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Repeater power-up - how to set the date of next repeat?
Asked by Duncan Drury:

I have an important task I need to do every 5 years on the 1st of May. The Repeater power up seems ideal for this.

However, when I set it up to repeat every 5 years, it always shows me the next occurrence is on 1st of May next year, not the 1st May 2026. So maybe it will alert me four years early - but I am more worried about not getting reminded in 2026. This is actually something mandatory I need to remember, and could literally go to jail if I forget.

How do I get this to work?


Answers:
author: Ryan
body: Hi Duncan,

With the card repeater Power-up, it isn't possible to select the first occurrence of the repetition. This is why we'll always take the next date that this trigger hits, and count for 5 years from this date. This doesn't work so well in your case, but perhaps you could use a due date on a card and make sure you'll be notified for this? You could also use Butler to send you emails as this due date approaches.

Personally, if this was an absolutely critical date for me, I'd ensure that I have a few different possibilities to be reminded of this just in case one system fails. Due to this date being a while in the future, I'd also include this in other calendar tools that I use to help make sure this date isn't missed.

Thanks,  
Ryan
How long is shown the banner that the the expiration date of license will gonna be end
Asked by ???:

Hi.

I am using confluence(data center version)

And my license will be expired 26 on Sep.

At some days, the banner which notify the expiration date of the license starts to be shown.

I want to know when it starts.

Does it start before 45days?


Answers:
author: Dave Mathijs
body: Hi [@???](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5034144) , I think it is 90 days before the license expiration date.


Tags: confluence-server

server
list of cards a user has contributed to
Asked by dathanasiadis:

How can I list / filter all the cards that have been contributed to by a specific user (that user may no longer be assigned to the card)


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@dathanasiadis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4438564) what constitutes a contribution? Is it all cards on which a particular user has made a comment?

comments: author: dathanasiadis
body: yes


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@dathanasiadis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4438564) And in what context do you need to see that list? Do you need a one off report or is this something that happens regularly during a review? If you describe your workflow a bit I might be able to help.


author: dathanasiadis
body: Well, certain people want to track what task they have contributed worked on at the end of a period but during that period the rest of the team wants to see only where those people are currently active at. So basically we want to remove the 'already done' cards from the day to day view without losing a track record of what each person has worked on. Makes sense?


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@dathanasiadis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4438564) well one option would be an automation that adds a label to the card with the name of any member who comments like this:

![2021-06-16 at 5.10 pm.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147658i3867905478D1075E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2021-06-16 at 5.10 pm.png")

Note that when you add the rule, you have to select from a dropdown of labels but once you press the "+" sign to add the rule, you can edit the label name to set it to the variable holding the name of the member who added the comment.


author: dathanasiadis
body: Labels are already kind of overused but thanks for the option!


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@dathanasiadis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4438564) you would also have the option of adding the member name to a "contributors" checklist, appending the member name to the description with:

set description to "{triggercarddescription}\\n{membername}"

or appending the member name to the end of a comma separated list of values in a custom field:

set custom field value "Contributors" to "{{%Contributors}},{membername}"
Restore from backup error
Asked by Varpe Control de Peso:

We are trying to move confluence server to a new server.

We are trying to move from 6.14 build in database to 6.14 external database (we try mysql and postgres)

The backup goes well, but when we try the restore in the new server at 90% it appear a error saying that there are a invalide value in a bool variable.

Then we try to do restore from 6.14 to 7.19 with the same result.

Then we try to upload de 6.14 server to 7.19 (previous to do the bakcup /restore from 7.19 to 7.19)

But when we oupgrade to 7.19 ther a confluence problem on starting up the error is in schema_upgrade phase bad SQL grammar \[create unique index e_h_r_idx on 'EVENTS' ('history','rev')\];

Thanks.


Answers:
author: AAMIR ANSARI
body: Hi [@Varpe Control de Peso](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5034115)

It seems you are running into the below bug

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58944>

Can you please follow the workaround and let us know if it helps?

Thanks,

Aamir


Tags: confluence-server

server
Change to Legacy Editor
Asked by Jenna Cantrell:

Hello, I have been using Confluence for creating documentation for a development project, and currently, my workspace is using the "New Editor". Would it be possible to switch my space to the "Legacy Editor"? Thank you!


Answers:
author: Ismael Jimoh
body: Unfortunately, to my knowledge, this isn't possible.

I believe this has to do with the backend code change as well.

See a reply to a similar question here: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-I-switch-back-to-Legacy-editor/qaq-p/1269198>


author: carlosughini
body: Hi Jenna,

Welcome to the community!

Unfortunately, at the moment it is not possible.

It is not simply a case of the "editor" changing. Atlassian is replacing the legacy XMHTL Confluence Storage Format with the new JSON-based Atlassian Document Format, which will be used across all its different products. You actually want Atlassian to provide better feature parity between the old and new.

Please let me know if you have more questions.

Kind regards,

Carlos


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Authenticator re-setup
Asked by Huiting Wu:

Hi, my phone went through a re-set and as a result I lost the authenticator connection to Atlassian. I tried to disable two step verification on account settings, hopefully that would enable a reset on the verification with a new QR code to add to authenticator. However, website keeps prompting error messages. I wonder what to do to get the authenticator to connect again.

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/216536i4467578297D12DEE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Huiting Wu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033953) Welcome to the Atlassian community

If you no longer have the authenticator app then you will need to use your recovery key to login to setup the app again. If you no longer have your recovery key you will have to contact Atlassian support. Here is a KB that will help you with steps <https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-account/docs/manage-two-step-verification-for-your-atlassian-account/>

comments: author: Huiting Wu
body: Yes I do have the code and can log onto everything temporarily. It was when I try to disable the verification that I keep getting an error. As shown in the screenshot there. Could it potentially be a bug in the webpage?


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Huiting Wu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033953) Ok, I would suggest that you contact support then. Do you know if your account is managed by your company? If that is the case that might be the issue.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can I see a product
Asked by frankeddy048:

I like to see a product and how to get involve in it


Answers:
author: carlosughini
body: Hello there,

Welcome to the community!

I assume you would like to start with either Jira or Confluence, is that right?

To start using Jira or Confluence for free you can use both links below:

* [Jira](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/free)
* [Confluence](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/free)

Please give it a try and let me know how it goes.

Kind regards,

Carlos


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
"Search and Link" functionality in Confluence Cloud?
Asked by Spencer Marlow:

As I add new pages to my Confluence Space, is there any way I can run a search across all **already existing** pages to find every instance of a particular text string where I would want to create a link to my new page - and create that link with a single click?

Exactly like the classic "Search and Replace" functionality, but "Search and Link" instead.

For example, I have created many pages which refer to the acronym "MQL" (Marketing Qualified Lead). I have now created a page which explains in detail what "MQL" means, how they are generated, measured etc

I would like to do a "search and link" across all my existing pages so that everywhere that the text "MQL" exists, it gets linked to my new page.

Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@Spencer Marlow](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033721) and welcome to the community

Short answer, unfortunately, is no. You can't do that. :/


author: Spencer Marlow
body: Hi [@Alex Koxaras _Relational_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4150197) - many thanks for your reply, much appreciated. I will feed this back to Atlassian as a feature suggestion.

comments: author: Spencer Marlow
body: [@Alex Koxaras _Relational_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4150197) quick follow up - I've been looking around the Atlassian website and I can't find a "Product suggestions" area. DO you know where this might be located? Thanks !


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: <https://jira.atlassian.com/issues/?filter=98690>


author: Spencer Marlow
body: terrific thank you. Have submitted


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Kindly mark my answer as accepted, in order to help others. Thank you!


author: Spencer Marlow
body: Done - thanks again


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

link
Standalone Confluence Workflow?
Asked by David Kay:

Is it possible to create a standalone Workflow in Confluence with Macros out of the box? I see many Vendors offerring this plugin. Thanks in Advance.


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@David Kay](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033632) ,

welcome to the Atlassian community!

First of all you need to specify if you are on a server/dc or cloud instance!

If you are talking about [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222276/workflows-for-confluence?tab=overview\&hosting=cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222276/workflows-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) , this plugin is available for Cloud

Fabio

comments: author: David Kay
body: Unfortunately, we wre not allowed to use alternative plugins other than what has been preapproved by my organization. Thanks for the feedback.
Import Comments from the Activity section of a Jira Issue into Confluence?
Asked by David Kay:

I am not allowed to use a Jira Workflow so I resorted to using Comments from the Activity section of a Jira Issueto collect sign -fofs for a Deployment.

I have worked with my Support team and have been told this cannot be done. Can Labels be assigned to those Comments, queried then imported into the Confluence page via JQL?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@David Kay](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033632) and welcome to the community,

Short answer to your exact question is no. You can't import anything with JQL. JQL is issues to provides issue-based results.

You could possibly use Jira REST and Confluence REST to export and import data, but before that I would need to know what is it that you need to achieve. You can't use the workflow because your jira admin will not allow it, but:
> you want to get the comments from a jira issue and import them to confluence.

The above statement can be done. But you can't place a "label" in comments.

comments: author: David Kay
body: Thanks Alex. What do you mean by "JQL is issues to provides issue-based results."?

JQL is what can be used to run a query against a Jira issue, right? How about running JQL against a specific label, as you suggested, centric to the people who are approving via a Comments entry in the Activity portion of the Issue?


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@David Kay](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033632)

This sentence is clearly a typo! I was answering from my mobile.. apologies! What I meant to say is that JQL provides issue based result. You are searching for anything, including labels, and the results are issues.

As you said, JQL run queries against issues. And yes you can run queries in respect to issues' labels. But I'm not following the rest of your sentence "centric to the people who are approving via a Comments entry in the Activity portion of the Issue".

You want a JQL which will search a issue's labels, as well as a specific test from a comment, which will be a approval from a user? Can you give an example of such a comment?


author: David Kay
body: Sorry for the slow response. Labels was in fact the solution we used. Thanks.
How View All Team Member Tasks
Asked by Jonty Yamisha:

Is there a way to view all open tasks to all team members, even if those tasks were not given by me, personally? I can see all tasks that I have created, and I can see all tasks assigned to me (whether I created them for myself, or another team member created them for me). Is there a way I can see all open tasks for all team members, regardless of who assigned the task?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Jonty Yamisha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033137) ,

Tasks report macro <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-task-report-macro/> allows you to display tasks based on some parameters that you can setup.

Assigned to and Created By are two parameters that you can leave blank so that you can see all task created by someone assigned to someone. This macro needs to be specified for space basis or pages so you need to select one or more spaces from which retrieve those macro list.

Hope this helps,

Fabio

comments: author: Jonty Yamisha
body: Fabio, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: you are welcome [@Jonty Yamisha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033137)


author: Manish Ranjan
body: Create a JQL filter with 'assignee in (username1,username2,....)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
About the message that the group does not exist
Asked by ?? ?:

In the user management group, a specific user is searched and displayed, but when I try to specify and set that specific group in the space permission settings of cofulence, I get the message "Such a group does not exist. cofulence Please contact your administrator." is displayed.

Did this happen on other sites as well?

Also, what could be the cause?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@?? ?](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4679103) What are you using for your user directory?

comments: author: ?? ?
body: The usage environment is the cloud.

Are user directories relevant?


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@?? ?](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4679103) Cloud can be associated with an external directory.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
When I use CSS stylesheets and sections around my forms maco the submission button disappears
Asked by Katrina Atkinson:

Hello,

I used the forms macro via confluence. Alone on a page it works, and the submission button is located on the bottom. However, once I add CSS stylesheets around it the button disappears without being removed by me. I would like to keep my submit button as well as add other macros around this. Has anyone troubleshooted this before?


Answers:
author: John Shaw
body: Did you ever solve? I just had this happen.


Tags: confluence-cloud
Is there a way to hide page contents ?
Asked by vdhanorkar:

When I link the confluence page to the service management portal, the portal shows page content as a description. I want to show the page content when a page is opened.

![Confluence-1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/216441iE73D78D09B28960A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence-1.png")


Answers:
author: vdhanorkar
body: Thanks for the reply


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@vdhanorkar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4354367) ,

unfortunately you can't do that using builitin feature. At portal side a preview of article will be diplayed including key word that is the reason why that article appear.

Hope this helps,

Fabio


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@vdhanorkar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4354367) What [@Alex Koxaras _Relational_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4150197) said is correct you can not change that in the delivered product. I know that there are some apps like Refined that allow you to make some customizations and if I remember correctly that is one of them.


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@vdhanorkar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4354367)

I don't think that this is possible to achieve. Not at least with out of the box confluence functionalities.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Page properties report returns entries with no values
Asked by B_Miskell:

I have Confluence pages with multiple 'Page Property' macros on them. Some have ID's and others do not.

Recently, two of these pages have been showing up in the 'Page Property Report' macro with extra lines that have no values in the selected columns. The first page has one extra line with no values and the second page has 5 extra lines with no values in the columns. Both of these pages have one line with values in the columns which is as expected.

I've tried to correlate the number of macros with and without ID's to these extra lines and I am unable to establish a pattern.

We are using Confluence 7.4.17

*My workaround is to filter out the rows with empty values however I'd really like to see it work as it was before when no rows with empty values were present.*

Reference these screen captures for examples of the rows with and without values.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/216417i3BE71E3E95C34713/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/216418i205C78CFB73A90C0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/216419i50A454D3B1238312/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Florian Bonniec
body: Hi [@B_Miskell](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033099)

In Ranger cabs do you have multiple times the same page properties macro in it ?

I had the issue couple of month ago and noticed that at each edit, the content of my page was duplicated.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-59227>

Regards

comments: author: B_Miskell
body: Greetings [@Florian Bonniec](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4587169)

I did find that issue, read its details and reviewed my pages for duplicated content. I did not identify any unless there is some embedded 'null' symbols I am not noticing.

It is almost like it is listing prior versions of the same page however there are nulls for the column values.

We have 21 child pages with seven or more 'Page Property' macros (no ID assigned) embedded on them. There are pages which have 6 or more 'Page Property' macros with an ID assigned which we use with 'Table Transform' macro to SQL join content together for management reporting.

As of now, only two of the 21 pages have exhibited the empty row display in the 'Page Properties Report' macro.

I've even tried to remove the matching label on the affected pages so they did not show at all on the report page then added the label back and still the empty rows. So there appears to be data it sees somewhere as null for those columns we are displaying.

Thank you for sharing your experience and potential solution.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Automatic check-ins for remote teams?
Asked by Jonty Yamisha:

My team has outgrown Basecamp, and we're playing with Confluence + Jira. So far, we're really liking Confluence. One feature I can't seem to find, however, is something akin to Basecamp's automatic check-in feature.

With this feature, each week, an automatic question goes out asking our team:

1. What they are working on

2. Potential roadblocks ahead for the week

3. Anything else they'd like to share

This allows us to reduce the need for real-time, in-person check-ins. Is there any functionality in Confluence that is similar to what I am describing above?


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Hi [@Jonty Yamisha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033137),

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

You may want to take a look at [Atlas](https://www.atlassian.com/software/atlas) from Atlassian, it is a new product that allows you to give status updates every week, and it will send out reminder to do that as well.

comments: author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Confluence does have an End of the week status update template that you can use, and together with automations you could create these automatically every week.


author: Jonty Yamisha
body: Thanks, [@Mikael Sandberg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853579) for the suggestions. I'll check them both out!


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Jonty Yamisha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033137) I would also suggest looking into using boards and dashboards in Jira. I have been successful in constructing dashboards that provide all of this information in real-time to answer the questions that you are asking. Then there is no reason to have individuals report back unless that is part of your process.


author: Jonty Yamisha
body: Thanks, [@Brant Schroeder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/769100)

I am still new to the Atlassian community. Are there any resources / videos you can point me to that would help me better understand how I can setup these sorts of boards and dashboards in Jira?


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Jonty Yamisha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033137)

Here are some great resources:

* <https://www.atlassian.com/blog/jira-software/5-steps-to-build-a-killer-dashboard>
* <https://support.atlassian.com/jira-work-management/docs/what-is-a-jira-dashboard/>
* <https://university.atlassian.com/student/catalog/list?category_ids=21734-free-training>
* [https://university.atlassian.com/student/path/860517-get-started-with-jira?sid=a8c1c987-e68d-4a23-9730-f3e14293f30a\&sid_i=5](https://university.atlassian.com/student/path/860517-get-started-with-jira?sid=a8c1c987-e68d-4a23-9730-f3e14293f30a&sid_i=5)
* [https://university.atlassian.com/student/activity/949128-managing-agile-boards-and-reports-skillbuilder-course-description?sid=a8c1c987-e68d-4a23-9730-f3e14293f30a\&sid_i=23](https://university.atlassian.com/student/activity/949128-managing-agile-boards-and-reports-skillbuilder-course-description?sid=a8c1c987-e68d-4a23-9730-f3e14293f30a&sid_i=23)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Add more items to the existing decision macro
Asked by Sachidanand.Pawar:

I have an existing decision macro, I am trying to add a new item to the same. I am unable to do so. Can someone help ?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Sachidanand.Pawar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033071) ,

welcome to the Atlassian community!

Please could you attach a screenshot about your issue?

Fabio


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@Sachidanand.Pawar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5033071) and welcome to the community,

Do you receive any error while trying to do that?

Are you on premise or on cloud?