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Confluence page can not be reached
Asked by tmanai:

Hi,

When i access to a specific confluence page, i get the error.

Any Help please?

![image.png](https://jira.vermeg.com/secure/attachment/862348/image.png)


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This is exactly what it says it is. You have a proxy server serving up Confluence on the url you are using. It has asked Confluence for a page and Confluence has not responded with anything valid.

You'll need to look at Confluence to see why it did not serve up the page requested. The usual culprits are "Confluence is not running there" and "you've asked for a page that doesn't exist"

comments: author: tmanai
body: Hi,

We have usually the same problem: 502 Error even when we tried to export a page to PDF. The page exists but we got the error


author: Bharath Kumar Kappala
body: hi [@tmanai](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3742840)

The image that you attached is broken could you attached that image once again.

comments: author: tmanai
body: ![image (3).png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97037i5030859E8DFD1221/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image (3).png")


Tags: cloud
How to show article names instead of urls to anonymous users?
Asked by Carson Hunter:

I have a wiki spaces page that serves as our knowledge base homepage, which contains a few lists of articles that link to other confluence articles in my space.

When I am logged in, I can see that these links resolve to the article name, with a little article icon beside it. However, when I visit the page as an anonymous user, the article icon is gone, and the full url is displayed instead of the article name. (the link still works, and the articles are visible to anonymous users.) I am using the new editor, if that helps.

Is there a setting somewhere to ensure anonymous users see the resolved/friendly names of the articles instead of the full urls?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hi Carson,

I've tested this out and found it to be a bug with anonymous pages. The details are documented here on our public Jira instance: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-70140>

In terms of workarounds, the only way I found to resolve this was to use the **Legacy Template** when creating pages. The legacy editor handles page links a bit differently than the new editor does. If you find it vital to have the page links show the page/friendly name to anonymous users, it might be worth looking into using the Legacy editor for the page.

Thanks for reporting this!

Cheers,  
Daniel

comments: author: Carson Hunter
body: Thanks for looking into this! I'll switch to the legacy template in the meantime.


Tags: anonymous

cloud

knowledge-base

permission

url
Confluence page: How to enable list view, rather than docs appearing as icons.
Asked by troy_dargahi:

When I attach documents to a page, I am not able to view the page in a list mode. The document appear as white icons by default. I would like to make the list view the default.

I am able to go to attachments and there I find them listed there, but how can I make the pages show the list without navigating around.

Thanks

Troy


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You can use the attachments macro on a page to show all the attachments to that page. Below is how the page looks in edit mode.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97055i30008ED65B30B97C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

And this is what you see when you view the page.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97057iE4DE80BA4C96FA9A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Tags: cloud
What blueprint variables are there?
Asked by Kajsa:

In the Meeting notes blueprint there are a two variables that are automatically assigned when a page is created from the template, *currentDateLozenge* and *documentOwner* . I would like to have some other things possibly auto-filled when a page is created but I can't seem to find either a list of the available variables that I can use or a tutorial of how to set up variables that will then act this way.  

Where can I find this information?


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi there,

You can find details on how to add variables in his post: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-add-variables-in-a-Confluence-template/qaq-p/867404>

Thanks

comments: author: Kajsa
body: I can't see a list of default variables such as the date but thank you for the tutorial link.


Tags: blueprint

variable
How to get email notification when someone puts a comment on wiki pages?
Asked by Vivek Singh:

Hi team,

I am wondering if there is any settings on Confluence to get email notification whenever someone is adding comments on any of the pages in the space I am working in.

I checked for options under settings but I was not able to find any such thing. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Vivek Singh


Answers:
author: Bharath Kumar Kappala
body: hi [@Vivek Singh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3870606)

You can just start watching the page which you would like to have notifications from and that is it you would start receiving email notifications.

Here is some documentation that might be helpful - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/watch-pages-spaces-and-blogs-139579.html>

Hope this helps

comments: author: Vivek Singh
body: Thanks Bharath, is there an option to only get notifications when someone comments on the page, I don't want to get notifications for other changes on the pages.


author: Bharath Kumar Kappala
body: I am not sure but as far as I know I dont think there is a option like that in Confluence


author: Davin Studer
body: There is not an option for that, but as a workaround you could set up an email rule to delete the other emails and keep the comment emails.


author: Vivek Singh
body: Thanks [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467) . Unfortunately the email that I am getting is too big and contains changes done on all the spaces in confluence which makes the the message too heavy. Is there an option in confluence to set an email notification when changes are performed only for a particular space?


author: Davin Studer
body: [@Vivek Singh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3870606) You should only get emails for pages or spaces that you are watching. If you are getting emails for spaces you do not want to watch you should take a look at your watches page. Go to your profile picture and select "Watches". Unwatch anything you do not want to get emails for.


author: Vivek Singh
body: [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467) Thanks for following up on this. I did checked on "Watches" and its showing only the pages in one space which I actively work on. I am attaching the email settings option I can see in Confluence and I cannot see any option which will send email to me for my watches only.

I selected the second option and its sending huge info which is not needed.

![Confluence.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97521iC30EE592E2C54A71/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence.JPG")


author: Vivek Singh
body: Hi [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467) ,

Did you get a chance to look at above query?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Vivek Singh


Tags: confluence-server

server
Automatic Uploading of PDF Renditions of Word Documents
Asked by Craig Senior:

We have a business rule: Every time we save and close an attached Word document, upload a corresponding PDF rendition to the same location. The PDF is considered transitory, so if something goes wrong with it, I just replace it.

I have some Word VBA that saves a PDF rendition to a local folder, which I happen to leave open in Windows Explorer. After I close the Word document and Upload it through Atlassian, I drag and drop the PDF from Windows to Confluence, all good and my conformance is pretty much 100%.

I'd like to automate the PDF upload. Is it possible? I'm thinking if I saved the PDF to the same Windows folder as the Active Document (Word), Atlassian could see it and upload it to the same location in Confluence. If it is a duplicate, it would upload as a new version.

Is it possible?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: With Confluence Server you have access to talking to Confluence over WebDAV. If you are using Windows this means that you can map your Confluence site to a drive letter and work with it as if it were a file system.

* Go to "This PC" and click Map network drive  
  ![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97058iB61FF0BBC211DBF3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")
* In the folder field put in this "https://{yourserverroot}/plugins/servlet/confluence/default" replacing the {yourserverroot} with your actual server root.  
  ![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97059iFCBBFE35A289589F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")
* Voila! You now how Confluence mapped to a drive letter. Remember with great power comes great responsibility. You can do great good or harm this way.
* Now you can reference the pages in VBA via the file system.

Here is the how the filesystem is represented. You will see top level folders for Global and Personal. This represents Global and Personal spaces. Under Global you will see a folder for each space via space key. Under each space folder you will see folders for each page. Inside each page folder you will see a file that is {folder name}.txt. That is the contents of the page. Any other files in that folder are attachments to the page.

comments: author: Craig Senior
body: That did the trick nicely. Thank you!


Tags: confluence-server

server
How can I like a page using REST API?
Asked by Venkat P:

I would like to use the REST API to like a wiki. I am using Confluence Server not Cloud.

How can I do that?


Answers:
author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Venkat P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2646119) ,

As far as I see, there is no REST API to like a confluence Page. You can have a look at the [Confluence Server REST API Page](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-server-rest-api/)

You can also reach out to the Developer Community from [here](https://developer.atlassian.com/resources/?_ga=2.9475510.2093177119.1590986114-399710840.1589080567)

Thanks,  
Amith Mathur


Tags: confluence-server

server
Inconsistencies with adding macros to the cloud editor using the /
Asked by Kevin Kyei:

It seems that vendors code will not get hit until the cloud editor appears. This means that we don't have a possibility to change or to fix the search of macro using the '/tab' string method.

Has anyone else faced such issues? Any workarounds available?

Kind Regards

Kev


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello [@Kevin Kyei](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1811733) !

I am not sure what it means to "change or to fix the search of macro using the '/tab' string method".

With this in mind, I would like to ask a few questions for clarification:
> 1. *Are you trying to develop something for Confluence and the way Confluence deals with the editor gets in the way?*
> 2. *Are you trying to actively use the Confluence editor and one or more features are not working?*

If you are aiming at Confluence Development, it sure is a good idea to try and reach out to our Sister Community, the Developer Community! Here it is:
> * ++***[\[Atlassian Developer Community\] Confluence](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/c/Confluence)***++

Let us hear from you!


Tags: confluence-cloud
Confluence datacenter in aws
Asked by raj:

Hi Have the following error message when i deployed confluence data center on existing stack and i dont see any log folder in /var/atlassian/applicationdata/confluence/

and i dont see catalina.out in /opt/atlassian/confluence/current/conf/conluence/conf/ ?? and intially i spinned up one node and found this issue whwn i used the auto scaling to spin up the second node the nodes spin up but i see no application related files in /opt and /var and /media on second node the security group rules are same that comes with the stackno changes made.any help??


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Try looking in the log directory for the logs, rather than the configuration directories.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Using the OKR template, can you link between different team members OKR's
Asked by Joon Lee:

Hello,

I'd like to know if there's a simple way to link OKR's from different Team Members OKR Pages? For example, I'd like to link my OKR's to my manager/directors OKR's within my OKR page. I'm sure I can create links to the page but wasn't sure if there was something built into the template.

Also - can you have a Confluence Page reside within 2 Spaces and get updated unilaterally? From what I've researched, it doesn't seem like it's possible without significant effort so wanted to see if this was possible or is upcoming in the future.

jwl


Answers:
author: Anand Inamdar_Amoeboids
body: [@Joon Lee](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3071985) what you are asking for is not possible within out of the box Confluence. Confluence is not meant for structured data \& the kind of linking/updates you are trying to achieve.

The OKRs created in Confluence will be more of 'informative nature'.

One thing you can possibly do is, create issue types in Jira - Objective \& Key result. And then embed those within the OKR blueprint in Confluence. That might help you be a little more structured with linking \& updating.

If that doesn't work, you can explore the OKR apps available on the marketplace.  

Disclaimer: I am the product owner of the OKR app for Jira - [UpRaise for Employee Success](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212849/upraise-for-employee-success?hosting=cloud&tab=overview).  

<br />

Best,  
Anand


author: Margo Sakova - OKR Board for Jira by Oboard
body: Hi [@Joon Lee](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3071985)   

You can partially automate the Confluence OKR Templates with Jira Issue Macros. I've shared my experiments in this [Jira OKR Handbook](https://medium.com/oboard-okr-software/okr-jira-0ebb8d868bf3#892a).

![okrs-in-confluence-with-jira-issue-macros.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/308887i063A7254EAB7BCAF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "okrs-in-confluence-with-jira-issue-macros.png")  

Have you come up with a solution yet?
Inherited Permissions
Asked by John Robbins:

I was shocked to learn that inherited permissions only works for view restrictions. What is the thinking here?

I want to setup a page and have all current and future nested pages have the exact same permissions. Most can view, one group can edit. The only way I can see to do this is to visit each page and apply the edit restrictions manually. And have everyone who creates a new page remember to do the same. This is brain dead functionality.

Do I have this wrong? What is the rationale for this? Is there a better way, natively within the product?


Answers:
author: Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_
body: Hi [@John Robbins](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1549940) ,

Yeah, you right ! only view permissions will be inherited and within native features, it is not possible to configure. Below is the on going Atlassian ticket and vote or watch to get further updates on it.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-5095>

Alternatively apps like [Edit page Inheritance](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221313/edit-permission-inheritance?hosting=server&tab=overview) can be used to inherit the edit permissions.

Thanks,

Avinash

comments: author: John Robbins
body: Thank you Avinash! I'll vote for it now.


Tags: cloud
Are WebHooks available for Confluence?
Asked by AppConnect:

API available for webhook.  
How we can enable this on server instance?


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Webhooks will be available in Confluence 7.7.0 for Server and Data Center.

Registering a webhook can be done through the UI or using the REST API.

You can check it out right now in the [Confluence 7.7 Beta](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+7.7+beta+release+notes), or take a look at the documentation:

* [Managing webhooks](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/confeap/managing+webhooks) (beta documentation)
* [Webhooks](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/webhooks/) (developer documentation)
Copy Space (Unsupported)
Asked by Radha Devaraj:

While going through the following, I see Copy Space (Unsupported). Please clarify if we cannot use this great and helpful feature. It is so much helpful and lets us clone content for next release or version.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/develop-technical-documentation-in-confluence-226166494.html>

I am not sure if this same feature is available for Confluence Server. If the above article information same for users with Confluence server?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello [@Radha Devaraj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3929252) !

After checking the documentation for Confluence Cloud:
> * ++***[\[Confluence Cloud\] Use Confluence for technical documentation](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/use-confluence-for-technical-documentation/)***++

I could see that the same part that mentions the Copy Space feature was present.

After checking the link provided there, I could verify that the addon is present in Confluence Cloud. You can check the addon page in the marketplace here:
> * ++***[\[Atlassian Marketplace\] Copy Space for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212099/copy-space-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)***++

Please, keep in mind that this is a third-party addon. Support for it not provided by Atlassian itself. We need to reach out to the vendor itself if we need support for it:
> * ++***[\[Atlassian Marketplace\] Copy Space for Confluence -- Support](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212099/copy-space-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=support)***++

Let us hear from you!
No EDIT right even if NO RESTRICTIONS and USER part of Group Page
Asked by Dorina_Silica:

Hello,

I have a problem of EDIT RIGHT on a Confluence page where I was included as a user with rights to read and edit, and even if the page displays with no restrictions on edit, I only can read it, but I do not have an EDIT option nowhere on the page.

The Group Page Admin provided me the same access as to the other people in the group, but I am the only one with NO ACCESSS TO EDIT.

Just to mention, the license can not be an issue, we are members of the same organziation and also I tried different browsers, the same problem occurs.

Please let me kow if there is a fix for this.

![No EDIT right on page with no restrictions.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96982i048B7110662285C9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "No EDIT right on page with no restrictions.png")Thank you, have a good day

Dorina


Answers:
author: Andreas Purde
body: Dear Dorina,

maybe a little late but did your admin check your space-wide permissions as well? If you are not allowed to edit on space level you can't edit on page level.

Kind regards

Andreas


Tags: confluence-server

server
can we edit the powerpoint uploaded using office powerpoint
Asked by Ramya Vedaraman:

am trying to edit the powerpoint using office powerpoint to make it a living document


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Ramya Vedaraman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3943591)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/edit-in-office-using-the-office-connector-170493096.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/edit-files-170494553.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
DACI
Asked by Emmanuel:

I have a Decision blueprint which that lists all the current decisions in a table format. In the editor view of the page I am unable to edit the table as the content is rolled up from all the child pages under it.

I am aware that i am unable to customise a decision blueprint.**What do i want to do?** I want to add a new column for auto-numbering/unique reference for each decision. Do i need to create another decision blueprint to do this or how do i go about adding this new column?

Please find attached![AtlassianCommunity - decision.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96965i2B9875CF94E9E6B5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "AtlassianCommunity - decision.PNG")


Answers:
author: Chris Kirkham
body: Hi Emmanuel,

You can change the DACI blueprint (or someone with the correct admin permissions can). Go to your Confluence settings and go to "Global Templates and Blueprints". You should have have the option to Edit the DACI Decision. You can then add an extra row to the page property macro.

comments: author: Emmanuel
body: Hi Chris,

Thanks for your response. I have checked the edit on the DACI decision under blueprints and the page property macro is not showing unlike other pages. I believe the below attachment explains why customising the decision is not possible. Check the last bullet point.

I think the only way forward is possibly creating a new DACI and selecting all the columns i require?


author: Emmanuel
body: See attachment![Dacidecision1.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/96978iBB136B28F96C4F9F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Dacidecision1.PNG")


author: Chris Kirkham
body: That looks like the Confluence server help file - can't find that for cloud. This question is under Confluence Cloud - is that where the confusion is?


author: Emmanuel
body: Apologies for the confusion. I am using Confluence Cloud. From what i have seen it is not possible to add an auto-numbering for the daci decisons.


Tags: decision

blueprint

confluence-cloud

format
Confluence "space search" Syntax
Asked by Ionut:

Hi guys,

So I have a confluence space that I've created and I've added a "Search this place" box.

I saw that when I search a complete word existing in the space (e.g. Workout) it points me to the place where that word is, which is ok. But when I search a half of word (e.g. Work), the search syntax doesn't find anything.

Do you happen to have a workaround for this? I've tried to edit the "Live search Macro" but I couldn't find anything helpfull there.

Thanks in advance,

Ionut


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You can use "\*" as a wildcard to do a partial word search. One thing to note the wildcard will not work at the front of the word, only the middle or end. Take a look at the below link for more details on the search capabilities.

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

comments: author: Ionut
body: Thanks a lot [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467)

Ionut,


Tags: cloud
ToC in new Spaces does not show anything.
Asked by Filip Jakubowski:

I did solve my problem


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hey, thanks for sharing that you were able to solve the issue, [@Filip Jakubowski](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3756592) ! Would it be possible for you to share here how you managed to do so?

Your solution might help someone else who has the same problem!

Thanks!


Tags: cloud