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Dynamic spreadsheets
Asked by Alex Ransome:

Hello,

I'm a brand new user of Confluence (excuse the incorrect terminology), and would like to know if I can publish a spreadsheet on Confluence that can be updated because of a change to a spreadsheet held elsewhere?

Thanks for any help.


Answers:
author: Shardul Juyal {Addteq}
body: HI Alex,

The Office Excel macro will not work as it stored the file as an attachment rather than the dynamic link.

You can try our add-ons from marketplace like Excellentable to edit the [spreadsheet](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211672/excellentable-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) inside confluence only.


author: Laura Campbell _Seibert Media_
body: Hi [@Alex Ransome](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3680183) welcome to Confluence!

If you would like the spreadsheet information on your Confluence page to be automatically updated as soon as a change is made, you will probably want to use some kind of a macro and avoid referencing/attaching an Excel file. If you store/save some data source outside of Confluence, sooner or later you can have complications, like concurrent editing or changes not showing up in Confluence.

Take a look at some of the Confluence macros that are available on the Atlassian Marketplace for spreadsheets. I work with Elements which makes [Elements Spreadsheet for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212486/), but there are other apps as well (and you can try all of them for free to get an idea before you buy).

Hope you find a solution that meets your needs!
use office excel macro without Atlassian-Companion-App?
Asked by Till Hannemann:

We updated Confluence to version 7.1.0. Since then it is not possible for our Users to use the office excel macro. If we click on the edit-Button, it opens a loading screen. It takes some time until it shows the information, we have to download the [Atlassian-Companion-App](https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/docs-71/Edit+Files). Is it necessary to download this App or is there another option to edit the documents with this macro?

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/76670i6BC97A3179D8A5AA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

thanks for your help


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: There is a [dark feature](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/enable-edit-in-office-as-a-dark-feature-in-confluence-978217013.html) that you can enable to revert to the previous functionality. However, there are some plus sides to the companion app. The main reason for this app is that it expands the file types that can be edit from Confluence without having to do the awkward dance of downloading a local copy, editing it, saving it, and re uploading it back the Confluence page. The Companion app handles that in the background for you. Previously you could only get that functionality with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. The companion app give you that for any file type that you have an editor for on your system.


Tags: confluence-server

macro

ms-excel

server
PostgreSQL >10 compatibility
Asked by Rene Suhle:

Hi,

I try to upgrade my infrastructure to Ubuntu Server 18.04.3. In this distribution is PostgreSQL Server version 10 included. Currently released is version 12. In the compatibility chart for confluence is only PostgreSQL 9.6 mentioned. I tried the installation with the newer version, but get an error while creating the admin user.

Any ideas? Did someone had the same issue and fixed it?


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Rene Suhle](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3577677) ,

it's not really a good idea to use a version that is not supported by Atlassian s this could lead to random crashes, or support not being able to help you.

I would suggest following PostgreSQL documentation to add their repository to Ubuntu, so that you get access to more versions (including 9.6 that is supported by Atlassian : <https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/>

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis


Tags: confluence-server

server
Hosting documents on an external site
Asked by Mythri Sathyan:

Hi,

I am using Mac ios and wanted to know if I purchase Confluence server version and set up my document environment, can I post my documents to an external server (our company website)?

I read in one of the blogs that you will not support Confluence server to post documents to external server. If this true, then its a concern as this would defeat the purpose of our plan to move the complete authoring environment


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

is there one or two servers involved in your scenario? Where is/are the servers running? You edit a Confluence page on ONE server. You can attach files to that page. These files are stored on the server you're editing the page on.

What do you mean by "external server"?

Best

JP


Tags: confluence-server

server
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Asked by kunihiro.okamoto:

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Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: ????????????????\[??\]??????? ?????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????

Click on your profile picture and select Settings. When you are on the settings page click the "Editor" link. There is a checkbox on that page that let's you set it as your default. This is a user setting and not a global setting so each of your users will have to do the same thing.


author: kunihiro.okamoto
body: [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467)   
I appreciate your help in resolving this problem!!

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: You are most welcome.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

language-ja
In comments, links to Jira issues no longer display the summary
Asked by Robert Lauriston:

Previously, when I pasted the URL of a Jira issue in a Confluence comment, when I saved it the link would include the issue's summary. Today that's not working, the link text is just the URL.

Still works as expected when I past the link in the page rather than a comment.


Answers:
author: Kelvin Hill
body: [@Robert Lauriston](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853544) You ought to report this as a bug. You'll also need to be sure you indicate whether it is an issue with the legacy editor or the Fabric editor.

There are many hundreds of active/open issues associated with Confluence editor bugs, but nothing will happen without a Jira. All the best!


Tags: comment

confluence-cloud

jira-cloud

link
How to restrict a group or a user from viewing our KB that is linked to JSD?
Asked by Gil:

Hi all,

One of our spaces is used for JSD knowledge base which can be viewed from the customer portal using email and password.

I invited a user which I want to limit for one space only, however, that user is still able to view our KB from within Confluence.

I created a specific group for that user and this group doesn't appear in our KB.

This group is only added to the space I want it to.

I cannot seem to block this user from viewing the KB articles.

Is there a way to block the user from viewing a space that is linked to JSD?


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude
body: HI [@Gil](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1264836)

Please have a look at the below KB.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/restrict-external-users-groups-to-certain-confluence-space-s-417366815.html>

comments: author: Gil
body: Hi [@Yogesh Mude](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3551575)

I've done this and it doesn't work.

Confluence doesn't respect group level permission.

The user is in a unique group I've created which that group is only associated with one space.

However, that user can still browse another space because that KB space is linked to JSD for our customers.

I think it's a bug.


Tags: confluence-cloud
Do Confluence Knowledge Base developers exist?
Asked by Craig_Klopper:

Hi everyone, the organization I work for uses both Confluence "Wiki" and SharePoint for KMS/CMS and Knowledge Base purposes. What we dont do very well is leverage the full capability of either. There are various reasons for this but one key missing component is having the internal expertise. We need someone who is an expert developer / administrator for both Confluence \& SharePoint but who also has a very deep understanding of Knowledge Base \& Knowledge + Content Management best practice and methodologies.

Do such people exist out there? I have searched our local job markets and cannot find anyone who seems to specialize in this area. Most dev's are working in other languages and/or dont have the KMS/CMS/KB expertise.

I guess what we are looking for is a Knowledge Base admin with developer capability, who can really help us get the most out of the tools we have available to us.

Appreciate your thoughts and suggestions!


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: If you're not necessarily looking to hire someone, but would also be happy with consulting, you might want to look for local [Atlassian Solution Partners](https://partnerdirectory.atlassian.com/). They should certainly be experts when it comes to Confluence, you just need to find one that has the necessary expertise when it comes to SharePoint as well.

You can also try searching for Confluence / SharePoint integrations on the Atlassian Marketplace. There you would for example find [this app](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218247/sharepoint-connector-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview) which is from Communardo. If you go to their vendor profile and scroll down you can see that they are also a Solution Partner, which means they would probably happily do Consulting for you.

![Platinum Solution Partner](https://marketplace-cdn.atlassian.com/s/public/SolutionPartnerPlatinum-1-9f5d83064668b0f09beca3a7751ce7ca.svg)

Unfortunately they're from Germany, though. So I don't know if they would be the best choice for you. I'm sure there are also Solution Partners in your area that know their way around SharePoint. :)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Anyone experienced issues with row height of tables in Confluence?
Asked by Angelina Cordaro:

![Screen Shot 2019-12-17 at 8.23.41 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/76583iC9F456E92E780094/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-12-17 at 8.23.41 AM.png")

For some reason when I was editing a table, the header expanded to a ridiculous height and I cannot adjust it. Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Angelina,

Thank you for reporting this. Are you still experiencing this issue? I've attempted to replicate this on my end, but I haven't been able to.

Do you remember at which point did the header row expand like that? If you were to copy and paste the data within the table into a new table, does the issue persist?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can see a page I was given access to
Asked by JuanR:

I was able to see the page before, but somehow I stopped seeing it, I did request several times again to see the page, and was given access to it but I still see the restricted page message when I open the link.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: In order to have access to a page you must have permissions to the space first. Once you have permissions to a space you can see all the pages in the space that do not have restrictions applied to them. It is key to understand that page restriction **do not add permissions.**Instead, they filter down from the pool of people that have access to the space those that can view the page. If you do not have access to the space and someone adds you to the page restrictions of a restricted page nothing will happen. You will not be granted access.

So, one of two things is the case. Either you do not have access to the space or you do have access to the space and you are not on the list of people the page is restricted to.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
how to search for a particular string i.e. "look for string" in confluence
Asked by Harry Geffin:

even in advanced search I cant search for a part string using

### Confluence 1000.0.0 {#toc-hId-1114890587}

like "apples and cream"....I get "apples" or "Cream" but never both - how is this possible that the product cannot perform the most simple boolean task? in this version of confluence there is only 1 search field, and I have tried many permutations to get a boolean search than most engines or even outlook can do with ease!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: In a boolean search you must capitalize *and* and *or* like such. if you do not capitalize them they are thrown out of the search as common words.

```
Apples AND Cream
```

```
?Apples OR Cream
```

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: The search syntax is actually pretty good. You can get pretty complicated with the syntax. For instance ...

```
((apples AND cream) OR (human NOT resources)) AND Bob
```


author: Kurt Klinner
body: [@Harry Geffin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3679463)

Hi Harry

welcome to the Atlassian community

exact phrase can be search by surrounding it with double quotes,but be aware that stop words like and might get ignored

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-search-syntax-158720.html>

list diffent options for the search. Let me know if that helps

Cheers

Kurt
How to resize an image in the new editor?
Asked by Brooke:

From the department of things the new editor broke: In the past I was able to specify the size I wanted an image to be.

When the new editor first rolled out I could drag the handles at the size of an image to change the size. Now when I try that, the image automatically snaps back to either being too small, or way too large. I can't drag the handles to get the size I actually need, and we can't specify the size manually anymore.

This, on top of not being able to manipulate images at all in tables in the new editor, is causing major headaches.

Any manual workarounds for this one?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Brooke](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2231692)

I tried it for myself. In my cloud instance, I could resize the image by dragging on one side of the picture. So this looks like the printscreen, where a line is drawn next to the picture.

Is this different for you? Do you have another behaviour?

![image-resize.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/76580iA405E71B24519FA0/image-dimensions/464x411?v=v2 "image-resize.png")

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: Brooke
body: [@Dominic Lagger](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/601600) I have those lines, but I can't control the sizing as much as I thought. When I drag the lines to the size I want the photo to be, the image either snaps to a much larger size, or a smaller size, but I can't get it to stay the size I selected by dragging.


author: e.b
body: I am having this same issue; has anyone found a workaround? It's so frustrating - the old image editor was so powerful, and to have now lost such great editing capabilities...


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Avoid Rendering Decimals and Minus Sign as List?
Asked by Jimmy Lin:

Hi recently when I tried to copy and paste data into tables in the new Confluence pages, I noticed that numbers with the following patterns will always be rendered into list:

\* Decimals with leading integer less than 10 (e.g. 8.7 will be rendered as 1. 7)

\* Numbers with a minus sign (e.g. -38.89% will be rendered as \* 38.89%)

![Screen Shot 2019-12-17 at 10.13.15 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/76566i792CF200CA048982/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-12-17 at 10.13.15 AM.png")(Notice the cells with " 1. 00" and "\* 4.00")

I have tried pasting both formatted and unformatted data and both ways failed to prevent this behavior.

Although I can imagine that such conversion is helpful for some users, I would appreciate if there is a way to avoid it as I believe that many users use Confluence tables to document pure numbers and that having to manually convert these lists back to numbers will likely drive some of them crazy.


Answers:
author: Dario
body: Is there another workaround for this issue? It's very easy to miss a cell and other viewers that don't know the issue might be confused and interprete the data incorrectly.

How about converting the minus sign to a list when there is actually a list of atleast two items? It should be fine to turn off the conversion when there is only one minus signed number in a cell.


author: Mia Gao
body: Just manually convert them. Don't be lazy.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I added people to my team and access is restricted when they try to access the page.
Asked by Eric Duncan:

Added some people to my confluence team, went to restrictions and it said there are no restricitons on any of the pages yet they still have access restricted.


Answers:
author: carolyn french
body: Hi Eric, and welcome!

Did you add the people to the Space permissions to view? If you are space admin, you can check on this.

Best of luck,

Carolyn

comments: author: Eric Duncan
body: Hi Carolyn!

Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately when I try to add them to space permissions their name does not show up. I am trying to add two people and I cannot even tag them in comments. I am able to add other people in my company but not the people I need to. I have added both people to my team and they have accounts, for some reason they just do not show up. Any idea on how to fix this?


author: carolyn french
body: Did you confirm that the two people have product access (just another thing to check since you say they have accounts)?

Can you screenshot where you've added them to your team? From the documentation, seems like teams are across sites, so that doesn't necessarily give them access. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/teams-in-atlassian-cloud-975019753.html>


author: Eric Duncan
body: I added them using this link <https://ritualco.atlassian.net/people/search>, I clicked under "my teams" and went to "add people", I was able to add them both no problem. However, when I go to Space Settings and go to Edit Permissions their names do not show up. I tried adding other co-workers who weren't even part of the team and their names showed up.


author: carolyn french
body: And did you check in the admin section to make sure they have product access?

Otherwise, I'm not sure why this is happening. Maybe Atlassian Support can give you a better idea for troubleshooting.


Tags: new-to-confluence
@ Mentions not working in confluence, fine in Jira
Asked by Jeff Klein:

I feel like I've dug pretty deep in trying to find an answer, but I cannot get @ mentions to work on Confluence Cloud at all.

I've triple checked my settings in the settings -\> editor: Disable Auto Complete

I've triple checked global settings (I'm an admin) and no dice.

I've tried different browsers thinking is could be a JS issue

It worked a few weeks ago, but has been broken the last week or two.

Any advice is very appreciated.


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Dane Grace](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2381924) , [@Jeff Klein](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2081402) ,

Did this issue resolve itself?

It has been an intermittent issue for other instances in the past - if still an issue, I'd suggest contacting <https://support.atlassian.com/>

Ste


author: Dane Grace
body: Same, this has literally destroyed my ability to create tasks for myself in Jira.

comments: author: Jeff Klein
body: Seriously... not working for anyone in our org and has basically rendered confluence useless. However, this is working for us in Jira which is very strange!!!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Best method to share or integrate space with customers but not public
Asked by Brent Chapman:

Hello,

I am building a space specific for sharing information, training and general documents with our external customers of a cloud based platform, however we are not wanting to share our docs with the general public. I have seen several posts, but nothing seems to be current with Confluence Cloud's current version.

Right now, I have been using the free confluence cloud trial, but expect to migrate to a paid service. We may also want to expand the capability to merge our service desk with confluence to share quick how to's or links to known issues or problem solving, but that is not a current focus.

I know we could make our site restricted or public, but curious about a more integrated feel for the customer.

I am wondering;

1. Is there a method to place code in our cloud based tools that links the client to our confluence page and allow for searching?
2. Or can we use an iframe type view with some level of access grants passed from our application pages to confluence?

I appreciate any suggestions or feedback.


Answers:
author: Fanny Tastet
body: Hi Brent,

I am having almost the same issue :)

Your question was almost 3 years ago: I would be delighted to know if you managed to solve this issue !

Have you linked your tool to Confluence ? How does it wok with the accounts ? Does every of your customers have accounts to connect to COnfluence via your tool ?

Thank you and have a beautiful day !


author: Brent Chapman
body: I was digging around more in the developer pages and i noticed that there is some details on cloud api and iframes.

<https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/>

and

<https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/?_ga=2.68902225.151080209.1576603166-536077084.1576603166#api-api-space-spaceKey-content-get>


Tags: confluence-cloud
Show Space Name in Task Report Macro
Asked by Jason Muldoon:

Hi - I have a task report macro that aggregates content from multiple confluence sites. I can't seem to find a way to show the name of the space from where the task comes - it shows the page name (location), but there are times when the same task might be present in multiple projects (sites) so it would be helpful to differentiate the originating space.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: There is no option for this in the task report macro. The only way that I could see to do this would be to hover over the link and look at which space the location is pointing to.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
SQL Server 2017 support for Confluence 6.6
Asked by joe bednarz:

We have plans to upgrade to Confluence 7.x using SQL Server, and are currently on version 6.6 using PostgreSQL.

Question about the database support. On the new servers, we are going to migrate to SQL Server and test the upgrade/migration. However, we noticed that Confluence 6.6 does not show support for SQL Server 2017, so we are trying to "skip" a step.

We want to use Confluence 7.x with SQL Server 2017 - do we need to migration ver 6.6 to SQL 2014 and then upgrade both database and Confluence, or can we go use ver 6.6 with SQL 2017 and just upgrade Confluence?


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@joe bednarz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3678918) ,

in your case I would first upgrade to Confluence 7 and then migrate to SQL Server. As you said, since Confluence 6 does not support SQL Server 2017 it would probably fail if you tried to perform both actions at the same time.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis