youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is it possible to create multiple pages at once via Confluence Server REST API?
Asked by antony terrence:

As far as I understand, the Confluence REST APIs work in a linear fashion. You create a page, and then upload attachment to that page, and then create another page. Is there way to create a page with the attachment data?

Also, is there a way to create multiple pages at once?


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Basically you need to have a page ID before you upload an attachment. There are different REST API functions that is why it is working like that.

Here is a nice explanation how this works and on the end you have a example of a script that you can use to create an automation that would fit into your requirements

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/using-the-confluence-rest-api-to-upload-an-attachment-to-one-or-more-pages-1014274390.html>

Hope it helps.

As for creating multiple pages at once.. I would try with importing a Word document with option "Split by heading" that would create pages base on headings levels. That is a quick and easy way to create a page tree structure.

comments: author: antony terrence
body: [@Mirek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781521) Thank you. I am aware of the option to import a Word document. The only drawback is we need to clean up pages after importing a doc. That's why we preferred REST APIs since we can upload XHTML content.


author: antony terrence
body: As a side note, I know Atlassian products allow WebDav access. However, it does not work properly on Windows 10. If the WebDav access works consistently, I think it is easier and "cheaper" way to update pages and attachments in bulk.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Do you know what could cause the left-side bar to display cascaded for only one user?
Asked by Kate Peterson:

The left-side bar displays incorrectly for one user and it only does this in one site. Rather than top-level items being left-justified, they are cascade (like a staircase) so that top-level items are indented. After the first item in the sidebar is displayed the second one is indented and the third one is indented further and so on, Only the first item is readable as they cascade out of the sidebar area. I will try to get a screenshot from the user, but this issue is driving me crazy.


Answers:
author: Tomas Grover
body: I have recently seen the same error.  
Does anyone have a solution for it?  

We tried so far:

* Logout and re login
* Clear user cache browser

No luck on both.  

Thanks in advance.


author: Jake Reisenbichler
body: I've been experiencing this same issue for a long time.

Here is an image.

![ConfluenceCascade.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/236773i8F51328A8182CC12/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ConfluenceCascade.png")


author: Mirek
body: Hi [@Kate Peterson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3986497) ,

Yes screenshot would be nice to see since it is hard to imagine what is wrong. Anyway did they user tried a different browser? Is he able to check how the page is displaying on a different computer? Maybe he is using some third party tools and it causing some issues (like Adblock or something like that? )

comments: author: Kate Peterson
body: Yes, she has tried both Edge and Chrome. I am going to try to get a screenshot. I could her about if she is using third party tools, but it is in a government office were we don't install anything (it is done for us) so it should be a standard configuration. Thanks for the suggestion though. I could have her try it on another computer if she can use her smart card on it.


author: Hopitaux Robert Schuman
body: I have exactly the same problem in Chrome but not in Edge.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to copy confluence page in iPad app
Asked by kawai_masanori:

When I tried to organize my confluence page from iPad confluence cloud, I cound not find the copy action under "...".

How can I copy an existing confluence page from the iPad app?


Answers:
author: Stephanie Zhang _Product_
body: Hey there [@kawai_masanori](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2230843) ! Thank you for surfacing this feedback. I'm the product manager on the Confluence cloud mobile team and would love to hear more about your use cases on our iPad app!   

Would you be willing to spend 30 minutes of your time with us via a meeting? As a token of our appreciation, we'd be able to offer a $70 giftcard.  

Thanks!  
Steph

comments: author: Tom Lierman
body: Hello, I would be interested in this feature as well. I want to use the copy from page in order to use templates for meeting notes so I don't have to worry about the structure of each meeting note.


author: Joe Young
body: Dec 2021, still no basic abilities to copy a page in confluence mobile app for iOS. In this state, the app useless to me. Why no basic file operations?

comments: author: Stephanie Zhang _Product_
body: Hi there!  

Would you be willing to talk to the development team so we can better understand which file operations are most important to you?  

As a token of appreciation we can offer you at $70 giftcard.   

Feel free to send an email to szhang5@atlassian.com with your availability if so.   

Thanks,  
Steph


author: Arif A Putra
body: Need to upvote this requirement

comments: author: Stephanie Zhang _Product_
body: Hi there!  

Would you be willing to talk to the development team about your use cases and first impressions of the app?   

As a token of appreciation we can offer you at $70 giftcard.   

Feel free to send an email to szhang5@atlassian.com with your availability if so.   

Thanks,  
Steph


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Kawai,

I hope you are doing well. Thank you for raising this with us. I can also confirm I do not have the Copy page action. It appears the iPad app doesn't have this feature.

I'm getting in touch with the team now. I'll see if we have an existing feature request for this or provide you with any updates on the feature.

Take care,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Adding Confluence license programatically
Asked by Adam Wickes:

Hi all,   

I am looking at implementing auto scaling with our Confluence cluster however it looks like the license needs to be replaced every time a new node is spun up.   

Is it possible to set the license programmatically? via api or another method?  

Thanks,  
Adam


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Just noting there are two versions of this question on Community - [taking an answer over on the other copy at this link](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Update-Confluence-license-programmatically/qaq-p/1709460).


author: Mirek
body: Hi [@Adam Wickes](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1438983) ,

I think you can do it quite easily with modifying DB

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/manage-jira-server-license-using-database-queries-441746313.html>

comments: author: Adam Wickes
body: This is for Jira. Is there a similar mechanism for Confluence?


author: Adam Wickes
body: Apologies, i just realised I asked this in the wrong place. I will close and ask under Confluence.


author: Mirek
body: No problem I can move it :)

For Confluence you should be able to change it in the specific config file

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-change-the-confluence-license-in-confluence-cfg-xml-720405151.html>


author: Adam Wickes
body: It's weird because i've looked at the confluence.cfg.xml file in both nodes and they both contain the exact same license.message property. Yet one of the nodes complains about license and the other doesn't.


Tags: api

confluence-server

licence

server
How to use quicklinks in new confluence cloud editor?
Asked by Steve Shipway:

Since migrating to the Cloud, our Confluence pages have the option to be converted to the 'new' editor.

However, after doing this, I can't work out how to add new quicklinks.

I used to be able to type something like: "**\[XX-1234@youtrack\]**" and get a nice quicklink to our Youtrack ticketing system. Now, this doesn't work (though it does still work on pages using the legacy editor, so I know the quicklink is defined correctly). I've tried using the 'insert link' button which is more timeconsuming but it still doesnt accept the quicklink format.

How do I get quicklinks to work?

Also, the old system of just typing '\[' to start a link to another document was much simpler and easier to use than the new one which requires mouse clicks and doesn't search as well as the old system.

If this is not possible, how do I switch a page back to the old editor? The new one doesn't seem to be able to do anything new apart from emojis, so I'm happy to get rid of it...


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Steve Shipway](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4414871)

I think you're referring to Shortcut Links. If yes, these are only available in the legacy editor. See more detail on [this page](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/configure-shortcut-links/).

To activate the legacy editor, according to [this article](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-articles/Change-to-your-content-is-in-your-hands/ba-p/1324476) you need to contact <https://support.atlassian.com/>

Ste

comments: author: Steve Shipway
body: Not the answer I was hoping for :(.

Is there any indication if Atlassian are planning to add this functionality into the new editor interface? It would seem like an obvious thing to do. I can't expect that everyone else is happy about losing the functionality.


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Steve Shipway](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4414871)

Not sure; I looked on JAC but could only find this bug: [CONFCLOUD-67565](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67565)

I'd add yourself as an *Affected Customer*so Atlassian at least knows it's of interest to you.

Ste


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
My space banner is gone after publish my newer version
Asked by Monica Li:

I have it working by going to Space Tools

-\> Look and Feel

-\> Sidebar, header and footer

in the edit box: !Welcome to our Agile Playground\^Banner digit.jpg!

\* have the file Banner digit.jpg file uploaded


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Monica Li](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4060119)

You need to use proper HTML in this box. \<p\>Welcome to our Agile Playground\<img src="FULL IMAGE URL" alt="Banner"\>\</p\>

Just replace FULL IMAGE URL with your images url.

comments: author: Monica Li
body: [@Brant Schroeder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/769100)

I would like to see Confluence be consistent with proper HTML.

In this particular scenario, the suggestion doesn't work. And what was not working works now without any changes.

Just wondering that my issue could be browser related..

I have Confluence 7.11.6 and

### Confluence Plugin 2.7.34 {#toc-hId-1283801684}

Thanks anyway for the response.


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Monica Li](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4060119)

Sorry I was providing an answer for custom HTML and should have read the question more clearly.

The section you are asking about uses [Wiki Markup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf712/confluence-wiki-markup-1056671497.html). This has not changed and has been consistent. If it changed after an upgrade I would assume it is the browser's cache that is causing the issue. It is always a good idea to clear your cache after an upgrade to ensure you are getting the latest files.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Default Welcome message loses formatting when displayed in Announcements box
Asked by Steve Shipway:

Since migrating to the cloud, I've attempted to edit the Default Welcome Message, which is displayed in the Announcements box on the home page.

However, it appears that much of the formatting is lost. In particular, the larger font size of a Heading style, or the coloured backgrounds of Warning/Info boxes, are all not displayed.

Colours and bold/italic, and justification, all work as expected.

What is going on here? Have I missed something?


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Steve Shipway](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4414871)

Looks like the Info Boxes issue is a bug - see [CONFCLOUD-70212](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-70212)

I would advise adding yourself as an "Affected Customer" to this bug.

I couldn't find a bug for the Headings. I did try it and you're right, it doesn't seem to impact the sizing greatly when using different ones. You could raise this as a separate bug on [jira.atlassian.com](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa)!

Ste

comments: author: Steve Shipway
body: Thanks for the pointer, I've updated the report. Though since it is larked low priority and dates from a year ago I'm not hopeful of a fix any time soon!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Has anyone else seen this? Typing lag on long pages.
Asked by Patrick O_Connell:

Hello all,

Wow. Haven't posted here in quite a while!

I'm experiencing a problem that's odd, to say the least. I'm on Windows 10, we're on server 7.8.x for Confluence, and my Photoshop version is 21.2.0. If any of that matters.

What's happening is that the onscreen appearance of characters starts lagging the typing of same significantly. As best I can tell it's a confluence (haha) of being on a page where you have to scroll a lot to get from the top to the bottom (not necessarily a page with a lot of content!), and Photoshop running.

And once the lag develops, it's there for *every* Confluence page. So far, the only thing that fixes it is a restart. I have tried not running PS until it's unavoidable, so restarts fixes things until I have no choice about that.

Has anyone else seen this, or a similar problem? If so, I'd be interested to hear if you've found any permanent fixes.

**Update:** Photoshop doesn't have to be running, it seems. The key condition looks like this: A page that you have to scroll a lot, in order to get from the top to the bottom of it. Can be actual text, can be empty 'graphs, can be just the framework for that text that's coming.

I'd still like to hear from anyone else who's experienced this.

Thank you,  
Pat O'Connell  
Technical Writer  
MindGeek Montreal


Answers:
author: Patrick O_Connell
body: I've actually found the fix for this. Save your work, clear cache and cookies for your wiki domain, log back in, Bob's your uncle. Typing speed is now back to normal.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Giving Access to pages/space via agreement in confiforms form?
Asked by F E:

Is it possible to set up a form with confiforms where the user has to agree to some regulations (e.g. required checkbox) and than gets access to a restricted page or ideally space in confluence? I tried using the IFTTT "Remove Page Edit Restrictions" oncreated but if a non admin-user uses the form it says "You are not allowed to manage restrictions on a page ...".


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: ConfiForms cannot give you permissions that you dont have.

Meaning that it uses the user's permissions and rights to do anything you ask it to do. And if you dont have permission to manage restrictions on a page then ConfiForms cannot do that as well

Alex


author: G subramanyam
body: Hi [@F E](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4414503) welcome to the Atlassian community forum.

For any activity that involves configurations, customizations, you would need **admin** permissions and to an extent of "enterprise plan" in confluence.

Stay safe and stay healthy.


Tags: confiforms

confluence-server

server
setting up Jira Software environment
Asked by Philemon Nkafu:

Am completely new to cloud. I just created my url for my software and servicedesk but once I login, I don't see the settings and admin toggles . Is there something am missing? Please any help on this would be appreciated .

Thanks


Answers:
author: Daniel Ebers
body: Hi [@Philemon Nkafu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1720338)

unless there is something broken I think Jira is just offering to create the first project in this step. Basically this would be a logical offer because projects in Jira is a very central term - but do I get you right you cannot get past this screen?  
Then maybe trying a short browser or going into incognito window could help.

Regards,  
Daniel


author: Philemon Nkafu
body: Hello [@Mirek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781521) ,

Thanks for getting back to me. Unfortunately I don't see the cog icon

![Cloud Jira Landing Page.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/146004i51A136DE1A161EA5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Cloud Jira Landing Page.JPG")


author: Mirek
body: Hi [@Philemon Nkafu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1720338) ,

Cloud UI is a little bit different and if you are new to it maybe you are having hard time to find it, but I guess you should have access to all admin functions.

Do you see the "cog" icon on the top right navigation?

![community_admin_01png.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145481iBE451C6977B9AAFA/image-dimensions/462x467?v=v2 "community_admin_01png.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira-service-desk

jira-software
Non-admin assignees cannot see workflow
Asked by Daniel Mould:

I have a workflow on a page where I have assignees on a workflow (i.e. reviewers on the workflow). Some of these assignees are admin of the space that the page sits in, and others are not. All assignee's on the workflow of this particular page have view only restrictions. The issue is that the non-admin assignees on the workflow cannot access the workflow, whereas the admin assignees on the workflow can access it. The non-admin assignees can see the page, they just cannot click into the workflow to provide their review. Does anyone know why this is?


Answers:
author: Jorge Merino
body: Hi [@Daniel Mould](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4414426)

I guess you are using Confluence Server/DC and Comala Document Management, previously called Comala Workflows as [@Ste Wright](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1166470) well identified.

You are having troubles with the default functionality called same-space publishing (more info [here](https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CDML/Same-space+publishing)). This functionality hides the non-published versions of the page to read-only users.

There are two ways to fix it, changing the workflow visibility behaviour here:

![visibility.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145651i3473529530D75248/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "visibility.png")

Or, it's possible to dynamically assigning page edit restrictions to the assignees of the approval:

{trigger:pageapprovalassigned\|approval=***NAME OF YOUR APPROVAL HERE***}

{add-restriction:type=edit\|user=@approvalassignees@}

{trigger}

If the possible solutions are not working as expected, please contact our Customer Support team at [https://support.comalatech.com](https://support.comalatech.com/ "https://support.comalatech.com") so they can investigate

Best regards,  
Jorge

comments: author: Daniel Mould
body: Thanks Jorge, that's exactly what I was looking for! What I really want is for workflow assignees to be viewers only (I don't want them to be able to edit the page!), but be able to see drafts. Confluence doesn't seem to allow for this configuration, so what I will do is get "Workflow Activity and Drafts Visibility" set to "Anybody" and then control the viewers and editors of the page myself via the add/remove/set restriction macros.


author: Jorge Merino
body: No problem, I'm glad the answer was helpful. Adding and removing restrictions can be difficult, if you get stuck do not hesitate to contact our support team.

BR,  
Jorge


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Daniel Mould](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4414426)

Can I confirm:

* Is this Confluence Server or Cloud?
* When you say Workflow on a Space, are you using an app (eg. Comala Workflows)?

Ste

comments: author: Daniel Mould
body: Apologies Stephen I don't know unfortunately, we use Confluence where I work so it could possibly be either the server or cloud solution


Tags: approver

assignee

comala-document-management

comala-workflows
How to make pie chart for table with categorical columns in confluence ?
Asked by Ross:

I have a table in confluence and I want to have a pie chart like shown in bellow image on that table

![temp1.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145345i2FF880B09186F922/image-dimensions/303x217?v=v2 "temp1.PNG")

How to make something like this ?


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Ross](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4352829) ,

We suggest trying our app - [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview).

The first step is to wrap your table into the [Table Toolbox](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Toolbox+macro) macro:

![Fri 1-1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145352i9A6B93C072B7A2D8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Fri 1-1.png")

The second step is to create the following nesting: your table \<- [Pivot macro](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Pivot+Table+macro) \<- [Chart from Table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro) macro.

![Fri 1-2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145353iEA02AD1441FBF589/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Fri 1-2.png")

Then we need to count the number of your text values for the Column A:

![Fri 1-3.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145355i4BE795745C9B2612/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Fri 1-3.png")

And the last step is to make your pie chart based on the pivot table:

![Fri 1-4.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/145356i83239E82AB976056/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Fri 1-4.png")

If you need to create several different charts for the same table (for Column B, Column C, etc.), we suggest reusing it as many times as you need with the help of the [Table Excerpt/Table Excerpt Include](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros) macros.

In such case you'll be able to make changes only to the source table and all of your charts will be updated automatically.

Hope this helps.


author: Nicole Griffin
body: Hello, is there anyway to do this chart *without* purchasing an app? This is the most basic type of chart and data requirement; it's difficult to believe this not possible somehow using/manipulating the native chart tool in Confluence.

Many Thanks

comments: author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Nicole Griffin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4714059) ,

The original request was to create a pivot table based on text values and only then to create a chart. The first part is not possible natively.

To create a chart, you may use the standard [Chart macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-chart-macro/).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
public / anonymous Access to confluence
Asked by marthinx:

I can not set the public / anonymous Access to my confluence site.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You've not said why you think you can't set it (can't find the option, can't see it where it should be, large penguin sitting on your keyboard...), so here's a brief overview to cover most of the reasons you might fail:

To enable anonymous access, you need to enable it

1. Globally - Admin -\> global permissions -\> anonymous access tab
2. For each space after global is enabled: Space Admin -\> Permissions -\> look to the bottom for the anonymous section (which won't work unless the global setting is enabled)

Now two quirks:

* The global anonymous setting will be greyed out if you are on the free version of Confluence. It is a function of a paid subscription only.
* The global anonymous tab will vanish if you have enabled [Public links](https://confluence.atlassian.com/ge/public-links-979425312.html)

That should cover can't find/can't see. (I can't tell you more about the penguin, I don't know if he's one of my friends)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud