youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is it possible to link to an item on another database from a database?
Asked by Ed Waugh:

We are looking to use Confluence databases as a replacement for Monday.com. One of the features we use a lot is the ability to 'mirror' a column from another board. So we have a board with a list of devices and a board with a list of deployments and the device can be linked to the deployment in a bidirectional fashion with fields from each board viewable as required.

Is it possible to replicate this functionality using Confluence databases?

Thanks

Ed


Answers:
author: Matthias Gaiser _K15t_
body: Hey [@Ed Waugh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4092498)

I'd recommend you check out the **Entry Link** , **Entry details** and **Entry backlink** fields and see if you can rebuild your use case with them. They're the fields which you can use for linking entries between different databases.

I'm not sure if the bidirectional linking works the way you want it, but unidirectional it works quite well. Here's the [documentation](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-and-edit-databases/#Field-types) about the various field types.

Cheers,  
Matthias.

PS: Fyi, [@Sushant Verma](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2226989), Confluence Databases used to be Orderly Databases (not Confluence SQL) by K15t before Atlassian acquired it.


author: Sushant Verma
body: Hi [@Ed Waugh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4092498)   

Welcome to the community!  

In Confluence, you can use the Confluence Database (formerly known as Confluence SQL) app to create database-like tables and link them to other Confluence pages or tables. While it may not provide the exact "mirror" functionality you described in Monday.com, you can achieve a similar outcome using Confluence databases and macros.  

While the Confluence Database app doesn't provide real-time synchronization or automatic mirroring of data between tables, you can manually update the linked fields in Confluence to reflect changes made in other tables. By leveraging the macros and linking capabilities, you can create a similar bidirectional relationship between your devices and deployments.

<br />

Regards,  
Sushant Verma


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

database
Auto update of the confluence page has been stopped
Asked by Ravi Kumar K:

Hi Team,

We have a confluence page and it is getting auto updated per every 4 hours once and the setup has been done by a differ user and he is no more working with us .

Now the issue is the page is stopped getting auto update and even we are not sure how the setup , but the updating was happening from OKTA , can some one please let me know what is the possible way of automation setup from OKTA to confluence ?

Regards,

Ravi


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Ravi Kumar K](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5466176) ,

how did you setup this automatic page update? Custom job, external app?

Please provide us more information about that.

Fabio


Tags: confluence-data-center

data-center
Tag a team in a database
Asked by Laura Moral Lopez:

Hello!

I have created a database in my confluence and I would like to tag some of my teams in it. Is there any way to do it? I realized it is possible to tag people by using @ functionality, but it does not work with my teams. Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

Laura


Answers:
author: Sushant Verma
body: Hi [@Laura Moral Lopez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5488726)   

Welcome to the community!  

In Confluence, the @mention functionality is designed to tag individual users and notify them about specific content. However, it does not support directly tagging or mentioning entire teams.

If you want to notify or involve your teams in a Confluence database, you can consider the following alternatives:

1. Use page watchers:

2. Utilize Confluence notifications

3. Create a dedicated team page

4. Share the database link

While these options don't provide direct team tagging functionality, they allow you to involve and notify your teams effectively within the Confluence environment.  

Regards,  
Sushant Verma


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to activate the "thumbs up bar" under a page in an anonymous space
Asked by Natascha Hartendorf:

I have a question.

I am writing a software instruction manual for our application. Our customers may only look/search in the space, so I created an anoymous space.

At the bottom of the page there's a bar with a thumb, a hand and a red object:

![duimpjes.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/321599i8AB24B6116B40619/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "duimpjes.png")

How can I activate this bar so that our users can give us a thumb?


Answers:
author: Barbara Szczesniak
body: [@Natascha Hartendorf](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5403948) Take a look at this similar post: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/anonymous-users-can-t-like-react-to-a-page/qaq-p/2335673>

comments: author: Natascha Hartendorf
body: I understand the case that an anonymous user vote can be useless, but in our case we use it for our customers. Our space must be anonymous to blochk the users the way to other spaces via this space.

**Then my new question is: how can I disable this bar.**

It's useless to have a bar with no function behind it.


author: Barbara Szczesniak
body: [@Natascha Hartendorf](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5403948) See the instructions on this page: <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/disable-reactions/>


author: Natascha Hartendorf
body: Good function but now the bar is gone for all my spaces.

It would be helpfull to do this on space level. So; for space X I don't want to see a vote bar, for space Y I want to have it visible.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I create a user macro that displays the breadcrumbs of the current page?
Asked by Lavesh Budhrani:

I would like to display the pages under which the current page is nested in a breadcrumbs format along with the link.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-we-link-to-a-confluence-page-using-the-path-of-that-page/qaq-p/1772485>

This article was helpful to get the output but I would also need each of the pages in the breadcrumbs to have links.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

FYI, this is for Confluence Data Center version.


Answers:
author: Laurie Sciutti
body: Hello [@Lavesh Budhrani](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6246) \~ if this is for DC, you could create a user macro (as opposed to a paid Marketplace app). User macros aren't available in Cloud. Here's an old post that may help (I haven't tested this): <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/Add-breadcrumbs-to-a-page-with-a-user-macro/qaq-p/507751>

comments: author: Lavesh Budhrani
body: I was able to use the following user macro code that displays the breadcrumbs in such a format:

Page Level 1 / Page Level 2 / Page Level 3 / Current Page

```
## @noparams#set($breadcrumbs = "")#set($breadcrumbSeperator = " / ")#getBreadcrumbs($content.id)$breadcrumbs##recursive macro to get the path to page breadcrumbs#macro( getBreadcrumbs $contentID )    #set($thePage = $pageManager.getPage($contentID))        #set($breadcrumbs = $thePage.getTitle() + $breadcrumbs)        ## Does this iteration have a parent?    #if($thePage.getParent())        #set($breadcrumbs = $breadcrumbSeperator + $breadcrumbs)                ## Get parent of this iteration        #getBreadcrumbs($thePage.getParent().getContentId().asLong())    #end#end
```

I would like to enhance this code to make the breadcrumbs clickable. Any help on this is greatly appreciated!


Tags: cloud
Cannot select columns or rows to merge or change color anymore?
Asked by Nguy?t ?nh:

I can not select columns or rows to merge or change color anymore.  
When I selected rows/columns then click Cell options, they were not selected anymore.

Step1:

![Screenshot_1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/321583i64D7C69E7921253D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_1.png")


Answers:
author: Balaji Shriram Murkute
body: Hi @[Nguy?t ?nh](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5488670),  

To Select and merge a columns and row you have to follow the below mentioned step.  

For Columns -\>  
![image (24).png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/321588iACACBEBA82444001/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image (24).png")

For Rows-\>

![image (25).png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/321589i913C1569F9DA79D3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image (25).png")

Please follow the [**Atlassian Doc For Table best practice.**](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/resources/guides/best-practices/make-tables#make-quick-work-of-tables)

<br />

Regards,  
Balaji Murkute


author: Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_
body: Hi [@Nguy?t ?nh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5488670) and welcome to the Community,

so you're saying

1. Mark multiple cells
2. Click on the arrow (Cell options)

Instead of the menu popping up, the selection will reset?

I can't replicate that behaviour on my sites.

comments: author: Nguy?t ?nh
body: [@Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5182395) Yes, the selection reset so I can not select multiple cells to merge.


author: Nguy?t ?nh
body: What should I do if i want to merge these two cells and change the background color?   
![Screenshot_1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/321742iA2FDE734985818AC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_1.png")

Thank you!


author: Rebekka Heilmann _viadee_
body: Hi [@Nguy?t ?nh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5488670)

For me, marking the cells, clicking on the small arrow in the corner and then choosing whatever action (background color, merge, ...) is working fine.

Nothing else - not extra clicks, no buttons.

Maybe check if others on your site have the same issue and open up a Support Ticket if it seems to be a general problem.


author: Soledad Lamas
body: Hi [@Nguy?t ?nh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5488670)

I'm having the same issue when trying to select two cells, did you find a way to solve it?


author: Nguy?t ?nh
body: This issue occurs when I use the Chrome browser. However, when I switch to using Edge, it works fine. [@Soledad Lamas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4286401)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to export parent and child pages as PDF
Asked by Shahid Mustafa:

We have business need to export parent and child pages as PDF in one go? What settings we need to apply to accomplish that.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Shahid Mustafa](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1368963) you would need to use the space export feature and specify the specific pages that you would like to export. <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml/> I believe that some of the apps in marketplace also provide this feature [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud\&product=confluence\&query=pdf%20export](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=pdf%20export)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Add an identification number to a page when it is created and show it in the page content
Asked by Cesar Rodriguez:

I believe confluence assigns a page ID to any page that is created in a space. I am wondering if there is a way to show that ID inside of the page content so i can then use the ID to locate the specific page with searches.

