youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Confluence bug with short cuts in sidebar?
Asked by barbarat:

How do I report this bug?

For a space that has shortcuts to other pages in the sidebar, if you click on the LOGO the dialog shows up with these shortcuts also.

Click the link will take you to an invalid page because the url has an additional "/wiki" added to it.

[https://test.jira.com**/wiki/wiki/**display/TEST/mytest](https://test.jira.com/wiki/wiki/display/TEST/mytest)


Answers:
author: barbarat
body: I added shortcuts by going to the "configure sidebar" and selecting from the pages there. I didn't manually enter the link. I'll dig for any admin settings of links.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I don't think this is a bug, I think you've set up the link incorrectly. Take a look at the link settings in the admin settings for it.


author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi there,

You can report this bug by visiting jira.atlassian.com and selecting the Confluence project. :smile:

If you'd like, you can also raise a support request on support.atlassian.com so that we can double check this behaviour and see if there is any fix or workaround for you.

Hope this helps!

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

shortcut

side-bar
How do I change Confluence dialog that pops up when clicking space logo?
Asked by barbarat:

When I click the logo for a space, it pops up a dialog with some of the links on the space (or shortcuts).

When I click the links they incorrectly go to

[https://test.jira.com**/wiki/wiki/**display/TEST/mytest](https://test.jira.com/wiki/wiki/display/TEST/mytest)

How do I change the links in this dialog?


Answers:
author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi, again! :smile:

I'm assuming that there might be some errors with the shortcut's URL. Can you double check if it's all in place? Another option is that it's indeed a bug. If you could please raise a ticket on Atlassian support (support.atlassian.com) so we could verify this and perhaps find a solution for this, it would be great! :smile:

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

logo

space
Does Confluence's API allow you to feed outside data into your site?
Asked by Joseph Priest:

I'm currently trying to get my company to start using Confluence but one of the major issues that they have is the ticketing service. We currently have a in house built ticketing service and do not use JIRA. I'm curious if either the API or another aspect of Confluence will allow me to feed tickets/data to Confluence in some form?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, there are a couple of approaches.

Confluence's REST API is available to Cloud users, but this is quite a static thing - it will allow you to create and update pages from your ticketing system, but updates will cause page changes, so you'll rapidly build up very long histories on pages, and you will need to build potentially complex structures and code to keep things updated.

The other option is to examine what your system can expose that Confluence can pull out. Not knowing your system, I can't use it as an example, but if you look at what JIRA exposes, you'll see that Confluence has a couple of macros that can pull data from JIRA issues for display and also read search results and draw them up.

I'd prefer the second approach if possible, as it's more dynamic and less work generating extra histories for Confluence, but it does depend on your system having the integration points.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Here are some options for dealing with the add-on limitations of Atlassian cloud:

1. Automate the export of your ticket information to CSV, use the [addAttachment](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-addAttachment) action from [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP), and then have it displayed on a Confluence page using the [CSV Macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/CSV+Macro).
2. You can update Confluence page content directly using [storePage](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-storePage) or similar from [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP).
3. A more sophisticated automation solution using SQL is possible: [How to publish SQL queries to Atlassian Cloud](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SQL/How+to+publish+SQL+queries+to+Atlassian+Cloud).


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: As far as I know this should be possible. if you use the API that Confluence and JIRA provides to add content it will work. Doesn't matter how you run the APi command, but it matter that the syntax is correct.

Here are the API for [Confluence](https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/REST/latest/) and [JIRA](https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/api-reference/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-version-2-tutorial). I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there an app for Confluence that can be used within IBM's SmartCloud?
Asked by anthea davies:


Answers:
author: Elizabeth
body: Anthea -

AppFusions has these integrations (below video - that have evolved since this was posted) and much feature development continues. This is for on-premise IBM Connections.

On Tuesday of this wk, we also demo'd our new AppSpokes framework to IBM (internally) for deploying to SmartCloud - so fingers crossed - working on this! Coming!

Keep in touch via [AppFusions twitter](http://www.twitter.com/appfusions) or [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com) for evals.

- <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3q0x6KG8qk>

comments: author: Deividi Luvison
body: Nice one, if this is new that would explain why I did not find it right away. Awesome product btw :).


author: Elizabeth
body: Thanks. Yeah, and evolving. We'll see what next months brings. Active development.


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Anthea,

If you mean something similar to [Confluence share point connector](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/SPCON/Confluence+SharePoint+Connector+Home) but to IBM Smart Cloud, I'm afraid the answer is no ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad").  
You could raise a feature request at https:/jira.atlassian.com so atlassian can analyse the possibility of developing such a plugin on a future release.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\| The Engineer that like Windows for realsies.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Are there resources or examples that I can use to set up a demo account to pitch Confluence to my company?
Asked by Joseph Priest:

I'm trying to make a proposal for Confluence to be used in my company which does software development and I'm curious if there are examples of hierarchy, user groups, and permissions that I could look at to create a demo account to present.


Answers:
author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Joseph,

We do have a short introduction program at [Atlassian University](https://university.atlassian.com/uac/2.0/courses/end-user) that will give you an simple overview of the platform. Also, there is this amazing [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhWCMlcY_Zw) (\~1hr) that will showcase Confluence basics. :smile:

Let us know how that goes. :wink:

Cheers!

comments: author: Joseph Priest
body: Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for.


Tags: administration

cloud

confluence-cloud

demo
Can I link to Confluence page and automatically collapse sidebar?
Asked by Gary McCormick:

I want to iframe a Confluence page into a different website, but ideally it would be done without the sidebar open by default.

Is there a way I can manipulate the URL that I embed so the sidebar doesn't appear unless activated?

Basically the website I will be embed Confluence into has limited real estate and the sidebar takes up a lot of space.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You could create a user macro that will override the styles of the page if a certain parameter is in the query string of the url. The below user macro example would only display the page content if the url had the value **?frameable=true** at the end. Then just put the user macro on pages that you want to put in an iframe on another page. Or you could put the user macro in the page theme decorator if you want every page to be able to do this. In your iframe reference the wiki page with **?frameable=true** at the end of the url and Voila!

**Macro Name:**frameable

**MacroTitle:**Frameable

**Macro Body Processing:**   
No macro body

**Template:**

```
## Developed by: Davin Studer## Date created: 04/02/2015## @noparams?#if($req.getParameter('frameable') == "true")#set ($p = '#')?&lt;style&gt;${p}header, ${p}footer, .ia-splitter .ia-splitter-left, ${p}labels-section, ${p}comments-section, ${p}sidebar-container, ${p}main-header, ${p}content .page-metadata {display: none !important;}${p}main {margin-left: 0 !important; border: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important;}body {background: ${p}FFFFFF !important;}&lt;/style&gt;#end
```

comments: author: Gary McCormick
body: This is incredibly helpful, thank you!


author: Volodymyr Krupach
body: Smart and simple! Thank you fro sharing.


author: Troy Moreland
body: I'm trying this solution but instead of applying the new style my page content is just showing the style html that makes up the macro content. It is only showing the text when I set frameable=true so I know at least that part of the macro is working correctly.


author: Alex Yasurek
body: The only way I currently know how to do it is with javascript but that won't really help in your situation. I think you are looking for some kind of parameter that you can add in the URL to close the sidebar but I don't believe there is a parameter that does that in confluence. The other option is to go nuclear and just get rid of the sidebar completely from confluence.

Some info here may help you:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=330796984>


Tags: confluence-administration

iframe
Secure Content - Encryption Error
Asked by Francis Lepine:

Hello,

I just bought and installed the Confluence add-on "Secure Content"

I am able to add the macro, I enter a unique reference, save the page.

Then, when I enter my password to show/edit the content, I am getting "Encryption Error".

Also, I noticed that if I click on the information button, it says "Owner : None" (See screenshot attached).

Screen Shot 2015-04-02 at 10.48.34 AM.png

Please advise.

Best Regards  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Secure-Content-Encryption-Error/qaq-p/336449?attachment-id=10251){#link_1188a78aca7e31}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/56817/1/Screen%20Shot%202015-04-02%20at%2010.48.34%20AM.png){#display_1188a78aca7e31_0}


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hi Francis,

As the Add-on uses two-way AES encryption with a key that is generated when the plugin is installed, perhaps we had a corruption while trying to generate it. Given that, as the add-on is generated by a third-party vendor, have you tried to send an email to [support@praecipio.com](mailto:support@praecipio.com)?

Regards,

Giuliano


Tags: addon-com.prcpo.confluence.plugins.secure-cont

confluence-administration
Google apps option not available in Confluence
Asked by Stanley Tack:

I've tried to follow the steps on this [page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Setting+up+Google+Apps+for+your+site) but I don't see the "Google Apps" option in step 2. Any idea how else I can get Google Apps integrated?

I'm using Confluence in the Cloud without any add-ons and signed up a day ago. I was able to get Google Apps integrated in the trial version but can't do so in the paid for instance.


Answers:
author: Elizabeth
body: There are other options:

If you have server versions - you can have Google SSO for JIRA or Confluence:

* Confluence \>\> <https://www.appfusions.com/display/GAPPSAUTHC/Home>
* JIRA \>\> <https://www.appfusions.com/display/GAPPSAUTHJ/Home>

And managed hosting available too, so you can have "like-Cloud" - and any plugin as well.

Email [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com) for evals and more details.


author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Stanley,

Did you have JIRA on your trial version? I believe Google Apps isn't available for Confluence-only instances.

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira

comments: author: Paula Silveira
body: Sorry, I just noticed Confluence-only instances can have Google Authentication. It was released a few days ago (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/22+March+2015+to+27+March+2015#id-22March2015to27March2015-GoogleAppsintegrationforConfluenceCloud>).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
What is the difference between user last login and user last session in Confluence?
Asked by Alan Pearman:

The User details page shows an entry for Last Login and one for Last Session.

Sometimes the dates are different but mostly they are the same.

What is the difference, if any?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Alan,

Judging by our documentation to[retrieve the last login](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Identify+Inactive+Users+in+Confluence+by+Last+Login+Date) from an user I would say that:

Last Login: last time the user login to the app.

Last Session: Last entire session from that specific user.

So, let's suppose an user logged to the app at 1PM and he's last session was 8AM. The fields would be different, however, if the current session (1PM) terminates, it will be updated as the last session and the number should be the same.

I might be wrong and if the behavior is different, then could be a bug in the application, but let me know your thoughts.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Content of the page are truncated
Asked by Nguyen Duy Vu:

When i call getPage() SOAP method, the content always truncated.

**ConfluenceSoapServiceProxy cf = new ConfluenceSoapServiceProxy();**

**String token = "sdf234234";**

**Long pageId = 123123;**   

**RemotePage page = null;**   
**try {**   
**page = cf.getPage(token, Long.parseLong(pageId));**   
**} catch (Exception e) {**   
**}**

The result when I get page content something link: **\<p\>\<ac:structured-macro ac:name="children" /\>\</p\>**

Anyone know this issue please help me.

Many thanks


Answers:
author: Nguyen Duy Vu
body: Can I have only content in JSON ?


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Are you trying to get the XML markup, or are you trying to get the output? If you want the HTML, then you need to use renderContent. Is there other content on the page besides a list of children?
what are mobile app available for confluence
Asked by Rinku Saha:

Hi, We are processing to use mobile app for confluence. I found one of the mobile app is 'confluence question' and Blue Social network, Blue - The Confluence? Social Network s/w I have installed in my iPad but I am not getting any app for Confluence question. Can you please let me know where I can get those information and what is the app name. one more Question where can


Answers:
author: David Hergert _PAYX_
body: Atlassian is coming out with mobile apps for their big products, see <https://www.atlassian.com/mobile> to sign up for the beta. Not sure if it will support add-ons like Questions or Agile boards.


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey Rinku,  

You can contact the vendor through here:  

<https://techsolcom.atlassian.net>  

For more information, you can check our Marketplace: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ca.techsolcom.blue.confluence>  

Cheers,  
WZ


Tags: confluence-administration
Create a form in confluence
Asked by Ruwan Mettananda:

I want to create a form in confluence page, updated by users in confluence.

The data in the form will change as different people will add it at different levels , ideally it would be nice to show this in track changes mode if possible.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: I think that the Confiforms add-on (<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confiforms>) would probably fit your needs.

comments: author: Celine deBourgoin
body: Confiforms is based on macros and very hard to customize and have signatures.


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: [@Celine deBourgoin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1185853)

I am not sure I understand this... What is very hard to customize in ConfiForms?

You can have own layouts for your forms and you can setup custom views over the stored data, there are many options here.

You can build views over the same data, but what looks very different: to show different sets of data and fields based on user type / security group (manager get's own view, while employee get's own)


author: Monika Turska [Adaptavist]
body: Hi Ruwan,

You can also try Form Mail for Confluence from Adaptavist: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.formMailNG>

Check Form's [documentation](http://www.adaptavist.com/doco/display/FMCP/Form%20Mail%20Documentation) for sample use cases or [get in touch with our Product Support team](http://www.adaptavist.com/w/about/contact-us/) in case of further questions during eval. Hope that's useful!

Thanks,

Monika

comments: author: Celine deBourgoin
body: also based on macros. Is there any other way to create forms inside confluence not based on macros?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No. The best way to implement forms in Confluence is via macros. It saves having to build an entire editor in a system that already has one.


author: Hsu Yao Chang
body: Dear all,

Is there other plugin which is free and has the form function can be used ? Thanks a lot

Best Regards, Anderson Hsu

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: None of the add-ons that do forms in Confluence are free.


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Well, it depends on the license your Confluence is using - open source and community licensed Confluence installations could use marketplace plugins for free (when a vendor sells the plugin via the Marketplace)


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Also there is the [Run macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RUN/Run+macro) from [Run Self-Service Reports for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RUN).
Unable to use numbers (naming versions) while copying using Copy Space add-on
Asked by Prathewraj:

It will be helpful if we can use numbers in the Space KEY because this is the best way to segregate spaces and which helps users to identify the respective space easily.

Example: Version10.1.0, Version10.1.1... Version10.2

Please advice how to go about this, as naming convention is important while managing different versions of a particular space.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Prathewraj,

The Space Key is a core element to Confluence, and would require great deal to be changed, that being said, there are other ways to catalog versions and contents, using for instance the [Page Properties Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Properties+Macro) using that component one can create reports using its 'cousing' functionality, the [Page Properties Report macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Properties+Report+Macro).

Hope this can suffice to your needs, post to this in case you have a different usage case.
Can I make two-dimensional chart based on Custom fields
Asked by Joseph Bettio:

I want to use Story point and a custom field (number) is this possible


Answers:
author: cgauterio
body: Hi Joseph,

I believe the following answer will address your question: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/107839/jira-two-dimensionnal-filter-custom-field-missing>

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Clarissa.


Tags: addon-com.weekdone.atlassian-connect.jira

cloud

confluence-cloud
Looking for suggestions for creating a searchable email archive
Asked by Mark Armitage:

I'm looking at migrating some content from Jive to Confluence (or CQ). One important area is an email archive: Every email to a specific email group/alias creates a Jive "discussion", and email replies with the same subject are added to that discussion. This seems to correlate pretty well to Confluence Questions in organization, but there doesn't seem to be any in-bound email functionality in CQ. I do see a plug-in available from Atlassian, but discussion indicates that it may be deprecated, and seems to have fairly limited functionality. Any suggestions on techniques to incorporate email discussions are welcomed!


Answers:
author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi!

We have some open suggestions for this functionality, which unfortunately is not available at the moment. You may want to watch them and vote for them to increase visibility:

[CQ-542](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-542) and [CQ-530](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-530)

Cheers,

Bruno
meeting notes
Asked by Dominic Maric:


Answers:
author: Daniel Wester
body: What is the question? If you're trying to find out more information about the Meeting Notes blueprint then take a look at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Meeting+Notes+Blueprint>

There's a blog post about it at <http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/04/how-to-run-effective-meetings-with-confluence/>
MySQL 5.1 to 5.5 Migration
Asked by Justin Bassignani:

We're looking to migrate an existing Confluence 5.6 instance from CentOS6 to RHEL7. The current database is residing on MySQL 5.1, but RHEL7 only supports MySQL 5.5 or greater, which needs to be pulled from MySQL's repo. Should we be able to export/import the data across minor releases of MySQL without issue? If not, should we be able to upgrade a CentOS repo provided MySQL 5.1 instance with a standalone MySQL 5.5 RPM, as the EL6 repos only support up to MySQL 5.1? Thank you.


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Justin,

I was able to import the 5.1 data into a 5.5 once and it went smoothly. I do believe it's a smooth transition but I recommend to do this first into a staging instance and performing some extensive testing searching for issues before deploying on production.

Now going from 5.1 to 5.6 might be a huge step.

I hope this help.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Justin Bassignani
body: Thank you very much for the feedback. We will run this process through the lab, and confirm/deny a clean build.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: You are welcome. Feel free to choose this question as resolved if my answer was acceptable. Cheers!


author: Justin Bassignani
body: Will do as soon as testing is complete, I don't want to mislead anyone in the interim in case I come across some caveats.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: For additional reassurance - I've done this several times, and had the same experience as Rodrigo - it sails through. Minimal step changes in my case - \*just\* the database upgrade, moving hardware and/or OS done as a different step, but upgrading MySQL 5.1 to 5.5 is very stable.And I'd echo "test it" and "5.6 is a different story" too.


author: Jimmy Liberato
body: When upgrading MySQL5.1 to MySQL5.5 on RHEL6/Centos6 it is best to use the official Software Collections (SCL) Repository rather than a standalone RPM.

<http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/SCL>

<https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Software_Collections/1/html/1.2_Release_Notes/index.html>


Tags: confluence-administration
Team Calendar in development enviroment
Asked by Laconia de Wet:

I've updated my confluence in my test environment to 5.5.6 (it is running on a Linux environment) I need to evaluate/test the Team Calendar. A previous developer (before my time) tried version 3.1.3, but I want to see if the new version will suite our needs better. How can I download the trail without getting the message "Your trial has expired. Buy a license ... for this add on" ?

Question 2 : can an add on run in 2 environments, test and production with the same license ?


Answers:
author: Daniel Wester
body: If you've already purchased Team Calendar - go to my.atlassian.com and underneath the production license there should be a 'Developer license' link. The Developer license is supposed to be used on non-production (ie. test, standby etc) environments.

If you haven't purchased Team Calendar yet you can get another evaluation license to test it out.