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Possible to use Confluence to store SDLC documentation
Asked by Ray Lee:

Hello,

We are using word document template to document down system technical details for request enhancement. May I know if Confluence can be customized to store such technical details like data dictionary and system logic flow...etc ?

If yes, would you share me any online information on how to do this ?

Thanks,  
Raymond


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Raymond,

Thank you for contacting us. Are you just looking to store Word Documents, or are you asking if you can create a template in Confluence like in Word?

You can [create a page template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-templates-296093785.html) to log the information you require. If you want to use your Word documents, you can upload them to a page as an attachment, or [import the Word file as a page in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/import-a-word-document-into-confluence-170493136.html).

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Ray Lee
body: Hello Shannon,

Yes, I do not want to upload a word document, but want to create template to store system changes like data tables structures, stored procedure, network diagram...etc.

do have see any use cases like this before?

Thanks,

Raymond


author: Shannon S
body: Raymond,

You can certainly create a template like I suggested to store any data you need within Confluence. Have you had a look at the documentation for that?

Many of our customers are using Confluence to store various information, you just need to create a template that works for you. Can you tell me if there's something in particular you're having trouble doing?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server
Granting permissions
Asked by Xavier Idrovo:

Is the following hierarchy possible in Confluence?:

MAIN SPACE (Private space)

* sub space 1 / page (private space)
* sub space 2 / page (public space)

Any sub pages or sub spaces (assume you can create sub-space), can you grant public level access to sub pages?


Answers:
author: Nicole Reichert
body: This isn't able with how Confluence handles permissions.

I usually tend to think of main space permissions (via Space Tools) as the gate to the castle (handles the entire space).

Page-based permissions are going to apply to the parent and then flow down into the child pages.

For me, I would suggest either flattening out our page hierarchies or consider using another space for public users and organise via space permissions.
How to create a custom page tree by default?
Asked by Erik Ingebrigtsen:

I am looking for a way to have a blue print or a template I can select when creating a space that will automatically build out a page tree with some specific pages. I also want to be able to put some default content on those pages.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Erik,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you!

You might be able to accomplish that using an [add-on from Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=page%20tree).

Have a look there and see what's available to you. Let me know if you have any questions!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence "ROADMAP MACROS PLUGIN" is unavailable
Asked by AlexeyH:

Hello,   
In our confluence 6.15.7 "ROADMAP MACROS PLUGIN" is unavailable? Why it is happening? How we can fix it?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@AlexeyH](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/657049)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/roadmap-planner-macro-704578202.html>

Cheers


Tags: confluence-server
Is it possible to store jira changes in github?
Asked by Michael Smith:

I would like to implement a process for me to be able to develop, test, and release workflow changes to Jira prod.

Is it possible? Primarily, I need a way to save jira customizations into code in a GitHub repo and be able to apply that to a running Jira instance. We then need a way to revert that if it goes wrong.


Answers:
author: Michael Smith
body: no needs anymore


Tags: confluence-server

github

jira-server

server
Blogpost creationdate issue in confluence v7
Asked by H_Martinez:

Hello,

I noticed since version 7 of Confluence the 'creationdate' field for blogpost 'contenttype' in 'content' db table doesn't get the proper timestamp.

For exemple for today Nov 20th 2019, if the server is UTC and the client side browser is UTC too, every new blog will get the 'creationdate' field filled up like this, for 'current' content_status:

2019-11-20 **00:00:00**

'lastmoddate' field stays accurate though which proper hh:mm:ss recording.

When you get many new blogposts a day, they sort out sort of any order. Which is very annoying when these new blogposts are related to time specific actions from different teams.

Untill version 6.15 these blogposts were ordered by latest creationdate first and that was quite logical.

If there is a trick to fix that issue I'd be very grateful to know it, thanks!


Answers:
author: H_Martinez
body: Seems this is a very old bug which is back with Confluence versions 7 (at least both 7.0.4 \& 7.1):

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-22560>

(Severity 2 - Major)

so annoying to say the least, especially considering the above ticket was opened on 21/May/2011... and closed ... 09/Sep/2019, with no check for new versions 7 unfortunately...

Blog in Confluence is quite a useless feature with such an issue I reckon...


author: H_Martinez
body: Hi,

May be a more visual approach would talk better than my poor previous explanations ;-)

![post_migration_confluenceDB_CONTENT.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73632i05AAC19FA04E77EF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "post_migration_confluenceDB_CONTENT.png")


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a way to force Title Case to headings?
Asked by Kimberly Onnen:

Is there a way to style the Headers to always use Title Case? I found a JavaScript method that can do this: <https://github.com/gouch/to-title-case> I just don't know how or if I can use this with Confluence (server).

I have thousands of headings that I would like to change to Title Case. WAY back, it was decided to only capitalize the first word of a title. When I inherited everything almost 6 years ago, I just kept with the style because it would just be too overwhelming to change everything. (This drives me crazy.) I've started manually updating the main headers (page titles?) but I'm looking for an automatic way. Maybe I'd have a better chance of winning the lottery than to find something like this?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Kimberly,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

It is possible to use Javascript in Confluence Server. See [How to use Javascript in Confluence Server](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-use-javascript-in-confluence-313458839.html) for more details.

You'll need to customize the script to change the specific heading elements (h1, h2, etc.) It will require that you have a bit of knowledge on Javascript. Have a look here for more information how to do that: [How to Change HTML Elements in JavaScript](https://www.dummies.com/web-design-development/html/how-to-change-html-elements-in-javascript/).

Let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Kimberly Onnen
body: Great!! Is it possible to set this up for just ONE space or will this be for all of the spaces that we have? I'd rather mess up only space if I do something wrong than all of them. ;)

Thanks!


author: Shannon S
body: Kimberly,

You could use the suggestion from [How to call a javascript from every page of a Confluence space](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-call-a-javascript-from-every-page-of-a-confluence-space/qaq-p/392341).

Note that I haven't been able to test this myself as I'm not very familiar with javascript, but let us know if you have any issues.

Regards,

Shannon  


author: Gideon Stettler
body: Hello [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046)

Is there a way to do this with Jira Cloud?

Regards,

Gideon


author: Shannon S
body: Hi [@Gideon Stettler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4477875),

Thank you for your reply! To be honest, I am not too familiar with Jira Cloud. I recommend raising a new question under the Jira collection, and someone can let you know.

Take care,

Shannon


author: Gideon Stettler
body: Makes sense. I have dropped the question here:  
<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Force-Title-Case-for-Issue-Field/qaq-p/1773960>

Thanks,

Gideon


Tags: atl-adm

confluence-server

server
Hover over status Macro for preview of report
Asked by Jasmine.Hatherly:

I have set up a project management report dashboard to show the RAG status of various projects as per this article **<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Confluence-Tutorial-Your-First-Project-Management-Dashboard/ba-p/818105>** Each status has a description next to it on the report - ideally I would like to be able to hover over the status macro on the dashboard page and see a preview of the description related to it - does anyone know if this if possible please?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Natalie Paramonova [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi [@Jasmine.Hatherly](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3642016)

As far as I know, there is no such feature in Confluence by default.

We develop [Handy Macros for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview). [Handy Tip](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Tip+macro) is one of the macros bundled in the app. With its help, you can add pop-up tooltips to text, images, emoticons, etc.

You need to highlight the element you'd like to add a tooltip to:

![2019-12-02_14h51_48.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74666i84B7335FFDBD4F9C/image-dimensions/399x67?v=v2 "2019-12-02_14h51_48.png")

Then click the Insert more content button:

![2019-12-02_14h52_11.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74669i8013135454FFED2C/image-dimensions/443x303?v=v2 "2019-12-02_14h52_11.png")

And insert the information you'd like to display in a tooltip in the macro body (text, links, macros, images, etc.):

![2019-12-02_14h52_30.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74670i4C5632227C0F6E99/image-dimensions/557x267?v=v2 "2019-12-02_14h52_30.png")

The tooltip appears when hovering over the status in the page view mode:

![2019-12-02_14h51_23.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74673i9C38E756AF559C2D/image-dimensions/541x284?v=v2 "2019-12-02_14h51_23.png")

comments: author: Jasmine.Hatherly
body: That's really helpful - thanks so much!


author: Natalie Paramonova [Stiltsoft]
body: You're welcome :)


Tags: jira

training-and-certification
How to count pages with labels
Asked by Natalia Fedorenko:

I would like to get a count of the number of pages in a space with specific labels.

I wrote the macros, but it doesn\`t work. Error: Error occurred rendering template content

I have found similar questions, but there aren\`t any answers to my problem.

I will be very happy with any helps.

## [@Param](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1345631) space:title=Space\|type=spacekey\|desc=??????? ???? ????????????  
## [@Param](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1345631) Label:title=Label\|type=string\|required=true\|multiple=true\|desc=??????? ????? ??? ????????.

<br />

#set( $labelManager = $action.LabelManager )  
#set( $labRef = $labelManager.getLabels($paramLabel) )   
#set( $pages = $labelManager.getContentInSpaceForAllLabels(0,100,$paramSpace,$labRef) )

$pages.size()


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Hi [@Natalia Fedorenko](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3628390) ,

Please check solutions on those questions

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-count-the-number-of-child-pages-with-a-particular-label/qaq-p/445878>

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-get-the-amount-of-pages-with-a-certain-label-in-Conflunce/qaq-p/295325>

comments: author: Natalia Fedorenko
body: unfortunately, I have already tried all solution on these questions - It doesn't work.

I wrote a solution like <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/confluence-page-properties-report-macro-method-to-total-count/qaq-p/349805>

I have changed some methods for multiple and so I have an error


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is it possible to disable email notifications from going out on a specific page?
Asked by Todd Masura:

We have a global page where many people in the organization make updates to for reference purposes only.

There is no need to send an email every time the page is updated to those who are @mentioned in the page. Page contributors do not need to be sent an email either.

I understand that uncheck the box to send notifications when I make an update. Is it possible for that box to be unchecked by default on a page by page basis?

Thank you,

TJM


Answers:
author: Sireesha Dugginapeddi [Appfire]
body: Hi [@Todd Masura](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1954016)

[This article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-uncheck-notify-watchers-check-box-on-confluence-editor-by-default-314449908.html) might be of help to you. This ticket [CONFSERVER-25367](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-25367) also addresses the same.

You can also probably use [Manage Watchers](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/manage-watchers-218271870.html) capability to control whom to notify when.

Thanks

Sireesha


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is it possible to implement environment specific property files in our confluence plugin?
Asked by Neeraj Bodhe:

If this is possible, then also how to read on which environment (defined somewhere) confluence is installed.

for eg - dev or int or uat etc.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi [@Neeraj Bodhe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/604550),

Thank you for contacting us.

Could you please clarify for me exactly what you are trying to do? Are you trying to create a duplicate environment of your Confluence site, such as with a staging instance?

If you need to create a staging instance, you can do so following the instructions here: [Create a Staging Environment for Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-staging-environment-for-upgrading-confluence-866094180.html).

If that is not what you need, could you please be more specific and confirm what it is you need?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server
Deleting a personal space
Asked by Naomi Johnson:

Hi,

I am currently trying to remove old personal spaces on Confluence with no success.

I am an administrator and have Confluence-administration and am able to find the permissions to delete Site Spaces.

I have given all permissions for Confluence-administration to edit, remove etc on pages

When I go into a personal page \> Space settings , I can only see the space details tab and not the delete page options.

Can anyone help with the settings or steps that I am missing to remove.

Thanks

Naomi


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: [@Naomi Johnson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3547394) ,

It's possible that the (former?) users removed permissions and/or set restrictions on their personal space. If they are no longer available to undo this, you will need to contact Atlassian Support to have the spaces deleted or modified so that you can get access to verify any content loss before deleting.

Darryl

comments: author: Naomi Johnson
body: Thanks Darryl,

They are a former employee but as an admin I should be able to delete.


author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: I agree, you should be able to, but in Cloud you cannot. It requires "super admin" rights, which are not available to administrators, only to Atlassian staff.

Server-based Confluence is different, and an administrator can do this.


author: Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Naomi Johnson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3547394) ,

Welcome to Community !

Free confluence cloud instance is affected by below Atlassian bug.

[https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68319](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68319?_ga=2.215004247.1513115093.1574057214-1560727921.1571396603)

Please vote or watch the above bug ticket to get further updates on it.

Thanks,

Avinash

comments: author: Naomi Johnson
body: Thanks Avinash,

I have joined the bug ticket and hope to get a resolution soon


author: Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Naomi Johnson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3547394) ,

Yes, It has been noticed in other instances as well.

If you are administrator and you are getting below screen for few spaces , then it is affected by below bug.

![image-2019-10-28-08-54-25-901.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73548iD8197C06B4126610/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image-2019-10-28-08-54-25-901.png")

Or please you can log ticket with Atlassian [https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/.](https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/)

Thanks,

Avinash


author: Naomi Johnson
body: This bug is for the Free version, do you know if it is also impacting Confluence Cloud


Tags: confluence-cloud
Migration of pages from one server to another confluence server of same version and build number.
Asked by Sekhar Chandra:

HI All -

We had a schedule of migrating some pages of Confluence server A to server B. I have exported those pages with " Custom export" option and selected the required pages to be migrated.

Then I tried to import them by using "Backup and Restore" option in server B. When i select the zip file to be imported into server B and submit there was an error saying "space key with xxxxx already exist, please delete it before you proceed". Then I tried to delete the Sapce in server B that having the same key exactly as the key of my importing pages' Space.

Here again another error occurred saying "Delete space failed" at 99% of completion of deleting the space. I even restarted the server B after this and searched for the space, however it is not showing in the space directory but it appears in Space permissions window. It redirected me to the space tools of that particular space when i clicked on it name in Space permission window. There I able to find delete option and tried again deleting but the same situation happened at 99%.

Now I'm unable to delete that Space and not even import that pages that I have exported from server A because whenever i do that it saying "Space with same key exists".

Please help me out from this.

Thanks

Chandra.


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Sekhar Chandra](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2916286) ,

you could simply try to change the space settings in server A : change the space name and key, this way you won't have an issue when importing in server B.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

comments: author: Sekhar Chandra
body: we cannot change the key of a space in Confluence, right?

If you are talking about changing the key name from db means, I already done that too.

At that time the importing operation failed due to bandana unique_key duplication.

I'm help less with that error, I don't know about database things and I'm purely unaware of this type error.


author: Alexis Robert
body: You can use this plugin for example : [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/22929/copy-page-tree?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/22929/copy-page-tree?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Copy the full tree of your spaces into a new space and export it, and that's it. This plugin can be tested for free for 30 days.


author: Sekhar Chandra
body: We are unable to use any new plugins as we are license out dated.

So please suggest any without plugins.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Backup
Asked by Akop:

Hi guys, hope you are doing great!   

Here is question. Our team is in Russia. We always try to use safe programs to run business which can provide backup copy in a case if something can happen (Russian government always unpredictable and who knows which company they will block next). I m sure that Confluence is the best option. But the thing is that I couldn't find any information about daily back up. Is it possible to get a copy of all documents and data in a case if something will happen?   

Thanks


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Akop](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3643952) ,

you can find on this page how to automate Cloud backups : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-automate-backups-for-jira-cloud-applications-779160659.html?_ga=2.264365256.696304845.1573393740-1867168444.1563630283>

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis
Anchor points to inaccurate location
Asked by Merrell Vineza:

I created an anchor and I referenced it from another page.   

![create_anchor.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73506i745FF79238164C0B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "create_anchor.png")

When I click on the link, instead of going to the exact location where the anchor is, it shows the bottom part instead.

![inaccurate_anchor.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73510iE16778FBF3F6DE70/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "inaccurate_anchor.png")

The upper part (the one with "escape characters/sequences") is hidden and I cannot see it. Is that a default behaviour? Because I assume links to anchors will redirect me to exact spot on the page.


Answers:
author: Sireesha Dugginapeddi [Appfire]
body: Hi [@Merrell Vineza](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3619049)

Use the anchor before the intended text or line where you want the page to jump to with the anchor link. In the example you provided, for any user to be able to land at the beginning of column 23, add the anchor right before *escape characters/sequences* and not at the end (as in the pic).

Anchors navigate you to the line/text/heading that comes after the anchor. :)

Hope this helps!

Thanks

Sireesha

comments: author: Merrell Vineza
body: Thanks [@Sireesha Dugginapeddi \[Appfire\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1260000) I found out that the top black header blocks the upper part. What I did is I just reloaded the page and the black header went away. It came back once I started to scroll my mouse up/down.


author: Ramachandran_Bramha
body: Hi [@sireesha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1188705),

I created the anchor and placed it before the text. When I click on the link, it navigates but does not position exactly to the text where the anchor is create.

Any suggestions,

Cheers,


Tags: anchor

confluence-server

server
Showing another page on current page using button
Asked by Jamil Rahimov:

I would like to show another page on current using button.  
For ex:

1.If I clicked **tariff button** I need show **tariff page.**

2.If I clicked **Procedure button** I need show **Procedure page.**

...

and so on.

![3.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73487iB34D62E0E8473658/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "3.png")

**//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------**

I added these buttons and they navigate me to another page but I need show it on **current page** .(current account). I need alternative case instead of these buttons.


Answers:
author: Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_
body: Jamil,

I don't think the Include Page macro will work out-of-the-box.

You'll need to [write your own User Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html).

Looks like you're on-premise so that's good, user macros are not available on cloud.


author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: What may be the easiest way would be putting everything on the same page and just navigate via [TOC macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/table-of-contents-macro-182682099.html).

You could put every Headline 1 in flat on a single page - just an idea!

comments: author: Jamil Rahimov
body: [@Fabienne Gerhard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/971720)   
Yeap we can use this way too.  
But I will do with own User Macro because in your method it will be look a mess.


Tags: confluence-server

server