youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How to embed external secured website in confluence page?
Asked by Pooja:

I need to display a webpage of a secured outside website to the users of confluence wiki who do not have access to website.

I looked at HTML Include Macro, but it does not have options to store user id and password and then use the credentials to access the website and display it on the wiki page.

Do I need to write a customized plugin for this?


Answers:
author: carolyn french
body: Hi Pooja, Welcome to community!

Have you seen the answers on this previous post?

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Including-an-external-web-application/qaq-p/417796>

Hope they help!

Carolyn


Tags: confluence-development
Exporting calendar from Confluence to Outlook
Asked by Miguel San Mill?n Escribano:

Dear colleagues,

I would like to know if it is possible to export the calendar **++from Confluence to Outlook++** just the calendar. I have a problem exporting from Outlook to Confluence because it exports not only one event but also the complete calendar.

Thanking you in advance,

Miguel


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Miguel,

In Team Calendars, you can export your calendar to an .ics file and then import that into Outlook.

Have a look: [Export Team Calendars Content to Other Calendars](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/export-team-calendars-content-to-other-calendars-240913738.html)
>
> Outlook 2010 {#toc-hId-1790653430}
> ----------------------------------
>
1.
   > Choose ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/files/686856690/687639590/1/1416289688422/ellipsis.png) to the right of the calendar and choose **Export to iCalendar**
2.
   > Save the .ics file to your computer
3.
   > Open Outlook 2010 and choose **File Tab** \> **Open** \>**Import**
4.
   > Locate and select the .ics file you saved and choose **Import**

Let me know if you have any questions about that!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: calendar
'include-content' macro belongs to which addon
Asked by rambabu patina:

In the [Brikit](http://www.brikit.com/display/documentation/Include+Content+Macro)documentation I did not find what is the addon name which the macro 'include-content' belongs to?


Answers:
author: rambabu patina
body: It belongs to <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.brikit.themepress/server/overview> addon.


Tags: brikit
Word and PPT docs showing text as "garbled symbols" in Confluence 6.6 (on CentOS 7.x)
Asked by OneTech IT:

We are running Confluence 6.6.0 on CentOS 7.x (server core version).

Our users are noticing that when they upload Word 2013/2016 format .docx or .pptx files and then try to view them in browser, they show as garbled symbols and not text. This is leading me to believe that my core OS doesn't contain the necessary fonts in order to properly render these document via HTML.

The documents are using standard Office 2013/2016 suite fonts (i.e. Calibri, etc.)

Is there a way for me to know if my core OS even has the correct fonts installed in order to properly render these documents in a browser? If I download the document locally, I can open it and it reads just fine, so this definitely seems to be incompatible font related.


Answers:
author: Lei Wang
body: Hello,

Please try the following command in CentOS7 to verify the installed Fonts such as Calibri.

```

[root@atlassian ~]$ fc-list | grep "Calibri"

```


Tags: font

linux
The screen appears....TT
Asked by Karen:

When I check the specific linked  
The screen appears together

I dont konw why this screen appears...

Please give me a quick answer.  
Thank you...

![confluence.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/15648i45BE41CD604BF873/image-dimensions/949x262?v=v2 "confluence.JPG")


Answers:
author: Paul Berinde-Tampanariu
body: Hi Karen,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I believe the issue is sorted out now, as you have been granted the permission to view that space by one of your admins.

The reason why you get the 404 (rather than a 401 Unauthorized) is because without the proper permissions, the page in question cannot be seen by your session. I understand that this can be a bit scary, but if you encounter such issues in the future, the first go-to question should always be "Do I have the right permissions to view the content?"

Cheers,

Paul
Why can I no longer add action items to Blog pages?
Asked by Richard_Jessop:

Why does Atlassian unnecessarily constrain expression?


Answers:
author: James Richards
body: Hi Richard,

I've just tested this on Confluence 6.7.2 (the server install) and I can add tasks to a blog post. I've also tested this with Confluence Cloud and can also add a task to a page. I do this by entering **\[\]** quickly and then typing the text that I want.

