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Confluence 7.12.2 authentication plugin fails due to schema issue
Asked by europoint:

Running 7.12.2 in the standard docker container, and I am unable to log in because an error occurs stating that a particular table in the confluence database doesn't exist.

The table *does* exist, but in the bitbucket schema.

There is no Confluence documentation that suggests how you can force Confluence to just look at the confluence schema and not any other schemas running on the database instance - the documentation just says "don't use the same schema".

So

1. How do I force Confluence just to look at it's own schema (parameters in server.xml or confluence.cfg.xml?

2. Why can't Atlassian list the parameters in confluence.cfg.xml, because it never used to be a requirement for this value to be forced?

3. Why can't Atlassian make sure their code actually checks the schema it should be using? The error actually says "Table 'confluencedb.AO_ED669C_IDP_CONFIG' doesn't exist" yet, it's obviously enumerating tables without checking the schema in the first place!


Answers:
author: Matt
body: Any luck with this? We're currently running into it now in 7.11.2. Funny thing is that it's happening in our non-prod environments while prod shows no sign of the issue (for now that is...)

comments: author: europoint
body: Apologies for the extremely late reply - I didn't get any email notifications of a response. It's likely that you have resolved this, but if anyone else is having a similar issue, please check the confluence.cfg.xml file for the following property:

\<property name="hibernate.default_schema"\>{dbname}\</property\>

If not, add it, replacing {dbname} with the name of your Confluence database.

Restart Confluence. I think that resolves the issue (it's been a while!)


Tags: confluence-server

mysql

schema

server
How can i add the PlantUML pugin to my Confluence if im connecting to the cloud instance?
Asked by Michael Portnov:

Our confluence is not hosted by us so can i add the plugin in question without installing confluence on our servers?


Answers:
author: Charlie Misonne
body: Hi Michael, welcome to the Atlassian Community.

If you are referring to this plugin [PlantUML for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/41025/plantuml-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview you) can't. Confluence Cloud and Confluence server/ datacenter are technically different. Plugins have to be developed separately for each deployment type so you can not install a server plugin into Confluence Cloud.

Take a look at alternatives: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud\&product=confluence\&query=PlantUML](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=PlantUML) perhaps there is one that suits your needs.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
how do i enable epic link?
Asked by samuel Immanuel:

please let me know how to enable an epic link in scrum. I tried all.. but can't find the solutions


Answers:
author: Dave Liao
body: [@samuel Immanuel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4444389) - Hi Samuel! Can you re-phrase (1) what you're trying to do, and (2) the steps you've taken so far? Appreciate any insight!

comments: author: samuel Immanuel
body: Hey, thanks there. My problem has been fixed now.


author: Dave Liao
body: [@samuel Immanuel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4444389) - feel free to share your solution (if you want)!


author: samuel Immanuel
body: I did create a project. Instead of creating **select a team-managed project,** I selected to **select a company-managed project.** And it worked.


author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@samuel Immanuel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4444389)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/link-a-confluence-page-to-an-epic/>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/epic-name-vs-epic-link-779158632.html>

Cheers

comments: author: samuel Immanuel
body: I tried..not working..any other solution?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I want to be able to embed a blog page in an email and preserve the formatting
Asked by Shaun Scallan:

I send out an update weekly to an extended team who don't all have Confluence access. I want to embed the weekly blog article in an email, not as an attachment. I want to preserve formatting which is not preserved when pasting into the mail message. I want to do the report once and send with minimal effort. Any ideas that resemble above would be appreciated. Thanks I'm advance.


Answers:
author: marc -Collabello--Phase Locked-
body: [@Shaun Scallan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3739498)It's hard to do that in Confluence with a single step. One solution would be to export html, and copy/paste that into your email, see <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Homepage Customization in free under 10 users.
Asked by Andrzej Delgado:

I've checked the documentation and in 'Furter Config' there should be an option to swap default homepage with one of the pages from the wiki.

I cannot see such option. Is it because i'm on a free plan under 1 users?

Or am I doing something wrong?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Don't read the documentation for an old version of Server Confluence and expect it to be valid for Confluence Cloud.

But yes, you're right, this function is not available on the free subscription to Confluence Cloud


author: Andrzej Delgado
body: This is the guidelines I have stumbled upon:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/configuring-the-site-home-page-792499531.html>

Yet my further configuration does not have said 'dashboard' option to pick a page for homepage/landing page.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I have scheduled a blog page for publication so I can add to it but now cannot find it?
Asked by Shaun Scallan:

I can't find the Blog page I have scheduled? I want to add to it progressively before publication but not have it visible.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What are you using to do the scheduling? (I ask because Confluence does not do scheduling - you publish when you post it)


Tags: blog

cloud

confluence-cloud
It seems there is a bug with in AUI - icons are not displaying properly.
Asked by Andrzej Delgado:

It seems there is a bug with in AUI - icons are not displaying properly.

Does any one noticed it as well? Screens are taken in the 'General Configuration':  
yourname.atlassian.net/wiki/admin/viewgeneralconfig.action

![icon-bug-2.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/148161iD5BBFA7F7CEE43ED/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "icon-bug-2.png") ![icon-bug-1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/148162i647286933DCB355C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "icon-bug-1.png")


Answers:
author: Dave Liao
body: [@Andrzej Delgado](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4444244) - could be an issue with the CDN near you. Clear your browser cache and try again?

I'm seeing AUI icons OK in my instance. No idea where my Cloud instance is hosted, but it looks okay.

comments: author: Andrzej Delgado
body: Worked like a charm. Thank you.


Tags: aui

cloud

confluence-cloud

icon
How can I archive Confluence content (with spaces, pages, blogs, comments, etc.)?
Asked by Richard Kirian:

I need to archive all the Confluence Cloud content that my team created over the past 5 years. I need to be able to browse the complete content of my spaces, including pages, blogs, and comments. The comments on blogs are particularly important.

When I export an archive of everything using the backup manager (<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-a-site-backup/>), I get a giant xml file but I do not have software that can display the data such that the content is browseable. I'm not sure if comments on blog posts are included in this backup.

There are some tools in the Confluence web interface that allow one to manually export content in html or pdf formats (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-139475.html>), but none of them allow for the export of blogs and comments.

My team also tried to write code using a Python package (<https://atlassian-python-api.readthedocs.io/>) and we were able to systematically generate pdf files of all space pages and blogs, but it does not appear that we can export comments.

So here is the general question: what is the best way to archive and view my data after my Cloud subscription expires? I cannot continue to pay the annual fee.

The most ideal solution would be for the Atlassian folks to create a way to export all of the html files, but with all of the editing scripts removed. I think this would also be the easiest solution on a technical level, but I could be wrong.

I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Richard Kirian](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1042157)

You will only be able to export comments and blogs in the xml version and you would then have to consume them to be readable using the XSLT. I would suggest looking at the Atlassian marketplace to see if any of the export apps provide this functionality.


Tags: archive

cloud

confluence-cloud

export
How to keep Confluence page format the same regardless of web page zoom setting or sidebar setting
Asked by Kojo:

What macro is needed to ensure that the page format looks the same regardless of page zoom settings? For example, the formatting, spacing, and graphics change if the browser setting is at different zoom levels. So different users will see something different. Also, the formatting changes when the sidebar is either collapsed/expanded.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The zoom is entirely up to the user and the browser, it's nothing to do with the page content.

You can't stop people zooming in or out.

comments: author: Katrina Atkinson
body: Is there a way to make the things on the page smaller if zoomed in- order to maintain the same format and layout?


Tags: confluence-server

server
The collation of database is not set correctly?
Asked by Abdullah Roman:

++I have followed the steps from the below link but no luck!++ <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-postgresql-173244522.html>

++below is the my create database script and the database created successfully:++

*CREATE DATABASE "CONF-DB" WITH OWNER = "CONF_USER" ENCODING 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE = 'English_United States.1252' LC_CTYPE = 'English_United States.1252' TEMPLATE template0;*

++but if i use following script to create database into postgres it fails:++

*CREATE DATABASE "CONF-DB" WITH OWNER = "CONF_USER" ENCODING 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE = 'UTF8' LC_CTYPE = 'UTF8' TEMPLATE template0;*

2021-06-19 00:10:24,569 INFO \[Catalina-utility-1\] \[com.atlassian.confluence.lifecycle\] contextInitialized Starting Confluence 6.15.8 \[build 8100 based on commit hash 6ef1ce95c788ac159314a8fa6387047b8d1cc9fb\] - synchrony version 2.1.0-release-confluence_6.15-32f7299a  
2021-06-19 00:10:30,969 INFO \[Catalina-utility-1\] \[springframework.web.context.ContextLoader\] initWebApplicationContext Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started  
2021-06-19 00:10:37,938 INFO \[Catalina-utility-1\] \[com.atlassian.confluence.lifecycle\] \<init\> Loading EhCache cache manager  
2021-06-19 00:11:07,143 INFO \[Catalina-utility-1\] \[springframework.web.context.ContextLoader\] initWebApplicationContext Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 36173 ms  
2021-06-19 00:11:08,302 ERROR \[Catalina-utility-1\] \[atlassian.confluence.setup.DefaultDatabaseVerifier\] verifyCollationOfDatabase The collation of database is not set correctly!  
2021-06-19 00:11:08,992 WARN \[Catalina-utility-1\] \[confluence.impl.health.DefaultHealthCheckRunner\] logEvent The database collation 'English_United States.1252' is not supported by Confluence. You need to use 'utf-8'.  
2021-06-19 00:11:08,993 WARN \[Catalina-utility-1\] \[confluence.impl.health.DefaultHealthCheckRunner\] logEvent The database collation 'English_United States.1252' is not supported by Confluence. You need to use 'utf-8'.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Abdullah Roman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4443926) is your DB hosted on Linux or Windows?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a better option for large tables from Excel?
Asked by Meagan McIntosh:

I would like to use an Excel grid in Confluence but it becomes unreadable. We tried doing a table in screen and use table in draw.io but then it must always be edited directly in confluence.

Any other options to interface in and out of Confluence?


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Meagan McIntosh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4443910) , if I got your case right, you want to edit your tables in Excel but show the data in Confluence. We can suggest using our app - [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview).

You'll be able to use its [Table from CSV](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+from+CSV+macro) macro to import your large tables into Confluence and then [filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Filter+macro), [aggregate](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Pivot+Table+macro), [visualize](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro) your information as well as perform calculations further in Confluence.

We'll be happy to have a live demo with you and your team - please book a [suitable time slot](https://calendly.com/nparamonova/table-filter-and-charts-demo?month=2021-06).


author: Oki__PolarisOffice_
body: [@Meagan McIntosh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4443910) ,

For your user scenarios, I would like to suggest our app - [Polaris spreadsheet for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223556/polaris-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview).

You can insert excel files in confluence pages and can directly edit tables and other data in a excel files. In addition, it also offers advanced view mode, so you can use filter, search, and freezing pane in view mode. Please check it.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

ms-excel
Inserting a percentage change dashboard/function
Asked by Hassan Khalil:

Hi there,

Is there a way to have a percentage change function or dashboard in a report? We're after a percentage change (increase or decrease) from the previous day statistics.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Hassan Khalil](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4443728) ,

I assume that you have tables in Confluence and want to count percentage change for your values and visualize your statistics via graphs.

We can suggest using our app - [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). You may use its [Table Transformer](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Transformer+macro) macro to perform various calculations and the [Chart from Table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro) macro to visualize your data.

Maybe you'll be interested in a live demo? You'll be able to give more details about your case and we'll show what can be done with the help of our app. Please choose a suitable time slot [here](https://calendly.com/nparamonova/table-filter-and-charts-demo?month=2021-06).

comments: author: Hassan Khalil
body: Thank you for your reply. I have booked in a live call to go through this.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Table of content. Not showing header when navigates
Asked by dcano@pbs-santander.com:

Hello all,

Just a question regarding the table of content. We add the table of content, but to navigate to an specific header, it goes just under the header or title and is a bit confusing because it goes directly to the paragraph of that heading without seeing that heading.

Would be possible to navigate directly to the title? I add snapshot to be more clear.

Thanks a lot in advance,

Best regards,


Answers:
author: ThisRay
body: I also have the same issue; it's a very counterintuitive design...


author: Brant Schroeder
body: I checked the enhancement requests and there is not one listed there either. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-73600?jql=project%20%3D%20CONFSERVER%20AND%20type%20%3D%20Suggestion%20AND%20statusCategory%20!%3D%20Done%20ORDER%20BY%20Updated>


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [dcano@pbs-santander.com](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4443696) Welcome to the Atlassian Community

I was able to recreate in server and believe that is how it functions. I believe this is how it functions.


Tags: confluence-server

server

table-of-contents
Confluence read only pages for Atlassian access organization users without Confluence licence
Asked by R?bert Szab?:

Hi Guys!

Is it possible to provide read-only space to users with active Atlassian Access user, but without a Confluence license?

On a server, this is solved in such a way that the Confluence itself is only available on the corporate network, and there are spaces with anonymous access. In the case of Cloud Confluence, it is not possible to restrict network access, so we are looking for an alternative solution.

Thanks!

Robert


Answers:
author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: Hi [@R?bert Szab?](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3516031)

We're working on adding SAML authentication to our app [Scroll Viewport](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211636/scroll-viewport-for-confluence), which lets anyone view the contents of a space, even without a license. Currently, Scroll Viewport sites are accessible on the public internet, but once we've released the SAML functionality, you could put it behind a login.

As far as I understand Atlassian Access, it is not a SAML Identity Provider, but can be a consumer. If you have an SAML identity provider I think you'd be able to use it as user store for a Scroll Viewport site.

So, not an answer for today, but maybe for t[he near future](https://cloud.scrollhelp.site/migrate-to-cloud/).

comments: author: R?bert Szab?
body: Hi Matt,

Thank you for the replay, we will keep an eye on your solution!

Robert


Tags: atlassian-guard

cloud

confluence-cloud
migration lost attachments
Asked by Phillip Trujillo:

We Migrated from a self hosted server confluence version 5.10.0 to the cloud and lost all our attachments and info about what users updated or created a page.   

We lost every screen shot, imbedded image, attached Word, PDF, Excel, and text doc. Is this common? Is there any way to get them back or is it just part of the sacrifice of going to the cloud from an ancient version?


Answers:
author: Owen Wallis
body: I have seen this happen before, if you contact Atlassian support I think they are able to re-associate the Media IDs from Server to your Cloud version.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Tagging the same person more than once in a document does not send notifications?
Asked by Colleen Cottone:

I have found (I believe) that tagging someone in a document who is already tagged does not create a second email notification. Is this true?

For example, A document was created with team members A, B and C tagged. A few days later, updates were made to the document and the owner tagged team members A and B with questions. A and B were not notified of the new tags and they are not watchers so they did not see an update. Is this because they were previously tagged on the document?


Answers:
author: Bridget Maloney
body: Hi [@Colleen Cottone](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/675558) ,

Yes that is the behavior. The initial @ mention sends the alert, and following ones do not (because they were already mentioned). However, additional @ mentions using Inline Comments or Tasks \*will\* send out an alert.

Here's more info if interested: [https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/mention-a-person-or-team/](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/mention-a-person-or-team/?)

\> The people you mention only receive a notification the first time you mention them on a page, but not for subsequent mentions.

Does that help?

Thank you,  
Bridget

comments: author: Colleen Cottone
body: Thank you!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

mention

notification
Uninstalling Jira, does this affect Confluence
Asked by Kimberly McCarty:

Hello,

I am no longer moving forward with Jira, only Confluence. I want to uninstall Jira. Will this affect Confluence in any way?

Thank you

Kimberly


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Kimberly McCarty](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4403996)

May have an impact on the content display of some pages which is depending on the information source of the page, for example

* Issues links from jira
* JIRA Issue/Filter Macro
* JIRA Chart Macro
* Jira roadmap Macro

It probably affects other things, if you have a PRE machine, you could do the tests there before uninstalling, to avoid problems with Confluence

Cheers

comments: author: Kimberly McCarty
body: Thanks! Since we never used Jira it did not cause any issues when I uninstalled this.

-Kimberly


Tags: confluence-server

server
Filter Overdue Cards in Trello on Android
Asked by Mark Cassar:

Is there any way that through the Android App you can filter cards which are overdue? I can't find such an option and it would be very convenient.


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Mark Cassar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/804728) you can't filter by due date on the mobile app, but you can search by due date and restrict to a given board:

<https://help.trello.com/article/972-filtering-vs-searching>

the recent searches conveniently show up in the history, for example a common search I use on mobile is:

@me due:overdue

comments: author: Mark Cassar
body: Thanks for your reply. However, it is quite inconvenient to do such a search as I have to type in the [@me](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1414575) due:overdue board:\[name of board which is quite long\]. Filtering like you can on desktop would be so good. Is it because it's not yet available on Android as it seems like for iOS it is available as per article - <https://help.trello.com/article/1060-filtering-cards-on-a-board-in-ios>?


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Mark Cassar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/804728) oh right, so you can! When I filter on the iOS app by due date, it prefixes my filter term with a tilde (\~) so try manually typing this into the filter on the board:

\~overdue


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Mark Cassar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/804728) btw i had my wires crossed, the reason I use the @me due:overdue is to see a list across all boards more similar to the Cards view which is missing on mobile. I don't use due dates very much so never noticed that I could or couldn't filter by due date on a board :)


author: Mark Cassar
body: [@Iain Dooley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1416112) Thanks for your reply again. I tried with the "\~overdue" as a filter on the board but it didn't work out :/

It's a real pity it seems it's not possible on Android.