For example

Title of the page : ID# 2345AX (unique identificator shown in page)


Answers:
author: Stiltsoft Support
body: Hi [@mybucket2018](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/684169) and [@Cesar Rodriguez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5488620) ,

If you are looking for the ability to locate a specific page quickly, you can have a look at the [Handy Macros for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence-formatting-and-interactive-ui?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=atlassian-community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=handy-macros-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111&utm_content=add_identificator) app. It has the ability to set page statuses to identify them later, and search for pages by their custom [statuses](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/hmfc/cloud/handy-page-status) in Page Status Report. Here you can specify the Handy Status option (you can create as many as you need), space, author, and status update date.

![Page status.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/321856i49818E8B97A69B0E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Page status.png")


author: marc -Collabello--Phase Locked-
body: Hi [@Cesar Rodriguez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5488620) ,

Our app [Document Metadata for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1228316/document-metadata-for-confluence-cloud) allows you to show the page ID within a page. You can even use the page ID in a page properties macro and then build a report with the page properties report macro.

Feel free to ask if you need any additional help.


author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: I think there is an app that can display the page ID of the encompassing page using a macro.

I think maybe this one? If not, then do your own research.

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1213690/metadata-for-confluence?tab=overview\&hosting=cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1213690/metadata-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud)


author: Martin James
body: I would love this feature but I don't think its available.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Seasrch API call returning 403
Asked by Jon Vaughan:

Hi All,

We are using the api to extract values from a library.

It has been working fine for about 4 years, however sometime in the last few months it stopped working.

The call is :

GET /wiki/rest/api/content/search?cqlContext=%7B%22spaceKey%22:%22IN%22%7D\&cql=label=integration_technical_design\&cursor=\&status=current\&expand=history.lastUpdated,body.storage,metadata\&limit=25

returning this:

Error: 403: com.atlassian.confluence.api.service.exceptions.SSStatusCodeException: CQL was parsed but the search manager was unable to execute the search. Error message: com.atlassian.confluence.api.service.exceptions.SSStatusCodeException: There was an illegal request passed to XP-Search Aggregator API : HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

We have checked the user and API key and we can see that is working as it gets to the search, but errors after that.

Any ideas ?


Answers:
author: Jon Vaughan
body: So I fixed the issue.

We are using a particular service user to call the search API.

I logged onto confluence through the web-page and went to the specific areas and it started working.


author: Mark Crawshaw
body: Hope we can get an answer from support.


author: marc -Collabello--Phase Locked-
body: Hi [@Jon Vaughan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1700012) ,

It's hard to guess what could be the reason.

I'd try the following 2 things first:

* Try to copy the CQL search URL into an active browser session and see if you get any results. If so, there might be an authentication problem with the API.
* Ask Atlassian support for a re-index of the site

Good luck.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Do page restrictions allow for inline Comments?
Asked by Elaine Kendall:

I have a page that is restricted to 2 editors, but viewable by all. I need the viewers to be able to make inline comments. Is that possible?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Elaine Kendall](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5164170) ,

inline comment should be associated to comment permission at space level and not to edit page permission.

Hope this clarify,

Fabio

comments: author: Elaine Kendall
body: Thanks. That's what I thought, but wanted to verify it.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Display Warning message if the field is empty on create screen
Asked by Ram Sai:

Requirement: when i create a issue without any Original estimate i want to display warning there. user may choose to ignore the warning and create a ticket and that is ok. it should not stop user from creating the ticket it should only show warning.

i am trying to use script runner but i am not able to find any documentation regarding this,

We are using Jira Cloud


Answers:
author: Marc - Devoteam
body: Hi [@Ram Sai](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5259902)

This can't be done.

Fields are optional or mandatory.

comments: author: Ram Sai
body: I am aware that it cant be done with the options that Jira provides. i want to know if anyone was able to achieve this using "Scriptrunner for Jira cloud"

i read in one of the community post that it can be done in Datacenter using Scriptrunner. but that procedure is not working for Cloud version of Jira.


author: Marc - Devoteam
body: Hi [@Ram Sai](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5259902)

No as these can also only use the optional or mandatory options.

Behaviours can't provide this as well.


author: Stephen_Lugton
body: [@Ram Sai](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5259902) validations are done after the issue is created, and that includes for Scriptrunner, so what you're asking is not possible


Tags: cloud

groovy

jira-cloud

scriptrunner
Send email notification 60 days before custom field
Asked by Roxanne Francis:

Hello, I'm trying to send an email notification 60 days for a custom field. This worked on a manual trigger

![Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 10.45.47.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340952i795BC855A45194A3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 10.45.47.png")

but when trying to schedule this automation daily at 9:00am I get this error.

![Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 10.47.02.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340951iF82DE7883ED3CF8A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 10.47.02.png")

![Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 10.48.04.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340953iFA30158A89C4F894/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 10.48.04.png")

I'd like to do this without a plugin

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Lisa Forstberg
body: Hi [@Roxanne Francis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5564687) ,

Welcome to the community!

You should be able to do this with automation :)

When you choose the trigger "Scheduled" you can add a JQL for what issues should be in scope for the automation. Check if you have a JQL there that is conflicting with your IF condition.

Best regards

Lisa

comments: author: Roxanne Francis
body: Thanks [@Lisa Forstberg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5101516)

I don't have any JQL in the "Scheduled", just the daily run at 9:00am


author: Lisa Forstberg
body: Ok. I have tested it in my environment.

If you add a JQL to the Scheduled trigger to limit the run (example limiting it to a specific project for example) then the automation will not complain when using the Issue fields condition you chose.

other options:

* specify the full matching JQL on the schedule and skip the additional if condition altogether
* replace the issue fields condition with a JQL condition instead.

br

Lisa


author: Roxanne Francis
body: Brilliant. I've added to both the schedule and issue fields and it works - thanks!!


author: Marc - Devoteam
body: Hi [@Roxanne Francis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5564687)

As [@Lisa Forstberg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5101516) mentions, set this in the JQL in the scheduled trigger.

At the bottom of the scheduled trigger, there is this option:

"Run a JQL search and execute actions for each issue in the query"


Tags: cloud

jira-service-management

jira-service-management-cloud
why the post function from JMWE is not working?
Asked by Nicolas Andika:

Dear all,

i want to ask that i want to set the post function to linked issue that match the jql that i wrote like this![Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 17.37.51.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340964i51760028B7EC4B52/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 17.37.51.png")

but when i check there is no error and the log is look like this![Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 17.38.58.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340966iDDAF2379949DD7BD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 17.38.58.png")![Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 17.39.04.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340965i5633A4C4799E2039/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 17.39.04.png")![Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 17.39.09.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/340967i89EE624C6037B3C2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-09 at 17.39.09.png")

what is actually happened guys? and how to fix it?

Thankyou

Regards,

Nico


Answers:
author: David Fischer
body: Hi [@Nicolas Andika](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4849727)

the first thing I can see is that you're using issue.fields\["Reporter"\].accountId. I would replace that with:

```
issue.fields.reporter._accountId
```

Explanation:

- using "reporter" instead of "Reporter" guarantees that this will work even if your Jira base language is not English

- using _accountId removes the "accountId:" prefix that is automatically added to the "accountId" field

comments: author: Nicolas Andika
body: Hi [@David Fischer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/538255)

i already replace it with your advice, but it still not working yet, any other option?

Thankyou


author: Marc - Devoteam
body: HI [@Nicolas Andika](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4849727)

I only see and INFO post no error.

It even stats post-function success.

Where is the error?

comments: author: Nicolas Andika
body: Hi [@Marc - Devoteam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3796976)

That is also im still figuring out, because the post function is not working when i jump to the issue


author: Marc - Devoteam
body: Hi [@Nicolas Andika](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4849727)

It might be that your conditional is wrong.

Could you try: {{ issue.fields.issuetype.name == "Story" }}


author: Nicolas Andika
body: Hi [@Marc - Devoteam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3796976)

i already change the jira expression the value of the reporter,

thankyou


Tags: addon-com.innovalog.jmwe.jira-misc-workflow-extensions

cloud

jira-cloud

jmwe