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Link Status Macro accross pages
Asked by tlambot:

Hello,

I am developping a dashboard that keeps track of status of various items. At the same time, I would need to have that status in other pages throughout confluence.

Is there a way to have a unique status macro that is replicated in other pages, such as if I change the status macro in the dashboard, that change is applied to all the other copied versions of it?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: It sounds like you could use the [Excerpt](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-macro-148062.html) and [Excerpt Include](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-include-macro-148067.html) macros to accomplish this. I look forward to hearing whether they work for your use case.

comments: author: tlambot
body: Actually that's almost that!

The problem is that with Excerpt I can have only 1 excerpt by page (When I do Excerpt include, it just picks the first one), or I am missing something?


author: Robert Reiner _smartics_
body: The Excerpt Macro can only have one. There are [add-ons on the Atlassian Marketplace that support multi-excerpts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=multi-excerpt).


author: tlambot
body: That did the trick - thanks a lot !


author: Stiltsoft Support
body: Hi there,

Another idea here is to use the combination of the Page Properties and Page Properties Report macros. You can use them to collect the information from multiple pages on one dashboard.

If you reuse the same status values for your workflow, [Handy Macros for Confluence](http://%20https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence-formatting-and-interactive-ui?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=atlassian-community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=handy-macros-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111&utm_content=link_status_macro) could help you save time working with statuses. It allows to switch statuses in the page view mode and create predefined status sets to choose from


Tags: status-macro
Apply space permissions to existing space
Asked by Kathy Barton:

I have been fighting with setting up confluence admins all morning on a cloud instance and I still can't get it working. Here's what I have done so far:

1. created a group called "conflluence-admins"
2. gave the group admin rights in Application access configuration
3. gave the group Confluence Admin rights in Global Permissions
4. gave the group Space Admin rights in Default Space Permissions

After all of that, the users in that group still don't have space admin rights in existing spaces (i.e., the group doesn't even show up in the list when I go into an existing space and look at its permissions).

Can anyone tell me what step I missed? How do I get Confluence to recognize the permissions I have granted to this group? I need to have a group that can delete spaces so I am not the only person capable of doing that.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: \>group still don't have space admin rights in existing spaces

You need to add the group to each existing space. The default setting in point 4 only applies when a new space is being created.

comments: author: Kathy Barton
body: Well shucks. That is not optimal at all (or intuitive).


Tags: cloud

permission
Reorder pages within a space
Asked by Stacie Manzano:

I am trying to sort my pages a-z in confluence cloud and it sorts them but does not keep the sorting when i click away. I am a site admin and have full permissions...


Answers:
author: Christoph Sch?tz
body: Hi Stacie - sounds like a bug... have you tried different browsers? You are using the space tools to reorder your pages, correct? If the problem persists, how about contacting the Atlassian support?

Cheers

Christoph


Tags: cloud
Is it possible to dynamically create labels from page titles?
Asked by Colby Brunner:

I would like a page label to be created each time a new page is made. However, I also would like any spaces in the title to be translated to dashes. Is there a macro or some technique I'm not aware of to make dynamic labels from titles appear?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Colby,

It appears that you will be able to do this with [Label Tools for ScriptRunner](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.labeltools/server/overview). Have a look at the [Add Labels documentation](http://confluence-addons.connect.adaptavist.com/label-tools/latest/add-label-macro.html) where it includes a parameter you can use to set the label to the title of the current parent page.

You can do this with Confluence Server as long as you have [Script Runner](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.onresolve.confluence.groovy.groovyrunner/server/overview) installed.

Let us know if you have any questions about this!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


Tags: dynamic

label

title
? characters instead of ?,?,?,? (hungarian language)
Asked by kajelbalazs:

We have character issues in clunfluence. Every ?,?,?,? are missing ("?" show instead). We use Hungarian language pack default.

With 6.0.4 Confluence server edition.


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: Szia Bal?zs,

Ann's hint about the table encoding is something to check, but I think this is more frequent that people forget to include the encoding setting in the JDBC URL!

See: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-database-character-encoding-177698.html>

comments: author: saripeter_swh
body: Szia ?ron!

Thanks for the answer, it has solved the issue!

Peter


author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: ?r?l?k, ha seg?tett!

Please remember to accept the answer by clicking the checkmark so others can see that in the future.


author: AnnWorley
body: Please review this article if you are using a MySQL database:

[Characters appear as question marks using MySQL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/characters-appear-as-question-marks-using-mysql-204051027.html)

If you are not using MySQL, please let me know what DBMS you are using.


Tags: language

special-character
Transaction required for read only access to active object?
Asked by Tuelle:

Hi,

I am confused by the documentation. Do I have to use transaction for any operation with active objects (also for find(..), ao.getXYZ(..), ) or only if I want to modify and save the object?

(Relates to Confluence)

Thanks


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: HI [@Tuelle](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1139067) ,

for my knowledge, you need just to use AO methods provided by API without manageing transactions.

Fabio


Tags: active-objects
live data feed to Confluence
Asked by balaji-sr:

Is there an confluence API available using which I can have a live data feed to my confluence fields. For ex: Can I connect an application data to Conflunce so that whenever the application data is changed it gets reflected in my Conflunce page. This applications is not a Atlassian product. Please advise


Answers:
author: Robert Reiner _smartics_
body: I'm not sure which tools you refer to when you speak about "confluence fields". I assume that you employ some macro or table on your Confluence pages to specify properties (if you use a third party add-on there may be other solutions than the following ones).

The [page properties](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-properties-macro-184550024.html) can be accessed via a REST API, but I do not know of an API that allows to change them. You may use the [Confluence REST API](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/6.3.1/) to update pages. I do not know if the API allows to update only parts of a page. But if it is fine for your use case to download the whole page, update the relevant parts and upload it, the REST API can probably do this (if the page is only updated automatically, the page can be just updated without prior read). Your remote information systems needs to call this REST API on change events or provide an API so that you could program the sync process.

I personally use our [projectdoc Toolbox](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/x/1YEp) that allows to define document properties (very similar to page properties) and sections. Via an extension it also provide a [REST API](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/x/v4F4Ag) to update these properties and sections (on the server the whole page will be saved, but from the client side view it seems that the property is an independent resource). This way we can update information on our Confluence pages using (for example) cURL. Besides the use of bookmarklets this is currently our only use case.

The usage tip "[Confluence as the Information Hub](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/x/zQEvB)" on our website gives a short overview over the tools of the projectdoc Toolbox to link or transclude content.

The projectdoc Toolbox is a commercial add-on for Confluence server. It is [available on the Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1212629). For the REST API you would need to install the [Web API Extension](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/x/v4F4Ag) (which is based on the commercial add-on, but is free of charge). Please note that I am one of the authors of this add-on (so may answer may be biased :) ).

More information on the projectdoc Toolbox can be found in the [online manual](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/x/EAFk).
Confluence Reset password LDAP directory
Asked by aurbjo:

Hi,

I am trying to figure out if it's possible to reset passord on LDAP users via the Confluence forgot passord email.

We have AD as our user directory, i know there are other AD specific options to do this but we want to use confluence if it's possible.

I can't find any documentation on this and it's not working in our enviroment.

I get the following error when i try to reset the password of my AD account: An internal error occured when trying to change your password.  

I'm guessing it's just configured for the confluence directory by default?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks :)


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Bj?rn,

You will need to modify your password reset link to go to a different page in order to reset via LDAP.

Have a look at [How to change the forgot password link in Confluence to redirect to an alternate page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-change-the-forgot-password-link-in-confluence-to-redirect-to-an-alternate-page-776645287.html) for more information on this.

Do let us know if you have any questions!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
API not returning ALL child pages
Asked by RealLimitX:

I want to retrieve all child pages from a parent page. I did the following:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/Given-a-page-how-can-I-retrieve-all-its-child-pages-via-the-rest/qaq-p/561584>

++Parent id request:++  
*/content/search?cql=(title="foo" and space="bar") =\> id: 1234*  
++Child pages request:++  
*/content/search?cql=(parent=1234)*

Using this method I only get some of my child pages but not all of them.

I did antoher request to obtain the ancestors from one child page which I do not get from the above request. The ancestors contains my parent page.

Any ideas?


Answers:
author: RealLimitX
body: Im am an idiot, its because of the max. response size see [here](https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-server-rest-api/pagination-in-the-rest-api).


Tags: api

rest-api

search
How can I freeze/ lock first row/ column of a Confluence table?
Asked by Karina Sidorenko:

I can't apply any filter to the table as there's no option to open and edit as a macros.


Answers:
author: Joe Davids
body: Hello Karina

Just to elaborate on the answer above

Using the Table Filter Macro

Select the Table View Tab

and Select 1 or 2 for the Freeze first N rows or first N columns

comments: author: Surya RK
body: Thank you. Very helpful.


author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi there,

As this question mentions our [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=atl_community) app, we are happy to introduce its new macro -- [Table Spreadsheet](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Spreadsheet+macro?utm_source=atl_community).

Our new macro allows you to work with fully functional Excel spreadsheets right in Confluence.

You'll be able to use cells' formulas, filters, conditional formatting, etc., create pivot tables and charts from the page view and edit mode.

The Table Spreadsheet macro is available for Cloud and Server/Data Center.

![](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/download/attachments/83100938/Conditional%20formatting.png?version=1&modificationDate=1641987630000&api=v2&effects=border-simple,shadow-kn)

comments: author: Stiltsoft support
body: And now you may also check two more macros from [our spreadsheets' family](https://spreadsheets-for-confluence.stiltsoft.com?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111):

* **The Spreadsheet from Table** macro that allows you to turn your manually created and macro generated (such as Jira Issues, Page Properties Report, etc.) tables into fully functioning live sheets.
* The **Table Spreadsheet Include** macro that allows you to reuse your spreadsheets' data across your Confluence instance.

We hope it helps your cases!


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Karina,

You need to use [Table FIlter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) macro to [freeze colunms / rows](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Look+of+the+Table+and+Filtration+Pane#ManagingLookoftheTableandFiltrationPane-FreezingFirstNRows/Columns) and to [filter a table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Filters+in+the+Page+View+Mode).


Tags: filter

table

table-filter

table-filter-and-charts

table-filter-charts-spreadsheets

table-spreadsheet
Creating page from template with User Name defaulted in the page name (Cloud Confluence instance)
Asked by Rose Camp:

Hi. I am trialling the set up of a Professional Development space, with the intention of holding a set of pages for each staff member. The top level page for each person has some 'Create from Template' buttons, so that they can choose to copy in the various Subject Matter capability expectation templates and assess themselves against this.

However, I need to be able to default the page name to something that will be unique, so people don't constantly get duplicate page name errors when they type in their own version of the name. e.g. A page name of 'Testing 101 - Jo Bloggs - 2017' i.e. '\<template name\> - \<userFullName\> - \<currentYear\>.

The 'Create from Template' macro currently seems to allow use of only three variables... @currentDate, @spaceName or @spaceKey. Is this correct? Can I not get access to $userFullName? or other standard variables?

I have seen a thread for enabling other variables on the server version, but as the Cloud restricts access to User Macros, I am unable to implement it. Refer Jennifer Phelan's answer on <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-it-possible-de-prefill-a-page-title-based-on-a-template/qaq-p/203821>

I had thought of an alternative - that people could create these PD pages within their default personal spaces, but I would not be able to give their lead access to their PD pages so that they can collaborate \& review together.

Is my only option to set up a PD space for each person, so that page names are easily unique within that single purpose space? Just wanted to confirm if this was my only real option, or not.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Rose,

It is not possible to set variables in a page title in order to include defaults such as username. There is a feature request that would cover this need:

* [CONFCLOUD-37513](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-37513)

You can vote on the above request to help us gauge the popularity of such a request!

Indeed, Jennifer's response is for Confluence Server instances only, as it involves User Macros which are a [restricted function of Confluence Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html).

Do let us know if you have any questions about this.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


Tags: cloud
Filter task report by Space(s) and page(s) - doing something wrong?
Asked by Joel Eskelsen:

I'm trying to filter a Task Report so that it only shows tasks from a specific space.

I'm not sure how to enter the space in the field provided in the Macro form, as it always shows tasks from my entire site. Anyone have some input here on what I might be doing wrong?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Joel,

When you begin to type the name of the space, you can select it from the list below:

![Screen Shot 2017-07-28 at 3.52.44 PM.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3757i6E4AD965B4EC24A7/image-dimensions/587x348?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2017-07-28 at 3.52.44 PM.jpg")

Once you do this, it will only display tasks from that particular space.

Can you give this a try and let us know if you have any trouble?

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Joel Eskelsen
body: Nothing starts to pre-populate when I type the name of the space or the page.

It does however start to pre-populate in the 'Created By' field, so not sure why the Spaces and Pages field doesn't work for me.

I've tried in Google Chrome and Safari.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Joel,

If you run a [Confluence Site Reindex](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-index-administration-148844.html) can you tell me if it shows more results when you type the name of the space?

Also, please let us know which version of Confluence you are using.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


author: Joel Eskelsen
body: I'm using the cloud version, and I don't see an option to reindex my site... The link you provided above looks like it is for the self-hosted server version.


author: Joel Eskelsen
body: I just tried again and it looks like it is working now.


author: Shannon S
body: Joel,

Excellent news! Thank you for confirming.

Going forward, if you want us to reindex your Cloud instance for you, you can open a ticket and we'll help you out. My apologies for not realizing you were on the Cloud environment!

<br />

Take care!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Customize output of task report template
Asked by Spam Box:

The task report template creates a list with the description column having both @ User Mention and //Date. Both are listed under the description column with Date becoming its own value under "Due Date" column.

Is it possible to customize this so that User Mention and Date do not appear under Description? Instead, User Mention should go under its own column called "Owner" and Date of course will be under Due Date.

Thank you in advance for your help.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello,

It is not currently possible, but we do have a current feature request for the ability to add or remove columns in the Task Report Macro:

- [CONFSERVER-38287](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-38287)

If you are interested in this feature, please vote to help show how popular such a feature would be.

Thank you for your understanding,

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Spam Box
body: Thanks! I have asked folks that I work with to vote on this issue. How many votes does it take before you decide to implement the feature? What's the earliest release date for such a feature?


author: AnnWorley
body: Shannon is off shift now but I am happy to help. Our [Bug Fixing Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/bug-fixing-policy-206865207.html) puts it like this:
> When considering the priority of a non-critical bug, we try to determine a value score for a bug. The score takes into account the severity of the bug from our customers' perspective, how prevalent the bug is, and whether new features on our roadmap may render the bug obsolete. Our developers combine the value score with a complexity score (how difficult the bug is) when selecting issues to work on.


Tags: jira
View only users can update task list on a page.
Asked by Radley:

I have setup a page with a Task Lists and would like to have users that have view only access to the space to be-able to tick the tasks off.

Can someone let me know if this is possible or not.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Radley,

I have verified that your users will need to have \*Edit\* permissions on the page where their task appears. It is not possible to adjust this permission.

Let us know if you have any questions about this!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Tools > Move action does not work in Confluence 6.1.4
Asked by Varsha Muzumdar:

Hi,

When I try to move a page using Tools-\>Move option, the button does not function. There is no popup or new dialog page. I have administrator rights and I have set all permissions related to edit/remove pages, spaces as 'Allow'. Any idea how can I make the 'move' option function?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Are there any errors in the browser console? Are there any errors in the application-log? We need these basic sources to do any troubleshooting.

comments: author: Varsha Muzumdar
body: Therse were no errors in the browser console
Is it possible to remove Decision Log from the Confluence sidebar?
Asked by Sacha Walter:

For the auto-created log pages such as Decision Log, Meeting Notes, File Lists I would like them to auto-populate the shortcuts but not auto-appear a second time in the sidebar tree. Is that possible?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: You can drag them out of the page tree.

1. Click **Space Tools** \> **Reorder Pages**
2. Find your ++Decision Log++ page in the page tree
3. Drag it above the Home page, so it is NOT within the home page

Congratulations! You don't see it in the page tree anymore.
Edit mode: Highlight rows/columns/cells in Confluence table repositions screen to top.
Asked by Jack Brickey:

This is a recent behaviour (bug?) I think. Has anyone else experienced. I didn't immediately see a bug reported when i just looked but will continue to peruse.

Basically, i'm knee deep into editing a page and specifically a table w/in that page when I select text that spans cells. As soon as I do that the view jumps to the top of the page. Very annoying.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I tested on Confluence Cloud and was not able to reproduce the behavior you describe. I can select multiple cells, columns, etc. without the editor jumping up to the top.

What else is on the page besides the table? If you create a new page with nothing but a table, does the same thing happen?

I look forward to hearing more about this and to hearing from anyone else who is experiencing it.

comments: author: Michael Garden
body: We experience this as well and it is incredibly frustrating as we have large tables of requirements. Our page is divided into a number of sections including a table in it's own section


author: Benoit LOUZAS
body: I have exactly the same. Does someone know if it's fixed for the server version? if yes, from which version please?

Thanks


Tags: cloud
I have one users that isn't showing up on calendar events.
Asked by Amy Gammon:

I have one user that has access but isn't showing up in calendar invites. I tried and she did. Any idea what is causing it?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Amy, I am not clear on where the user is not showing. Is it in the *Who* field when you try to add her to an event? If that's the case, please try reindexing from this [guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Content+Index+Administration), and if that doesn't work, rebuilding the content indexes from scratch as described in [How to Rebuild the Content Indexes From Scratch on Confluence Server](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Rebuild+the+Content+Indexes+From+Scratch+on+Confluence+Server).


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence