youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How to fix users edit permissions?
Asked by Justin Hold:

I have a single user that has lost the "edit" button on a specific space and page.

Their permissions are correct for both but still no edit functionality.


Answers:
author: daniel.sauerwein
body: Also try giving yourself/the user edit permission again.

I've just had a situation where it states I have edit permission however the edit button does not appear. As the space administrator I just had to add myself again (even though I already have permission) and it worked.

Seems like a bug to me.


author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Justin Hold](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1548988)

please contact space administrator to give you permission to Edit

Admin can also verify whether or not the page is restricted from editing, if it is then you need to be added under restriction. see documentation about page restrictions

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html>

Best!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Retrieve entire confluence page using REST API
Asked by Michael Woffenden:

We want to use C# .NET and the REST API to pull entire pages into an external application.

Where can we start?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Michael,

I would start by having a look at the example provided in the below thread:

* [Solved: how to get full content body (html) using confluence REST API ?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/how-to-get-full-content-body-html-using-confluence-REST-API/qaq-p/710532)

Try there and let us know if you have any trouble.

Shannon

comments: author: Phan Thien Long
body: How do I get the style the same as the confluence page?


Tags: atl-adm

developer
How Can I center all data inside a table?
Asked by Rosane Alencar:

![Capturar1.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25204iB22B313EFBAF68E3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capturar1.PNG")

I want to center all data, now I just can center one cell by cell! Is there anyway I could select all table and center all?


Answers:
author: TVFROG42 Q
body: 1. Select all cells you want to modify
2. Go to the text symbol in the editor bar for 'align center'
3. here you go

comments: author: Rosane Alencar
body: sorry but it never worked by doing this way, when it tries to do it, it creates an empty space above the table. =/


author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Rosane Alencar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1549244)Could you please state, are you entering data in confluence using (insert table macro) ?

best!

comments: author: Rosane Alencar
body: I'm copping data from other table on an existent table on confluence.


author: Moses Thomas
body: [@Rosane Alencar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1549244) please visit tables link [Tables](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/tables-792498782.html)

You can see what you can do with short cuts.


Tags: atlassian-support

data-center

table
How Can I Change a Page into a Space
Asked by Katherine Vanderford:

I need to change multiple Pages that should have been created as Spaces. How can I do this?


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Katherine,

You can make a page as the Home Page of a space but can't make a page a space.

To create a space, you'd have to be a confluence admin or have permission to create spaces.

Do you've either of the two?

Victor


author: Chander Inguva
body: Only way to do this is to create new space and move relevant pages under it


Tags: page

space
Uploaded file does not appear in Confluence
Asked by Hector_Wong:

I added the Attachments macro to a page. I uploaded a MS-Word document (204kb), but it does not appear in the Attachments macro table. But I see the document in my Activities feed.

I also tried to upload other documents, but they do not appear in the Attachments table or my activity feed. In all my attempts, I've tried both drag and drop and browsing for the files. I did not have issues a few months ago in late April (I use Confluence inconsistently).

The behavior for uploading files seems to be inconsistent.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Hector,

Based on the attachments being uploaded with no error, then failing to appear in the attachments macro and activity feed, I suspect your instance needs to be reindexed.

Confluence server admins can reindex their self-hosted instances but since you tagged your question Confluence Cloud I opened a support request on your behalf to request the reindex.

You should see a message from our portal shortly, asking for your Cloud URL.

Thanks,

Ann


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Hector,

You might not have permission to attach documents in the space.

Please check on your permissions.  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html>

Victor

comments: author: Hector_Wong
body: Hi Victor,

I checked my Space permissions, and have confirmed that I do have permission to add/delete attachments. I also have access granted to the all of the other Space functions as well (e.g. Pages, Blog, etc.).

Thanks.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Hardware requirement
Asked by venkatrao avula:

In a single System having 5000 SQL Databases and Each Database having 2 Users, for this please suggest Hard Ware Specifications.


Answers:
author: miikhy
body: Hi there!

Seems like you reached the wrong place for that type of question! Atlassian Community focuses around Atlassian products :) I would advise you to try other community oriented sites but with wider areas of expertise such as Stack Overflow :)

Cheers
Moving a large number of files from Confluence to SharePoint
Asked by Daniel Knapp:

We're looking to move around 700 documents from Confluence to an area on SharePoint.

Is there a quicker method of doing this without having to save each document locally and manually uploading them to SharePoint?

Any assistance is appreciated.


Answers:
author: Gregory Van Den Ham
body: For Server - On the backend confluence does maintain the files in its application directory structure.

Some help here is how those files are stored: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/hierarchical-file-system-attachment-storage-704578486.html>

For cloud you may want to reach out to support directly.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

document-management

migration

sharepoint
Did the Blog Editor update?
Asked by Luke Crocker:

I've been using my personal space blog feature to document my workday in a rather technical way (Including the layout feature to create columned sections), and have been doing this since April 2nd, 2018. It's been a huge asset for everything from documenting a time sheet to maintaining a to-do list.

However on June 20th, 2018, I came into work to find that the Blog editor had changed. the old one still works on old posts, but any new posts I make are with this new simplified editor. It looks like it was designed for mobile devices.

I don't mind interface changes like this, but now there's a bunch of missing features that have come to be crucial to my usage.

I don't know if this is a glitch, or the new editor going forward; which I'm certainly hoping not.

(Following images are censored to protect proprietary, confidential, and intellectual property)

++**Before:**++

![Snap2.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25171i5F341B3B33587F89/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snap2.jpg")++**After:**++ ![Snap1.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25172i3215C9C8F3E035DA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snap1.jpg")


Answers:
author: Avinoam
body: Hi Luke,

I'm a product manager with Confluence Cloud. Thanks for posting this!

These are new changes we're gradually rolling out to the new editing experience.

Here is a link to the [community post](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-discussions/A-new-way-to-write-blog-posts/td-p/796118) I shared about the new changes coming to Blogs ,specifically, about a month ago.

Looking forward to your feedback.

Thanks,

Avinoam

comments: author: Luke Crocker
body: Ah, I was trying to look around for some mention of this, I just didn't go back far enough I guess.

I suppose that I don't like the current iteration, but here's to hoping that it returns to exceeding my expectations again.

Thank you for the response!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence's file attachment is not found
Asked by Nguyen Tran:

Our Confluence is having problems with the attachments. All of the current attachments can't be found. New attachments work fine.
>
> Attachment File Not Found {#toc-hId-1818418455}
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> The attachment you were trying to download could not be found in the attachment file store. Either the file has been deleted manually or there was an error in removing the record of the attachment from Confluence.
>
> If this attachment is no longer required you can delete it from Confluence on the attachments page. Otherwise, you will need to attach a new copy.

I'm trying to verify if my attachment is still there using \<confluence url\>/admin/findspaceattachments.jsp according to this link <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/hierarchical-file-system-attachment-storage-704578486.html>

However it says that my attachment configuration is not supported by this tool even when I'm using the filesystem configuration![Screen Shot 2018-06-22 at 7.38.12 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25167i54BD6A7679F1B5F0/image-dimensions/733x226?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-06-22 at 7.38.12 PM.png")

![Screen Shot 2018-06-22 at 7.44.04 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25168i2AAA7F727943A2A1/image-dimensions/623x204?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-06-22 at 7.44.04 PM.png")

Not sure if I can use the script in this link to recover my attachments

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-resolve-missing-attachments-in-confluence-201761.html?_ga=2.42070245.1139377627.1529411417-1974222923.1522289081>


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

That KB is for a very old Confluence version, so it might not work on your current code.

I would recommend to first check the path that attachment is expected at inside **\<Confluence_home\>/attachments** folder (get path from URL or look for missing attachments errors in atlassian-confluence.log), if you can not find the file in the specified path then use the first part of the KB and see if you can locate the file from attachments ID. In cases where structure was changed due to migration, it could be that attachments are still in the system, but under slightly different path, if that is the case, then the script from the KB can be used in combination with DB query, as it's basically designed to locate attachments per ID and move them to the right directory.

If you can't locate any files associated with attachment ID on the disk, then you should restore the contacts of attachments directory from backup, merging them with existing and then do a full re-index and if doesn't help, re-index from scratch.   
Few causes for missing attachments:

* Migration from one instance to another not completing correctly
* Conversion from Standalone to Data Center without copying local to new shared home directory
* Accidental removal of attachments folder contents
* Change of Home directory from Confluence configuration without moving attachments to new Home directory.

Let me know how it goes


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can a link to a file trigger a file download rather than displaying the file?
Asked by Kel Hill:

My file attachment is a sample CSV file, which looks confusing when being displayed by confluence because the columns are not visible. The display will confuse users, who might not then realize they need to download it and open it in Excel in order to see it correctly. Is there a way to make the link automatically download?


Answers:
author: Mike Rathwell
body: Hi,

This is a bit of a poser; I haven't actually tried to fix this so it *does* just automagically download it *but* one can make the text around it to try to guide the users. I say "try" as I have help text scattered all through my instance and I would estimate that it only gets read 60% of the time. A suggestion might be:

Text describing the preamble of what the file is for. The steps to see and use this file are:

1. *Right click this link and download the file*
2. Open MS Excel
3. Open the downloaded CSV file.

For step 1, there is where I would use the ! to put in a link to the file. Click the inserted link and set it to "Display as link", change the display text to all of step 1 and put it IN as step 1.

Not optimal but at least it provides some instruction while being the thing to do in and of itself.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
users cannot log into confluence
Asked by support:

We set up jira and confluence with reverse proxies to enable ssl.

our jira base url is <https://jira.failiem.lv> and confluence -\> <https://confluence.failiem.lv>.

Users cannot log into confluence with their jira account and the error that keeps popping up at the confluence server side is "com.atlassian.crowd.exception.runtime.OperationFailedException: The following URL does not specify a valid Crowd User Management REST service: <http://jira.failiem.lv/rest/usermanagement/1/user>"

How can i fix this?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: [@support](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1513275) Please edit the Jira user directory within Confluence to change the Jira URL. It is at Confluence Admin\>User Directories.

Please see: [Connecting to Crowd or Jira for User Management](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/connecting-to-crowd-or-jira-for-user-management-229838465.html)


author: cmac
body: Have you attempted to [relink JIRA / Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/applinks/link-atlassian-applications-to-work-together-785449117.html)

Here's an additional checklist to help you diagnose the issue.

[Handy Troubleshooting Reference Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/application-links-troubleshooting-guide-718668765.html)

comments: author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Chris, Application links do not help link Jira User server to a Confluence User Directory.


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, There.

It looks like Confluence is configured to get authentication details from JIRA Server. Though, as the following error suggests, JIRA is not connected properly with Confluence.

In order to fix this issue, we will first have to ensure that Confluence can successfully use JIRA as a user directory.

Right now, it looks like JIRA is not accessible through the URL specified in Confluence, which is

```
http://jira.failiem.lv
```

Please ensure this is correct location for JIRA (This should be the base URL of JIRA)

Following is a brief description of how you can configure JIRA as a user directory in Confluence.

* [Connecting to Crowd or JIRA for User Management](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf61/connecting-to-crowd-or-jira-for-user-management-877188320.html)

Kind Regard  
Suren Raj

comments: author: support
body: The base url was "<http://jira.failiem.lv>" when confluence was being set up but now it should be "<https://jira.failiem.lv>". Where can i change the URL in confluence?


author: cmac
body: Have you attempted to [relink JIRA / Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/applinks/link-atlassian-applications-to-work-together-785449117.html)

Here's an additional checklist to help you diagnose the issue.

[Handy Troubleshooting Reference Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/application-links-troubleshooting-guide-718668765.html)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Personal task report on dashboard
Asked by Andreas Linsinger:

Hi there, I am trying to integrate Confluence tasks in a customized dashboard page. The idea is, that each user, visiting this dashboard only sees his/her OWN tasks. Therefore the task report macro is no solution.

Does anyone know a way to display personal tasks elsewhere than in the personal profile?

Thanks and cheers to all contributers, Andy


Answers:
author: Andreas Linsinger
body: Solution with out-of-the-box means: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/confluence-dashboard-task-report/qaq-p/416106>


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Andy,

There is a workaround: you can filter Task Report macro with [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) macro. Add a [dropdown filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Dropdown+Filters) for Assignee column with [@currentUser](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=9404471#ManagingDropdownFilters-Filteringthetablewithdropdownfilters) value. And you can [remove the filtration panel](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Filtration+Parameters#ManagingFiltrationParameters-HidingtheFiltrationPane).

comments: author: Andreas Linsinger
body: Hey Andrey,

thanks for your lightning speed response and the "commercial workaround". Your solution means to integrate another add-on. I was hoping for a "built-in" solution, e.g. via wiki notation.

But thanks again for a first possible way of doing it.

Cheers


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: You are welcome! As far as I know there is no built-in solution. There were similar questions in this forum already. You can try to search for them also.


Tags: confluence-server

report

server

task
Where is the Draft menu item in the User Profile?
Asked by testervn:

Hi there,

On the Confluence Cloud, you are no longer see the Drafts menu item. Where is it?

![Confluence Cloud -Where is the Drafts menu item.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25151iF74E924A42EB7629/image-dimensions/374x357?v=v2 "Confluence Cloud -Where is the Drafts menu item.png")

It was **moved** to 'Your work.' The following shows you how to get there.

1. Go to your profile by clicking on your avatar picture

![Click on the Profile menu item.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25155iB4E1958E5E747674/image-dimensions/401x520?v=v2 "Click on the Profile menu item.png")

2. Go to Recently work by clicking on 'Your work'

![Click on Your work item - on the top left.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25154i9C9ED68C0DEBDC62/image-dimensions/418x377?v=v2 "Click on Your work item - on the top left.png")

Your drafts are here

![Your drafts are here.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25156i9DCE64890E0B0BE6/image-dimensions/501x232?v=v2 "Your drafts are here.png")

Cheers,


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@testervn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/90349) and welcome,

your drafts are in the home page in the menu on the left

![Immagine.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/323551i46FAA4481551A1FD/image-dimensions/454x191?v=v2 "Immagine.png")

Hope this helps,

Fabio


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can't see avatars
Asked by MRD IT:

Hello, as anonym User I can not see the avatars of users![2018-06-22 13_46_52-2018-06-22 13_44_36-MRWin Doku - MRWin Doku - Confluence Maschinenringe ?- Micro.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25160i9A0EE5DAF50A17EC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2018-06-22 13_46_52-2018-06-22 13_44_36-MRWin Doku - MRWin Doku - Confluence Maschinenringe ?- Micro.png")


Answers:
author: Sloan
body: Anonymous needs access to user profiles.

1. As administrator open the Confluence administration and go to **Global Permissions**
2. Enable V**iew User Profiles** for **Anonymous**
3. Anonymous users can now see profile images and access user profiles.

**Only do this if there are no privacy concerns!**

Here is the knowledge-base article for this: [Profile Picture Displayed as Question Mark to Anonymous User](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/profile-picture-displayed-as-question-mark-to-anonymous-user-282173339.html)


author: MRD IT
body: Thank you, my question is solved


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, There.  

Can you check 'Anonymous Access' section in global permission page to see if '**View User Profiles** ' is check?

Cheers  
Suren Raj

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export confluence space from database
Asked by Bertrand BARBOT:

hi all, is there a way to export a space from an external database from confluence?

postgresql in this case.

otherwise, doing a dump and export it on a test base for extracting it?

i need to that as xmls is timing out and i cannot do it by tomcat because of networkf security where the confluence is placed.

thank you.


Answers:
author: Neha Lokhande
body: Hi,

<br />

You can create a test Confluence instance and copy your installation and home directories on the test server, and import the database dump there. See [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-staging-environment-for-upgrading-confluence-866094180.html) for more information. You can then export the space from the test instance.

<br />

Depending on the size, the timeout errors could occur if there's not enough memory to perform the action.

Do you see any errors in your application logs (located at \<confluence-home\>/logs) related to the export? Depending on the error, you can refer [this troubleshooting guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/xml-backups-and-space-export-import-troubleshooting-180294700.html]).

Do let us know if you have any questions!

Thanks,

Neha

comments: author: Bertrand BARBOT
body: thanx for your answer, ill give a response when ill do it


Tags: database

postgres
Rotating table headers/cells
Asked by Jennifer Hemmens:

In some cases, tables become so large that it would be easier to rotate the header and/or cell text vertically. I found a [similar (unanswered) question](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Text-rotation-in-the-header-of-a-table/qaq-p/68800) - with the only solution being adding a [user macro](https://superuser.com/questions/741451/how-do-i-create-vertical-table-headings-in-confuence). I've created the macro, however, due to a number of Confluence updates, it seems that it's no longer possible to rotate the actual table header cell, only the text:

![Table header test.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25136iD777DBFF3BF33D3A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Table header test.png")

The Adaptavist add-on seems to offer this possibility. However, if I were to use this to simply to change the direction of the text in my table, I'd have to construct my table from macros, within macros, within macros... Which, considering the large number of collaborators within our particular use for Confluence, would *not* be a viable solution.

I discovered that there has already been a [JIRA issue](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-45012?jql=text%20~%20%22rotate%20table%20header%22) created for this matter (in 2016). Why has this not yet been looked into?

I believe that being able to rotate the text in table headers and/or cells would add great value to the Confluence editor.


Answers:
author: Alana Fernando
body: Hello [@Jennifer Hemmens](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1387821),

Welcome to the community!

Yes exactly as you said there are some features that are important but still not fixed/implemented. there is a good reason for this.

Feature will be reviewed and considered for implementation (or rejected) by Atlassian product management according to [Atlassian Implementation of New Features Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html)

you may vote and watch this ticket.Hopefully they will consider on implementing this feature in their future releases. ?

comments: author: Greg Roll
body: I agree this would be a good feature.. would up vote it if I could...


author: Emil Marshall
body: New to Confluence. So far I'm not impressed. Simple things like this aren't implemented even after years and requiring users to markup the content with code..... This is one lame platform.

comments: author: george kaz
body: 100% agree. For the money it costs, this platform is lame. The markup is dire and basic functions available via standard css are unavailable. It's just a cash cow for these guys, they ignore all the feature requests for years on end.


Tags: confluence-server

server