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How can I create links to anchors on a page that work in excerpts as well as in the original page
Asked by Jessica Weissman:

I have a page with a lot of anchors, that includes a list of links to those anchors.

I use the form of wiki markup for the link that has: Title of Page#AnchorName

This works fine as long as I am on the original page with the anchors.

If I put the link list inside an excerpt and display that excerpt on another page, Confluence helpfully substitutes the name of the current page for the name of the original page.

Is there a way to do what I want without having to maintain two separate sets of link lists, one on each page?

Version 6.3 if that makes any difference


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I found the same behavior in Confluence 6.9 and you are seeing it in Confluence 6.3 so I reopened this bug: [Anchor links to the current page break when included in a different page](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-3844)

Please do add a comment or a vote to emphasize your use case to the development team.

For now the workaround you mentioned of maintaining two sets of links is the only workaround I can think of, I agree it is unsatisfactory.

comments: author: Jessica Weissman
body: Done.


Tags: confluence-server

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server
Export to Word working on some pages and not others, why?
Asked by Loretta Lott:

The message says: This site can't be reached. The web page at "" might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE

Do you know why it won't work on some pages?


Answers:
author: Eric Obser
body: Hi Loretta

see here

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Cannot-export-to-word/qaq-p/1048834>

But no final solution is available

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How can I fix "Remote error: Could not create content with type page"?
Asked by OTN DevOps:

Hello all.

I am really trying to make use of Run CLI Actions in Confluence, but I keep running into roadblocks.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23850i5790536CDD1AD372/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

I have used the command: **--action getSpaceList** to retrieve a list of all spaces and I have permission to read/write into all of them (sys-admin).

When I use the command: **--action storePage --space "Technical Operations" --title "Test Page 1" --content "Some Test Content" --parent "@home"**I get the error shown in the picture above ("Remote error: Could not create content with type page").

I can manually do it.. I'm not sure what's going on. I have read that people have gotten a 403 with this message and that results from a permissions error, but I'm sure that I have permission.

Any help is appreciated!

**UPDATE:**

It seems that I can perform any of the "GET" actions but when it comes to a "POST" or "PUT" action, I cannot do it and am met with some sort of "**Remote Error**".

Again, the account I'm using has full permissions on confluence.


Answers:
author: OTN DevOps
body: Hi [@OTN DevOps](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1167869),

It could probably be an issue with space parameter. Can you use space key and try? Following command works well for me :

```
confluence --action storePage --space "REM" --title "Test Page33" --content "Some Test Content" --parent "@home"
Page created as 'Test Page33' in space REM as child of 'RemovePage'. Page has id 9863190.
```

You can try a GET operation to see the exact space key value

Thanks,

swathi

comments: author: OTN DevOps
body: Hello @\[deleted\].

So, I'm actually trying to run these via Bob Swift's Run CLI Actions in Confluence addon. I've actually tried with the space key as well and can't seem to get it working..

The command I used was

**--action storePage --space "DSK" --title "Test Title" --content "test content" --parent "@home"**

This still gave me the same error.

I'm not really sure what to do.


author: Stuti Golwala
body: Hi [@OTN DevOps](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1167869)

Can you try adding the following in your command:

--options basicAuthentication

Your command should look like:

**--action storePage --space "DSK" --title "Test Title" --content "test content" --parent "@home" --options basicAuthentication**

Let me know if that works!


Tags: cli

confluence-server

server
Can I make a template , so as whenever i print anything on my account on confluence , it automatical
Asked by kriti bansal:

Can I make a template , so as whenever I print anything on my account on confluence , it automatically prints ?

Example: I want my company's logo on every document present on my confluence account . So , whenever I open any document , the logo should be on the document.

I hope the example helps .


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Where are you doing this "print anything on my account on Confluence"? In the browser? Which would automatically print because you have asked it to?

comments: author: kriti bansal
body: chrome , I want the contents of the template on my documents stored on confluence . EVERY DOCUMENT SHOULD HAVE THE TEMPLATE format .


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I am sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. I cannot work out what you are trying to do. Are you trying to work with templates to save you having to create page structures? Or printing as you originally asked?

Could you explain what the end user gets from this?

(No need to SHOUT either, it decreases readability and a lot of people find it rude)


author: kriti bansal
body: Please check the edited post , might be of some help .


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: So nothing to do with printing, more about seeing standard output.

Have a look at the printing/pdf output options. You can define headers in there for output.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Workaround for conditional date formatting in templates?
Asked by Emily Errico:

I'd like to create fields in a template that change depending on either a designated "start date" or when the page is created. For example, the page creator defines 7/1/2018 as the "start date" and the fields would calculate and display dates for two weeks before, a week before, a week after, or two weeks after, depending on their settings. This calculation would only need to happen once and doesn't need to be able to update.

I know this option is available in Word and Excel documents, but we rely on Confluence page edit notifications for monitoring work progress, so it'd be fantastic if there was a way to implement it directly into the page template.

Is there any Confluence supported method to do this? If not, what are my other options? I've read similar threads that talk about user macros/scripts but they weren't similar enough for our needs or (more likely) I wasn't savvy enough to fit them to our needs.


Answers:
author: Courtney Langdon
body: I would like this ability, too. I'm trying to convince a group of users to utilize Confluence instead of Excel for their project information, but not being able to calculate future dates based on a start date in Confluence (especially when Excel can) is a deal breaker for them. :(

Any work-arounds? Potential future release?

Thanks!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

date

macro

script

user-macro
Child pages organized in table
Asked by Artur Kirakosyan:

HI, guys!

I'm trying to display child pages in table on a parent page. Is it possible to create new row for every new child page in table?

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Artur Kirakosyan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1464879) ,

you can do that through a macro. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html>

Fabio
managing confluence cloud users with Jira service desk cloud
Asked by Matt Viklund:

I see in the documentation that you can manage server based confluence users with server based jira service desk - but I don't see any reference to connecting the services if both are cloud based.

Can Jira service desk cloud manage confluence cloud users? We're hoping to achieve SSO without having to go to a Crowd subscription.


Answers:
author: Dan Breyen
body: If you're using the Portal, your external customers don't use Atlassian Security. They get Portal Security and just have access to everything via the portal. If you want them to have access to Confluence pages, you need to set up a Knowledge Base to make the Articles available.

You can manage your internal users via security. But if you have internal customers, that are setup as Customers for JSM, they get access via the portal. If you have agents, you can make them users to the Confluence clould. There are some other configurations that can be done from the KB settings in your JSM project.


author: Gabriel Senna
body: Hi Matt,

You can manage the users in the Site Administration.

There, you have the option to visualize and manage the Site access for the users, in case you are an site-admin of the instance.

comments: author: Matt Viklund
body: Under security, I don't get the option to put a check beside "External user management". Is this option not available for the cloud based versions of Confluence and Jira Service Desk?

Can I still control usage through Jira Service Desk if this option isn't checked in Confluence?


Tags: atlassian-support

confluence-cloud

jira-service-desk-cloud

sso
Are new Cloud plug-ins being developed for currently server only plug-ins?
Asked by Cindy Orwig:

My company is considering going to the Cloud very soon which means that it would make sense to wait and purchase Cloud plug-ins. Unfortunately most of the plug-ins I am currently interested in are "server only." How can I find out if/when the server only plug-ins will be available for the Cloud?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You will have to ask each vendor if they are planning a Cloud version, and if so, if they have a roadmap for it with any expected dates.

Also, bear in mind that they will be different beasts, as the App frameworks are vastly different for both platforms, and you will often find functions in one are simply not possible in another. We've also run into some that, while there are versions for both platforms, the data is utterly incompatible and can't be migrated. You should check that when selecting.

comments: author: Cindy Orwig
body: Thank you for the helpful response.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to prevent Confluence upload for some file type ?
Asked by Consulente Atlassian:

I can prevent to upload to Confluence only a certain type of file, for example I want to prevent the upload of word and excel type files ?


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Kalos,

As per the [documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upload-files-139513.html) from atlassian, i don't see any way to prevent upload of file types. I however, see that there's a [ticket](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-6931) out there and the resolution is 'won't fix'.

Victor
Is there a limit to the size of attachments to a Confluence page?
Asked by Marjorie D:

Is there a limit to the size of attachments to a Confluence page?


Answers:
author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: The default limit is 100MB. This can be increased.

**[Configuring Attachment Size](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-attachment-size-150040.html)**


author: Yogesh Mude
body: HI [@Marjorie D](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1208469)

Yes, there is a limit to attach the file to confluence page.

The default could be a 100mb but you can maximize the size as well.

[Here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-attachment-size-150040.html)is the documents for the same.


author: Fadoua
body: Yes Majorie there is a limit. You can find it under General Configuration once you are logged in as an Admin


Tags: confluence-server

server
After upgrading Confluence to v6.1.4 Anchor macro is not working properly
Asked by Abhishek Bharadwaj:

After upgrading Confluence to v6.1.4 Anchor macro is not working properly. Before the upgrade we were having confluence v5.0.3 and the anchor macro was working perfectly fine.

After the upgrade, the flow charts are not mapping to the anchors properly. what might be the issue ?

Thanks in advance!

Abhishek Bharadwaj


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Abhishek,

Can you let me know what sort of flow charts you're using and how they're linking to the anchors? Are you using an add-on for them?

Is anything besides the flowcharts not working when it comes to the anchors?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Metrics for Team Calendars for Confluence
Asked by James Brown:

Is there any way to collect metrics from the Team Calendars for Confluence.

This would allow us to track the amount of leave taken and prevent conflicts?

Is there a way to integrate Team Calendars with JIRA Portfolio?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi James,

There are no metrics in Team Calendars. What kind of information were you looking for? I can see if we have an open feature request for it.

As for the Portfolio integration, we do have feature requests for integration with Confluence itself, it's not currently a feature:

* [CONFSERVER-37926](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-37926) Integration between JIRA Portfolio and Confluence
* [CONFSERVER-37712](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-37712) Create a Confluence Roadmap from a JIRA Portfolio Plan

You could comment on perhaps the first one regarding your Team Calendar integration requirements, and it can be considered.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: James Brown
body: We would like to collect metrics on the number of specific events to track for instance the number of leave days, meetings, etc. in the same was that a timesheet works.

Is would also be great if the calendar entries affected project schedules.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi James,

For your reports, there are a few suggestions here that might relate to your query:

* [CONFSERVER-51114](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-51114) - Ability to report on events by event type and an event field
* [CONFSERVER-51168](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-51168) - Report View for People Calendar

For the schedule, it sounds like something that could potentially be done with Jira Portfolio in the future. I was able to find this feature request for that:

* [CONFSERVER-49099](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-49099) - Ability to integrate TC with JIRA Portfolio

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: advanced-roadmaps

atlassian-marketplace

confluence-app

confluence-server

team-calendars-for-confluence
Upload attachment as content
Asked by Gadzio:

Hello,

is it possible through Confluence REST API to upload file as attachment ++in page content++?

It's achibable in UI version by drag\&drop file to text editor.


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

Sure, let's use this method

<https://github.com/AstroMatt/atlassian-python-api/blob/master/atlassian/confluence.py#L256>

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov


Tags: confluence-server

rest

server
Space Tools missing (yes I'm the Admin and I'm using the Global template)
Asked by Michael Ross:

I'm the Admin of the Space, and I'm using the Global Look and Feel template. I still do not have a Space Tools icon at the bottom of the sidebar.

Help!


Answers:
author: Norm Couturier
body: I am having the exact same problem. "Space Tools" used to appear at the bottom of my spaces - now it is missing for all. I am the admin for all the spaces.


author: Mirek
body: Please check this article - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/missing-links-from-space-tools-menu-for-certain-space-833913545.html>

comments: author: Michael Ross
body: I do not have a Space Tools menu, period full stop.


author: Mirek
body: Yes, but in one space or all spaces?.. does it only affect you or other admins? Did you tried on a different browser? I think this is also the time to share a screenshot :)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

space-tool
Link to Jira issues belonging to different boards in a Confluence page.
Asked by Noelia Romero:

Hi all,   

I have a Confluence page and I can link to Jira issues with no problem, just writing the Jira Issue number (like XX-1234).  
I been using it this way, linking stories from one board.  
But today, i tried to link a Jira issue from another board into a new page in Confluence, and no luck.  

I have a Kanban board and a Scrum board. I have full admin permissions in Confluence.  

I'd really appreciate any help!  

Cheers!


Answers:
author: Fadoua
body: Hi Noelia,

I just helped another user with almost the same issue.

Since you are a cloud user, please click [here](https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/) and open a ticket with Atlassian Support.

There isn't much you can do from your end. They will have to clear filters and run an indexing.

comments: author: Noelia Romero
body: Working with support, thanks!


author: Fadoua
body: Hi Noelia,

When you edit the Confluence page and try to enter the JIRA ticket number what error message do you get?

Also remember even if you are a Confluence Admin, if a Space or a page is restricted you won't be able to access it except if the owner lets you. I assume it is not the case for you here.

comments: author: Noelia Romero
body: Hi Fadoua,  

Thanks.  
I don't get any error. The ticket number that belongs to the kanban board was just text. This changed this morning and now it's a link, but still not as other links:  

<br />

![Untitled.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23885i9836BD5EFA5FB696/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Untitled.png")  
Notice how DS-1 is not the same as DD-3295.

DS-1 should be "In Qa" state.  

I have unrestricted access to the page.

The ticket number coming from this kanban board was not being linked to the ticket in any of the pages of the space yesterday.   
Is any setting that might have changed? If so, I'd like to know what could cause this to solve it in the future if it happens again.  

Indeed, it just happened again in a page I own:  

![Untitled.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23887iEE847D3DF96D65AD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Untitled.png")  
So, the question is: why sometimes writing a ticket number just creates the links and sometimes not?


author: Fadoua
body: [@Noelia Romero](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1322483) Thank you for accepting my answer!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to connect Jira/Confluence with SharePoint
Asked by Tim Hotham:

Hi, we have a project that uses both Jira and Confluence - I've been told that we can connect to SharePoint also but am unsure how to do that. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Tim


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude
body: HI [@Tim Hotham](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1471173)

Welcome to the Community!

[Here](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/235/sharepoint-connector-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)is the add-on for Confluence integrates with Sharepoint.

[Here](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/archive/23618?_ga=2.15963571.421559132.1528085977-338212943.1524643824)is the add-on for Jira and SharePoint integration.

comments: author: Tim Hotham
body: Thanks Yogesh, the Jira integration link takes me to an out of date add-on. AM I ok to us old one?


author: Yogesh Mude
body: HI [@Tim Hotham](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1471173)

Actually, the Jira integration with Sharepoint is out of the box and whatever link/add-on i have provided you for Jira integration that has been suggested by one of the atlassian team member only.

please make sure you should use the compatible version only or else you can try for test instance first for checking purpose.


author: Tim Hotham
body: Thanks, I'll get our Dev on to it

Tim


author: Kimberly Hall
body: Is there a way to do this with the Cloud Version of Jira or Jira Service Desk to connect to Sharepoint?


author: ChrisR
body: We would like to implement this a bit differently. We would like to see link updates in JIRA when a SharePoint doc is updated. Is this possible?

Example: An issue contains a Spec which is in SharePoint. We have a link to that document in JIRA in the story. Sometimes during the workflow the Spec get updated, but the assignee is not aware of the updated document. Is there an icon or flag that could alert the assignee that a change has been made?


Tags: jira

sharepoint
How to insert a link to JIRA in Confluence as a Link?
Asked by Alexander Dietz:

Whenever I put a link to JIRA in Confluence is gets 'expanded' to show the ticket etc.

Example: <https://answers.seibert-media.com/t/jira-is-it-possible-to-link-issues-from-jira-to-confluence/177/2>

But how can I put a link to JIRA just as a link? You know, its usually blue and underlined, and when you click on it you get to the page.


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: I do it quickly in that way .. As soon as you paste a link that is for example a link to a JIRA ticket and it is auto converted to an interactive link you can simply hit CTRL+Z (like undo) and link will become a normal link. Then Save a page and you should be done :)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence archival - impact on performance
Asked by Sreenivasaraju P:

Hi,

We are using confluence server version. We have few unused spaces. We want to remove/archive these spaces.

If we remove the spaces, we may loose data for ever. So want to archive the spaces.

Question : will there be any impact on the system by archiving the unused spaces/pages ? If yes, how it will impact the performance of the server.

Thanks in Advance.


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: Using the [space status "archived"](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/archive-a-space-284368719.html) you can **not** archive individual pages, only whole spaces.

To archive individual pages, use the [Archiving Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/123/archiving-plugin-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview).

In both cases, the overall performance of the server will not change drastically. As the data must be kept, the load on the database, on the search index, on the file sytem will be the same.

comments: author: Sreenivasaraju P
body: Thank for your response. We will do Offline archiving and delete the spaces. So it can improve the performance.


author: StephanieC
body: We took pages from terminated user's spaces and moved them to other spaces, then deleted the old user's space.


author: Mirek
body: You can always export all pages from space to XML and/or PDF and keep it somewhere in safe place.


Tags: confluence-server

server
What happens to Confluence pages/spaces when the author has been deleted in Active Directory
Asked by Martin Bluck:

I'm using Active Directory to authenticate with Confluence and there are many pages and spaces that have been created by AD users, I would like to know if deleting a user in Active Directory will have any impact upon these pages and spaces.


Answers:
author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hello Martin,

If a user is deleted from AD, pages that he created will appear as created by Unknown user. There is a feature request that you can vote for and watch to be updated: [LDAP users that has created content in Confluence should be kept in Confluence cache after being deleted in LDAP side](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-53328).

Hope this helps,

- Manon

comments: author: Martin Bluck
body: Thanks!


Tags: confluence-server

server