youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
add group
Asked by mario r:


Answers:
author: Sam Hall
body: **To create groups in Confluence Cloud:**

1. Choose  
   ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/files/744721583/744721584/1/1432251385855/Cog.png) \> **User management**
2. Select **Groups** from the left side of the page
3. Choose the **Create Group** button at the top-right of the page to create a new group.

See: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/manage-groups-744721627.html>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Tooltips by M20 Technology LLC for Confluence Server 5.4 - 6.0.2
Asked by Victor Prasad:

Hi,

How do I actually use these tooltips? When editing a page, I don't see any macro. The admin screen only has enable/disable. The support page only has an email address.

Thanks,

V


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: It looks like you can add them as hyperlinks. There's additional panels on the **Insert URL** menu.

![](https://marketplace-cdn.atlassian.com/files/images/667c1311-9eab-4d23-846f-7fc1c8fceb6b.png)

Their support form: <http://www.m20tech.com/report-an-issue>


author: Michael Kalnicki _M20_
body: Hi Victor,

Steven's answer is correct. The add-on does not use any macros in order to make it easy for any user to add tooltips in the editor.

Not sure how the documentation link disappeared from the listing but I added it back. Here is a link to the docs: <http://www.m20tech.com/tooltips>.

Thanks.

-Mike


Tags: addon-com.m20tech.tooltips
Export greek letters to PDF
Asked by Peter Zhu:

Hi,

My confluence page contains greek letters in text and when the page is exported to PDF, these letters are left out. There is nothing, not even a space, in place. Is this an issue with the export?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Peter,

This is an issue with your font - it doesn't include the characters you need. If you want to create a PDF in another language you can follow the instructions to add an different font [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-pdf-in-another-language-175473.html).

comments: author: Marcel Woschek
body: you just posted the same link I did ![laugh](/html/@BEA1CC333F4D830F5303329D7DC07DE4/images/emoticons/laugh.png "laugh")


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Yeah, there was no answer when I looked at the question, but by the time I posted it you'd already answered!


author: Marcel Woschek
body: So if we both came up with the same solution, I guess it has to be right :wink:


author: Rob Woodgate
body: I reckon so ![laugh](/html/@BEA1CC333F4D830F5303329D7DC07DE4/images/emoticons/laugh.png "laugh")

And for Peter: I got the link from this JIRA issue which is identical to yours: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-36371>

So Atlassian support think it's the right solution too.


author: Marcel Woschek
body: Maybe this [Link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf57/creating-pdf-in-another-language-701435214.html)could help you


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Synch tasks Confluence to Outlook
Asked by Nick Keates:

Is there a way to synchronize tasks created in pages in Confluence to Outlook tasks.

Ideally a method that sends the tasks created to Outlook, and when updated in Outlook changes staus of task in originating page


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Nick,

These is nothing in Confluence that will do this. There are a large number of addons in the Atlassian Marketplace that do this for JIRA, but none that I could find for Confluence. Here is the [list of task addons for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?application=confluence&category=&cost=&hosting=&marketingLabel=&q=task) if you want to investigate further.

You might want to consider asking an Atlassian Expert to help you set something up:

<http://www.atlassian.com/resources/experts>

comments: author: Nick Keates
body: Thanks Rob. Yep, saw the Jira options -


author: Michael Bunke
body: Hello,

please vote for that feature request: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-60812>


Tags: confluence-administration
openmeetings
Asked by Manoj Sharma:

Dear All,

I am trying to install Openmeeting313 on Centos7. While giving below command:

/etc/init.d/red5-3 start

it start showing some configuration Key missing in logs and not able to open the

<http://192.168.1.20:5080/openmeetings/install>

[](http://192.168.1.20:5080/openmeetings/install)where 192.168.1.20 is IP address of the server on which OM313 is installed.

WARN 12-07 15:01:22.495 ConfigurationDao.java 1461493 118 org.apache.openmeetin gs.db.dao.basic.ConfigurationDao \[org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.Schedule rFactoryBean#0_Worker-6\] - Could not find key in configurations: mail.smtp.timeo ut

Please help.

Regards

Manoj Sharma


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain what this has to do with Confluence?


author: Manoj Sharma
body: Sorry Nic,  
it is for Openmeeting and came on this mailer list while surfing to find out the solution.

Please ignore the issue.

Regards  
Manoj Sharma


Tags: confluence-administration
I cannot embed my Google Spreadsheet into my Confluence page. I already installed the Confluence Google Drive add-on. Please help.
Asked by En Ming Ong:

I've attached a screenshot of what I get.

Screen Shot 2016-12-07 at 10.35.56 AM.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-cannot-embed-my-Google-Spreadsheet-into-my-Confluence-page-I/qaq-p/259440?attachment-id=9926){#link_11860466e58c6d}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/43776/1/Screen%20Shot%202016-12-07%20at%2010.35.56%20AM.png){#display_11860466e58c6d_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-cannot-embed-my-Google-Spreadsheet-into-my-Confluence-page-I/qaq-p/259440?attachment-id=9927){#link_11860466e58c6d_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/43776/2/Screen%20Shot%202016-12-07%20at%205.13.11%20PM.png){#display_11860466e58c6d_2}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-cannot-embed-my-Google-Spreadsheet-into-my-Confluence-page-I/qaq-p/259440?attachment-id=9928){#link_11860466e58c6d_1}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/43776/3/Screen%20Shot%202016-12-07%20at%205.15.51%20PM.png){#display_11860466e58c6d_4}


Answers:
author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: You don't need any addon for this.

* The **html (html-xhtml)** module has to be enabled in **Confluence HTML Macro** to make it possible to use **HTML** macro with iframe.
* You find this macro by going to Administration - Manage add-ons - System
* To embed google doc you should insert HTML macro to page, copy-paste code below to macro body and change link to your actual document.

```
&lt;iframesrc="https://docs.google.com/bla-bla-bla"noborder="0" width="95%" height="800" scrolling="yes" seamless&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;
```

comments: author: En Ming Ong
body: I just went to Administration - Manage add-ons and System. The only "HTML" add-on I have is Atlassian XHTML (attached). I went to the Marketplace and typed in "confluence HTML" and only saw "HTML Macro for Confluence Cloud," which costs $5 per month.

What am I supposed to do? Thanks!

Screen Shot 2016-12-07 at 5.13.11 PM.pngScreen Shot 2016-12-07 at 5.15.51 PM.png


author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: I suspect you have to buy that macro to be able to use this feature, because in Server edition this macro is included. At least you could Try it for free.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi,

The HTML Macro is not included in the Cloud version of Confluence as it could be used for malicious purposes. The full list of restricted functions in Confluence Cloud is [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html).

Your only option to add/edit HTML is to buy the HTML Macro from the marketplace.

(That's assuming that Pavel's solution is the only way of fixing your problem.)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Team Calendars - Military Time
Asked by Brianna Leatham:

How can I remove the military time scheduling functionality in Team Calendars (Create Event \> When)? See attached screen shot.

This is not tied to the Display Time Format field under Global Settings for Calendars, and I have the US language pack installed, so I'm at a loss here. This is not user friendly for my teams and it is going to be a deterrent in using Calendars for scheduling.

Screen Shot 2016-12-06 at 6.28.49 PM.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Team-Calendars-Military-Time/qaq-p/141203?attachment-id=12464){#link_118fc07948bf32}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/23422/1/Screen%20Shot%202016-12-06%20at%206.28.49%20PM.png){#display_118fc07948bf32_0}


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Brianna,

Do you mean you want to change the 24-hour scheduling to 12 hour scheduling and add in the am and pm times? I don't think this can be done in Team Calendars (or anywhere in any of Atlassian's products). If you want Atlassian to provide this you can log an enhancement request at <https://jira.atlassian.com/> (although as I write this that site is down for scheduled maintenance, but it should be up and running again very soon).

This won't be much help to you, but for information: Outside of the US the 24-hour clock is normal and standard. It would be user-***un*** friendly to use a 12 hour clock in most other countries. Atlassian have used [the worldwide ISO standard](http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=40874) for timekeeping because they sell their products worldwide, but if the demand is there for a country-specific localisation then either they'll do it, or you could ask a 3rd party to customize your instance for you. However, 3rd party customization of this kind is not available on the Atlassian Cloud platform, so you'd have to move to a hosted instance. Like I said, not much help to you, but it might explain why the system is the way it is.

comments: author: Cameron Steffen
body: As an ethnocentric American, I think 12 hour time would be a better default.


Tags: cloud

team-calendars-for-confluence
Enabling the HTML Macro
Asked by LamarM:

Hello

I have followed the instructions in this article

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/html-macro-38273085.html>

But when i search for "HTML" this macro is not found. I am logged in as the Confluence Admin.

250

Could you please advise.

Thanks

Jeff

[jamos@innotas.com](mailto:jamos@innotas.com)

0FE33494-2310-4853-B9FE-AAE407C352C6.SNAG  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/42514/1/0FE33494-2310-4853-B9FE-AAE407C352C6.SNAG){#display_1186049034e02d_0}


Answers:
author: Tim
body: Hi Lamar,

We have a secured HTML macro as part of our Macro for Toolbox Cloud add-on. It's completely sandboxed so you can embed content and also keep your team secure -- perfect for Confluence Cloud.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.addonengine.macrotoolboxforcloud/cloud/overview>


author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: Nic is correct, however, there is the HTML Macro for Confluence Cloud in the Atlassian Marketplace: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.confluence.html.HtmlMacro/cloud/overview>

You could give that a try. In general, whenever you find yourself wanting extra features on top of Atlassian products is usually pays to check the Marketplace.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi,

As Nic says, the HTML macro is not enabled for Confluence Cloud as it could be used for malicious purposes.

The full list of functionality that is restricted in Confluence Cloud is [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html).


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Cloud does not support that macro (it can easily become a security risk)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
One Space per Document? Or per Release?
Asked by Stacy Dow:

Tech Writers:

Do you create one space per document or is it sufficient to create one space per release/doc set?

If you create one space per release, is there a way to create document/page specific footers for PDF output? Only way I can figure out is one footer for the entire space, which means manually changing for each PDF output for publishing... ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Stacy

Are you using Scroll Versions or any other add-ons to manage your documentation? One space per document sounds hard to manage. Seems like what you are looking for can be better handled using Scroll Versions.

Also recommend taking a look at Scroll PDF Exports. And the documentation for out-of-the-box capabilties including Page Rules at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/advanced-pdf-export-customizations-198806890.html>

Cheers

Bhushan


author: Bill Bailey
body: Hi Stacy,

Having used Confluence for 5+ years for documentation (plus set up systems for multiple clients), I can share some insights. If your primary delivery model is PDF, then you MUST get Scroll PDF Exporter. It will allow you to generate professional looking PDFs with branding, custom footers, doc-specific information. It WILL take some work to get it working right, and you will be frustrated at times, but it is the best approach. I figure I can get about 90% of what I can do with FrameMaker this way (as seen by an outsider).

On doc organization, I have all my user guides in one space. You have to watch out for page name collisions, but I just prepend part of the doc title as needed to make it unique (Scroll has a macro that will let you override the title on PDF export, BTW, so you can rename a page from "WYZ Overview" to just "Overview").

And since Scroll PDF has the concept of both templates and schemes, plus support REST calls, I have links that the root of each doc with the REST link to generate the PDF using the correct template and scheme (BTW, I use the scheme settings AND page metadata to pass items needed for customization).

To make this work, you will need to know Velocity (VTL) and CSS, and probably how to create user macros.


Tags: documentation
Licesen Details
Asked by Thu Nguyen:

Hi,

We have recently upgrade the number users of our Confluence. The actual numbers of license that have been issued is 204, but it is shown in the License details table only 92. Could anyone help me how to get and see the actual numbers of issued license? Thanks.

image2016-12-7 9:32:20.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Licesen-Details/qaq-p/335149?attachment-id=5302){#link_118604d0c53080}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/56658/1/image2016-12-7%209%3A32%3A20.png){#display_118604d0c53080_0}


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Duplicate of <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/44892433>


Tags: confluence-administration
How can numbering be managed?
Asked by Kel Hill:

It seems impossible to easily manipulate numbers in a numbered list after importing from Word. Rather than retaining the numbering established in Word, Confluence renumbers most items at the same indent level, so that most of them re-start at 1. The only way to change them is to back the start of the 2nd item into the end of the first item and hit Enter, in order to make it behave as a continuation of the first item. Instead, we need a feature similar to Word's whereby a right-click gives you the option to "continue numbering", or "restart numbering" at any chosen point.


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Kel,

You might find the suggestions from @Bill Bailey in [this answer](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/41477440/answers/41477683) helpful.
How do I delete a blog post?
Asked by Caroline Thomas:

I've given my team the permission to edit and change anything under a knowledge base space I created, but they seem unable to delete blog posts that *they* created. Why aren't they able to delete blog posts they create?


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Caroline

Have you checked whether your users have Delete Own permissions in the space?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html>

Thanks

Bhushan


Tags: confluence-administration
Can you edit Blueprint Names or Descriptions?
Asked by Adam Mark:

Hey Guys,

Wondering if you are able to edit Blueprint Names/Descriptions, ie.

Name: "Decisions Blueprint"  
Description: "Record important project decisions and communicate them with your team."

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Adam,

The contents of blueprints can be edited, but not the title or description.

You can edit blueprints in a single space by going to **Space tools** \> **Content Tools** \> **Templates**. Change made at the space level will only affect templates in that space.

To change blueprints at a global level, go to **Confluence Administration** \> **Global Templates and Blueprints**.

Alternatively, you can replace the existing blueprints and templates with your own. You could create a new template with the name and description you want and copy the contents of an existing template into it. Then disable the existing template, and you've effectively changed the name and description. [Templates can be created in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf57/creating-a-template-701434853.html)at both the space and global level, but [blueprints require some coding](https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-plugin-guide/confluence-blueprints?_ga=1.59498792.408545321.1444895594).


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there a way to not plot blank values on a xy chart?
Asked by Lisa Leif:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Chart Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=163415075)*

I have an XY chart showing progress over time. I have 2 data series, an estimate and an actual. I would like to leave some of the y values under the actual as blank and not have the chart graph this as 0, is that possible?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-way-to-not-plot-blank-values-on-a-xy-chart/qaq-p/239566?attachment-id=2540){#link_118605d3042f57}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/40605/1/DataInSomeCells.png){#display_118605d3042f57_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-way-to-not-plot-blank-values-on-a-xy-chart/qaq-p/239566?attachment-id=2541){#link_118605d3042f57_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/40605/2/DataInAllCells.png){#display_118605d3042f57_2}


Answers:
author: Justin Ulland
body: Here's an example that I think gets at the request. Here's a plot for budget (or "Estimate") vs actual with data in all cells of the table:

DataInAllCells.png

Here's a plot with data in some of the budget (or "Estimate") cells but not all of them.

DataInSomeCells.png

Its common to have actual data more frequently than budget data so it would be nice if the budget line just went between the points where there is data rather than reverting to zero...

An obvious fix is to calculate the intermediate points and fill them in, but it'd be nice to not have to do that.


author: Steve Behnke [DiscoverEquip.com]
body: Please provide a screenshot and your charted data, we can't really help without seeing.


Tags: chart

documentation
Calculate a date based on another date
Asked by Sandro Mancuso:

I'm creating a page that documents a launch plan. There are several deliverables with due dates, and I want to make them all relative to the launch date. Currently, I'm entering each one using the date macro, but each time the launch date changes (happens often, I'm working on that!), I have to manually change a dozen other dates. With the audience for this file, a "-2W" type of indicator is not really working.

In short, I want to display date "X" once in a page, and then display a calculated relative date "Y" which is "X-*n*" , where n is a number of days/weeks (or whatever, I don't care if I have to convert to seconds!)

In confluence cloud, what option (including plugins) do I have that can accomplish this?


Answers:
author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: Do you have a JIRA instance? You could create JIRA issues and then show results into Confluence


author: Sandro Mancuso
body: I was led to believe I can't add user macros on cloud. I already thought of that - in fact, at my previous job we had an on-premise installation, but it had over 100X more employees :wink:. A user macro is exactly how I solved this.

We can't justify increasing the headcount by 1, and have 12.5% of staff just to admin JIRA. I run into "Can't do this on cloud" probably once a week ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad").


author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: It seems that you need a macro.

main idea - find some html element where start date is stored and work with it with javaScript.

I would reccomend to organise all dates into a table and create a macro with param to add/minus of a Date into fixed row/line of this table.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
how to create gcal entry from confluence meeting note
Asked by Kian Pariwar:

I am using confluence for preparing meetings and documenting meeting results. This works fine.

In order to make meeting notes a "one stop shop" for everyone who wants to set up meetings, I was wondering if it is possible to create google calendar events from within the meeting note created in confluence.

Or do I always have to create the meeting event in gcal and provide a link to the confluence meeting page note?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Kian,

Yes, but you'll need to bet the [Confluence Calendars](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/team-calendars-for-confluence-240912701.html) add-on.

You can [subscribe to Google Calendars](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-google-calendars-from-confluence-240913761.html) if you have the Confluence Calendars add-on, and you can also [subscribe to a Team Calendar from Google Calendars](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-team-calendars-from-google-calendar-273285887.html).

Confluence Calendars also allows you to [Export Team Calendars Content to Other Calendars](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/export-team-calendars-content-to-other-calendars-240913738.html).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud