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Variable button is missing from toolbar
Asked by Alana Moss:

How do I add the Variable button to my toolbar if it is missing? This is what I see:

![Confluence.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158904i5A34C597066123D0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence.jpg")


Answers:
author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: [@Alana Moss](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543616)

Are you creating a template or just a page?

This will only work when creating a template.

comments: author: Alana Moss
body: Ugh. I was editing a page.

However, I tried creating a template, and I don't see the Variable button on the toolbar there, either.


author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: You might find these helpful:  

* <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJFjiM_c_0Q>
* <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkRmyUCnRDo>


author: Kishan Sharma
body: Hi [@Alana Moss](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543616) Welcome to the community!

Are you trying to add a [user macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html) ?

comments: author: Alana Moss
body: I want to add a drop-down list to a table:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf510/create-a-template-829077357.html>


author: Kishan Sharma
body: Ok, so you will go to -

**Space tools** \> **Content Tools** \> Choose **Templates** \> Create new or edit any of the existing template.

When you create or edit a template, you can choose **Template** \> **New Variable**from the editor toolbar.


Tags: confluence-server

server

variable
Ip whitelisting
Asked by michael_flores:

We currently have Jira Standard in the cloud and run on prem Confluence.

I'm looking to migrate confluence to the cloud and have a question about IP whitelisting.

Is the whitelisting per core app or per org.

My desire would be to get confluence premium licenses and leave Jira as standard and only IP restrict Confluence. I do not want to restrict Jira. Is that possible? I can't confirm the settings without already having the licenses.

Thanks,  
Michael


Answers:
author: Daniel Ebers
body: Hi [@michael_flores](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543517)

yes, that is correct, although not specifically mentioned in the docs.
> Is Org admin access required to set these options?

Yes, you would need to be Organization Admin to do those settings (IP Allowlisting).

Regards,  
Daniel

comments: author: michael_flores
body: Thanks Daniel.

<br />

One more question. Is it possible to manage this whitelist via api?


author: michael_flores
body: Just to update, I talked to support and IP allowlisting isn't currently supported by API. A request has been setup to add that functionality.

[\[CONFCLOUD-72785\] Provide the ability to, pragmatically or via API, set IP ranges with IP Allowlist feature - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products.](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-72785)

Thanks again everyone


author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@michael_flores](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543517) ,

IP whitelisting is available by product : this means that if you buy Confluence Premium, then you will be able to whitelist IP addresses for this product. It will not be available for Jira however.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

comments: author: michael_flores
body: Thanks for the quick response.

We've added a trial subscription for confluence and I upgraded the plan to the premimum plan. But at this point I'm still not seeing the **Security** \> **IP allowlisting** as described in the KB document. [Specify IP addresses for product access \| Atlassian Support](https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/specify-ip-addresses-for-product-access/). I've looked in both admin.atlassian.com and in the admin settings for confluence.

I'm noticing I only have site admin access. Is Org admin access required to set these options?


author: michael_flores
body: duplicate


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira-cloud

premium

server
Confluence Bot/Notifications
Asked by Boleslaw Nowak:

Hello!

Looking for a solution for our workspace. We're trying to get people to more broadly use Confluence, and to get them into browsing confluence, reading older pages, and build up this wiki feeling in them.

Looking for a solution that would help boosten our efforts, we had two ideas:

1) a page of the week concept which would randomly post one of the pages to a Slack channel

2) Once a week a Conflunce report would post on Slack a list of pages which were created this week on Conflu

Have any of you heard of solutions that would make it possible? Thanks for the help


Answers:
author: Jacob Brunson
body: Hi Boleslaw,

Have you seen the [Confluence app for Slack?](https://atlassian.slack.com/apps/AC23SDS77-confluence-cloud?tab=more_info) It doesn't do what you're asking for exactly, but it does give the ability to show notifications when somebody publishes a page. It also expands Confluence links into small previews within Slack.

We use this internally at Atlassian and it definitely helps get people engaged with Confluence.

My apologies if you've already evaluated this option. Hope this helps.

Best,  
Jacob  
Confluence Cloud Engineering


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

notification

slack
UPM: No possibility to add new APP
Asked by Nicole Stadelmann:

Hello Together

English is not my strong point. But I hope that you understand my request anyway.

I am new to Confluence and use it exclusively for myself and am therefore the only user.

At the beginning I was able to add new apps and I can use them without any problems.

Now today I wanted to add a new app. Unfortunately I received an error message in the marketplace:

<br />

At first I thought it was because of the APP and therefore tried to install another app. I received the same error again. (Page is not found)

I am on it in the settings and have tried to check if I see something there. Unfortunately, I noticed nothing there either.

I have tried to make myself afterwards in the Internet cleverly. I noticed that I probably help a few options in the settings.  
I see in the settings only the option "Manage Apps".  
According to the Internet, I should see other options such as "Find new add-ons". But I do not have them.

Unfortunately, I have not found out what could be the reason for this. I suspect that it is a permission problem. (But I don't remember to have changed anything) and actually I am admin...  

Do you know what could be the reason that I no longer have the option to add new apps and how I can change this again?

best thanks and greetings


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Nicole,

Good afternoon, and thank you for contacting Atlassian support. I hope you are doing well! My name is Shannon, and I'm happy to help.

I understand you're trying to install Marketplace Apps on your Cloud Free site. Is that correct? Could you please share a screenshot of the error you're experiencing and let me know which add-ons are trying to install?

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Take care,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

free
Disable "Watches" for new users by default
Asked by Chris Fortmueller:

Hi,

currently, when we have a new person joining our company, and we accordingly set up a new confluence account for this user, the user is automatically added as a watcher to our confluence space.

This means that a new employee is bombarded with mails regarding any changes to any page within this space.

I know we can ask each user to use the "Stop Watching" functionality by going to "Watches" in their profile settings. ![autowatch spaces.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158875i7D9E2BCCD53A8094/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "autowatch spaces.png")

Is there, however, a way for us to change the default "watches" of **any and all new users**we create? That would be a lot more practical if we could simply control the watches for new users on an admin-level.


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Chris Fortmueller](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4130933) ,

as far as I know it is not possible to turn this off globally on a Confluence Cloud site. However there is a new feature request being tracked here : <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-39970>

Another solution would be to remove new users from the watchers with the Confluence API : <https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/api-group-content-watches/#api-wiki-rest-api-content-id-notification-created-get>

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis

comments: author: Chris Fortmueller
body: [@Alexis Robert](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1213386) Thanks for your idea and your response! :). We will check if we can integrate a call to the API in our workflow for new employees. Alternatively, we might manually disable the watch on an individual level within this workflow.


author: Tim Lange
body: Hello [@Alexis Robert](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1213386)

so i managed to get space watchers and their affiliated account id by requesting:

GET /wiki/rest/api/space/SPACEKEY/watch

Followed by:

DELETE /wiki/rest/api/user/watch/space/SPACEKEY?accountid=ACCOUNTID

i'm getting status code 204 which is a sucess by documentation, but the user is not deleted from space watches

Am i getting something wrong here? Is this a bug?


author: Darryl Lee
body: Answered in the [separate question](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Remove-default-space-watch-for-new-users-via-API/qaq-p/1857470#U1857804) where you asked this.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

watch
Is there some kind of mask that can be filled in without editing rights and from which an entry can
Asked by Nicolas Schleicher:

I would like to know if it is possible to make some kind of mask that Confluence users can fill in and then add the post to the page. Without having editing rights.

So for example for meeting notes that someone else always fills in who is not allowed to change anything else on the page. Or so that, for example, new members of our team can describe themselves and then add themselves to the team overview, and when they leave, remove themselves. Or fill in a mask for projects and add them to the existing projects themselves.

Thank you very much for any kind of hint!

Best regards,  
Nicolas :)


Answers:
author: Mike Rink
body: Welcome to the Community [@Nicolas Schleicher](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543328)

It sounds like you might want to use Confluence templates? This wouldn't prevent people from changing content on the page, but it would ensure pages are created with a standard format. Here's a little more information from the Confluence wiki: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blueprints-323982376.html>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can give people permission to comment without needing to give them the rights to create or edit pages.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Create a hidden space
Asked by Ramy Alfred:

Hello,

Is there a way to create a confluence space that is only visible and accessible to a certain team? I can't seem to find a way to do that.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Kishan Sharma
body: Hi [@Ramy Alfred](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543314) Welcome to the community!

You can control access to your space via permissions or restricting view/edit access so that it won't be visible to others accept certain users/group that you grant access to. Refer below links for more details -

[Assign space permissions](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/assign-space-permissions/)

[Permissions and restrictions](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/what-are-confluence-cloud-permissions-and-restrictions/)

comments: author: Ramy Alfred
body: Thank you very much Kishan :)


author: Kishan Sharma
body: Glad my answer was useful [@Ramy Alfred](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543314)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there any patch available to prevent this attack "https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/2525
Asked by software_tspl_tallysolutions_com:

Is there any patch available to prevent this attack? Any suggestion or recommended method?

"<https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/2525>


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, see the announcement at <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Security-Advisory-for-Confluence-Server-and-Data-Center-August/ba-p/1787026>

comments: author: Kishan Sharma
body: Yes, there's already a workaround for affected versions listed on [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2021-08-25-1077906215.html).


author: software_tspl_tallysolutions_com
body: Thanks for the prompt response.


author: Daniel Ebers
body: Hi [@software_tspl_tallysolutions_com](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543197)

are you already affected by malicious code running on your server placed there by a hacker?

I am asking because while patching the vulnerable Confluence installation alongside with removing the malicious crypto miner is the correct measure in first place you would need to assess if the server is compromised in a way it needs probably to be restored from backup.

Basically if a machine got hacked it should not be trusted anymore. In case this applies, please do a thorough check of the environment, too. The malware seen in that cases is reported to "jump" to other hosts, too.

Regards,  
Daniel


author: David Dellinger
body: Hi,

Do we run the mitigation script first, then patch? Or do we only patch? I have my server's network turned off at the moment, and patching wants to do a yum update, so I'm not sure if the patch will work.

Thanks!

David

comments: author: Kishan Sharma
body: Running the workaround/mitigation script is recommended which will temporarily mitigate the issue until you can upgrade to a version that fixes this permanently.


author: David Dellinger
body: Great, thanks for the update.

I did just that - restored from backup, ran the mitigation script, turned on networking, then applied the 7.13.0 patch. Everything is working great now and we're not seeing any evidence of infection (on any of our servers).

David


author: Kishan Sharma
body: good to know, David!
Customize the "account has been created" email
Asked by Dorte Jacobsen:

We are using Confluence for product documentation for an external audience. Customers have view access only. When a new customer needs access, we create the user account (actual name and email address) and have Confluence send an email to the user, asking them to log on and create their own password.

But the email text does not at all describe what the recipient can do in Confluence:

![CreateAccountMessage.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158831iA34674390134B3AC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "CreateAccountMessage.png")

Is there any way to modify the email message (even just delete the two middle paragraphs)?

Thanks,  
Dorte


Answers:
author: Ahasan Islam
body: Does anyone know how to update the default "account creation" text? The account creation message below is embedded in a template, is there a way to update the text? Thanks.

![CreateAccountMessage.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158831iA34674390134B3AC/image-dimensions/2500?v=v2&px=-1 "CreateAccountMessage.png")


author: Jose Luis Gaitan Hernandez
body: Hello.

In administration area (so you need to have administrator permissions),you can change the default values of the emails. You can find it in the Default User Preferences

comments: author: Dorte Jacobsen
body: Hi Jose,

Thanks for your answer.

I do have admin permissions but struggle to find the option you refer to. Could you please be more specific?

Thanks,  
Dorte


Tags: app

confluence-server

edit

email

server
Question about security log
Asked by Islam:

Hello!

Tell me please path for atlassian-confluence-security.log, can't find it...


Answers:
author: Kishan Sharma
body: Hi [@Islam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4543041) Welcome to the community!

By default, the application log files can be found in the `<local-home>/logs` directory. Refer [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/working-with-confluence-logs-108364721.html) for more details.

comments: author: Islam
body: Hi, thanks.

I looked on `<local-home>/logs` directory, checked path on \<CONFLUENCE-INSTALL\>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties.

I find:  
**confluence-application.log**   

**atlassian-synchrony.log**

**atlassian-diagnostics.log**

But don't have  
**atlassian-confluence-security.log**   
**atlassian-confluence-outgoing-mail.log**   
**atlassian-confluence-index.log**   

Tell me please, may be we forgot write on log4j path ?


author: Islam
body: Additionally, you don't need to specify the path anywhere?


author: Kishan Sharma
body: The other logs like access/security/mail logs will be enabled when you increase the logging level. Eg: Refer [How to Enable User Access Logging](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-enable-user-access-logging-182943.html)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
If im a gold subscribe by paid, i can receive free month when i share trello to someone?
Asked by moon Tantimala:

thank.


Answers:
author: Brittany Joiner
body: Yes! You can get up to 12 months free - one month for each person you refer!

[More details on that here.](https://trello.com/en-US/recommend)

comments: author: moon Tantimala
body: thanks!
PowerUp (Repeater) not showing up for one of the board members
Asked by Marta Sieczko:

We have a private team board with 3 members (all admin). I activated the Repeater powerup on my end, and it also works for one other member. The third person in the group can't see Repeater on their cards and said "I clicked "get power-ups" and typed in Repeater and it says that it's already activated but I can't see anywhere to add it to my card." Both team members attached screenshots.

We tried deactivating and reactivating from various sides but it's still not showing for the third member. Any ideas why or how to fix it?


Answers:
author: Devon Henderson
body: Hi Marta!

That's definitely not good! My suggestion would be to try a few things to see if the issue lies with something outside of Trello, before we go that route (as issues outside of Trello are often easier to fix).

1. Try logging into Trello using Incognito or Private Browsing mode in the browser to see if it shows up there
2. Try using another browser to see if it shows up

Let us know what browser they are using and if either of these helps resolve the issue :)

Hope this helps!

comments: author: Marta Sieczko
body: thank you! the issue was resolved by downloading the Trello software. Weirdly, i believe it was the browser ad-blocker which prevented trello to work fully. Many thanks!


Tags: power-up

repeat
trello unable to verify email
Asked by debbierusso:

I have 2 employees that are unable to access any trello boards - the response is saying that Trello is unable to verify their email address.

Trello user - eva39044498

Trello user - megan01425341

Please advise


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@debbierusso](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3578895) this is usually because it initially attempted to send to those addresses before they existed and got a bounce back, and subsequent sends are blocked to improve deliverability (I think Trello use SendGrid which does this automatically).

At any rate, you need to email support@trello.com to get this resolved.
Commenting Permissions - Admin only
Asked by Josh Thayne:

Is there any way to set comment permissions so that only board admins can comment? I want comments allowed by specific people, but not every member on the board.

Thanks in advance for any help.


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Josh Thayne](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3582518) You can read all about permissions on boards here:

<https://help.trello.com/article/791-changing-permissions-on-a-board>


author: Scott Theus
body: Hi [@Josh Thayne](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3582518) ,

You can restrict who has access to add comments in the "Add Comments" permission for that project's permission scheme. You will want to have your site admin create a project role for Board Admins first (Administration, Jira, Project Role (under the Security heading.)

Once the role is created add the board admins to that role (in the project settings under People) and add the role to the Add Comment permission.

Hope this helps,

-Scott
Can I search within a single team?
Asked by Daniel McGee:

Hi there,

I'm curious if it's possible to search within a single team for a criteria. For example, I want to search within a team to see what cards match "due:overdue."

Thanks!

Dan


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Daniel McGee](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3582340) the Trello search API has a "team ids" parameter, that's the only way I know how to do it, here's the implementation of my searchCardsInTeams function in Trellinator:

<https://github.com/iaindooley/trellinator-libs/blob/master/TrelloApi.js#L8>

comments: author: Daniel McGee
body: Thanks, interesting! Do you know how I might use that function within a basic search?


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Daniel McGee](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3582340) nope sorry I don't know how to search within teams without using the API
Organizing inventory for rentals
Asked by Dan Andersen:

Hi Trello Community :)

So - I'm looking for a power-up, where i can manage my rentals

This might in some sort of calendar view, but i'm open for suggestions.

Lets say i have 250 of a specific item - 100 of them are rented out from a given date to a given date - Then another customer wants to rent 175 items in the same period - I need to see that its not in stock, and see how many items i can rent to customers in that given period.

Don't know if my example makes sense, but ask me, and i'll try to be more spcific

Regards

Dan


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Dan Andersen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3581988) I don't know of any power up but here's how I would design the system:

1) One board is your stock control board, you have one list per item type, one card per item, each item has a due date set on when it will become available

2) Another board is your orders board, you create one card per customer order. This card has custom fields for start and end date of rental, and another custom field for desired amount

3) An API automation then loops through all cards in the stock board to find any cards that either have no due date (not rented out) or those that have a date that falls due within that period, giving you the total that will become available during that period AND then another figure which is the total available at the \*start\* of that period.

This automation wouldn't be something you could create with Butler, but you could create it with Trellinator which would be simpler and cheaper than coding the API calls directly:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/Introducing-Trellinator-Automate-Trello-with-Google-Apps-Script/ba-p/925271>