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Imbedded Jira ticket filter in confluence doesn't show Creator field value
Asked by Seo Yongshik:

I inserted Jira filter into confluence page to show list of jira issues.

I added couple of fields with "Insert JIRA Issue/Filter / Display options" and among them only "creator" field doesn't show value, i.e, name of creator. It is just empty.

When I run same filter on Jira, there are valid creator name shown.

Is there any permission for fields to be seen on Confluence ?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Yongshik,

There aren't any permissions to be set in Confluence to make Jira fields display. You seem to be running into a bug: [Some columns do not Display any Data in JIRA Macro](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-46262).

The bug ticket is public so feel free to vote for it or comment to emphasize your use case directly to the development team. Here is our [Bug Fixing Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/bug-fixing-policy-206865207.html).

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: jira
Contributors Macro Displaying settings JSON on page load
Asked by munyiva ngea:

On [Confluence](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence) 6.9.1, the Contributors Macro displays settings JSON on page load, as below, has anyone encountered this issue and been able to resolve it? ![Contributors.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28062iDA95A7E840BE9027/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Contributors.png")


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: I've seen this too, but in my environment it would only display that way for a couple seconds and then change. You are not alone. Probably a bug.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a way to import a shared calendar from Outlook into Confluence?
Asked by rounaka@vmware.com:

Our team has a shared calendar in outlook. I want to import the calendar in Confluence so the team can view and modify it from Confluence. I tried exporting the Outlook calendar onto my local device and then importing the same in confluence. The import gets completed but the content of the calendar is not displayed instead a huge error message is displayed.

I found a plugin [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217554/outlook-calendars-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217554/outlook-calendars-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

Will this plugin fulfill my requirement.? Or is there any other way than buying a plugin?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Another option would be [Team Calendars](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/72307/team-calendars-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). The caveat with Team Calendars is that it doesn't directly edit your Outlook calendar. Instead you have to set up a program that syncs Team Calendars with Outlook on a scheduled basis. Looks like the other add-on may be able edit the calendar directly ... but I've never actually tried it.

comments: author: rounaka@vmware.com
body: Do you have any idea how importing a calendar (iCal file) will work? I am able to save the iCal file of the calendar that I want from Outlook.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Plugin - Business Dictionary
Asked by Amanda McKenna:

Have just downloaded the trial version in a test environment and it says that it is Incompatible with our version 8.9

I really want this version of a dictionary/glossary.

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/32542/business-dictionary?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/32542/business-dictionary?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Anyone been able to overcome this problem at all?


Answers:
author: informatikus
body: [@Amanda McKenna](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1707373) Looks like delopment of this plugin is discontinued. When you take a look at the [version history](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/32542/business-dictionary/version-history) of the plugin, you'll see the latest version dates back to 2014. You won't be able to use this plugin within a supported version of confluence.


Tags: confluence-server

server
how to create fillable form to use my team
Asked by sundeep manyam:

I am trying to create a template where all of my teammates can use it - to write down about the project with the description and information


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence is a wiki, aimed at free-form documentation, not forms.

But, to help you with that, it has templates. You could write a "project description" template and make that globally available.
ConnectWise to Confluence Cloud API Integration?
Asked by Isaiah Hatch:

Hi All,

I'm looking to use the APIs for ConnectWise Manage and Confluence to create a bi directional relationship and I was just wondering if anyone had any tools to create this sort of thing.

[Tray.io](https://tray.io/) is a great example of the type of thing I'm looking for but I wanted to gauge what other integration tools may be out there

Any help appreciated.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Isaiah,

For more detailed discussions about available development tools, please check out the [Atlassian Developer Community](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/) as well.

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: api

atl-dev

confluence-cloud

connectwise

integration
How can I change the menu bar titles
Asked by Greg Parsons:

I would like to change the menu item 'Spaces' in the top bar to a different name. For example instead of 'Spaces', can I change the title to 'Documentation'?


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Greg Parsons](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/655653),

Try this free plug-in:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211972/inproduct-translation-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211972/inproduct-translation-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

![test.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28048i4CBEC57A4758F371/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "test.jpg")

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Just what I was going to suggest.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Link/embed or create gantt chart in confluence cloud
Asked by Peter White:

We are seeking any suggestions, before embarking on a third party, to identify working solutions with Confluence Cloud and gantt charts.

We were initially looking at Microsoft Project and linking this to confluence as we could not find any plugins for the cloud version.

All suggestions welcomed.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Peter,

You can try [Gantt chart](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro#HowtouseChartfromTablemacro-Ganttchart) from [Table Filter and Chart](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) add-on.

comments: author: Peter White
body: Thanks. I have come across this previously however thought there may have been a third party app working with confluence cloud allowing an easier interface for our team?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Are you able to create a blog/post and force email update to the entire company?
Asked by Cameron Vernest:

Looking to have an email sent to everyone even though they may have notifications disabled.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: In our instance everyone is a member of the confluence-users group. Thus you could go to the blog post and using the share functionality share it to the confluence-users group.

comments: author: Cameron Vernest
body: Thanks Davin.
How to migrate MSSQL databse to RDS (PostgresSQL) in the AWS Cloud for Confluence?
Asked by kumar Gajapaka:

Please let me know the steps for Confluence Migration.

MSSQL to RDS (PostgresSQL) in the AWS Cloud


Answers:
author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: HI [@kumar Gajapaka](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1189581),

This link describes in depth the steps of migrating a Confluence database.

[Migrating to Another Database](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-to-another-database-148867.html)

comments: author: kumar Gajapaka
body: Thanks


Tags: data-center
Create a wiki only our software users can see.
Asked by Angel Cuevas:

I am working on getting our software documentation on Confluence. I would like to make a wiki that is visible only to my clients. We have two type of users, Buyers and Sellers. I want Sellers to only see Seller docs and Buyers to only see Buyer docs. My initial thought was to export the docs to HTML and host it on our servers, but that means I would have to manually update the pages as they changes.

Is there any way to publish the wiki's to our servers?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Why wouldn't you just put the documents in separate spaces and then give you clients access to those spaces?
Why is the Confluence document editor so buggy?
Asked by Randolph Strauss:

The confluence editor has a lot of bugs.

I make a word on the left bold and the whole line goes bold. Or I make a word on the right bold and the whole line goes regular. But sometimes either of these works.

I put in a line break and when I save, it turns into a new paragraph.

Or I delete the line before my 2-line paragraph and the line break between the two lines turns into a paragraph.

I'm making a roster of people in the group that I'm working with remotely. I want the first words, the title, to be bold, and then some non-bold text about what the details of what they do. On the next line, with no added whitespace (hence the line break), I want their name in bold, magenta, followed by non-bold phone number and email address. On the next line, I add free text, non-bold.

I finally got it working for most. The last paragraph, though, looks fine when I edit, but when I save, the magenta of the middle line disappears and it's black.

Atlassian: Don't do automatic formatting. It's a curse in Word - don't emulate it.

And if you want a bug filed about this, file it yourself. I've wasted enough time on this.

I'm on a Mac, OS 10.12.6, using Chrome Version 67.0.3396.99 (Official Build)


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Just to add clarity --

Your complaining here typically falls on deaf ears. This is a user-community forum. While I can appreciate not wanting to go through filing a proper bug, effectively all you've done is preach to the choir here -- Accomplished nothing whatsoever.

comments: author: Randolph Strauss
body: I had looked to file a bug, but didn't see a way. At your suggestion, I looked harder and managed to find their "support system" ( [https://jira.atlassian.com/projects/CONFCLOUD/issues/CONFCLOUD-61829?filter=allopenissues](https://jira.atlassian.com/projects/CONFCLOUD/issues/CONFCLOUD-61829?filter=allopenissues?))

So I hit Create and it asks for some info, but not the bug description (nor whom it's assigned to). Then at the bottom I hit the Create button and get an error:

User '\<me\>' doesn't have the 'Assign Issues' permission

I tried some more and saw at the bottom of the page ( <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/> ) the support button. There were some challenges, but finally submitted the issue.

Thanks!


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I completely agree, it is extremely difficult to suss out whether or not something should be entered here, or in the public tracker Jira.Atlassian.Com, or submitted to GetSupport.Atlassian.Com.
Adding watchers to a page
Asked by Christine J:

As an admin, do I have the capability to add watchers to a page?


Answers:
author: josh
body: Yes. You will need Space Admin privileges, then you will see the Manage Watchers link when you click on the watchers button.

You will need space admin explicitly checked off in the space (either by group or individually) even if you're a confluence admin.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/manage-watchers-724765356.html>


author: AnnWorley
body: Welcome!

Yes, you may click on the eye icon and then "manage watchers" as described in:

[Manage Watchers](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/manage-watchers-724765356.html)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can we track page additions and edits using Confluence as our Knowledge Base?
Asked by Kandace K:

We would like to track when a specific person adds or edits pages within a space on our confluence installment.

We are currently using Google Analytics to track and monitor the page views, but we need something that will track the number of pages added or edited by the individual.

How is this type of tracking possible?

Edit: We can make do with a process to locate pages that were created by a group of users during a specified time frame.


Answers:
author: Tansu Akdeniz
body: Hi [@Kandace K](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1627126),

There is a macro called "Contributors Summary" which shows page edits, comments, labels by individuals as a table. Btw, you can watch whole space to get notified if someone creates a page within a space.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/contributors-summary-macro-183470224.html>

comments: author: Kandace K
body: Hi [@Tansu Akdeniz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/472390)

Thanks for your quick suggestions!

This macro output is exactly what we need to track edits, comments, etc. by the individual user. However, it doesn't appear to track page creations since it tracks the parameters by the specific page title. We would need something that could pull the same type of data for the entire space and include added pages.   

Watching the entire space will give me the notifications in email that a page was created, but ideally we would like this information exportable (like excel for example).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

space
Confluence how to customize site dashboard?
Asked by PascalH:

By default and before connecting to our Confluence site, the menu on the left panel show all spaces including personnal spaces. Is it possible to change this behaviour by showing only site spaces.

Actually this is the way it works after connecting to our site. We want the same in anonymous mode.

How to do that?

Thank you for your help,

Pascal


Answers:
author: PascalH
body: I have an other question: How they are classified ? They are not by type, alphabetical order or chronological order.

Thanks a lot


author: Nikola
body: Hi Pascal,

If you want a space to be publicly accessible, the anonymous user must have at least the 'View Space' permission. To set space permissions, choose **Browse** \> **Space Admin** \> **Permissions** .

Have a look at the Article below for more information:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/assign-space-permissions-139460.html>

Regards,

comments: author: PascalH
body: Sorry my question wasn't very clear.

Since we upgraded to Confluence 6.7, ++in anonymous mode++, the dashbord shows all spaces with anonymous permissions: sites spaces and personnal spaces. With version 5.8 we could see only site spaces even if some personnal sites were configured with anonymous access. Is it possible to show only site spaces on the dashboard before login on the wiki??

![confluence1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28196iD23C6423AD993C7E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence1.png")


Tags: confluence-server

dashboard

server
Feature Flags
Asked by Helen Meijer:

If you want to know more about about feauture flags and details about the installation and activation.

Go to: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/integrating-with-feature-flags-952620221.html>


Answers:
author: Matt Doar
body: I think the documentation for the two plugins mentioned on that page is a good place to get more background
Something Went wrong, or Minified React Error #152 whenever a ticket status is changed in Jira
Asked by Victor Vucicevich:

**The problem:**

Every single time anyone on my team changes a ticket status in Jira, an error popup of "Something's gone wrong" occurs, and then the ticket disappears from the screen.   

**The repro:**   

1. Literally change the status of a ticket in ANY View on ANY screen  

![Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 9.44.18 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27976iCAC3D2D6F2AE85DC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 9.44.18 AM.png")

2. Get this error:

![Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 9.44.36 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27977iE77BD2F1708E8F60/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 9.44.36 AM.png")![Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 9.44.48 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27978i4E64485E6793E0D0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 9.44.48 AM.png")  

My team can't use Jira right now so this is pretty frustrating...


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Just circling back around for anyone stumbling across this. The issue was caused by [JRACLOUD-69900](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-69900) which affected many Cloud instances and has been fixed.


author: Danyal Iqbal
body: Hi Vick, only atlassian really has access to the logs. Please open a support ticket, the support team should be able to help you out.


author: Victor Vucicevich
body: Hey [@Danyal Iqbal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/430572) this is Jira Cloud, are the logs available on that?


author: Danyal Iqbal
body: check the logs.


Tags: cloud

error

jira

jira-cloud
HTTP Status 500 - Cannot call sendError() after the response has been committed
Asked by Innovaci?n - Proyectos Compartidos:

Hi Everyone!

