youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Expand macro in table
Asked by Peter Timmermans:

I have got a question regarding the usage of the new cloud editor:

* How do you enter an expand macro within a table?

Before, in the old editor, you could insert an expand macro in a table cell. When you now insert an expand macro in a table cell it is automatically placed outside (below) the table.

Does anybody have suggestions?

Greetings,

Peter Timmermans  
INFORIT BV


Answers:
author: Kian Stack Mumo Systems
body: Peter,  

This is not currently available. I tracked down a comment from Atlassian on a feature suggestion indicating as such. See this [comment](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66888?focusedCommentId=2299582&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-2299582).  

For additional information about what works and what doesn't, check out the [Roadmap](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-editor-roadmap-967314556.html) for the Confluence cloud editor.

Thanks,  

Kian


Tags: confluence-cloud
Can I archive a page in a space? Or only the entire space has to be archived?
Asked by Cheryl Rector:

I'm trying to archive a specific page on our space. I can only find directions to archive a space.


Answers:
author: Sireesha Dugginapeddi [Appfire]
body: Hi [@Cheryl Rector](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3642416)

One way of doing it is moving the intended page to an archived space. And looks like it is the only native way right now. Refer to [CONFSERVER-26967](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-26967). You might lose the track of which page is moved from which space to the archived space over a period time. :) You might want to track it somehow.

Also, you can explore usage of [this plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/123/better-content-archiving-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview), if you are using Confluence server.

Hope it helps!

Thanks

Sireesha

comments: author: Cheryl Rector
body: Thank you for the quick reply, Sireesha. Appreciate the information.


author: Mark Bereznitsky
body: I don't have much to add on top but I know that this is a feature request that has gathered a lot of momentum and is a good candidate for development in the near future.  

You can also vote on this suggestion:  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-31010>  

Thanks for using Cofluence! :)   


Tags: archive

questions-for-confluence
Can I share Confluence files to a non-Confluence user?
Asked by support-ring:

Can I share Confluence files to a non-Confluence user (with no need to insert user and password, just like from cloud)? {#toc-hId--1385033776}
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Answers:
author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: There is a concept of anonymous users - if anonymous users are allowed to view a space or page , the content is visible to non-confluence users.

comments: author: support-ring
body: THX for reply,

How can i configure it in my confluence?

I just want to share a specific content/files w/ our non-confluence customers (w/o sharing all database, just like a cloud).
With the new confluence how do you change the way an attachment is appearing ? (icons, link)
Asked by Lionel Champalaune:

seems the new confluence feature changed the way attachment are showing when added in a page. How can you change the way attachement is displayed at it used to be.

small icon, medium icon or link


Answers:
author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hi [@Lionel Champalaune](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/445697),

The new Confluence Cloud editor unfortunately removed the ability to link text to an attachment, you can follow the feature request on [CONFCLOUD-65302](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65302). Here is a workaround:

1. Add an attachment to the page

2. Publish the page

3. Go to the page's Attachment menu

![attachment.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73352iB437DDE475B4EEDE/image-dimensions/726x229?v=v2 "attachment.png")

4. Go bak to Edit mode and use this link:

![edit-mode.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73349i5C76A64F79806995/image-dimensions/953x249?v=v2 "edit-mode.png")

If you'd like to add an attachment as a thumbnail rather than as an icon, you can follow this feature request: [CONFCLOUD-67512](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67512).

That's way too complex to just add a link to an attachment but that's unfortunately the only available workaround.

Hope this helps,

- Manon
Confluence Kafka JDBC Sink Connect - DB2
Asked by Senthil Manoharan Nagarajan:

We are trying to setup Confluence Kafka JDBC Sink Connector to consume data from Kafka Topic and insert the data into DB2 tables. We are able to successfully configure the JDBC connector. However, want to know more details about the following:

1. When Database refuses connection, Connector just aborts and mentions that a manual restart is required. How to retry Database connection for a specified number of times?

2. When the Connector is manually restarted, it tries to read the data from beginning of the topic rather than from last processed offset. How to accomplish this?

3. How to skip the failed record and process the next record in Kafka Topic?

If you have link to any available literature that helps to answer the above questions, it would be helpful.

Thanks

Senthil


Answers:
author: Pedro Felgueiras
body: I think you are confusing Confluence with Confluent.

There are two diferent softwares. Are you shure that you question is for confluence ?


Tags: new-to-confluence
Resources not able to EDIT - Granted Perimission
Asked by srivathsan krishnan:

1. <https://confluence.global.standardchartered.com/display/FSTSDATA/EDM+Tools+Solution+Leads+-+Updates>
2. <https://confluence.global.standardchartered.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1189283353>

I'm seeking your assistance in granting access permission to these resources to the **following pages**. Admin tried providing but the resources are not able to see edit option again. Hence approaching you.

Vijayakrishnan.Thekkemakkadath@sc.com

AmarnathBalakrishnan.Bawa@sc.com

Surya.MR@sc.com

Vilson.Joseph@sc.com


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Srivathsan,

If users can see the page, but cannot see the edit option, they likely either do not have edit permission for the space, or are restricted from editing with a page restriction. Checkout [Permissions and Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html) for more details on how to set these.

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Table sorting is not correct
Asked by Maggie Lin:

Hi,

We create one table . One column of table is showing number. When clicking sorting on it , the result is not correct as below. Is it known issue ? Or what I should notice ?

Please advise.

Thank you

![Image 28.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73336iE78E3650BC519CAC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Image 28.png")


Answers:
author: Manuel Bastardo Castellano
body: Hello [@Maggie Lin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/108963) use points for decimal separators

![Captura de pantalla 2019-11-19 a las 11.36.29.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73342i71592995A2F5BA05/image-dimensions/560x152?v=v2 "Captura de pantalla 2019-11-19 a las 11.36.29.png")![Captura de pantalla 2019-11-19 a las 11.36.47.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73343iFFD522A3BECBEBE4/image-dimensions/559x152?v=v2 "Captura de pantalla 2019-11-19 a las 11.36.47.png")

comments: author: Maggie Lin
body: Thank you very much [@Manuel Bastardo Castellano](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3223023) :)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Need to create graphs and pie chart for calendar
Asked by morram:

Hi,

I would like to know how to create graphs and Pie chart for Calendar where updates were done about there leaves in calendar.


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Morram,

There is a post how to create reports and charts on Confluence Team Calendars: <https://stiltsoft.com/blog/2017/11/table_filter_and_charts_with_team_calendars/>


author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Morram and welcome to the Community!

To ensure we're correctly understanding what you're asking, could please clarify further on how we're understanding the question;

You're wanting to date formatted data with values that include leave events and from this create a graph and pie chart to show the amount of leave over x amount of dates.

If this is correct you can do this already within the chart macro. An example of this would be the Time Series Chart within the following page; [Chart Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/chart-macro-724765165.html#ChartMacro-Examples).

We hope this helps in creating your chart.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: confluence-cloud
Can I grant access to subpages in my Confluence space
Asked by Andreas Meier:

I have a shared internel Confluence space for my team and projects, and I would like to invite some external consultants, and have them edit some select pages, how ever I do not want them to access our other internal documentation. Can I grant them access on subpages, and not the entire confluence space itself\`?


Answers:
author: Leo
body: Hi [@Andreas Meier](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3224173),

The users should have the appropriate permission for the respective action(view/edit) in space level permission which they want to perform in children/subpages

Then you restrict other pages access using page restriction

if you grant access to particular page(page restriction) without granting access in space permission that won't work

BR,

Leo

comments: author: Andreas Meier
body: Thank you, Leo :)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Word macro auto update table of content fields
Asked by Daniel Sirb:

Hello,

I have some documents that are exported from an application using a third party document helper. The problem is that these documents have table of content which is calculated when the document opens(it will prompt the user asking if he wants to update the fields in the document) - this is because when generating the Word document, the pages are not know until the document is opened. This is also an option within Word itself related to table of contents.

If I upload this document automatically and apply a word macro on it, the table of content will not be visible in the page. Is there a way for this to work in Confluence, so that it updates the fields when applying the macro, or something similar?

Thanks,

Daniel


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Daniel,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

I'm not sure I follow. It sounds like you want Confluence will be able to generate a table of contents based on the headings in a Word Document. Am I understanding correctly that there is not currently a table of contents and you want it to be generated on-the-fly when you automatically upgrade the document?

I'm not aware of anything in Confluence that can accomplish that. You can [Import Word Documents](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/import-a-word-document-into-confluence-170493136.html) into Confluence directly as a page, and headings can be automatically created. Then you can even use the [Table of Contents macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/table-of-contents-macro-182682099.html) to display a Table of Contents based on the headings. I'm not sure how you would automate that, but perhaps it can give you a head start?

You can also have a look at [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/) in case there are any add-ons that might help you with the task.

I hope that helps.

Regards,

Shannon
Add single column width to a page section
Asked by Toula Karaiskakis:

Previously you were able to use the section tool to only add the one column width to a page although now the functionality does not seem to exist. The below is a screenshot from previously was available.

![Screen Shot 2019-11-19 at 5.01.17 pm.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73327iD86DBB53C1C9D9A2/image-dimensions/483x187?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2019-11-19 at 5.01.17 pm.png")


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there, [@Toula Karaiskakis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3482459) . Glad to see new faces around the community. I hope you enjoy the platform!

So, your question ++*is relevant*++ to the current state of our editor. To cut our chase short, ++*I will redirect you to another thread*++ where the same issue is discussed and reports are linked.

You can check the thread here:
> * ++**[\[Atlassian Community\] Layouts and single column segments](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-questions/Layouts-and-single-column-segments/qaq-p/1190658)**++

Let me know if there is anything else that I could do to assist you, Toula!

Looking forward to your reply.


Tags: confluence-cloud
My self hosted server on AWS instance frequently crashes, 3 or 4 times a week
Asked by Vinh Le:

Hi,

Is there a way i could find out why my site kept crashing very frequently ?


Answers:
author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: The reason I am asking you to revisit your memory allocation is because I have faced similar situation when I was running Atlassian JIRA and Confluence on AWS Free Tiers.

I had the memory increased on a billed Tier and it ran smooth.

comments: author: Vinh Le
body: But i have checked the memory only use 2G and the other 2G occupied by JVM .

I have 4G left to spare.

Thanx


author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: Nothing in the logs ?


author: Stan Ry
body: Hi, I believe you could start with Logging and Profiling available in Settings. Check this log:

```
/opt/atlassian/confluence/logs/catalina.out
```

Here's [how to locate it](https://documentation.play-sql.com/display/PUBLIC/How+to+check+the+logs+of+Confluence). Here's some [more detail from Atlassian](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-logging-181535215.html).

Follow these steps to configure [logging detail levels of the log4j library](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/log4j-logging-levels-111771719.html) used for logging in Confluence.

If you need to fine-tune logs, [look at this](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/working-with-confluence-logs-108364721.html). And this guide [might come handy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/crashes-and-performance-troubleshooting-180846969.html).


author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: If you are using the free Tier EC2 of AWS - trust me , the RAM / Memory it has to offer is not sufficient for JIRA or Confluence to run.

I am to understand it is around 2GB - is that the case ?

comments: author: Vinh Le
body: It is AWS T2 Instance , T2 Large. Which provides 8G Ram and 2 vCPU, Xeon 3.3GH.

So do you still think this is the case.

Also the crashing has only happen recently as it was running quite good at the start for a year or so.


author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: Have you made any changes recently - like some memory consuming plugins , or any other application running in the same server ?

Did you monitor your cpu / memory usage recently ?

Has synchrony been always running in your server before this crash started occurring ?

How does your jvm look like ?

I've faced situation like yours in the past on AWS - I just had my insufficient memory increased and it resolved.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is my site auto backup a full backup for each day at 2am or is it incremental?
Asked by Vinh Le:

The daily backup zip file in the confluence-home-dir\\backup folder is a full site and database backup or is it an incremental backup.

Because i am running out of disk space, I found about 1G of zip file for each day for the last 7 months, if it is a full backup then i can remove all back up zip files except for the very last day in order to save disk space.


Answers:
author: Petr Van??ek
body: Hi,

yes, those are full backups. I recommend you to make some kind of script with backup deletation scenario like this.  
\* last week - everything

\* before week and last 30 days - one backup per 3 days

\* older than 1 month and less than 1 year - 3 backups per month (start, middle and end of month)  

Hope it help :-)

comments: author: Vinh Le
body: Great fast response.

So you recommend a manual back up scheme.

For example :

- If I decide to only back up manual once a week.

- So I can keep this week back up (Nov 19).

- I can keep 1 copy of last month (Oct 19) backup and delete all the back up for that months

- I can delete any back up older than Sept 19

Is this sounds ok ?

Thanx


author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: No.

I think Petr is suggesting to you make a script that deletes old backup files.

Let the backup continue to run as a service in JIRA.

You can work out new schedules but I do not think a manual backup is what is being recommended.

But yes - backups at Database levels can be created and run manually or via scripts.


author: Petr Van??ek
body: Hi [@Vinh Le](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3545192) ,

I meant this as [@Vickey Palzor Lepcha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/193910) wrote - so just make a script to delete unnecessary backups.


author: Vinh Le
body: will do thanx


author: Kaya, Rahmi
body: Does anyone has a script that will delete all Zips older then e.g. 10 days ? For Windows.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Managing Spaces
Asked by Capps:

As we are building out spaces for each client project we run we can see it will become a challenge to manage/find a project as we hit velocity on clients

I'm looking for a solution so that we can create child spaces.

i.e.

Space / Client Space

= Clients / Client Name

It seems as though its not possible to make a space a child of another space and there are some options I found through this thread.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-make-a-space-a-child-of-another-space/qaq-p/1080384>

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214087/space-admin-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214087/space-admin-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/133/custom-space-user-management-csum?hosting=datacenter\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/133/custom-space-user-management-csum?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)

Any tips on how to easily manage over 100 spaces, could easily grow to 400+

Thank you


Answers:
author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi

The best and easy way to manage 100+ spaces is using the Labels and category the spaces.

Go to the space and choose **Space tools** \> **Overview** from the bottom of the sidebar --\> Choose **Edit** next to **Space Categories** . --\> Under **Space Categories** , enter your category name and choose **Add** .  

Alternatively, choose a category in the list of **Suggested Space Categories**.

For more detail information, visit the Atlassian KB.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-labels-to-categorize-spaces-136647.html>

Thanks,

Kiran.

comments: author: Capps
body: Thanks [@Kiran Panduga {Appfire}](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/645618)


Tags: confluence-cloud
How do I change the Chart macro to display gantt in months rather than weeks?
Asked by Vina Akbari-Gazvini:

Hello,

I am trying to create a gantt chart using Chart Macro but I do not know how to change from weeks to months, can someone please help?

![Gantt Date Change.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73316i5D632D0E4E5FDCF4/image-dimensions/248x144?v=v2 "Gantt Date Change.PNG")

Also the font is really small, is there anyway to make it large?

![Chart Small Font.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73317iDBCBD4068B4FFDEA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Chart Small Font.PNG")


Answers:
author: Mike Bowen
body: Hi [@Vina Akbari-Gazvini](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3641467)

Just wondering if you ever had success with the Month vs Weeks view in your Gantt chart?

Also did you know there is an alternative Gantt chart in the way of the **Roadmap planner** and it can show months view.

![Roadmap Planner - Months.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/79837i9B95C347F8183639/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Roadmap Planner - Months.png")-Mike


Tags: confluence-cloud
Can you have multiple excerps on a page?
Asked by Lauren:

Hello. Wondering if its possible to create a number of excerps on one page and then insert the different excerps into different pages?

At the moment you type the page you want to insert it from and if there are multiple excerps on that page it just shows the first one, it doesn't give you the option to choose from however many are on the page.

I.e I add excerp A B \& C on 1 page. And then I want to insert excerp B to a different page but it will only insert excerp A.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Dante Anthony
body: G'day Lauren,

<br />

Thanks for joining the community!

If I understand correctly, you're looking to add multiple excerpts to a single page and then reference those excerpts from other pages. As it stands, this is not currently possible while using vanilla Confluence. You can only define **one** excerpt per page. Only the first excerpt will be referenced and available for use when you import the excerpt from the page.

There are some plugins available within the Marketplace that can provide the enhancement you've described. You may wish to consider the following plugins:

* [MultiExcerpt (Paid - Cloud/Server Support)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/169/multiexcerpt?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* [Include Content (Free - Server only)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217141/include-content?hosting=server&tab=overview&_ga=2.20097016.1589356221.1574102652-1929406572.1572983829)

Please let me know if these work for you, or if you have any additional questions. We're always happy to help!

Best Regards,  
Dante Anthony \| Atlassian Support


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Lauren,

Another option is to use [Table Excerpt](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros) (available in [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) for Confluence Server).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Multiple Page Property IDs Displayed in Single Page Properties Report
Asked by Courtney:

I created a page properties report that pulls the information related to a single page property ID. The problem I am having is that page property IDs are apparently case sensitive.

Example: Page property ID= System Messages. If a user accidentally uses a page property ID= system messages, it won't be pulled into my page property report. I want to use this as a tracking system, so I really can't be missing any data in that report.

Question:

* Can I somehow make the page property ID not case sensitive?
* If not, can I somehow get a page property report to pull 2 page property IDs (separating two IDs with a comma doesn't work)

Note: I can't leave the page property ID field blank as we use other page property tables for other items on the page, so I need to be able to call these specific IDs.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Vassia Bravou
body: Hello Courtney,

I know a long time has passed since your post, but have you maybe found a solution to your queries?

Best,

Vassia


Tags: confluence-server

server