youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Add company hub as homepage
Asked by Lisa:

Hi Community,  

I just tested the new company hub functionality and really like it.

Does someone know if it is also possible to set the company hub as homepage?  
So if a user open confluence without a book mark or click on the icon, the "Company Hub" and not the "Home" page will appear?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Lisa](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5341537)

Maybe this could help:

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-and-customize-a-company-hub/>

Either way, it's just a test run so things and options will change.

comments: author: Lisa
body: Hi Kristian,  
No unfortunately not, I have already read the document before I wrote to the community.  
Let's wait and see how the feature develops.


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confluence-cloud
I am unable to add external users to confluence page
Asked by Shatabdi Bose:

Hello,

I am unable to add external colleagues who have mail ids in the format :

aconext.hirt@extaccount.com \& aconext.voigtmann@extaccount.com to the Confluence page

[Sma4U-PMINavigator - Sma4U-PMINavigator - Confluence (mercedes-benz.com)](https://itdejir-confluence.dot.i.mercedes-benz.com/display/SMA4PMI/Sma4U-PMINavigator)

What is the process to onboard external accounts into Confluence? Even in ZULA i am unable to find the Confluence page?

Thanks,

Shatabdi


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Shatabdi Bose](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5535188) and welcome to the Community.

You can invite them as Guests. Guests can access exactly one space at a time, they do not count towards your seat count, and you can give them all sorts permissions - either on group or individual level.

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/invite-guests-for-external-collaboration/>


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confluence-cloud
Technical design authority
Asked by Paul Middleton:

I am looking to use Confluence as a TDA function, and have a submission form and decisions log with TDA meeting notes. My question is are there any templates for these artefacts available or do i need to build my own?


Answers:
author: Barbara Szczesniak
body: [@Paul Middleton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5535057) Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I have not used Confluence for these purposes, but a good place to start is: <https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/templates>

You can browse through the available templates (many are free) to see if any meet your needs.


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confluence-cloud
Cannot access partner material
Asked by Kelvin Maina:

![Screenshot_3.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/333203iC88AA692E4DD9F83/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_3.png")

Hello, I am trying to access material from the partner portal and I get a "denied access error" as below   
![Screenshot 2024-07-03 103052.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/333205iBDF3DD59D09800BE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-07-03 103052.png")![error.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/333209iA2D310886CBFBC53/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "error.jpg")  


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Kelvin Maina](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5523284) and welcome to the Community.

Based on the screenshot, you are either accessing your partner's Confluence space in which your partner enabled anonymous access or you have permission to view certain content.

However, there might still be content on that's space pages with restricted content.

It can be a restricted page (it's possible to restrict access on a page level) or it can be an excerpt/page inclusion from a space that is not public/to which you don't have access.

I'd get in touch with your partner and try to resolve this with them as they will have either remove restrictions or grant you access.

comments: author: Kelvin Maina
body: [@Kristian Klima](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5074962) that will be helpful. Thank you


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questions-for-confluence-cloud
How do I add many tags to a Confluence Database in bulk?
Asked by Chris Jacks:

I am creating a Confluence Database that will have a field named "Product". Field type is "Tag".

I have a notepad file with a list of 100 or so products, each on a new line.

How can I get this list of products created as tags without having to copy+paste one at a time?


Answers:
author: Tom_Carrott_Adaptavist
body: Hey [@Chris Jacks](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4061250)

Interesting topic!

We're in the early stages of developing a new product that might be relevant to your interests. It's called Panorama, and it offers comprehensive content management for Confluence.

If you'd like to learn more, please check out our landing page here - <https://www.kolekti.com/getpanorama>

Feel free to reach out with any questions! :)


author: Kristian Klima
body: HI [@Chris Jacks](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4061250) and welcome to the Community

You can import a CSV to a specific column of the database (three dots menu next to the Database Search field) - click Import and follow the instructions. You just need to copy paste your notepad entries into a spreadsheet (or into a text editor and then convert text to table).

Or you can copy paste a column from a spreadsheet editor into a database column.

HOWEVER... I only got it working with Text, not with Tag. And sadly, conversion doesn't work.

Having said that, there might be a workaround, I found a couple solving different issues, more on that in my article [here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Use-Databases-for-your-docs-life-cycle-management/ba-p/2663479)).

I'm sharing the above hoping that it might take you the right track.

comments: author: Chris Jacks
body: Thanks Kristian
> HOWEVER... I only got it working with Text, not with Tag

That confirms my findings also. That it cannot be done as tags.

I want to use the type "tag" so that I can add some level of control for consistency.

Thanks for the article post to. I don't think it quite offers a solution for my problem (feel free to correct me if wrong) but there's certainly some other useful use case examples there. Nice one!


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Asked by _???_PM_ ???:

????? ??? ????? ?? ??? ???????, ????? ??? ???? ??, ???? ???? ??? ?? ???.

??? ??? ?????, ?? FIX ???? ?????? ???????.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@_???_PM_ ???](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5534767) Welcome to the Atlassian community

If you add additional characters to the search does it return any results? I think it might be that you are using just two characters? Also what happens if you select the space first and then add the two characters?

comments: author: _???_PM_ ???
body: ?????.  
??? '????? ??' ??? ??????? ????? ?????.

??? ???? ???? ?? ? ?? ?? ????? ????, '????? ??' ??? ???? ?? ??? ???? ????.


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confluence-cloud
how to add the heavy border around cell(s) for highlighting?
Asked by Sandra Lawrence:

How does one add a heavy board around one or more cells in a Confluence table?


Answers:
author: Barbara Szczesniak
body: [@Sandra Lawrence](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4448641) As [@Kristian Klima](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5074962) mentioned, you cannot do this without an app.

As an alternative, I generally set a background color for the cells to set them off visually.


author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Sandra Lawrence](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4448641)

That is not possible out of the box.

Having said that, there might be some options.

* A marketplace table app. There are apps that do offer enhanced table formatting options. Important - many marketplace apps are FREE for up to 10 users.
* A theme app - there are also apps that change visuals of your confluence pages and/or create a dedicated website form your Confluence content. They typically offer customizable CSS option, where you can define styles, but probably not on an individual cell level.


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confluence-cloud
Problems with HTML code in confluence page (HTML macro for confluence page)
Asked by Newton Belino Pereira:

I'm trying to put html code on the confluence page and I've succeeded, but I've had a few problems. One of them was in relation to loading images and how to store them on the page. To solve the problem, I converted the images into BASE64 code so that I could load the code and use the images I need. However, this strategy isn't working well on the confluence page. When I test ofiline, in another browser, the HTML code works correctly, but not on the confluence page. Is there any limitation to reading this type of data (BASE64) on the confluence page?


Answers:
author: Nar Kumar C. - Narva Software
body: Hi Newton,

One option could be to upload the image as a page attachment and put the link into HTML Macro.

I assume from the mention that you are using this app: [HTML Macro for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221472/html-macro-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)


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confluence-cloud
Can I use the Confluence Data Center auto installer in an air gap environment using RHEL8 OS?
Asked by Carlos E. Alfaro:

We're clustering the Confluence Data Center and we're using RHEL8 for the host(s). The systems will not have "internet" access, since we are on a private cloud or air gapped. From the instructions, the cleanest install method is to use the automatic installer .bin but I'm questioning it since I just completed the first install and received the following error: unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML shcema namespace (or is that related to db).


Answers:
author: Jim Knepley - ReleaseTEAM
body: Yes, I've successfully used the installer .bin on a fresh RHEL8-stream install.

Is [this](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-enable-team-calendars-for-confluence-with-the-error-configuration-problem-unable-to-locate-spring-namespacehandler-for-xml-schema-734235071.html) the error you're referring to?


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confluence-cloud
Table Columns Show/Hide
Asked by mbugra k:

Hi All,

My use case is as follows.

I have a table B under table_filter and table_transform macro that is being merged with another table A from another page via table_except_include macro.

I want to show and hide some columns in table B under this macro structure or add suitable ones. (ie Config 1 , Config 2 ) see image below

![ConfluecneQA.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/333070i8653ECA7619D9DF7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ConfluecneQA.png")

How can I achieve this?


Answers:
author: Stiltsoft support
body: Hi [@mbugra k](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5344094) ,

You may create the following structure:

* Wrap your Table Excerpt Include macro (Table A) and Table B in the Table Transformer macro and join them (like you do it on the screenshot). As a result you'll get a big combined table with all the columns present
* Then you wrap this Table Transformer macro in the Table Excerpt macro
* Then you reuse this excerpt twice via the Table Excerpt Include macro (there will be two macros on the page as you want two different table views)
* Each Table Excerpt Include macro should be wrapped in the Table Filter macro - the Table Filter macro allows you to hide unwanted columns

You may read how to hide columns via the Table Filter macro here: <https://docs.stiltsoft.com/tfac/dc-server/table-filtration-42239755.html#Tablefiltration-HideColumns>


author: mbugra k
body: Thanks for the solution. I wanted to switch between configs 1 and 2. I used table except include twice and put then under Aura tabs to switch between views.

In edit Mode, two tables are on top of each other in Aura tabgroup macro.


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data-center

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table

table-filter

table-filter-and-charts

table-filter-charts-spreadsheets
Confluence Space Access
Asked by William Trebes:

How do I give a user access to a confluence space, or see users who have access to a confluence space. I have a user who is unable to see a page in a space, and can't see a setting to change this.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Laurie Sciutti
body: Hello [@William Trebes](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5138151) \~ have a look [here](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/assign-space-permissions/). You may also need to ensure restrictions haven't been put in place on the specific page that the user is unable to see (ref [here](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/add-or-remove-page-restrictions/)).

comments: author: William Trebes
body: Hi Laurie,

Thank you for this the first link was helpful to find the permissions needed to assign to the user to get them access.


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jira-service-management-cloud
Unable to re-add active directory server to confluence
Asked by smcdonald20:

Hello,

I ran into an issue in which my second Domain controller would not perform a full directory sync, even with disabling the "Enable Incremental Syncronization" option. I removed the second active directory server and tried to re-add it, but I get an error

Could not save directory configuration. Error message:  
Directory with name "Active Directory server" already exists.

My Confluence version is 7.0.3.

Any assistance or steps to resolve would be appreciated.


Answers:
author: Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
body: Have you tried giving your 2nd "Active Directory Server" a different name?

I like naming them PDC and BDC.

comments: author: smcdonald20
body: Yes, I have tried different name, and used IP address as well.


author: Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
body: Browse the docs and see if anything pops out. Most of the AD support is post 8.x, you may be better off upgrading to a more recent version.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf70/confluence-server-documentation-976756037.html>


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confluence-server

data-center

server
My API Token Cannot Access A Page That The User of The Token Can, What Settings to Change?
Asked by Chris Mallinson:

I am working on some automation for our Confluence pages. I contacted my IT team who created a token using a service account. IT has confirmed that they can access the space on Confluence (where we want the automation to exist) when logged in under that service account.

However, when I try to setup automation using that token and python's requests library in the following code:

```
resp = requests.get( 
    url=f"[redacted link]", 
    verify=False, 
    headers={ 
        'Authorization': f'Basic [redacted Atlassian key]', 
    } 
) 
print(resp.content)
```

I get this error response:

```
b'{"errors":[{"status":404,"code":"NOT_FOUND","title":"Not Found","detail":null}]}
```

Any ideas on why we can access this page when logged in but we get authorization issues when using the token?


Answers:
author: Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
body: Ensure you pass the service account as the user when using its token.

The docs for using the token via API calls are here:

<https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-account/docs/manage-api-tokens-for-your-atlassian-account/>

Also, look at sunnyape's answer to this thread.

<https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/api-token-authentication-contradictory-documentation/66594>

comments: author: Chris Mallinson
body: That was our problem, we were not passing the service account with the token. Thanks for the help!


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confluence-cloud
Confiforms: get rid of empty lines in email
Asked by Mark Borland:

Hello everyone, [@Alex Medved _ConfiForms_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781630)

I've configured 'IFTTT Integration Rules' Macro to send an email on created record. And I put all of the fields inside a macro with 'Hide if empty' parameter.

The thing is that not all fields may be filled at the time of submission and I don't know which set of fields will have values. So I had to put all the fields (ConfiForms Field macros) inside IFTTT rule starting on a new line each. This causes me to get a few blank lines in the sent email, depending on which fields are empty in this particular record.

I understand that ConfiForms itself works correctly at this point and sends exactly the content that I put inside a macro. However I'm wondering if you have some ideas how to get rid of these empty lines in emails when fields have 'Hide if empty' parameter and don't have values.


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi [@Mark Borland](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5530532)

On server/data center you can use the ConfiForms IFMatches macro to show/hide blocks of text/fields based on the data stored. in the form (defining condition)

another option would be to use, for example a CardView filtered with id:\[entry.id\]

And leave it empty, so only the fields with values will be shown

Alex

comments: author: Mark Borland
body: [@Alex Medved _ConfiForms_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781630)

I wrapped every field in the IFMatches macro with a separate condition for each field and set 'Display inline' mode for each macro.  
And it works perfectly now! Thanks


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data-center
Confluence - Help to align manual comments in a Dynamic table (JIRA)
Asked by Matias G Labrana:

Hello people,

I have this basic table with dynamic info coming from JIRA, with a table transformer to edit existing columns:

![1298731.jpeg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/332977i28B7E43132833CEC/image-dimensions/283x152?v=v2 "1298731.jpeg")  

The idea is to create a new column called "comments" where the users will be able to add a comment manually in Confluence to a specific IDs from JIRA.  
Can this action be possible taking in consideration that the comments must align to the JIRA IDs? and also considering that as this is a dynamic table, the IDs are appearing and dissapearing constantly?

Basically I want a way to align comments according to the corresponding Jira ID so the comment will place correctly into the ID in the new column "Comments" created

Please consider that I am not administrator of the project in JIRA that I am dealing, so I cannot automate fields in JIRA, unfortunately in this case is not an option  
Thanks!


Answers:
author: Stiltsoft support
body: Hi [@Matias G Labrana](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5465051) ,

You may check the answer from 25 Nov, 2020 of this Community thread: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-I-dynamically-populate-the-fields-of-a-table-based-on-values/qaq-p/1505810>

comments: author: Stiltsoft support
body: And what concerns the type of JOIN function for the query if your tables have different number of rows: please check this page <https://www.javatpoint.com/mysql-left-join-vs-right-join>

If your macro generated table is the first one, you'll need LEFT JOIN.


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data-center

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table-filter-and-charts

table-filter-charts-spreadsheets

table-transformer
Why Mailto hyperlink is not working in SQL Table Transformer for other user
Asked by Dhiraj Kr_ Gupta:

I have generated a column which contains mailto hyperlink. But it is working fine for me( I have created through SQL table transformer. It is opening direct outlook with prefilled details. But when other user try to open the hyperlink. it is not opening. Why it is happening, please help


Answers:
author: Stiltsoft support
body: Hi [@Dhiraj Kr_ Gupta](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5375074) ,

Seems that the other users may check their settings of the Outlook client and their browser (inc. ad blockers) regarding the processing of the mailto links.

Here is a list of possible issues:

**Default Email Client Configuration:**

++Problem:++ The other users may not have their default email client configured properly. If the default email client is not set, the mailto link will not function as expected.  
++Solution:++ Ensure that other users have their default email client set correctly. They can do this through their system settings or their web browser settings.

**Browser Settings:**

++Problem:++ Different browsers handle "mailto" links differently. If the browser settings are not configured to handle mailto links, they will not work.  
++Solution:++ Users should check their browser settings to ensure that mailto links are enabled and that their preferred email client is selected.

**Email Client:**

++Problem:++ The email client might not support mailto links or might be configured differently.  
++Solution:++ Check if the email client being used by other users supports mailto links and is properly configured to handle them.

**Security Settings:**

++Problem:++ Security software or browser security settings might block mailto links.  
++Solution:++ Ensure that security settings or antivirus software do not block mailto links.

**HTML Rendering Differences:**

++Problem:++ The HTML rendering engine in different environments (browsers, email clients, etc.) might treat the mailto link differently.  
++Solution:++ Ensure the HTML is correctly formatted and test it in multiple environments.

**URL Encoding:**

++Problem:++ The mailto link might contain special characters that need to be URL-encoded.  
++Solution:++ Ensure that any special characters in the mailto link are properly URL-encoded.

comments: author: Dhiraj Kr_ Gupta
body: Thanks, it was happening because Outlook was not default app in the system


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table-transformer
Confluence Draw.Io embedded diagram with simple viewer always open on first page
Asked by Karol Leszczy?ski:

Hi

I have Confluence Draw.io embedded diagram with simple viewer. It always open on first page. I dont see option to change it like in this page ( "Page and Layers)

![1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/332975i8A0A6C8F83B80447/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "1.png")

regards


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: And the diagram has multipage pages and multiple layers on the selected page?

comments: author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Ah, no, the simple viewer doesn't support that.


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confluence-cloud

draw.io
Tables that can track dates and issue reminders (e.g. expiration, events, etc.)
Asked by Luis P.:

I intend on creating various tables that will track different items that have a defined expiration date (e.g. 90 days, 1 year, 10 years, etc.). The goal of this table is:

1. A column that is available or hidden that defines the number of days before expiration.
2. A column with the data the item was created or updated.
3. A column with the data that the item will expire.
4. A notification solution that will send out an email a certain amount of time prior to the expiration.
5. The data in some fields should be accessible to other Chalk Pages for display (e.g. into a different table that shows what will expire the soonest.

Extra Bonus: A way to track who has reviewed the email regarding the expiration notice.


Answers:
author: Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
body: Have you considered using Jira for this instead of Confluence?


author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Luis P.](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5016478)

I agree with [@Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/815120) - Jira might is built specifically for what you're describing.

Generally speaking, it's easier to integrate Confluence content into Jira than the other way round (especially if you're on Cloud).

If you have reasons to have this in Confluence, try looking into Confluence Databases.


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unknown-hosting-type