What happens when you try **\[\]** or insert a task using the editor menu?

Regards, James
How do I open an Excel file directly in Confluence and allow multiple users to edit at same time
Asked by Michael Schmitt:

New User here :)

I've uploaded an Excel document and I want to ensure all team members can edit at the same time and all our changes are saved. Also want to see who is editting the document

When I click to Edit the document I select Edit With Excel 2016 however then it downloads the file and opens it with Excel and after I make changes it uploads a new version

I'd like to open the document as an Excel document withing Confluence (like another app I was using before). Right now it opens as a document (likes like Word - no cells, nor formatting, etc.)

Let me know how I can do this.

**2/22 Update**- I've created a Table and copied/pasted by cells from Excel to the table.


Answers:
author: Amanda Deol
body: Hi Michael,

Try out [Excellentable Spreadsheet for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/Addteq.Excellentable/server/overview). It offers collaborative editing .

comments: author: Amanda Deol
body: Also, here is a [video](https://youtu.be/dQDruNDerrk) to get started.


author: Davin Studer
body: There is no way to do that with an attached Excel document in Confluence. You could create a table in Confluence and using the new collaborative editor see what is being edited in the table and by whom. Another option would be to embed a Google Spreadsheet into the page using an iframe.

comments: author: Michael Schmitt
body: Thanks Davin for the quick response. I'm using a table.


Tags: edit-in-office

ms-excel
Confluence 5.9 and table editing
Asked by Marc neocaster:

It looks like column resizing in Fixed and Responsive tables came along after 5.9. Has anybody found a workaround to manage this?


Answers:
author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi Marc,

what do you mean? A workaround for earlier versions of Confluence? 5.9 has been released in Nov'15 and there have been lots of other improvements as well. Just update the instance! ;)

Best, Max

comments: author: Marc neocaster
body: It's not my call. 5.9 is what we've got. Quasi-responsive tables and all. Just wishing there was a way to take more control of tables.


author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hey Marc,

honestly. I think there is no sense in looking for a solution for an old Confluence (time- and money-wise). Even if you can find something on the Marketplace, I doubt it will be that far backwards compatible (Advanced Tables for Confluence is very nice, but also needs 5.10+). If you want to convince someone to upgrade and need help with that. We're here to support you with proper reasons. Btw. I guess your 5.9 is or will be shortly EOL (End of Life).

Max


Tags: questions-for-confluence
Confluence Page Gadget
Asked by Adam Marsh:

Hi, I have some Draw IO diagrams in confluence that I would like show on my JIRA dashboard, I would like for them to update as I update the confluence page that it lives on. I would also like to show the success criteria listed in confluence to show on my JIRA dashboard.


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: There's a feature for this at <https://trello.com/c/KJrHvNrk/2-allow-confluence-stored-drawio-diagrams-to-be-linked-in-jira> you can vote for and subscribe to.
Editing external database from Confluence
Asked by Jordan Berry:

I am trying to figure out the best way to have our Confluence connect to an external Database, display queries but also have the ability to edit the data. Is this something is possible through plugin/macro? Or is this something that we will need to develop ourselves?

Current solution: Create webservice, allow only Confluence server to call it, and have Confluence display results. Would still need to develop a form to input/edit data though.


Answers:
author: Kurt Klinner
body: [@Jordan Berry](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/442675)

Hi Jordan

within my company we use SQL for Confluence

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.sql/server/overview?gclid=CjwKCAiA8bnUBRA-EiwAc0hZk-2TF3WT5lU6p8dUjLKaGZE8ozSuK8gwQSs18nnCyr5DJLqxWQwZ2xoCHVMQAvD_BwE>

There are several other plugins available at the marketplace, the one i use within my own instance is Play SQL Base

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.playsql.playsql-base-plugin/server/overview>

Hope that helps

BR

Kurt

comments: author: Jordan Berry
body: Hey Kurt,

Does this have the ability to add/edit rows?


author: Kurt Klinner
body: Hi Jordan,

the two mentioned do - at least what i have seen so far - not offer an insert / edit feature.

Best

Kurt


Tags: server
Is Excerpt wrap border resizeable
Asked by Casey Maynard:

When I include an Excerpt macro, I would like the 'wrap' shell displayed in the 'Edit' session to be resizeable. I know it does not make a difference on the page, but it would make the edit view more of a WYSIWYG view


Answers:
author: James Richards
body: Hi Casey,

I've had a look at this, are you meaning that you want this to be re-sizeable, so you can get a better feel of how it looks on the page?

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16844i0FE00BBB6E1F7989/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

If so, there's no easy way to do that. One option might be to put it in a panel or similar so you can get a feel for how it might look, but then you'd have nested panels.

Thanks, James

comments: author: Casey Maynard
body: No I am referencing the Excerpt 'wrap' border. While in Edit mode this panel border is displayed but has a lot of 'whitespace', so I want to minimize the size of the wrap border so that it will make the Edit version of the page more 'WYSIWYG'.

Thanks


author: James Richards
body: Hello Casey,

I'm pretty sure what you're asking can't be done because there isn't any real customisation that can be done in the editor.

But I'm not sure what you're referring to, so can you take a screeshot or a snippet of what you're referring it?

Regards, James


author: Casey Maynard
body: Here are the screenshots. As you can see the 'wrap' of these two adds a long of horizontal whitespace. (screenshots removed)


author: James Richards
body: Hi Casey,

Thanks for the screenshots. I'm afraid there isn't much we can do here. The What You See Is Almost What You Get in the editor.

Thanks, James
Remove all duplicate group names with unique group ids.
Asked by Sharmila Gurumurthy:

I am currently doing the steps in the below link:

Remove all duplicate group names with unique group ids.

1. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-remove-groups-from-confluence-via-the-database-803603007.html>

I got past all steps, but when I do the final delete , I get the below error.

DELETE from cwd_group WHERE id IN ( I pass some ID values here)

Msg 547, Level 16, State 0, Line 24

The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "fk_child_grp". The conflict occurred in database "dwiki001", table "dbo.cwd_membership", column 'child_group_id'.

The statement has been terminated.


Answers:
author: Hassan Aftab
body: Hi Sharmila

The guide you have mentioned assumes that the groups are empty and have no memberships.

For groups which have members, will have references to other tables like **cwd_membership,** which is causing the *referential constraint*right now.

You will have to delete all *references* to the groups from **cwd_membership** table before deleting any groups from **cwd_group.**

Please run the query mentioned in Point 2 of Section 2 of the guide you are using to delete all the members first.

After this please run the SQL queries again to delete the groups.

<br />

Thanks,  

Hassan Aftab
How to generate dynamic text in Confluence
Asked by Sony Antony:

Our company runs Confluence. ( Do not know the exact version )

I am trying to insert a date field that shoudl change its color to red if the date is too close.

( these dates signify expiration dates for our SSL certificates. So I would like the wiki to display the dates in red if the certificate is going to expire in less than 30 days )


Answers:
author: Sony Antony
body: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Possible-to-change-color-of-a-field-in-a-table-if-a-date-is-more/qaq-p/33516>

It seems it is not possible :

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-36023>
How to find out the version of Atlassian Confluence
Asked by Sony Antony:

We have a corporate Wiki running.

However, there is no description of the specific platform or the version.

By following a link for a documentation, I found out that it is confluence from Atlassian.

( Im trying to create some dynamic content in teh wiki )

By reading up on Atlassian confluence, I found out that some markups are based on the specific version we are running ( ver \> 4.0 does not support wiki markup )

How will I find out the specific version, we are running ?

( All I have is the WYSIWYG editor - I can create dummy pages to execute macros )


Answers:
author: Craig Castle-Mead
body: Hey Sony,

A few options I can see from a few environments I've got access to - yours may have been customized, so the below may not be relevant:

1. The login page has a "Powered by Atlassaian Confluence x.y.z" in the footer
2. If you use your browsers view source functionality on a page, search for the string "ajs-version-number" which is set in a meta tag

Hopefully one of those 2 give you what you need.

CCM

comments: author: Sony Antony
body: Brilliant !

Your 2nd choice worked

Turns out ours is 5.10.8

Thansk again


author: Fran?ois Coupal
body: Does not work: Mine reads something like this:

```
<meta name="ajs-version-number" content="1000.0.0-da503df1a09f">
```

Which does not in any way correspond to a valid Confluence version.


author: Mehruz Mobedji
body: Yes, the confluence page I use also displays the above version number. So not above or below 5.1/5.2.


author: Pema Dechen
body: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-questions/Do-I-need-to-upgrade-confluence-cloud/qaq-p/1320387>


author: iamkelsishayla
body: I found mine in the footer. Cheers!


author: Laurens Coppens
body: I would suggest asking it to your confluence administrator, if the footer does not display the version.

comments: author: Sony Antony
body: Not easily accessible


author: Chris Purser
body: I AM the confluence administrator (cloud) and I can't find it anywhere.
What version of Tomcat is in Confluence 6.7.1
Asked by Lloyd Chandler:

Tomcat version in latest release of Confluence?


Answers:
author: Kurt Klinner
body: [@Lloyd Chandler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1182133)

It is version 8.0.48

```
Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.0.48
```

Cheers

Kurt
G Suite only syncs JIRA, not Confluence
Asked by Amanda Schumer:

We have G Suite integration and it works fine with JIRA, but we recently added Confluence for a wiki and I can't figure out how to get that to also sync everyone. I've had to manually add people for access.


Answers:
author: Danyal Iqbal
body: You can add the G suite user directory to confluence. Go to site administration and connect G Suite and follow the prompts.


Tags: atl-cloudmisc

cloud

g-suite
Manage dynamic table content and display a filtered list of that table content on a page
Asked by Stan Murrah:

I want to create an Impediments Log for my Agile Product Team and I want to display only the open Impediments on a Status page. How can I do that?


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Stan,

[Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) macro can filter dynamic tables. If this is not what you need, please, give more details on what you have now and what you need to change.


Tags: filter
I have question regarding the Related labels. Please see the description for the entire issue.
Asked by Sam:

* The list is missing some labels. I'm expecting the related list to include all labels of the pages shown on the left. In this case, the label "database" should appear because I have a page with both "standard" and "database" labels on it
* In the First screenshot When the database label is selected, label "standard" is shown in the related labels. But if the "standard" is selected, label "database" is not shown in the related labels. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?

* ![Label 1.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/15612i61CE4712C6238D86/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Label 1.JPG")


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi! The related label list on the labelled content page is limited to 25, which is the number I counted displaying in your screenshot. Atlassian Support created a suggestion ticket to change that, in response to [Related Labels on Labelled content](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Related-Labels-on-Labelled-content/qaq-p/108871)  
but it was closed as "won't do": [Adjustable Related labels](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-33361)

If this is causing a lot of problems for you please let us know your use case so we can help find a workaround. If you just wanted to let us know about a limitation in the product, thank you for reporting it. :)

comments: author: Sam
body: Thank you so much.

Is there any way that I can arrange the related labels list in my required order of preference.


author: AnnWorley
body: Well, it's difficult because the list is based on the number of occurrences of the following:

1. The other label's shared content
2. The other label's shared spaces

Example:

1. LabelA is on the same page with LabelB (count the amount of pages that this happens, higher = higher in the list)
2. LabelA is on the same space as LabelB (count the amount of spaces that this happens, higher = higher in the list)


author: Sam
body: Awesome, this is exact answer I am looking for. The algorithm on the creation of related labels is clearly explained.

Thank you so much.


author: AnnWorley
body: My pleasure!
What is the markup "type" of a Confluence site?
Asked by bullyellis:

What is the official markup type of a Confluence documentation space? Is it markdown? Or is using markdown just an option?

I am writing a statement of work for converting written .docx documentation to a Confluence documentation space and need to be very specific.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Michael,

Most of what is displayed in Confluence is a [Confluence storage format](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-storage-format-790796544.html), which is an XHTML-based format. From our [Confluence Markup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-markup-283640216.html) page:
> Advanced users can view the storage format of a page and even edit it, provided their Confluence site is configured to allow that.

Confluence also allows for Wiki Markup to be inserted into pages. See [Confluence Wiki Markup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-wiki-markup-251003035.html) for more details.

Let me know if you have any questions about any of this!

Regards,  
Shannon
How do I remove JIRA Issue Filter headers and footers from displaying
Asked by Casey Maynard:

I am including the JIRA Issue/Filter option in my page.

I want to remove the column header labels and remove the footer (# of issues found and refresh)

Basically I only want to display the 'results' not 'extra' labelling about the results.

I am displaying the results in cells in a table, so the 'extra' labelling ends up taking up 'space' and makes the results not readable.


Answers:
author: AJ V
body: Hello Casey,

I use the JIRA Issues Macro quite heavily, and I have not found a way to do that...unfortunately.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,  
AJ

comments: author: Casey Maynard
body: Thanks. I was hoping there would be a way to write a script (maybe with Script Runner?) that would do the query?

Thanks.
Why can't I migrate from Jira Server to Cloud?
Asked by Google Developer:

Hey, I created copy my Server Confluence(4.25 Gb) and trying import it to Cloud. But when my project is unzipping I get this error - <http://take.ms/iiIGs>

Please Help me!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: 4.25 Gb might be too large for Cloud, but an "unknown error" does not tell us if it is the size or anything else!

You'll need to raise this with Atlassian support, as they can look at the logs to see what it is. Contact them at <https://support.atlassian.com/contact>

comments: author: Google Developer
body: Thanks a lot!


author: Sloan
body: Hi [@Google Developer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1190261)

did you follow the documentation?

* If you exceed the backup file limit of 200 MB you need to to import the content space by space.
* Documentation: [Migrate from Confluence Server to Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/migrate-from-confluence-server-to-cloud-724765529.html#MigratefromConfluenceServertoCloud-siteimportOK)

Cheers  
Niklas

comments: author: Google Developer
body: Yeah, but I have 1 large space with important Info. How Can I transfer it?


author: Sloan
body: If a single Space-Export causes the error, do as [@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781454) advised.


author: Google Developer
body: yes, thanks


Tags: migration

cloud
Need a unique number to be added to page being created out of template
Asked by avinsinghal89:

I have created a user template . I need to use this template to create new project architecture as reusable asset. While creating new project architecture it should create with some unique number of 5-7 digit as a document identifier along with some user input of project name. This identifier should be visible in Page title and page link.


Answers:
author: Markus P?hler
body: Hi, have you found a solution for your requirement? I am looking for the same.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ugh, a desire for a unique id in the page title implies a broken process to me.

It's a reason Confluence does not have that function - because you should not need it.

I would strongly recommend you revisit the requirement, as it's a poorly thought out one.

But there are some things you should think about too:

* Every page has a tiny url which is more useful than an id - look in the page properties
* Every page has an id in the database, which is not a great way to find a page, but you can expose it on pages with a user macro (or look in the properties), and you can build a long url from it (pages/viewpage.action?pageId=104076682)
* If you have script runner, you could catch page create and stick an id into the page name

comments: author: avinsinghal89
body: Than you for your response

Possible solution i thought

1) We tried implementing the Create Page Macro which did the job 80% got DD/MM/YYYY and $ident but additionally we need the name of the title be inputted from user , can we achieve this somehow

2) Better solution would be appending the id to the page name/title on create page event through script runner as we have licenses for the same, Can you please guide with the code if possible ?


Tags: developer