youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Can you prevent repeating data in a task report table?
Asked by Connie:

Hello,

I'm trying to help organise the tasks that have been set in my meetings at work, therefore I have created another page where all tasks that our pending to be completed show up and organised by each assignee's name. So each person has their own table of tasks that they need to complete. These task report tables have been gathered from meeting pages that we have every week, normally when a new meeting page is created it is copied so all the tasks are also copied to this new meeting page of the week.

The issue from this is that there end up being many tasks that need to be managed and where most are duplicated, hence why the solution of having an individual assignee table to help sort and find tasks relating to a specific person, so it is easier to find your own tasks and make sure they are completed.

Although, this solution has solved the majority of the problem, it still needs to be refined as each individual assignee table will be populated based on the labels attached to the meeting page and where it will still gather repeated task from all meeting page.

Is there any macro or option that will not allow the repetition of of tasks on the assignee table rather than having to tick off the repeating tasks manually?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Connie,

It's not possible as these are technically separate tasks and not recognized as duplicates by Confluence.

Instead of copying the last meeting note, why not use the [Meeting Notes Blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/meeting-notes-blueprint-329975386.html), which would create a page to organize all past meeting notes, as well as a button on the page that you can click to automatically create new meeting notes. The meeting note template itself can be customized, for example, to include your teammates by default as attendants.

Otherwise, you may need to use a [3rd-party add-on from Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=tasks) or develop a solution by creating a [User Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html).

Regards,

Shannon


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report

table

task
Start page: mode=global
Asked by fabian.ott:

Dear community

We have an issue with the looks of our starting page. When clicking on the logo on the top left corner of the site it jumps to the following page:

.../wiki/spaces/OSO/overview?mode=global

Unfortunately, this show an annoying side bar and hides the menu of the page.

The correct starting page ends as follows:

.../wiki/spaces/OSO/overview

Is there an easy way to change this? Can't find anything suitable in the settings.

Thanks,  
Fabian


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Fabian!

Thanks for bringing that observation to the Community. Currently, this behaviour is being tracked here under this request:

[**Allow for overview mode configuration**](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59247)

The current advisable approach is to **vote and watch the issue**. Voting increases the issue visibility and watching will keep you up to date with it!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a possibility in Confluence to list users based on their location in their profile?
Asked by Christian Berg:

I am trying to "auto-create" a group of users from a specific location.


Answers:
author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Christian Berg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1708137),

The User List macro displays a list of Confluence users, based on their group membership. The macro can also indicate when users are online or offline

Please see this app, [Linchpin User Profiles](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211696/linchpin-user-profiles?hosting=server&tab=overview), if it suits your requirement.

Thanks,  
Amith Mathur

comments: author: Christian Berg
body: Hello,

I am aware of the User List macro, but miss the ability to filter based on other already stored properties. Group membership is only one.

I was not looking for another add-on. We already have a number, and they have a tendency to destabilize the system or make revision upgrade difficult.

I will dig into the code and write a macro myself.

Thanks


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I make my Blogs public without showing the entire Pages?
Asked by Muftia Oktavialih:

Hi,

So I have a question. Is there a way to make my Blogs go public without showing the entire Pages? I want to make the Blogs public so anyone can see. But, when I make changes in Space Setting, it is indeed changing my Blogs become accessible to public. However, the Pages that should have been private is now public too. Can anyone solve this? I'll attach the screenshot of the setting. Thanks!

![Screen Shot 2019-01-08 at 16.52.39.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41856iBEFBAAF61740241A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-01-08 at 16.52.39.png")


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Muftia Oktavialih](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2523888),

you can't make just the Blogs public. There's only one view permission for everything.

You could restrict your pages for viewing, but I wouldn't to that.

I would create a new space only for your blog. Make this new space viewable for anonymous users and remove the anonymous permissions from your other space.

comments: author: Muftia Oktavialih
body: Hi, [@Thomas Schlegel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781483)!

Thank you for your answer. It helps me a lot! Now, I'm just going to create a new space for blog only.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Crowd sync randomly disconnects with Confluence
Asked by Boehringer Ingelheim Atlassian support group:

We have some users who have access to the project and they appear in confluence-user groups and the project group. Randomly the users disappears from the project group and cant access the project anymore. Anybody experienced similar situations.


Answers:
author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Boehringer Ingelheim Atlassian support group](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1199645),

In general, crowd user directory sync is configured every one hour. Only when the User/Group changes are applied at the AD or Crowd directory level, those changes will reflect during the Confluence user directory sync.

User disappear from Project groups should not be encountered if NO changes are applied at the Crowd Directory level.

Thanks,

Kiran.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Jira stopped to work, after db setup
Asked by Francesco Gorlandi:

hi all, i followed the guide to setup the DB ( Mysql )

on a new jira server setup

after i configured the db ( tested the connection and all ok )

i restarted jira, but now i have error 503 and im unable to connect

( i yet configured the license for core and software, i can reinstall all the server? )


Answers:
author: Shankar Asam {Appfire}
body: Hi Francesco,

I understand that you did not complete the JIRA installation and restarted the JIRA. When you access the JIRA next time, you will see the setup wizard again where you left off. If this is not the case then you might have restarted the application when the JIRA is writing data to the Database. If this is the case, then you might need to reinstall all over again (by purging tables in the database). OR you can also try deleting the contents(files and folders) from JIRA home directory and start the JIRA to see if you are presented with a setup wizard and move on.

Regards,

-Shankar


Tags: confluence-server

server
Comment a task
Asked by Udo Nockelmann:

How can tasks be commented?


Answers:
author: Udo Nockelmann
body: Thank you - I had to learn how to do that. Is it possible to leave more than one comment (I know that i can leave n answers)

comments: author: Tarun Sapra
body: You can have a whole thread of comments in line comments, thus you can reply on the original comment and in that way you can have multiple comments.


author: Tarun Sapra
body: If you are satisfied with my answer, please accept/upvote my original answer. thanks.


author: Tarun Sapra
body: Hello [@Udo Nockelmann](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2523293)

You can add inline comments on the tasks in a confluence page.


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server
How to disable attachment downloads?
Asked by jinpao:

Hi,

I would like to disable downloads for all attachments in Confluence server and have already followed the steps detailed here: [https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-disable-attachment-downloads-215484007.html.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-disable-attachment-downloads-215484007.html.?) It is not ideal as even administrators and uploaders will not be able to download their own attachments but that's the only solution we've found. However, we found out that users are still able to download files via the download button that's available when you preview a file. I'm aware that it's possible to disable the preview function altogether, but we need it.

Is it possible to disable only the download button? Will Confluence natively support attachment download controls in the future?

![preview_download_button.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41841i8807D89C7D0ACB7A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "preview_download_button.png")


Answers:
author: Andy Guo
body: after many attempts, I got a solution:

extract mediaviewer.all.js from confluence-previews-7.0.11.jar, then changed

**var tpl = handlebars_1.compile('\\n \<a role="button"\\n tabindex="55"\\n href="#"\\n aria-label="{{label}}"\\n class="cp-control-panel-download cp-icon"\\n target="_blank"\\n download\>\\n \<span class="tooltip tooltip-n"\>{{label}}\</span\>\\n \</a\>\\n');**

to

**var tpl = handlebars_1.compile('');**

finally, add mediaviewer.all.js into confluence-previews-7.0.11.jar

hope can help you.

comments: author: Damien Tan
body: tested this method on Confluence 6.15.1, it worked :D


author: Erica Brady
body: Is there a solution for this yet?


author: Sreenivasaraju P
body: Hi [@jinpao](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1493623),

I don't think complete solution for this.

Please refer below link, these may help

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/attachment-download-disable/qaq-p/153206>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-hide-download-all-links-for-attachments-in-confluence-834213692.html>


Tags: attachment

confluence-server

server
Promoting Confluence changes from Staging to Production Environment
Asked by Swathi Sainadh:

Hi,

I am looking for something similar to Project Configurator for JIRA. I cannot find anything related to Confluence.

When browsing for solutions, all I can find is cloning Production instance into lower environments (Staging, test, etc.,)

All I am looking for is pushing Admin and Plugin Configuration changes without the actual content/ data from Development -\> Staging -\> Production

Couple of the plugins - Theme (Refined wiki), Workflow (Comala)

Is there any best way to do this, rather than repeating all the steps manually in all the environments.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Swathi,

This is not possible. The procedure to create a staging instance for Confluence is the following:

* [Create a Staging Environment for Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-staging-environment-for-upgrading-confluence-866094180.html)

I'm not aware of any 3rd party add-ons that might assist with this, but I'll include your question in the Marketplace collection in case our community has any ideas for you.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Swathi Sainadh
body: Sure Shannon, thank you.

It would really be great if there was a way to automate the configuration steps in Confluence.


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-server

server
How to show home page in sidebar page tree?
Asked by j temple:

How can I set the sidebar in a space so that the home page shows up in the page tree?


Answers:
author: PADMA KOTHAKOTA
body: Hi [@j temple](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1428162),

I think it is not possible to show a home page in the page tree because in the page tree it will show the pages that are under Home page.

If you want to show the Home page in the left side panel for the space you can add "Space Shortcuts" go to settings --\> Configure Sidebar--\>in space shortcuts click on add link and select the Home page . It will show the homepage in the left hand panel.
Regarding of markdown on cloud
Asked by Hyunmin Kim:

I have 3 question regarding of markdown in confluence on cloud

**1. Support for code block**

In some markdown, there is a grammar for code block.

For example, I can use the back-tic like this.

\`\`\`bash

$ echo "Hello Wokld"

\`\`\`

Can I use this in confluence on Cloud?

<br />

**2. Support for table grammar of markdown**

Like in below, I can insert the table on markdown.

\| \| \| \| \| \|  
\|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\|  
\| \| \| \| \| \|  
\| \| \| \| \| \|  
\| \| \| \| \| \|

Can I use this in confluence on Cloud?

<br />

**3. Exporting to markdown**

I would like exporting to markdown with confluence contents.

How can I export this? Is there any method for exporting?

P.S Please recommend any apps or plugin for these!


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi,

you can insert Markdown on a Confluence page, but it's not possible to edit the content with it.

**To insert markdown in the editor:**

1. Choose **Insert** \> **Markup**
2. Select **Markdown**
3. Type or paste your text - the preview will show you how it will appear on your page
4. Choose **Insert**.

Confluence will convert your markdown to the rich text editor format. You will not be able to edit your content using markdown.

Markdown syntax guide: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/keyboard-shortcuts-markdown-and-autocomplete-724764956.html#KeyboardShortcuts,Markdown,andAutocomplete-Markdown>.

There are also third-party apps for all things Markdown in Confluence: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud\&product=confluence\&query=markdown](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=markdown).

Hope this helps.

Roman.


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

cloud

confluence-cloud
Can i create a notification from when a page properties page is updated?
Asked by Josh Lenton:

I have a page, with a page properties report macro and a create template macro.

When they click on the create template macro it adds some labels etc to it, which the page properties report macro then displays if present

How can i get a notification when they click on the create template macro and publish, as watching the page where it is displayed does not provided notifications as only has the macro on there so doesnt change


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Josh Lenton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1629036) - welcome to this wonderful community.

Are the pages which are created from the template under a certain page? Maybe this [free addon Tree View](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1213286/tree-view?hosting=server&tab=overview) might be a useful to watch the page and all childpages.
Upgrade 6.5 => 6.13
Asked by Andrej Ricnik:

I just upgraded our test-instance from 6.5 =\> 6.13 using the installer method; the upgrade went swimmingly, I got prompted to start the newly upgraded product, it started fine w/o error messages.

However, nothing seems to be listening on 8443, and Nginx (reverse proxy) consequently gives me a 502 bad gateway.

Can anyone make suggestions regarding what may have gone wrong, and, more importantly, how to make it work?

Kind regards,

Andrej


Answers:
author: Andrej Ricnik
body: Fix the installer. Broken config twice, and a "binary" atlassian-confluence.log

No resolution.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I am stuck. There is something on your systems that is corrupting the logs so that they look like binary instead of the plain text that Confluence is writing.

I'm afraid you need to identify why your system is doing this, as Confluence is not the problem.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What does the application log say the problem is? \<confluence home\>/logs/atlassian-confluence.log

comments: author: Andrej Ricnik
body: Nic,

that appears to be a binary file - how do I view that?


author: Andrej Ricnik
body: Something went seriously belly up. The older logs of this sort are ASCII. And the install filled up the disk to the brim ...

I may just roll-back to my last snapshot and try again tomorrow.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, sorry, I went to bed before getting your comment. That file absolutely should be text, not binary (I'm not saying it's a lot easier to read than binary, as it is usually dense blocks of java error messages).

Worrying that the install filled the disk, I think you're right to roll back, it sounds like something went badly wrong!


author: Andrej Ricnik
body: No worries - thanks for trying (and getting back to me).

So this time I told it NOT to back everything up (after all I have a snapshot), it still created a backup file of 1.4GB size, and mangled the log again ... and still nothing listening on 8443 - I think I'll roll-back again and try with the manual method, the installer seems rather buggy

> less atlassian-confluence.log  
> "atlassian-confluence.log" may be a binary file. See it anyway?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Import Confluence Page (not Space) from Server A to Server B
Asked by Brian Catanzaro:

I am trying to copy a page (and its children) from one Confluence server to another.

By way of example:

* COPY: Page "Parent" on Server A / Space I and all its children
* PASTE: Server B / Space II

I have backed up sites before with XML and thought this would work. However, the import failed because the Key for Server A / Space I conflicts with an existing Key for Server B / Space III.

The Servers are behind different firewalls / VPN's so I cannot easily use my local computer's clipboard to copy / paste.

Suggestions?


Answers:
author: Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire}
body: [@Brian Catanzaro](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1157234)

You can create a temporary space and move the pages in the space and then take back up of that space.

On the target server recover this space. Once the pages are on your target server then you can move them to any other space.

Regards

Prakhar

comments: author: Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire}
body: Alternatively you can use Bobswift Run CLI Actions or Confluence CLI to achieve the same with single command.

See the link below :

<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSOAP/pages/10584068/Reference#Reference-copyPage>

This action has target server as command parameter which can be used in copying page from one server to other.

Regards

Prakhar


author: Brian Catanzaro
body: Seems that I need to enforce a ++*unique*++ key to the temporary space to ensure that it does not conflict with spaces in Server A (export server) or Server B (importing server).

It did not appear that one can change the key *after* a Space has been created.


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import

server
HTML macro
Asked by Michael Campbell:

Hi,

I'm trying to embed a google sheets doc in to Confluence using the HTML macro. I have copied the embed code from the export action in Google Docs and copied this in to the HTML macro but this only produces a tiny frame. ![Cal_embed.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41810i1398AA165C44068D/image-dimensions/454x234?v=v2 "Cal_embed.JPG")

![Leeds_Cal_iFrame.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41811iCED2E649F3444BB4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Leeds_Cal_iFrame.JPG")

There is no way to edit the iFrame. Can anyone help as I need to display this full frame?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Michael Campbell](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2521460) - welcome to this wonderful community :)

did you try to put in 'height' and 'widht' for the iframe? Something like:

    <iframe src="ur.source" width="830" height="800" scrolling="yes"></iframe>

Hope this helps!


Tags: html

iframe

macro
Automatic labeling?
Asked by Johanna Mugavero:

Is there a feature in Confluence that will automatically assign a label to an attachment based on file naming convention?

for example:

File name: 9399777.04A.MaerskJambi.nsd

I would like labels 'Maersk' and 'Jambi' to be assigned.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Johanna,

You'd need to enter the labels on the attachments yourself.

If you're using templates and blueprints, you can insert labels and each page created from the templates or blueprits automatically get created with the labels.

Victor
How to restore a Canvas Board (Kanban) on a confluence page?
Asked by Andrew Albright:

How does one restore a Canvas (Kanban) board on an old confluence page?

Going to "Page HIstory" and then restoring an old version seems to restore all regular text parts of the page, but not the Canvas board. Is there a separate function for accessing old Canvas Boards?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Andrew,

I'm not familiar with Canvas Boards. Can you please elaborate on what you mean by that? Is this something that comes from a 3rd party add-on, such as [Comala Canvas](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1177667/comala-canvas-for-confluence-server?hosting=server&tab=overview)?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
User Macro Help
Asked by Jonathan Smith:

Hi all,

The following user macro expands a table to 100% and is wrapped with an **excerpt macro** however the table does not appear as 100% width when pulling into an **excerpt include macro**. Anyone know the code which I can input to make this work in the excerpt include macro?

Also, any helpful links to learn how to make user macros would be fantastic! Just started dabbling into them.

## Macro title: Max Table Width  
## Developed by: Jonathan M. Smith  
## Date created: 10/12/2018  
## @noparams

\<style\>  
.maxtablewidth table.confluenceTable {width: 100%;}  
\</style\>  
\<div class="maxtablewidth"\>$body\</div\>


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi [@Jonathan Smith](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1254033),

your macro worked without problems for PP report on my local Confluence 6.13. The table was stretching as a drag a browser window. Which Confluence are you using? Would it be possible to share the storage format of the page with the report?

You have probably read this article, but it's the only resource I know about user macros: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html>.

Roman.

comments: author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@roman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853566)

Thanks for looking into this. I ended up having a typo - - - I am having issues with the table displaying in the excerpt include macro.

- Jon


author: roman
body: [@Jonathan Smith](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1254033),

seems to work for me with Excerpt Include: ![Screenshot 2019-01-11 at 11.35.37.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/42227i46FC3734BFB4C502/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2019-01-11 at 11.35.37.png")How does it look like for you when you have Excerpt Include in the custom macro and a table without macros?

Roman.


author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@roman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853566),

Magically everything is working fine now... I will reopen if needed.

Thanks for testing!

Jonathan


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confluence-server

server