youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is there a simple way to include a Jira Issue Collector on a Confluence Cloud page?
Asked by Scott Paden:

**As A:** Scrum Master (with no Javascript or HTML skills)

**I Want:** A macro that includes a Java (cloud) Collector on a Confluence (cloud) page

**So That:** I can easily add a Java (cloud) collector without creating external web pages.

**Notes:** I need a feedback form for stakeholders who are unlikely to create Jira issues. Is there no way to create a "provide feedback" button on a Confluence Cloud page which directly pulls up a Jira issue collector?


Answers:
author: Aswin Achuthan
body: If [creating issues from confluence](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/use-jira-and-confluence-together/#UseJiraandConfluencetogether-CreateissuesfrominsideConfluence) don't work for you, you need an HTML macro plugin.

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212279/html-macro-for-confluence-cloud?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212279/html-macro-for-confluence-cloud?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221472/html-iframe-macro-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221472/html-iframe-macro-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

Then you can add an Issue collector in this macro so that it will appear only on that screen.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira-cloud
Can I create and update pages periodically with Excel or a CSV format?
Asked by Joseph Kovacs:

I want to create a Confluence space for over 200 partner companies. Each company will have their own page. Is there a way that I can upload all the details of the 200 companies with Excel and create these pages without having to do them one-by-one? In addition, details on these pages change periodically, so I also need to re-upload the page with the new information and overwrite the data to refresh the page. Is this possible, and if so, do I need another add-on to do this?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Joseph Kovacs](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3953021)

I can only imagine that this works by a manual script. If I had to do this, I would make a python script with uses the [confluence server API](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-server-rest-api/). Can you or someone around you scripting?

I'm not aware, that there is an app that offers this.

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: Joseph Kovacs
body: Hello Dominic,

Thanks for the response and help. I will take a look at the API and see if I can write a script to do what I want.

Thanks again, JK


author: Dastagiri
body: Hi Joseph,

Have you written any script to achieve this task? If so can you please share it. I am suffering lot to achieve this task

Thanks,

Dastagiri


Tags: confluence-server

server
Change space shortcut link after migration
Asked by Ihor Kravchenko:

Hello,

I was testing migration of Jira Data Center, and before migration in Confluence I have created space "Software Project Space" and selected one of the projects, which I have previously created in Jira. As a result I have a space, dedicated for the specific project and link to this project in Jira (as the attached picture shows). So after migration of Jira Data Center its address has changed, but in Confluence space shortcut it remain the same, however I did update Application Link. Also in the screenshot You can observe some address in the very bottom - it is visible, because i have pointed my mouse on the Space shortcut "JIRA: third", but still, this is an old address, I want to ![screen.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97597iFF6E2C65267B04C5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "screen.png")update it, how can I do it? Maybe somebody meet such a problem. Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi Ihor,

Refer to this KB article on how to change the confluence shortcut links: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-update-confluence-shortcut-links-when-a-base-url-has-changed-957977718.html>


Tags: confluence-server

data-center

server
Copy a Space
Asked by Steph:

I've been trying to copy a whole space and the instructions provided here don't work, even once I worked around the changes in UI.

Any idea to do this easily, without having to copy page per page?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Steph](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2842437)

Unfortunately this is not possible out of the box. There is an open feature request for this:

* [CONFCLOUD-3191](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-3191)

And here I found an article from atlassian with two possible workarounds:

* [How to copy or rename a space in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-copy-or-rename-a-space-in-confluence-169578.html)

In my opinion, the solution 1 is better and simpler.

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: Steph
body: Thanks Dominic!


Tags: cloud
Why does not it work ssl https
Asked by Fred Kruger:

Hi, I can not understand why https does not work.

Here is what i did:

Test server.

1) Installed a certificate issued by mine CA

keytool -import -trustcacerts -file cert.cer -alias tomcat -keystore "/opt/atlassian/confluence/jre/lib/security/cacerts" -storepass changeit -noprompt

2)Fixed configuration file

\<Connector port="8443" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"  
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25"  
protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Nio2Protocol"  
enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true"  
acceptCount="100" scheme="https" secure="true"  
clientAuth="false" sslProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2"  
sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" SSLEnabled="true"  
URIEncoding="UTF-8" keystorePass="changeit" keystoreFile="/opt/atlassian/confluence/jre/lib/security/cacerts"/\>

3)Changed the base url https://myname:8443 and restarted confluence.

In the end, I get ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.

How to determine the cause? There is nothing in the logs.

I will be glad to any suggestions) Thanks


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Fred Kruger](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2919877)

What is the format of the key file?  
If in format # PKCS12 then the entry add keystoreType = "PKCS12".

comments: author: Fred Kruger
body: You were right in java.security file i found the line keystore.type=pkcs12 . I added to file server.xml keystoreType = "PKCS12" but it did not help. I also tried this keyAlias="tomcat" but unsuccessfully (: Thanks  


author: Fred Kruger
body: You pushed me to study the documentation of tomcat and it worked for me!) I changed the configuration, but https worked!

\<Connector port="8443" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"  
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25"  
protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Nio2Protocol"  
enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true"  
acceptCount="100" scheme="https" secure="true"  
clientAuth="false" sslProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2"  
sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" SSLEnabled="true"  
SSLCertificateFile="/mycert.cer"  
SSLCertificateKeyFile="/my-key-rsa.key"/\>


Tags: confluence-server

server
Does drafts affect Confluence performance?
Asked by Lalyn Shivers:

Does drafts affect Confluence performance?

I want to know how big of a problem drafts creates if users have lots of drafts some are years old (concurrent editing is enabled). Is there a way to delete drafts globally (maybe 60 days old + drafts)? automate drafts deletion? What issue might create if we delete drafts globally?


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

Yes, it's impact.

I do every time in many instances, and it's fastest win :)

Use the python script to easier clean

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/How-to-clean-programmatically-old-drafts-and-purge-trash-with/ba-p/876791>
Page Tree Macro - how to expand width
Asked by megan moody:

The page tree macro used to work great for us, however, on the new layouts it wraps the titles of the pages displayed even though there's more than enough room. Is there any way to get it to not wrap the text? The preview when configuring the macro displays it without wrapping.

![wrap text.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97565i5459528D5DC477A4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "wrap text.png")

![preview no wrap.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97566iFCE5ABF48450A466/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "preview no wrap.png")


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@megan moody](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1137015)

Sadly, this is a known bug:

* [CONFCLOUD-66771](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66771)

You can vote on this issue by clicking "this affects my team". As you can see, the issue is in the "long term backlog" and sadly there is no workaround yet.

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: megan moody
body: Thank you, [@Dominic Lagger](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/601600) . I have voted on it.


Tags: cloud
Does anonymous access have an impact on the confluence licenses count?
Asked by Giuliano Arrigo:

In the confluence support page you write the following:
>
> Understanding the user count for your license {#toc-hId--1350714600}
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The number of registered users allowed on your Confluence site may be limited, depending on your license type.
>
> The License Details page will indicate the number of users currently signed up (your registered user count). It:

*
  > includes only users who have the 'can use' global permissions for the Confluence site.
*
  > does not include anonymous users, who may access your Confluence site if you have allowed anonymous access.
*
  > does not include deactivated users .

Just for confirmation (as we are a 60k employee company but have only 100 licenses left), if I enable anonymous access to a specific space and have e.g. 1000 anonymous user access the space, this will not impact my number of left licences?


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Giuliano Arrigo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3952712)

Anonymous users are not subject to the license.  
So no licenses are required.  
Please note, however, that with a 100 license you can never personalize more than 100 users, no matter how many of them are currently logged on and working.

comments: author: Giuliano Arrigo
body: Many thanks for the reply. Well, we have more than 100 licenses, but currently only 100 left... and nowadays it's not easy to get budget for additional licenses...


author: Cristiano Mariano
body: Not easy at all :-) We are removing licenses from users that did not login in the last 90 days, so that we dont reach our 2000 license count.


author: Cristiano Mariano
body: Hi [@Giuliano Arrigo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3952712) !

You are right! It wont affect your user count. We use it in this way in our company.

Hope this helps!

comments: author: Giuliano Arrigo
body: Perfect, many thanks for the superfast reply :-)


Tags: confluence-server

licence

server
Daily Updates Mail for watched Spaces/Page only
Asked by djbrown:

How can I get daily page updates by mail only for spaces/pages I watch (not all spaces/pages I have access to)?

In my company we have a very large confluence instance with thousands of users and spaces.

When I activate [*Subscribe to daily updates*](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf71/email-notifications-979423570.html), I get updates from all over the company, because most spaces are visible and editable by the default user group.

How can I get daily updates from [watched spaces/pages](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf71/watch-pages-spaces-and-blogs-979423564.html)?


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@djbrown](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3548861)

I think that if you unsubscribe from daily updates and watch only the pages/spaces you want, then you will receive notifications for these pages/spaces if they have any updates.

comments: author: djbrown
body: Thank you [@Alex Koxaras _Relational_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4150197)

What you're suggesting ist what I do already. But I only want one daily summary mail for all the changes of the watched spaces/pages. Currently I receive in average 50 mails per day, often with multiple mails for the same page.


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: [@djbrown](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3548861) then I'm not sure you can get in one email the changes of only your watched pages and spaces. The email notifications that are available even now, can be found here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/email-notifications-145162.html>


Tags: confluence-server

email

notification

server
How can I improve default confluence search without expensive plug-ins?
Asked by Ray S:

I'm using version 6.3.3 on server and trying to find out whether there's anything I can do to improve the search capabilities/functionality after several complaints from my teams about the terms they use vs. the results that are returned

I have looked in to a few 3rd party options but they just so expensive! Any help would be appreciated.


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@Ray S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2672459)

We just installed ifinder and the teams are getting very accurate results and it also searches within any uploaded documents. Link: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220508/ifinder-confluence-search?tab=pricing\&hosting=server](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220508/ifinder-confluence-search?tab=pricing&hosting=server)

Regards


Tags: confluence-server

feedback-forum

search
Link attachment on desktop to confluence
Asked by Oemer:

Hello all,

is there a way to link any excel or powerpoint file to confluence?

Its not like embedding a file to confluence, its more like there is an attachment on confluence page. This attachment has the same name as the file on my desktop.

Just whenever I update the file on my desktop the attachment on confluence takes over the changes.

It would be really nice to get answer about an solution or a workaround would be also fine.  

Best of thanks!!!


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Oemer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/990937)

I don't know the functionality you want. Office files must be attached to confluence pages in order to be displayed correctly. However, they can be edited from confluence.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf68/edit-office-files-947170502.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/edit-in-office-using-the-office-connector-170493096.html>

comments: author: Oemer
body: The idea is to edit the file from local desktop and see the change on confluence.

It would be efficient whenever I want to edit a file on my computer desktop without taking the longer path to confluence and then edit.

Is the idea clear now?


author: repi
body: The idea was clear the first time. However, confluence does not offer this by default.  
There may be apps, but you should look for them yourself.


author: Oemer
body: Hmmm... okay. It would be really nice if there is such app or other way around.


Tags: server
Set publishing date when creating blog post
Asked by martin:

I have seen a lot of buzz around this topic before. Some people seem to want to go back and set the date of an already published blogpost. Some would like to set publishing times in the future. All sources tells me that I cannot set the date on an already published post, but I'd be very happy to be able to set it when creating the post.

However I cannot find out how to do it, much less if it is possible at all.

I'd like to move my blogposts from a server instance to our cloud instance. And I'd like to keep the history of the old news feed somewhat intact. Hence the question.

Are there any workarounds at all?

Cheers,  
/Martin


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@martin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853653),

On Server this is definitely possible. There we are providing a feature like this in our app [Lively Blogs](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1213057/lively-blogs-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview):

![temp.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/97526i478AB4ED30E08886/image-dimensions/414x278?v=v2 "temp.png")

In the Cloud, your only chance would be the REST API. Looking at the [Create Content Endpoint](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/#api-api-content-post), it doesn't seem like there's a creation date parameter or something like that, so it doesn't look like this possible through something like an app.

But since you are talking about a Server-\>Cloud migration, can't you just do a space or site export/import? Haven't tried it myself but my expectation would be that this retains creation dates/history, just as it does with content, attachments, etc.

Cheers,  
Sven

comments: author: martin
body: Thanks Sven, that is pretty much the same answers I've gotten from searching around on the forums and issue trackers. I wanted to know I wasn't missing anything before migrating a lot of pages.

I have been told not to use the export/import tools. I believe they would mess with our instance somehow. Not sure exactly why. Could be something with the new editor not being supported.


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: From an app developer perspective I can tell you that imports can definitely mess with your instance, you're right. If you do a site import, your instance gets a new "clientKey" and that definitely can break apps and possibly other stuff as well. However, for space imports that shouldn't be the case I think. But it's probably a good idea to do more research in that regard as I've never performed a space import on a productive Cloud instance and can't guarantee for anything. ?

EDIT: And yes, there's a lot of stuff that works on Server but isn't supported in the new cloud editor so that could also cause problems


author: martin
body: Yes, I have dabbled in the world of app development myself so I feel the pain. :)


Tags: cloud
Confluence edit not publish
Asked by Alexandra.Peltier:

Is there an issue with publishing edit confluence page?


Answers:
author: Ravya
body: Hi [@Alexandra.Peltier](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3674547) ,

As far as I am using I did not face any issue in publishing the page. Make sure that your internet connection is good.  

--Ravya


author: Iain Roberts
body: I am having the same issue. I edit a page and publish and the page is not showing my edits. I just tried that several times without success, but then for some reason it updated. Not sure if it was because I viewed older versions, or used publish without notifing watchers.  

Another page that also did not update now has, so it seems there is a lag between hitting Publish and the live version changing.


author: Mark Linnell
body: I too cant publish in Confluence, where I could yesterday. I have a good connection.


Tags: cloud
Is there a Survey tool within Confluence or other DI2E product?
Asked by Marie France:

Looking for a tool that would facilitate distributing "Customer Satisfaction" surveys within a team. Not all commercial survey products are accessible in workplaces with restricted internet access, so using a survey tool within an already approved product (DI2E) would hopefully generate better response rates.


Answers:
author: Kate (izi)
body: [@Marie France](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3952307) , we make an app for learning in Confluence - [izi for Confluence - LMS](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214110/izi-for-confluence-lms-training-courses-quizzes?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=quizzes-traffic-sources&utm_content=Is+there+a+Survey+tool+within+Confluence+or+other+DI2E+product). It doesn't have the survey feature, but it comes with the capabilities to create quizzes (tests) for knowledge check, for example. Maybe it's of interest for you too.


author: Jane Engler
body: I've created a ticket with Atlassian requesting they create an in-built macro for polling in Confluence. I'm amazed this is not already a feature. Please go and vote for the ticket! The more votes the more likely they are to make this change.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-70726>


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Marie France](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3952307)

Do you search for a plugin in confluence?

Have a look at the atlassian marketplace, there are a lot of apps for [survey](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=survey) or [poll](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=poll).

Regards, Dominic
Need to upgrade confluence and its database
Asked by OMom2019:

Hi. Need to upgrade database to sql version 2017 and windows server to 2019 (confluence to 7.4) version. Need step by step starting from database upgrade to conluence upgrade in details


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@OMom2019](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3591413)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html>

<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-to-a-different-edition-of-sql-server-setup?view=sql-server-ver15>

With both upgrades you should already know what you are doing.  
In a productive instance, only someone with experience should do this.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Selector for page's title-text
Asked by Masin Al-Dujaili:

Hello,

I want to export a page but need the page's title h1 styled differently from the other h1 elements. I cannot find the right selector to match it in CSS. In regular web view I used h1#title-text but this does not work in PDF export.

Any hints welcome!


Answers:
author: tobias.vogt
body: Hey Masin,  

I don't know if this is still relevant for you but I stumbled upon the same issue today.  
What I have figured out is probably not the most elegant solution but it worked for me:

```
.pagetitle h1:first-child
{ 
display:none;
}
```

comments: author: Masin Al-Dujaili
body: I'll give it a try. Thanks for your reply!
Close current tab/window with macro
Asked by Guillaume Lorquet (OLD):

Hi,

I would like to know if it exists a way to use a macro to close actual tab/window.

Scenario :

1. I'm on a Confluence page,
2. I would like to close it with a clickable big red button (for example),
3. Actual tab/page is closed.

It's a kind of "Accessibility" improvement.

Thx


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Guillaume Lorquet (OLD)](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3887224)

The simplest user macro would be this code:

```
## @noparams
<button onClick="self.close();">page close</button>
```

The button can be assigned corresponding attributes such as size and color in the html code.

But only works if page / tab have no history.  

comments: author: Guillaume Lorquet (OLD)
body: [@repi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/302600) so, it won't work here.

Goal is to use it on any page. With or without history.

I tried and it doesn't work.


author: repi
body: It works in googl-chrome and in opera. Not in the ff.  
I do not use microsoft browser!  
As I said, only for pages that were opened with the option "in the new tab / page".  
It is not for a productive environment.  
Why not just press the close button of the tab or the browser.


author: Guillaume Lorquet (OLD)
body: Thx for your reply.

I said the same but users have accessibility issues with mobile platform and they need something big on the page to click on it. It's why I need something customizable and accessible.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence trial version
Asked by Mike Pedersen:

Hi,

I've recently installed the Confluence trial version, but it doesn't seem to be the latest version of the application. Is there a way to upgrade this or do you need the full version to see the latest version?

Looking forward to hear from the community :)

Yours,

Mike


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Mike Pedersen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3952232)

Unfortunately it has been a long time, but I understand that you updated the version

Cheers


Tags: cloud