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Outlook (Browser) not showing JIRA Issue Dates Tasks
Asked by Filipe Falcao:

I subscribed to our JIRA calendar, it show: Birthday, Leave etc  
But missing the most crutial information: JIRA issue dates events (tasks).

Does any one have sucessefully found a way of have JIRa task on outlook calendar without having to add any plugin?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Filipe,

For clarification, when you say you subscribed to Jira calendar, you mean the Jira calendar in Team Calendars? Your question is tagged as Team Calendars so I assume this is what you are working with.

You can add Jira tasks to your Team Calendar and then subscribe to this in Outlook.

* [Add Jira Events](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/add-jira-events-241566244.html)

If you do NOT have Team Calendar, then I am not aware of any other ways to add those events automatically from Jira into Outlook. We can leave this thread open in case others have any suggestions for you.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: date

ms-outlook

team-calendars-for-confluence
How can I get report of "Liked" pages
Asked by Tal Tsror:

How can I get report of "Liked" pages? I want to be able to "force" the team to go through new KBs, so by asking them to LIKE the page we acknowledge their read.

How can I track this?


Answers:
author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: Hi [@Tal Tsror](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2458862) welcome to the community!

Even more in depth and useful for this situation I think would be the [viewtracker](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/28637/viewtracker-analytics-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=pricing) plugin from bitvoodoo.

With it you can track who has viewed each page, it's a bit different than likes but I think it solves your problem the same.

Only issue is it's for confluence server only. If you are using a cloud instance you might want to try [analytics for confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215795/analytics-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview).

Hope this helps!
Why is confluence still sending watch emails?
Asked by Michael_Kuhn:

I have just turned on the email server for my Confluence instance and it has flooded all of my team members with every change I make.

I have gone in and unchecked all of the notification emails in each person's settings (annoying, that you can't change global defaults), but even still, it doesn't seem to matter. Everyone gets notified by every change I make.

Even for myself, I have un-watched every page on my list, un-checked every notification, and still, I get updates on page edits.

This is embarrassing as it seems like I have no idea how to manage the system that I set up for my group, and spamming them constantly.

Why is it doing this? How can I shut it off, while preserving the usefulness of emails when we WANT them?

thank you

-Michael


Answers:
author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: Hi [@Michael_Kuhn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2355906) welcome to the community!

I definitely feel your pain here.

Can you check to see if they are watching the spaces where the page edit emails are coming from?

If they are watching the spaces they might get notifications for all edits as well.

comments: author: Michael Kuhn
body: I figured out the issue

I had a secondary dummy account set up for IT access and was forced to provide any email, which turned out to be my email. This account had not had all of its watch pages flushed, and was still emailing me

Between this, and the over-broad space-watch functionality, there were just so many emails coming through it was hard to figure out what was causing it.

I know its not your department, but it would be a great suggestion for development to allow admin to just toggle these off on the group level

thank you


author: Ed Selig
body: Hello, I am having the same issue. I went to my profile and unchecked everything, but I am still receiving emails whenever something has changed on the space. Is the only way to stop getting emails is to stop watching the space?


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I connect Confluence to an external source?
Asked by Michel Russell:

I want to be able to call a REST API on Confluence to grab data in XML files. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Do you mean you want Confluence to read XML from a remote source, or that you want a remote system to get data from Confluence?

comments: author: Michel Russell
body: I want the remote system ( Edge Technologies) to get data from Conflience which will be XML files.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You'll need to write something to add to Confluence to make it provide a REST endpoint to serve up your xml.

Have you started writing an app for this, or do you have something like the Scriptrunner App?


author: Michel Russell
body: Thats a no to both of your questions. I am pretty new to this so am hoping you could provide some guidance on how to proceed? Thanks again!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, so it depends on how much coding you want to do.

If you're happy to write your own Apps, there is a software development kit which helps you a lot, and has references to sample code for generating REST end points.

If you want to do a lot less coding, look at the ScriptRunner add-on (yes, it's my company, I'm trying to be open about it, and there may be other apps that can do something similar, but I'm not aware of them). It allows you to write the code directly inside Confluence, in Java or Groovy (or to support my bad habits - a mix of both!). This means your coding goes from having to write an entire App and pull in everything you need to get it into Confluence down to "code that returns a load of xml".
Why is my Table of content showing up in edit view but then when I publish, nothing is there?
Asked by Chris Olofson:

I have a parent page which has two child pages:

**Parent Page**

* **Child1 Page**
* **Child2 Page**

On Child1, I have added the Page Tree macro. While previewing the macro, I can see the content (Parent and its relationship to Child1 and Child2).

However, once I publish the page itself, the Page Tree macro is not resolving/expanding to show the values which were clearly visible in preview mode. Instead, it isn't showing any content at all.

How can I make the Page Tree display dynamic content after publishing the page?

Thanks for any assistance.


Answers:
author: Chris Olofson
body: [@roman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853566),

Thanks for trying to help.... any further advice would be greatly appreciated

(a) the root page is defined within the Page Tree macro; and then the macro itself is in edit mode, the dynamic content is accurate

(b) the page has been published

(c) there were console messages as shown below

![console messages.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/40700i198C9CCEA2EA8175/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "console messages.png")

comments: author: roman
body: [@Chris Olofson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/566956),

try to clear the cache and local storage in Chrome: <http://superuser.com/questions/519628/clear-html5-local-storage-on-a-specific-page>.

Did this help?

Roman.


author: Chris Olofson
body: That worked, thank you very much for the recommendation


author: roman
body: Happy to help [@Chris Olofson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/566956).

Would be great if you could mark your comment with my answer as Accepted, so it would be easier for other people having the same issue to find the solution quicker.

Roman.


author: roman
body: Hi [@Chris Olofson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/566956),

do you have parameters for root page defined in the macro settings?

Another thing I would check is if the page has unpublished changes. Is there such phrase next to the lock icon on the top of the page when viewing the page?

It would also be interesting to know if there are any console errors in the browser when viewing this page.

Roman.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
No email notification after a comment is updated on Confluence
Asked by MT:

Hello,

We are using comments on a specific Confluence page to ask question and respond to them. The users do receive email notifications when a new question is posted or when it is answered for the first time (using reply). However, if the comment is updated (rather than replied to), no email notification is sent out. Is this the intent with Confluence or is there a way to get users to receive notifications in all cases, i.e. new comment, update to the comment, reply to the comment, update to reply comment?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire}
body: [@MT](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2458754)

In confluence you can subscribe to email notification by going to your profile.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/email-notifications-145162.html>

You can set the settings on what you want to receive notifications.

Regards

Prakhar

comments: author: MT
body: Thank you, Prakhar. Yes, we do sign up for emails and we do receive emails when something is updated but not if the update is to the comment. I want to see what can be done to receive all and any updates including updated comments on a specific Confluence page


Tags: comment

email

notification
Creating Personal Spaces
Asked by Robert Domingcil:

Hello,

I'd like to know about the user of Personal Spaces and affects on data and database capacity. We have over 400 users and looking to allow some users to create personal spaces.

Thanks \& Regards,

Robert


Answers:
author: Bastian Stehmann
body: Hi Robert,

A personal space is a space like everyone else, except that it is linked to a profile and has a different URL.

It depends on what your users will store in their spaces and home many pages they will create and how many macros they will use to say how it will affect this things.


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: We see that typically, our clients have between 10-20% of Confluence users that create a Personal Space. I'd say those are pretty good numbers to use for estimation, if you don't plan on publicly promoting the feature.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence WAF
Asked by Rafal Niznik:

Hello People,

I have Confluence configured in internal network and I use WAF to allow access from external. Currently I use plain HTTP so all connections from external are coming on port 80 and WAF redirects to port 8090

I have added following server configuration proxyName="example.com" proxyPort="80"

Based on above configuration external connection works fine and users are able to add, edit, and save pages. Problem comes when confluence is accessed by internal users but from internal I cannot set WAF so currently they must access URL:8090

Issue is when they try to add, edit or save page and than error message shoes incorrect proxy configuration.

Does anyone knows how to solve that so internal users also can edit pages?

Thanks for help

Raf


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The users need to use the base url for access, and as you've got that on http on the WAF, you need them to use that. You will have to set the WAF to allow internal users to use the url as well as the external users.
How to remove variables from Confluence templates?
Asked by Dyego Cavalieri:

When I create a variable and publish my template its name appears in parses in front of the field. How do I delete this?![Confluence.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/40632i36A5484DEE28F06A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence.png")


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Dyego!  
The variable name is **only present** in the **Template preview** . When you **publish a page** that was created using this template t**he names will not be present**.

<br />

**Removing** this from the template preview is **currently not possible** .  
Let us know if this addresses your question!


Tags: atlassian-support
Copy Information Into a Template
Asked by Tyler Brown:

Hey All,

I was wondering if someone has been able to find a way to copy information from a parent page when creating a template.

My exact use case is as follows:

1. Create a parent page with a list of Stakeholders. This parent page creates a button to create meeting notes from a template.
2. Looking to copy the list of stakeholders from the parent page into the meeting notes template.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tyler


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Tyler!  
You could achieve this by using the **Excerpt and Excerpt Include** macros:
> 1- **Create** the page that will have the **original content**   
> 2- Place an **Excerpt Macro** in it  
> 3- Insert the**content** that needs to be referenced elsewhere **into the Excerpt macro**   
> 4- **Publish** the page  
> 5- Create a **new** **Template**   
> 6- Insert an **Excerpt** **Include** **macro** in it  
> 7- During macro setup, **specify** **the** **page** where you created the **Excerpt** **macro** **earlier**   
> 8- **Save** the Template  
> 9- **Create** a **new** **page** using this new **Template**   
> 10- **Update** the content in the **original** **page**   
> 11- Content in the newly created page **will** **be** **updated** **accordingly**

Let us know if this works out for you!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence Button which moves the current page to a defined different location
Asked by Markus G?nther:

We are searching for a way to move a page with a single click to another location within the page tree.

Any ideas how this could be achieved, for example with Adaptavist ScriptRunner?


Answers:
author: Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire}
body: [@Markus G?nther](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/696391)

Confluence already have the Move Operation in built. Click on the 3 dots on the top right side of the page and you will see the Move Option.

Regards

Prakhar

comments: author: Markus G?nther
body: Yes, of course, this is known. However, the user must then choose the destination itself. The goal of this is to have a button with a predefined destination for the movement so it is usable for any kind of users and the destination could be defined explicitely.


author: Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire}
body: [@Markus G?nther](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/696391)

In that case , using scriptrunner you can add a web item on the page and write a script to move the current page to the destination.

This <https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/4.3.1/confluence/fragments/WebItem.html> may help you.

See the section when it runs the code on click of the item.

Regards

Prakhar


Tags: adaptavist

scriptrunner
How can I embed a VictorOps report and a list of my team's JIRA tickets onto a Confluence page?
Asked by Jon Howe:

I would like to create a real-time board for my team to go on and keep up with the events of the previous shifts of the day. I have created a scoreboard page in Confluence and would like to embed a report from our VictorOps application onto this page that will bring up all VictorOps incidents opened or escalated in the last 24 hours.

A bonus for me would be if I could also embed a report from JIRA to show all unassigned or pending tickets into this page as well.


Answers:
author: Taranjeet Singh
body: [@Jon Howe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2457862) I have no idea about VictorOps app, but you can publish JIRA reports in Confluence. Please see this video : <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsx7brbcL-M>

You can also simply list the issues based on your JQL (JIRA Query Language) criteria using the JIra Issues macro on your Confluence page. See this for more details: <https://www.atlassian.com/blog/confluence/display-jira-issues-in-confluence-more-power-more-control>

comments: author: Jon Howe
body: Thank you. We use Jira as well and have published a Jira report in Confluence. However, I'm still looking for a way to publish VictorOps data into Confluence.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

embed

incident

jira

report

victorops
Issues with Status Macro in Template
Asked by Nathan Vasquez:

When I attempt to insert a Status Macro into a Template I'm creating, it won't insert it. Even when first setting up the Status Macro settings, it won't show a preview. If I leave my template it works fine on other pages. I can copy and paste a Status Macro into the Template, but then am unable to edit it at all.

Anyone else have this issue?


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

The issue you're reporting looks to be a defect in the product. It was reported first on December 5th 2018. You can find more about the bug at [CONFCLOUD-65196](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65196). We're aware that this is impacting multiple instances and users. We would suggest you vote and watch this request to receive future updates.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello again Nathan,

We have confirmation that this bug has been resolved.

[Issue Resolution.](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65196?focusedCommentId=1916761&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-1916761)

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


author: Nathan Vasquez
body: Saw that! Thanks!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

macro

status
How to add a section between two existing sections
Asked by Chris Olofson:

In the editor of Confluence/Cloud, how can I add a new section between two existing sections?

Starting from a scenario like this....

![Screen Shot 2018-12-18 at 8.53.30 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/40606i1E5FEAE15B225F78/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-12-18 at 8.53.30 AM.png")... how can I add another section of three columns just above "Frequently Asked Questions" and just below "IQ7 Internal" ?

The problem I'm having is that I can't get the cursor BETWEEN the two sections, so I'm either in the existing upper or existing lower section such that whatever macro I choose operates inside an existing section, not inserting a new section between them.

Thank you


Answers:
author: Lizzie_Rogers
body: If you add a new section, there should be other buttons just to the left in the section that say move up or down. That'll re-arrange the section you're currently in.

comments: author: Bill Rudy
body: Interesting Lizzie, I don't have that; what version are you on (that might be why Chris can't do either of these things as well)?


author: Lizzie_Rogers
body: I'm on Confluence Server 6.9.1, this might be different for Cloud.


author: Chris Olofson
body: [@Lizzie_Rogers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1178965), thank you - that was it: I created a new section in the third column of the section above, then used the button at the top-left of the new section to drag it into place.


author: Bill Rudy
body: You should be able to click in the section above where you want it and say "Add Section" and it adds one below the section you're in. (I'm on the Server version but I'd be surprised if it didn't work the same)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
JIRA support external WAF in the cloud like Incapsula ?
Asked by kristof:

Hello,

we want to implement the JIRA solution, but before wew want to be sure that the solution support the WAF (Web Application Firewall) ?

by example an external cloud WAK : Incapsula

Has anyone ever implemented the JIRA with WAF?

thank you

Christophe


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, I've run it behind several types of security systems. You usually need to think about their configuration, so that they let through what you need. (JQL can look a bit SQL-like for example, and you'll need to ensure all the web and REST urls are passed through ok)
Create children display
Asked by Lili Tchobanov:

Hello !  
I am trying to figure out how to make the same display as shown on the image below in another space. Would you have any relevant information that could help me?  

Thank you for your time and help!

Have a wonderful day,  
![wiki.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/40601iCA65A013A4F632A8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "wiki.jpg")


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: In your screenshot, you have some options on the left. If you just want a child-page display for the current page the macro is on, leave the "parent page" empty. If you want to show the child pages for a different page, fill it in with the location of the page you want to set (This is usually "\<space\>:page name", with \<space\> being optional - left blank will make confluence assume you mean "the same space as the page with the macro")


author: zack
body: Hey Lili, just a question for clarification. Are you trying to show the children of one page on a different page? Or just trying to replicate the parent/child relationship demonstrated in your screenshot?
Is it possible to add the "last updated date" information to a field in the Page Properties table?
Asked by Priyanka Khare:

Is it possible to add the "last updated date" information to a field in the Page Properties table in the JIRA cloud instance? I am using page property report macro having 3 pages in a row and I would also like to display the last modified dates of these pages to the page report macro. is this possible? if yes, then please let me know the steps.

Thanks in Advance!


Answers:
author: Ang?lica Luz
body: Hello Priyanka,

Thank you for getting in touch with Atlassian Community!  
Currently, it's possible to add the "Last updated date" only when using Confluence Server. On the Cloud version, there is no macro that adds this information.  
Please, check [this question](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-include-the-date-of-last-update-for-a-confluence-page/qaq-p/720023) where it shows the add-ons for Server and for Cloud, our only suggestion is for you to create your own add-on.  
Also, check our [documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/page-properties-macro-724765240.html) to find more information about Page Properties Macro.

I would like to complement that you mentioned Jira Cloud instance, but Jira does not have Page properties and those other features, only Confluence has it.

Regards,  
Ang?lica


Tags: confluence-cloud
Referencing values dynamically between wiki pages
Asked by EBro:

We have one master wiki page documenting a set of json values. We are building various clients which will be using these values, and we would like to refer to these values from several other wiki pages (each page describing how the value will be used for the client in question).

Instead of manually maintaining several wiki doc pages, how can we dynamically refer to a json value at another wiki page?


Answers:
author: EBro
body: The "include page" macro is not sufficient for our needs, as this includes a whole page. I have found the Excerpt and Excerpt Include Macros, but the drawback is that one can only include one excerpt per page. I have several variables I would like to include in one single page, - also from different source pages.

I found the Multi Excerpt, and this can possibly meet my needs. However, this is not a free plugin:

<https://wiki.stb.intra/plugins/servlet/upm/marketplace/search?q=multi%20excerpt>

I found that the topic is also discussed here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Multiple-excerpts-on-the-same-page/qaq-p/20480>


author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: Dear Elin, you could try "include page" macros.

It means that you can have a page with set of JSON values and show it into many confluence pages.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud