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Issue in adding images to Confluence
Asked by Nikhil Mehra:

I am not able to change the size of images nor able to move the images horizontally while posting comments. Earlier in the comments section, we had an option to select the image size and move it towards left/right side of the page, which is not available now.


Answers:
author: Ferdinand Mul
body: I have got the same issue. I have a very small image of an icon, and I am not able to move it to the extreme left. This happened when I wanted to add an image into a sector that was created by an expand macro. Such a sector can be compared with a table with only one cell.

On a large monitor the tiny image is floating somewhere in the middle. Because of that it is easily overlooked.

For me the new create blank page interface is frustrating as well. Lack of font colors (<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67183>), not able to create links to not yet existing subpages (<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67129>) are for me other frustrations.

My first introduction to the Jira and Confluence Software was a very positive one. But when I see now how restless the functionality is changing, causing the layout of my newly created pages become inconsistent with pages created earlier, I am becoming more sceptical.

I am a strong supporter of continuous change, but am against an uncontrolled and unbalanced change process without having considered all the pros and cons of the change.


author: Brooke
body: I think this one of the many challenges with the new editor. Previously we could manipulate images within tables, and now we cannot - much like you are describing in comments. I think it's the same issue. Extremely frustrating.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Displaying attachments in overview
Asked by Moritz Neuffer:

Dear all,

i want to display attachments from several pages in an overview.

The overview should only show attachments which are labeled with specific labels (more than one).

What I tried so far and what didn't help:

* Space Attachments Macro: Not possible to predifine filter criteria
* Attachments Macro: Attachments only from one page
* Content by Label: Result is not filterable with Table Filter and Charts
* Content Report Table: Not possible to limit results to attachments
* Page Properties Report: results can be limited to Attachments but I did not found a way to make this work
* Search Macro: Result is not filterable with Table Filter and Charts

Is there any User Macro to do this?

I really appreciate your help.

Moritz


Answers:
author: Nicolai Sibler
body: Hi Moritz,

I'd probably put Attachments Macros for each page and wrap all the macros with one Table Filter Macro ... quite ugly (having a table header for each Attachments Macro), but it works.

Best regards,

Nicolai

comments: author: Moritz Neuffer
body: Hi Nicolai,

Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately this is not feasible for us. We also want attachments from newly created pages to be pulled in the overview automatically.

I hope there is any workaround to to this.

Moritz


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do i grant read only access to a space for a client
Asked by Frances Holbrook:

I need to give a client read only access to a certain space on confluence. I have very limited knowledge of how to use confluence !


Answers:
author: Tiago Machado
body: Hi [@Frances Holbrook](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3498785)

You have to add the client to the Confluence space and set up their permissions, allowing them to **View All** **Pages**but not being able to do anything else.

This [page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html) has more detailed information for you.

Regards
A specific user is unable to search by labels
Asked by soraa.kim-pueschel@ubitricity.com:

One of our core users is unable to use the label search in Confluence Cloud. This normally is for us the most convenient way to search for pages in Confluence.

We search for a buzzword and click on the label. Then normally the search function lists all pages connected to this label. For other users this is not a problem and it shows the list of pages as usual. Only for this one specific user it shows "no related pages found".

I already checked the rights of the user and he seems to have all necessary rights. So I wonder if it might be a problem in the user's settings?


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: [soraa.kim-pueschel@ubitricity.com](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3222702) , the only other obvious possibility is that the user has some filtering set in the Search settings. There are no user-specific settings that would otherwise impact searches to my knowledge.

I apologize in advance for asking, but do you know there's no issue with spelling? Also, just for kicks, could the user try a search from a different device?

Darryl


Tags: confluence-cloud
Advanced search not available
Asked by Oliver Ziegenhardt:

Hi there, I think at our confluence page advanced search is not available. Do we need an upgrade or is is just a matter of settings? Look at the search button in screenshot below. Thank you very much, regards, Oliver ("suchen" means "search" in German ;-))

![IVU Confluence Search Button.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73628iA9FD2621EB9CFCF6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "IVU Confluence Search Button.PNG")


Answers:
author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: If you are on 6.14 or above - have you tried this ;

![3.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73636i079DA138693871D7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "3.JPG")

comments: author: Oliver Ziegenhardt
body: Dear Vickey, thanks for your quick answer. I'm afraid there is no such button on the left side, just as shown in the screenshot I attached. Hm, to be honest I do not know which version we have. See, my problem is: I'd like to have something like a fuzzy search, allowing typing errors when you do not know the exact name of the page you search for. Got an idea? Thx again, Oliver


author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: Advanced Search option are available from 6.14 and above - before 6.14 I guess we had something called full search.

comments: author: Oliver Ziegenhardt
body: Full search? No way, unfortunately...


author: Oliver Ziegenhardt
body: Hi Vickey, now I found out we are running on 6.13.6. How do we get an upgrade? Thx, Oliver


Tags: confluence-server

server
Java Code cache Memory - not enough free space
Asked by Claus Schlotz:

Your JVM doesn't have enough free space allocated to code caching. This could be causing performance issues

Parameter were set in /confluence/bin/setenv.sh - Confluence was restarted, but no effect. Error message is still there

CATALINA_OPTS="-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=696m -XX:+UseCodeCacheFlushing ${CATALINA_OPTS}"

Confluence 6.6.1


Answers:
author: Rafael Corredor
body: Hi,

Yes, it also happens in our Productive JIRA. No errors in logs, setenv.sh file properly configured with 512Mb, used value around 300Mb.. and the error message appears anyway :(

In the test environment, no problem at all.

[@Claus](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1461801), have you checked it? <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/full-codecache-causes-jira-server-to-crash-or-perform-slowly-314447083.html>

It does not help in this case, but maybe it helps you to identify the error in logs.

In my case, version is JIRA Server 7.13.2

comments: author: Claus
body: It's not for me...


Tags: confluence-server

server
system error when space created in version 5.1.5
Asked by pradheep.halan:

I was trying to create space in confluence version 5.1.5. But it is throwing system error. Please do the needful to resolve this issue.

Error:

com.atlassian.bonnie.LuceneException: com.atlassian.bonnie.LuceneException: Couldn't open writer on directory: org.apache.lucene.store.SimpleFSDirectory@/app/confl/ConfluenceHome/index lockFactory=org.apache.lucene.store.SimpleFSLockFactory@1f918a5b  
at com.atlassian.bonnie.LuceneConnection.withBatchUpdate(LuceneConnection.java:409)

caused by: com.atlassian.bonnie.LuceneException: Couldn't open writer on directory: org.apache.lucene.store.SimpleFSDirectory@/app/confl/ConfluenceHome/index lockFactory=org.apache.lucene.store.SimpleFSLockFactory@1f918a5b  
at com.atlassian.bonnie.LuceneConnection.withWriter(LuceneConnection.java:346)

caused by: org.apache.lucene.store.LockObtainFailedException: Lock obtain timed out: SimpleFSLock@/app/confl/ConfluenceHome/index/write.lock  
at org.apache.lucene.store.Lock.obtain(Lock.java:85)


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Check the permissions and ownership of the fhe directory named in the error message, and the files in the directory.

Also, check that there is enough disk space and inodes free to allow Confluence to create more files and add to existing ones.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Harvey Balls
Asked by Warren Rowe:

Hi,

Is there a decent plug-in for Harvey Balls visuals available for Confluence Cloud?

I would prefer a lug-in that stores data locally (not 3rd-party storage).

Regards,

Warren


Answers:
author: Bob Sovers
body: When the new "Fabric Editor" was released, it was possible to create custom emojis/inline graphics from a user's uploaded graphics file. I guess that this functionality has been removed.

comments: author: Warren Rowe
body: Adding custom emojis is still an option. But this is pretty static solution i.e. ok if creating a point in time message. I was looking for a visualisation that might be a bit more dynamic i.e. driven by some underlying data.

W


author: Warren Rowe
body: I have added custom Emojis for my Harvey Balls. This has limited use as you can only use emojis in comments not in page content which uses an emoticon macro...


author: Warren Rowe
body: PS What is Fabric Editor?


Tags: confluence-cloud
JIRA issue collector button only works in preview, not on published confluence page
Asked by Owen Mays:

I'm trying put a button on a specific confluence page to trigger a JIRA issue collector. It works no problem if I use one of the default placements (With the button hidden over on the edge of the screen). I would like to place a big button in the middle of the screen. This is Confluence 6.6.4, hosted locally by my company.

I've followed the instructions here, for the case where I want a button on a specific page: [https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-create-a-button-to-open-the-issue-collector/qaq-p/88880](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-create-a-button-to-open-the-issue-collector/qaq-p/88880?)

And it's not quite working. I have the same symptoms described here: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Issue-Collector-Button-on-Confluence-Macro-does-not-trigger/qaq-p/612201>

When I use "preview," the button works correctly and I can submit issues (they even show up in my JIRA backlog). When I save the page and try to use it (not in preview), the button appears but nothing happens when I click it.

Here's the code I have pasted into my HTML macro box:

```
<button style="height:200px;width:25%; font-size:20px" id="myCustomTrigger">Submit New Job</button> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://mydomain.com/stuff/stuff/2.0.24/_/download/batch/com.atlassian.jira.collector.plugin.jira-issue-collector-plugin:issuecollector/com.atlassian.jira.collector.plugin.jira-issue-collector-plugin:issuecollector.js?locale=en-US&collectorId=28fe0db1"></script>    <script type="text/javascript">window.ATL_JQ_PAGE_PROPS =  {    "triggerFunction": function(showCollectorDialog) {        //Requires that jQuery is available!         jQuery("#myCustomTrigger").click(function(e) {            e.preventDefault();            showCollectorDialog();        });    }};</script>
```

Any suggestions on how to debug this would be much appreciated!


Answers:
author: Humberto Gomes
body: Hi,

Any update on this? I have the same problem.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a Back to Top option for articles?
Asked by Casey Harris:

Hi everyone,

I have published a long article that makes use of a Table of Contents to quickly scroll to headings. Is there something I can insert that will act like a Back to Top button to bring readers immediately back to the top of the article?

Thanks,

Casey


Answers:
author: Thierry Dalon
body: You can use the browser native hotkeys for example in Chrome Windows End (for bottom) or Home (for top) key.


author: DPKJ
body: [@Casey Harris](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3549466)There is no direct way to achieve this, but there is a hack that you can use,

Hack 1 - Using Anchor Macro,

* Drop an an Anchor Macro on the top of the page (you can name it TOP etc)
* And at bottom (or any desired space) create link to this Anchor

comments: author: Casey Harris
body: Hi [@DPKJ](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/690016) , thanks for sharing that hack - but I do not see the Anchor Macro from the Insert menu. Should I be looking elsewhere?

We are using the Cloud product and we have the new editor.


author: DPKJ
body: Oh! Anchor Macro is temporarily made unavailable in New Editing Experience.

But I think you can check this page - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html>

And look into New and updated features \> Linkable headings section I think this can help you.


author: Casey Harris
body: Hi [@DPKJ](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/690016)

I tried it out, but the linked heading does not appear to work for a page you are already on (it did not visibly refresh the page or bring me to the top of the page - which I hoped it would have).

I suppose I have to wait for the Anchor Macro to return. Thanks for your help.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Task report macro options
Asked by Chris Mitchell:

Does anyone know how to stop the display of tasks in the task report macro if the due date is not added to the original action item?


Answers:
author: Natalie Paramonova [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi [@Chris Mitchell](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/544598) ,

As far as I know, the Task Report macro can't be configured in such a way. You can do this with the help of apps. We develop [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview). You can wrap the Task Report macro in the [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Filter+macro) macro and apply the filtration parameter: Due Date is not empty.

The Task Report macro:

![2019-11-22_15h52_15.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73786i513D2FEF2AAA1599/image-dimensions/356x225?v=v2 "2019-11-22_15h52_15.png")

The Task Report macro wrapped in the Table Filter macro:

![2019-11-22_15h52_48.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73787i8E1D83A0A0F84F69/image-dimensions/370x199?v=v2 "2019-11-22_15h52_48.png")


author: Jen
body: Cloud.

Task Macro Report has option "completedate" - how does the completed date generate? I would have assumed Confluence would have tracked that on the backend when the check box is clicked and updated reports accordingly - but in the below examples that doesn't seem to be happening.

So my question is: **How to update a task with the completed date, within a new editor page?** *(Note I do not know if this worked on the legacy editor, as I didn't realize it was a Task Report option.)*

**++See Examples:++**
> 1. ++Image One++:

*
  > Meeting Minutes Table demonstrates two completed tasks.
*
  > Completed Task Report does not include completed tasks.

![completed.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/122713i4E410109ED2AA1B3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "completed.PNG")

2. Image Two:
> * Meeting Minutes Table demonstrates two completed tasks.
> * Completed Tasks Report the four bolded tasks from above were checked off, and now they have disappeared.
> * Completed Tasks Report the two assigned tasks from "Meeting minutes table" were checked off and NEVER appeared on the Completed Tasks Report.

![completed tasks are not updating to task report.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/122718i9BDA960AFAB0D5E6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "completed tasks are not updating to task report.PNG")

comments: author: Jen
body: Yep - I missed it. Selection in Macro "completed"


Tags: questions-for-confluence
Page Tree Search Macro - Can You Set Default Filters?
Asked by Scott Kesselring:

I am trying to add the Page Tree Search macro to a page. While the search box works fine, many of my pages have 5-15 attachments within them, and these attachments often include the Page name. For example, if I have a Page titled "Chicken Recipes," there are 10 attachments that are named "Chicken Recipes - Fig 1," "Chicken Recipes - Fig 2," etc.

This makes the Page Tree Search not ideal since every time I search, all of those attachments also appear. I know after I search, I can use the filters on the right to only view Pages. However, can I set the Page Tree Search to only search for "Pages" by default? I would only want to search by Pages and not by Blog Posts, Attachments, etc.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there, [@Scott Kesselring](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3635643) ! I can see that setting up a default search parameter can be quite useful in your case. However, ++*there is no setting for us to use as a default for the Page Tree Search Macro*++.

The macro acts more like a shortcut to the complete search rather than a separate search in itself. The filter that the macro applies is to reduce the search scope to the defined root page. ++*The root page can be the current page where the macro has been placed or any other in the same space*++.

One thing you can do is use the Confluence Search Syntax to pin down results more quickly:
> * ++**[\[Confluence Cloud\] Confluence Search Syntax](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-search-syntax-724765423.html)**++

But, as you have noticed, ++*there is no "default filter" setting for the Page Tree Search Macro*++.

I hope this clarifies things a bit for you, Scott!

comments: author: Scott Kesselring
body: Hey Diego! Thank you for your answer! It does provide some insight.

I ended up working around the issue by using Labels and the "Livesearch" Macro. Since I only wanted Pages and not Attachments to appear in my search, I applied a Label of "Pages" to all my pages. Then I changed to the "Livesearch" Macro and restricted the search to only show results with the Label "Pages" and this worked.

Thank you for the clarification though!


author: Diego
body: Hello again, [@Scott Kesselring](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3635643) ! Great to hear that you were able to reach your desired functionality within Confluence. Thank you very much for explaining how you worked around the situation.

Come share with the community again sometime in the future.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
LDAP Auth with Synology Directory Server (Active Directory)
Asked by jgarrison:

Im using the Confluence Evaluation installed on MacOS 10.13.6.

Our Active Directory is hosted on our Synology Box using Synology Directory Server (samba).   

Im struggling to get LDAP auth set up. I keep getting
> Connection test failed. Response from the server:  
> auth.companydomain.com:636; nested exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: auth.companydomain.com:636 \[Root exception is javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertificateException: No name matching auth.companydomain.com found\]

I'm assuming that this has something to do with the certificate Synology is using for active directory by default.

I unchecked Advanced Settings -\> Use Secure SSL and that changed my error message to:
> Connection test failed. Response from the server:  
> auth.companydomain.com:636; nested exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: auth.companydomain.com:636 \[Root exception is javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target\]

I've successfully set up LDAP integration with other software (eg: moodle).  

I tried following the steps here:  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-import-a-public-ssl-certificate-into-a-jvm-867025849.html?_ga=2.267991946.521402259.1574196240-1350555410.1548796221#HowtoimportapublicSSLcertificateintoaJVM-commandline>  

but can't seem to get the paths right.  

Any direction would be helpful!   


Answers:
author: Monique Khairuliana[ServiceRocket]
body: Hi [@jgarrison](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1188988) ,

If you uncheck the SSL option, then you can just use LDAP port 389 I think.

As for the PKIX error message when using SSL, try going through this post:

* <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/LDAP-SSL-Failed/qaq-p/826767>

All the best,

Monique


author: Frank Knoepfler
body: Hi jgarison,  
I've the same issues here.  
did you found a solution for your problem?

Thanks

Frank

comments: author: jgarrison
body: No, I did not. It does seem to be on synology's end. I had issue trying to do the same with another program. It seems synology does not pass on the full certificate chain.

Hopefully this is addressed in the upcoming DSM 7.


Tags: active-directory

confluence-server

ldap

server

synology
Sorry, a network error occurred trying to log you in. Please try again, and contact your administrat
Asked by Vinh Nguyen:

Hi Expert,

We do have successful config SSL with Jira and Confluence before with users can use the same username/password to login both

But right now we try back to config Http with port of Jira and port of confluence.

We can login Jira with all username/pw before but we can not login confluence with error message as below:

"Sorry, a network error occurred trying to log you in. Please try again, and contact your administrator if the problem persists."

Could anyone please help us?


Answers:
author: Vinh Nguyen
body: From my "atlassian-confluence.log" file

2019-11-21 01:45:54,396 WARN \[http-nio-8090-exec-8\] \[common.security.jersey.XsrfResourceFilter\] passesAdditionalBrowserChecks Additional XSRF checks failed for request: <http://support.thinknextco.com/confluence/rest/analytics/1.0/publish/bulk> , origin: <http://support.thinknextco.com:8090> , referrer: <http://support.thinknextco.com:8090/confluence/dologin.action> , credentials in request: true , allowed via CORS: false  
-- referer: <http://support.thinknextco.com:8090/confluence/dologin.action> \| url: /confluence/rest/analytics/1.0/publish/bulk \| traceId: 14cb76b8dd2092b7 \| userName: anonymous


Tags: confluence-server

server
Unable to start confluence
Asked by Michael Spears:

Hello,

I'm getting the following error after moving my Confluence database to a new server:

could not extract ResultSet; SQL \[n/a\]; nested exception is org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not extract ResultSet

How would I be able to fix this?


Answers:
author: Michael Spears
body: Ended up being a matter of the db import not going through properly... all fixed now.

comments: author: Samu Hynynen
body: Good to hear everything went down OK. Did you manage to find out what went wrong with the import?


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

I assume the new database server is the exact same version \& has the exact same access control as the old server. Can you access the new database server \& confluence database using the credentials configured in Confluence?

Best

JP


author: Samu Hynynen
body: Sounds like you're facing a collation or character set issue with the new database. You should read this trough:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-fix-the-collation-and-character-set-of-a-mysql-database-670958160.html>


Tags: confluence-server

database

server