youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Does confluence support importing 3D pdfs
Asked by Nick SChaub:

Is it possible to import a 3D pdf to a Confluence page? I can import a regular 2D pdf no prob, but a 3D pdf appears to hang while loading. Thanks, Nick


Answers:
author: HosseinA
body: Hi Nick,

There is a New Feature request to embed this in Confluence, and you can visit:

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24260)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24260>

Regards,

Hossein

comments: author: Nick SChaub
body: Thanks for the reply, Hossein. What is the schedule for implementing the 3D pdf feature in Confluence?

Thanks again, Nick


author: Sergey Svishchev
body: Can you share a sample of 3D pdf ?
The most interesting usage examples of JIRA and Confluence
Asked by Kennie N.:

Hi guys, although we've been using JIRA and Confluence and happy with them, but we're "only" using them for what they are (i.e. project tracking and knowledge management/collaboration).

I'm curious about interesting use cases for JIRA and Confluence that you guys have that are possibly out-of-the-box, or not really what they were advertised for, but ended up great and very helpful.


Answers:
author: Andris Grinbergs
body: For Jira:

1. for Asset inventory. Each asset have issue. Users accept them during inventorying.

2. For new employee comes/leaves company. A set of 10+ subtasks created by workflow, so that nothing is forgotten. (Prepare workplace, overtake GSM contract, create system accounts....)

comments: author: Kennie N.
body: Those are great examples! I've read the Asset management use case from Atlassian's blogs, and it seems so great that we are actually doing a proof of concept in our organization as we speak. We're only some 50 strong but we like to make things easier and scalable to when we grow :).The second one, though, is just the kind of idea I was looking for, awesome!Thanks for sharing, Andris!


author: Andris Grinbergs
body: Glad to help. :)


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Kennie,

I've seen some cases that confluence were used as a document repository, although we say that Confluence is not meant for that.

JIRA can also be used for project management or any other activity that requires tasks workflow.

These links may be helpful to you :)

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAKB/JIRA+Use+Cases)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAKB/JIRA+Use+Cases>

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Advanced+and+Special+Uses+of+Confluence)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Advanced+and+Special+Uses+of+Confluence>

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Kennie N.
body: Hi Rodrigo, thanks for the links! Why didn't I find them before is beyond me.I see some use cases for JIRA that are interesting with a few that have crossed my mind but had no idea about the feasibility so that's awesome!I can't say I have the same level of excitement for Confluence though. The use cases listed are sort of expected.but great articles nonetheless!


author: Kennie N.
body: So far I see that JIRA has far more interesting use cases than Confluence. We need some more love into Confluence!I should also add that we are working to use JIRA as our audit tracking, so issues become NCR or findings and we'll use workflows to conform to the standards' (ISO, mostly) resolution flow.


Tags: jira
Customizing what is shown on search results page
Asked by Alex Yasurek:

I was wondering if there is a way to customize what appears on the search results page by customizing the actual search result page or the code that displays the results on the page. We want to not have certain pages appear in search results and all these pages start with an underscore (ex. _page title). Instead of going and customizing the search engine itself to not index these pages, I am wondering if it would be possible to cut it off at the moment when it goes to display these pages on the page itself. In simple terms, i imagine having some if statement checking to see if the page title starts with an underscore. If it does then it skips it, if it doesn't then it displays it.I am just wondering if this is possible to do and which file would this need to be added to if it is possible?Thanks


Answers:
author: Alex Yasurek
body: Hi, I another similar question to this one and got some answers. Hopefully one of them is helpful to you. Here is the link to the question/answers: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/276731/controlling-what-gets-displayed-in-search-results-in-confluence>


author: Liz Canham
body: We have a similar problem and are very interested if you received an answer to this?If we start the page names with a certain character or if they have a particular label, can we prevent the pages appearing in the search results? Does anyone have a great idea how we can do this?
New window in Confluence
Asked by Tamara Khan:

How do I open a page in a new window in Confluence?


Answers:
author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: You can do a wiki markup to link to another page, somthing like this would work:

```
{html}&lt;a href="LINK TO YOUR CONFLUENCE PAGE" target="_blank"&gt;TEXT GOES HERE&lt;/a&gt;{html}
```
Tempo and Confluence Licensing
Asked by Jason Terando:

Hi, we are evaluting Tempo and Confluence. We anticipate updating to the 500 seat level of Jira/Agile soon, but many of those seats are people that will not need the Tempo or Confluence functionality. Can we license these add-on platforms at the 100 seat level?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: For Tempo, you need to have the same number of seats as your JIRA license (500 in your case). But you can purchase Confluence for 100 users as it is a separate application and not an addon like Tempo.

comments: author: Jason Terando
body: Thanks Jobin!


Tags: licence

tempo
Number maximum of spaces in Confluence?
Asked by Cedric DEVAUX:

Hello,

My manager asked me if we are limited of number of space.

What is the maximum number of space that can be created in Confluence?

Cedric


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's a bigger number than your humans will be able to think through - there's no hard limit really, only what your server and admins can handle.


author: Cedric DEVAUX
body: OK :)

Thank you Nic


Tags: confluence-administration
Delete orphaned pages
Asked by Patrick_Vanhoof:

Hi,

A user deleted a page with many subpages. All these subpages are now orphaned pages. How can I easily delete them all? Or is that not possible, do I have to delete them one by one?

I do not want to mess in the database.

Would a restore of the parent page from trash help?

Thanks,

Patrick


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Patrick,

Since the root page was deleted, I believe that even restoring it would not restore the page tree structure and you'll need to set that again.

There might be a way to remove all pages automatically from the database, but that I wouldn't advise since some SQL error can cause a huge problem.

To see all orphaned pages, you can go to the space admin, content tools and orphaned pages. [This documentation explains a bit more.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/FiEC)

I think that you'll need to remove the child page one by one, or create a new space and move all the pages you want to that space, removing the space in the end. That may mitigate the work to remove the pages. :)

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: It would be a nice feature though :-)


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Patrick,

I was searching in Atlassian bug tracker and I could find this feature one: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22995>

I recommend to vote and watch it for future updates. ;)

Regards,

Rodrigo


author: Steffen Heller
body: @Patrick:

If you want to delete different subpages in one go (next time!), have a look at the following discussion and check out my instruction there:

[](/questions/2883/delete-a-parent-page-and-its-child-pages)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/2883/delete-a-parent-page-and-its-child-pages>

comments: author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: That's indeed a good work around. Thanks.
Problem with {include} macro and {code block} macro
Asked by Maciej Sz.:

Confluence version 5.4.2

1. I created a site with {code block} macro - page name **X**
2. I created second site - page name **Y**
3. I include page **X** on page **Y** - using {include} macro - include **X**

And here is a problem.

I do not see on page Y frames (code block macro frames) which I can see on site X. Do you know why?

It is possible to fix it?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi!

I was making some tests here and I could make it work on confluence 5.3 and 5.4.2 without problems. Can you try to screencast [](http://www.screencast-o-matic.com)<http://www.screencast-o-matic.com>the behavior/issue and send the video record to this question so we can see the behavior live? Also, you can also exemplify with some screenshoots.

Regards,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Maciej Sz.
body: Yeap my bad it works right now. I do not know way it not work earier. Problem soved.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: No worries. If the problem persist, just open a new question and provide a link to this one so other users can also help :D
Can Confluence handle conditionality
Asked by Gary Niemen:

Is it possible to implement conditionality on a Confluence page so that when exporting to XML, PDF, HTML, or Word - one can select which version to export - one with the condition and one without.


Answers:
author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: I'm not sure, if it meets your need, but take a look on [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-pdf)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-pdf>

Regards

Steve

comments: author: Gary Niemen
body: Good tip Steve, thanks. It is hard to tell if it solves the exact need - but from the write-up, it seems feasible that it would. Again, thanks.


author: Don Willis
body: It's certainly possible to write a Macro plugin to do that. Macros know whether they're being rendered for PDF/view page etc. It's in the page context's outputType. The different types are documented at <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-renderer/5.0/apidocs/com/atlassian/renderer/RenderContextOutputType.html>

comments: author: Gary Niemen
body: Thanks Don.


author: Sven [Dione Technology]
body: Gary, this is a very specific need.

I'm afraid that need a development...
Is it possible to export Confluence pages to PDF based on labels
Asked by Gary Niemen:

Is it possible to export Confluence pages to PDF based on labels - so, for example, create a PDF with all pages that have label=userguide.


Answers:
author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: Yes, you can use the Scroll PDF Export plugin, not free though.

comments: author: Gary Niemen
body: Thanks Patrick.
Data Backup
Asked by Sreejith Bhaskaran Nair:

Hi ,

How to backup data from old installtion directorys to fresh installed confluence


Answers:
author: Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren
body: There is one complete description here: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Migrating+Confluence+Between+Servers)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Migrating+Confluence+Between+Servers>

But as Nic points out it is hard to give detailed advice when the question is vague.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Take a copy of it.

I'm sure there's more to this question, but you haven't really told us what your question is. To backup data, you take a copy of it and put it somewhere else. That's it. So you need to expand the question.


Tags: confluence-administration
Can a workflow be added to Confluence?
Asked by Gary Niemen:

Can a workflow be added to Confluence - for example, write, edit/review, publish.


Answers:
author: Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren
body: Checkout this plugin: [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow>

It does the trick!

Cheers,

// Svante

comments: author: Gary Niemen
body: Thank you Svante.


author: Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren
body: no problemo, glad to help.

Please accept the answer if you like to make it marked as answered.

Cheers,

// Svante


author: Leroy Llamas
body: Are there any other document approval workflow options for Confluence other than Comalatech or Scroll Versions?
automated space export and import
Asked by Tomas Klima:

Hello, We would like to have 2 Confluence installations and we are searching for an option how to export a space from one instance and import it to the other automatically. The export seems to be quite easy by using the Confluence command line interface but unfortunatelly, there is no option for importing a space. Is there a way how to do this?Thanks and regards,Tomas


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: The [Confluence Command Line Interface](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) doesn't have a space import because there wasn't a remote API for it. Open an [improvement request](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/browse/CSOAP) and will review some of the new APIs that are becoming available.

Also be aware of [copySpace](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-copySpace) and other copy actions. They have a [targetServer](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-targetServer) parameter.

comments: author: Tomas Klima
body: Hi,

the copySpace action with the targetServer parameter works perfectly for us.

Thanks a lot for your help

Tomas


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Good. Make sure you use all the appropriate copy parameters to cover things you need in your use case (like attachments and permisssions). Be aware that it is not equivalent to save and restore, but does cover many use cases.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Tomas,

I couldn't find a way to import the space automatically as well. That might not be possible at the moment. You may want to reach the plugin vendor and check if this is possible or they have some improvement request open already.

Cheers,

Rodrigo
Changing Confluence content ownership
Asked by Andrew Frayling:

Hi,

What's the current (easiest) way to transfer content ownership in Confluence 5.2.x and above? Is it still the export content, unzip export, find and replace, re-zip export, import content process mentioned in the comments at [](/questions/66018/how-to-change-the-owner-author-of-a-page-in-confluence)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/66018/how-to-change-the-owner-author-of-a-page-in-confluence>?  

I know you can change usernames via the UI in Confluence 5.3x and above, but that doesn't fix the content ownership problem as you cannot rename multiple active users to the same disabled user. My plan was to create a disabled user called "retired-user" or similar and change an active user's username to the when they left the company and needed to be removed from Confluence, but as soon as the "retired-user" exists you cannot change the active user's username to it because it already exists (tested on Confluence 5.4.4). There's a note at [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Changing+Usernames)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Changing+Usernames>which says "You can however assign the username of a disabled user to another active user.", but this doesn't seem to be the case.

Is changing content ownership still a headache with Confluence 5.3.x and above or am I missing something with the change username functionality?

Cheers,

Andrew.


Answers:
author: Sabine Winkler
body: Hi,

if "copy space" is an option for you, you might try this approach. [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace>

Mentioned here: [](/questions/90225/can-we-do-a-bulk-change-on-the-pages-to-change-the-owner-of-all-the-pages-in-a-confluence-space)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/90225/can-we-do-a-bulk-change-on-the-pages-to-change-the-owner-of-all-the-pages-in-a-confluence-space>(Important here is the last comment: "Note that copying the space will change all tiny links (permalinks) because every page gets a new tiny link in the new space.")

HTH, Sabine

comments: author: Andrew Frayling
body: Thanks Sabine. Looking Copy Space I don't think that's going to work for us as I wouldn't want all pages in a space to be owned by a single person. It may only be 5%, 10%, 15%, etc. of the pages in a space that need their owner changed, not all of them.

Thanks for the suggestion though, I hadn't seen that solution. And thanks for the other Atlassian Answers reference I'll vote on the the feature request linked from that post.


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Shall I take the deafening silence as a "yes, it's still a headache and you have to export, unzip, find/replace, re-zip, import"? :-)


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Users that have left the company need to be deleted from Confluence because Confluence is tied to AD and that's what happens in AD when people leave, they're deleted.


Tags: user-management
Ad hoc Workflow completed doesn't work on blog posts
Asked by Reto Eggenberger:

Hi all

I have a question about ad hoc workflows from comalatech.

I am testing a simple Workflow:

```
{workflow:name=Lesebest?tigung Innendienst/Vinoteca}    {state:Neu|completed=Gelesen|taskable=true}        {task:name=Mitteilung lesen|assignee=admin}    {state}    {state:Gelesen|approved=Erledigt|rejected=Neu|taskable=true}        {approval:Best?tigung|user=admin}    {state}    {state:Erledigt|final=true}    {state}{workflow}
```

The workflow works on pages as expected. When I finish the task "Mitteilung lesen" it jumps to the state "Gelesen". So far, so good.

But if I use this workflow for a blog post and I finish the excact same task, the workflow doesn't jump to the next state "Gelesen".

That's a bit confusing? What could cause this inconsistent behavior?

Thanks for any hints on this.

Reto


Answers:
author: Miguel Reimer
body: Hi,

As this was also asked in our forums [](http://community.comalatech.com/comalatech/topics/ad_hoc_workflow_doesnt_work_on_blog_posts "forums")<http://community.comalatech.com/comalatech/topics/ad_hoc_workflow_doesnt_work_on_blog_posts>- I will just post here that this issue was fixed in Ad hoc Workflows 4.3.7.

Thanks,  
Miguel


Tags: adhoc-workflows

confluence-administration
How to administer Personal Spaces?
Asked by TJ Baker:

I need to change some permissions on some personal spaces that were created by employees who are no longer working for our company.

Now that the users are managed together, I cannot delete them from Confluence (that I can see), nor can I see how to access and delete their personal spaces.

Please advise?


Answers:
author: Mauro Badii
body: Hi Zaridan,

In OnDemand if users restrict their spaces you won't be able to access them even by being an admin. That would require confluence-administrator permission according to [Page Restrictions Documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Page+Restrictions) and that is currently [restricted in OnDemand](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand). To do so, you may request OnDemand Support (using your Technical Contact email address) to help you grant access to those Spaces. Is that causing you problems to delete users?

Feel free to log a issue at [](support.atlassian.com)[support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com) for more detailed assistance.

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Import shapes into Diagramly
Asked by Doug Swartz:

We have just started using Diagramly for Confluence and like it quite a bit so far.

However, I can't see any way to import shapes or images into a diagram. I have my own scalable vector (SVG) shapes I've created. How do use them in Diagramly?

Thank You.


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: In the next release (due within 7 days) you'll be able to drag and drop both images and SVG from your filesystem straight onto the diagram. If you check out the [draw.io](https://www.draw.io "draw.io") web site, you'll see how it's working there. The Confluence releases lag a couple of weeks behind the online version due to the extra testing, but shouldn't be long now.

comments: author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: The release is now out. We've investigating issues on some browsers with SVG resizing once dropped onto the diagram.


Tags: addon-com.mxgraph.confluence.plugins.diagramly
Why are there six Administrator accounts on a newly created OnDemand instance?
Asked by Tim Colson (Cisco):

Yep. Six. All with the same userid. Brand new instance, never been administered before, just created by the auto-wizard thingy.

Can I remove five of them?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: That's odd. Create a support case wth Atlassian at [](https://support.atlassian.com)<https://support.atlassian.com>.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I set Confluence as the default app for an OnDemand instance?
Asked by Tim Colson (Cisco):

Right now, Jira shows up by default and forces login, but I'd prefer Confluence as the default app for my on demand instance: [](http://rigorous.atlassian.net/)<http://rigorous.atlassian.net/>. How do I do that?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: This is still an open request: [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-6068)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-6068>

comments: author: Tim Colson
body: Wow. Thanks for the link, Jobin. Surprised to see this as a feature request, open for the past 18 months, no comment from the @Atlassians. :-(


author: Tim Colson (Cisco)
body: Wow. Thanks for the link, Jobin. Surprised to see this as a feature request, open for the past 18 months, no comment from the @Atlassians. :-(


author: Tim Colson (Cisco)
body: Answer: You cannot do this. It's not a feature. Best workaround provided is to open up your Jira dashboard for anonmyous, and add a widget that shows a Confluence page.


author: Tim Colson
body: Answer: You cannot do this. It's not a feature. Best workaround provided is to open up your Jira dashboard for anonmyous, and add a widget that shows a Confluence page.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
On demand instance: basic macro disabled?
Asked by Nicolas Leroux:

Hi,

It seems that the basic macro are disabled in our on demand instance. However, the on demand documentation states the macro should be available: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Noformat+Macro,)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Noformat+Macro>It there a way to enable them?


Answers:
author: Paul Greig
body: Hi Nicolas,

It sounds like a module in the Basic Macros add-on has failed to initialise correctly. If you are the administrator of your OnDemand instance, you can head to:

https://\<instance\>/wiki/plugins/servlet/upm/manage/all#manage

Select 'All add-ons' and expand 'Basic Macros'. noformat should be the fouth entry. If this does not allow you to enable, you will need to contact [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com)

Cheers,

Paul


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud