youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Encountering Issues when using Office Excel Macro to imbed and view worksheets
Asked by Linda Shady:

I am encountering issues with the Office Excel macro displaying the CORRECT worksheet. I have a workbook with 4 worksheets, I am trying to display each worksheet. Sometimes it works and sometimes not.

I have been able to manipulate the contents of the worksheets, removing some of the special characters, like the apostrophe ('), so EVENTUALLY the correct worksheet appears in the DEV Confluence environment.

Are there any specific guidelines for entering the data in the macro or pointers on how to format the spreadsheet so that the macro will display correctly?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Linda Shady](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3424017)

Do you try to display each worksheet on the same page?

In the office excel macro, you can set the worksheet.

Keep in mind, the office Excel macro isn't excel. So really special and fancy designs perhaps can't display correctly. I tried with some really easy one and it worked:

* On this page there are 4 office excel macros, each one displays another worksheet

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92202i1E1D9DCD71B2C6FB/image-dimensions/375x200?v=v2 "image.png")

Hope this helped

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: Linda Shady
body: Hello Dominic,

I have had success with the macro in displaying 4 worksheets on one page in a page I created a while ago. In this case, I went to the QA environment and have been successful with the macro in displaying 4 different worksheets from the workbook I am currently working with. I did have to go through the worksheets and remove some apostophes (') from the content. I then went to work in the Production environment. However, I cannot get two of the worksheets to display in the Production environment. Do you know if there are any specific parameters outlined for this macro that I need to follow, or any hints on formatting of the original workbook that could help resolve this issue?

Thank you so much!

Linda


author: Dominic Lagger
body: I'm not aware, that there are restrictions or limitations...

Also the official [documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/office-excel-macro-375849173.html) didn't say anything. You could try to paste the macro via "wiki markup":

    {viewxls:col=5|page=Docs|name=My document.xls|grid=false|sheet=mysheet|row=5}

Perhaps, with this it works. Perhaps with the macro itself there are some hidden letters or blanks.

Regards, Dominic


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do you alter a table after you've already inserted?
Asked by Krista_McGruder:

I'd like to add a row or column to a table AFTER it's been inserted. How do I do that?


Answers:
author: Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_
body: Hi [@Krista_McGruder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3853492)

Do you see formatting controls when you edit the page like this.

![Screenshot 2020-04-23 at 17.05.57.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91845iFDB233920CF17A12/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2020-04-23 at 17.05.57.png")

comments: author: Krista_McGruder
body: No. I don't have these tools in my basic version. How do I insert a row or column in a table after it's already been inserted? This is such a basic need it's ridulous.


author: repi
body: It is necessary to create a table.  
When editing this, this toolbar is displayed.

![Toolbar.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91866iEFA6626B91CEB797/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Toolbar.png")


author: Krista_McGruder
body: I want to edit the table after inserting it to add a row or column. How do I do this?


author: Shannon S
body: Hi [@Krista_McGruder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3853492),

In Repi's example, you can see that when you add a table a 2nd toolbar appears, which enables you to edit your table:

![CleanShot 2020-04-24 at 16.05.18.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92057i30F912A14F760222/image-dimensions/576x34?v=v2 "CleanShot 2020-04-24 at 16.05.18.png")

Our documentation on [Tables](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/tables-136463.html) has a chart which goes over what each one of those icons does for you.

I believe you might have already found this toolbar by now, but if you get stuck, please let me know.

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
"Page tree failed to load".
Asked by Tony Seda:

I just created my account. As soon as I logged in nothing appeared in the page except "Page tree failed to load". Also a pop up appeared "Something went wrong. Refresh the page and try again." I refresh, but nothing changes. Suggestions?


Answers:
author: Mike Backhouse
body: (removed)


author: Diego
body: Hello there [@Tony Seda](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3882235) !

I just created a new Atlassian Account and Confluence site to try and replicate the behavior you specified. However, everything worked as expected.

With this in mind, I would like to ask you a few questions:

> 1. *Is this happening with another Confluence user?*
> 2. *Is this behavior present while using another browser?*
> 3. *Would it be possible for you to share some screenshots of the error with us?*

When sharing the screenshots, just be sure not to disclose any sensitive information. Our community is an open space and everyone can see everything posted here.

Let us hear from you!


Tags: cloud
How to get more color choices in confluence?
Asked by Krista_McGruder:

I have only six color options (none good) for my backdrop in Confluence using the poster template and the colors for the text are horrific. How do I get a decent color selection? Also, the fonts available are ugly and limited. What do I need to ask for to get basic fonts and colors that are even at the level of say, Google docs?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Krista,

I agree that the colors on Confluence as it is now are pretty limited. We recently added more cell highlight colors in Confluence Cloud, and it looks like it's about to be released in Server too:

* [CONFSERVER-27618](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-27618) *More cell highlight colors in Confluence*

Please subscribe to that thread so you know when the colors are available!

As for font colors, I would recommend following the thread I sent you earlier on that, which is the ability to control font selection via the UI:

* [CONFSERVER-5309](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-5309) *Add font selection capabilities to WYSIWYG editing and Wiki markup modes*

You can also use the [HTML macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/html-macro-38273085.html) that I let you know about to embed your own text with formatting, as long as you're familiar with HTML. It's included by default on Confluence, but you do have to ask your site admin to enable it for the site. Be aware it can cause security issues, so your admin might not want to enable it.

Take care,

Shannon


author: repi
body: > We are not allowed to do any of the above at our firm   

Ask a Confluence administrator.  
Your requirements cannot be realized without your own macros or additional apps.  
You need the appropriate permissions. If you don't have it then it just won't work.  


author: Krista_McGruder
body: We are not allowed to do any of the above at our firm. We have to use the tools Confluence gives us. Confluence gives us bad tools. I am trying to steer this project away from the rocks of Confluence but it if has to go forward, why can't it be not horribly ugly?


author: repi
body: > "What do I need to ask for to get basic fonts and colors that are even at the level of say, Google docs? "

Either write addons yourself, create user macros or just buy them from the marketplace.
I Have downloade the 7.3.6 and I want to start it up i went though the check list, what do i do next
Asked by markalvinwilson:

downloaded for a server installation


Answers:
author: repi
body: Which version did you download?  
For Linux or Windows as an installation routine or as a tar or ZIP archive or even for OSx?

Read here too: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-installation-and-upgrade-guide-214864161.html>
How do I get a mouse hover pop up in Confluence?
Asked by Krista_McGruder:

How can I get Confluence to let me insert an image and then have text pop up or cascade when a mouse hovers over it?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Krista,

The feature you're looking for is called **Title Text** and it's a setting in Image **Properties** when you insert a photo.

For example:

* [Display Files and Images](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/display-files-and-images-245827130.html)

When you click on your embedded image, you'll be presented with this toolbar, and you just want to click Properties:

![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/245827130/704578237/3/1534219530088/Image-Properties-Panel.png)

Here's where you can add the text:

![CleanShot 2020-04-24 at 15.48.45.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92054i5FC6B0586772B72A/image-dimensions/548x319?v=v2 "CleanShot 2020-04-24 at 15.48.45.png")

The Title text will be the pop-up text, and Alt text will show for anyone using a screen reader. I tried to get a screenshot of how this looks, but the pop-up text disappears as soon as I try to make a screen capture. I can confirm it's working, however, so please feel free to try it for yourself.

There's a bug that you should be aware of, where when hovering over an image you'll see a crosshair cursor instead, and that's logged here along with a workaround to share with your admin:

* [CONFSERVER-57843](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57843) *Mouse Cursor displayed incorrectly when hovering over attached Image in Confluence Page*

Take care,

Shannon

comments: author: merle
body: Hey Shannon,

I only see the text popping up when the page is in edit mode.  
When I preview the edited page or save the page the pop up text disappears.

Edit mode:

![text hover mouse.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/250982i75F70E83D8D362B7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "text hover mouse.png")

Preview/save mode:

![text gone.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/250983i605721E621565726/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "text gone.png")  

Do you know how we can solve this or do you have other suggestions on how to make this visible?

Thank you in advance!


author: Martin Richter
body: This happend to me, too. Saving the page deletes the Title text (but not the Alt text) for some reason. But it seems it only happens to images added from the web (see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf719/display-files-and-images-1157466575.html#DisplayFilesandImages-Insertanimagefilefromtheweb>). As soon as I attached the image file to the page and applied the Title text, it stayed even after saving the page. Hope this helps.


author: merle
body: Hi Martin!   
Thank you for your response, it helps really well:)!


Tags: atl-gruland

confluence-server

server
Count number of likes on a page
Asked by Tech Nick:

We're trying to count likes on a page by user macro using <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Count-number-of-Likes-on-a-page/q> until now.

Unfortunatly this did work not starting with confluence 7 due to security restrictions (<https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/problem-to-get-about-me-information-from-user-details-after-confluence-7-update/35258/8>).

We already changed count of comments to $content.getComments().size() but ContentEntityObject did not have getLikes(). Did you know another way to count likes on a page without changing velocity security properties?

Thanks,

Marcel


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Super question. I also want to know this. The old way do not work anymore.

How can I get the likes of a page via user macro...


author: Tia Marciel
body: +1


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to set which space will be the main page
Asked by ????? ?????????:

I have two spaces --- Premiere and Knowledge base  
When I go to the main page of my server wiki.kinoplan.ru it automatically shows me the Premier space. But I want users to see another space, Knowledge base. How can I do that?


Answers:
author: Lasse Langhorn
body: Hi,

You can define the Site homepage. Go to Confluence administration \> Further configuration \> Click Edit button. Choose the Site homepage dropdown. Then you can choose the default Space that users will see when logged in.![confluence-furhter-config.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91818iB995CABB48DCB023/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence-furhter-config.png")

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Regards

Lasse Langhorn


Tags: confluence-server

server
How can I hide the "pulsing" icon in the footer of the old editor?
Asked by Stephen Sobieski:

While editing a page in the older editor there is a "pulsing" icon in the lower-left corner of the page beckoning me to convert the page. This icon is very distracting as I edit.

So, short of converting the page (which I am not ready to do) or using Chrome's F12 "Developer Tools" to remove the div that contains this icon (which is something that would need to done each time I edit a page), how can I hide this icon?

Thank you for your ideas.


Answers:
author: Florian
body: If you are an admin try modifying the page layout (it can be done for a single space or for the whole system). Enclosed is a screenshot how to do it for a space.

Just add some Javascript at the very end like this:

```
<script type="text/javascript">

  $('<<here your selector>>').hide();

</script>
```

It should word, as confluence implements jQuery. For more information search for jQuery.

Kind Regards

Florian

![grafik.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92542iC90A42D2889F1266/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "grafik.png")

comments: author: Stephen Sobieski
body: Florian -

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my question.

I should have mentioned in my original post that I am using Confluence Cloud. As a result, it may be the reason why I don't see a "Layout" sub option under the "Look and Feel" tab, despite being an administrator. The following page seems to suggest changing the layout is not allowed in Confluence Cloud: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html>

I have included a screenshot of what I see in the event I am looking in the wrong place.

Thank you.

Steve

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92629iC48CE0B784E838D8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


author: Florian
body: Hi Stephen,

that's sad. I did not know that the cloud version has this restrictions.

Kind regards

Florian


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

editor
Migrating/Moving all data from space A to space B on the same server instance version 5.9.11
Asked by KWAKYEWA:

Hi guys,

So I want to move an **entire space, space A** with all its content to a **brand new space, space B** on the **same server(on premise) instance** with the**same version(5.9.11)** .

My question is how can this be done in an efficient way making sure all attachments including pictures, pdfs etc remain intact and no broken links resulting?

Your help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@KWAKYEWA](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3832102)

My suggestion would be to copy the homepage with all its children.

This works only, because you are on confluence server.

To do this:

1. Create a new empty space "**space B**"
2. Go to the home page of space A
3. Click **copy** and choose "**Include child pages**"
4. Click **next**
5. On the next screen, you can do some changes, but you don't have to. Make sure every include check box is checked.
6. Click **copy**
7. On the new **space B,** go to the settings and define a new home page
8. The new home page is the copied home page from **space A**
9. You can delete **Space A** now

Let me know, if this worked for you.

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: Dominic Lagger
body: Oh I realized now... Your server version is to old.

The possibility to check "**include child pages** " is available since confluence 6.0.1 ([CONFSERVER-2814](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-2814))

But you can "**move** " the pages and it's children. Described here: [Move page V5.9](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/move-and-reorder-pages-792498724.html)

Try this and let me know it this worked.


Tags: confluence-server

server

version
How to find site/product owner?
Asked by Aishwarya.shylendar:

Hello,

I'm trying to install ContiForms to create forms on Confluence but I'm unable to do so because I am not the site owner. Where can I fid out the site/product owner is? Please help.


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: We cannot really help you with that, as this person should be in your organization / company.

I know how to contact site admins it in server/dc Confluence - <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Where-can-I-find-the-Contact-Administrators-form/qaq-p/198843>

not sure if the same thing is available in Confluence cloud


Tags: cloud

confiforms
Is there an automated way of making parent page restrictions apply to all its child pages ?
Asked by avinjamuri:

Is there an automated way of making parent page restrictions apply to all its child pages ?


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Hi [@avinjamuri](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1738537),

Thank you for posting a question on Community. We are happy to help you with your problem. Please check if my below answer would help you resolve it.  

**Overview**:

In Confluence there are two types of Restrictions (View and Edit). The View restriction is automatically applied to all child pages (which mean that if you do not have access to parent page you would not get access to child page). For Edit restriction it is more individual page by page.

If you however would like to see this functionality I encourage you to check a related ticket, watch and vote it to be sure that you would get updates.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-5095>

In my opinion Confluence is a collaborative tool and have a easy ability to revert changes when someone did a wrong edit, so I recommend not to make many edit restrictions (only on those pages that you really do not want to be edited).

**Related documentation:**

For complete information about how Restrictions work, how to set them you can check below documentation:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/add-or-remove-page-restrictions-724764891.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/permissions-and-restrictions-724765432.html>

<br />

I hope that this answer would help you and it would at least get you the overall context on how this is working. If you have additional questions feel free to hit the Reply section (below my answer) to continue the thread and I would try to investigate.

comments: author: avinjamuri
body: Just imagine , there are some 10 parent pages each having around 10 - 20 child pages , how cumbersome it is to implement edit restrictions for each page.


author: Matt Sardi
body: I completely agree with [@avinjamuri](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1738537) . I thought i was losing my mind for a moment when page restrictions had been set however have "magically" broken and no one can explain Atlassian's failed software. Why should we have to manually go to each page to re-apply restrictions lost by faulty software?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to Get page by id ?
Asked by Roman Kersky:

Hi all.   

Method [getPage](https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/7.3.2/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/PageManager.html#getPage-long-)`(long id) is `Deprecated. since 7.3.0  

Are there any examples of using PageManagerInternal to get a page by id?


Answers:
author: Lasse Langhorn
body: Hi,

What about using getById: <https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/7.3.2/com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityManager.html#getById-long->

It should give you a <https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/7.3.2/com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html>.

Pseudo Groovy code:

```
import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page
import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.PageManager
import com.atlassian.sal.api.component.ComponentLocator

def pageManager = ComponentLocator.getComponent(PageManager)
def page = pageManager.getById(100L)
if (page instanceof Page) {
    // Then do something with your Page object
}
```

Regards

Lasse Langhorn

comments: author: Roman Kersky
body: Thanks!


author: Erik Buchholz
body: Since Version 7.5.0 also ContentEntityManager.getById() is deprecated.

In the deprecation message is referred to ContentService.find()

In <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-use-ContentService-instead-of-PageManager/qaq-p/1546008> is explained how to use these ContentServices. Unfortunately I can't use the output of these methods as I needed the original Page class and no api model class.

With some further research I found [PageService.getIdPageLocator()](https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/7.5.0/com/atlassian/confluence/content/service/PageService.html).

```
import com.atlassian.confluence.content.service.PageService
import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page
import com.atlassian.sal.api.component.ComponentLocator


final pageService = ComponentLocator.getComponent(PageService)
final Page page = pageService.getIdPageLocator(yourContentId).getPage()
```


Tags: scriptrunner
Page viewing permission for AD user
Asked by Kevin Kadakas:

Basically, i have hundreds of AD users and AD is connected to Confluence so they can login. but if they log in then they count towards licence, i dont want that. if i enable anonymous access then everyone can view my page which is what i need but i also have to identify user, so i want every AD user to be able to log in but not count towards licence they only need to be able to read one page and later sign that with "digital-signature" plugin. Or the other way is that they log in and use "courses and quizzes" plugin and start a course which they complete and then i can see that they completed that.

End result:  
I have AD users (about 300-400 users) who have to read the NDA agreement and leave some trace so i can later see who have read it and who not.


Answers:
author: repi
body: That does not work like this.  
Every personalized user also counts in the license.  
Therefore, create a group in the AD that contains all users (of course, the number must be within the scope of the license) that should appear personalized in the Confluence.  
In the Confluence via group object filter then only these users from this group are adopted.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-write-ldap-search-filters-792496933.html>

The rest is only anonymous or not at all.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is "Label Manager for Confluence" plugin compatible with 7.4.0 Confluence version?
Asked by MANISHA KAUSHIK:

Is "Label Manager for Confluence" plugin compatible with 7.4.0 Confluence version?

As, I am willing to upgrade my Confluence to 7.4.0 version along with this plugin.


Answers:
author: Kat Warner
body: The marketplace listing has not had the compatibility updated to include 7.4.0 yet and I cannot find any random community members who work at K?stebek Teknoloji in the hopes they can get your question to the relevant person.

You will need to contact them via the details [here](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212110/label-manager-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=support).


Tags: confluence-server

server