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Automatically add watchers to confluence page / update
Asked by Thomas Burke:

I have a list of users that needs to be alerted to updates on a confluence page.

The user list (basically all technical managers) is maintained dynamically by an AAD one-liner PowerShell which populates a security group let's call it "TechManagers"

Ideally, I like to place that group on as Watcher of the page but looks like the page only accepts individuals.

What are my options? Is there an API to iterate thru the group and add /remove individuals as they are promoted and leave the company? Or is there a better way to do this than I am missing? Thanks


Answers:
author: Mahesh Shinde
body: Hi [@Thomas Burke](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1377122) :

You can use below workaround if possible:

One workaround is to create a mailing list for the group, create a user in Confluence with the email address set to the mailing list, then add that user as a watcher on the page/blog you wish to watch.

Regards,

Mahesh Shinde

comments: author: Thomas Burke
body: Actually this does not work!

There is a new group with email DL made which we can sent email to however when I try to select this group as a watcher it does not allow me too. Watcher , again , only are taking INDIVIDUAL emails , I do not understand how it is differentiating this but there you have it nonetheless.


author: Mahesh Shinde
body: Hi Thomas,

You are trying add group as watcher in that page which is not possible.

I wanted to say that you can use Group DL email ID for creation of new single user(not group) in confluence user directory and try to add that user in watcher of page.

Regards,

Mahesh Shinde


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
What's the best way to reference another page
Asked by Gareth:

I want a link in the navigation pane on the left to link to a different page (e.g. in a different space). Other than just creating a new page with a single link at the top, Is there a better way to do that?

It would be great if I could have a kind of 'clone' of the page I want to show. So if the original page is updated at source (like if it's in another space) the 'cloned' version also updates with it. Is this even possible?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Srinatha T
body: Hi [@Gareth](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4982634) ,

Welcome to Atlassian community.

You can configure the side bar and using Add link or in space tools you have an option to configure the same. Go through the below link for more info.

* [Configure-the-sidebar](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configure-the-sidebar-317194694.html)

Have a good day!

Thanks,

Srinath T


author: Siarhei Kalashynski
body: You can use **smart link**

Than allows you to make embedded page.

![Screenshot 2024-05-17 at 20.52.00.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/324554i39EE92D4524A810B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-05-17 at 20.52.00.png")


author: Srinatha T
body: Also, if you want to display only part of content from antoher page, you can use the Excerpt macro.

* [Excerpt-include-macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-include-macro-148067.html)

I hope the above info helps. Have a good day!

Thanks,

Srinath T


author: Srinatha T
body: [@Gareth](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4982634) ,

Oh you wanted to display content from another page on a different page is it. Then yes you can use " Include macro", sinc your question was about navigation pane i provided info on reordering the pages there. Below is the documentation for include macro, if you had any challenge in using it.

* [Include-page-macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/include-page-macro-139514.html)

Thanks,

Srinath T

comments: author: Gareth
body: Actually this is not what I originally wanted and you answered correctly the first time, but unfortunately it seems we can only add links to the 'SPACE SHORTCUTS' section so won't do for our purposes because we can't reorder these links in the list in the navigation pane. That's why this alternative 'include page' feature is an OK option here.

Thank you!


author: Srinatha T
body: [@Gareth](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4982634) , Ok. I hope the info helped. Have a good day!

Thanks,

Srinath T


author: Gareth
body: I've discovered that we can actually insert the content of another page to an page by inserting (/) the 'Include Page' feature. You then click the pen icon at the bottom of the tool and either type to search for a page name, or paste in the 'share' link and it will update with a live version of the original page. Not quite what I was after, but will ultimately work.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Assigning multiple users to an action task
Asked by Daniel C. Igbokwe:

Hi,

I have an action item that I'd like to assign to multiple people. Instead of repeating the same action item and mentioning each person individually, is there a macro that does this?

The solution mentioned in <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Assign-action-to-multiple-people/qaq-p/1444028> doesn't support Confluence Data Center / Server


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Daniel C. Igbokwe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4982359)

Having multiple assignees is not available in delivered functionality. You would need to use an app like To Do Me for Confluence [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217636/todome-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217636/todome-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) to get that type of functionality.

comments: author: Daniel C. Igbokwe
body: Is To Do Me for Confluence the only application that supports this functionality? To Do Me for Confluence doesn't support Confluence Data Center and has no available documentation.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's a couple of others, but don't. Multiple assignees for a task doesn't work.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Advanced Issue Search - Missing Field (Link Type)
Asked by Branden.Harris:

There should be a field in the advanced issue search that shows link types. you can pull linked issues, but not linked types. Unless it's named something else.


Answers:
author: Srinatha T
body: [@Branden.Harris](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4981613) ,

While our developers will address this as per [Bug Fixing Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/atlassian-server-bug-fix-policy-201294573.html) , we encourage you to vote on the bug ticket to help us understand how we should prioritise this request and add yourself as a watcher in order to be informed of the latest updates on the bug via email. That way, if the ticket is updated by our development team, you'll be notified via email.

Thanks,

Srinath T

comments: author: Branden.Harris
body: So basically they won't be getting to it anytime soon.   

Thank you - I have already voted on it and added myself as a watcher.


author: Srinatha T
body: [@Branden.Harris](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4981613) , Feel free to accept the answer if you think this has answered your question. This way this thread will be marked closed and the community members can focus on open discussions .

Have a good day!

Thanks,

Srinath T


author: Srinatha T
body: Hi [@Branden.Harris](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4981613) ,

Welcome to Atlassian community.

I think there is already a bug raised for it. You might want to vote on the same.

* [JRASERVER-39413 - Display Link Type column in Issue Navigator search results](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-39413)

Have a good day!

Thanks,

Srinath T

comments: author: Branden.Harris
body: Hello [@Srinatha T](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4686256)

<br />

Thank you for pointing me that way. However, I see that issue you linked me to was created in 2014. If this has been alive for 7 years, is there any possibility of it being addressed by the developers?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Page properties report macro - Make Title display page content on hover.
Asked by Daniel C. Igbokwe:

I'm using the Page properties report macro to display all pages that have the same label. How do I make page content pop-up when the title(Page link) of that page is been hovered over?


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Daniel C. Igbokwe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4982359) ,

If your company uses our [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=server&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) app, you may use its [Table Excerpt/Table Excerpt Include](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) macros instead of the Page Properties/Page Properties Report macros.

Our macros work similar to the native Confluence macros but allow you to select "excerpt" as a source page meta data (it looks like an abstract of the source page to better identify its contents while looking at the summary report).

Hope this workaround may help.

comments: author: Daniel C. Igbokwe
body: We don't use [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=server&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) but we are open to it. I'm currently reading the documentation on the Table Excerpt/Table Excerpt Include. I'm still a bit confused if it only displays data stored in the Table Excerpt and not the data in the rest of the page. Would this solution work as a master table document that displays all pages data in table format on the overview page, and also display the page metadata on hover of the title?  

Thank you


author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Yes, it displays only the data stored inside the Table Excerpt macro (similar to the Page Properties macro) and allows you to show extra meta data.

But while the Page Properties Report macro allows you to collect only one-row tables, the Table Excerpt Include macro can collect multiple-row tables. I guess it's not this case, but it's good for grabbing big tables across your Confluence and building combined reports that can be further filtered and aggregated.


Tags: confluence-server

server
trying to create page with api: message "Expecting value: line 0 column 1 (char 0)" UPDATE
Asked by francis vila:

Here's my command:

```
curl -u fvila:"password" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data "@data1.json" --url http://localhost:8090/confluence/rest/api/content/
```

I'm was getting this response from the api:

```
 %  Total % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time Time     Time    Current
                              Dload   Upload Total Spent   Left     Speed
100 34604 0 34604    0     0   389k     0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 392k
Expecting value: line 3 column 1 (char 6)
```

Now using the Confluence password, instead of a generated token, it's as follows:

```
 % Total % Received   % Xferd Average Speed  Time   Time   Time      Current 
                               Dload  Upload Total  Spent   Left      Speed
100 827 100   697    100 130   18473   3445 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 22351
Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
```

(100% received and 100% Xferd, but error on line 1 column 1 instead of line 3 column 1 )

here's the content of data1.json:

```
{
"type":"page",
"title":"new page",
"space":{"key":"TC"},
"ancestors": [ {"id": "360452" }],
"body":"<p>This is <br/> a new page</p>"
}
```

When I remove the \`\| python -mjson.tool\`, I get a full http page response, including:
> \<div id="footer" role="contentinfo"\>  
> \<section class="footer-body"\>  
> \<p class="license license-eval"\>  
> \<strong\>EVALUATION LICENSE\</strong\>  
> Are you enjoying Confluence? Please consider \<a href="<https://www.atlassian.com/purchase/product/confluence-data-center>"\>purchasing it\</a\> today.  
> \</p\>  
> \<ul id="poweredby"\>  
> \<li class="noprint"\>Powered by \<a href="<http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence>" class="hover-footer-link" rel="nofollow"\>Atlassian Confluence\</a\> \<span id='footer-build-information'\>7.13.8\</span\>\</li\>  
> \<li class="print-only"\>Printed by Atlassian Confluence 7.13.8\</li\>  
> \<li class="noprint"\>\<a href="<https://support.atlassian.com/help/confluence>" class="hover-footer-link" rel="nofollow"\>Report a bug\</a\>\</li\>  
> \<li class="noprint"\>\<a href="<https://www.atlassian.com/company>" class="hover-footer-link" rel="nofollow"\>Atlassian News\</a\>\</li\>  
> \</ul\>
>
> \<div id="footer-logo"\>\<a href="<http://www.atlassian.com/>" rel="nofollow"\>Atlassian\</a\>\</div\>
>
> \</section\>  
> \</div\>


Answers:
author: francis vila
body: I've now solved my problem by using the atlassian-python-api with python, explained here:

<https://github.com/atlassian-api/atlassian-python-api>

I still don't know why it didn't work with curl...

I don't know whether to accept this answer as good, as it doesn't really answer the question as I asked it, and may not be useful for people who are specifically looking to make the curl command work, and had the same problem as I did.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is the No Print Macro causing page break issues when exporting to pdf?
Asked by Amy Tuck-Martin:

Hello

I'm having some strange issues with page breaks in exported pdf's at the moment and I think the No Print macro might be the issue somehow.

I use the No Print macro at the top of my confluence pages to hold a TOC, so it appears on the page but is excluded from pdf when exporting multiple pages as part of a larger document. This is the first thing on the page, below the page title. I don't use this on every page, only ones with headings on them.

If I allow Confluence to control page breaks, i.e. let it insert a page break before page titles by default, any page that has a No Print macro at the top of it will have an additional blank page inserted before it (fyi this blank page will appear before the page title, not between the page title and the No Print macro). Pages without a No Print macro on them will not have a blank page before them and will just start on a new page as you would expect.

If I add the following in the stylsheet:

```
.pagetitle { 
page-break-before: auto; 
} 
```

the pdf will have no blank pages before the "No Print macro pages" however "normal page" will have no page break before them. I've tried other settings for page-break-before but doesn't work.

I don't know how or why the No Print macros is doing this but it's the only difference between the pages that work and those that don't as far as I can see.

Does anyone have any ideas? I want a page break before page title for all pages and no blank pages.

I suppose a way around might be to include it on every page and hide it if it's not being used maybe, but that's a bit messy so any other thoughts welcome.

Thanks very much

p.s. I'm using Atlassian Confluence 6.15.4


Answers:
author: Adam
body: I'm also having this issue - hopefully someone has a solution, maybe requires some digging using source view?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Link names
Asked by Martins:

Hello,

Im new to Confluence and wanted to understand, how link names are created, e.g. when looking at Page Tree or navigating using Page Tree.

For example, I created a space and page, it will have links, something like /pages/viewpage.action?pageId=xxxx

Other page, same location, will have links to /display/\[Project\]/\[PageName\]

So one of the links looks nice and understandable, where it leads to, while other links just point to page with ID X.

Why sometimes I get one type of link, other times another?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Actually, all pages have a url with the pageid=xxxx, that's the primary name for it.

The display/space/pagename format is a "friendly url", in fact an alias that lands on the same page. There's still a pageid=xxxx behind it. If you edit a page you get to with either type of url, you'll find the url of the editor works off just pageid=xxxx.

The friendly links are a translation of the page title. The code that translates it can only cope with certain non-alphanumeric characters. It translates a space into a + and doesn't do a lot else. If you put in a simple character that is not valid in plain unencoded urls, it doesn't have a substitute, so it can't generate a url for it, and it just reverts to using the pageid=xxxx.

Moral: if you want friendly urls, don't put special characters in your page names!


Tags: confluence-server

server
unable to edit/delete existing calendar events form Calendar in Confluence cloud
Asked by James Morris:

I'm unable to select an existing event from the Calendar so unable to edit the item or delete it.  
Confluence Cloud  
not a Jira issue  
Calendar is importing some Jira data - eg Sprints but events I'm trying to edit/delete are items added directly into the calendar via Confluence  
I'm an Atlassian suite Admin so unsure where the restriction may be coming from - none added to the calendar or Confluence space or page the calendar is embedded


Answers:
author: James Morris
body: - I just discovered hover over the item/issue and hold shift and mouse click to open the item to edit -on Mac + Safari   
Problem solved


Tags: calendar

cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence answering with HTTP 404 for password reset ?
Asked by Florian Seifer:

Hello Community,

On a Confluence-Server instance I manage, we have a strange phenomenon.

Users who try to reset there password via:

```
https://domain.com/resetuserpassword.action?username=debug.test&token=e9248c643a23f18176a3d852ea17ec8dba1fe150
```

get a 404 Response from the System... Here is the corresponding access-log:

```
[30/Jun/2022:15:09:52 +0200] - https-jsse-nio2-8443-exec-18  POST /doresetuserpassword.action HTTP/1.1 404 9ms - https://domain.com/doresetuserpassword.action&token=d8923332699c2782e6b34b57ee1ccc98002b3cbb Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0
```

However if you log into the Server with an account prior to sending the reset-request, aka within an authenticated session all works as expected:

```
[30/Jun/2022:15:15:01 +0200] <AUTHENTICATED ACCOUNT NAME> https-jsse-nio2-8443-exec-10  POST /doresetuserpassword.action HTTP/1.1 200 87ms 38147 https://domain.com/resetuserpassword.action?username=debug.test&token=5081199bcf0bd94671d1a5a297a1ba3545a7b355 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0
```

I already checked the Base-URL of the system and its set up correctly.

Im a bit stumped to be honest.....

I understand that Confluence at some Point answered with 404s to unauthorized page requests, but an initial password reset for a new user shouldnt be restricted?

If you have any idea what might be causing this behaviour or if you need further information, please let me know.

EDIT:

I can now confirm that it is related to permissions:

> -- referer: [https://domain.com/resetuserpassword.action?username=debug.test\&token=e9248c643a23f18176a3d852ea17ec8dba1fe150](https://confluence-ext.secunet.com/resetuserpassword.action?username=debug.test&token=e9248c643a23f18176a3d852ea17ec8dba1fe150) \| url: /doresetuserpassword.action \| traceId: be0586a986eb538e \| userName: anonymous  
> 2022-07-07 14:37:33,503 ERROR \[https-jsse-nio2-8443-exec-44\] \[atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher\] sendError Could not execute action  
> -- referer: [https://domain.com/resetuserpassword.action?username=debug.test\&token=e9248c643a23f18176a3d852ea17ec8dba1fe150](https://confluence-ext.secunet.com/resetuserpassword.action?username=debug.test&token=e9248c643a23f18176a3d852ea17ec8dba1fe150) \| url: /doresetuserpassword.action \| traceId: be0586a986eb538e \| userName: anonymous  
> com.atlassian.confluence.core.InsufficientPrivilegeException: User \[Anonymous\] does not have the required privileges.

"User \[Anonymous\] does not have the required privileges."

But how else is an initial password reset supposed to work??

Thank you for any support you can lend.

With kind regards

Florian Seifer


Answers:
author: Florian Seifer
body: To anybody having this issue, its a known bug:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-79041>

Regards  

Florian Seifer


Tags: confluence-server

password

server
Collaboration between Microsoft Teams and Confluence
Asked by Harsh Vernekar:

Hello community,  
Microsoft Teams has a feature of **Analytics** in the groups showing active participation, requests, posts. Is there a way that we could import this data from teams to confluence page?  

Thankyou. Looking forward to your reply :-)


Answers:
author: Move Work Forward
body: Hi [@Harsh Vernekar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4982139)

You can schedule a video call with Move Work Forward to discuss this -\> <https://www.moveworkforward.com/schedule-a-demo>

Regards,  
Leo
Text Document attached to the Page in the Space is not getting previewed
Asked by Advisory Engineering Account:

1. Login to Confluence Instance  
2. Go to any space.

3, attach a proper . txt file

4. Open the file in preview mode.

Issue: Contents in the file are not displayed.

NOTE:  
Checked and found that Confluence Files and confluence Files Notification addons are enabled.  
Issue is reproducible in all browsers  
All users are facing this issue.


Answers:
author: Andy Gladstone
body: [@Advisory Engineering Account](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4299217) have you tried to remove and re-attach the file? I have tested this with a .txt document on a few pages in my Confluence Cloud Test instance and clicking on the file tile opens the media previewer and I can read the contents of the files.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Email Notification to customer
Asked by Gabriel Dina:

I'm using the free version of Jira, Confluence and ITSM.

Is it possible to notify the customer that confluence page was updated?

I tried to add the customer in confluence but the read-only option is not for free.

Any ideea? Thank you so much!


Answers:
author: Rilwan Ahmed
body: Hi [@Gabriel Dina](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4206521) ,

Notifications are only sent for Licensed users from confluence. They should be in watchers list. You can add Up to 10 users in free cloud version.

**To edit email notification settings for each user, they need to**

1. Choose your profile picture at the right side of the navigation, then choose **Settings**

2. Click **Email** in the left panel

3. Click **Edit**and select the required items


Tags: cloud

questions-for-confluence
Need to get access to change who can see the pages
Asked by Getter Iilane:

Hi,

I am managing some pages in Confluence and one of the page is public, but I will need to change it so only a few people see it.

It says: **You're not allowed to change these restrictions. It's either due to edit restrictions on the page, or permissions settings for this space.**

How can I change it?


Answers:
author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi [@Getter Iilane](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4982005) and welcome to the community.

To be able to restrict pages you will need the corresponding space permission. But either the site has restrictions on it already and you're only allowed to see it (do you see a red lock on that page in the menu at the top?) or you don't have that permission. Ask your space administrator. :)

![space_permission.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/204944iC6A8B5339F3143C5/image-dimensions/476x264?v=v2 "space_permission.png")

Best, Max


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud