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Migration Confluence (Cload) into Confluence (Server) or inversely
Asked by Selim Caglar:

Hello

Is it possible to migrate more Confluence instances into only one?

Cloud into Server or inversely.

The goal is, that we will not use 4 Confluence instances and we will migrate all the confluence sites into one instance.

Is this possible and has anyone experiences with that?

Thanks a lot for your help:)


Answers:
author: darrenpegg
body: Hi Selim,

It is possible, though due to the challenges I would recommend hiring a Atlassian Consultant.

Darren


author: noamdah
body: Selim,

This can be done by [exporting](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-139475.html) and [importing](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-space-152036.html) space by space from other confluences to the main confluence.


Tags: migration
Confluence Improve "Recently Worked On" performance with cache
Asked by Gavin Fowler:

Quick question.

I've noticed that now I'm using the new confluence dashboard, which under "my work" in the left navigation can display "recently worked on" or "recently visited" page, the time it takes to render the list to the browser is quite slow.

Can anyone suggest which confluence cache entity I should be reviewing to ensure my configuration is optimal for my user community and/or other options that can be explored

Many thanks!

Gavin.


Answers:
author: Sander Brienen [Avisi]
body: Same here. Takes a lot of time to load the list.


author: Roman Kirilenko
body: It takes about 8 seconds in my instance. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")

2016-10-05 09:59:02,199 DEBUG \[http-nio-8090-exec-15\] \[atlassian.util.profiling.UtilTimerStack\] log \[7376ms\] - /rest/api/content/search


Tags: confluence-administration
Why can't I change the appearance ('displays a coloured lozenge (a rounded box)') of the Status macro?
Asked by johan iojo:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Status Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765291)*

When I'm using a Status Macro as an element within a Page Properties macro, and later on create a page using the Page Properties Report, the column containing the Status macro data can be sorted according the **`(title`)** of the status macro.

I would like to re-use this functionality, but use another appearance of the status macro. Can I do this? And how?


Answers:
author: johan iojo
body: Currently, i use a number of images to visualize different kinds of 'statusses'.

But it appears that those images cannot be sorted in the Page Properties Report (see issue [CONF-40995](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-40995)), so i'm looking for another solution.

I know that (the information provided by) the Status Macro is sorted correctly, so this functionality i would like to re-use, but i indeed want to give the Status Macro another appearance in some cases...


author: Nick Reilingh
body: Is your question about sorting against the status macro another way? The title looks like you just want to change the way the status lozenge looks.


Tags: confluence-cloud

status-macro
How do I build a search to scope down to spaces?
Asked by Eco Haus:

I'm looking for a code snippet that is easy to customize for my instance and particular space? Can anybody help?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What is "a search to scope down to spaces"? This does not make much sense, and needs explaining.


Tags: confluence-administration

search

space
SSO Confluence ondemand using AZURE accounts?
Asked by Shirley Jhirad:

Hi,

I know it is possible to sso ondemand using google accounts. any other options like Azure?

Thanks!

Shirley


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No. Cloud supports it's own internal accounts and Google accounts. No other options are available.


Tags: confluence-administration

confluence-cloud

sso
Adding a Confluece page as a Profield field
Asked by TheKingArthas:

Hi!

I?m currently using Confluence as a customer data base (each main page is a customer).

It will be great to add a Confluence page as a profield in JIRA issues. It?s this possible?

Regards


Answers:
author: david
body: Hi Federico,

Currently Profields doesn't support the direct integration with Confluence, as a workaround you can set a "Text field" and add the Confluence page URL.

Kind regards


Tags: addon-com.deiser.jira.profields

confluence-administration
Restrict view of space directory
Asked by Krista Delucchi:

Is there a way to disallow users from viewing the space directory? I have some external folks who are going to use a single space in our Confluence and I don't want them viewing all of the spaces.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The space directory will only show spaces that the current user can see. So if they're only going to use a single space, they'll only see that one in the directory. Unless you grant them "view" (or more) on other spaces.


author: Krista Delucchi
body: Thanks, just realized the user's group was also set up on a few other spaces. Removed and the problem is resolved. Appreciate your help!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence update fee.
Asked by Miguel Caro:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence 5.9.10 Release Notes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=827333372)*

Apply a fee to update Confluence version from 5.9.9. to 5.9.10? If not, up to which version it can be updated in the future? Thank you.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No.

Your licence entitles you to use (and upgrade to) any version of Confluence released before the expiry date of the licence.   

If you're on 5.9.9 today, and your licence expires on June 1st, and then Atlassian release 5.9.11 on June 2nd, then you can upgrade to 5.9.10 any time you want to - now or at Christmas, totally up to you. But you can't go to 5.9.11 until you renew the licence.


Tags: licence
How to replace parent page
Asked by Raymond Wu:

Apologies if this is a "stupid" question but I had to refresh the content of the parent so I created a new subpage and a hierarchy off the parent and in Space admin set the homepage to the new subpage. The unfortunate thing/consequence is the cookie crumbs shows the space and the parent page even though it does show the desired new homepage.

Can I get rid of the crumb with the parent page OR do I edit the homepage and replace its contents with the subpage and then move the rest of the children pages under it (got like 30+ pages off the new subpage)?

Advice please.


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: Sounds like you probably made it a bit difficult for yourself.

I'm not sure why you didn't just edit the original Parent page content?

In any case you can resort the page hierarchy using the main top menu bar Browse\>Pages and select Tree view.

By selecting a top page in the hierarchy and dragging that elsewhere (i..e drop it on its new Parent page or in between other pages in the structure) , it will take all its child pages with it.


Tags: confluence-administration
Page Properties Report Filter by Property value?
Asked by robertosandrade:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Page Properties Report Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765250)*

Is there a way to filter pages on the report based on the value of a property?

More specifically I was interested in filtering by properties whose content is a "Status Macro" instead of plain text, but I couldn't find any options in Confluence On Demand to filter even plain text properties.


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Roberto, you can try [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) add-on to filter Page Properties Report.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

page-property
How to link to anchor on the same page in Confluence 5.9
Asked by Alex Eveleigh:

I am trying to create links to anchors within the same page but when I click the link nothing happens.

Any idea why my links to anchors within the same page would not be working?


Answers:
author: jwuestefeld
body: Are you by chance using the Documentation Theme in this space? If yes switch to the Default Theme.

comments: author: Alex Eveleigh
body: Yes we are using the Documentation Theme and when I change it to the Default Theme the links work correctly. We were hoping to use the Documentation Theme.

I found that when I have the link set as #bottom and click on it, it shows the correct URL but does not go there. When I take the URL '<http://confluence:8090/display/TSF/Page+to+test+links+to+anchors#Pagetotestlinkstoanchors-bottom>' and put that in as the link, it works when the theme is set to documentation. Do you have any idea why this is happening and do you know if this is an issue that is going to be fixed?


author: jwuestefeld
body: I have no idea why this is happening and i think that it won't be fixed as the Documentation Theme is deprecated.

In our Confluence we simply switched to the Default Theme and configured the sidebar to look mostly equal to that in the Documentation Theme.
Confluence Recommended Updates e-mail flood
Asked by admin_ruben:

Hi everyone,

A couple of days ago my e-mail inbox was flooded by 10 Confluence Recommended Updates. What happened is that in less than five seconds i got the usual Recommended Updates e-mail from the last two weeks.

It seems like the messages were "stuck", since i did not get them as i usually do (once per day) and then something happened and i received them all in a bulk.

My boss just wrote me an e-mail that he got 24 Recommended Update Messages in a matter of seconds.

The current settings are as following:

* General Configuration: Recommended Updates Email -\> Send by Default (not selected)
* Profile Settings: Email -\> Subscribe to recommended updates (selected)

Any idea? I certainly want to prevent this from happening again in the future.

Thanks in advance,

Ruben


Answers:
author: Steve Behnke [DiscoverEquip.com]
body: No I can't say anything off-hand. It'd be good to know your Confluence version. The flush properly sent them all?

Any issues your application is experiencing are logged in the Application Log file. You should check that out for any potential logged issues. This is located within `<Confluence-Home>/logs/atlassian-confluence.log`, which is usually `/var/atlassian/application-data/confluence/logs/atlassian-jira.log`.

Usually when this happens and I'm called to support, it's something simple like 'password expired' or 'message was returned' etc. It's usually pretty verbose in the log.


author: admin_ruben
body: Thanks for the hint. I just checked in the Mail Queue section: there was a lot of it not being sent. It seems like all the mails from the past 5-6 days has been stucke there. Mostly Recommended Update messages but also e-mails for specific users ("added to the team", "recomended updates for person X"...).

What i did was a simple flush. But what can be the cause for it? How can i prevent it? Any idea?


author: Steve Behnke [DiscoverEquip.com]
body: Was all email not sending? The **Mail Queue** is the UI section for this information...
Can I link all three Jira products to one Confluence? - Interested to implement all prduct for all teams.
Asked by nicolai.heinen:

Can I link JIRA Software, JIRA Service Desk and JIRA Core to one Confluence?  

We are working in several teams and want to implement all three JIRA product.  
All teams work on many projects and we want wo link the knowledge in one confluence, is that possible??


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Yes.

The 3 products, JIRA Core, Software and Service Desk, is essentially a single instance of JIRA. You have 3 applications enabled on the same instance, that's all. Once you connect that instance to your Confluence, users of all 3 applications can use that connection.

Even if you end up having different JIRA instances, for whatever reason, you can connect them to a single Confluence instance.
How can I search by emoticon in Confluence ?
Asked by greg besson:

I'd like to find all occurrences of the question emoticon :question: in my space. How can I do that ?

Nothing I've tried has been successful ![cheeky](/html/@FAF1B8ED81FE63CF2DF635B2383CF9FB/images/emoticons/cheeky.png "cheeky")

Thx Greg


Answers:
author: greg besson
body: Hello Stephen,

First of all, thank you very much for your solution ! I'll use it for sure :smile: on our own Confluence instance.

But I must admit that I'm deeply astonished by the fact that Atlassian doesn't index this kind of content, which has a semantic meaning by itself (a question mark, even if turned blue, is ... a question mark).

We'll have to find another option if we want to emphasize a question in a document and make it searchable by default (I don't have access as admin on the Confluence instance...)

Thx a lot,

Greg

comments: author: Rahav
body: +1 for being disappointed that this is not a built in function. We should be able to type the characters of the emoticon in Confluence's search box and have it searched.

It would be really modernize Confluence if in the search bar the characters would turn into the emoticon exactly as it is done on a page.

[@greg besson1](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/640608) Until Confluence engineering releases this in April of 2450 I am adding two or three characters followed by : adjacent to the emoticon, which makes the whole damn thing searchable.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Hi Greg,

The question mark emoticon is saved as the following code:

```
<ac:emoticon ac:name="question" />
```

Which is not indexed by the Confluence search engine. However, there is still a possibility to find it by searching through the text of all pages, but this is not a built-in Confluence function. I wrote a user macro for searching and replacing text in Confluence pages, and if you paste the text above into the search box and select your space, then it should be able to find it.

link to user macro source: [https://streamline.atlassian.net/wiki/display/STRMLN/Search+and+Replace+User+Macro](https://streamline.atlassian.net/wiki/display/STRMLN/Search+and+Replace+User+Macro?src=contextnavpagetreemode)

comments: author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Make sure that you select the option "Display only to Administrators" when putting in the information about the macro, and then also put it in a page which is restricted only to you, since if someone tried to do a search and replace improperly they could mess up a lot of pages :wink:
Question from last week has disappeared
Asked by Mick Davidson:

A question I asked last week about orphaned pages has disappeared. Anyone any idea why this has happened? Here's the link: .

Cheers


Answers:
author: Mick Davidson
body: #Atlassian - I'm disappointed that no one from Atlassian has bothered to respond to this question after nine days.


author: Mick Davidson
body: Completely gone Nic. I've raised the [issue as a bug](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-41604?filter=-2&jql=reporter%20%3D%20currentUser()%20ORDER%20BY%20created%20ASC), which is now on-going. Maybe that's why it's been removed, but if that was the case you'd expect to be notified that someone's done so. otherwise you just waste loads of time searching, re-writing the question and generally arsing about. Which isn't very productive and is completely avoidable... :smile:

Cheers.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That links back here!  

Is it just missing from search results (including your own list of questions under your profile) or is it completely gone (question not found error)?


Tags: community

questions-for-confluence
You no longer have access to the source editor. (403)
Asked by Uu Mulya:

Hello,

I used confluence 5.9.7 and have error while I edit page on source editor.

Please help me!

403-confluence5.9.7.jpg

Regards,

Uu Mulya  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/You-no-longer-have-access-to-the-source-editor-403/qaq-p/389317?attachment-id=11097){#link_1190a962b848fc}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/65807/1/403-confluence5.9.7.jpg){#display_1190a962b848fc_0}


Answers:
author: Uu Mulya
body: Thank you for your information @Kay Brown.

To day I try to reinstall [the plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor/server/overview) and now source editor is running well :smile:

Cheers,

Uu Mulya


author: Kay Brown
body: Try contacting Atlassian Support: <https://support.atlassian.com/customer/servicedesk-portal?utm_source=landingpage>

Regards,

Kay
Action macro is not working in any of my page. help me on the issue
Asked by harikrishnan seshadri:

Action macro is not working in any of my page. help me on the issue


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Which "action" macro, what is it supposed to do, and what is it actually doing?

comments: author: harikrishnan seshadri
body: Hi,

thanks for your response.

I am trying to navigate between confluence page and tried to send email by clicking it but it is not working. Action button is not responding.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, not a macro, a menu option. Which "send email" are you trying though?


author: harikrishnan seshadri
body: Actually i need to send email as well as trying to use action button macro in theme press to navigate home page from any where in my space


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm sorry, I'm a bit lost now.   
What function are you using to try to send email?

What "action button macro"? Where are you using it in the body of your page?

Could you explain "in theme press" too?


Tags: confluence-administration
confluence work flow management
Asked by pranav buch:

Hi All,

We are currently using Atlassian Confluence for over a few years now are it is a fantastic tool.

I just wanted to know if there is some gadget/plugin available that can allow me to control page creation flow. What we want to achieve is, all the articles published must go through a layer of approval first. The article should be published only after being approved.

Can you point me in right direction?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's a few options, but the answer you probably want is simply [Comala workflows](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow/server/overview)

comments: author: Miguel Reimer
body: Thanks Nic.

And Pranav, if you have any questions please let us know. Probably the easiest would be our support portal here: <https://comalatech.zendesk.com/hc/en-us>

Thanks,  
Miguel


author: TomC
body: There is a new option geared to your precise use case I believe. Check out Brikit Content Flow (now in beta): <http://www.brikit.com/display/products/Content+Flow>

I believe both offer free trials as well.


Tags: confluence-administration

workflow
How can I customize a Space template?
Asked by Nicolas Casel:

When I create a new space, I would like to **use a specific template** instead of getting the "default" space layout.

Two questions about this:

1) do I need to create from scratch a full new space template? Or can I customize the "default" space?

2) in both cases, how to do it? Using the Velocity files or Decorators? Or is there an easiest (less technical) way?

Thanks in advance,


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Nicolas,

Have a look at our Add-on. It does exatly what you are looking for and it is really simple to use. The template is a normal confluence page tree and the end users simple press a button, filling out the form and the space is created.

**[Marketplace link: Space Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.SpaceTreeCreator/server/overview)**

Regards,  
Stephan

comments: author: Nicolas Casel
body: Thanks for your feedback Stephan, however it does not fit with my need.

By 'customizing a Space template', I mean: **improving the visual rendition of the native Confluence Space template by adding** new HTML areas, some CSS rules and Javascript / jQuery events.

**A basic example**: instead of having the comments area at the bottom of every page, I put it in a right column area, created thanks to the 'HTML macro' and some jQuery code. From there, next time I create a space, I would like the comments area displayed in this right column area.


Tags: confluence-administration

space-blueprint

template
captcha image
Asked by zhang mingji:

Image captcha can not normally display!

What should I do?

Atlassian Confluence 5.9.8

captcha image.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/captcha-image/qaq-p/300921?attachment-id=9437){#link_1186ee6e0fea1d}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/50796/1/captcha%20image.png){#display_1186ee6e0fea1d_0}


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That is often caused by browsers blocking things (pop ups and ad-blockers), but it can also happen if there's something odd with your server setup. First thing, as always, is a look at the Confluence logs, but also the web-server logs, and try a different browser to see if it's that.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to query users by role or group?
Asked by wuyafang ???:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Your Profile and Settings](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139467)*

In magnolia, I was wondering how to query the database to get a listing fo users by role.


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: What is magnolia?
how to disable give me the old dashboard option in confluence 5.9.x
Asked by oldmoney:

Everyone dashboard display remains the same.  
Now switch back to the lower left corner of the old version dashboard is easy to click, it cause problems [Confluence Knowledge Base Watch How to reenable the new dashboard in Confluence 5.9](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-reenable-the-new-dashboard-in-confluence-5-9-790633943.html) ?is there the way hide "give me the old dashboard" button?


Answers:
author: Sharon Hinde
body: Hi,

you can remove this link by disabling the 'Opt-out' module in the Confluence Dashboard Plugin

* Go to Confluence Administration \> Manage Add-ons
* Next to the Filter Visible Add-ons item select System or All Add-ons in the dropdown
* Scroll down to the 'Confluence Dashboard Plugin' Add-on and click on the title to expand the details
* Click on '15 of 15 modules enabled' to expand the modules list
* Hover over Opt-out and click the 'Disable' button that appears on the right.
* The Old Dashboard Link will now be removed from the dashboard.

Sharon


Tags: confluence-administration