youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Could changing the Confluence database dialect cause complications?
Asked by Gabrielle Goodwin:

In order for Confluence Questions to work, the database dialect needs to be changed from net.sf.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect to com.atlassian.hibernte.dialect.MySQLDialect. (per this KB article <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Unable+to+Access+Confluence+Questions>)  

Could making this change have an adverse effect on existing add-ons or functionality? Have any issues been reported as a result of making this change?


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

As far as I know, the default dialect for MySQL is com.atlassian.hibernte.dialect.MySQLDialect, which is stated in my connection settings as well.

Changing to this dialect should do no harm, by the opposite, will get the situation better to Confluence and questions apps.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
Changed domain and IP Address of confluence and unable to login
Asked by kenneth nichols:

Link between JIRA and Confluence is good according to each application. Not able to login to Confluence with JIRA credentials.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Update the Confluence application defined in JIRA User Server. :smile:

comments: author: kenneth nichols
body: Did that on both JIRA and Confluence. Links are established according to each application.


author: AnnWorley
body: It sounds like you are describing application links - did you update the Confluence application in JIRA User Server where the application name and password are configured for use in the JIRA User Directory in Confluence?


author: kenneth nichols
body: the old IP Addresses were there. Changed to new IP Address of confluence server but still not able to login to confluence as a Jira user.


author: AnnWorley
body: If you can log into Confluence as an Internal user, try going to Confluence Admin\>User Directories, re-enter the application name and password that were defined in JIRA User Server. If you cannot log in with an internal user, use these directions to enable an internal admin: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+Passwords+To+Recover+Admin+User+Rights>


Tags: confluence-administration
Is Office Connector by fee or free?
Asked by David Stutzman:

Is the Office Connector add-on free or a paid subscription?


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: It's free :smile:


author: Subsea 7 Survey Helpdesk
body: It appears that Office Connector is available only with Confluence Hosted, not Cloud?


author: AnnWorley
body: It's bundled with Confluence, you don't have to add it. :)


author: David Stutzman
body: Thank you, Suren!


Tags: confluence-administration
does confluence 5.6.5 and JIRA 6.1.2 support Windows 2012 R2
Asked by sanket nayak:

Hi All,

can you please confirm that does confluence 5.6.5 and JIRA 6.1.2 support Windows 2012 R2.


Answers:
author: sanket nayak
body: @Ann Worley -thanks


author: AnnWorley
body: Yes, they both do run on Windows 2012 R2:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA061/Supported+Platforms>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/conf56/Supported+Platforms>

Cheers!

Ann


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The phrase you should search for is "supported platforms". A search will get you <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Supported+Platforms> for example


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there a way to disable the "Remember me" checkbox on the confluence login page?
Asked by Paul Sitko:


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Paul,  

I'm glad I able to help you little bit. Currently, this feature is not possible to configure via UI.  

Cheers  
Suren  


author: Paul Sitko
body: Thanks Suren,

This was very helpful. The tip is a bit old (referring to Confluence 4.1) but it should work. In login.vm for 5.7 I found this section:

```
#if ($action.shouldRememberMeCheckboxBeOmitted())
```

```
<input type="hidden" name="os_cookie" value="true"/>
```

```
#else
```

```
#bodytag( "Component" "label='remember.accesskey'" "name='os_cookie'" "value='false'" "t??? heme='aui'" "template='onofflist.vm'") #end
```

#end  

I can comment out the #bodytag line, but the conditional above leads me to believe there may a way to do this in configuration, rather than changing the code, which would be preferable. I'm wondering if this has been added as a configurable feature since Confluence 4.1?


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Paul,  

I found a Kb that might be helpful to you:  
[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF41/Disabling+the+'Remember+Me'+feature](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF41/Disabling+the+)  

Hope it helps.  

Cheers  
Suren


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I influence the default indent?
Asked by Matthias Krohn:

When I indent a paragraph with the "Indent" button, the paragraph gets an indent of 30px:  
`<p style="margin-left: 30.0px;">My text</p>`

I would prefer to set the indent via a `<div>` element and a CSS class:  
`<div class="Indent1"><p>My text</p></div>`

Doing so, I could change also at a later time globally all indents. Is it possible to change the behavior of the "indent" button accordingly?

Alternative: At least I would like to change the default value of 30.0px for the indent? I know that this would not be influence already existing indents, but definitely for a new space this would be helpful.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You could create a user macro that implements your indent. Then if you want to change it in the future you just change the user macro and all the pages that use that macro would change. Won't look as pretty in edit mode, but it would display the way you want.

comments: author: Matthias Krohn
body: Thanks for your hint, Davin. I tested the \<div\> statement as described in my question with the Confluence Source Editor and it works properly. The same applies to the \<div\> macro from the Adaptavist Content Formatting Macros. But both variants need additional time for editing, which is not acceptable. Therefore, I look for a solution to change the default (!) indents, so authors does not need to change their kind of writng/formatting.


Tags: confluence-administration
Authenticate local wiki users using Active directory ldap
Asked by Sreenadh Menon:

Hi,

While trying to authenticate local wiki users using "Active Directory LDAP", the users are still in the "Confluence Internal Directory" and still authenticating with the wiki password. the "internal directory with ldap" is made the first option in the user directories. But still the existing wiki users are getting authenticated with local password. In the user profile I noticed that the Directory still shown as "Confluence Internal Directory".

Is there any way to modify the Directory of existing wiki users to "Delegated LDAP Authentication" so that it gets authenticated by ldap. This is an issue when selecting "Copy User on Login".


Answers:
author: Mario G?nter
body: Hi,

did you try to change the order in the directories list? Caution! Keep an second backup admin user for you to login. You can change the order by clicking the blue arrows. If LDAP is above Internal the LDAP is 1st priority:

CONFLUENCE/plugins/servlet/embedded-crowd/directories/list

directories.png

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Authenticate-local-wiki-users-using-Active-directory-ldap/qaq-p/409871?attachment-id=5465){#link_11929e7e97ab5d}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/69388/1/directories.png){#display_11929e7e97ab5d_0}


Tags: authentication

confluence-administration

ldap
Column Order Macros not appearing in Confluence
Asked by Janaka Tennakoon:

Hi all,

We are upgrading our JIRA and Confluence instances, we have noticed that despite application links being in place we cannot see the Column Order macro on Confluence despite it being installed on Jira. Any suggestions?

Regards,


Answers:
author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: Hi Janaka,

this is a gadget, not a macro.

Here is a docu how to do it in JIRA <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Adding+a+Gadget+to+the+Directory>. But I think, this was already done?

And here is the how to for confluence <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Gadgets>

To make it short, you'll need the gadget URL from JIRA and register it in confluence. Then you can use the gadget in confluence and you can access it via the macro browser. You'll find the gadget directory in your admin section.

Regards

Steve


Tags: confluence-administration
Import MS SQL Report into Site
Asked by Mario Bruckmayr:

Hello,

I'm trying to import content from an Reporting Server into my Confluence page. I use the HTML-INCLUDE macro for this. The Reporting Server has an authentification which allows "everyone". The problem is that it still requests a Kerberos ticket even though that it doesnt matter. Confluence runs on a Linux Red Hat Server with a non-Domain Service User. When i open my Confluence Site an Error displays with "Site not allowed". How can i display the results of my Reporting Server in Confluence?


Answers:
author: Mike Rathwell
body: Mario,

I ran into this also but in a different way. I set up a SQL server as a datasource to tomcat and had to put a username/password in the URL. There was no way to get around it even though the view I had didn't need authentication. For that, I set up a service account to get access.

If I could also suggest an alternate and far more flexible way of getting your reports into Confluence: As noted above I set up a SQL Server DB as a datasource to tomcat (among other DB servers on a variety of platforms). I use many of Bob Swift's SQL tools to make SQL queries to present live tables and charts on the Confluence pages. With the DBs that I created for my own purposes and other corporate DBs (or views to them), I have the flexibility of creating the reports I need when I need them and presenting them as is best.

Good luck with that connection. Connecting to PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MySQL was relatively painless; SQL Server.... not so much.

Mike


Tags: linux

permission

report

service
Cannot install Confluence Question (max_allowed_packet=64MB)
Asked by Dominic Feig:

Hello everyone,

we are setting up our 2nd Confluence installation. For this we also want to install Confluence Questions. During the installation process of this plugin the following error occurs:

"An error occurred while installing the add-on. Configure your MySQL server with a higher max_allowed_packet as described in [Database Setup for MySQL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/6-YB)."

I've tried the UPM and the direct upload. In the mysql globals we've already configured a packet size of 64MB (67108864B). What issues can else exist that block the installation process?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards, Dominic


Answers:
author: Volodymyr Krupach
body: \> In the mysql globals we've already configured a packet size of 64MB   
Did you restart MySQL to pick your change?

comments: author: Dominic Feig
body: Yes, I did it. Afterwards I also restarted Confluence.


author: raghavprabhu
body: ```
 
```

```
[mysqld]
```

max_allowed_packet=40m

character-set-server=utf8

collation-server=utf8_bin

default-storage-engine=INNODB

innodb_log_file_size=256M

Add the above configurations in you my.cnf or my.ini


author: Mallmann
body: Hey Dominic,

Would you mind running the following query against your MySQL database so we can make sure the database updated this value?

```
SELECT @@max_allowed_packet;
```

Please, let us know the value returned.

Best regards,

Eduardo Mallmann

comments: author: Dominic Feig
body: Unfortunately this shows the same value as stated in my entry post (6710884)


Tags: confluence-administration
Copy space in Confluence 5.6
Asked by Robert Lauriston:

I see that Copy Space is not compatible. Not only do I get a warning but it does not work.

Is this horribly inconvenient workaround still valid?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Copy+or+Rename+a+Space+in+Confluence>

How do the Atlassian docs people get their work done? I know they used to manually copy. Have they switched to Scroll Versions?


Answers:
author: Robert Lauriston
body: Never mind, it worked when I tried a second time.


author: Warren Weiss
body: Is there a way to "force" Confluence to accept a plugin as compatible? I've searched through the Copy Space jar file for an RDF file or something similar where such information as supported versions could be found, but I haven't been able to locate such a file.

comments: author: Robert Lauriston
body: I downloaded the plugin .jar and installed it manually. Seems to work fine.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's no way to "force" it. There are four situations:1. Addon is compatible2. Addon is compatible, but the vendor is not sure, hasn't tested it, or doesn't want to support it. So they don't say it works, even when it does. You've an element of risk here, especially if you use it and then try to upgrade3. Addon is partly compatible at a baseline level - you can install it, it appears, and then falls over in a steaming heap as you try to use part of it4. Addon is totally broken - it falls over on install/enableAll you can really do is try it and hope it's case 2 - for 3 and 4, forget it.


Tags: confluence-administration

copy

space
Why are .docx files not indexed for Confluence 5.6.3 searches?
Asked by Daniel Lowe:

Is this a bug?

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-35322>

Or is this a feature that requires a plug-in that the Confluence admin needs to install on the server?


Answers:
author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: Yup, that's a bug. From the comments, it sounds like a fix is not on the roadmap yet.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence Attachment Version Issue
Asked by cwssupport:

I have a client who has sent out a communication containing a link to a specific attachment version. Something like:

**http://hostname:8080/download/attachments/31799912/TEST.pdf?version=2\&modificationDate=1423603269604\&api=v2**

The problem that we have is that the attachment has now been updated, creating a new version and effectively breaking the link.

In dev, I have replicated this and tried to update the attachment data directly in the database, using the below:

**update ATTACHMENTDATA**   
**set DATA = (select DATA from ATTACHMENTDATA where ATTACHMENTID = \<new version id\>)**   
**where ATTACHMENTID = \<v2 id\>**

This seems to corrupt the file.

Any help would be great as I've hit a brick wall with this.

1. Can I edit a specific version of an attachment?
2. Can I copy the data of one version to another?
3. Can I redirect a specific url?


Answers:
author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Is there a requirement to link the very specific version of the attachment?

A work around would be to link to the latest greatest version of the file, such as:

**<http://hostname:8080/download/attachments/31799912/TEST.pdf>**

Doing the above will always link you to the latest version of the file regardless if it has been updated, saved, or reverted.
When I add a new space, can I have a default set of pages?
Asked by Scott Cote:

Hi,

I want to have a default set of pages added when I create a new space. Is it possible to define that somewhere? I have been looking in the documentation for the Blueprints.

Also - I noticed that when I added "Documentation" page, it added a page for "File List". When I added "Product Requirements" page it added another page as well. Why does it add these? Does it have to? Can I turn that off?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: The easiest way is to create a space that you will use as a template and then copy that space. You can use Bob Swift's [Confluence Command Line Interface](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-copySpace) to do that or the [Copy Space OnDemand](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ac-copy-space) addon.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Macro issues - Confluence Upgrade
Asked by Neil Taylor:

Hello,

I am having some issues with macros while upgrading confluence. I am going from version 3.5.6 up to version 5.6.6 (following the step up instructions for upgrade - did not just start with the 5.6.6 installer)

Post upgrade I am getting "Unknown macro: 'listlabels'" along with the same message for gallery and excerpt. There may be more I haven't found yet. Any ideas as to what the issue is?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: R Donato
body: Hi,

Sometimes after an upgrade, macros have to be re-installed or enabled. Have you tried that? Take a look at the Manage add-ons page to see if they're listed. We perform upgrades on the dev server first before updating production. After the dev upgrade, I compare the list of macros on dev to production. There's usually a couple of macros missing. Re-installing them solves the problem. This gives me an idea of what to expect when upgrading production.

HTH

comments: author: Neil Taylor
body: Perfect - I had updated all the user installed plugins, but did not look at the system installed plugins. My "Advanced Macros" system plugin was not enabled. Problem solved. Thanks for the quick answer! P.S. - This was in a dev environment too - just to clarify so it didn't sound like I had performed this on production without testing :)


author: R Donato
body: So glad to be of help. :)


author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: Things changed a lot between the 3 series and the 5. As R Donato said, you will need to update your plugins. Some macros may not have made the transition, though, so you may be out of luck with them.


Tags: confluence-administration
In Team Calendar, is it possible to disable the What field's requirement?
Asked by Joe Szilagyi:

For example, this image. Under Vacation, which for us is a Custom Event Type, it defaults to having a required "What" field. For one of our Custom Events (e.g. a sick day/personal development sort of day event), we'd prefer to not have this as a requirement for privacy reasons. How do we disable this requirement?

Screen Shot 2015-02-10 at 11.32.21 AM.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/In-Team-Calendar-is-it-possible-to-disable-the-What-field-s/qaq-p/272392?attachment-id=9445){#link_1188e3f957a2c0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/46055/1/Screen%20Shot%202015-02-10%20at%2011.32.21%20AM.png){#display_1188e3f957a2c0_0}


Answers:
author: snorrish
body: This isn't possible right now. There's an open request for it that you can view here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-523>


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
No controls showing in sidebar
Asked by Ryan Carpenter:

I'm trying to set up a new space in Confluence, and there are no links/options to configure the sidebar. According to the documentation, there should be a 'Space tools' option, but there is nothing to click. Is this a limitation of the trial?

Screen Shot 2015-02-10 at 11.17.21 AM.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/No-controls-showing-in-sidebar/qaq-p/454589?attachment-id=9439){#link_1188e4009eab0a}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/76899/1/Screen%20Shot%202015-02-10%20at%2011.17.21%20AM.png){#display_1188e4009eab0a_0}


Answers:
author: Martim Schnack
body: You might be using the documentation theme for the space. In order to view the sidebar with the actions and quick links, you will need to change the theme to the "Global Look and Feel".

comments: author: Martim Schnack
body: Here's the documentation page that explains how to do it: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Applying+a+Theme+to+a+Space>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What rights do you have in the space? And what theme are you using?

comments: author: Ryan Carpenter
body: @Nic Brough \[Adaptavist\], I am a full admin (the only user in the entire JIRA instance), and the default theme.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah. System admin does not give you rights in a space - you need to check those separately. Specifically, do you have space admin?


author: Ryan Carpenter
body: Yes, I'm also a full admin on the space itself.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The only thing I can think of is, well, what Martim posted already. You may have documentation set as the default theme.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence 5.6: is it possible to assign a shortcut key to display a specific macro?
Asked by R Donato:

Hello,

When I use the curly bracket ({) to open the list of macros, I have to type practically the entire macro name to have it come up. Is there a way to assign a shortcut key to it? Since more than one person has requested that feature, I'm hoping it can be done.

Thanks,

Rosemary


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Rosemary,

That can be achieved through a bit of development - luckly there is a guide through that can be found after [this jump](https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/tutorials/adding-confluence-keyboard-shortcuts). :smile:

Hope it can suffice.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: No, the only way to add that functionality would be through a new add-on. You're looking to extend and develop the "Auto-complete" functionality


author: R Donato
body: There's nothing wrong with the macro. I just want to know if I can assign a shortcut key to it to insert it onto a page faster than going through the macro list.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Hi! What macro is giving you issues?


Tags: confluence-administration
Edit source
Asked by Julio Cesar de Melhado e Lima:

Hi,

How can I edit a page's source? Some time the editor just get's crazy, specially when working with lots of numbered lists.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: If you had the non-cloud version there is the [Confluence Source Editor](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor). But for the cloud version there is no source editor. The best you can do is make use of the clear formatting button in the toolbar. Also, make sure that you NEVER copy and paste from Word into Confluece. ALWAYS copy into notepad (or some other text editor) first to clear the formatting and then copy and paste from notepad into Confluence.

comments: author: TomC
body: Just to add to Davin's responseon copy/pasting from Word...if you use Windows then the little application - Pure Text (<http://stevemiller.net/puretext/>) - that runs in your tray and can be activated by hotkey assignment, might be considered to save time. I find I use it often for this and many other use cases (even pasting text from elsewhere into emails).


author: Davin Studer
body: I like the puretext idea. I might check into that myself.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud