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building workflow for questions in confluence
Asked by nargess amin:

To Whom It May Concern

Hi. I'm nargess and I'm a knowledge management specialist in an IT based organization. i want to learn more about "Questions" Plugin of confluence. can admin build a workflow for questions? I mean that If admin wants to control questions and answers before releasing, is it possible to build a workflow for this process?

I wish receive a User Guide about this question if it's possible.

thanks a lot.

Sincerely


Answers:
author: Capi [resolution]
body: Hi [@nargess amin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4220954)

Welcome to the Atlassian world!

Have you had a look at the [Get Started](https://confluence.atlassian.com/questions/get-started-407724496.html) page in the Questions for Confluence docu?

I'm not an expert in this app, but afaik there are several things that can help control the flow of questions and answers:

* [Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/questions/permissions-407724476.html) allow to restrict the usage of questions to certain groups.
* You can also [appoint subject matter experts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/questions/administer-questions-593035916.html) to answer questions on a given topic

Other than that, I don't think that the app ships with a workflow functionality to approve questions and answers before they can be viewed by Confluence users. The idea is more that anybody who has a question can ask it.

Hope that helps!

comments: author: nargess amin
body: thanks a lot. yes I read that document but It didn't help me. i want to control questions and answers before releasing in confluence because maybe some of questions and answers are not useful.


Tags: confluence-server

questions-for-confluence

server
Import a Word document using REST API
Asked by Georgi Yankov:

Hello,

In the end of a batch I need to upload a resultant MS Word document as a page in Confluence using programmatic way as REST API.

In the web portal the tool that works for me is **Import Word Document** from the link below but I don't see how it can be programmatically called.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/import-a-word-document-into-confluence-170493136.html>

Any other tools are welcome,

Thank you


Answers:
author: Lim
body: Is this link [https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/import-a-word-document-into-confluence-170493136.html)[/](https://limmediaunlimited.com/services/) is not working for you?

comments: author: Georgi Yankov
body: It is the same from my initial post and as I mentioned it works not the way I need to access it. It works perfect with a mouse and a web browser but I need to trigger it in command line from a web app server.


author: Joey Musante
body: Looks like someone found a solution here possibly! [Possible solution](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/Import-Word-Doc-to-Conflunce-via-ReST-API/qaq-p/485184)

comments: author: Georgi Yankov
body: It is a possible solution but has two disadvantages which makes it not acceptable to me:

1. It produces not a native Confluence (HTML) page - The **viewword**macro just embed an iframe preview and the editing of the page is possible only with spacial add-ins.

2. Using **Webdav**suppose to mount permanently the 'file system' of the Confluence on my web app server which is generally not a good idea.


author: Peter-I
body: [@Georgi Yankov](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4221018) , I'm also in search of a solution importing Word files via REST api. Can you share what was your solution?


author: Sven Alebrand
body: I am not Georgi but I'd still like to share **my**solution: I converted all word files to txt-files using pandoc (pandoc.org) like so:  

```
pandoc $file -f docx -t jira -s -o $file.Replace(".docx", ".txt")
```

Then, I imported these txt-files using the Atlassian Command Line Interface (see [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/10886/atlassian-command-line-interface-cli?tab=overview&hosting=datacenter)) like so:  

```
acli prod --action storePage --file $fileName --space $spaceKey --title $title --parent "My Parent Page"
```

This I did for hundrets of files using a powershell script. The results where pretty decent for well-formated Word-files.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
The picture in the page are not able to be shown to other people except me.
Asked by Jiebyoung Park:

Really confused.

I made a page having some images (around 15ea)

but, other people told me they were not able to see the pictures like below.

![20210113_Wednesday_171148.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125327i2126D2786D599865/image-dimensions/327x279?v=v2 "20210113_Wednesday_171148.png")

but, I have no problem to see them. my publishing the page again and their refreshing the page were not helpful to solve this problem.

Other pages don't have problems like this page. only this page has this issue.

I would like to know why this problem happened and how I can solve this problem?


Answers:
author: KAGITHALA BABU ANVESH
body: Hi [@Jiebyoung Park](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2713299) ,

for servers we may need to re-index if some cases.

But this is for Atlassian Confluence cloud. so no re-index there.

Recently someone faced the same concern in community, they raised a ticket to support desk and it resolved. please check the below community post link.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/Images-Failing-to-Load/qaq-p/1466031>

Hoping the same may be helpful to you


author: Owen Wallis
body: Hi [@Jiebyoung Park](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2713299),

It may be that you copied and pasted images from a personal Google Drive or other personal space - meaning you could see them but other users who don't have access to that space can't see them. Could this be it?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Page sharing with message is not working
Asked by Balz Huber:

Hi  
The message function for the page sharing is not displayed as discribed in [Share a page or blog post.](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/share-a-page-or-blog-post/)  

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125326i5AFBE2AEF7E56449/image-dimensions/266x144?v=v2 "image.png")

Is this because of the settings or is it not supported for the cloud version?  
Thanks for your answers.


Answers:
author: KAGITHALA BABU ANVESH
body: hi [@Balz Huber](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4220978) ,

I'm using google chrome browser. it's working well.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125369i1E3D2D0AA932B21A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

As you said , may be a incompatible browser or something else.

Please check the supported browsers below for Atlassian cloud.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/supported-browsers-744721663.html>

comments: author: Werner Kraus
body: Hi, I have the same issue and I tried several browsers. Seems to be a configuration issue ...; but where could I change the according configuration?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to determine if a file is being edited by someone else?
Asked by Mark Higgins:

We have been using a spreadsheet to record data, and multiple people have access to the spreadsheet, is there a way to see if someone else has the file out for editing?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Mark Higgins](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3517340)

You can't see if someone else is editing the file out of the box. There is a plugin where you can lock an attachment:

* [Cenote Lockpoint](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/36199/cenote-lockpoint-attachment-checkout?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Regards, Dominic


Tags: confluence-server

server
The Marcos Dialog is in Korean,I want to change it to English.
Asked by s.qu@auckland.ac.nz:

Hi,

My browser is in English and all the rest of the confluence page is in English as well except the Marcos page in Korean. I don't know how to change to English?

![language-setting.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125292iCAC4E64AF689E94B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "language-setting.png")![Marcos1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125293iBBBDE23610813D09/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Marcos1.png")


Answers:
author: KAGITHALA BABU ANVESH
body: For cloud ,

They raised the following ticket, But closed without providing any solution

[https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-54916?error=login_required\&error_description=Login+required\&state=db2718a7-6ac7-4910-80fc-d3098a74ea65](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-54916?error=login_required&error_description=Login+required&state=db2718a7-6ac7-4910-80fc-d3098a74ea65)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Branches are no longer listed for push after rename local branch name
Asked by Ryan Liu:

SourceTree can push changes from local branch to remote branch fine.   

But after renaming local branch, which causes local and remote branch have different name, then Push window no longer list those branches.  

If change local branch name back, branch back to list in Push popup window.   

Tested on latest SourceTree and embeded Git as of 1/21/2021.


Answers:
author: Chris
body: I just had the same issue. The way I fixed it was:

* Rename the local branch
* Check out the renamed branch
* Open the Terminal from the toolbar
*

  ```
  git push --set-upstream remote-name new-branch-name
  ```

* Delete the old branch from the remote

My renamed branch is now in listed in the push menu again


author: Fadoua
body: [@Ryan Liu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4150930)   

Once I download the repo to my local machine. Any changes I make I push them using feature branch.

My feature branch can have any name of my choice.

Once in Git I always make sure I am inside the right branch before committing. Otherwise nothing will get pushed

What is the error you are getting?

Best,

Fadoua

comments: author: Ryan Liu
body: Hi Fadoua,  

No error. As said in the question, just renamed branch no longer listed in Push window.   

Other tools like Git Extension has no such problem, it does not require local and remote branch to have same name.

<br />

Ocz, I can always do it in cmd line. I am reporting a SourceTree UI bug. Should easy to fix.

<br />

Thanks,


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

push

sourcetree
Nest layout macro in expand macro
Asked by dbates:

I'm trying to embed / nest the layout macro within the expand macro to no avail - the layout macro just "jumps" outside the expand macro when I attempt to add the macro. Any ideas if this is possible, or know why this isn't supported?

As a workaround I've nested the table macro inside expand which is good enough for now.![Expand Layout 1.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125290i621FB6D059BB06A0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Expand Layout 1.PNG")![Expand Layout 2.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125289i5ECE1BCCD94584C9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Expand Layout 2.PNG")


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello [@dbates](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4154497)! As I understand, you need to nest two bodied macros and this is currently not working as expected.

Recently, with the new editor, some differences have been introduced and the nesting of bodied macros is one of them. A report has been filed about this here:
> ++***[Nest Expand or other Bodied Macros in another Macro](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68323)***++

I do encourage you to go over there and share your experience with this difference in the new editor. Even though the team is already aware of this, feedback is always good to have!

Let me know if there is anything else!

comments: author: dbates
body: Thanks [@Diego](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1188952) - that explains the problem. I've voted on the issue you provided in the link above.


author: radostin shivachev
body: The only workaround I've found so far is to insert a **Table** macro inside the **Expand** - Tables let you adjust column width so it gets the job done.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

expand

layout
Confluence on my board, click it and I don?t understand what its asking me
Asked by Edie Mew:

Only on one of my boards where only I am the member, there is a button called Confluence which keeps appearing. When I click to connect it takes me to a page saying something went wrong. I am unable to find any solution and can't connect. I used a template for my board from Trello, I can only think that could be a cause for this. All other boards on my account have been created from scratch.


Answers:
author: Benjamin
body: [@Edie Mew](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4210339) - It probably is the template that was used. Your Trello setup is probably not configure to connect to a confluence. hence, you are getting the message.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Unable to import confluence space
Asked by Roopa Prasad Doraswamy:

Hi, Our company is separating out products and we created a new account for one of our products. The confluence space of that particular product is exported as xml. But, I am not able to import it in the new account we created.

I am getting the below error.

![Screenshot 2021-01-12 at 10.58.38 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125249i480F8E027D424E59/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2021-01-12 at 10.58.38 PM.png")How can I find what is the error?


Answers:
author: Roopa Prasad Doraswamy
body: Sorry. My bad. I selected \`Import Site\` instead of \`Import Space\`. It is working as expected


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
distinct people connected at a period of time
Asked by Ndofunsu:

Hi,

On our confluence-server platform ( 7.3.4) , how can I identify different people connected at least one time in the last 12 month.

It will help to audit and manage the size of our licence pool regarding the active users.

Best regards,

Roger Ndofunsu

Rectorat Orl?ans


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Ndofunsu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3832878)

I would suggest creating a user macro to pull last login information. There is a great thread on it here: [https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-find-last-login-date-of-users-in-Confluence/qaq-p/328807](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-find-last-login-date-of-users-in-Confluence/qaq-p/328807?) They also cover the SQL if you would like to pull the data from the database.

By creating the user macro you will be easily able to check and see who has not logged in to Confluence in the last 12 months.


Tags: questions-for-confluence

server
Migration options from Confluence 3.4.7
Asked by PAUL MENA:

I have inherited a fairly active (several updates per week) Confluence instance running version 3.4.7 and Java 1.6 on CentOS 5.11 and old hardware. The current plan is to migrate the server and data to a VM in a new data center but to keep the existing O/S, Java and Confluence versions intact. Given that CentOS 5 has been end-of-lifed since March 2017, I'd like to migrate to an updated O/S at the very least. The possibility of migrating to the cloud offering is also in play.

The way I see it, I have 3 options:

1. migrate the current data to a VM with the same O/S, Java and Confluence version
2. migrate the current data to a VM with an updated O/S, Java and perhaps updated Confluence version
3. migrate the current data to the Cloud

Disclaimer: I know nothing about the relative costs involved. Right now I'm assessing whether or not options #2 or #3 are even possible given the age of the current system. Please feel free to redirect me to any existing threads or documentation about this topic, and thank you in advance!


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@PAUL MENA](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4220053) ,

I would strongly advise to upgrade to a recent Confluence version, as the one you're using is full of security issues as it's several years old.

In my experience, it will be quite hard to do this as you'll need several intermediate upgrades to get to Confluence 7.x (the current active version), as you can see in the Upgrade Path page : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html#UpgradingConfluence-1.Determineyourupgradepath>

Even for a Cloud migration, you'll need to first upgrade the Server version to consider moving your content. This is what I would be recommending, as the Server version will be end of life in 2024 anyway.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

comments: author: PAUL MENA
body: Thank you for the informative reply. It seems that at the very least I would need to do 4 upgrades to get from 3.4.7 to 7.X - and that's before considering migration to the Cloud - which would be my preference. My current marching orders are to clone the VM as is, although long term we have plenty of work ahead of us.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Edit/Change a Scorm File in LMS for Confluence
Asked by Kaya, Rahmi:

Hello Community,

we are using LMS for Confluence and are already working with that.

Now we need to make Changes to the Scorm File because of some wrong content in our Videos.

How do i change the content from the LMS without deleting the whole file and reuploading it ? We have many users who works with our LMS and we need the statistics, if i delete the whole File we would loose all our data for statistics.

I just need to remove 2 videos and add 2 videos again.

Kind Regards,

Rahmi Kaya


Answers:
author: Paul Wright
body: Hi Rahmi, I'm interested to discover how you are using LMS in confluence related to scorm ... I wasn't aware it's possible to use scorm

comments: author: Anna Mitina _Stiltsoft_
body: Hi Paul,

We have an add-on called izi LMS for Confluence. It enables to create courses and quizzes in Confluence the same way you create pages and use them for training, onboarding, and compliance.

And we have a feature of importing SCORM files into the courses too.

[Watch a 2-minute video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Qne0LAXtI&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=quizzes-traffic-sources&utm_content=Edit+Change+a+Scorm+File+in+LMS+for+Confluence)

Let me know if you wish to learn more :)


Tags: confluence-server

learning

server
sort by category
Asked by Christian Dehmel:

The spaces are sorted by their name in the space directory.

Is it possible to sort the spaces by category ?


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Christian Dehmel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1145127)

not sure about space directory - but have a look on Space List Macro which let you sort [spaces by category](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/spaces-list-macro-139375.html).

Hope this could help you!

comments: author: Christian Dehmel
body: Hello Fabienne,

thanks for this hint - even it's not completely what I'm looking for. I do not create an own page, I log in and choose from the space tab "all spaces" or "list of all spaces" or "space directory". So let's say it is the top dir or home page where you see a list of all your existing spaces. And if the spaces are assigned with a label of a category, you see it here. By default the sorting of the list is by space name, but I'd like to change the sorting by category (name). Not sure if this can be defined anywhere.

![Confluence_Spaces.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/125238i48763E6E1333A408/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence_Spaces.PNG")


author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi Christian,

ah I see. The sorting is already on the left side under CATEGORIES. You will find all spaces that have at least one category e.g. knowledge-base in your screenshot there. By clicking on it it shows all pages from the category.

You can also use the filter on the right bottom top.


author: Christian Dehmel
body: Hi Fabienne,

thanks again for your ideas. The filter is reducing the list of spaces similar to the left sided categories. But I assume there's no way simply to sort the list of all spaces by category. Typically then you would have a small arrow beside the column name.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Macro: Labels List showing to much labels
Asked by Thomas Eklund:

We're using and have limit our Labels list macro to show only the labels within a specific space. The result is now showing labels that don't exist in the space.

Why do these lables still appear in the list of labels?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Thomas Eklund](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1682449)

I have tested this and my suspicions have come true.

Labels are also displayed from pages that have been deleted. Is this perhaps the problem?

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: Thomas Eklund
body: Hi Dominic!

I guess you may be right.

Some people have created or copied pages into my space and on these pages there were many different labels I didn't know about. These pages are now deleted but it seems to that the labels still in the space.

Do you know how to delete the labels?

/Thomas


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi Thomas

The [documentary](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-remove-and-search-for-labels-136419.html#Add,RemoveandSearchforLabels-Removelabels) says this:
> You can't remove, consolidate or manage labels directly. A label is created by adding it to a page for the first time, and ceases to exist once its been removed from all pages it was added to.
>
> If you have deleted pages that contain a label, you may need to [purge](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOCM/Purging+Deleted+Pages)the deleted pages from the space's trash to ensure that the label disappears too.

Hope this helps

Regards, Dominic


author: Kelly Phillips
body: H.

I have the same issue. I have deleted the pages and purged the delete pages so they no longer exist. However, the labels remain.

Any other suggestions?


Tags: confluence-server

macro

server
Add CSS for Confluence Cloud
Asked by Daniel Navarro:

I am testing Confluence editor functions but I don't find how to edit CSS styles. I think there must be an option to edit unless It is disabled for free accounts.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Cloud is very limited in many ways, why I don't recommend it. You can add your vote to this 8 year old issue, but doesn't look like it will ever change (it is so old the product name has changed).

[Allow customized CSS in Confluence OnDemand](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-36137)

comments: author: Daniel Navarro
body: I think there must be a good reason not to implement (allow?) this feature. Or maybe not; It depends who is the responsible of this lack. Thanks for the answer.


author: Soumyadeep Mandal - SaM
body: Hi [@Daniel Navarro](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4219744) ,

Welcome to the community!

It's really great to have you here!

Please check this integration [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223493/custom-css-code-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223493/custom-css-code-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

Regards,

***Soumyadeep***

comments: author: Daniel Navarro
body: Thaks. It looks a nice add on.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud