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How to freeze the header
Asked by Khadija Lihyaoui:

How can I freeze the header when scrolling


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Sticky table header should be available by default starting from Confluence 5.10 (or even older version), But there are some [limitations](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/tables-136463.html#Tables-stickytableheadersStickytableheadersinviewmode), if have one of them, you can try to avoid it.

As a workaround you can use [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/server/overview) macro to [freeze several top rows or columns](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Look+of+the+Table+and+Filtration+Pane#ManagingLookoftheTableandFiltrationPane-FreezingFirstNRows/Columns) without any limitations ([see it in action](https://demo.stiltsoft.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=10911797#ManagingLookofTables-Fittingtabletothescreenarea)).

*Disclosure: My company is the vendor of this macro.*

comments: author: Khadija Lihyaoui
body: I cannot find the "table filter" macro tab is there anyway to add it?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Table Filter macro is a part of the add-on: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

You need to install it to get the macro.


author: Khadija Lihyaoui
body: Yes


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi [@Khadija Lihyaoui](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1426207),

Do you mean table header?
Confluence 6.6.2 to 6.9.0 fails with unable to shutdown error
Asked by msimonelli:

When running the Confluence 6.9.0 installer to upgrade from 6.6.2 the upgrade fails with a message that Confluence failed to shutdown, and that I need to shut it down manually. I followed the instructions to shut it down manually but I still get the same error.

netstat -ona \| findstr ":8090"   
netstat -ona \| findstr ":8091"

both show no processes after manual shutdown, and services.msc shows Confluence as being stopped, yet the installer insists Confluence is still running.

I am trying to perform this upgrade prior to migrating from the embedded database to a MySQL server.


Answers:
author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: Try checking for java processes running just to be sure;

ps -ef \| grep java

See if that shows any confluence pid.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a way to get all space attachments from Confluence Cloud without writing code?
Asked by John Price:

I know about zip space backups and the REST API. Here's my use case: I have a business team that has a bunch of PDFs in a carefully organized set of Windows folders. They are interested in migrating that content to Confluence, although most of it will remain in PDF form and not page form.

They've asked my whether, in the event that we stop using Confluence Cloud (not that likely), they will be able to get their documents back? My tools team isn't necessarily equipped to write custom code to restore things to a usable folder/file naming structure and I don't think that parsing XML to help map the attachment storage names to the "real" file names is acceptable to them.

Any advice?


Answers:
author: Fadoua
body: Hi John,

When you say Confluence Cloud you mean hosted by Atlassian? If yes your team can definitely get back their documents when they need them. The attachments format will never change.

I hope I answered your question.

comments: author: John Price
body: Hi Fadoua -

Yes, I think so. Mainly I want to know whether the documents will end up like

    \attachments\98\10001                  \attachments\98\10002                   \attachments\99\10001 

or if there's a way I can get them like:

\\pagename\\Q1Report.pdf

\\pagename\\Q2Report.pdf

etc.


author: Fadoua
body: The screenshot you sent is a bit close to how attachments display in JIRA. The only info missing on it is the Issue Key.

For Confluence it is different, after so many **ls** and **cd** attached is what I got:

![Screen Shot 2018-05-24 at 12.35.49 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22884i756405BF3F83F081/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-05-24 at 12.35.49 PM.png")


author: Fadoua
body: I am a server user and I do know for sure that as Cloud users you don't have to worry about so many things. Once you move the instance on prem you will have to decide.

Please check the following [link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/attachment-storage-configuration-166876.html)


Tags: attachment

cloud

confluence-cloud

export
How to link the dates in Jira to the roadmap?
Asked by Trenton Stumbaugh:

Is there a way to link the dates in Jira to the roadmap so the bars will be generated when created in Jira?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Trenton Stumbaugh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1426070)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/How-to-link-the-quot-due-date-quot-field-with-the-roadmap/qaq-p/1590272>

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Due-Date-is-not-linked-to-advanced-roadmap/qaq-p/1804825>

Cheers


Tags: jira
How to remove text from "Save for Later", "Watching" and "Share" buttons (only icons to remain)
Asked by Mikhail Antokolskiy:

Hello.

I have noticed that on one point text near icons were removed for me:

![screenshot-4.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22881i3378408C74225A24/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "screenshot-4.png")

Instead of:

![screenshot-3.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22880i9C50D9293B41CF87/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "screenshot-3.png")

But then it was restored.

Does anyone know how to configure it?

Thanks for your help!


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: *On Confluence Server:*

In **Confluence Admin \| Look and Feel \| Custom HTML**

In **At the END of the HEAD**, add:

```
<script>
  AJS.toInit(function ($) {
    $('#navigation .aui-button:not(#editPageLink) span').each(function () {
      $(this).html($(this).find('span'));
    });
  });
</script>
```

This will remove the text for all buttons except the **Edit** button.

*On Confluence Cloud:*

You're out of luck, sorry.


Tags: icon

layout

text
I cannot find an Unpublished Blog in Recently worked on
Asked by Andrea Aznar:

Hello,

I was working on a couple of blog post that I was not able to published before I had to restart my computer and when I accessed Confluence, the blog post were not on **Recently worked on.**

Please advice.


Answers:
author: Tyler Brown
body: Hey Andrea,

Have you checked your Drafts section?

Tyler

comments: author: Andrea Aznar
body: Tyler,

I cannot see the Draft Section. Can you help me locate it?

Andrea


author: Tyler Brown
body: If you click on your icon in the top right there should be a Draft section in that list.

Tyler


author: Andrea Aznar
body: Tyler, I must be missing something because I cannot see draft.

Andrea


author: Tyler Brown
body: Hey Andrea,

Sorry, after looking into it looks like drafts are normally stored in the Recently Worked on Section, not their own section.

Tyler


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
draft document cannot be deleted
Asked by Ruth Halbach:

I have several drafts listed in Confluence from my profile. If I click on Delete, nothing happens. If I click on resume, I get an error saying either the page does not exist or I have not authorization. Other drafts delete just fine. Is it possible to delete these drafts that cannot be deleted in the normal processes? We are using Confluence 6.8.1 (server based/externally hosted) and I am a sys admin.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Ruth Halbach](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/134975)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/delete-restore-or-purge-a-page/>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/removing-orphaned-draft-316113059.html>

Cheers


Tags: confluence-server

server
Upgrading Confluence without upgrading java
Asked by markxsimu:

Hi, I was reading through the upgrading instruction and I noticed that JAVA (JRE) was included. My team are currently using 1.8.0_121 and we cannot switched until next year due to our requirements. Is there away to upgrade confluence without upgrading java? would I have to upgrade manually instead? Is it not possible to use newer confluence with an older java?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

Confluence comes bundled with JRE which is updated together with Confluence during the upgrade process, however, you can choose to your own Java instead of the bundled one, that way even though bundled is updated, system one will still be used. If you currently using bundled JRE, you can switch to system one following [How to use system Java instead of the bundled JRE](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-use-system-java-instead-of-the-bundled-jre-302811269.html) guide.

Regards,  
Igor


author: Yogesh Mude
body: Hi [@markxsimu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1414864),

Yes, you can Upgrade confluence to latest version ie 6.8.0 without upgrading java. (Yesterday only i have upgraded confluence from v6.5.0 to confluence v6.8.0 and we are using java v 1.8.0_171).

you can use the latest version of the confluence with an older java but the java version should be min 1.8

comments: author: markxsimu
body: Thank you so much.


Tags: jira-software
Import HTML files into confluence
Asked by Janusz Wiercimak:

Hi,

it is possible to import whole bunch of html files and attachments into confluence (as a web pages)?

Regards


Answers:
author: Nar Kumar C. - Narva Software
body: Hi [Janusz](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/737182),

You can use add-on to import HTML files: [All-in-one File Importer for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221333/all-in-one-file-importer-for-confluence)

It supports importing HTML files as well as ODT, LaTeX and many others. It supports multiple files at once, so if you have many files, you can import at once.

We are developers behind this add-on. Please give it a try and give us feedback if you see any issues. You can install from here:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221333/all-in-one-file-importer-for-confluence>

comments: author: Pierre Radermecker
body: Support for the asciidoc format would be appreciated.


author: Nar Kumar C. - Narva Software
body: Hi Pierre, you are right Asciidoc is currently not supported. We will have a look into this and will try to add support.

In the meantime as an workaround, you can convert Asciidoc to any other supported formats like Markdown and import using above plugin.


author: Arjun Hazari
body: Hello [@Janusz Wiercimak](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/737182),

Yes this is possible with the help of Html Macro Kindly have a look at the 2 articles <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf64/import-content-into-confluence-936510869.html>

Html macro

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf64/html-macro-936511039.html>

Hope this helps!!!!!!

Regards,

Arjun

comments: author: Paul Spain
body: I suggest this is only a partial solution.

The imported page can't be edited using the Confluence WYSIWYG editor. Any further mods require direct editing of the markup (HTML).

As of Confluence version 6.15.2, the only document format with first-class\* import support is Microsoft Word.

Given their prevalence, isn't it about time HTML and Markdown import were given first-class\* support in the core product?

\* Subsequent editing via WYSWYG editor


author: Pierre Radermecker
body: Together with asciidoc first-class support ;-)


author: skwasniak
body: In my case it turned out the Confluence's Word Import was able to parse the MHTML files.  

I wanted to move MS Teams Wiki to Confluence, and the exported files were in MHTML format which were successfully imported.  

I had to apply some changes the the page in the end, but import saved me some time of copying and pasting.

comments: author: SiDawg
body: Hi how were you able to import MHTML files? Were you using the Import tool which is available when creating a new page? Or some other import tool available to Confluence Admin or Super Admin? I'm a Confluence Admin and couldn't see any native Import tools.

The Word Import tool seemed to be "locked" to .docx files, and the OneDrive import was the same... no option to select MHTML files?


Tags: atl-gruland
Deleting Confluance without admin
Asked by Mike Altena:

We have used Confluence for a while now. At the beginning of our company Confluence was the ideal solution. But our company has grown and with the new GDPR law, we have decided to stop Confluence because at this stage of our company we are not using it anymore. Here are the problem and question: our main administrator left the company and nobody else has the authority to stop confluence. We can't reach the old administrator. How can we stop Confluence?


Answers:
author: Sloan
body: Hi [@Mike Altena](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1151273)

**Is it Confluence Cloud (hosted by Atlassian) or Confluence Server (hosted on your own infrastructure)?**

If it is Confluence Cloud I suggest you contact the Atlassian Support; support.atlassian.com -\> Contact

If it is Confluence Server you need to find out on what Server it is running. Then simply uninstall it or just stop it, there is a stop-confluence.sh or .bat in the \<installation directory\>/bin. You need access to the server at least or course.

* [Uninstalling Confluence from Linux](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/uninstalling-confluence-from-linux-255362396.html)
* [Uninstalling Confluence from Windows](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/uninstalling-confluence-from-windows-142115136.html)

Regarding GDPR maybe this is worth a read: [Privacy at Atlassian](https://www.atlassian.com/trust/privacy) -\> GDPR

Cheers  
Niklas


author: Rambabu Patina _Appfire_
body: If you have ssh access with sudo permissions on the server you can just execute to stop

```
/etc/init.d/confluence stop
```


author: Mirek
body: It is sad that you decided to stop using Confluence. Not sure which GDPR point pushed to this decision, but if you do not use it maybe that is more like a reason.

