youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How can I get a People Directory search box in Confluence 5.9?
Asked by Tom Wolff (Admin):

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Doc* *umentation: [User List Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139546)*

Now that we are upgrading to Confluence 5.9, I am trying to get back the functionality of the People Directory. As far as I can tell, the People Directory was retired after Confluence 5.7, at least that seems the case because I can't find any documentation on the People Directory after Confluence 5.7. The closest I have come is the User List Macro. I have tried adding it to the Dashboard. The problem is that it give an alphabetical listing (maybe there is another sort option) of users in an admin-configured user group of an admin-configured max length that can be extended, but there seems to be no search box. It would be a whole lot more useful if users could search for other users in the People directory. How can I get a People Directory search box in Confluence 5.9? Is there a means to do this with the User List Macro or other macro? Am I missing something obvious?


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: we are using 5.8.16 and we still have a People Directory


author: Tom Wolff (Admin)
body: OK. I stand corrected. I see that I can still get to it via a link to /browsepeople.action. I appreciate the correction.

We used to link to /browsepeople.action with a simple link from the navigation panel. We have removed the navigation table and are relying on macros in the Dashboard. I was looking for another way to get people to this function, some sort of macro that would imbed the People Directory listing and search box in the Dashboard similar to the way we list Spaces in a macro on the Dashboard. I'll just look harder. But I would be glad for further suggestions on how admins give access to their users to the People Directory. Thanks to all for your help.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Eh? It's not retired, it's still there in 5.8, 5.10 and Cloud.

My guess is that one of your admins has disabled it, or removed your browse-users ability.


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation

macro
Pagination does not work, why?
Asked by Zhanna_Guliya:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Page Properties Report Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=186089616)*


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Mis-configured? Not enough to page through?

comments: author: Zhanna_Guliya
body: We can see only fist page. Second page and others we can not open, but the number of pages indicated in the page bottom is much more than 1 - 6, 7 even 10


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, what does "can not open" mean?


author: Zhanna_Guliya
body: Nick,

sorry, my limit of questions was over, so I could not to proceed message dialog.  
The page does not open -- means that the second and following pages do not have any information when I try to open it (and there is a lot of information that should be displayed for sure).

Moreover, when I return to the first page (after trying to open the second) -- the same thing, no information.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to copy diagrams form another doc?
Asked by Sawyer Zhang:

Hi,

When I copy a diagram from one doc to another, and try to edit the copied one, draw.io shows 404 page? Please help.

Thanks

Sawyer


Answers:
author: Jim B
body: Definitely would be helpful to copy/paste. Had the same issue recently.


author: Sawyer Zhang
body: Thanks, doing the same here. Please add it sooner, it's really a very common use case.


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: This approach isn't currently designed to work, but thinking about it, I think we could get it to. In meantime, create a new blank diagram on the new page, select all in the editor in the old diagram, then ctrl/cmd-c to copy it and paste it into the new diagram.


author: Sawyer Zhang
body: Yeah, it's a confluence page. I have two page opened in editing mode, I just select the diagram and go to another page and paste there, but when I double click on the copied diagram and it jumped to draw.io but it shows 404.


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Is a "doc" a Confluence page? What are the exact steps you are trying to copy the diagram?


Tags: addon-com.mxgraph.jira.plugins.drawio

cloud

confluence-cloud
????????????????Confluence????????
Asked by fumihiro netsu:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Manage users and groups](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=744721623)*

??US???JIRA?Confluence????????????????????????

???????????US??????????????????????????????????????US??JIRA??????????????????????????????????US??????????????????????

????????????????????????????US???????????????????????????


Answers:
author: fumihiro netsu
body: Thanks for your reply and sorry for my poor explanation.

Well, our partner in US has already used JIRA and Confluence, which is on attlasian cloud.

We (Japan side) are going to use JIRA, too.

Our requirement is below,

* we are going to use attlatian cloud
* we'd like to create new domein (I don't know how to say... but we'd like to start JIRA from zero based, creating our own domein, create users... and so on)
* users in Japan sometimes need to share infomation through US's confluence and JIRA, but we'd like to go straight to US's confluence, without loging in wih different account.
* hope not to pay for double account, I mean users don't have account both side(Japan and US) and pay double..

If possible, hope to tell me how to do it.

Best,

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Your question was quite clear, but It was missing some information that I think effectively got lost in the translation program

The key point here is:

\>we'd like to create new domein (I don't know how to say... but we'd like to start JIRA from zero based, creating our own domein, create users... and so on)

That makes sense, but it will be a totally **separate** system to the one the US users are currently using. It will mean another account to pay for and you will have to work out some way to exchange the data between the US and Japanese systems.  

I think it might be easier for you to get accouts on the US system, but that does mean that you will not have a "clean" installation.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I apologise for my poor language skills, I am relying on a translator program here.

It sounds like you have a JIRA instance you want to share. The server is in Japan, but you want to share it with US people. If the service is shown to the internet, then you can simply give your US users accounts and they will be able to log in and use it. You do not need new licences for a new region.  

I am not sure that his is what you mean though.


Tags: language-ja

cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Notifications
Asked by Davor:

Hi,

Can someone please explain to me how can i set up the notification scheme in Confluence.

I really like the one in JIRA, so i would like to try something similar


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence doesn't have notification schemes, as it's a lot more simple than JIRA in what it needs to send. It makes a simple flat assumption that if a user is watching a page, they want to know about most updates. There's not a lot more to it I'm afraid!
Deleting space takes a lot of time
Asked by vladislav.zobov:

We have to synchronize a space between two servers every day. We are using export/import for this process. Before import we are deleting the space by using standard functionality.

The space contains more than 2500 pages and 2500 attachments (size of exported archive is about 160 MB), and deleting process takes a lot of time (more than 2 hours). Is it normal behaviour? And how can we accelerate this process?


Answers:
author: Meck
body: [Vlad Zobov](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=vlad%20zobov), I saw the same on my migration. :/ Unfortunately, I think this is the normal. But you should contact Atlassian Support.


Tags: confluence-administration
Is it possible to authenticate against VSTS with Confluence (hosted or on-premises)?
Asked by Josh:

At work we are looking at wikis, and Confluence is the best, however we use Azure and VSTS for everything so we would practically need to have Confluence hook in to the accounts we use for VSTS (Azure AD). Is this possible? I haven't found anything yet about how to do it...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can't do it with Cloud, but if you're running your own server (or having someone host it for you), then yes, you can connect it to AD. Several types are supported.


Tags: cloud

confluence-administration

confluence-cloud
Is there any way to add page history comments after saving the page?
Asked by Helen Griffith:

After saving a page, if I haven't put a comment in the **What did you change?** field, can I retrospectively add a comment?!


Answers:
author: Meck
body: Hi [Helen Griffith](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=helen%20griffith),

No, you can't. But you can click on "edit" and add a comment only for record the change.

Regards,  
Lameck.

comments: author: Rob Horan
body: Booooooooooo - no bueno, Atlassian :'(


author: Helen Griffith
body: Thanks Lameck... I guessed that would be the answer... I've figured out a workaround to avoid multiple versions of the page - identical other than one has a comment, one doesn't.

I edit version 1 of a page and save it --\> version 2.

I restore version 1 using the **Restore this version** link in Page History. --\> version 3.

I then restore version 2 (which is the version I want) and ADD THE COMMENT I need at this point --\> version 4.

I delete versions 2 and 3, making version 4 become version 2.

A bit fiddly but without being able to edit the comment, it does the trick!

comments: author: Steve Sadler
body: Thanks, Helen. Just what I was looking for.


author: Rob Horan
body: Yeah but then every watcher is super spammed, which is what I'm trying to avoid.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Acces Confluence via browser without typing the IP
Asked by Dr. Brigitte Kirch:

Hey guys,

I got the job to migrate our confluence setup to windows server 2012 R2. So far I got everything running beside the access:  

I can get into the Wiki by typing this URL: 'wiki.kestner.lan:81'. So I've set up an ALIAS in the DNS manager, pointing toward the correct server.

Now I would like to get there without pointing at the IP. I've tried using Tomcat and the IIS-Manager, but that just points me toward the directory, not the actual wiki. (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-setup-confluence-with-iis-188233.html>) Also multiple redirect/forwarding plugins for IIS failed to succeed.

I know it is possible because on the old setup, you can type '[www.kestner.lan](http://www.kestner.lan)', which gets translated into '[http://www.kestner.lan/confluence/pages/](http://www.kestner.lan/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=3082176) ...', unfortunately, there is no one left who might know how the old setup works and I don't even know where to start looking.

Letting confluence listen on port '80' does not work either since there are some Windows services using the port I really don't want to touch.

Any help would be highly appreciated!

Regards, Ian

(Uwe Meyer was the guy original working on Confluence)


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The usual way to do this is by using a "reverse proxy" instead of a direct connection. A proxy listens on port 80 and 443 on a server, so that when your DNS directs a browser to the proxy server, it can go fetch data from the actual server - often providing several services under on a single url. For example, http://myconfluence:8090/conf and http://myjira:8080/jira both appear under https://nic/jira and https://nic/conf in my house...

The page you link to is an instruction on setting up IIS as a proxy, but if it's serving up the directory rather than the application, then it's not quite set up correctly - that's usually a problem with the isapi.dll setup in my experience, but it has been a while since I used IIS.  

I'd try to work out what is serving up http://ww.kestner.lan to begin with


Tags: confluence-administration
How to hide watch-button on versioned pages?
Asked by Roman Joss:

Hi there

I'v just updated Confluence to Version 5.9.5. Now i have a lot of Log-entries like '\[http-apr-18092-exec-6\] \[common.error.jersey.ThrowableExceptionMapper\] toResponse Uncaught exception thrown by REST service: null'

On the next line, there is the URL to the used page and the URL to the taken Action, example:

-- referer: /confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=430702879 \| url: /confluence/rest/watch-button/1.0/watchState/430702879 \| userName: .....'

I've tested this. Every time a user klicks on the 'watch-button' on a versioned page, the log gets an entry like above.

My Question: how can i hide the watch-button on all versioned pages?

Thanks a lot.

This is similar to Question: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/331280>


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hi Roman,

There's a bug already fixed for this issue: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-45592>

In this case you'll need to upgrade Confluence to 5.10.0 or newer in order to fix the problem.

I hope it helps! :smile:

Eduardo


author: Roman Joss
body: Hi Eduardo

Thanks for your help resp. hint. We are now on Release 5.9.12 and have still the same issue.

Next February we will update to Version 6.x. Therefore this is a good message, that we could really fix this.

Thanks and merry Chrismas and a happy new Year!

Roman


Tags: watch
like count by month
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Dear partners,

Would it be possible to count likes information by month / by space ? Is there macro or plugin which can meet the result ? Thank you.


Answers:
author: Meck
body: Hi [Hsu Yao Chang](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=hsu%20yao%20chang),

You can use this plugin <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/precog.favoritesextension/server/overview>

And I find other answers here:

* <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/144250>
* <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/328509>

Best Regards,

Lameck.

comments: author: Hsu Yao Chang
body: Dear Lameck,

Thank you . It can be listed like count by space. But does it listed like count by month for each space ?


author: Meck
body: [Hsu Yao Chang](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=hsu%20yao%20chang),

I didn't test it before. It is a free add-on, so you should try it. (:

Regards,  
Lameck.


Tags: confluence-administration
Problem installing new version Plugin Greenpepper
Asked by Fran?ois:

Hi,

I have a problem since a moment with my plugin greenpepper. it appears when i change the version of the plugin and i try to install it. The plugin work but my views are empty because i have problems with some javascript.

If i dont change the version, it works.

So i suppose that there some stuff of the old plugin not removed and still used.

I tried to remove the key in the bandana table and cache plugins folder in the confluence-data but nothing works.

Do you if there is other elements that i could remove to totally remove the old version?

PS: Greenpepper is still an old installation by coping the plugin in the Web-Inf/Lib folder.

Fran?ois


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you tell us the versions of the add-on, Confluence and where you got it from (as it's not on the marketplace, we can't be sure what you're talking about here)

comments: author: Fran?ois
body: Actually the plugin is now open source and we continue to develop ourself in it.

So the version itself doesnt really matters (i'm just changing it from 3.2 -\> 3.3.0, the problem appears when i install a new jar if i change the version of the plugin in the atlassian-plugin.xml file.

My question is mainly if someone knows if there some stuff to remove in confluence to clean totally the old version before installing the new one to avoid this problem.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Mmm, that's quite hard to define.

Confluence can't know what to remove or clean on an add-on removal or upgrade, beyond the absolutely basic "this is an add-on you should load" data, (name, version, etc) which it does automatically. It's up to the add-on to handle its own data. So you'll need to get the add-on to do it.


Tags: confluence-administration

confluence-app
Tests and assessments in Confluence
Asked by Mandy Wallace:

Is it possible to create tests (e.g. pre-employment, certification tests) in Confluence?


Answers:
author: Kate (izi)
body: Hi Mandy,

With the **[izi - LMS for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214110/izi-for-confluence-lms-training-courses-quizzes?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=quizzes-traffic-sources&utm_content=Tests+and+assessments+in+Confluence)** add-on, you can create tests, distribute them, and track completion and results. The app doesn't require any integrations and allows you to work with tests right in Confluence. You can:

* Build plain text quizzes and tests with images, videos, formatted text
* Configure test settings
* Assign tests to Confluence users or people without a Confluence account by sharing a quiz link via email
* Let participants self-enroll to tests
* View reports by user and by question
* See answers of each participant

Here are some posts you can read on the topic:

[Assessments, tests and training with Quizzes for Confluence](https://www.isostech.com/blogs/atlassian/assessments-tests-training-quizzes-confluence/)

[Assessing Job Candidates and Training Employees with Quizzes for Confluence](http://arijea.com/2016/04/28/assessing-job-candidates-training-employees-quizzes-confluence.html)

Kind regards,

Katerina Kolina


author: Milo Test
body: You could build tests in Confiforms and track results.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Confiforms would be a great solution for this.


author: Juan Gabriel Mejia INDRA
body: Have an example?
Training courses in Confluence
Asked by Mandy Wallace:

We'd like to set up training courses in Confluence. Is there a way to do that without integrating Confluence with an LMS platform?


Answers:
author: Kate (izi)
body: Hi Mandy,

In your [other question](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/39242525/answers/39242545?flashId=-663826595) about creating tests in Confluence I suggested trying the **[izi - LMS for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214110/izi-for-confluence-lms-training-courses-quizzes?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=quizzes-traffic-sources&utm_content=Training+courses+in+Confluence)** add-on. You can use it to create training courses and quizzes/tests in Confluence.

Quizzes can be used for assessing job applicants and checking the knowledge of employees. Courses are great for employee and customer education.

Kind regards,

Katerina Kolina


author: Azwandi _ServiceRocket_
body: I'd love to speak with anyone interested in this topic. At ServiceRocket, training and learning development is our specialty. Check out our new [SCORM Learning for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220435/scorm-learning-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=server) app.

Our goal is to make it a breeze for you to run training/learning program in Confluence. **Easy and simple** upload, delivery and tracking via SCORM standard.

Disclaimer: I'm from the ServiceRocket team who built the app.


author: Kevin Daniels
body: Hello Mandy,  

I suggest you check out [Learn Up](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.mute.confluence.plugins.lms/server/overview) add-on. The product is dedicated to turn Confluence into a Learning Landscape:  

Create and modify enriched learning content types  
Link or attach Images and add descriptions  
Link Youtube and Vimeo or attach you video files  
Embed Code to insert PREZI, Slideshare or any other enriched content  
Import pages from confluence  
Create Quizzes with predefined answers  
Centralized one stop shop Training catalog  
Easy search and filter capabilities  
Launch course sessions and follow at your own pace  

Try it out!  

Regards

Kevin
Is there a way to display estimated time for a JIRA Story in the Confluence calendar?
Asked by benlowtherJAGEX:

For example, if I add an estimate of 5d to a JIRA story, I'd like to display this on the Confluence Calendar Timeline as a 5 day block of time.

This would be much easier to manage than using a start and end date on every story (as these are likely to change, whereas a time estimate would only ever be added once).

It would be even more useful to be able to 'drag \& move' said block around the Confluence Calendar Timeline, altering the start date and end date of the Story automatically.

Is any of this already possible?

Cheers,

Ben


Answers:
author: Meck
body: Hi [Ben Lowther](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=ben.lowther1027292255),

You can't. You only can use a range with:

* issue created date
* issue resolved date
* issue due date

image2016-7-4 12:45:39.png

### But you can use JIRA Agile Sprint to see the start and the finish of your sprint. {#toc-hId-1161589015}

Regards,

Lameck.

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Tags: confluence-administration