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Link to Heading within the same page
Asked by richardofrugeley:

I have a page whose content is inside the Numbered Headings macro, and this is preceded by a ToC macro. I want to improve the internal page navigation by converting text references to other sections into links. I understand that I can add links in the form #MyHeading, but how do I discover what #MyHeading is for a particular heading? It's easy for single-word headings but what about multi-word headings, some containing punctuation ('-', '\&', '(', ')')?

I've tried extracting the #MyHeading from the ToC result, which worked but would be rather tedious for multiple links. It would be convenient to be able to search within #MyHeadings for the current page.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: First, great avatar. Did you try just deleting all the spaces in the heading? When I build links, I just copy and paste the heading text, then delete out all the spaces.

I am not aware of any reserved characters for links except maybe /, \<,\>. If you have any issue with a really long/complex heading, jut add a short anchor.

comments: author: richardofrugeley
body: Avatar - Gromit is logging instances of himself in Gromit Unleashed, a trail of individually themed Gromit figures.

Now you mention deleting the spaces, I may have come across this before.


Tags: confluence-server

server
AND-Search or OR-search
Asked by Petter R?nningsen:

When I am trying to make a search in Confluence, I by default expect it to be a AND-search, but in our instance of Confluence, it works as a OR-search.

Example:

1. I search for the word *++bankid++*, which gives a result of 273 hits
2. I search for the words *++bankid api++* which gives 425 hits
3. I search for *++"bankid api"++* which gives me 49 hits

In my head #2 should worsk as an AND-search and give less hits than #1 because I expect the results to contain both ++bankid++ and ++api++.

#3 should work as a phrase-search and give me a hit only if the two words ++bankid++ and ++api++ occur in secuence, but instaead I seems to me like the use of " gives me an AND-search.

Most our users are familiar with Google an otjher similar search engines, and I would like our instance of Confluence to work as I have described over.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONFIGURE HOW THE SEARCH WORKS?


Answers:
author: Ilya Turov
body: yes it is possible:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-search-syntax-158720.html>

you can specify search for either ++*bankid OR api*++ or ++*bankid AND api*++ and many more

comments: author: Petter R?nningsen
body: Yes, I am aware the use of AND and OR in the search dialogue, but this is not what I am liookng for...: I want change the configuration of our Confluence instance i order to modify the default way the search i made.

If a user enters only *++bankid api++* as search criteria, I want that to be processed as an AND-search, not as an OR-search as it is today.


Tags: cloud

configuration

confluence-cloud

search
EML file cannot be uploaded through webdav
Asked by a3kthakur:

I can upload normal files through webdav, but not eml files, even though it can be uploaded through browser. When trying to upload through webdav, the size is zero.

Kindly advise how to fix this.

regards,


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello there,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you.

According to your question's tags, you are on the Cloud version of Confluence, but WebDAV was deprecated 2 years ago:

* [Deprecating WebDAV in Confluence Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blog/2017/06/deprecating-webdav-in-confluence-cloud)

Can you confirm if this is regarding Confluence Cloud, or is it on a Server version? If so, which version of Server are you running? What method are you using to upload the files to WebDAV?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: a3kthakur
body: Hi! Thanks for the reply. It is server using tomcat 9 on aws ec2 instance. We have implemented <https://www.webdavsystem.com/javaserver/doc/> for the webdav upload. The eml file works fine with browser but not through upload in webdav in windows.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi,

No problem - sorry for the delay. It's a very interesting issue indeed, and I'd like to try to replicate it.

Can you please let us know the following:

1. If you were to rename the .eml file to .txt file, does the issue persist?
2. Are you behind any proxy or firewall?
3. What version of Windows OS are you on?
4. What are you using to upload to WebDAV? Are you using Explorer or a 3rd party app?
5. Can you please share a screenshot of where it is showing 0kb? We want to see if it is in the WebDAV folder or in Confluence where it is displaying that.
6. Are other users able to replicate this issue?

Thank you for your help!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: webdav
Macro support for pdf export
Asked by Sandesh Shetty:

I'm using 1)cheese macro 2)Excel macro 3)Pdf macro 4)Section macro in confluence pages. Can i know which of these macro's are unsupported for PDF export?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Sandesh,

Hope you are having a pleasant week.

Could you let us know if you're having a specific issue, and which version of Confluence you are running?

The macros are intended to work with PDF export, but there are a few bugs that currently exist where the output is missing or not as expected.

Please let me know if there is some problem you are having right now, and provide a screenshot of the issue and how it looks on the page in Confluence. I can then let you know if this is a known bug or report it as a new bug.

Regards,

Shannon
Is it possible to bring basic calculations in Confluence without making use of add on applications?
Asked by Nivedita:

Is it possible to bring basic calculations in Confluence without making use of add on applications / plug ins?

I want to create my own global template (in excel format) that needs basic sum, multiplication , division calculations.

Is this possible without purchasing any plug in / applications?


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: User macros are not available in Confluence Cloud, so it is not possible to create anything in this way. As previously mentioned, there are apps that can make table calculations, here is one more: [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). It has these macros for calculation:

* [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/Managing+Look+of+the+Table+and+Filtration+Pane#ManagingLookoftheTableandFiltrationPane-OutputtingtheTotalcolumn) with total column and total row.
* [Pivot Table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/How+to+use+Pivot+table+macro) that aggregates data and makes calculations.
* [Table Transformer](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/Custom+Transformation+-+use+cases+with+advanced+SQL+queries#CustomTransformation-usecaseswithadvancedSQLqueries-Usingformulas) macro that can be used for complex formulas.


author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Nivedita](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3508205) ,

Basically, this can be achieved through using User Macro inserting some sort of Javascripts.

If you are looking for add-on then you can try [Advanced Tables for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.table) or [CelesteCS Math for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.celestecs.confluence.celestecs-math)

Thanks,

Kiran.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Copy/paste images from locally hosted site added them as links - can I change to local?
Asked by Mihai Tanasescu:

Hi there,  

I managed to import what I had as markdown by converting it to HTML, starting a python webserver and then copying text and some of the images.  
To my surprise the images were not uploaded to Confluence but rather links from my locally running server (localhost:8000/image-name.png).  
Is there any way that I change that path for all the images (I have a lot) to something that would point to local attachments with the same name?  
Uploading them will be a breeze compared to changing the "links".

Anyone ever run into this and has an easy solution for it?

Thanks,

Mihai


Answers:
author: Mihai Tanasescu
body: I did it the lazy way:  
- put the content in a file  
- used sed to change the "ri" line

**gsed 's/ri:url ri:value=\\"http:\\/\\/localhost:8000\\//\<ri:attachment ri:filename=\\"/g;'**

- the ri page content-title was not needed


author: Mihai Tanasescu
body: Basically I need somehow (saw now with a source code editor) to change:  
\<ac:image ac:height="250"\>  
\<ri:url ri:value="http://localhost:8000/1563712284448.png"/\>  
\</ac:image\>  

to   
\<ac:image ac:height="250"\>  
\<ri:attachment ri:filename="1563712284448.png"\>  
\<ri:page ri:content-title="is this field needed??"/\>  
\</ri:attachment\>  
\</ac:image\>


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I add multiple logins to the confluence app
Asked by Michael Rizzo:

I have multiple atlassian accounts for many of my clients and need to be bale to switch between sites as I do for JIRA in the app. How is this accomplished on the Confluence app on iOS? For IRA its very easy, for Confluence its not apparently so.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Michael,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you.

I think this would be a really great idea. I've requested it as a feature below:

* [CONFCLOUD-67337](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67337) Ability to switch between instances on the mobile app

If you vote on the issue, you will automatically be added to the list of watchers. For more details on how we choose which features to implement, see our [Implementation of New Features Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html).

In the meantime, if you log out and back in using your Atlassian ID, it does allow you to choose from your list of sites, but there doesn't appear to be a way to get back to this screen.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: account

cloud

confluence-cloud

site
Sort Alphabetically (A-Z) option not saving
Asked by Chris Bishell:

Hopefully a simple one. I have a group of child pages that I want to sort alphabetically by choosing the **Sort Alphabetically (A-Z)** icon. I do this and it sorts them but if I go back to the setting (Space Settings\>Content Tools\>Reorder Pages) it has reverted to manual sorting again. Any ideas why this setting is not sticking?

![2019-07-30_081118.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61785i3DD5D944F4A681E6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-07-30_081118.jpg")


Answers:
author: Oz Edri
body: Hi [@Chris Bishell](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1320760) ,

At first you described an identical issue - after clicking on the Sort Alphabetically (A-Z) icon it seems that the pages are sorted, but as soon as the page is refreshed - the change is reverted.

Did you manage to solve this issue?

comments: author: Oz Edri
body: According to Atlassian it's a feature, not a bug.

When trying to sort pages we don't have edit permission on - the sort won't work for them.

Alternatively, users in the "confluence-administrators" group can sort them.

More information

[Reorder pages not persistent](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/reorder-pages-not-persistent-938858494.html)


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Chris,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

I'm attempting to replicate this with a set of child pages on my instance, but I am not able to. The only thing I do note is that the icon changes from ![Screenshot 2019-07-31 at 13.45.16.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61975iB50872E9CB1DB939/image-dimensions/20x21?v=v2 "Screenshot 2019-07-31 at 13.45.16.png") back to ![Screenshot 2019-07-31 at 13.46.09.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61974iDC26EE44619670C4/image-dimensions/21x26?v=v2 "Screenshot 2019-07-31 at 13.46.09.png") when I reload the   
page, but the newly organized items still stay alphabetized.

1. Can you please confirm this is not the case on your instance?
2. Do all users replicate the problem?
3. Does the same occur with all other pages and spaces when you try to replicate it?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Chris Bishell
body: Thanks Shannon. Yes, they stay alphabetized but what I want (and thought this would do) is order any new items by A-Z as soon as they were created. All users and pages have this behaviour it seems.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Chris,

Thank you for clarifying that. Indeed, it is expected behavior at this time, as mentioned in the following bug report:

* [CONFCLOUD-64922](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-64922) *Newly created pages not respecting alphabetical sort*

A discussion was started here about it, I would encourage you to join in:

* [Update to default sort order for newly created pages](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-discussions/Update-to-default-sort-order-for-newly-created-pages/m-p/955068#M3298)

In the meantime, you will want to reorder pages after creating the new page.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Team Calendar, using the macro team calendar and embedding.
Asked by ssi:

Hello,  

I am trying understand team calendars features of using its macro team calendar and subscribing to other calendars however the documentation doesn't match with its actual function .  

Ex. I would like to use macro and subscribe to other calendar.  
Mine:

-\> when I select the team calendar macro this pops out, how do i **subscribe with other calendars** using this?

![Screenshot_1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61759i4B4B4EC30E88EECC/image-dimensions/539x331?v=v2 "Screenshot_1.png")

-\> Very different to the [documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-embed-multiple-calendars-in-one-calendar-macro-690685577.html?_ga=2.110497733.1148741936.1564415737-834454293.1563949126).

To **Embed the calendars** doesn't work too.

Embed URL

![Screenshot_1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61761i7595B08CA596EDE2/image-dimensions/531x190?v=v2 "Screenshot_1.png")

Output

![Screenshot_1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61762iE09E8B1F58D34112/image-dimensions/526x265?v=v2 "Screenshot_1.png")

Different to its [documentation.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/embed-calendars-on-confluence-pages-654213492.html)

I would also like to know if it is possible for the calendar to be view as public, I have tried and it says a string of command and error that calendar =null.

Ex.

![Screenshot_1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61763iD5A69DA780A6ACF7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_1.png")

I have checked the Allow site administrators to manage calendars.

I hope for a fast support, I have been stuck figuring this out. I am using cloud ver.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello there,

I'm so sorry for the delay. I wanted to write to you and let you know that we have a few reported bugs related to this. It occurs in the new Confluence Cloud editor.

* [CONFCLOUD-66949](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66949) *Cannot embed Team Calendars with Team Calendars macro*
* [CONFCLOUD-66646](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66646) *Pasting a calendar link to a page doesn't embed the calendar any longer*
* [CONFCLOUD-65260](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65260) *Team calendar macro on the new editor doesn't auto-populate in* search

At this time, there is no workaround. Kindly vote on the above bugs by clicking **This affects my team** and you will be automatically notified of any progress.

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud

team-calendars-for-confluence
Why did some users get an invitation to join today?
Asked by Fran Lacombe:

Several of our users received an email to join a project today. No one from the admin side sent such a request. Why would this happen and how to we prevent from happening again?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Fran,

I see you raised a similar question in the Jira Service Desk support queue. Can you confirm this question is indeed for Jira Service Desk and not Confluence, as here?

As my colleague Augusto let you know in your support ticket, the email is from the **Customer Invited**notification, from when an agent adds a new customer to a Service Desk project.

If you are referring to Confluence instead, there is a feature request to disable the option to invite team members on the first login:

* [CONFCLOUD-65155](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65155) *Disable the option to invite team members on the first login*

Please vote on this request if it's something you'd like to see and you will be added automatically to the list of watchers.

Let me know if I can answer any further questions for you about this.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira

jira-cloud

jira-service-desk
What is causing the issue when trying to pull together a pack on confluence?
Asked by Alisha Hawkins:

My colleague and I are pulling together a pack on confluence which is used in weekly meetings. We do this every week and other than the odd connectivity issue, everything works great.

Last week we were uploading large amounts of information from powerpoint packs which were being saved as png files.

When I was uploading my documents, it would remove what he had already uploaded and duplicate what I was uploading in it's place.

If he was then to go back into the page and re-upload his documents, it would delete half of my updates and it then went in a cycle everytime we tried to rectify the issue.

Has anyone experienced this before? I'm wondering if there is a capacity limit on the page or whether it is another issue?


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Server / On-Premise or cloud?


Tags: jira-software
Confluence performance is very slow on Citrix client
Asked by Digital Enablement:

We've our confluence which runs optimally on fat client, but opening the confluence site on Citrix client is extremely slow and unworkable.


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

any comments from Citrix? I would check with them first as Confluence runs OK on a fat client.

Best

JP

comments: author: Digital Enablement
body: You've a point. I was also having same opinion, but contrary all other sites hosted on same datacenter are running well on citirx. It's only Confluence where perfromance issue has been observed.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Which one is best Excel add-on for Confluence Cloud
Asked by SamVijay:

Which one is best Excel add-on for Confluence Cloud.

Suggest only one and mention why


Answers:
author: Robert Nadon
body: I recommend Bob Swifts Excel For Confluence [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/216/excel-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/216/excel-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)

I have found Bob's plugins to be among the best...

Though I see it is now for Cloud, for that one I would believe it would depend on if you want just to export to Excel or a better integration. I would check this one out:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211672/excellentable-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211672/excellentable-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

comments: author: Robert G. Nadon
body: PS also I am not "New Here" I just had to change my email. I have been part of the community for almost a decade...


author: SamVijay
body: Hi Robert,

Thank you for your suggestion. Yes, I have tested 2 add-ins ,both are good but comparatively (**Excellantable** is the best)

[1) https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211672/excellentable-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211672/excellentable-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

2) [https://www.addteq.com/products/excellentable/](https://www.addteq.com/products/excellentable/?)

**Elements Spreadsheet** is one of another ads-ins, but the macro display as error when we publish.

3) [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212486/elements-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212486/elements-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

Regards,

Sam


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Linking Text within a page, so it can be used in several places throughout the document.
Asked by Stuart Galton:

Hello

What i need is at the top of the page a list of version numbers for different modules , i then want to be able to get those versions numbers at any point throughout the document without the need to scroll up/down through the page.

These version numbers should be editable for when they change, and if changed, automatically updated when referenced throughout the document.

I have seen the 'anchor' link but this is not what i need unless i am implementing incorrectly, i need to see the actual version number not a 'link name'.

Example below

++**Heading**++

Module1 = 5.342.6.7

Module2 = 8.3882.6.7.9

Module3 = 1.00.2.1

++**Deploy Instructions**++

1) Deploy module 1 version *"Link to 5.342.6.7"*

*2) Deploy module 2 version "Link to 8.3882.6.7.9"*

*3) Deploy module 1 version "Link to 1.00.2.1"*


Answers:
author: Tarun Sapra
body: Hello [@Stuart Galton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1597981)

Since you have already tried the anchor tag approach and it's not working for your use-case then I suggest you to look at the "Excerpt" macro in confluence. Using this macro if you update the version number on the original position then it will be updated on all other locations.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-macro-148062.html>

comments: author: Stuart Galton
body: Hello [@Tarun Sapra](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781576)

Thanks for your suggestions, i have read up and tried, but unfortunately you can only use one Excerpt per page, and i need many more than that.

I really just need a 'hyperlink' or 'tag' like functionality.

Thanks for your suggestion..

Stu


Tags: confluence-server

server