Confluence cannot be turned off from the UI. Only from the server side. There is no one that have access to physical/virtual machine? It could be stopped by simply turning this machine off. Another way is to block traffic on the network side, but this will not stop the application.
Error after upgrading Confluence from 5.8 to 6.9
Asked by Marcin Sulej:

anyone can help ?

java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException  
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy98.permissionExists(Unknown Source)  

caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException  
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor384.invoke(Unknown Source)  

caused by: org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException: could not extract ResultSet; SQL \[n/a\]; nested exception is org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not extract ResultSet  
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.SessionFactoryUtils.convertHibernateAccessException(SessionFactoryUtils.java:224)  

caused by: org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not extract ResultSet  
at org.hibernate.exception.internal.SQLStateConversionDelegate.convert(SQLStateConversionDelegate.java:106)  

caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: B??D: kolumna spacepermi0_.permalluserssubject nie istnieje Pozycja: 211  
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2476)


Answers:
author: Shankar Asam {Appfire}
body: Hi Marcin,

Could you please provide the complete stack trace ?

How did you upgrade the confluence? Did you directly go from 5.8 to 6.9?

Hope the below article helps

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unknown-column-error-when-upgrading-from-confluence-5-x-to-newer-versions-915476193.html>

thanks


Tags: confluence-server

server
Apache Struts Version Used in Confluence 6.2.1
Asked by dave.jw.tan@starhub.com:

Hi,

My users encountered issues when uploading certain files onto confluence with the following error msg: "RestAPI.pdf The server is not responding. Please check that it is running"

At the same time our security team flagged alerts traced to a vulnerability in certain Apache Struts versions.

We would like to understand whether confluence 6.2.1 uses apache struts, and the version being used, to facilitate with the investigation.

Also, would like to understand what is the cause and solution of the above error msg.

Pls advise.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Ravi Varma
body: Hi [dave.jw.tan@starhub.com](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1424286),

Please note that Confluence uses webwork 2 which predates struts 2. Please refer to the below Atlassian ticket

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-53435>

Please refer to the Confluence logs for detailed error which would help you understand why you are not able to upload the document. Please refer to the below documentation on logs

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/working-with-confluence-logs-108364721.html>

Regards,

Ravi Varma
How to manage who can see what in their activity stream in Confluence?
Asked by Alexander Perevalov:

In Confluence we have multiple spaces. There are users with access to a single space, but on their Confluence homepage in Activity view, they still can see updates from users in other spaces. Is there a way to restrict this so people would see updates only related to the spaces they have access to?


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude
body: Hi [@Alexander Perevalov](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1424034),

Please have a look at the [Permissions and Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html) for confluence Space.

comments: author: Alexander Perevalov
body: Hi [@Yogesh Mude](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1169678),

Thanks for your answer, and yes I did quite a bit of the research, and I cannot really locate the settings to restrict the activity view. Any tips?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Jira and Confluence integration
Asked by Anil Kumar:

Hello Team,

Can you please help/suggest steps to brings below items from JIRA Software (Server) to Confluence (CLoud) page/space.

1. Agile board

2. JIRA Dashboard gadgets like agile charts/stats

Regards, Anil


Answers:
author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: What I normally do is use my Board Filters to pull in data to Confluence - then switch to JIRA Chart view - that way my JIRA Data is pulled in and displayed as Pie Chart, Created Vs Resolved or Two Dimensional.

Just an elementary usage though.


author: Anil Kumar
body: Yes, connected via application link.


author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: Are your two environments connected to each other in any way right now ?


Tags: evaluator-resources
How to add a link to an document that is located at a file server. Like in Word start with file://
Asked by Loes Staphorst:

I want to create a link on a confluence page that opens a Excel doc that is located at a fileshare (external server) . In Word it would look like:

<br />

file://servername/folder/folder II/folder III/Folder IV/Excelsheet.xlsx

It worked in the past but now as soon as you copy this link to a page it is unlinked.


Answers:
author: Sloan
body: As Addition to [@Rambabu Patina _Appfire_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1168698), like said in [Cannot link to local files from within Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/cannot-link-to-local-files-from-within-confluence-216958257.html), it is not a issue by Confluence itself rather than by modern web browsers.

IE11 is the only one to handle file:// hyperlinks somewhat well.

There are browser add-ons for Firefox ([Local Filesystem Links](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/local-filesystem-links/)) or Chrome ([Enable local file links](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/enable-local-file-links/nikfmfgobenbhmocjaaboihbeocackld?hl=en)) to enable handling of local file urls again. It is probably the easiest method.

Best Regards  
Niklas

comments: author: Loes Staphorst
body: It was once wrking in IE11 but now it is not. Perhaps a setting changed this. But I think I understand now why it is not working. Thanks [@Sloan N_ B_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/316409) and Thanks [@Rambabu Patina _Appfire_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1168698)


author: Sloan
body: You are welcome. :)

Regards  
Niklas


author: Rambabu Patina _Appfire_
body: This is explained here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/cannot-link-to-local-files-from-within-confluence-216958257.html>

or have a look on similar question [Confluence-How-to-place-a-link-to-a-file-on-a-server](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-How-to-place-a-link-to-a-file-on-a-server-share-in-a/qaq-p/258790#M43693)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Error importing from Confluence Cloud to Server
Asked by myzticman:

Hi there. I followed the guide online for migrating from Confluence Cloud to local server (doing so due to requiring confluence on our own subdomain).

However, during import of the data exported from Confluence Cloud at around 91% it hit:

Caused by: com.atlassian.activeobjects.spi.ActiveObjectsImportExportException: There was an error during import/export with plugin **Work**box - Host Plugin(com.atlassian.mywork.mywork-confluence-host-plugin) #6.2.6 (table AO_9412A1_AONOTIFICATION):

How to proceed with migration from here?


Answers:
author: Vlatko Bojkovski
body: Hi all,

We have resolved this thanks to Atlassian support.

Namely, the instance where we were restoring was using MySQL 5.7, which does not support 4-byte chars.

For that matter, the following should be done;

1. Unzip the Cloud export archive
2. Clean the entities.xml file and activeObjectsBackupRestoreProvider.pdata file with atlassian-xml-cleaner-0.1.jar, (explained here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/incorrect-string-value-error-thrown-when-restoring-xml-backup-in-confluence-777009599.html>
3. Replace the original entities.xml file and activeObjectsBackupRestoreProvider.pdata file with atlassian-xml-cleaner-0.1.jar with the cleaned ones
4. Rezip the archive and try to restore.

However, be aware that the plugin-data folder where activeObjectsBackupRestoreProvider.pdata file is located is hidden in the archive, unless the archive is unzipped. You would need to unzip the export zip from the Cloud, in order to see this folder.

KR,

Vlatko


author: Vlatko Bojkovski
body: Hi all,

Any light that can shine over this issue?

KR,

Vlatko


author: Andrew Costa
body: I have the exact same issue, how did you resolve this?


author: thais
body: Hi, Vincent,

In order to troubleshoot this problem, we need some further information, so I'll kindly ask you to raise a ticket with us at Support at <https://support.atlassian.com/contact>.

Best regards,  
Thais


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why my Avatar is not saving in the profile?
Asked by Sandeep Nair:

From yesterday evening, I'm trying to change my avatar. But every 5 minutes, the saved avatar is disappearing from the profile.


Answers:
author: Marc Jason Mutuc
body: Clear the cache of your browser and then retry to change your avatar.

comments: author: Sandeep Nair
body: Thanks, Marc. It works.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Import of XML Files
Asked by Henricus Fluthgraf:

Is it or will it be possible to Import Content via XML files.  

Backrgound: We start with Wiki for TechDok. I have the Matrial as PDF or as XML Files.

Is it possible to Import one of These Formats?

best Henry


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Henry,

You can only import XML files that were created by Confluence into Confluence.

PDF is possible to be inserted into pages as attachments, but not imported to create a page.

You can create pages using Word Documents, however.

Have a look here:

* [Import Content into Confluence Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/import-content-into-confluence-724765058.html)

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server