I am having problems with the installation of Confluence, since I can install a different directory of C, it allows me to configure up to the database, then the license and I get this error. The environment in which I am installing is:

DB: Microsfot SLQ 2016  
OS: Windows 2012 server

My son questions:

1. Can Confluence be installed in a directory other than C:? Example: E:  
2. The variable "JRE_HOME" must be configured in the system, since it is assumed that the installer has its own java to run

Milena G


Answers:
author: Nikola
body: This article is also handy, please follow the link below:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/installing-java-for-confluence-144212101.html>

Regards,

Nikola

comments: author: Innovaci?n - Proyectos Compartidos
body: This documentation has the same observation, and I am using the Confluence installer.

![Captura.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28111iDB6D462E30D9506E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Captura.PNG")


author: Nikola
body: Hi Milena,

installing Confluence on drives other than C: is OK.

Please have a look at this guide for Setting the JAVA_HOME Variable in Windows:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/setting-the-java_home-variable-in-windows-792499849.html>\]

Let us know how it went.

Regards,

Nikola

comments: author: Innovaci?n - Proyectos Compartidos
body: Hi [@Nikola](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1477324)

Would this variable apply? since you use the Confluence installer and according to the documentation this step would be omitted.

![Captura.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28109iF384589E810DEC87/image-dimensions/528x168?v=v2 "Captura.PNG")
Unable to start up Confluence. Fatal error during startup sequence: confluence.lifecycle.core:manana
Asked by Christian Johnson:

Hi

Confluence died and was telling me to use the recovery tool I followed the instructions below and it seems to have fixed the database I think.

<https://gist.github.com/AlmostGosu/6220fbf8adb7f46044e4578f67f3a28e>

But now the webpage says "You cannot access Confluence at present. Look at the table below to identify the reasons." Which shows:  

Unable to start up Confluence. Fatal error during startup sequence: confluence.lifecycle.core:mananagedjobs (Start and stop the Managed Scheduled Jobs) - org.springframework.transaction.UnexpectedRollbackException: Transaction rolled back because it has been marked as rollback-only

Error log can be found here: <https://pastebin.com/PHGmBUkZ>

Any ideas?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Christian,

Please let me know what you saw in the browser when Confluence "died". I am not sure how it was telling you to use the recovery script from the github site.

The best strategy may be to restore your instance from back-up. A file system backup of your [Confluence Home](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-home-and-other-important-directories-590259707.html) directory will contain the embedded database and possibly [XML site backups](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/site-backup-and-restore-163578.html).

Please note: The embedded database is not appropriate for production, as mentioned in [Embedded H2 Database](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/embedded-h2-database-145098285.html):
> The embedded H2 database is only supported while you are evaluating Confluence. You must migrate to a supported external database before using Confluence as a production system.

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Christian Johnson
body: The error message was in the atlassian.log file. It said to use the recover tool, and upon searching I could find no such tool are more descriptive error message would help. I came across a stack overflow post with the same issues which led me to this github.

After running the script it seemed to fix the database and the corrupted index message disappeared and now at least I get a webpage instead of a blank page.

I was never informed of this database not being for production, and it wasn't mentioned as handed over my money! Maybe Atlassian should put this in the order process.

I have a folder "/var/atlassian/application-data/confluence/backups", if I unzip one of them it contains (attachments, entities.xml, exportDescriptor.properties, plugin-data).

Looking online all I can see is how to restore backups from the web gui, and nothing if the web gui is broken. Maybe just maybe people are restoring from a backup when there is an issue, or maybe I'm being stupid and people are only using backups on working setups.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Where is the Admin section where you write macros?
Asked by Michael Ross:

I need some basic navigation guidance.

Where do I write a macro?

(I have admin privs, and I'm using Cloud Confluence.)


Answers:
author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Michael Ross](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1381398)Please state do you want to develop a plugin or what , could you explain your question better ?

best!


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Michael Ross](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1381398),

you can't write user macros on Confluence Cloud, just on Confluence Server.

comments: author: Michael Ross
body: Hah! That simplifies things. Do you know how to insert a current date field in the template header? It seems like such a basic facility.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: It is on the roadmap:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-30567>

Maybe you want to vote or comment the issue.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud