CA24A2>), I believe this is not possible. Or can I achieve this with a combination of other plugins, e.g. the Reporting Plugin?


Answers:
author: Oliver Str??er
body: Hi Ivar

After answering your question in our support platform, I shorty like to give the same answer here - to be complete :-)   
According to this ticket [VIEWTRACKER-35](https://bitvoodoo.atlassian.net/browse/VIEWTRACKER-35?focusedCommentId=72071&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-72071) your use case isn't possible.

Because the Viewtracker macro stores only the "last view date" and the "total number of views" per user per page, it's not possible to display any information when a page accessed by the user detailed.

Here a short vie into the data structure:

| Page  |   User    | Number of views | Last view date |
|-------|-----------|-----------------|----------------|
| Page1 | johndoe   | 5               | 2014-01-01     |
| Page1 | mikesmith | 1               | 2014-01-10     |
| Page2 | johndoe   | 2               | 2014-05-01     |
| Page2 | mikesmith | 4               | 2014-01-12     |

Cheers  
Oli


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Ivar,

I believe you found the answer :smile: [http://www.appfusions.com/display/CONFENGAGE/Home.](http://www.appfusions.com/display/CONFENGAGE/Home)

This plugin may suit your needs.

I couldn't find this functionality in the Viewtracker plugin, it might be a good idea to check directly with the plugin vendor if this is going to be implemented.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Ivar
body: It will not be implemented, which is really OK by me. We do not need this function that much, so putting in 2000 USD is not something we're gonna do at this time :)


author: Justin Justin
body: Ivar:

Yes, [Mixpanel Engagement Analytics for Atlassian Confluence](http://www.appfusions.com/display/CONFENGAGE/Home) has also grown beyond this video.

AppFusions needs to update the video, but I think it closest meets what you are looking for and more statistics are added often via customer feedback as time progresses. [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com) for evals.

<http://youtube.com/watch?v=Enx3VJQb_xc>


author: Ivar
body: My question might be a duplicate of this one, <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/59023>; but I'm not 100 % either :)


Tags: viewtracker
Displaying a jira issue in confluence: How to change visible fileds?
Asked by Matthias:

When I display a single JIRA issue in confluence using the Jira-issues macro I'd like to influence which fields are shown. While for a table I can select the fields I want for a single issue it is always

`<Key> <Summary> <Status>`

e.g.

`ABC-123 Create new user Open`

What I in particular want is

`<Key> <Fix version> <Status>`

Is this somehow possible?


Answers:
author: Matthias
body: howtoshow-fixversions.png

try this...  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Displaying-a-jira-issue-in-confluence-How-to-change-visible/qaq-p/41912?attachment-id=11940){#link_1192de9177532f}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/7094/1/howtoshow-fixversions.png){#display_1192de9177532f_0}

comments: author: Matthias
body: But this works only for a table of issues. Not for a single issue.


Tags: jira
Importing a Space
Asked by Chris Nix:

Hi

I've exported a space from one confluence site and I'm trying to get it into another. I didn't have and issue exporting it, but when I go to import the downloaded zip file I get an alert message.

Could you help me out?


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Hi,

It looks as if the file has been opened by another software on your Mac. Have you unzipped and rezipped the file yourself?

The problem with this zip is, all the files are in a subfolder, so when Confluence expects to find "exportDescriptor.properties", it doesn't find it. The best solution would be to export again from your original Confluence instance. If not possible, try:

* Copy the zip,
* Expand it,
* Go to the subdirectory where there is exportDescriptor.properties,
* Select all files and folder of this subdirectory,
* Right-click and choose "Compress 10 items" (10 is whatever number of files in your directory),
* Try importing this new zip in Confluence.

Hope this will solve it for you.


author: Chris Nix
body: This is the error that comes up

Screen Shot 2014-11-27 at 5.03.17 pm.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Importing-a-Space/qaq-p/239276?attachment-id=7841){#link_118922b426a004}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/40532/1/Screen%20Shot%202014-11-27%20at%205.03.17%20pm.png){#display_118922b426a004_0}


Tags: cloud

import

space
Has anyone found a way to separate Add/Edit page permissions in Confluence?
Asked by SamuelM:

This seems like a reasonable request. To have the ability to restrict who can edit content and add content as we have content contributors who we do not wish to give the ability to add new pages but require the ability edit existing pages.


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Samuel,

It seems that from Confluence side this won't be implemented due to complexity of the request: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26522>

It might be possible with some development of a plugin that could change Confluence behavior, however I couldn't find any workaround for it. I'll leave this question open so if someone else knows how to do it will comment here.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


author: Jan de Vries
body: +1 need.

We have a group of developers who are allowed to make changes to existing content, but have to request creation of new content. Right now this scenario is virtually impossible within Confluence itself.

If anyone knows a plugin that offers this functionality I'd happily pay for it, as I don't see Confluence implementing this any time soon, judging by the issue linked.

It's small things like that annoy me about Confluence. It's just so normal to expect this to be possible that it's a bit of a blow to realize it's not.

We now have to resort to a plugin that makes an identical space copy for editing that synchronizes the changes to the real space. A lot of hassle and content overhead.


Tags: confluence-administration
Editing an existing Team Calendars item won't save
Asked by Dominic Oldman:

Very often in Team Calendars trying to delete or edit a calendar item will not respond, in the brower, to the Save button.

The following is logged, for example:

-- url: /rest/mywork/latest/status/notification/count \| userName: \[User\] \| referer: <http://confluence.researchspace.org/calendar/mycalendar.action>  
[javax.ws](http://javax.ws).rs.WebApplicationException  
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.TerminatingRule.accept(TerminatingRule.java:66)  
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)  
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)  
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RootResourceClassesRule.accept(RootResourceClassesRule.java:84)  
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1469)


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Barry, which version of TC and Confluence are you using? The first step would be to attempt [upgrading the add on to the latest](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Updating+add-ons) version and check if the issue persists. Further to this please post your findings to this thread.
Can a user set defaults for a macro?
Asked by Mark_McGuire:

Some users want to always create a macro with particular defaults. For example, with the code macro:

* Code default "Python"
* "Show line numbers"
* "Emacs mode"

Every time.

Is there a trick to have these settings saved? Perhaps a way to create a URL link that inserts the macro with those default values set?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Just make a user macro to wrap the code macro and default the parameters in the user macro.


author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: The only way I can think of to do that would be to make a user macro that reads parameters from the URL and then invoked the macro you want to use from that user macro.

Macros don't by default read parameters from the URL.
How to auto-provision accounts when Confluence is using JASIG CAS SSO for authentication?
Asked by Josh Kwan:

Hello,

I have CASified my Confluence 5 installation for single sign-on (SSO), and I was wondering if folks out there had solutions to auto-provision accounts.

**CAS works, but if the user does not already have a local Confluence account with the UID set as the username, then a redirect loop occurs between the CAS client and the CAS server.**

**Example:**

* CAS username = johndoe
* CAS UID = 1000
* Confluence username = 1000 (MUST be this or things break)

**Questions:**

1. Are there solutions to auto-provision accounts?
2. There is an LDAP server in my organization where I can get UIDs from. Is LDAP my only option to auto-provision accounts before users' first login?
3. Or is there simple way to modify the CAS client so that it will create a new Confluence user account for any successfully authenticated CAS user that does not already exist? Anyone else out there doing this on a large scale?

**Side note and tip on CAS and Confluence integration:**

* To get JASIG CAS 3.3+ client to work with Confluence, there is an undocumented option that must go in your *seraph-config.xml* file:
  *

    ```
    <authenticator class="org.jasig.cas.client.integration.atlassian.Confluence35CasAuthenticator"/>
    ```

  * The "35" in the above line is undocumented and required for things to work in newer CAS client builds. This is not reflected in the JASIG article here: <https://wiki.jasig.org/display/CASC/Configuring+Confluence+with+JASIG+CAS+Client+for+Java+3.1>

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Kenrick Bramble
body: I know this is a longshot since this post is so old but were you ever able to figure this out? We are still not able to auto-provision accounts when using CAS, users are not able to login unless we create a local Confluence account for them first.

Thanks,

comments: author: ???
body: unitl today?we still need create a local Confluence account for them first! haha


Tags: authentication

confluence-administration

ldap

sync

user
Can I change a graphic on multiple pages?
Asked by Bill Blinn:

I have space admin privileges and have created banner images for various templates that are used on our Confluence installation. Our corporate logo changed recently and it seems that I will need to update hundreds of pages manually. Is there a way for someone with space admin privileges to change a graphic on multiple pages?

If not, is this something that a system administrator can do?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [How to globally search and modify content](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/How+to+globally+search+and+modify+content) using [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP)


Tags: confluence-administration
Show incoming links on page when using cloud version
Asked by NJR:

I am running a cloud version of confluence.

The "Page Info" screen includes a panel showing all inbound links to a page (from other pages within Confluence). I would like to see this list on the page itself (so that I don't need to open the separate "Page Info" screen to get to it.)

I have seen a couple of plugins that offer this functionality, but they seem to be either discontinued, or cannot be used with Confluence Cloud.

Is there any way to do this in the Cloud version?


Answers:
author: AgentSmith
body: We have a previous posting for this here:

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/132263>

Which talks about a feature request but looking at here:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CLOUD-6347>

Unfortunately, the feature request generated some understandable confusion (its not clear why its closed). Best I can offer is that you comment directly on CLOUD-6347, which is still being updated by other interested customers.

Sorry I wasn't able to be of more service here.

comments: author: Dan Walker
body: This is the most recent "gathering interest" issue, I'de recommend voting on as Jason says above...

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-35218>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

link

page
Deck of cards and required items
Asked by Margherita:

Hello,

I have a template with three cards. In each cards I would like to put some "required" fields, but is it possible to force the 'save' button after the completion of each tabs? So each tab is "indipendent" form the others...

Any suggestions or workarounds?

Thank for your help!


Answers:
author: cgauterio
body: Hi Margherita,

I'm afraid not. The Save button is available for the entire issue, and there's no way of adding one button to each tab.

Cheers,

Clarissa.


author: Margherita
body: Thanks for your answer. T

At now the only workaround that I have in m ymind for my goal is to create child and child pages. I try to figure out altrnatives :smile:

Cheers,

Margherita


Tags: card

cloud

confluence-cloud

deck-of-cards
Creating new users?
Asked by Brian Tesoroni:

I've noticed that you changed the way you add users into Atlassian. I need to manually add all the information for all users since we use onelogin. How could I do that?


Answers:
author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Brian,

This was a recent change introduced on the Nov-16th release (as you can see [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/16+November+2014+to+21+November+2014)). Unfortunately it won't be possible to have the old options back for now. We are currently working on a solution to bring some of those actions back. You can follow updates on this ticket: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-7576>

Please feel free to add your comments and vote for it to make it more noticeable to our developers. Also refer to [Implementation of Bug Fixing Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Support/Atlassian+Bug+Fixing+Policy) for more information on Atlassian's approach to the development of these bugs fixing.

Please let us know if we can assist you any further. :smile:

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
When will the UML add on for Confluence Cloud be available?
Asked by Akshayraj Kore:


Answers:
author: Akshayraj Kore
body: How can I contact the authors/publisher's of the UML add-on?

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What does it say on the plugin's contact details? (We still don't know which plugin you're asking about - I know of 3 that do UML stuff)


author: Akshayraj Kore
body: The 3 plugins are Gliffy, PlantUML , AstahUML. Does Gliffy provide UML? I cannot see the contact details in the plugin.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If the contact details are not on the plugin description, check the marketplace entries for the one you're interested in.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Which UML add on, and have you asked the authors, rather than the community (who don't know what the author's plans are)?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Using trial version of Confluence. Want to add-on Brikit theme press, but I don`t have upload add-on button.
Asked by Marcia Keeping:


Answers:
author: Maggie Modersohn
body: Hi Marcia,

I just sent you an email to see how we can help you get up and running with Theme Press.

Cheers,

Maggie


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If you are using "Cloud", then you cannot upload addons. You need to go via your my.atlassian account.

If you are running "server" version, then you need to be an admin to upload addons, but even then, you really should use the "manage plugins" section to get it from the marketplace, rather than upload manually.


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Marcia,  

I would like you to enable [safe mode](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Disabling+and+enabling+add-ons) and then see if you still unable to see the upload add-on? If you able to see the upload add-on button after you enable the safe mode it means one of your 3rd party plugin causing this issue. I suggest you to disable the 3rd party plugin one by one and see which plugin causing this issue.  

Cheers  
Suren
How to hide all spaces from non-admins
Asked by Zsolt Szilagyi:

Hello,

we created a user for one of our customers. Obviously, they should not be able to see the other spaces, as the names give away our customer list. We managed to restrict their access to this single space, but how to hide the list? I picked up the info that I shall restrict the "browse" right, but I can?t find it. And try googling for "browse"...

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Peter Bengov
body: You should edit your default space permissions on \<domain\>/admin/permissions/viewdefaultspacepermissions.action.

You can also go each of your spaces permission section \<domain\>/spaces/spacepermissions.action?key=XXX and make sure only relevant groups are found under Groups.

"Browse" is a JIRA term, as far as I know. Not a Confluence term.

comments: author: Zsolt Szilagyi
body: Great. There was a leftover from a default permission I have forgotten. Your link solved the problem, thank you!


author: Peter Bengov
body: Happy to help


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Vote not possible Return status: no transport
Asked by Jonathan Maas:

Hi,

I have a problem with a user of our Confluence. He creates a page via a template where the vote macro is included. When he wants to add a vote he gets the following error message:

There was a problem casting a vote. Returned status: error, error: No Transport.

Interestingly all other users do not have this problem, including myself. So I cannot reproduce the issue on my computer in our Confluence. But the user who gets this error gets it every time he is trying to vote on the page.

Best regards,

Jonathan


Answers:
author: Frank Stiller
body: Hi Jonathan,

it seems the base url is different than the url he requests the webpage, see <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5241088/jquery-call-to-webservice-returns-no-transport-error>.

Is it possible that this one user has some kind of proxy or vpn which is special than for all other users?

The base url is relatively important in atlassian products and so this is a security measure which should be used properly

cheers

Frank

comments: author: Jonathan Maas
body: Hi Frank,that could be correct. I let the user with the problem check if this is the case. It isn't possible that he uses another proxy or vpn, but I might have found something else.Our base url ist <http://servername.com> and if I access Confluence via <https://servername.com> i get a similar error.There was a problem casting a vote. Returned status: error, error: \[Exception... "\<no message\>" nsresult: "0x805e0006 (\<unknown\>)" location: "JS frame :: <https://servername.com/s/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/en_US-1988229788/4733/f235dd088df5682b0560ab6fc66ed22c9124c0be.104/113/_/download/superbatch/js/batch.js> :: .send :: line 8208" data: no\]If I use the http protocol instead of the secure one, it works flawlessly.I get back to you as soon as the user checked this himself.Cheers,Jonathan


author: Jonathan Maas
body: Hi Frank, that actually was the problem. Because we don't use the ssl protocol in our base URL the problem pops up when connecting to Confluence on the secure layer.Thanks a lot for your help.Jonathan


Tags: addon-com.nearinfinity.confluence.survey-plugi