youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Attachments
Asked by Kyle Drummond:

Hi I created a quiz and I need to allow people to add additional content in the form of pictures to their answers. The answer box doesn't allow this directly so I have tried to add the attachment macro on the answer page. The problem is that when another user takes the quiz, they can see the attachments from the previous user.

Is there a way that I can restrict the access of users to only see their own attachments or even make it so only specific user groups can see attachments on a specific page?


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: As far as I know you cannot set permissions on attachments in Confluence. They inherit the same access as your page has.

And that means - anyone who can access your page can see the page's attachments.

In our app we have a way to "enable secure storage", what that actually means is we create a separate (sub) page, restricted to current user, for the attachments the user uploads (within our form).

Sounds like an overkill, but we have not found any better solution for this

comments: author: Kyle Drummond
body: I agree, definitely seems like overkill but after hours of research I can't seem to find much better solution either.  
So I'm guessing that for the creation of new user macros there is no way to reference "current user" or specify group access? I have seen these parameters available in existing macros but cannot find how to create such parameters in user macros...?


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: You can get the current user in a user macro, <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-objects-accessible-from-velocity/>

```
$action.authenticatedUser 

The currently authenticated user, or null if anonymous user.
```

Or you mean to have a macro parameter that does a lookup for you in users/security groups? No, this is not something built-in - limited set of parameter types is supported in user macros


author: V.Manickam vellaian
body: i want to convert word file to PDF personal use only and then to PDF to WORD


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user-macro
Confluence not working properly
Asked by vivek karn:

Hi ALL,

I have recently installed trial version of jira and confluence on my local system .Jira is working fine but Confluence seems to have an issue.

Below is the screenshot of the issue that i am facing.

The entire thing is displayed in below format,

Is this the issue of memory ? As jira and confluence are both on my local system ?

FYI jira is using 8080 port and confluence is using 8090.

Any leads would be appreciated please ..

thanks in advance.

![confluence.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/82731i38E5FD7B6B41DAF7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence.png")


Answers:
author: edwin vasquez
body: Hello [@vivek karn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1861839) ,

Have you tried restarting Confluence? Do you have access to the home folder?   

I found a similar post and mentioned some issues with memory during installation. I hope this helps.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/only-text-is-visible-after-installation/qaq-p/838069>


Tags: confluence-server

server
Does any confluence user, with access to the space, have access to make themselves a watcher
Asked by Alejandra Yvette Cano:

Someone asked me how they can receive alert updates for a project page. I have admin access, I am wondering if its user sensitive to create yourself as a watcher.


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Alejandra Yvette Cano](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3752714)

A user can watch any space, blog or page as long he as access to the site. He then will recieve a mail for:

* Edits (unless the author clears the 'Notify watchers' check box).
* Deletions.
* Attachments, including new versions or deletions of an existing attachment.
* Comments, including new comments, edits of existing comments or deletions of existing comments.

Watchers are documented [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/watch-pages-spaces-and-blogs-724765353.html).

Hope this helped.

Regards,

Dominic


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can a page reuse the value of a space variant?
Asked by Jason_Zhu:

I was looking for where to define a space variable so that I can include its value in a page. Ideally I can use a global or space variable to predefine certain value (string or number) so that changing it will update all pages include such variable.  

Confluence does not seem to support such thing. Next option is to use "Excerpt" which is a selection of text (either inline or block style) that can be used in at least 2 situations:  

\* A page tree can display such excerpt.  
\* A page can include excerpt (like using a variable)  

However, there is limitation.  
\* One page can only have one "Excerpt" to define and to be reused by other pages.  
\* It mixed the concept of "excerption" and "varaible".  

Any idea, approach, or solution?


Answers:
author: Tiffany Nicole Finks
body: I'm able to do this using the Comala Document Management plugin and creating a workflow with a worflowparameter macro. Requires Space Admin permissions or must be assigned an administrator able to create workflows.   

<https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CDML/workflowparameter+macro>

<https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CDML/Parameters+-+Space+Tools>

comments: author: Jason_Zhu
body: It does not seem enabled on company site. But thanks for the answer. I will work with admin to try this approach.  

Great appreciation!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Do Pages with Punctuation in their Title have Broken Links when Exported to HTML?
Asked by maker:

**Comma Encoding in Space Name Bug**

I found (what appears to be) a bug where if you have a space name with a comma in it, the comma is incorrectly encoded in the filename. It should be %2C, but it appears to create files that have the percent sign encoded twice.

To repro this:

- Create a page with a comma in the title

- Export the html

- Click the main navigation link auto generated to the page

- Link is broken.

[@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046) noted it may be related to:

* [CONFCLOUD-62585](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-62585) *Links break on HTML export file if the page title has a special character*


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi there,

Thanks for starting this thread. :)

As mentioned, we believe this is the bug you are encountering:

* [CONFCLOUD-62585](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-62585) *Links break on HTML export file if the page title has a special character*

I left an internal comment for the developer regarding re-opening it, and I'm in touch with him via our internal chat system too.

I'll follow up with you when I have any information or if I need to open a new bug.

Thanks again!  
Shannon

comments: author: Shannon S
body: Hello!

Thank you for your patience in the follow-up. We've now re-opened this bug, but we we will need more customer reports on this issue in order to be able to properly prioritize it.

If anyone you know runs into this issue, or if anyone on Community happens upon this thread when they encounter the same issue, please vote on the above bug by clicking **This affects my team**.

Thank you for your help!

Shannon


author: Tom Zudock
body: I have also encountered this issue. It's a pretty common use case. I have pages titled "Lastname, Firstname" and exporting this as html results in this problem described above.


author: Pieter van Gemeren
body: The bug still exists in 2024. It was closed by atlassian without resolving it. Alot of links to github don't work because of it. Should reopen this ticket


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to stop email notifications?
Asked by kwells:

We are looking to create a space for a department at our company. The way our company works is there are multiple working unit under the department as a whole. I am looking for a way to create separate working units pages that everyone in the department can view (since we often work together across working units) but I do not want other people in different unit to get an email every time I create a unit specific page. For example, John Doe and Jane Doe are in IT. John works in the JIRA unit and Jane works in support. John and Jane should be able to see each others documents but Jane is really busy and doesn't want to receive emails every time John create documentation for his work unit. How do we build this?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@kwells](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3752344)

First of all you need to understand the principe of watchers ([Documented here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/watch-pages-spaces-and-blogs-724765353.html)).

As explained there, you get mails for edits, deletions, attachments and comments. You only get those mails, if you are a watcher of the page or of the whole space.

So if you have 2 units, I would recommand you to create 2 pages. In each page you then create the tree for the unit itself.

Then, you have to make sure, that nobody is watching the whole space. (As an administrator you can do this [like that](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/manage-watchers-724765356.html)).

The big disadvantage is, that for example John Doe has to watch all JIRA unit pages and will not get any notification when you create a new page. If you want that, you have to create 2 spaces for 2 units (Which I would recommand).

Hope this helped a little bit. If you have further questions, let me know.

Regards,

Dominic


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Unable to reach Slack
Asked by Michael Woffenden:

We were able to get our Jira server connected to Slack easily.

But Confluence (on a different server) does not want to connect to Slack. Also there's a minor issue (related?) with the button not displaying correctly.

![screenshot_3307.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/82718i498B5D3A2FB03394/image-dimensions/589x354?v=v2 "screenshot_3307.png")

Any ideas?


Answers:
author: Michael Woffenden
body: All set - we had a problem with our certificate store.


Tags: confluence-server

server

slack
confluence mobile app wont log me in
Asked by dvassal:

I try to logon the mobile app and says my credentials are incorrect but i can logg on with a computer?


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@dvassal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3752239)

I can thing of two workarounds:

* Forget password on mobile and create a new one. Then login to both devices
* Uninstall and install the app again on your mobile


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

mobile
How can I import an old zip file from Confluence to a new account?
Asked by Sander Halewijn:

Since this week we started with a new Confluence account. We already had one before so I have dowloaded the data on my old page. I want to import the old data to my new account. Anyone knows how to do this step by step with a Zip file? In FAQ it was not clear to me at all..


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Sander,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you! I'm happy to help you with migrating to your new Confluence site, if you're still having issues.

Could you tell me which version of Confluence your old Confluence site was? How long ago did you make that backup? Lastly, can you tell me how you created the backup on the old site? Is it a full site backup?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Migrate spaces from very old server (2.7) to cloud.
Asked by Jonas Grelle:

I have an old server instance running confluence 2.7 which should've died a long time ago.

I can do XML exports, but when I try to import them into cloud I get:   
"Your space export cannot be imported with this version of Confluence Cloud."  
Which is understandable enough.

Is a workaround possible, and if so, how?


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: You need to upgrade your 2.7 instance to a modern version, export the spaces and you'll be able to import those in to Cloud.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Create new page sometimes opens edit for an already existing page
Asked by Joe Rattz:

Sometimes when I click the button to create a new page, the edit page appears for an already existing page. This doesn't reproduce 100% of the time, but it does happen frequently.

Here are the steps to reproduce.

1. Click the + icon in the left nav to create a new page.
2. Leave Blank page selected in the Create dialog that opens.
3. Click the Create button at the bottom.
4. When the browser refreshes, it will sometimes be in the edit mode for an already existing page.

I can then click the browser back button to go back to the Create dialog and then click the Create button again (without changing anything) and then a new page will be stubbed in.  

I don't see a pattern yet for when this bug happens. But it happens frequently enough that I am convinced it is a bug.

This was in Chrome, BTW.


Answers:
author: Joe Rattz
body: Am I the only one experiencing this? It happens fairly regularly although somewhat randomly so I still haven't spotted a pattern.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Info, Tip, Note, and Warning Macros do not show color in exported PDF.
Asked by Dobpbiu:

STR:

Add on page Info, Tip, Note, or Warning Macros and fill with the text.

Perform export into PDF and check the color of Macros.

Result:

Macros are shown without borders and color backgrounds.

In the previous version of Confluence v.6.5, there was no such issue.

Please, help to solve it.

![conf_issue.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/82680i3FE826428B9E58B1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "conf_issue.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

I've tested this on my Confluence 7.3.1 site, where it seems to work:

![CleanShot 2020-02-25 at 11.14.32.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/84308i6F8F4EA676BA7BE2/image-dimensions/387x164?v=v2 "CleanShot 2020-02-25 at 11.14.32.png")

Can you tell me if you're still experiencing this issue today? If so, there's an example of a CSS customization for the PDF that worked for another person. You could try to do something similar and see if the colors are working for you then?

* [Click here to see the example code](https://pastebin.com/jmxpG7vV)

You might need to adjust this for the icon locations of your own site but it would be worth giving a try.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Excerpt Include macro - "Remove Surrounding Panel" setting not persisted
Asked by Joe Rattz:

In the settings for the Excerpt Include macro, If I check the "Remove Surrounding Panel" checkbox and click the Save button, the setting is not persisted. I can click the edit icon on the macro immediately after saving the settings and when the Edit 'Excerpt Include' Macro dialog opens, the checkbox is not still checked.


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Joe Rattz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3701204)

I tested it and yes, I can confirm that this down't work.

A quick search and I found the bug in the jira backlog: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68395>

You can vote for this issue by clicking "This affects my team".

This issue is in the long term backlog, so don't expect the fix soon.

Regards,

Dominic

comments: author: Pascal
body: The bug was logged in november but I found a reference to the problem from 3 months earlier.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/quot-Remove-Surrounding-Panel-quot-does-not-work/qaq-p/1149989>


author: Joe Rattz
body: Just discovered if I check that checkbox on the macro creation that it seems to work.

comments: author: Torsten Mohrin
body: Thanks!!! This saved my life.


author: Pascal
body: Since bugs take so long to fix, Atlassian should think of way to automatically notify users of known bugs of the feature that they're trying to use.

Come to think of it: if you manage to build a generic system to do that, you could build a business around it :)


author: Marlene Kegel - codefortynine
body: Thank you for sharing this!


author: Lori Hyrup
body: Thanks. This got me to where I needed to be.


author: Dave Liao
body: This workaround still applies as of March 2021. ?


author: Targo Holsting
body: Also in April 2021


author: peter.bettens
body: To repeat the workaround:

1. Delete the Excerpt Include macro.
2. Enter it again and tick the checkbox **during creation** .  


author: Anne_Smith
body: Just checking the check-box on an already created excerpt include did not work for me. I had to delete my original excerpt include, recreate it, check the checkbox, insert. Then it worked.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

excerpt
Bug: changing the space permissions
Asked by Bart Bierling:

Hi,

I've recently started using confluence and I am trying to make the pages I create there accessible to others, however, I have been encountering the same bug several times now and got the following error report: **3i87ee** .

Every time I load the spacepermission page I get this error. Please let me know what I need to do to solve this error and enable others to view the space.


Answers:
author: Adam Rypel _MoroSystems_
body: Hello [@Bart Bierling](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3749583) ,

someone had the same issue recently. Check out the answer from [@Darryl St_ Pierre](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1757592) here and see if that helped: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-questions/Users-can-t-view-or-edit-spaces/qaq-p/1296948>

Regards,

Adam

comments: author: Bart Bierling
body: Hi [@Adam Rypel _MoroSystems_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3620269)

Thank you for the answer. My apologies, I guess i searched with the wrong keywords, didn't find the issue before. let's keep the discussion there.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
All pages report
Asked by Maya Fleisher:

Hi,

How can I create some kind of report that will include all the pages that I have in all spaces and will give me data on each of them? (e.g. last modified, by who, related space)

Thanks,

Maya


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Maya,

Happy to help!

You can obtain this from your database by running the query from the below article:

* [How to obtain a list of all pages, their authors, and related information from the Confluence database](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-obtain-a-list-of-all-pages-their-authors-and-related-information-from-the-confluence-database-968687591.html)

There's not a user macro that would do this if you need to display it within Confluence, but you may be able to make something similar by [Writing a User Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html). There may also be a way to do it with an add-on [that connects to your database](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=server&product=confluence&query=database). I've linked to a few examples for you from our Marketplace there.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Maya Fleisher
body: Thank you


author: Claire Barzan
body: Shannon, do you know how this can be done on the cloud version?


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Claire,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to have you join us!

In Cloud, you don't have direct access to your site's database. You might be able to do something similar using an add-on such as [Scriptrunner](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215215/scriptrunner-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview), which allows you to query your Cloud site.

Otherwise, you can raise a [ticket with the Support team](https://support.atlassian.com/contact). There, you'll be able to see if they can help you to obtain that information from your site.

Thank you for your understanding!

Shannon


author: Todd Sandeman
body: Hello, I was wondering if this request (How can I create some kind of report that will include all the pages that I have in all spaces and will give me data on each of them? (e.g. last modified, by who, related space) back in 2020 has been updated to allow such a search in the Cloud version. Thank you very much!


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server
I can`t publish the document I`ve created on confluence. Do you know what is happening?
Asked by natasa.belich:

I am trying to publish a document by clicking on the publish button but I can\`t do it. So please could someone help me, because I have done quite a work there. So I hope I don\`t need to done it again tomorrow.


Answers:
author: Emilio Galasso
body: Had a similar problem yesterday with cloud Confluence where it refused to publish my page. It was small rectangular pop-up, just below the publish button, indicating that the page could not be published. It was a page that made use of some really long tables so I was afraid I broke the editor.

I had to copy and paste the content to a newly created page to ensure my work wasn't lost. The new page published fine -- disaster averted. It may have been a network issue, but the error did not mention why it couldn't publish. It also displayed the error very quickly, so it's not like it was trying to connect and timing out. It looks like it had completely given up with no warning as I continued to work.

comments: author: natasa.belich
body: Thanks! I did the same thing... Copied everything and closed the page... And when I entered the document again all I have done was there so I just saved the changes then. Thank you very much for answering!


author: Adam Rypel _MoroSystems_
body: Hello [@natasa.belich](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3751771) ,

could you please describe more in detail what exactly is happening when you click Publish? Is there some error message?

Also which hosting type are you on - Cloud or Server?

Thank you for the details.

Adam

comments: author: natasa.belich
body: Thank you very much for answering! I solved the problem in the end. :) I copied everything and closed the page... And when I entered the document again all I have done was there so I just saved the changes then. Sorry for bothering you! :)

Natasha


author: Adam Rypel _MoroSystems_
body: Oh no problem at all, glad you solved it! :)


author: Emilio Galasso
body: Happened again today. It gives an error along the lines of "unable to complete this request". However, the page IS saved. As the original poster mentioned, closing the page and opening it again restored my changes and I was able to successfully publish.

Earlier I *did* see a network disconnect error, but it was specific about being a network problem and it did re-establish the connection on its own. This problem is different. I've now had others in the office report the same problem of not being able to publish.

comments: author: natasa.belich
body: Thanks to God that it is saved! Of course, we always can save it on a word document. But it was a tricky business. :-) :-) :-)
Can you create multiple epics from one form?
Asked by Sam Edwards:

Hi,

I have created a form in confluence that creates an epic, stories and sub tasks off the back of the form submission. The functionality works at the moment but I now have an ask for another Epic to be created alongside the existing one with it's own set of stories and sub tasks.

Key points are:

* I need this secondary epic to only be created when a check box is ticked.
* The functionality under the original epic needs to stay as is.
* The new epic can be created on it's own using the checkbox.

I may not be making to much sense as I am a little confused at how I can get this working at the moment but reaching out here to see if it has been done before or is actually not something that can be done.

Any input would be much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Sam.


Answers:
author: Sam Edwards
body: No longer appropriate.


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