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Show incoming links from JIRA in confluence page
Asked by Natalie Wenz:

Hello,

I have links on a confluence page from either other confluence pages or from jira issues via application links.

If I want to know the incoming links I have to go to page info screen and check incoming links as well as hot referrers. I would like to include this both information at my page directly.

I already found out the incoming-link macro from CustomWare Linking Plugin. With that I can show my incoming links at my page.

Now I am looking for a similar solution that shows my incoming jira issue links.

Is there any macro or script that is able to do that?

Thanks for you support


Answers:
author: Antony Cartwright
body: Hello Natalie,

Did you find a solution to this problem?

We have the same requirement to identify incoming JIRA links to Confluence pages. When a Confluence page is deleted the warning screen shows "0 incoming links" when a JIRA issue has a link to the page. Once the Confluence page is purged the JIRA issue link changes to "Page failed to load" which alarms the users.

Thanks,

Antony.

comments: author: Stefan Nowak
body: I'm interested in a solution as well.


Tags: confluence-administration
Team Calendars Time Zone - Always asked to set time zone when opening Confluence dashboard
Asked by Mick Davidson:

Hello,

Everytime I open the dashboard in Confluence I get a pop up asking me to set the time. Actually it just asks me to verify it. It's already set to my time zone, so all I have to do is press OK.

I've had a look at the settings (in the plugins Admin area) but there's nothing there that allows me to disable this pop up.

Anyone any ideas about why this is happening and how I can stop it?

Cheers.


Answers:
author: jing_hwa_cheok
body: Hi Mick,

You could try to set a default timezone for your system as stated in this KB  
[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=317197556.)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=317197556>.

This should stop the Confluence from asking the time zone setting.

Cheers,  
Jing Hwa

comments: author: Mick Davidson
body: Jing,

Thanks for the info, I've passed it on to our tech team.

Cheers.


Tags: calendar

confluence-administration

team-calendars-for-confluence

timezone
Duplicates in People Directory OnDemand
Asked by AVD Admin:

Hi we have duplicated user instances in People Directory OnDemand, I read some posts saying it is somthing related to [CONF-9857](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9857) and it can only be fixed by Atlassian support, can you please help?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hey Steven,

The suggestion above is right. Because currently, we would need to check how the index is working and also some details for the users, as mentioned in articles like [this one](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-29072). And for this, we should be the admin and have the hosted instance here, so we could help you.

Hope it helps ya!

Cheers,

Giu


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: You shoul raise a support ticket at [](https://support.atlassian.com)<https://support.atlassian.com>
Flash and multimedia plugin issue
Asked by Jaime Romaguera:

Hi,

We are having a issues when trying to embedded Flash in confluence 5.4.4 using the mutlimedia plugin. The issue seems be that it does not like playing the embedded flash. This is because the web browsers (firefox and chrome) are complaining that "has block content that isn't secure" The wiki server is using SSL (HTTPS) connection. Has anybody experience this issue and has a fix. It may have something to do with the SSL certifciate. But it looks fine to me


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Jaime,

That seems to be the problem indeed. Are you able to test using a confluence without SSL? Can you set the browsers to allow content which is not secure to run in the server? This message is appearing probably because you are using a self signed certificate.

I hope this helps!

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
Personal Privacy - could not block admin for calendar, page, meeting notes
Asked by Ronnie Tam:

I find that meeting notes, calendar, page have the problem that admin could not be blocked even I set the view and edit restriction. It is the personal privacy issue. Please help to fix it.


Answers:
author: Ronnie Tam
body: There is a plug-in called Security and Encryption. Is it a way to block system admin viewing / editing contents?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What are you trying to do here? And in what product?

comments: author: Ronnie Tam
body: Confluence


author: Ronnie Tam
body: For example, I have added a calendar event read by me only. I have set the restriction but system admin can still search out that event.

Is there any way to block system admin viewing/editing contents?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, I see.

No, you need to trust your administrators.


author: Ronnie Tam
body: System admin/ Confluence admin / Space admin can see all page contents, am i right?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not exactly. They can't necessarily read a page if it is restricted. But they can see that it is there in the space, and they can un-protect it.

Same goes for plugins - you could use a security type plugin to hide pages from admins. But there's nothing to stop an admin reconfiguring or removing the plugin.


author: Ronnie Tam
body: Here are my findings:

Space Admin can remove the restriction, then he/she can view/edit the page

Confluence Admin can set himself/herself as a Space Admin, then he/she can also view/edit the page

<br />

We cannot block System Admin to view/edit:

-\>Calendar

-\>Personal Space

-\>Page

-\>Meeting notes

<br />

We cannot block Space Admin/Confluence Admin to view/edit:

-\>Page

-\>Meeting notes

Am i right? Thanks!  


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That's more detail than I can remember without checking, but yes, it's what I'd expect. You need to trust your admins.


Tags: privacy
Confluence Blueprint: How to choose blueprint template/xml file dynamically based on a condition selected in wizard
Asked by Mukul:

Hello,

I am writing a Confluence Blueprint. I have to have a wizard page to let user provide inputs. Here is what I did and I am able to see my template/xml being rendered on a page.

```
&lt;blueprint key="custom-blueprint"               create-result="edit"               index-template-key="custom-blueprint-index"               index-title-key="custom.blueprint.index.page.title"               index-key="custom-blueprint"               i18n-name-key="custom.blueprint.name"&gt;        &lt;content-template ref="custom-blueprint-content-template"/&gt;        &lt;dialog-wizard key="file-list-blueprint-wizard"&gt;            &lt;dialog-page id="pickOptionSelectionPageId"                         template-key="Custom.Blueprints.OptionSelectionTemplate"                         title-key="custom.blueprint.dialog.option.select.template.title"                         description-header-key="custom.blueprint.dialog.option.select.template.heading"                         description-content-key="custom.blueprint.dialog.option.select.template.description"/&gt;            &lt;dialog-page id="nextPageId"                         template-key="..."                         title-key="..."                         description-header-key="..."                         description-content-key="..."                         last="true"/&gt;        &lt;/dialog-wizard&gt;    &lt;/blueprint&gt;    &lt;content-template key="custom-blueprint-content-template"                      i18n-name-key="custom.blueprint.content.template"&gt;        &lt;description key="custom.blueprint.content.template.description"/&gt;        &lt;resource name="template" type="download" location="templates/custom-template.xml"/&gt;        &lt;context-provider class="com.foo.CustomBPContextProvider"/&gt;    &lt;/content-template&gt;
```

*My requirement is to have few conditions on my wizard page, and based on the condition I need to select right template/xml file.*I see xml template file is hardcoded within \<content-template/\> element in plugin.xml file.

Is there a way to select template file based on some condition ? OR if I can rewrite the xml file content on the fly to the existing template file.

Appreciate your help!

Thanks


Answers:
author: Mukul
body: I acheived it by having a placeholder variable in my xml template file, and replacing the placeholder with the new xml on the fly.

template.xml:

```
&lt;at:var at:name="templatePlaceHolder" at:rawxhtml="true"/&gt;
```

MyContextProvider.java

```
if (includeA) {            templatePlaceHolder = getTemplateFileAsString("/templates/A.xml");        } else {            templatePlaceHolder = getTemplateFileAsString("/templates/B.xml");        }...blueprintContext.put("templatePlaceHolder", templatePlaceHolder);
```


Tags: blueprint
Hide or show different links to different user groups
Asked by MarkC:

We have a situation in which we produce two different sets of documentation for the same application. One set is for internal use only and is stored in its own space. The other is for external use primarily (though some internal users will look at it or refer external users there via a link).

We also have a landing page (we do not use the dashboard) from which we present an organized list of our content. On this page, we want to show the link to the internal and external documentation to internal users (we'll call that group wiki_internal). However, if an external user logs in, we only want that group (we'll call them wiki_external) to see the external documentation link.

Currently, if a user doesn't have permissions to access a specific link, it is grayed out but still selectable and the user receives a Not Permitted message. When that happens, we get inundated with emails about permissions not being correct (it's a real headache).

We have found the [Visibility Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.visibility), but it does not function as we would like it to. Users can click Tools \> View Source, and then see the hidden content on the page.

Is there a way to show/hide specific links for groups and not have those secrets of magic revealed in the View Source option of Confluence? If not, have any of you tried a different approach to solving this problem? On a side note, which could work to solve this problem, can you specific a different landing page for each group?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You can use the visibility macro in conjunction with the include page macro. If they view the source they will not see the actual documentation. Also, the included pages will not show up in search if they do not have rights to those pages.

comments: author: MarkC
body: That could work, but the page that is being included could still be searched. So the users could still access it and see what is hidden. If I apply restrictions to that page, it can't be pulled in by the Include Page macro because the user may not have permissions to view it.


author: Davin Studer
body: If it is combined with the show if macro is does work. I've done it berore. Take the example below. Let's say I have set restriction on the page Development Home to only be viewable to the group confluence-administrators. I have the include page macro wrapped by a show if macro that will only render the include page if the user is part of the confluence-administrators group. If you are not part of that group then the include page macro never gets run.

![](../../upfiles/Capture_224.PNG)


Tags: confluence-administration
Odd behavior or intended behavior of search drop-down?
Asked by Veracode:

On the top right of a Confluence page there is a search field.

As I type into the search field there is drop-down list that appears. This appears BEFORE I press "return".

It looks like the index used by that search is not the same one used by the full search. We have situations where it fails to find anything at all for the drop-down list, but when one presses "return" we can lots (e.g. 1,167) results.

This looks broken to me. Is there an explanation about why the dropdown doesn't see anything when the full search sees lots.

FYI: We already rebuilt the indexes for Confluence, and that did not fix the problem.

-Vik


Answers:
author: Theinvisibleman
body: Hey Vik,

One thing that pops into mind is that possibly the Quick Navigation feature has somehow been disabled. Could you check out this article here - [Configuring Quick Navigation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Quick+Navigation) and determine whether or not it has indeed been disabled?

comments: author: Veracode
body: Although the page "Configurating Quick Navigation" does not appear to match our version of Confluence (5.4.4), I was able to locate the quick navigation checkbox, and it is enabled.

This would make sense, because for some strings the system produces a drop-down list, but for other strings it produces no list at all - even though the entries do exist. Please see attached for examples.

The page "product strategy home" shows when I type "home"

![](../../upfiles/nav1-1.png)

Nothing shows when I type "product".

![](../../upfiles/nav2.PNG)

Nothing shows when I type "stategy".

![](../../upfiles/nav3.PNG)

-Vik


author: Theinvisibleman
body: Oh my, that's quite unusual. If you were to continue searching on let's say 'product' (just press enter on the search bar), will there be any results for it?


author: Veracode
body: Yes. lots of results for each of those search terms. (more than 2,400 for "product" ; around 900 for "strategy"; and around 800 for "home")


Tags: confluence-administration
Default access for new users issue
Asked by Scott Allen:

After a recent update to our ondemand instance new users do not get access to all of our wiki spaces by default. In the admin panel I have gone to Sign up options and selected Set defaults for new users. The Confluence application is selected. New users are assigned to the Confluence_users group. I have to manually add each new user to a group called just USERS. What has changed on our instance?


Answers:
author: Scott Allen
body: #### Clarissa Gauterio \[Atlassian\] {#toc-hId--646699779}

Today 11:28 AM

Hi Scott,

That's happening because in your [Space Permissions](https://vet2pet.atlassian.net/wiki/admin/permissions/viewdefaultspacepermissions.action), the access is set to the **users** group. You need to change that and add the **confluence-users** to that permission.

Also, I believe you will need to change the permissions in existing spaces to grant access to the **confluence-users** group. Since the users will not be automatically added to the **users** group, they will not have access by default.


author: Scott Allen
body: Henrique,

I have made all of the changes that you suggested and new users are still not getting access to any of the spaces on the site until I add them to the users group.

Scott


author: HenriqueA
body: Hi Scott,

The group **confluence-users** is the default group for the new Confluence users, I suggest you to attribute to this group the same permissions as the **users** group.

My suggestion is to check the **Global Permission** on your confluence through the following link:

* \<Instance_URL\>/wiki/admin/permissions/globalpermissions.action

And also check the **Space Permissions** through the following:

* \<Instance_URL\>/wiki/admin/permissions/viewdefaultspacepermissions.action

Then add the same permissions to **confluence-users** group of the **users** group.

Kind Regards,

Henrique Lechner


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence 5.4.3 Task List - Due Date using \\ not working
Asked by Ankur Mehrotra:

Hi Team

Confluence 5.4.3 Task List - Due Date using \\\\ not working

Please advise .

Thanks Ankur


Answers:
author: Andre Lehmann
body: I think the \\\\-Function in Tasks are in Confluence 5.5

So if you are using Confluence 5.4 that will not work :-)


author: maintenance
body: I'm with the same problem.

It happened once and stops after a while (we restarted the serve ate some point between)

And now it happended again.

Version: 5.9.3


author: Paul DeSousa
body: This is not working for us either after upgrading from 5.5.2 to 5.5.4. Type // just leaves it as a // with no calendar pop. No we have no pop up blockers and this is happening from my entire user base (500) as far as I know.

comments: author: Helen Setchell
body: Robert - try using backslashes instead of forward slashes?


author: Paul DeSousa
body: Yeah thanks Helen, I was using the \\\\. I typed it wrong in the comments. Turns out this is a known bug CONF-34553. Also as reboot resolves it, so my user base is happy. The reboot also fixed two other known issues we were having. I am thinking about implementing a wekkly or monthly reboot schedule as the state of confluence is getting complicated enough that this may be required.


author: Ankur Mehrotra
body: Hi Andre

Are you sure on it that \\\\fn works for Confluence 5.5


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You'll need to give us more detail. What does \\\\ actually do? What has been set up for due date? What are you expecting from \\\\? Are there any errors or warnings in your logs?

comments: author: Ankur Mehrotra
body: This is a confluence related issue when creating a task list in it.

This \\\\ is a shortcut for adding Due date to as task in a tasklist similar to @ for assigning the task to a person

No error is coming, only the functionality is not working


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, but what does it actually do? What do you get? What are you expecting? What does "functionality is not working" mean? Describe what you are doing and what is happening?


author: Ankur Mehrotra
body: Go to confluence page type \[\] for creating a task list

Now Create a task and assign that task to a person using @ functionality which is working, but similar to @ you can add due date by typing \\\\ to that task, which is not working


author: Ankur Mehrotra
body: on typing \\\\ a calendar should open dynamically for assigning a due date to that task, which is not happening


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yet again, what does "not working" mean? What is happening?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, nearly there, but... what's not happening? Assigning of the date? Or the popup of the calendar?

If it's the calendar, are you using a browser with popup blockers? Can you try a different browser?


author: Ankur Mehrotra
body: yes the popup of the calendar is not coming....do we need to install/associate a calendar for it
Wiki weekly reporting help
Asked by Muzammil Rehman:

I am a fairly new to wiki and its plunging. I am trying to use wiki to generate weekly report, input will be a bullet point for multiple users and once that data is collected i need to be able to select few of those point and email it to myself or a group or just get them in a bullet format.

I tried to google but no help, maybe asking the wrong question


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Sounds like what you want to do is create a page for your users to contribute to, and then share that page by email.

To share a page, click the Share button and enter the usernames or email addresses you want to share with (note that if you share with an email address, the user will need to be able to login to Confluence to see the page).

If you want to share with people who are not Confuence users you can also export your page to PDF (choose Tools \> Export to PDF).

Hope this helps.
How can I get authenticated links for Confluence pages?
Asked by Andrea Gazzi:

Hi,  
I have a web application and I would like to link some specific Confluence pages to application (e.g. the user into web application click a button and the browser opens the Confluence page related).  
I would link this pages without request user login in Confluence.  
If it is possible, how can I get the authenticated url for pages of Confluence?  
Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Daniel Wester
body: You can create a dummy user for your webapp and then pass the creds through os_username, os_password on the query string, but I would not recommend it since they'll be in access logs and people are now logged in as the dummy user.

If you're using Confluence 5.5 the better route would be to use the new Confluence rest api and pull out the rendered page to the end user in your webapp. See [](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/latest)<https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/latest>for more details


author: Andrea Gazzi
body: Hi,  
thanks for reply.  
Our purpose was not this but was to have pages in a space and using an authenticated link allows users to view (the pages are accessible with authentication, like normal use...but we want avoid the login step through interface).   
I saw the Anonymous access and I think that enabling this feature is equivalent to have public pages because anonymous access is permitted (all persons that knows url can read with a browser using directly the url for example...).

comments: author: Kyriakos Sgouromitis
body: Hi Andrea,  

I know it's been a long time since you posted this, but do you remember how you tackled this?  

Given that the use of os_username and os_password is deprecated and can't be used now, how do you do it now?


author: Alexander Sch?tzle
body: Hi,

In your space permissions you can mangage your anonymous accesses as well. There you can enable if it shall be possible to see the page to comment etc. even if you are not logged in.

If you do have Confluence On Demand, it should be directly possible. If you have a local installed version of confluence, you should check if you configured a public server or a local server.

I'm not quite shure if this is the answer you were looking for.

Greets


Tags: confluence-administration
I show up 10 times in Confluence->All People
Asked by Philipp Schneider:

I just started using confluence and am quite happy with it. What is really annoying ist that under "People" I show up 10 times (no joking...). Did something go wrong during the creation of the site? How can I get rid of 9 of the 10 users?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: I have seen this in earlier versions of Confluence. Sometimes it could be fixed by rebuiiding the content indexes. Can you try that?

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Content+Index+Administration)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Content+Index+Administration>

comments: author: Philipp Schneider
body: I'm using confluence-ondemand. On my site the "Content Indexing" does not show up under "Administration". What next?


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Ah, I missed the onDemand part. Found this in the onDemand docs:
> Content Indexing can be done by the System Administrator. You can request that to be executed by filing a ticket at [](https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JST)<https://support.atlassian.com>.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud