youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Can't set space home page
Asked by Matan:

I've created a new space and moved some pages from different spaces to it.  
The problem is that the space has no Home page.

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All the pages I moved are orphaned.

![Untitled.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/57328i210EF3E3112ABE95/image-dimensions/433x251?v=v2 "Untitled.png")

I want the space home page to be an overview of the space - description, recent space activity, and all the default details that should be there.  

When trying to add the space home page, I can't find the space in the list provided there.   

Many thanks!


Answers:
author: Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_
body: Hi,

go to your Space Settings \> Overview and choose a new Home page.

comments: author: Matan
body: Hi,  

As I mentioned, I want the space home page to be an overview of the space.  
Something similar to this:  
![Untitled.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/57516i00BD831549A76698/image-dimensions/568x289?v=v2 "Untitled.jpg")  

As far as I know, if the space name is "AAAA" the space home page should be also "AAAA", however, I can't find it under the home page input field.


author: Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_
body: Matan,

you can choose any page you created to be your *home page*.

Perhaps you could copy the macros from that example page to your newly created home page.


author: Matan
body: I followed your tip and did the following steps to reproduce the home page:  
1. Create a new page with the macros I copied from a working home page.  
2. Define the page as the space home page.  
3. Move all the pages under this home page so they are not orphaned anymore.  

So thanks for that tip :)


author: Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_
body: You're very welcome!

Perhaps you would also enjoy this great [Confluence Whiz Kid](https://www.atlassian.com/company/events/summit-us/watch-sessions/2017/featured/become-a-confluence-whiz-kid-organized-spaces-and-beautiful-pages) presentation as well.

Feel free to accept the answer and enjoy the community.
Automated reports in confluence
Asked by Kasia Krzyszkowska:

Hi,

I am searching for a solution to automaticly update confluence pages with results from other softer, eg. SAS tables or BI charts.

Is it possible? Or we have to do it with manual copy paste each time?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Here are some options for ways to automatically update a Confluence Cloud page.

* [SQL Connector App](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211906/sql-connector?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* Confluence REST API
* [Tableau for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217497/tableau-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* iframe macro


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Hyperlink innerhalb des Macros {erweitern
Asked by Klaus:

Ich m?chte innerhalb der gleichen Seite auf einen Absatz springen, der innerhalb des Macros {erweitern liegt. Dazu habe ich das Macro {Anker benutzt.

Meine Erwartung w?re, das die Elemente, in denen der Anker liegt, aufgeklappt werden.

Dies ist leider nicht so.

Hat jemand eine Idee, wie man das anstellt?

Liebe Gr??e


Answers:
author: Klaus
body: Danke f?r die schnelle Antwort:)


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hallo [@Klaus](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3037569) ,

leider funktioniert das nicht. Es gibt hier schon einige Fragen zu diesem Thema, aber keine L?sung.

Ein Feature Request gibt es hierf?r auch: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-27357>


Tags: anchor

language-de

link
Not able to link to headers
Asked by Claudia Lap:

Since the new editor has been added, the anchor macro has been gone. I already read in someone else's post that the anchor is (temporarily) unavailable.

However, I am also not able to link to headers on the same page or other pages with the usual "Page name#header name" or "#header name" commands in the "link" option. The link option now only offers me the option to link to another page.

My question is, has the linking option also been limited or am I missing something? Am I still able to link to headers somehow?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Avinoam
body: You're correct. Anchors aren't supported yet in the new editor, however we will be adding support to link headers in the coming weeks. I hope that helps.

comments: author: Claudia Lap
body: Hi Avinoam, thank you for your answer. I think that solves it.


author: Ariel Mansilla
body: Hi Avinoam,

Has the support for linking headers been implemented since this post? I am trying to create a link to a header on the same page, but it's not working.


author: Randee Shirts
body: [@Avinoam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1163775) Hi I was wondering if this has been fixed yet in the latest update. I was trying to do this and wasn't sure how to do it. Thanks.


author: Natalia Li
body: [@Avinoam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1163775) is there an ETA on this? The feature coming "in the coming weeks" is still not working in April 2020


author: Ryan Fishback
body: It is still not working for me, unless I am doing something incorrectly.


author: Lev Zharovsky
body: [@Avinoam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1163775) any updates? It is also not working for me. The link option only offers me the option to link to another page.


author: Sarah Greer
body: I'm also still experiencing this problem, is it being looked into?


Tags: anchor

cloud

confluence-cloud

header

link

macro
How to grant page access to Jira licensed user (but not confluence)?
Asked by Esther Teh:

We have a group of Jira software users that do not have confluence access (to save cost). But we would like to share some permission to confluence page to at least view or comment. Tried changing a few permissions \& restriction setup, still doesn't work. Please help!

Here is my setting:

Page restriction: No restriction

Space permission: Can view

Global permission: Can't use (If change to can-use, will it cost the confluence license?)


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Esther,

Thank you for contacting us.

Unless you have granted [public access](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/setting-up-public-access-156.html) to the instance and spaces in question, then yes, a Confluence license is required. Public access means that anonymous users on the internet can view your instance, and it will be indexed by search engines, such as Google.

Since you have Global Permission for that group to Can't Use, then they will not be able to use Confluence globally, no matter what permissions you have on the individual spaces.

To give those users Confluence access on Cloud (thus costing a license) please have a look here:

* [Update Product Access Settings](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/update-product-access-settings-744721629.html)

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

permission
How do I create variable's in my Confluence document? i.e: One product, has many names.
Asked by Bec Honey:

We have **one** product, which has been sold to many clients.

The product has a different name for each of our clients.

We are creating one User Help guide using Confluence cloud.

When the client opens the confluence help guide, I want them to see any references to the product with ***their name*** as opposed to a generic name.

How would I go about this?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Cloud complicates what you can do. There are some plugins that might work, but they are for server. If you are on the server instance, you might be able to create a user macro that detects to group of a logged in user, and then replace text based on the user.

For Cloud, you only option I can see is to have separate spaces for each client, and manually replace the product name in each space.

In general, Cloud will not support sophisticated use cases, such as yours.

comments: author: Bec Honey
body: Thanks Bill.


author: Julian Governale
body: Was running into a similar Scenario - was able to get around this following the the information in this URL - granted its for Server, but you can now add variables in the awful new editor view on Cloud.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-template-296093779.html#CreateaTemplate-Templatevariables>

**Adding Variables into Template (created a Variable template for testing)**

![2019-11-27_1143.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74256i247630F15FF5CAF5/image-dimensions/599x251?v=v2 "2019-11-27_1143.png")

**Variables added to template (Created Product and Approvers Name variables. Copied product variable to have the same value in multiple places in the template)**

![2019-11-27_1144.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74258iE526835BE1288867/image-dimensions/629x146?v=v2 "2019-11-27_1144.png")

**Populated the Variable during the page creation (only Entered once into Products variable and it populated all instances of the variable)**

![2019-11-27_1145.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74259i85C2629520DF04E1/image-dimensions/489x230?v=v2 "2019-11-27_1145.png")

**Output on the New page**

![2019-11-27_1146.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74257i905DA85CB1F3E506/image-dimensions/576x162?v=v2 "2019-11-27_1146.png")


author: Bec Honey
body: Thanks Julian! ... thats a small win for the 'new' editor I guess!? :)

Merry Christmas to us all :)


Tags: cloud

variable
Cloud Versus Server
Asked by Tanya Eldridge:

It is understood that with the Server and Data Centre options there is the ability to customise the setup as required.

I would like to know what customisation and flexibility is lost implementing a cloud option.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Everything. ;-) The four big issues I have with the Cloud are:

* No user macros -- essential for filling in the holes
* No custom CSS -- needed for customized look and feel
* Limited number of apps (yes, there several available for cloud, but still less)
* Forced upgrade of the server - your solution is constantly in flux. Suddenly new features appear or disappear, causing issue with the user base, or breaking workflows.

This is the official pages on the differences (but it does not list all the downsides of Cloud):

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/compare-atlassian-cloud-vs-server-744721664.html>

A much more detailed functional difference table:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/functional-differences-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html>

comments: author: pas.argenio
body: Also, security. As in, every week you read about a new breach or hack.

Fortunately, on the upside, Atlassian makes it pretty easy to manage your own local server instance. Aside from checking backups, and the occasional performance checkup, there is very little upkeep.
[SOLVED] Confluence upgrade disregards base url
Asked by Morgan Smith:

After upgrading our confluence from 6.7.0 -\> 6.13.5 our confluence instance stopped using the base url. This has the following symptoms (visible in screenshot)

* css is not properly loaded.
* No links work by themselves.
* hand-modifying links makes them work, i.e. I can modify the login links and actually login to confluence.

The only indication of problems in catalina.out involve possible memory leaks from processes started which weren't stopped. I'm not sure that they relate to this issue.

I confirmed that the baseurl setting was still proper in the database as per <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-i-manually-change-the-base-url-310378877.html>

In the screenshot you can see the url includes /knowledgebase/ whereas when I hover over a link there is no /knowledgebase/ anymore.

Has anyone seen this before?

![confluenceUpgrade.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/57281i288646ABC8B3CC2F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluenceUpgrade.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Morgan,

Thank you for contacting us. I have definitely seen this issue before. Have you had a chance to review the article below? I believe it describes your issue.

* [Layout Issues After Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/layout-issues-after-upgrading-confluence-891127989.html)

If you continue to have the problem, can you share with us the results of the inspection of Developer Tools in Chrome when loading the page? Please also outline your upgrade process, and what type of database and server you are running.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Morgan Smith
body: Spot on. Thank you.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Morgan,

Happy to hear it's resolved for you!

Take care, and have a pleasant rest of your week.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Page with Page Approval Report does not work
Asked by Mustafa Ozturk:

Hi Confluence Team, I have added the "Page Approval Report" macro to a page. After adding the page, I cannot open the page anymore. Can you please help resolving this issue? Thanks Mustafa


Answers:
author: tbellmr
body: I have no answer, but am experiencing the exact same behaviour. I added the page approval report macro to an existing page and now unable to open the page at all.

So this macro not only does not work as it should be completely ruined another exisiting page with no way out.

Can we get a reply on the status of this known issue?
Moving Confluence and upgrading
Asked by Joe Roper:

We currently have version 5.10.3 of Confluence running on Windows Server 2008R2 with an Oracle 11g database. Need to move to a new server running Windows 2012 and Oracle 18c, also need to upgrade to the newest version of Confluence. All of the documentation that I have found says that an upgrade can not be done at the same time as the migration to new environment. I do not have the original 5.10.3 install files so I can't install that version on the new server and then upgrade. What are my options? Could someone please give me some detailed instructions on accomplishing my goal?

Thank You


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: First things first, you need to review the [Supported Platforms](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html) page for the version you want to upgrade to. This is to ensure that you build things in a supported (and tested) manner. You have 2 choices of supported Oracle versions: Oracle 12c Release 1 and Oracle 12c Release 2.

Atlassian's [Download Archives](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives?_ga=2.65771240.7395477.1560191500-506010877.1424451985) have all the older versions, so you can find your version there.

Finally, you need to review the [Upgrade Notes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-6-15-upgrade-notes-965554124.html) for Confluence to see if there is any special upgrade procedure for the versions in question. You can select the major.minor version from the dropdown at the upper right. You will need to look through all the versions between 5.10 and the version you want to upgrade to, with 6.15 being the latest version. Any interim jumps that you need to make will be documented in the Upgrade Notes.

My recommendation would be to build the new box, migrate over the data and get everything running on 5.10.3, then perform the upgrade. You should have the least problems this way. Obviously do this in test before doing it in production. I would also recommend reviewing the 3rd party Apps that you have installed. Some that were free may no longer be free. It's also possible that some Apps do not exist for the latest version of Confluence, which will mean some loss of functionality that you want to make your customers aware of.

Finally, there are two ([here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2019-04-17-968660855.html) and [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2019-03-20-966660264.html)) pretty nasty vulnerabilities in recent versions that you should be aware of. I wouldn't, under any circumstances, go live on a vulnerable version. If you are not able to run the latest version for some reason, you should install one of the older non-vulnerable versions.


Tags: confluence-server

server
how to create a Form with email cc to self/current login user?
Asked by Arati Amman:

Confluence : I want to create a Form, with Email to recipient#1, reciepient#2 and cc to self. So whenever users submits a form, email should be sent to recipient#1, reciepient#2 and cc to himself. How can I configure this (mail cc to himself)?


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hey Arati,

Welcome to the Community! Is this question about Jira, Confluence, or something else?

Thanks,  
Daniel

comments: author: Arati Amman
body: Thanks.

The question is about Confluence :)


Tags: email

evaluator-resources
Is there a way to link a calendar in Microsoft Outlook to a calendar in Confluence?
Asked by Matt McCorkle:

I want to link a calendar from Microsoft Outlook to a calendar in Confluence. Meaning if I make a change to the calendar in Outlook, that it will automatically sync up with the calendar created in confluence? Are there any specific macros to use besides team calendars or is there a method within the team calendars to achieve this issue? Appreciate any feedback!


Answers:
author: SunRiser
body: Hello Matt,

Please refer to the KB below which has step-by-step instructions on how to subscribe to a Microsoft Outlook calendar. You may need to go with the "Subscribe with two-way synchronization (CalDAV)" option.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-team-calendars-from-microsoft-outlook-251005307.html>

Regards,

Mahesh
Confluence - Roadmap planner macro
Asked by Shilpa Kochavara:

I am using the Roadmap Planner macro in Confluence and created a roadmap for the 2019-2020 time frame but would like to shift it to the next year. Moving individual blocks to the right time frame can be done but that seems tedious. Is there an easier way to do this?


Answers:
author: Vronik
body: Hello [@Shilpa Kochavara](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3323356)

Check it out

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/roadmap-planner-macro-704578202.html>

Regards


Tags: confluence-server

server
Create Jira Change Log Report via REST API
Asked by Angelo Loria:

Is it possible to create a Jira Change Log report via the API? I see you can create content (<https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/#api-content-post>) but am not sure how I would fill out the body to create a report. I have a tool that creates the Fix Versions/Releases in Jira every sprint, but currently am manually generating the report and would like to automate that step.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Angelo,

You could, in theory, create a change log report via the REST API, but it may not be a mirror image of one created from the template. The reason for this would be the page you create via the REST API will need static values or additional values added from Jira itself. If you did want to attempt this I would approach it with the following logic;

1. Create or locate a Jira Change Log Report page within Confluence.
2. Call the following endpoint against said, page to get the storage format:
   1. [GET /wiki/rest/api/content](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/#api-content-get)
3. Locate the variables you wish to change within the storage format and replace them
   1. This is where you may need to call Jira REST API endpoints to get further data
4. Create a new page with your changelog report values replaced using the following endpoint:
   1. [POST /wiki/rest/api/content](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/#api-content-post)

With this method, you could create a script to complete the steps to assist with creating a Jira Change log report via the REST API. I hope these steps and references prove helpful for creating your content.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Angelo Loria
body: Hi Stephen,

That is what I ended up doing. Was a nightmare formatting the storage content into the JSON payload, but it is working. Thank you.


Tags: api

cloud

confluence-cloud

log

report

rest
Is it possible to populate information in a table then pull into another page?
Asked by Gary Marroquin:

Is it possible to populate information on a table in one page, the table contains customer name, date \& summary and then pull it into another but only the most recent row?

The information is normally populated by one team, however, it is required in our company weekly report. So I'm looking to minimize the need to copy and paste and update two different pages.

For example, in the original page let's say that we have two updates for Customer A. One being on January 1, 2019 and the second being March 23, 2019. Ideally, I'd like for the March 23, 2019 to auto populate in the seconde Confluence page.

Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Gary,

Thank you for contacting us!

With Andrey's solution, it would only allow you to include the full table itself into another page, and it doesn't solve your issue to populate the data.

For this you would need to use an add-on, such as [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). There are many other Table related add-ons, so I would suggest having a look at [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=tables).

Have a look there, start a trial of any add-ons you want to test, and let us know if you have any questions about it.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Gary,

You can maintain the table on one page and include it using Excerpt macros into another page.


Tags: atl-adm

atlassian-marketplace
User not presented with delete option for file delete
Asked by Nick Flores:

Hello - I have a single user that is unable to delete files or attachments. He simply is not presented with the delete option. Our environment has two user groups Confluence Users and Admins other Confluence Users can delete without issue. anyone else run into this?

thank you for your time, regards Nick


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Nick and welcome to the Community!

To ensure we're discussing the same item, you have users that are unable to delete file attachments within the attachment view in Confluence cloud. There could be a few items which are causing the user to not be able to delete items. Please check the following;

* Are there page level restrictions on the page.
  * Check parent pages to ensure restrictions are not present.
* Ensure the user is able to delete attachments within their own space.
* Ensure the user is using a supported browser: [Supported Browsers](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/supported-browsers-744721663.html)

If you're still having issues with the user deleting attachments, please include a screenshot of the attachment view while attempting to delete an attachment. This will help clarify exactly what the user is seeing. More about attachments may be found at [Files](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/files-724765100.html) and [Manage files](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/manage-files-724765113.html).

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Nick Flores
body: Thank you Stephen, it does appear there were restrictions setup on the parent pages, we were able to make the update to the permissions and now the user can delete attachments. thank you for your guidance!

Regards

Nick


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud