youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is there a list of Anonymous user features
Asked by wlong (SHIP):

I'm looking for what an Anonymous user can access/see in Confluence and JIRA. I see a lot of specific questions about the Anonymous user but I'm looking for a holistic list of what can that type of user do/see in the applications.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm afraid it's not really available. The answer is "what ever you let the anonymous users see".

If you look at the Confluence space permissions page, anonymous is one of the options, so you can enable whatever activity you like on a space-by-space basis.

Jira is more complex, but again, there's an "anyone" in the group lists. Use that in a permission scheme, and anonymous users get those permissions in the projects you use it in.

Also check the global permissions for their access.

Thing is, if you don't add "anonymous" to anything, then the answer is simple - they'll be able to see the login screen, and the "no permissions" pages. Everything else, you'll have added!


Tags: jira
Is there an aging report for deleted pages
Asked by Tom Wilson:

Hi

Is there a way to get a aging report for deleted pages. We would like to have a way to view deleted pages by 30 , 60 or ninety days.. At the 60 day mark, I would be be able to filter on those pages ad remove them from the trash.

Thank You

Tom Wilson

PSEG

[thomas.wilson2@PSEG.COM](mailto:thomas.wilson2@PSEG.COM)


Answers:
author: Midori
body: There is no *aging report* within the Trash, but there is its equivalent available for **active** Confluence pages with the [Confluence Archiving Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.confluence.plugin.archiving)!

It calculates the [time-since-last-update](http://www.midori-global.com/products/confluence-archiving-plugin/documentation/#update-age) and [time-since-last-view](http://www.midori-global.com/products/confluence-archiving-plugin/documentation/#view-age) values, and reports them in multiple leves:

* [for each page](http://www.midori-global.com/products/confluence-archiving-plugin/documentation/#page-status-indicator)
* [for the pages in a space](http://www.midori-global.com/products/confluence-archiving-plugin/documentation/#page-status-browser)
* as a per-space metric to indicate the overall quality of the content in that space:
* [as a global metric to indicate the overall quality of the content in the wiki](http://www.midori-global.com/products/confluence-archiving-plugin/documentation/#content-quality-statistics)

confluence-page-age-report.png

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-an-aging-report-for-deleted-pages/qaq-p/217576?attachment-id=3953){#link_118dab9108cfb1}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/190964/1/confluence-page-age-report.png){#display_118dab9108cfb1_0}


Tags: age
webdav upload problem with confluence, bitkinex and windows 7
Asked by mathieu scherz:

Hello,

I cannot upload file to confluence webdav onDemand. I'm using Bitkinex and windows 7.

I try to import a space backup and it is large than 100MB.

<br />

Any idea?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Jaime S
body: This is not a large file, so I don't think this is the problem.

Are you part of the site-admins group? This is generally required.

Kind regards.  
Jaime Kirch da Silveira.


author: mathieu scherz
body: Well, bitkinex doesn't display really any comprehensive error!

If I try to display the folder with firefox (does it makes sense?), it doesnt'accept the authentification.


author: mathieu scherz
body: Could it be this? <https://studio.atlassian.com/browse/JST-5660>


author: NikE
body: What error messages are you getting? How big is the file?


author: mathieu scherz
body: This might be a passowrd problem? Any idea?


Tags: cloud
kerberos authentication receiving 302 redirect rather than internal forward
Asked by Konnie McCauley:

when authenticating from outside receiving two login pages. Receiving a 302 temporary move which looses the username and password. Need second authentication to log in. Where in the configuraiton files can we alter the 302 temporary move to an internal forward instead.


Answers:
author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Thanks for contacting us direct so we can support you directly on this additional use cases so we can properly assist you.

[Answers.atlassian.com](http://Answers.atlassian.com) is not the place for a custom config/network specific solution. As you know, the initial authenticator was per your site.


author: Konnie McCauley
body: Our confluence is set up as such:

Standalone Confluence 3.5.13 (one server) - a separate SQL server 2005

Open to outside access. When a user tries to access confluence from outside receive an initial login screen.

upon entering login information. Then prompted to enter login information again, then authenticated to confluence.

When watching wireshark - see severl 302 temporarily moved lines. I read that when you receive a 302 temporarily moved - the kerberos authentication is lost. Documentatio mentions that we should use internal forwards instead, which would keep the username and password information.

If this is the case, what needs to be entered and where is this entered

comments: author: Konnie McCauley
body: By the way, Barney built our Kerberos authenticator


author: Konnie McCauley
body: We have done some serious packet watching and testing inside, outside, even on a computer that was inside but not in the domain. Here is where we are:

Can the Kerberos authenticator either:

- Permit NTLM as well or

- Drop the negotiation and only allow basic and Kerberos?

When accessing the site with Internet Explorer either outside or on a machine that is not in the domain you get the initial IE preferred authentication "ntlm", then the authenticator rejects this and a new window pops up requesting "basic" authentication and success......


author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: Please expand on the problem you're having with a dash more detail.
Confluence 4.0: How can I use the title of a page inside a macro called within a user macro?
Asked by Daniel Werner:

How can I use the title of a page inside a macro called within a user macro in confluence 4?

I.e. the following inside a user macro doesn't work:  

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| `<ac:macro ac:name=``"info"``>$content.getTitle()</ac:macro>` |

It returns an empty info box.


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Daniel,

Try:

```
<ac:macro ac:name="info">  <ac:parameter ac:name="title">Foo</ac:parameter>  <ac:rich-text-body>$content.getTitle()</ac:rich-text-body></ac:macro>
```

I.e. put $content.getTitle() inside a \<ac:rich-text-body\> element. Just did a quick test on my 4.x install and it seems to work.

Andrew.

comments: author: Tyler K.
body: This won't get the full title if the title contains characters between \< and \> symbols for instance the title

I am \<not\> tall

with be displayed

I am tall

Do you know if there is a fix for this?

Using 4.1


Tags: user-macro
Where do I announce the release of Confluence plugin?
Asked by Suraiya Banu:

Hi,

Can anybody provide me with the link where I can make the announcement of my plugin release in confluence?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Oli S
body: you could register our plugin at the plugin exchange of atlassian.

[https://plugins.atlassian.com/manage/createplugin](https://plugins.atlassian.com/manage/createplugin "Plugin Exchange")

Your sourcecode could be hosted at github.

oli
Square brackets in an external URL breaks the link
Asked by Rajendra Murakonda:

Hi,

I am trying to include the following link in confluence. Confluence strips of the entire link. I have even tried to encode the url but without any success. If I remove the square brackets, everything works fine. So how do I solve this problem other than changing the default linking character to double brackers instead of the single bracket.

\<a href="http://qualitytools/rrd/index.php?RD_COMMIT\[\]=\&RD_COMMIT\[\]=Y\&TARGET_RELEASE\[\]=IC616\&MRD_ID\[\]=;\&showTable=1\&table=RRD---vs---MRD\&genericFilters=;MRD_DESCRIPTION\&tableMode=view\&genericFieldsLeft=MRD_DESCRIPTION;;;MRD_OWNER;;;MRD_STATUS;;;PROJECT_ID\&genericFieldsTop=PROJECT_NAME:L;;;STAFF_OWNER:L"\>Test\</a\>

Thanks,

Rajendra


Answers:
author: ColinM
body: Hi,

I have the same issue with curly brackets { } .

I wrote a tool to automatically push content in Confluence, using the REST API. Some external links are links to Sharepoint that sometimes contains an ID between brackets. With the brackets, the external link is lost and in the final storage format I can see \<a\>\</a\> link with no href attribute. If I simply remove the brackets from the external URL, then a link is correctly created.

What would be the best solution:

* Can we escape them for Confluence ? ( \\{ or \&#123; is not working)
* Should we simply delete them ? (no other solution ?)

Thanks,

Colin


Tags: markup
recently updated macro is not working.. why?
Asked by poonam chaudhari:

m using confluence 4.0.5


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Don't know, there's too little information in your question. What have you actually got on the page? What result do you get? Error message, blank space, wrong data etc?

comments: author: poonam chaudhari
body: i am getting the following error :Error rendering macro 'recently-updated' : com/atlassian/confluence/plugins/macros/advanced/recentupdate/Theme


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, that needs more information - specifically, there will be an error in your log file, and you need to read that.

Also, are you using any parameters on the macro? What happens if you change them?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Running applications from within Confluence
Asked by Paul Hoffmann:

I am just starting with Confluence and I want to setup a server management page so that all of the server details for a given site can be seen on that page. We are running Confluence 3.0.1 at present but will soon be upgrading to 4.1 I can link to server management cards using http by putting in their IP address but I would like to be able to remote to the server using RDP by running mstsc /v:10.1.1.1 by hitting a button on the page.

Q1 Can I easily run a dos command or a windows application from within the Confluence page?

Q2 Are there more buttons than just the coloured stars available - something a little larger?

I haven't got admin rights on the server and will need to get the admin to load the appropriate plugin/macro should one exist.


Answers:
author: JamieA
body: You can add .rdp files as attachments on the page and link to those, eg \[Connect to Server\|\^server.rdp\].

Confluence can run anything but it would run on the server, which is not what you want. You could use activeX but that's all a bit pass?, and has security implications.

Don't know about buttons, but you can add your own images or style buttons using the space stylesheet, if you're a space admin.


author: Joe Clark
body: Some other alternatives here, but none of them seem very straight-forward: <http://superuser.com/questions/312011/can-you-launch-remote-desktop-via-url>

I like Jamie's suggestion.
Can I import from basecamp?
Asked by David Parks:

We're moving to Confluence from Basecamp, basecamp offers an HTML and XML export option. I see an "DOC" type import for Confluence in the 'Tools' menu.

Are there any other options for importing basecamp info (aside from basecamp export -\> manual re-format in MSWord -\> Import word doc to Confluence)?


Answers:
author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Hi David -

No there is not a direct path - and depending on your content formatting in Basecamp between pages, you might have different results..

On the [HTML / XML question](https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/UWC/UWC+F.A.Q.#UWCF.A.Q.-CanIconvertHTMLpages%3F) - see this.

Anyways, I would do some tests, and find to smoothest path as you have described above.

If you'd like some help with scripting the effort, if you have tons of pages - let us know.

Otherwise, while tedious - manual at least allows you to scrub and sift through/polish your content on the way in (or delete pages you don't want to move).

So consider your options / strategy...

Best,

Ellen

[info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com)


Tags: basecamp

import
No Install Tab On UPM Screen In Confluence On-Demand (Evaluation)
Asked by Nathan Van Prooyen:

It looks like there should be a install tab in the Universal Plugin Manager page inside Confluence, but it isn't displaying. Is this a limitation of On-Demand or the evaluation? Or am I missing something? We need to explore how well some plugins work to make a purchase decision. I would upload a screen shot, but apparently I have no karma.


Answers:
author: Fulvio Medeot
body: I had same question in mind.

With a search I find this page <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Plugin+Policy> that explain all.

Bye

Fulvio


author: Nathan Van Prooyen
body: After I posted the first question, it gave me a karma point...so here is the screen shot.![](../../upfiles/confluence_no_install.gif)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there an easy way to temporarily point to a different database?
Asked by Aaron Hurley:

I am trying to look at a DB backup (of a separate instance) of Confluence. Can I do this by simply changing the confluence.cfg.xml file or is there a more detailed process?

I only want to do this temporarily so that I can recover some data, I will then point back to the initial DB.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You should be able to change the url and then swap it back, but you could have problems.

Confluence has caches and indices, so you'll probably end up with a corrupted index (so re-indexing after each change is probably worth doing), and if your confluences have different plugins, you may have some issues with them poking data into each database automatically.

Other than that though, your databases will be fine (barring extraneous plugin info).

Personally, I'd not bother - I'd set up a second Confluence to read the backup DB - your license entitles you to a developer license you can use, and you can set it up by almost copying the install for the main one wholesale.
all updates
Asked by MediaBandit Admin:

is there any way to make it so that only updates pertinent to a user are shown on the home page? every update by everyone is shown there which is not ideal as a lot of updates are not for everyones eyes!


Answers:
author: Maya S Chase
body: I've had users complain that it was too much information, so I've either narrowed it by project, or taken it off completely and replaced it with a "Favorite Filters" query customized to only what the user wants to see.

Not ideal solutions, but at least it's a workaround.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Alternative form to create page
Asked by Giovani Marin:

I wonder how do I create a page that has a form, where this form has four fields, one that will be the title, and the other three fields will fill in a template. By giving submit this form, a page will be created based on these fields.  
How to do it?


Answers:
author: Gregory Sudderth
body: Here is a great presentation about Scaffolding:

<http://www.slideshare.net/customware/confluence-scaffolding-reporting-webinar-presentation>

Scaffolding page: <http://wiki.customware.net/repository/display/AtlassianPlugins/Scaffolding+Plugin>

G.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Any easy way to copy MS source with embedded pictures into Confluence?
Asked by Ed Treijs:

Using Confluence 3.3.3.

We want to capture the emails (created/distributed via Outlook) that are used during troubleshooting in a more permanent, accessible, and searchable collection of wisdom. I would like to use wiki, but....

A lot of these emails contain pictures, typically screen-shots of misbehaving applications. When I copy such an email and paste into Confluence 3.3.3 rich text editor, the text is fine but the pictures are missing.

The demand from the group is that it be easy to generate the wiki pages from the emails. Is this possible given the starting point?

The unfortunate alternative is to paste these emails into one or more Word documents and save them to SharePoint. The pasting into Word is easy and the images copy over fine, but I don't think I can make a SharePoint document library to be anywhere as easy to access, navigate, and browse as I could a group of wiki pages. So I hope we don't have to go there.

Any techniques to do this copy?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If you've got the Office Connector installed, you could try the "word importer" instead of "drop into sharepoint". It works really well for formatting and layout, although I'm not sure about the pictures, as I've never tried them.

Later versions of Outlook use the office renderer internally for emails, so you might be able to persude Outlook to generate Word formats directly (instead of having to copy and paste)

comments: author: Ed Treijs
body: Have I understood this correctly: do you mean copying the Outlook email into Word, and then displaying the Word doc in Confluence? I did that and it works, but the steps are

1. Paste into Word doc
2. Save Word doc
3. Attach Word doc to wiki page
4. Add {viewdoc} macro

I don't think this is easy enough for people to accept this. (And I am **not** in a position to mandate it.) Still looking for an 'easy' way to get this done.

(The fact that it won't be easy to find anything on SharePoint or in a honking long Word doc will only become obvious much later. The ease or difficulty in creating the items is the only thing that will be obvious at the start of the process.)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, I meant

1. Paste into Word doc
2. Save Word doc
3. Click Tools -\> import Word document

It converts the document into a wiki page (or a series, broken down by headings, if you've a honking long Word doc that should be broken down!)


author: Ed Treijs
body: We're using an Adaptavist theme. There is no "Tools" menu or icon. I'll have to ask the wiki administrators about this. At present I have no idea how to actually carry out the simple steps above. :-(
clicking on "stop watching this page" icon generates error message
Asked by Gary Maxwell:

From the "Watches" page of Confluence version 3.5.7, clicking on "stop watching this page" icon generates the following error message: "Your request could not be processed because a required security token was not present in the request. You may need to re-submit the form or reload the page."

It appears the generated "stop watching this page" link does not include "atl_token" and its information.


Answers:
author: hsuhailah
body: Usually this could be caused by non-standard layouts or customisation to Confluence. If you are using a custom theme, try reverting to the default theme and see how it goes.

comments: author: Gary Maxwell
body: Thanks Hanis however we are using the default theme.


Tags: token

watch
Possible to use Confluence as a "document server"?
Asked by Sebastian Ljungberg:

I have got the question from our CEO to investigate if it would be possible to use Confluence (together with a plugin maybe) as a "document server". What we want to do is have one place to keep all our documents, user manuals and similar. Can we "publish" a document to our support-page and when it is updated, the document on the support page is updated automatically as well?

The document on the support-page shouldn't be a link to a downloaded page (if it is avoidable) but shown, maybe through a popup, iframe or similar?


Answers:
author: Gregory Sudderth
body: I'm not sure if this will help:

<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Plugins+for+Technical+Documentation>

G.
What are those RB Storage, RB Filtering, RB Support Plugins in Confluence 4.1?
Asked by Thomas Fritz:

After upgrading from 3.5.13 to 4.1 i have a bunch of User installed Plugins with the name "RB - Filtering, RB - Support, RB - xyz".

What are those plugins, do i need them? Can i safely deactivate them?


Answers:
author: David Peterson
body: Hi there. If you're using the reporting plugin, you need them all. They are all share libraries that several of our plugins will use. The used to get duplicated inside every plugin, but now we can share them, hopefully reducing the overall memory footprint of the plugins.Short answer is, yes, you probably need them, unless you uninstall Reporting.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Thanks David, that's potentially saved Thomas a few screaming users, and I've made notes for an install here that uses the reporting too.


author: Thomas Fritz
body: Thanks! Great Info!


author: Bhupesh Nagda
body: hi,

Are these plugins still needed for confluence 6.15.1?

I am not even able to enable them, get unexpected error everytime, shall i uninstall them?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: These? <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/878843>

Yes, you can disable them, if you're not using them.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, that's quite difficult, if you can't tell why they were installed! I think that's the right approach - turn them off (rather than remove, for now) and see if anyoen breaks anything. I'd also look through the plugin list after switching them off - if there are dependencies, then they should start telling you that they need them.


author: Thomas Fritz
body: I do not know actually if i am using them, because they were installed automatically after upgrading to confluence 4.1. As it seems they are from Customware, so i think another Customware Plugin we are using, installed all the RB-\* Plugins automatically?

I will try do deactivate and wait if someone complains something not working. :D