youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Any way to send an email from a Confluence page without buying a plugin?
Asked by Betsy:

The end goal is to have a Confluence page with several questions and a button (i.e. "Submit") at the end which will send an email to a predefined address. It will likely be a one time or rare usage scenario and paying for a plugin is not feasible. I don't mind developing something but without plugins such as HTML, EMAIL, FORMS I am unclear on how it could work. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or clarifications.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Not within Confluence no. You could possibly embed some external service using an iframe inside a Confluence page to do it.

However, if you are possibly open to doing it with an add-on I would recommend ConfiForms. I don't work for them, but honestly, it is hands-down the best add-on we have purchased for Confluence and the price is super reasonable.

comments: author: Betsy
body: May have to go the iframe route just seems like it should be easier. Thanks for your response.


author: Beth Thomerson
body: Is the email address for a distribution list? Is the alert that Confluence sends to those who are watching the page not going to do what you need?

I'm interested and curious about your use case and why you prefer an email to a Confluence alert.

comments: author: Betsy
body: Use case is really a one off form that sends an email upon submit but I don't want to buy a plugin. Just thought there might be something free out there or a crafty workaround which you wouldn't want to do if you did forms all the time but would work for a once ever form.
Forbidden access to Confluence user macro documentation?!
Asked by Luis Gois:

Hi,

While trying to find out why my user macro works on some pages but not on others (Error rendering macro 'nm-tec-header-footer' : null), I've isolated it to the line:

#process ( $action.page)

For the time being, the real problem is that I cannot access the full user macro syntax documentation. While I can access:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf58/user-macro-template-syntax-771892704.html>

Some of its links, e.g. ([ContentEntityObject](http://docs.atlassian.com/com/atlassian/confluence/atlassian-confluence/latest/index.html?com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html)):

[https://docs.atlassian.com/com/atlassian/confluence/atlassian-confluence/latest/index.html?com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html\&_ga=2.31440191.1018673601.1506506163-1633848120.1494509680](https://docs.atlassian.com/com/atlassian/confluence/atlassian-confluence/latest/index.html?com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html&_ga=2.31440191.1018673601.1506506163-1633848120.1494509680)

result in:

Forbidden {#toc-hId-1763747199}
-------------------------------

You don't have permission to access /com/atlassian/confluence/atlassian-confluence/latest/index.html on this server.

Can you help?

Thanks.

Luis


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Luis,

I think, you have found a link that points to an old documentation. You can find the documentation for the Atlassian Confluence API here:

[https://docs.atlassian.com/com/atlassian/confluence/atlassian-confluence/latest-server/index.html?com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html\&_ga=2.257032971.1403006701.1507105013-1221546829.1499255503](https://docs.atlassian.com/com/atlassian/confluence/atlassian-confluence/latest-server/index.html?com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html&_ga=2.257032971.1403006701.1507105013-1221546829.1499255503)
Confluence Task Report Macro All Results
Asked by Clark Ferguson:

The Task Report Macro provides a selectable "Number of Tasks Per Page" of 10, 20 or 40. I'd like to receive all results so that I can operate on them with other Macros such as Table Filter. Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Clark,

We have a feature request for this that does contain a workaround in case you're using Confluence Server:

* [CONFSERVER-44993](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-44993)

Using the [Source Editor plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor/server/overview), you can directly edit the number of displayed results.

Let us know if you have any questions about that.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Do I lose existing gliffy attachments / diagrams when deactivating Gliffy?
Asked by Mike Saunt:

Hi

Does anyone know if I lose existing gliffy attachments / diagrams when deactivating Gliffy?

We want to move over to draw.io but have about 100 historic Gliffy drawings that we may want to look at in the future for reference. When deactivating in Confluence Administration a dialog appears saying all Gliffy data will be deleted.

Anyone done this before?

Thanks

Mike


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: I just tested with the current Gliffy version in cloud (1.4.11). You can unsubscribe to gliffy in the manage add-on page to stop the billing, but don't disable or uninstall the add-on. The gliffy diagrams remain as attachments to the page and the gliffy viewer continues to work. You just cannot edit the gliffy diagrams.

draw.io can import gliffy diagrams, also. In the attachments view of a page with a diagram, download the attachment with the name of the gliffy diagram (not the .png), add a blank draw.io diagram to the page and drag and drop the saved file into the editor to import the diagram to draw.io.

So, what you could do is leave the gliffy diagrams read-only and when someone wants to edit one import to draw.io as needed.

comments: author: Mike Saunt
body: Great, I'll give that a go. Appreciate your help.


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Is this for Server or Cloud?

comments: author: Mike Saunt
body: Cloud.


author: Soley Gudmundsdottir
body: Sort of. You get the 'Unknown macro error' so you won't see the image. I did this in June and had to re-upload the diagrams in another form.

I refer to this answer: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/When-I-uninstall-the-Gliffy-trial-plug-in-will-we-lose-our/qaq-p/164055>


Tags: draw.io

gliffy
How do I use data from a table to show a value on the page
Asked by mukundjalan:

I have a table which has 4 colums viz. Sr.No., From Date, To Date \& User which represents some assignment cycle. I want to show the name of the user on top of this table who is assigned the work today based on the data in a particular row. Is it possible?


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

As this question concerns 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)


author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@mukundjalan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/760014)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Pull-data-from-a-table-column-on-one-page-into-a-table-on-a/qaq-p/848658>

Cheers

comments: author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@mukundjalan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/760014) ,

The thread mentioned by [@Vero Rivas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3912760) is related to our app - [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud).

If the case is not solved or you have any questions about the add-on, we'll be happy to organize a live demo for you - please [book a suitable time slot here](https://calendly.com/tablefilter/live-demo?month=2022-01).
how to create a page template with a dialogue wizard like the blueprint ones have?
Asked by Dmitry Ree:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7314i73659E658F410F41/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

usage of template variables is not user-friendly

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7315i79E1B5D1DFABA7DB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Dmitry Ree](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/650417) ,

in order to put in place that you need to write code <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-blueprints/>

Fabio


Tags: wizard
How to display Page ID in footer of page
Asked by Michelle Frese:

Hi,

I would like to insert a user macro to allow the page ID to be displayed on the footer of the page.

I know very little about writing a macro, so if anyone can assist it would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Michelle


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Michelle,

there was a similar question I answered not long ago. Please hava a look here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Get-display-Page-ID-Confluence-Internal-Code/qaq-p/636638#M85459>

When you have created your macro, you are able to put it with the space tools to the footer: http://\<your confluence-url\>/spaces/custompagecontent.action?key=\<your spacekey\>

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask!

comments: author: Michelle Frese
body: Hi Thomas,

Thanks for your help. I created the Page ID macro as so:

## Macro title: getpageid  
## Macro has a body: N

## @noparams

$content.getIdAsString()

I added it as a user macro.

However,

I am having trouble having it displayed correctly in the footer.

I went to the space I want the page ID displayed. I went to the space tools, then footer, but not sure exactly what I am supposed to insert into the footer box.

-I tried inserting the macro itself

- I tried inserting Marco name "PageID"

Whatever , I insert into the footer, that is what is displayed, not the Page ID.

Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? I would like for every page of a specific space to have the page ID footer.

Thanks,

Michelle
Companion App won't download
Asked by Robin Brown:

The companion app fails to download under Windows10. I tried to edit an attachment and was presented with a Pop-up asking me to download the app. The browser (Edge) gave an error saying "windows_32 couldn't be downloaded"

If I go directly to the download site I get "There are no stable releases for Windows".

##### Here's the URL: {#toc-hId-1174204891}

<https://companion-release-server.us-west-1.prod.public.atl-paas.net/download/latest/windows_32>

I also tried the Mac download button and it has the same problem.

I also tested with Chrome, IE and Firefox, and another staff member's PC. All had the same problem.

Any ideas?

Robin


Answers:
author: sattard
body: Hey Robin,

We had some intermittent issues yesterday with the release server for Companion. We got everything up and running again pretty quickly but it looks like you were unfortunately caught in the period of time where things weren't quite working correctly.

If you try again today it should download perfectly.

Cheers,

Samuel

comments: author: Robin Brown
body: Thank you both, Samuel it looks like you were right, it downloaded and worked fine this morning.

One thing I was wondering is when you save from the desktop app (eg MW Word) does it save directly to Confluence or is there a temp file left somewhere on my C drive?

Robin


author: sattard
body: There is a temporary file stored on your device while you are editing it locally


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Robin,

I'm able to download both versions [from the stable release page](https://companion-release-server.us-west-1.prod.public.atl-paas.net/releases/stable) as well as the link you provided.

Are you able to do it in another browser? I'm not sure why Edge might not let you download the file.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


Tags: companion-app
Why don't you have the basic feature of delete attachment?
Asked by Craig Harris:

As you should already be aware, this has been an issue for at least 4 years, when you upload a file you can't delete it, or REAPLCE IT. It will give error "Could not upload the file to Confluence. The server may be unavailable." This is a serious issue you should start fixing immediately. If not, I'm very curious to know why you think this isn't important enough.  

Since I changed my settings.xml after it was uploaded, the only way I can upload a new version is like RenameTo-settings.xml


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It is there, and has been for years.

More fine-grained control of it was requested at <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-9527> and implemented in Confluence 5.10

The error 'It will give error "Could not upload the file to Confluence. The server may be unavailable."' is not a missing feature, it's a problem specific to your installation.

I'm not saying it's your fault or that other people don't get it, but just that there's something wrong here and it needs tracking down to establish where the problem is.

What does the log say when this error happens?

comments: author: Craig Harris
body: Sorry for the rant. I'm using version 5.8. It says by default I should be able to remove my own stuff. But I don't see any way to delete. Am I looking in the right place? ![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7360iE4785B82352D9540/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's understandable when you're frustrated by something and it's not giving you enough to explain what's wrong.

The screen in your image is the "link" dialogue for creating a new link, it's not for attachment maintenance.

Cancel that, save your work, and then use the "attachments" option in the ... actions menu near the top right of the page. You'll have a full set of options there (Assuming the permissions are right)

If you get the error in there when trying to upload, then we need to start looking at logs etc.


author: Peter DeWitt
body: [@Craig Harris](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1155020), is there already an open request for this @ support.atlassian.com? If so vote it up as Atlassian is being to focus on the most voted issues. If there isn't an issue already, create one so others can vote it up too.

pd
Cannot get quick search to work on large corp site (noob Q)
Asked by George Grenley:

I'm sort of new to Confluence, and have recently discovered that searches for terms I have placed on pages cannot be found via quick search. Do I need to enable search for a page I create? There does not _seem_ to be an option for this.

It is a large corporate Confluence site, and search in general seems to work just fine, but when I put a unique phrase on one of my created pages, search fails to find it.

Does the page have to be explicitly (i.e. manually) linked to a "known" page? My page appears in the page tree but is not linked to from elsewhere.

Thanks! I know it's a noob question but I'm stuck.


Answers:
author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: Confluence may need to be indexed.

![Screen Shot 2017-10-14 at 22.20.14.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7739i3D631DAB0E2661A2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-10-14 at 22.20.14.png")


Tags: search
Enabling macro on Confluence: HTML-include vs HTML
Asked by Shradha Bandi:

Dear team,

We have to embed our SAP Business objects portal link to confluence.

Confluence team in our company enabled **HTML-include macro** rather then **HTML** as HTML takes any arbitrary HTML code and renders it into the page. There is no way to control the source of the material to display.HTML into a Confluence page .

We were able to embed **our Portal through HTML** but not through **HTML-enabled.**

Can we do something to get our Portal linked va HTML-include.

Please advise it will be a big help :)


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There is too little information to work out what you have done here.

What do you mean by "html-include rather than html"? What's "html-enabled"? What's "our portal through html"?

If you were able to "embed our portal through html", what's the problem? (as it is working that way)


Tags: html

macro
Confluence Space WorkFlow
Asked by John Steele:

I have a workflow created and I think I have it assigned to space and should start a workflow. If I manually add workflow to page it works. But it should work as new pages are created.

I works on another space that another group in the org uses and I copied it from them. So what am I missing that it does not work?

![Capture.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7302i33FDD378140D167A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.JPG")


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What add-on are you using to provide the workflow?


Tags: workflow
Export to PDF does not print 'WYSIWYG' format
Asked by Casey Maynard:

I need to be able to print my Confluences pages to show how they are displayed in my browser. When I export them to PDF (or Word) they layout is wrong, and checkboxes are converted to bullet point like dots. I want to print pages in 'WYSIWYG' format.


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: The built-in PDF export functionality has some limitations, unfortunately. There is not a lot you can do about it. There is an app called [Scroll PDF](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-pdf/cloud/overview) that gives you a ton of control over PDF formatting. We use it to do things like add "letterhead," control page breaks, etc. It works really well. You'll need to know/learn a little CSS, but it's not hard to configure.

comments: author: Casey Maynard
body: Unfortunately, I prefer an affordable option and one that does not require technical skills, as several team members will be printing these pages.

Disappointing that Confluence has very limited options and a number of things require a pay-to-use plugin.


author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Casey,

With Scroll PDF Exporter 4.0 we introduced a [graphical template designer](https://www.k15t.com/blog/2017/05/scroll-pdf-exporter-4-0-introduces-visual-template-editor) that allows you to create templates without any CSS or HTML skills required.

Please feel free to check it out here: [Scroll PDF Exporter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-pdf/server/overview)

If you have questions regarding the app, please feel free to get in touch with us via [support@k15t.com](mailto:support@k15t.com) - we'll be happy to help.

Best,  
Nils
Knowledge Base Customer Facing
Asked by ccahuber:

I've made a knowledge base in Confluence public to anonymous users. However, We don't want them to see the confluence dashboard. Just the pages navigation and the main content. How would we go about doing this?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I am interpreting "knowledge base in Confluence" as a space, so I understand you have added space permissions for anonymous to one space.

One approach would be to make the Site Homepage for Confluence the same as the Home page for that knowledge base space, then when the Confluence icon on the top left is chosen it will lead to that knowledge base space homepage and not to the dashboard, and when anonymous users access the instance, their landing page will be the home page of the knowledge base space.

To change the site homepage, go to Confluence admin\>Further Configuration and click the Edit button at the far right. Then you can choose the new homepage page from a menu of space homepages:

![Screen Shot 2017-10-09 at 1.44.41 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7436iCDAA637226DBC51A/image-dimensions/785x202?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2017-10-09 at 1.44.41 PM.png")
Calling {expand} macro from within User Macro
Asked by S.V:

Hello, I have a User Macro I wrote that takes in parameters and presents it. I want to include the output of my macro in an expandable text box, similar to how {expand} works right now, instead of creating an instance of {expand} on a page and then creating an instance of my macro within it manually. Is there a way to call {expand} from within my code? I tried searching for the {expand} source or people who had my problem before, but since I'm quite new to Confluence I couldn't understand how to do it.  

Thanks


Answers:
author: S.V
body: I figured it out, you use   
\<ac:macro ac:name="expand"\>\</ac:macro\>


Tags: macro

user-macro
MSSQL Clear Text password
Asked by Mark Hodges:

During a recent security audit, the auditors were able to capture the connection to the SQL server from the confluence application as it is using a clear text connection to the database.

Username: confluencedbo

Service: MSSQL

How do I configure confluence not to use a plain text connection to the SQL server?


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Is the issue that the database schema name and login creds are in plain text in the confluence.cfg.xml file on disk?

Or are they concerned about the traffic between the application and the database being unencrypted?

If the latter, the JTDS driver and MS SQL Server both support encryption. It's just a matter of setting it up. If the former, there is nothing that is Atlassian supported that will help with this.
Can I add/change the list of columns displayed when i click view all users in user management?
Asked by Karthi:

Can I add/change the list of columns displayed when i click view all users in user management?   
currently after i choose Show all user link, i am able to see user, user name and the email id.  
What step should i follow to add extra column so that i can have additional information listed.  
Especially i want to know the last login id of the user and also the groups the user belong to. I know i can view this info after i choose particular user. But i want to view this firsthand , so that i can choose only those users.


Answers:
author: Sireesha Dugginapeddi [Appfire]
body: Hi [@Karthi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1154954),

Unfortunately, there is no way to add another column or customize what you see when you click *View All Users*in User Management. Confluence doesn't offer the functionality natively.

But, as you already know you can click the user to view the respective details.

Wish there was an easier way to do it!

Thanks

Sireesha
can i import confluence spaces?
Asked by sn:

hi,

users of Confluence server 5.10.

is there a way to import space along with all attachments from one confluence site to ours ?

is this possible without a plugin ? if so, how ?

thanks!


Answers:
author: Marcos Sanchez
body: Hi,

You can reefer to this document [Import a Confluence Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/import-a-confluence-space-724765531.html) to import Confluence spaces.


Tags: confluence-administration