youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
We use AD for authentication. Is the Confluence password reset feature simply not going to be effective in this configuration?
Asked by Michael Finnegan:

We use AD to authenticate to Confluence. Lately we've had some users unable to log in to Confluence for reasons unknown, though the password works for other AD-authenticated applications, including their workstations.

Some have tried using Confluence Password Reset feature, but doing so invariably ends with a "network error occurred" error. My question is, is the password reset feature even useful in this scenario? If the reset form is unable to write changes in AD, then it's not going to work, right?

Second question: if the affected user knows his/her AD password is correct, how then do they log in again to Confluence if AD is the authenticator of record?


Answers:
author: Phil Jackson
body: The password reset feature should work, as long as you have the AD setup to read/write changes back to AD. If you don't want that to happen, you can change it to read only and groups, and turn the external management on. Also, I would check to see that the syncs are going through successfully.

comments: author: Michael Finnegan
body: Thank you for your reply, Mr. Jackson. We do have the user directories set up as: 1) LDAP Server - Microsoft Active Directory (read only with local groups); and 2) Confluence Internal Directory (Internal) in that order. Synchronizing does appear to be happening, and I'm able to manually synchronize the LDAP connection. Would you mind elaborating on turning external management on? I'm not familiar with that option. I should add that our network team is unlikely to allow read/write back to AD from Confluence. Thanks again.


author: Phil Jackson
body: Not sure what version of confluence you are on, but it should be the same steps.

1. Go to general configuration
2. Security Configuration
3. Click edit and check the External user management box.

That will remove the forgot password link from the confluence login page


author: Michael Finnegan
body: Many thanks for your replies and recommendations.


Tags: confluence-administration
Can a selected macro be added to multiple pages quickly?
Asked by Kel Hill:

Is there a way to add the same macro to specific multiple pages at one time? Trying to add Page History macro to multiple existing pages.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Not likely. From a logical standpoint, how would a tool know where on the page to add the macro?

comments: author: Kel Hill
body: At the very least, I thought it would be helpful if there was an option to include a macro in a template, which would then insert the macro into a page created using that template.


author: Milo Test
body: While you can add a macro to a template to be added to all NEW pages, as soon as a page is created, it becomes disconnected from the template.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Export/import a part of a confluence space
Asked by C?line Delacourtie:

I try to export a part of my confluence space.

I reach the export page, XML option and I want a custom export.

Our space contains at least 4000 pages, the custom export does not start I cannot select any pages I need to export.

(error message : Error Loading Pages - An error was encountered loading page for the space WW. Please contact your administrator for help. Gateway Time-out error: url=/wiki/spaces/exportspacetree.action params=key=WW)

Is there any other adds on/ tool ..... I could use to export in XML


Answers:
author: Betsy Walker {Appfire}
body: Hi @C?line Delacourtie,

When the space is very large, it's a very time-intensive operation to build the page tree of pages in the space. It can take3-5 minutes or more before it appears so that you can make selections.

The [Network and Connectivity troubleshooting Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/network-and-connectivity-troubleshooting-guide-720405335.html) offers some suggestions and additional information about Gateway Timeout errors, as does this [2014 Answers post](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/332938/confluence-nginx-reverse-proxy-504-error).

The [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI) add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.cli?src=sidebar) provides actions like exportPage, exportSite and exportSpace to do a page, space or site export to XML, HTML or PDF format. It may too encounter a Gateway Timeout error, but at least you could then break it into multiple "chunks", each doing a subset of your spaces.

The syntax of using the CLI is pretty simple. When you're building lots of commands, I've found it helpful to build a temporary Confluence page that has a Space, Pagetree or Children macro on it to give me a list of what I want to work against which I can then edit and manipulate to turn it into the CLI commands you need. You can also use the getPageList or getSpaceList commands to get a list of pages and spaces which then are the "target" for your other CLI actions. The getPageList and getSpaceList accept a regular expression that can be helpful to determine which pages or spaces to select.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Merge pages into one
Asked by Susanne Kahl:

HI

How do I Easily mergde lots of pages into one NOT using Included pages.  

As it is now the main page contains a lot of included pages with a lot of included pages...., which I would like to assemble into one flat page. All the basic pages are only used that one place. so the included page, with an included page is not necessary, and hell to maintain.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: If you export the page as Word and reimport it, the styles should be maintained and subsequently the TOC. You might also try exporting to PDF, using Acrobat to convert it to Word then reimport it if the layout is better.

In either case, the attachments will be lost, but any inline attachment thumbnails and graphics should remain.

Another thing to try would be to export all the pages as Word docs, then use Word to merge them then reimport the new merged doc.

If you have Acrobat, you can use the space backup feature to save all the pages you want as a giant PDF in one shot, then convert that to Word and reimport.

In the end though, what is "a lot of included pages"? We've all spent an afternoon redoing something that seemed to make sense at the time. And while we grumbled while we did it, Getting it done right is very satisfying.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm afraid there's no easy way to do that. You could start messing around with scripts or exporting pages and re-importing them, but the best option might be a simple copy and paste exercise.

If you want rid of **all** or **almost all** of the includes, there might be some mileage in copying the whole page as it is rendered and pasting that back into an edit - it should preserve all the text and most (hopefully all) of the formatting.

comments: author: Susanne Kahl
body: unfortunately it dont bring Gliffy's or attachments on to the new page. and the settings in ex. the TOC is also lost.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, attachments, yes. You'll need to edit the main page directly.

Copying and pasting text should still preserve headings for the TOC though, so you should be able to do blocks of rendered text to replace the includes.


author: Susanne Kahl
body: 7 main pages with among 4-7 levels of included pages, with at least 8 included pages on each level. with 0-10 attachments - and then there is links. \*sigh\*

It will most lightly end up with me doing it all over, from the bottom up


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence copy page with internal image lead to absolute url being used
Asked by S. Piller:

Hi Atlassian,

I guess I've found a minor - but yet annoying - bug in Confluence. The use case is the following:

* you have a page with at least 1 uploaded image in it.
* you made at least one copy of the original page
* and then you changed your hostname from <http://oldhostname> to <http://newhostname>

What happens is that the copied page refer to the absolute url of the original image. You can see in your browser debugger requests to <http://oldhostname/confluence...>

[](http://oldhostname/confluence...)For me, the bug is that Confluence does not recognize its own resources when copying a page, and refer to them with an absolute url. That leads to inconsistencies when for example, you migrate your content from an instance to another, or put a backup of production data in your integration environment. Request are still made to the production host.

Keep using the old DNS alias, pointing to the new physical host, helps only if the copied pages have no access restrictions. It there is, then the image fails to load (you take a redirect), since you need to authenticate under <http://oldhostname> to access it.

A request like "*UPDATE BODYCONTENT SET BODY = REPLACE(BODY, 'http://oldhostname', 'http://newhostname') WHERE BODY LIKE '%http://oldhostname%'* " + a reindex *seems* to fix the issue, but hum... nobody knows if it does not corrupt the content (ie. do we really want to change the old host in **every** occurences?) and I don't feel comfortable running it...

Is it already known, or should I open a bug report somewhere ?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi,

That definitely sounds like a bug. Search for it at [https://jira.atlassian.com](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa) and if you can't find it add it as a bug.

comments: author: S. Piller
body: Oki :smile: ticket is in progress

Thank you!


author: Monique Khairuliana
body: Hi [S. Piller](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=557058%7Cad43ea49-eb42-418c-9f01-cfb9446f3c5a) and everyone :smile:

This is the only similar scenario that's currently known to be happening in Confluence <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-37772>


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I stop profile pictures showing up in search to anonymous users?
Asked by Andy:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Set Your Profile Picture](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=203199)*

If you search as an anonymous user for a word such as 'profile' you will get the user avatars returned. They cannot be seen or accessed, but the results are still returned and look messy at the top of the page.

I used to be able to ask users who uploaded profile pics to remove them, but that is no longer an option (6.0.3).


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Andy,

This question has been asked before, such as [here](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/15286850/is-it-possible-to-hide-profiles-from-search-when-logged-out). You should find the info on that answer useful.

comments: author: Andy
body: View user profiles is already turned off under global permissions. Problem is not that anonymous users can see the profiles (they can't), it's that the registered user avatars show up in search (or more specifically placeholders for them do). I've not found anything that addresses that other than removing the user avatars... which you can't in v6.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Andy,

I should have been a little clearer :smile:

In the answer I linked to, there is a link to an improvement request to stop user information showing up in search (that would obviously stop the avatars being shown as well). Unfortunately Atlassian decided not to proceed with that feature request because of "limited demand", but there is a similar request here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-1882> This has many watchers, many votes and what looks like regular and active user comments. You're clearly not alone in wanting this functionality!


Tags: image

profile
After restart confluence, script runner custom script macros not found
Asked by Steffen Stamprath:

Hi,

we use custom macros from "script runner for confluence". But after a restart all custom script macros show "unknown macro XXX":

Bildschirmfoto 2017-01-10 um 10.07.38.png

What ca I do?

When I update a existing macro, it works. But this is no solution.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/After-restart-confluence-script-runner-custom-script-macros-not/qaq-p/111045?attachment-id=7666){#link_1185e3df7e0fc8}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/18539/1/Bildschirmfoto%202017-01-10%20um%2010.07.38.png){#display_1185e3df7e0fc8_0}


Answers:
author: Steffen Stamprath
body: Hi Yaniv,

after a update of the plugin it works.

Steffen


author: Rafael Franco
body: Hi Steffen,

Could you please open a support ticket so we can follow on?

<https://productsupport.adaptavist.com/servicedesk/customer/portal/13>

Thanks,

Rafael


author: James Scott
body: We are having the same problem. Any update on this?

comments: author: Rafael Franco
body: Hi James,

Did you update to the latest version?

Cheers,

Rafael


author: James Scott
body: We are using 5.2.4... We were able to fix the issue by disabling and then enabling the macro.


author: yaniv_shoshani
body: any resolution on this one? we are getting the same error ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")

comments: author: Rafael Franco
body: Hi Yaniv,

Did you update to the latest version of ScriptRunner for Confluence?

Regards,

Rafael


Tags: scriptrunner
Page properties report fixed header?
Asked by Matin Schiemann:

Hi Atlassian and community,

how is it possible to make the header row of a page properties report sticky, so that it stays visible if you scroll down more the one screen?

Help would be greatly appreciated.

Best

Matin


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Martin,

You can try [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) macro with [Fit table to screen area](https://demo.stiltsoft.com/display/tblfilter/Managing+Look+of+Tables#ManagingLookofTables-Fittingtabletothescreenarea) option set. It is compatible with Page Properties report.


author: becki.marsh
body: --


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Aur?lien and Matin,

You can [freeze the first row](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Look+of+the+Table+and+Filtration+Pane#ManagingLookoftheTableandFiltrationPane-FreezingFirstNRows/Columns) of the table with the help of [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) macro.

comments: author: Herman Buter
body: Thanks Andrey.

Freezing the header row of table filter works as expected but can this also be done for a table created by the confluence built-in "Page Properties Report". This is a table that gets generated dynamically based on defined page properties from multiple confluence pages.

Thanks in advance.

Herman


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Yes, it is compatible with Page Properties Report macro as well as with many other macros that produce tables.


author: Aur?lien Jost
body: Same question here! Any update?


author: Matin Schiemann
body: Hi Andrey,

thanks for your answer. It helps a bit, as scrolling with the mouse within the table area results in fixed headers. Best would be if the page properties table would behave like a native Confluence table within table filter, the headers should stay even if i scoll the page through the browser:

image2017-1-10 10:38:9.png

Best

Matin  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Page-properties-report-fixed-header/qaq-p/208037?attachment-id=3584){#link_1185e413ebd9e0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/35083/1/image2017-1-10%2010%3A38%3A9.png){#display_1185e413ebd9e0_0}


Tags: confluence-administration
Top navigation bar keeps disappearing
Asked by Lillian Shibata-Salley:

I searched and said to upgrade to 6.1 but we are on cloud. Please advise.

Thanks

Lillian


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain the symptoms you are seeing?

Also, test it with another browser, does that do the same?

comments: author: Lillian Shibata-Salley
body: I'd be on a page, reviewing JIRAs then scroll up and whole navigation bar is missing so can't go anywhere. Tried on both IE and Chrome and same thing.

This would happen if I go to Tempo as well -- same thing. Not sure when it happens but happens often.

Similar to this ticket: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/top-navigation-bar-in-jira-disappear-420184911.html>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That sounds very odd, and I can't replicate it on Cloud.

I think it needs to go to Atlassian support for more investigation - https://support.atlassian.com


author: Lillian Shibata-Salley
body: Ok thanks Nic! Appreciate the look!!

Lillian


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to display a list of sub-pages AND their content on parent page in cloud?
Asked by Ingmar Vali:

I am having trouble to find the macro to add the content of all sub pages content in cloud version.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You simply can't with Cloud. There is a user macro that you can use for Server.

Your only option is to use Include Page macros.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Documentation templae
Asked by IT Pertronic:

Hi

We would like to use Confluence for in-house technical documentation.

I have tried playing with formatting the page using columns and sections but didn't get great results.

I would like our page to look kind of the Dozuki instructions: <http://www.dozuki.com/Guide/Installing+Parkzone+P47+Thunderbolt+Aileron+Servos/6401>

Has anyone achieve something similar? If yes, how did you do it.

Thanks!

Raf


Answers:
author: Mike Smith
body: Not sure if you can use the HTML macro with cloud instances... but I was able to accomplish something very similar without a theming plug-in using some creative Javascript and the HTML macro.

comments: author: IT Pertronic
body: Thanks Mike.

For the record we are using the server version of confluence not the cloud.

Would you mind sharing what you've achieved?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd use one of the theming add-ons to do it, as it's structural rather than content.

Brikit and Refinedwiki both have built-in themes that can get you very close, or if they're not good enough, you could write your own, or use Theme Builder to do it.

comments: author: Bruce Cannon
body: Sure would love to someday have a non-ugly Confluence! That page Raf shared would be great, for example. As would the examples at RefinedWiki. Been waiting for years though, and at this point doubt those plugins are ever coming to Cloud...


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, Cloud, yes, I'm afraid we're all a bit stuck there - can't install theming add-ons at all.
Excel macro is not displaying all rows
Asked by Lorraine Clinger:

Although I have setup the configuration to display rows through 40, it will only display through row 29. Please assist.


Answers:
author: Betsy Walker {Appfire}
body: If you're referring to the Excel macro that is part of the [Excel for Confluence add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.excel/server/overview?src=sidebar), then it doesn't have the ability yet to filter rows. That will come when [XL-21](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/browse/XL-21) is implemented.

If I've misunderstood your issue, please provide additional details.

Thanks!
ConfBox addon compatibility
Asked by Infinera:

Hello,

Does the ConfBox Add-on will be compatible with your latest confluence release 6.0.\* ?

if yes, when ?

BR,

Bruno Cardoso


Answers:
author: Daniela Hauserov?
body: Hi Bruno,

Thank you very much for you question. In fact, we are working on a new version of ConfBox right now. It should be released by beginning of February for it is a large update with many new features. It will, however, solve the problem with compatibility as well. I apologize for delay, and all related inconvience. I hope you will enjoy the new version even more.

Best,

Daniela


Tags: addon-cz.morosystems.confbox.confbox

confluence-administration
Additivity of group and user space permissions
Asked by Tobias Sch?rer:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Space Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139521)*

Space permission are additive for permissions granted to a user via her group memberships. How about space permissions granted on membership of a group and on the user-level?

We have a space HI and a group C25 that has view permissions on that space.   
The user smiru is member of the group C25, so has view permissions for space HI.   
Within the space permission setting the user smiru also has create permissions granted to her as an individual user.

Nevertheless, user smiru can't edit pages within the space HI.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: They are additive/permissive. As you say, the C25 membership provides the read access, and the individual user setting should then provide edit rights.

Some questions to start with

1. How many active "user directories" do you have? (I doubt it's this, but it's worth ruling out)
2. Are there any restrictions in place on the space?
3. Can smiru create pages in the space?

comments: author: Tobias Sch?rer
body: Hi Nic,

thanks for pointing me in the right direction! The issue was indeed page restrictions within the affected space C25. This space is open to external partners, so editing rights are very limited on a per page level. I forgot to add editing rights for user smiru on the concerned page.

The space vs. page permissions still keep fooling me.

For the sake of completely answering your questions:

1. We have one user directory
2. Pages are restricted, only certain groups and user can view/edit (user smiru did not have editing rights)
3. User smiru couldn't create pages before modifying page restrictions.

In conclusion, this was **no bug, just me overseeing page restriction** in the affected space.

Thanks a lot!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ahh, excellent. Restrictions always bite me too, I forget that they're there (and that the rules changed a few versions back). I only responded because I'd run straight into them about 10 minutes before I read your question!


Tags: permission

space
How to add username and a date to a page / page template
Asked by Krys Bromek:

I want a user to create a page from the template I provide with their name and the date (Monday if possible) prefilled for them.

Since we are working in the Cloud environment writing out macro using something along the lines: `$`[action.remoteUser.name](http://action.remoteUser.name) is out of question as these are not supported.

Any idea how can I do this?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: No guarantees, but I bet you can do something with [Forms for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.formMailNG/cloud/overview).

comments: author: Krys Bromek
body: Thanks Milo,

Would be good to get some internal Confluence variables though. I do not need to create a form to be filled, just make creating a simple page faster for the logged-in user.

Adding a paid-for-feature each time we bounce off the Cloud version of the Confluence as opposite of the server is unsupportable longer term. There is a role for these where you need to add something complicated or someone makes something particularly elegant to use, but I know I think what needs to be done, just Cloudiness is getting in the way :wink:


author: Milo Test
body: Sadly, I don't think there is any other way in Cloud.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to install my own font?
Asked by Marleen Pots:

I have my own font that I would like to use for my articles, but I can't discover where I can install the font. I can only seem to use the fonts that already exist. Does anyone know if it is possible?

And is it possible to choose from more colors?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Already answered: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/128145>


Tags: confluence-administration