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Favorite templates to help with decision analysis?
Asked by Dave Liao:

Anyone use Confluence templates to assist with decision analysis?

In the past I've leveraged spreadsheets to weigh alternatives, but looking for something lighter. (I found an article from Gliffy on a SWOT analyses - it was interesting, and sent me down this rabbit hole...) ?


Answers:
author: Samie Kaufman - Your Gal at Gliffy
body: Hi Dave!  

I don't have a quick recommendation for you, but this is an awesome content idea... is there a certain framework you were curious about using?

As part of my MBA program, we did a lot of work with decision tree analysis, probability/impact matrices, and cost-benefit analysis. I could see some of these lending themselves to a Confluence template better than others... but having a visualization to help share those findings would definitely be valuable.

Sorry I don't have a resource for you right off the bat! (But also THANK YOU for this... I am feeling really inspired right now. :) )  

Samie


author: Dave Liao
body: I'm not aware of any, so if you find one, share away! ?


author: Chinwe_jonathaneke22
body: Please how do I locate the editable SWOT template here?


author: Dave Liao
body: [@Samie Kaufman - Your Gal at Gliffy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3569976) - in Confluence I'm interested in having a table with calculated values.

Say I have a team who's deciding on where to host their quarterly outing. It would be cool to have them place weights on preferred cuisines or locations, then let the numbers decide.

Searching online, I might be looking for an MCDA (multiple criteria decision analysis) template. ?


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confluence-cloud
Different version of document appears when you Download to PDF
Asked by Heather English:

My document appears correctly when you click on the link, but when you try and choose Download to PDF from ... drop-down menu, it brings up a different document. All the links look correct. Is there something I am missing?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello [@Heather English](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4035404) !

As I understand, downloading the latest version of a PDF file ends up transferring the wrong version of the file during the download.

With this behavior in mind, I tried to replicate these PDF files:

**Version One:**
> ![Screen Shot 2020-08-04 at 16.19.42.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/105517iB143DDCFC66A8FC4/image-dimensions/218x281?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-08-04 at 16.19.42.png")

**Version Two:**
> ![Screen Shot 2020-08-04 at 16.14.37.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/105518i9BB2C7DA66224C18/image-dimensions/328x333?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-08-04 at 16.14.37.png")

After I uploaded the second file so version 2 of the attachment is created by Confluence, I tried to download that very file. When I clicked the download button in the file preview, the correct file is downloaded:
> ![Screen Shot 2020-08-04 at 16.14.24.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/105519iEC776BF4F7665D48/image-dimensions/419x217?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-08-04 at 16.14.24.png")

Since I was unable to replicate the problematic behavior, I would like to understand a little more about your situation. Here we go:
> 1. *Is this happening with any PDF file?*
> 2. *Is this behavior present with any other file format?*
> 3. *Is this happening with PDF files on any page or only on a specific page?*
> 4. *Would it be possible for you to give us a step by step of your workflow so that we can try to replicate the behavior on our end?*

Let us hear from you!


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Confiforms -- How to set a filter for all Views on a page?
Asked by fbunting:

I *love* the ability to use URL parameters to pass a filter to a page that displays multiple Confiforms TableViews, CardViews, etc. This works great.  

<https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Creating+links+to+filter+views+from+request+parameters+-+url>  

Is there a way to hard-code the filter for the page, rather than pass it in a URL parameter?  

E.g. I have a form with a lot of records, each with a populated Date field.   

I'd like to create a page for each date, with several different CardViews or TableViews on it ... and I want to set a Date to use as a filter for all of them. I know I can filter each of those View macros ... but I'm wondering if there is a way I can create a filter once on the page, that applies to all the Confiforms macros on the page.


Answers:
author: fbunting
body: After asking the question, I found a solution that is probably better than what I was suggesting.   

If one wraps all or most of the page in a Confiforms ListView macro, then one can specify the filter there (in this case, **Date:date20200803** ), and then this gets passed to all other Confiforms macros inside it.  

This does not solve the problem if I have also have other kinds of Confiforms views (TableViews and CardViews) on the page -- unless these can also be placed inside inside the ListView?   

But for my particular case, this works great.

comments: author: fbunting
body: Also, after discovering this, I found the section "Why Confiforms 'auto-wraps' everything with Confiforms ListView on a created page." in this tutorial: <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Using+ConfiForms+app+as+template+engine+to+create+pages+in+Confluence#UsingConfiFormsappastemplateenginetocreatepagesinConfluence-WhyConfiForms"auto-wraps"everythingwithConfiFormsListViewonacreatedpage>  

And now it makes a lot of sense!  

So the right solution is to have Confiforms create the target page for you, then it populates the filter in the ListView on the page.  

And in fact if you have ListViews, TableViews, CardViews all on the target page, then the Create Page action puts the same id-based filter in all these Confiforms macros. That really solves my problem.  

Very clever!


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: May be to use an "auto-link" field with a predefined pattern?

comments: author: fbunting
body: I've used that technique with other pages, and it works great.  

But in that case you are defining one page, and then changing the information displayed on it, by passing the filter in the URL. This works great as long as other people don't need to add to the information.  

In this case, I wanted to create a different page per record, so that the reader can add to it. (In this case, this is an "Agenda" page for meetings, and wanted to pre-fill it with a lot data from Confiforms, to which people would add more information, during the meeting.)


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server
When can we expect new editor in Confluence Server?
Asked by sri k:

I see a new editor in Confluence Cloud. When can we expect a similar enhanced new editor for Confluence Server?


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@sri k](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4035364)

Hopefully the new cloud editor in its current state will never be used in the server area.  
This editor is as it is now an impertinence. :(


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@sri k](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4035364)

There isn't a plan to utilise the new editor in Confluence Cloud at this stage - the two hosting types (Confluence Cloud and Confluence Server/DC) are classed as separate products, so you won't always find the same features or releases in both

See [CONFSERVER-59536](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-59536) where Makisa from the Confluence Server/DC team provided this response in May 2020:
> Closing as we don't have any future plans to incorporate the editor used in Confluence Cloud into Confluence Server and Data Center. The editor uses a different architecture and would be a significant change for our customers and our teams to roll out, implement and support.
>
> If there are specific experiences/elements that you would like to see in Confluence Server and Data Center, please add this feedback against the closest suggestion for that component as there may be opportunities to do this as we work on features and consider alignments with the Cloud experience.
>
> Thanks  
> Makisa \| Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

Ste


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server
How can I mention a group in a comment in Confluence so they receive a notification?
Asked by Sofia Grunspan:

I need to find a way to mention a group in a comment in Confluence so each member of it can receive a notification by e mail.

How can I do this? Is it possible?


Answers:
author: Sachin
body: hello [@Sofia Grunspan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3622735) , Atlassian is working on this feature request - [CONFCLOUD-23015](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-23015) , which would allow you to @ mention group in a comment. I would encourage you to upvote and comment on that request. See how @mention currently work [Mention a person or team](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/mention-a-person-or-team/)

comments: author: Sofia Grunspan
body: Thanks!


author: sri k
body: hi.. is this feature also planned for Confluence Server ?


author: Sachin
body: Hello [@sri k](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4035364) , yes <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-23015>


Tags: cloud
Hello all. How can everyone see the content of a Confiform childpage without getting access to the s
Asked by Jose Zegarra:

I implemented a macro to create a child page every time I submit a form in Confiforms. Is there a way to have the content of the form be visible for everyone without give them access to my space?


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: This needs to be organized differently, as you cannot make a child page visible if your parent page is not visible/accessible by the user. Please refer to Confluence docs on page permissions.

More on ConfiForms security model you can read here <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Confluence+page+permissions+and+ConfiForms>


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confiforms
Shortcuts doesn't work in non-latin layouts
Asked by Witchcraft!:

Hi!

There was a similar question raised a couple years ago and [the fix was implemented](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67629) from the editor, but not navigation and other shortcuts (create, edit, add to fav, etc.) in Spaces. It is possible to fix the issue everywhere in Confluence?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Witchcraft!](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1174482)

You're best to raise this as an issue on the public issue tracker - <https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa>

That way (like with the CONFCLOUD-67629), Atlassian can be made aware of what specific issue and locations in Confluence are impacted by this.

Ste


Tags: cloud
How can I recieve email notifications from confluence again?
Asked by Nejra:

Hello,

I used to recieve email notifications from new content, but now even if I follow some pages I don?t receive any emails.

I compared all the settings with my colleagues who receive the notifications, but unfortunately, I couldn?t find any differences.

Could you please assist?

Thank you in advance!


Answers:
author: Sachin
body: Hello [@Nejra](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4035016) , did you check your profile settings?  

Goto profile icon (on top right corner) --\> Settings --\> Email --\> Check if you have "AutoWatch" and other email settings enabled as per your need. You can also goto Watches and see all the pages you are currently watching.

comments: author: Nejra
body: Hello [@Sachin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3827093) ,

Thank you for reaching out! I checked my settings, and "AutoWatch" is enabled. There are also several pages that I follow in "Watches" but I still don?t receive notification emails.

A colleague of mine had the same issue and she received the following response from a community member:

*"Welcome to the Atlassian Community!
There was a block on our side since we got below error while trying to deliver emails to your address (the same one used here):550: 550 5.2.0 No such mailbox
I have now removed the block on our side. However, please notice that if the original issue is not solved the block will be added again.
Can you kindly check if you are now able to receive notifications and let me know?
Cheers,"*

Maybe this can help in solving the issue on my side as well?

I would appreciate if you could have a look into my account and check if there is a block.

Let me know if you need any further information.

Best,

Nejra


author: Sachin
body: Hello [@Nejra](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4035016) , only Atlassian team can resolve this issue for you from there end. I would suggest you to contact [Atlassian support](https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/) team for help.


Tags: cloud
Where did the project settings go?
Asked by NuOmniCron:

I want to give permission to another developer to see my repo and I can't find the settings to do this. Why isn't this intuitive? Seems like you made the UI 100x worse! This is bad and very frustrating trying to figure out something that should be simple.


Answers:
author: NuOmniCron
body: Apparently I wasn't signed in using the account that has admin rights. No where could I see which account was currently signed in, nor could I see that I didn't have admin rights (something like a grayed out link would be nice or something not just the item was missing). Terrible UI design!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to add text from table to gliffy shape?
Asked by srikanta sahoo:

I want to add add text from table to shape created by gliffy macro? Is there a way to achieve it? Is there any other macro that can help achieving same result?


Answers:
author: Samie Kaufman - Your Gal at Gliffy
body: Hi Srikanta!  

As far as I know, there's not an automatic way to transform your table into shapes in Gliffy. It's helpful to know that's a feature you'd be interested in --- thank you!  

Samie

comments: author: srikanta sahoo
body: Hi Samie,

I want to add a shape and display the table data in shape. Example: I have a pentagon image and want to add text from JSON Table response that is stored in Table Plus. ![Text inside image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/105091i6307412F29B2673C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Text inside image.png")


author: Samie Kaufman - Your Gal at Gliffy
body: Thanks for the specific example! I still don't think I've got a solution for you, though... Being able to pull data into the diagram automatically would be really useful, so I'm making sure our PM knows you were looking for this capability. :)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

gliffy

text
Can we customize a field in test script to force tester to attach evidence?
Asked by Kaushal nalin shah:

We have requirement that we force tester to attach a screen evidence or file attachment during test execution if in the test script , particular step called attach evidence has flag set to attach evidence as 'Y'


Answers:
author: Sergio Freire - Xblend
body: Hi [@Kaushal nalin shah](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3973457) ,

since some versions ago, there's now the ability to add test step custom fields and set them as mandatory.

<https://docs.getxray.app/display/XRAYCLOUD/March+9%2C+2020+-+Minor+Update+-+v1.1.41-1.010.000#March9,2020MinorUpdatev1.1.411.010.000-TestStepCustomFields>

However, this "mandatory" is related to the specification of test cases and their steps.. it's not related to running them.

I would recommend you to reach out [Xray support team](https://jira.xpand-it.com/servicedesk/customer/portal/2) asking for an improvement related to the ability to force evidence on the given steps of Test Runs.

If you just want to have a signal/flag so the tester knows that he/she needs to attach evidence, then the test step field is enough.

Regards

Sergio

=======================================  
Personal blog on testing, Agile and software development: <https://sergiofreire.com>  
Follow me on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/darktelecom>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

xray
Write a defect in defects only project from any other project
Asked by Kaushal nalin shah:

We would like to write all defects in one defect project only.

When tester is in the one of the test execution project, during execution , when tester clicks on create defect , that create issue screen should have project field value assigned to "Defects_Only" project and tester should not be able to change that.

Would that be possible?


Answers:
author: Sergio Freire - Xblend
body: Hi [@Kaushal nalin shah](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3973457) ,

currently, not yet.

However, I'm aware that other users [requested this for Xray on Jira server/datacenter](https://jira.xpand-it.com/browse/XRAY-1040).

I would recommend you to reach out Xray support team and ask for improvement, similar to the one above, or simply vote on that issue.

Regards

Sergio

=======================================  
A personal blog on testing, Agile, and software development: <https://sergiofreire.com>  
Follow me on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/darktelecom>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

xray
Not able to start confluence datacenter server
Asked by Vishwas S:

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| Could not load bootstrap from environment | 2020-07-31 15:00:06 | fatal | RuntimeException: Hazelcast CANNOT start on this node. No matching network interface found. Interface matching must be either disabled or updated in the hazelcast.xml config file. |


Answers:
author: Stephen Garber
body: Atlassian has some info on this here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/hazelcast-cannot-start-on-this-node-no-matching-network-interface-found-646447553.html>

This includes instructions on a jar to download and run to get confluence started.

Good luck!


Tags: confluence-server

server
update licence don't work after prchase a new
Asked by deswarte rodolphe:

When i past the new licence txt , i obtain:

"Cette cl? de licence n'est pas valide."

SEN-12316777 Confluence (Server) 10 Users: Starter License SAS AIXMETAL 13 ao?t 2021

what's wrong?

thanks for reply.


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@deswarte rodolphe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2488082)

Was it a renew or a new purchase?  
Did you want to use a new purchase for an old confluence installation that had expired a long time ago?  
If so, that is not possible. You would then have to buy back the past years or do a new installation with the newly purchased license.
How to hide spaces from 'home'
Asked by Alexey:

Greetings, right now i manage access to Confluence spaces through JSD projects and JSD organizations. But still, even unregistered persons can access **the list of all spaces** at the homepage<https://crassula.atlassian.net/wiki/home> (1 is publicly visible, others are accessible only by JSD organizations).

*Problem?*

Each confluence space is a dedicated client, and**I do not want them to see the names** of my other clients.   

Sure. I can name the spaces with something completely random, but maybe there is a better way to manage the visibility of available spaces?


Answers:
author: Vronik
body: Hello [@Alexey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4009985)

check it out

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/make-a-space-public-829076202.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/setting-up-public-access-156.html>

Regards

comments: author: Alexey
body: [@Vronik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1303385)thanks for the answer, I just blocked everything now and using the scroll viewport app to render things I need to show to the outside world.


Tags: cloud

home

space

visibility
Example of the HTTP request to create the new page along the auth without using the API key.
Asked by Anirudh G Polawar:

Want the Example request.


Answers:
author: Gaurav
body: Hello [@Anirudh G Polawar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4033767)

API documentation for Confluence is available [here](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-rest-api-examples/). This provides the details and examples for the create page API along with others.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Setting restrictions to entire space or child pages
Asked by Chris P.:

For the most part, we would only want 1 group to have the "can edit" ability in a space, and everyone one else the "can view" ability .

This seems to be have to be set manually by user, every time a new page is created (*room for use error = not getting set*).

*or*

Has to be re-visited by user with sufficient privileges to set restrictions, one page at a time.

Is there a way to set page restrictions to an entire space?

Furthermore, is there a way to set page restrictions to a parent page, that will be inherited by all of its child pages?


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Chris P_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1935767)

As Carla mentions, if this is space-level (i.e all pages including the home page), it's easiest to modify the space permissions:

1. Go to Space Settings \> Permissions
2. Remove all users / groups from the Pages - Add permission who don't require it - *Add controls both creation and editing of pages*
3. Add in the users from "group 1" - either as a Group (which you can set up via your user administration settings) or as individual users, if you'd prefer to manage membership from a space-level.

\^ If however, you need some users to have create/edit permissions and only restrict some page trees within the space, there's no default method of doing this at this stage. There is a suggestion to enhance the platform which you can vote on - see [CONFCLOUD-5095](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-5095) (albeit it's 14 years old).

Your other option is an app - such as [Scroll Documents for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217608/scroll-documents-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) - which can handle inheritance of edit permissions.

Ste


author: Carla Ann Rowland
body: The easiest way is make a "group 1,"

Go to spaces and click on the permissions for the space belonging to "group 1" and alter the permissions reducing **confluence users** to view only and add "group 1" with appropriate permissions.

Any pages (parent and child) should inherit the permissions from the space settings.


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permission

restriction