youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Do edits to a page also change the COPY of that page?
Asked by David Stutzman:

My problem is when I edit a calendar page (Original), the COPY of the Original calendar page also changes. Both calendars had the same dates to start with. Then what I hoped would happen was to delete certain events from each calendar. The result, however, was that a delete or addition also occurred on the other calendar. How do I prevent this from happening?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: The issue comes down to the fact that you are simply editing the same calendar.

The same calendar must be referenced on both pages in order for you to experience this behavior and I can assume this is happening because you say that you copied the page: Copying a page will NOT copy the calendar, it will embed the SAME calendar again.

You must create a NEW calendar and insert this on your NEW or COPIED page. Right now you are simply using the same calendar over and over. Thus changes to "one" affects the "other."

comments: author: Steven F Behnke
body: To preempt your next question, I think you might be able to export the calendar and then reimport it, if you need to have a "template" calendar.
Issue with Visibility plugin
Asked by Daniel Binsfeld:

When using the Visibility plugin we're seeing a message:

"The license could not be verified: There is no license certificate installed for CustomWare Visibility Plugin for Confluence.\*

According to the download site the plugin is free for Confluence server, and I can't find where to download a license key or to where add a license in the add-on itself.

Any pointers?

Thanks,

Jeroen


Answers:
author: Kay Brown
body: The license should be in your account on the ServiceRocket site. On the Confluence Administration page, on the left-hand side, there is section called ServiceRocket Plugins. Click the link for the Visibility plugin and add the license there.

Regards,

Kay


Tags: addon-net.customware.confluence.plugin.visibility

confluence-administration

licence

server

servicerocket
Can you link a JIRA issue to a Confluence Question?
Asked by Theresa M. Foy:

We know that you can link Confluence Pages to JIRA issues

Screen Shot 2015-04-24 at 11.12.50 AM.png

We haven't found a way to link JIRA issues to Confluence Questions. We're using Confluence Questions as a product suggestion/review for our client facing teams, and then our Product team creates JIRA issues. We'd like to be able to link relevant JIRA issues to these Confluence Questions. Is this possible or can we add it to the roadmap?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-you-link-a-JIRA-issue-to-a-Confluence-Question/qaq-p/285359?attachment-id=7506){#link_11888eebd53269}  
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Answers:
author: CruzinUSA
body: Unfortunately, there is no ability to link Confluence Questions to JIRA issues Currently. There is a bug ticket <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-1790>opened for this currently. I'd suggest voting on the issue so that it becomes more visible.

comments: author: TomC
body: It's a good idea. Voted and am watching - thanks.


author: carolyn french
body: Hi Theresa, This is what we are running into as well. It's not exactly the same as the bug that Brian mentions in his answer though. Did you raise a bug for your request and can you let me know so I can vote on it too? It's expected functionality because it says Link to a Confluence page, and our users consider a question page to be just that.
Any way to link Google Site and Knowledge Base?
Asked by Megan Leatherman:

Our company uses a Google Sites intranet that would ideally be connected to my department's Knowledge Base so that we only have to update one site with changes. Is there any way to have a KB and Google Site communicate with one another?


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Megan,

I think this is the page you are looking for :smile::

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ConfCloud/Using+Google+Docs+with+Google+Apps+Integration>

Hope it helps.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\| The Engineer that like Windows for realsies.

comments: author: Megan Leatherman
body: Great, thank you David!


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Megan,

If you use Google Docs, Google Calendar, Confluence has a macro that pulls that data. I can't see another way to have Google sites and Confluence working together.

Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: Megan Leatherman
body: Thank you, William!

Do you know where I can learn more about setting that macro up?

-Megan


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can i block deletion of spaces, to only be available for only system administrators?
Asked by Martin J?ger:

i would like to only have sys-admin and administrators be able to delete spaces.

I would still like to have space admins for each space, but they should not be allowed to delete spaces.

Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Luiz Maia
body: Hi Maritn,

Yes you can set this permission at the Space Permissions, removing the Delete Pages permission from the groups of users, so it will be restricted for Confluence Admins.

Please refer to the Space permissions documentation for all details: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Permissions+Overview>

Thanks.

Kind Regards,

Luiz Maia

Atlassian Support

comments: author: Martin J?ger
body: Thanks Luiz. That answers my question, but does not solve the problem. I would like to have space administrators that can delete spaces, but not delete an entire space. Is that possible?


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: AFAIK you can't."Delete Space" is part of the space admin permission. If you remove that, the user won't be able to delete the space, but he also wouldn't be a real space admin anymore.Cheers,Kirstin


Tags: confluence-administration
Import excel data into Team Calendar
Asked by gfishbein:

Hi i'm tyring to imporat calendar events into my atlassian calendar.. is there a template that i should use.. what is the process?

thanks


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hello there,  

<br />

Confluence's calendar more known as Team Calendar only accepts files .ics. So if you could use a third party tool to do this conversion I believe it could work.

Cheers,  
WZ


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Space owner
Asked by Ruwan Mettananda:

How do I find a owner of a space and change ownership?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: As an admin, look at the permissions on the space. There isn't really a "space owner", it's more "who can administrate the space other than the system admins"

comments: author: F?ldes L?szl?
body: Space owners get requests for permissions, so the are more special than any administrator. Transferring ownership would transfer the task of setting permissions.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Ruwan,

In addition to Nic's answers, If you'd like, you can also look for the "setspacepermission" permission type in the table "spacepermissions" in confluence database. Usually the Groups/Users that have this permission are space administrators of the space in question.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: permission

space
Confluence, Save and Retrieve content search?
Asked by Sudheer Reddy:

Hi,

I want to save and retrieve user search actions, is it possible in Confluence? Checked the marketplace, didnt find anything appropriate.

Basically, when a user searches for some content, I want to store the user search criteria (search string) that he/she can go back to.

Thanks for the help.

Thanks,

Sudheer.


Answers:
author: Kyndra Morris
body: I want to give the user the ability to save a search with all of the criteria (space, filter-label, last year, etc.) and then have them subscribe to that page so that they get notified of updates.
confluence circular icons
Asked by Frank Bell:


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: Thanks, Frank.

Finally I understand where all this strange forum threads come from :wink:


author: Frank Bell
body: Apologies - had thought I was typing into a search box not a "log a new question" box!

Please feel free to delete this dead-end.

Thanks,

Frank


author: Timothy
body: What about them?
Is Page / Space Rating available in Confluence?
Asked by Sudheer Reddy:

Hi,

Wanted to know if there is any way to rate the content or pages / spaces created / maintained in Confluence.

If yes, please let me know how to add the feature.

If no, can a customized component (or Macro) be written using your JavaAPIs?

Thanks for the help.

Thanks,

Sudheer.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There is the basic "like" feature built in, but I suspect what you really want is a "rate macro". The only one I'm familiar with is the Adaptavist one ( <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.rate> ) but there are others in the marketplace that you might want to try

I should say that I work for Adaptavist, but I'm actually familiar with the macro from before I joined Adaptavist.

comments: author: MarkC
body: What other rate macro options are there? Reading the reviews, it looks like it is slow to be updated for the latest Confluence versions. Plus, it doesn't appear to be supported for Confluence Datacenter.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, it used to be a little neglected, but Monika's team has grown significantly since I started, and got on top of all the addons that were falling behind now, so you can expect it to be updated more frequently in the future. We've also got a policy of not just saying "data center compatible" until we've tested it and we're sure (we've run into some plugins that claim to be compatible, but fall over under testing, and we don't want to fall into that trap). I am pretty sure "make \*all\* our addons good for data centre" is on the list, but I'm a little out of the loop at the moment - the project I'm on has kept me out of the office for quite some time.
Code Pro for Confluence 1.1.0 doesn't work for Confluence 5.4.2
Asked by Karol Kapica:

Our version confluence "Atlassian Confluence 5.4.2" so I have been installed plugin in version **1.1.0.**

If I choose Preview space I get

<br />

image2015-4-24 9:16:40.png

but If I click Save i get only many dots

image2015-4-24 9:15:56.png

I made change like \*code\* and I has got the same result:/

Do you have any idea where can be a problem?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Code-Pro-for-Confluence-1-1-0-doesn-t-work-for-Confluence-5-4-2/qaq-p/425228?attachment-id=961){#link_11888fa6e364c5}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/72102/1/image2015-4-24%209%3A16%3A40.png){#display_11888fa6e364c5_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Code-Pro-for-Confluence-1-1-0-doesn-t-work-for-Confluence-5-4-2/qaq-p/425228?attachment-id=962){#link_11888fa6e364c5_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/72102/2/image2015-4-24%209%3A15%3A56.png){#display_11888fa6e364c5_2}


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Karol,

I've added the label for the code pro add on so it will be properly labeled for appfire folks to reply. As per appfire (bob swift) support page you can raise this question into their forums for a faster reply :smile::

<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/info/Help#Help-Support>  
Hope it helps.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\| The Engineer that like Windows for realsies.


Tags: code

confluence-app
Migrating Confluence Cloud Instance to a Server
Asked by Darren Hardwell:

Hi,

We're looking at migrating our confluence instance from cloud to server. I understand this achieved by exporting then importing the data.

I was wondering if anyone who's been through this process could give me some hints and tips on how to achieve a smooth transfer and whether there are any limitations or pitfalls to be aware of.

For example: Is all content carried across? Does it retain all social media features (likes, comments etc..)? Is the site structure and permissions setup maintained? etc..

Any advice appreciated.

Many Thanks,

Darren.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Darren,

Talking about pitfalls the something to be wary about is the application links. We recommend undoing them prior to the migration, since you may need to [re-do them](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Application+Link+configuration+cannot+be+deleted+via+the+UI+and+appeared+as+system+link) right upon transfering the data to the local instance.

There is a good piece of information on that, after [this jump](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Migrating+from+Confluence+Cloud+to+Confluence+Server#MigratingfromConfluenceCloudtoConfluenceServer-Support,limitations,andrecommendations).
> Note that It is important that you export your data and download Confluence on the same day to ensure that your data and your Confluence installation use the same version.

You will be using a bridging version like *'Confluence 5.5-OD-23'.*And later will make the switch to the main version streamed (which does not have the appended OD.

Just follow along the docs and it should be smooth.

pitfall.jpg  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Migrating-Confluence-Cloud-Instance-to-a-Server/qaq-p/362525?attachment-id=6784){#link_11888fbb69a182}  
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Tags: confluence-administration

migration
why do some of the macros, such as Info or Note macro do not display when used inside other user macros
Asked by sidhartha:

same as above


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It usually happens when the macro you have embedded them in does not support the formatting that they generate, or do not interpret the macros you've embedded.

I'd suggest telling us which combinations are failing so we can see if there's a good reason, or better, a workaround


author: sidhartha
body: @Nic Brough \[Adaptavist\]: Please see the comments above.


author: sidhartha
body: image2015-5-14 19:10:5.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/why-do-some-of-the-macros-such-as-Info-or-Note-macro-do-not/qaq-p/337800?attachment-id=3847){#link_11888fd4432fea}  
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author: sidhartha
body: image2015-5-14 19:8:14.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/why-do-some-of-the-macros-such-as-Info-or-Note-macro-do-not/qaq-p/337800?attachment-id=3373){#link_11888fd91575fa}  
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comments: author: sidhartha
body: in edit mode


author: sidhartha
body: So, I have created a user macro...This macro will produce nested numbered list. However, I am unable to insert note or info macro within that macro.
Can you merge duplicate Confluence Questions?
Asked by Theresa M. Foy:

Our users are submitting multiple questions for the same subject -- is there a way to merge questions, either as a user or an admin?

Thanks!


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

AFAIK this is not possible. I've created this feature for you: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-1869>

I recommend to vote, comment and watch it for future updates. As workaround, you may want to copy the question description to the other one and delete the original question. Note this won't copy the comments.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


author: Theresa M. Foy
body: @Rodrigo Adami Thank you! Just added myself as a watcher.

comments: author: TomC
body: I think it's a good idea so thanks to Rodrigo for entering it as a feature request. I am a watcher and voted for it, too.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: thanks guys. Theresa, feel free to choose my answer as correct to make this question as completed.Cheers!Rodrigo
get list of all documents across whole Confluence
Asked by Christine Medley:

Hi,

I am trying to create a list of all the documents we have attached/stored across our entire Confluence site. I would like this list so I can attach labels to each document. These labels are important as we use the "content by label" macro to populate other pages.

I can only find the space attachments macro - but that will only show me one space at a time. I'd really like to do this once - not 42 times for each space.

Thank you for any help you can provide with this.

Christine


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Since you are on the Cloud version I think the best way would be to use the REST API to get them.

You would use something like this url.

https://{server}/rest/api/content?limit=500\&start=0

The REST API will only return at the max 500 results. So, if your site has more that 500 pages you will have to do multiple requests. Like this ...

https://{server}/rest/api/content?limit=500\&start=0  
https://{server}/rest/api/content?limit=500\&start=500  
https://{server}/rest/api/content?limit=500\&start=1000  
https://{server}/rest/api/content?limit=500\&start=1500   
etc...

At the end of the JSON object there is a property for the next and previous URL to help with pagination.

image2015-4-27 9:14:43.png

Also, notice the limit and size properties in the above screen shot. As you go though the pagination when size finally becomes less than the limit or there is no next property (pick your method) you know you have reached the last page or results.

One final thing to note make sure you use a user that can see all pages. The REST API respects the Confluence restrictions. So, if you don't use a user that has access to everything then you might have pages left out of the results.  
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author: Panos
body: Depending on how many pages each space has and your patience you can do something like

```
List&lt;Space&gt; spaces=spaceManager.getAllSpaces();for(Space space:spaces){	List&lt;Page&gt; pages=pageManager.getPages(space,true);	for(Page page:pages)	{		Attachment attachment=attachmentManager.getLatestVersionsOfAttachments(			page.getContentEntityObject());		//do something with that attachment	}}
```

From that point you can e.g. inject all attachment objects in a macro and render them in a velocity template and add labels with rest calls. Or if you have some pattern at labeling you can do it at below the //do something with that attachment, or something different :smile:

This small ugly piece of code can run as user macro with changes in the semantics (fors, variable assigning).

Hope it helps


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Empty "Linked issues" column with JIRA issue macro on Confluence
Asked by Philippe Robichaud:

Hi there,

I have a strange behaviour on Confluence using JIRA issue macro. Here are JQL queries I used on two different pages where I'm trying to display the "Linked issues" column:

Situation #1: project = "A" ORDER BY Status DESC,created DESC

Situation #2: project = "B" ORDER BY status DESC, createdDate DESC

In situation #1, I can easily see the column "Linked issues" with the data I expect to get. But in situation #2, column "Linked issues" is absolutely empty while it shouldn't be when trying it right into JIRA.

Any idea what can cause this issue?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Philippe Robichaud
body: Thanks Steven. We are actually running Confluence 5.7 (build 5780).


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I cannot reproduce this on Confluence 5.7.1. Can you list what version of Confluence you are on? You are likely going to need to head to support.atlassian.com because I think this is a bug.


author: Philippe Robichaud
body: Sorry for the confusion. For situation #1, there is data in Linked issues column either in Jira Or Confluence through Jira issue macro. In situation #2, Linked issues column has data in Jira but not on Confluence with Jira issue macro. I hope this is more clear that way!


author: Boris Berenberg
body: For #2, when you say that it shouldn't be, do you mean that it is empty or is not empty when done in JIRA?


Tags: jira
proxy issue
Asked by Shelly:

Hi,

We are using confluence 3.4.9 and even after selecting "Allow all URLs"in Configure Whitelist, we are getting an error as shown below:

Could not retrieve \<the page to be included\> - Page not permitted. Proxy Authentication Required.

The proxy that we were using was working fine earlier but, suddenly it started giving the above mentioned error.

Can anyone please explain this behaviour ?


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Shelly,

This behaviour might happening for different factors.

Can you check into your proxy if it wasn't add some rule to block that page/domain?

Are you trying to whitelist a domain or only a page? I'm asking this because there is this opened bug that says domains won't work in whitelist:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-15981>

Another test would be you try to bypass your proxy to make sure if this works or not.

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki

comments: author: Shelly
body: Actually, I am getting this error for every page I am including, even for google.com. I have disabled whitelisting for testing purpose.


author: Shelly
body: Oh, I guess its' the configured proxy that is causing the issue as I removed it from the Dev server and tested those pages again and the problem is resolved.


Tags: confluence-administration
Maintaining external hyperlinks when renaming Confluence server
Asked by Ramsay Mayka:

We had a small Confluence instance that was used by a single division of the company and we migrated to a new instance that is for the whole company. As part of these changes the basic url was changed from confluence.X.com to confluence.Y.com where X was the division name and Y is the parent company name. We set up a redirect so that external links would continue to function, but they don't.

If you click on a link that points to the old server the user is brought to the new server (so that part of the redirect is working) however, the user is presented with their default page (ex. space directory) instead of the page they want.

Is there a way we can fix this?

If it can be fixed, will it work for urls that specify the page id as well as those that have the page title?

Regards,

Ramsay


Answers:
author: Panos
body: On a similar scenario we used a transparent proxy to achieve such functionality. It is not optimal though as weird things can happen with the base url.


author: Ramsay Mayka
body: My problem was caused by an incomplete configuration of the proxy
> When I created the Vhost, I forgot the $1 variable which means all info after the server Name.  
>
> Before  
> ServerName [confluence.accovia.com](http://confluence.accovia.com)  
> .  
> .
>
> RewriteRule /(.\*) <https://confluence.acceo.com>  
>
> <br />
>
> <br />
>
> NOW  
> ServerName [confluence.accovia.com](http://confluence.accovia.com)  
> .  
> .  
> RewriteRule /(.\*) <https://confluence.acceo.com/$1>

I look forward to finding out what kind of weird thinks can happen with the base url :smile:

comments: author: Panos
body: Being a while, but try uploading a plugin using the non configured base url.


Tags: confluence-administration