youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How to paste wiki markup text in confluence 5.x rich editor
Asked by attarwala:

I am having a use case where I want to insert wiki markup text to confluence editor using jenkins plugin ([Confluence Publisher Plugin](https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Confluence+Publisher+Plugin)) but instead of displaying formatted text it is displayed as plain text.

Example : I want to enter wiki markup {viewxls:name=My document.xls} in confluence page via plugin but is displayed as plain text instead of excel sheet

Is there any plugin available for pasting wiki markups or any workarounds ?


Answers:
author: Sandy Johnson
body: I use version 5.8.13 and maybe I'm missing something in your question, but I can insert wiki markup while in edit mode by clicking the Insert menu header and then choosing the markup menu option. Unfortunately, it only allows you to enter text, not edit it. If you need to make changes, you need to start from scratch.

I too long for the old editor as content creation takes so much longer in the current one. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


author: Oliver Keim
body: Same problem when pasting links like "\[link text\|reference url\]". Even when opening the link by hand (typing "\[") the paste of the rest is not getting accepted and just plain text is displayed on the wiki result page. Very unfortunate for efficient editing. One of hundreds of reasons for wishing the old markup editor back.


Tags: markup
who is watching a page/space?
Asked by Rodney Hughes:

I need to be able to verify which Users are in fact watching a Space or a page so that we can verify that the whole group is receiving email alerts when content is added/changed.

Apparently Space Administrators can do that somehow but this needs to be done by other than our system host (the official Administrator) on an as needs basis in each Space


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: Hi Tom

no you did not miss the point ... that is precisely the problem - ONLY the Space Admin person can see that list.

We have people as the "owner" of the Space who is a User responsible for running the Space but is not a Space Admi9nsitartoir as such. This "owner" deals with all the activity in the Space so that our Space Administrator doesn't get bogged down across hundreds of Spaces. These diverse "owners" aren't given (dangerous) powers as full on Space Administrators perhaps a bit above their knowledge of how the system works.

Consequently these Owners, and even normal Users, need to see that listing of who is watching the Space


author: TomC
body: Hi Rodney,

I may be missing your point, but any space admin has rights to see who is watching a particular space (or page) by clicking *Tools\>Watch\>Manage Watchers (link).*The 'Manage Watchers' link is only displayed in any particular page/space by those with Space Admin rights. Does that answer your question?

Tom


author: Rodney Hughes
body: any thoughts anywhere?
Confluence - Add "My Watches" to Dashboard sidebar
Asked by Olivia Ghobrial:

Is it possible to add a page to the Confluence Dashboard that shows the user's Watched pages/spaces?

The Dashboard has a page for the user's Favourites, so it would be handy to have everything in one easy-to-reach place rather than going to the profile picture to look at listed Watches.

Thanks,  
Olivia


Answers:
author: Olivia Ghobrial
body: Hi Lars, no I didn't. What was the workaround you found?

Thank you for bringing [CONF-41720](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-41720?src=confmacro) to my attention, I have voted for it.


author: Lars Swart
body: Did you find any solution?  

I found a "workaround". Not quite nice at all, but it's something.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-41720>

Please upvote the incident. Maybe we can get Atlassians attention.


Tags: dashboard

side-bar
The key sequence '//' for due date doesn't work if auto-formatting is disabled. Should it?
Asked by Jeff B:

If I'm editing a task list in Confluence 5.9.12 and I type '@', I'm presented with a drop-down list of people, as expected, for task assignment. If I type '//', nothing happens, unless I go into my profile and uncheck the Disable Autoformatting box. Then, // will pop up a calendar selector for the due date, as expected and desired.

I would think that // isn't really an 'autoformatting' feature, and I **really** don't like autoformatting. Should I report this as a bug?


Answers:
author: darrenpegg
body: Can't you just press space after // to make the date picker go away?

Editing.. Add Comment isn't working for some bizarre reason.. Anyway, you could try the following;

"Turn off the triggering of autocomplete by the '\[' and '!' characters." (Not sure if it will work for auto-formatting though)

comments: author: Jeff B
body: I **want** the date picker. It doesn't come up, unless I leave automatting turned on.
How do I add CQL Filters ?
Asked by Wellington Felix:

Hello . I have a question . I use the confluence where work and created a knowledge base to post some books , but I need to create some filters to optimize my search . I researched in the confluence documentation and can add these filters on the " add filters" , but in my confluence this option is not displayed. To use the "add filters" you need to install some plugin or some administrator permission is required ? Thank you very much in advance! Follow the link from the confluence of the documentation. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/search-139528.html>


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: It seems like CQL filters were added in Confluence 5.9, so if your version is older than that, you won't be able to use them.


author: Wellington Felix
body: Stephen you're right! The version of my confluence is 5.4 . Thank you very much! I'll see how do I update it.
I am watching a space, can I unwatch specific pages in that space?
Asked by Sannse Carter:

There are pages in my watched space that are updated daily, I don't need to see those changes, but want other updates from the space. Can I ignore specific pages in a watched space?


Answers:
author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hello Sannse,

To achieve what you want, you'll have to select page by page on the space.

You can select the option to watch the full content of the space and then go to the pages you do not want to receive notifications and deselect the option to watch. If you go back to the space you'll see that the option "watch all content" is no longer checked.

I hope this helps.

comments: author: Matt Hurne
body: The problem with this approach is that new pages added to the space after "watch all content" is disabled won't be automatically watched the way they would if "watch all content" were enabled.


author: Susan Ostreicher
body: For what it's worth, there is a feature request here that you can vote for and watch:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-33158>

comments: author: Chris Gruszka
body: See this feature request for Confluence Cloud <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-33158>


author: Sannse Carter
body: Thanks, that helps a lot

comments: author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: I'm glad to help! Could you please click on the button to accept my answer right beside it?

That would help me a lot!! thanks in advance!
How do I connect to a new Database?
Asked by Is Admin:

We recently moved our Confluence Oracle database to a new Database server so I need to update the connection information on our website. How do I go about doing this?


Answers:
author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hello,

This documentation might help you out.

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Database+Configuration>
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Migrating+to+Another+Database>

I hope this helps!
.keystore to access https
Asked by HenriqueS:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Running Confluence Over SSL or HTTPS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=161203)*

Hello good day, I need your help.  
I am following the step by step, then Create a Self-Signed Certificate ok, but when I use the Certificate Issued by a Certificate Authority ...  
At the time of 2. Use the keytool utility to generate a CSR, replacing the text \<MY_KEYSTORE_FILENAME\> with the path to and file name of the .keystorefile generated for your site certificate:

keytool -certreq -keyalg RSA -alias tomcat -file certreq.csr -keystore \<MY_KEYSTORE_FILENAME\>

I do not know where the .keystore where it was generated in the previous step? Or lack the generation step .keystore because I do not know where it is located, or his name to use this command.


Answers:
author: Dina Goncharenko
body: I ran into the same thing... The .keystore was created in (Windows) c:\\users\\username_you_run_Confluence_under\\.keystore

I wish the article was updated in 2.5 years...It would have saved us a lot of time...


Tags: ssl
JIRA issues macro - Insert JIRA Issue - Total issue count. Problem when trying see issues in JIRA
Asked by Tatiana Shambereva:

Hello, I tried to create JIRA issues marco  
using these steps:  
JIRA issues macro -\>  
Insert JIRA Issue -\>  
search -\>  
I inserted a jql query similar to this "project = TEST" -\>  
display options: Total issue count -\>

Insert

<br />

When I tried to click on this link, I was redirected to JIRA   
In JIRA Issue Navigator the jql query was "project = TEST?reset=true"

Could you please help me fix it?  
How can I remove reset=true when generating the link?


Answers:
author: Tatiana Shambereva
body: Hello Siva,

Unfortunately I couldn't solve this issue and I still need a resolution.


author: Siva Polamarasetti
body: I am also facing same issue, Please pass if we have any resolution on this.

Thanks in advance,

Siva


Tags: confluence-administration

jira

jira-administration
I just installed confluence, there's no create button in confluence header
Asked by Brian Herzog:

What do I need to do to be able to create anything?


Answers:
author: noamdah
body: Make sure your license is valid.  
(Buttons will not show if license has expired or is not valid)

**To view your Confluence license:**

1. Go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/590259974/590058056/1/1398739558493/Cog.png) \> **General Configuration**.
2. Choose **License Details** in the left-hand panel.  

For more details on confluence license see this [link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/managing-your-confluence-license-313467774.html).


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Have you created a space to work in yet? Do you have add/edit permissions in at least one space?

comments: author: Brian Herzog
body: No, that's the problem, there is no create button to allow me to create a space! I'm the (newbie) admin, so I assume I have all the permissions needed.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Admin rights don't necessarily mean you have Space rights. But you should have "create space" at least.

Do you have anything under the "spaces" menu?
promote template to other spaces
Asked by Peter Thorning:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Blueprints](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765008)*

*how do I promote my templates to other Spaces?*


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Short answer: you can't.

You have to remake the template in the target space or remake it as a global template.

comments: author: Peter Thorning
body: ok, thanks for the answer :wink:


Tags: blueprint

cloud

confluence-cloud
Connecting many Databases
Asked by Daniel Richli:

In Confluence administration I can setup the settings for one Reporting Connector for SQL Databases. How can I connect to several databases?


Answers:
author: Jonas Andersson
body: Hi,

You can append an infinite amount of SQL datasources in your server.xml using this format:

```
&lt;Resource name="jdbc/DB-DATASOURCE-NAME"    auth="Container"    type="javax.sql.DataSource"    driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"    url="jdbc:mysql://SERVER-NAME:3306/DB-NAME?autoReconnect=true"    username="DB-USERNAME"    password="DB-PASSWORD"    maxActive="25"    maxIdle="5"    maxWait="10000"/&gt;
```

This requires a confluence restart however. Bob swift made a plugin called SQL pro that allows to do this without restarts, but it will cost extra.


Tags: confluence-administration
subdomain
Asked by Sharon Levin:

i would like to use the confluence server with a sub domain, meanign i want my domain to look like community.comapnyname.com.

is this is possible using the confluence Q \& A add on?


Answers:
author: Jonas Andersson
body: You can do this without any addon. Simply change your server.xml as described here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-server-base-url-148592.html>

Instead of doing:

```
&lt;property name="confluence.webapp.context.path"&gt;/wiki&lt;/property&gt;
```

you simply make it:

```
&lt;property name="confluence.webapp.context.path"&gt;/&lt;/property&gt;
```
Assign Taks to multiple people?
Asked by Rodney Hughes:

How can we use the Task List facility to assign the same Task to two Users - e.g. the Task might be for two Users to discuss and resolve a certain issue so the Task belongs to both of them equally and needs to appear in both their Task list accordingly.

I have tried putting "@" mentions one after the other (see below with my two different User accounts) the moment it seems to only place the task in the Tasks of the first person mentioned

this is the page with the tasks

image2016-9-15 17:18:54.png

This is the task list of the Rodney Hughes User

image2016-9-15 17:23:9.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Assign-Taks-to-multiple-people/qaq-p/350072?attachment-id=9516){#link_11865fc266afb0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/59158/1/image2016-9-15%2017%3A23%3A9.png){#display_11865fc266afb0_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Assign-Taks-to-multiple-people/qaq-p/350072?attachment-id=9517){#link_11865fc266afb0_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/59158/2/image2016-9-15%2017%3A18%3A54.png){#display_11865fc266afb0_2}


Answers:
author: Charlie Misonne
body: Unfortunately you can't assign multiple users to a task

See this feature request: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26786>


author: Irina_Bel_Stiltsoft_
body: Hi [@Rodney Hughes](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853250),

I came across your question since our customers tackle your case with [Talk Advanced Inline Comments for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/978531/talk-advanced-inline-comments?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview). The app has features that help treat inline comments as tasks. Through mentions they bring users to the conversations, then they use the [Talk Priority](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/Talk/Priorities) feature to highlight the importance of the task, and then build [Talk Report](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/Talk/Talk+Report?src=contextnavpagetreemode) to show who is mentioned (means responsible) in this task. The report show sthe following information:

![Talk report.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/206696iC3B23DA7341F58A3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Talk report.png")

If you use it in combinations with the [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app, you can filter comments by Author, Status, Date etc.


author: gina
body: It is ridiculous that it is not possible to assign a task to multiple people.


author: Rodney Hughes
body: Thanks for the link :smile:

I had also thought of the comments in that link about how it gets marked as completed and by whom so its good to see it is in the mix ... but as usual pending Atlassian's decision
Can confluence banner be set under confluence header in confluence 6.0 server?
Asked by Niranjan:

Hi ,

I understand that Announcement banner in confluence can be set using Custom HTML under Look and Feel option in General Configuration. It allows us to place the HTML code under three places, at the

end of the header

beginning of the body

end of the body

My question is, is there a way to place the banner message, exactly below the confluence header which is seen at the top.

Cheers

Niran


Answers:
author: RafaelO
body: Maybe this DOC can help you:<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/basic-styling-tutorial-170000548.html>
unable to edit a current page
Asked by NC:

for some reason, i have become unable to edit selected/most pages, when I create a new page I can edit this and I can also edit some pages.

there does not appear to be a pattern however, we have just installed the calendar plugin is there a known bug?


Answers:
author: Jonas Andersson
body: Confluence security model builds on a hierarchical model, meaning that if you create a page, and those pages are moved to another space, and even under a page, you might have lost your rights on the content you created. Have pages been moved or reordered? In a situation like below:

SPACE - not restricted

+Page1 - not restricted

++Page2 - somewhat restricted

+++Your page

The space is not restricted, page1 is not restricted but Page2 is.. These restrictions will rain down to Your page.

Systematically go through the parent pages, and check restrictions.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I unsubscribe from alerts to Confluence Posts?
Asked by Stephen Kairys:

I subscribed to receive alerts when new questions are posted on this board. However, i did not realize how many emails I'd receive per day. Accordingly, how can I remove myself from receiving these alerts?

<br />

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Click on "topics" to get the list, and then "unwatch" on any you don't want to be emailed about.

If you remove yourself from all topics, then you will only be notified about questions that you asked or have commented on or answered (and you can unwatch the commented/answered questions individually - to the right of the question title). You'll still be told if someone @mentions you as well.

comments: author: Stephen Kairys
body: Thanks!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No problem. It's not that obvious IMHO, and there is a nice improvement request logged for "having a notifications tab in my profile where I can change all these different settings in one place", but it was not high on the list last time I saw it (not closed though, which is encouraging)
Edit Confluence page to display message/info box
Asked by banson:

Hi,

I am looking for a way to display a red info macro or custom html at the top of my confluence space pages, and only in cases it's tagged with a specific label. For example, if a page label includes "techonly" then I want the message box to be displayed and text with something like "Only a technician can assist with this issue"

I looked a little at the decorator macros and found the #helpicon() but couldn't make it render even while testing.

Any ideas on how to accomplish? Good place for info?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Well I can't give you an answer, but some suggestions on how to solve this. I would write a user macro that displays panel macro (or note), if a label is present on the page (fairly straightforward). And I will point you to another answer that should give you a starting point on how to read labels on a page.

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/186568>

Now this means the macro has to be added to each page, a bit of pain. But it could be made part of a template when creating a page.

comments: author: banson
body: Thanks Bill! (sorry for the delayed response!)I like the idea of adding the usermacro to the "main" template for the space. Is there a special way to call it or a specific area to call it, like just after body? ...a lot going on in there.


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I obtain "restriction" rights for a space?
Asked by Christopher Owen:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Getting Help and Support](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658737354)*

I'm working in confluence and create a fair number of pages within a particular space, but cannot create restricted pages. How might I obtain the ability to apply restrictions?


Answers:
author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Glad to know!! Could you kindly accept my answer? It would help me a lot! Thanks in advance for your time!!


author: Christopher Owen
body: hello Lorenzo, yes, I was ablt to apply the restrictions I needed. Thanks!


author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hello Christopher, I hope you were able to apply the restrictions you needed.

![laugh](/html/@BEA1CC333F4D830F5303329D7DC07DE4/images/emoticons/laugh.png "laugh")


author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hello Christopher,

Have you checked this documentation?

\* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Permissions+Overview>  
\* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Restrictions>

Please let me know if you need any further help!

I hope this helps!


Tags: documentation

permission
How can I find links that contain a certain string inside of them?
Asked by Greg Kullberg:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence Search Syntax](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=158720)*

I want to find all the pages that contain a certain string within them.

Recently we changed URLs on a site, and we want to change all of the outgoing links on Confluence to the new site URL.

Is it possible to do a search which returns all pages that contain a hyperlink with a specific word?


Answers:
author: Jonas Andersson
body: No, no search and replace, but simply searching the url (and all versions of it, like FQDN and short-names) within brackets should return all pages. If you can afford downtime i would simply shutdown confluence, dump the database, and sed replace all urls, and reimport the database again. Once you restarted confluence it might need a re-index too.

comments: author: Greg Kullberg
body: Thanks Jonas. I'm not sure I follow the "in brackets" part. What would my search string look like if I wanted to find links to www.example.com?


Tags: jql
Manage My tree does not work for some spaces
Asked by Admin:

Hi,

when i click manage my tree for a particular space, nothing happens, no pop up screen of tree structure, no errors, nothing in the logs?

Can you please help this is very very urgent


Answers:
author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hi Prasad, I hope you're not having issues anymore. Can you confirm?


author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hello Prasad,

If this is happening only to one Space, you probably don't have permissions for it.

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Groups>
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+Overview>
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Permissions+Overview>

Let me know if this helped!


Tags: confluence-administration