youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
PDF Export Customization
Asked by Frank:

Hi

This is my requirement. I need to customize pdf export.

1. Header - must contain info relevant to the page (e.g. user assigned properties such as title, rev, spec.no., and also release date
2. 1st page to have title and table of contents
3. Footer containing the disclaimer info.![Capture.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34037i3AF5EA3BE6F80EF3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Answers:
author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Frank,

You could have a look at our [Scroll PDF Exporter for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview).

This allows you to customize the look and feel of your PDF exports easily, using a graphical template designer (i.e. no CSS / HTML skills needed).

All your three requirements can easily be achieved:

1. Dynamic information taken from the exported page: Scroll PDF Exporter supports a whole [bunch of placeholders](https://help.k15t.com/scroll-pdf-exporter/latest/customize-document-sections-147034016.html#id-.Customizedocumentsectionsv4.4-placeholdersAddplaceholders), allowing you to refer to specific page information. In addition to that you can also [use page properties](https://help.k15t.com/scroll-pdf-exporter/latest/use-page-properties-as-custom-placeholders-123538187.html) and refer to those in your PDF template.
2. Static pages with table of contents: You can simply [define a title page](https://help.k15t.com/scroll-pdf-exporter/latest/sections-121932401.html), and can either have the TOC on the same page, or on a separate page following the title page.
3. Footer containing specific information: Similar to static pages you can define headers and footers in the template designer to display specific information on each exported page. Of course you can also use the already mentioned placeholders here, if you want to refer to specific information from Confluence. Further information how to set this up can also be found in our docs: [Customize Document Sections](https://help.k15t.com/scroll-pdf-exporter/latest/customize-document-sections-147034016.html).

Hope this helps. We offer free evaluation licenses via the Atlassian Marketplace, so please feel free to give Scroll PDF Exporter a try :-)

If you have any additional questions, or want to schedule a web session to discuss your use case more in detail, please feel free to reach out to us via [support@k15t.com](mailto:support@k15t.com).

Best,  
Nils
Confluence Cloud editor's Insert Link Macro not displaying recently viewed pages
Asked by Jay Keck:

When I open the Insert Link macro in confluence cloud editor and go to the recently viewed tab, I'm not seeing any links displayed. I can see them if I go to the recently visited section of My Work or in my Activity page. This had been working last week, did something change with the Link macro?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jay,

Thank you for reporting this! I was able to replicate this along with one of my colleagues, so I've reported it as a bug below:

* [CONFCLOUD-63112](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-63112)

If you can please vote on it that will help us a lot in order to keep track of the number of users running into the issue.

Please watch it in order to be updated of any changes.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Jay Keck
body: Hi Shannon,

Thanks for the quick reply, my vote has been cast ?

Jay


author: Shannon S
body: Thanks, Jay!

Take care. :)

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

link
Site-wide banner to anonymous users only
Asked by Nick Martin:

Does anybody have a method to display a site-wide banner to only users not logged in? For example I want to use the method outlined in this article, but I only want anonymous users to see the banner.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-add-a-site-wide-banner-165609599.html>


Answers:
author: Mark Bereznitsky
body: Hello,  
You can achieve the effect by using the above instructions to add a banner, for example:

```

<div id="banner" class="aui-message closeable" style="display:none;">
 <p class="title">
 <strong>Error!</strong>
 </p>
 <p>And this is just content in a Default message.</p>
</div>
```

And then add some Javascript to display the banner only when the accessing user is anonymous, like this (should go in the after HEAD section):

```
<script type="text/javascript">
 AJS.toInit(function(){
 if (!AJS.params.remoteUser){
 AJS.$('#banner').show();
 }
 });
</script>?
```

Let us know how you go!

comments: author: Nick Martin
body: That worked, thanks boss!


author: Serge Colin
body: Thanks a lot, working like a charm !

comments: author: Lauras Susa
body: Hello,

I'm trying it in Data Center version 8.6.2 and for me its doesn't work as expected. It shows banner despite user logged in or not.

There is my config. What is not correct here or this solution do not works anymore?

Thank you

![HTML Config.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/296794i84802CA3AFC79F16/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "HTML Config.png")


Tags: announcement-banner

confluence-server

server
Create a "Personal Space" in Confluence (6.10.1) using the API
Asked by Bill:

Attempting to create personal spaces for new users that join the company in an automated way (spaces that are prefixed with a \~).

I've got a code snippet that works.... but the space ***type*** keeps being set to ***global*** even though I've explicitly declare the ***type*** to be ***personal.***

I'm willing to bet that my payload isn't correct and I've been unable to find anything online which yields good results so far.

POST'ing to the ***/space***endpoint with the following payload:

```
{
    'key': 'newuser',
    'name':'Home Page for newuser',
    'type':'personal', 
    'description': {
    'plain': {
       'value': 'Personal Space for newuser.',
       'representation': 'plain'
      }
   }
}
```


Answers:
author: Chii
body: The REST api currently does not allow for the creation of personal spaces.

You may have to use the (now deprecated) soap api : <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/remote-confluence-methods/#spaces> , which has an endpoint for creating personal spaces.

comments: author: Bill
body: Seems silly, but alright. Thanks for the response.


author: Sachin
body: Hi [@Chii](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502195),

What is solution to create personal Space programmatically then?


author: Bill
body: There is no way to create personal spaces programmatically.


Tags: api

confluence-server

rest

rest-api

server
In confluence, how to create template page showing jira issues based on the parameter passing?
Asked by Martin Xue:

Hi,

I have a requirement to create a Confluence page listing all the newly create JIRA items. The issue is those JIRA items are dymamic, and it is searched and based on the variable name such as page title.

For example, I created a page template, which contains title, based on that title, I want to search jira items and display the result into the page.

I find that there is a JIRA macro, which you can search and create jira items, but the issue is that I have to type into the search box each time. Is there a way to pass parameter (such as page title) during search?

Any help will be appreciated.

Best Regards

Martin


Answers:
author: Ken Wells
body: I don't have an answer, but I have a similar problem. I'm being asked to create a confluence page that shows a highlights view of a selected Jira record.

Ideally, the page could accept a Jira record key, and based on that key, display record details on the page in a layout I construct based on the user's needs.

Has anyone done something like this? I'd need some way to enable passing the key to the page and then use macros to filter results based on the key that is passed. This may involve some real coding on the page as well.

Ken


Tags: jira
Attachment Macro: Can I change a setting globally?
Asked by Beth Buonanno:

We use the attachment macro on 90% of our Confluence spaces/pages.

When we upgraded to 6.4.3, the sort changed from descending to ascending order, so the oldest attachments appear on top.

Rather than editing the attachment macro components one by one, Is there a way for an administrator to globally change the attachment macro components?


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi [@Beth Buonanno](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/700315),

you could try out [Search and Replace app](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212823/search-and-replace?hosting=server&tab=overview) for Confluence Server. We have an article on our blog on how to use this app: <https://www.k15t.com/blog/2015/01/search-and-replace-in-confluence>.

Hope this helps.

Roman.
I don't see the HTML link in my program.
Asked by Clayton Birtell:

I have seen this link at another place I used the program. I would like to embed a link from Inforgram. How do I do this?


Answers:
author: Gregory Van Den Ham
body: To add links while editing confluence pages:

1. Highlight the text you want to link

2. Click the link chain icon

![link0.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34033iE56EEA5C0BCCFA91/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "link0.jpg")

3. In the dialog box that opens, click web link on the left side

4. type the URL address

5. click Insert.![link1.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34034iA3273DD250C8B337/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "link1.jpg")

Hope this helps! :)
Unable to edit Confluence User Profile fields such as Position and Department.
Asked by PF:

Unable to edit Confluence User Profile fields such as Position and Department.

We are managing Confluence users from Jira, and have integrated with Active Directory.

Our AD User Directory defined in Jira has the option "Read Only, with Local Groups" enabled under LDAP Permissions. This option is preventing users from being able to edit their profiles.

If I un-check this option and set as "Read Only", the user can update their Confluence profile fields, however I am no longer able to add a user to any Jira security groups.  

Is there a way to globally map fields from AD such as Job Title and Department to user fields stored in Jira/Confluence? Thanks!


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Paul! Currently, this feature is **not present natively** in Confluence.   
We have a feature request that has been closed that aims at this:

**[CONFSERVER-7426 \| Support retrieval of user metadata from LDAP](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-7426)**

However, looking at third-party plugins I was able to find some plugins that may provide the function that is needed by your organization. The plugins are these:

**[User profiles for Confluence \| Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/29106/user-profiles-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)**

**[Enterprise Directory \& Org Chart for Atlassian Confluence \| AppFusions](https://www.appfusions.com/display/EDIRC/Home)**

Let us know your thoughts!


Tags: active-directory

user
how to disable global page templete
Asked by John Shoemaker:

I am trying to disable a global page template as described in <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/administering-site-templates-724765508.html>. I only see edit or delete for page templates. I have checked permissions and groups and can't figure it out. I see "Disable" for global space blueprints, but not for page templates. Any help is appreciated.


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi John,

Confluence does not currently allow us to disable User Created Global Page Templates. I've created the following Feature Request to see if such an option could be added so that you could disable User Created Global Page Templates at a per Space level: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-63080>

I've linked this post to the Feature Request, however if you have any other feedback, I would ask that you include it on the Feature Request ticket as it'll help to influence the decisions our Developers and Product Managers make on which new features to implement.

If you have any other questions about this, please let me know.

Cheers,  
Shawn

comments: author: John Shoemaker
body: Thank you


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
User in confluence-administrators can't edit directories.
Asked by Kenny Stern:

If I log on as the local admin for Confluence I can go to User Directories \> Active Directory and hit Edit. If I log on as an AD user who is also in the confluence-administrators group I do not have that option.

I thought any user in that groups could edit the AD LDAP sync. Is that not the case?


Answers:
author: Gregory Van Den Ham
body: Hi, this is a limit, if you're logged on as a user in that directory you cannot edit it. You will need to use a different directory user account or the admin account.

"You cannot edit, disable or remove the directory your user belongs to. This precaution is designed to prevent administrators from locking themselves out of the application by changing the directory configuration in a way that prevents them logging in or removes their administration permissions."

[Documentation link.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-user-directories-229838212.html)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can't create new space after upgrade
Asked by Evgeny Gryaznov:

Hi! After upgrade to 6.12 i can't create new space with "An Unknown Server Error Occurred".

(REST return 500)

In atlassian-confluence.log i can find only something like this:

2018-10-03 20:07:53,220 WARN \[http-nio-8090-exec-9\] \[confluence.impl.hibernate.ConfluenceHibernateTransactionManager\] doRollback Performing rollback. Transactions:  
-\>\[PluginReadWriteTx\]: PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,ISOLATION_DEFAULT (Session #1346548364)  
-- url: /rest/create-dialog/1.0/space-blueprint/dialog/web-items \| traceId: 4d4fb0b5f73663dd \| userName: egr\*\*\*

I am using MS SQL 2014 database.

Something else (like comments, new blog posts, etc. seems to work)

Do you have any ideas?

WBR, Evgeniy.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It usually means your database is set up incorrectly. See <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Unknown-server-error-when-trying-to-create-a-space/qaq-p/903634> for more.

comments: author: Evgeny Gryaznov
body: Thank you, Nic!

The problem start only after upgrade to 6.12 version...

Unfortunately, we discover it too late an there is a lot of new information in database, so i can't easily revert to 6.10.

Interesting, that direct link like "/confluence/spaces/createspace-start.action?src=spacemenu" works. I will use this workaround and may be backup all to XML and revert to 6.10 in weekend.


author: Evgeny Gryaznov
body: I just export all to xml and reinstall from scratch and restore from xml backup. With 6.10.2 all works well, but after upgrade to 6.11.2 broken again.... I will use 6.10.2, until discover problem.


Tags: confluence-server

server
confluence
Asked by Padmasree P:

how to get the plugin usage in confluence, we have several plugins which are installed but not sure whether it is been used . how do we get the usage of the plugins in confluence


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This is the same question as <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/jira/qaq-p/906791>

Except that you can track Apps that only provide macros - you can search for macro usage in Confluence.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Does Confluence support a master view for multiple Trello boards?
Asked by Sandra Walsh:

We have multiple projects, each being tracked on their own Trello Board.

Interested in a master view for all tasks that can be filtered by project or resource.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Qasim
body: Hi [@Sandra Walsh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2072689)

We have a great, free resource on 'Creating a Master Board in Trello' in the form of a webinar / tutorial. The resource is available as a download at the link below after July 31st!

<br />

How to Create a Master Board in Trello (Webinar / Tutorial):

<http://bit.ly/2OB4oIa>

<br />

Hope you find this useful!

<br />

Best,

Unito


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Project Approval - Then Task Moved
Asked by Jack Ashcroft:

Hi all,

When creating a project via cloud is anyone aware of a way to request project approval in an automated fashion to senior management via email? If approved then it is moved into an approved section and if refused then this to move into a rejected section?

Thank you in advance!


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

For Confluence Server our App Easy Document Signer could be a solution to your requirement. You can find it on the Marketplace.

Regards,  
Stephan (CEO of EPS Software Engineering AG, the vendor of the Easy Document Signer)


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jack,

Can you confirm if you're referring to Jira or Confluence? Your question is in the Confluence collection, but it doesn't appear to be related.

You mention approvals and projects, so can you confirm if this is actually for Jira? Can you clarify a bit what you mean by "project approval"?

Approvals do exist in [Jira Service Desk](https://confluence.atlassian.com/servicedeskcloud/setting-up-approvals-816880004.html) but it's a per-request basis.

Shannon

comments: author: Jack Ashcroft
body: Hi Shannon,

It's related to confluence. So I set a project plan on a page in Confluence but when I do I am able to request approval from senior management to approve the project plan.

Thanks,

Jack


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jack,

Thank you for explaining your issue.

While there's no approval process in Confluence, there are [various add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?application=all&hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=approval) that could help with this.

Have a look here as well for more information:

* [Confluence: Workflows \& Approval](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeval/confluence-evaluator-resources/confluence-workflows-approval)

Have a look and let us know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: approver

cloud

confluence-cloud
Task Email - User able to reply
Asked by Jack Ashcroft:

Hi all,

I am just looking at the task email function sent via cloud (the notification email a user is sent when they have been set a task) - is there a way for the user to reply to the email + change the date set and be able to list the reason as to why the task completion date has changed? And then for this information to be relayed into the task?

Thank you in advance!


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi Jack,

I'm afraid that Confluence does not have an inbound mail system that could be used to read and process messages sent to it; it's an Outbound-only system.

I don't have one specific to Tasks, but there's a Feature Request to bring in an inbound system to Confluence so that it can create content from Email: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-1726>

If you're using Confluence Server, there is a 3rd Party App that can add some inbound functionality: [Send EMail to Page Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/21973/send-email-to-page-plugin?hosting=server&tab=overview)

If you'd like, I could make one specific to Tasks on your behalf.

Cheers,  
Shawn


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

email

notification
One of my admins accidently deleted a SPACE. There is no backups of the machine.
Asked by Brandon Helms:

HELP!!!

My IT Admin accidentally deleted one of my spaces in Confluence. I am then informed that he never backed up the server. Is there any way I can restore the space?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm afraid not, it's gone now.

You might not have set up any backups yourself (you really really should do that!), but off-the-shelf, confluence takes regular xml backups. Check \<confluence home\>/export for them.


author: Brandon Helms
body: Thanks a lot [@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781454)!!! we were able to find backups in the \<confluence home\>/backup where it took a backup daily. Some upgrading will be happening today.


Tags: confluence-server

server
"Unsupported content" error in newly created How-to article. Why?
Asked by Mikael Pettersson:

Hi,

We've stumbled upon an issue when creating new How-to articles in Confluence Cloud;

We get an "Unsupported content" error displaying when we create an empty (default content) instance of the How-to template.

What we've seen is that there is a component in the end/bottom of the template called "Details \>\> Related issues" (not built by us as far as we know) that seems to be the problem. When removing it the article can be published without the error.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Can one edit the templates in the Cloud solution in some way?

Sincerely

//Mikael


Answers:
author: AhmadDanial
body: Hi there, Mikael.

Thank you for sharing the workaround you implemented that involves the removal of the **Related Issues**section. Can you please verify specifically which macro you removed?

![Screen Shot 2018-10-04 at 14.16.38.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34056i319F19FE9D6957EB/image-dimensions/539x119?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-10-04 at 14.16.38.png")

Since I was unable to reproduce the issue on my end, I would like to get a specific step to assist those who run into the issue and create a bug report for it.

As of now, we only have the following bug report created which addresses the same error but different scenario:

* [CONFCLOUD-63036: Unsupported content with the new editor](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-63036)

comments: author: Mikael Pettersson
body: ![Confluence_Cloud_Details_RelatedIssues.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34275iD4F1157C066744E2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence_Cloud_Details_RelatedIssues.jpg")Hi Ahmad,

We removed the above component (the Details component with the Related issues macro). Perhaps it's enough to remove the "Related issues" macro alone but in our case it doesn't make sense.

Sincerely

//Mikael


author: AhmadDanial
body: Hello, Mikael.

Thank you for the clarification on that. I went ahead and shared the solution performed internally with the team for review.

Meanwhile, please let me know if you need any assistance with other matters related to Confluence or other Atlassian products.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
A list of differences between Confluence 5.7.1 and 6.9.3 is required.
Asked by ??????? ?????????:

Good afternoon!  
It is planned to switch from version Confluence 5.7.1 to 6.9.3.  
A list of changes in version 6.9.3 compared with 5.7.1 is required.  
Is it possible to get a complete list at once or is it only possible to look at the individual versions on this page  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html>  
?


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi

I guess you have to compile that list by hand.

Best

JP


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Oh,

one more idea:

Use jira.atlassian.com, filter on CONFSERV and set up a JQL showing only issues without resolution in the version range 5.7.2 to 6.9.3

At least you get an overview of fixed issues \& some functions implemented in this version range.

Best

JP


Tags: confluence-server

server