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A list of external links
Asked by Paul Rathgeb:

How do I create a list of all external links on a space?

We're trying to assemble a list view that shows me the page with the external links on each page. How can we do this?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Seon Shakespeare
body: Hi Paul,

As far as I know Confluence doesn't have a built-in way to automatically list all the URLs on a space's pages.

One idea is to manually create a table on each page with an "External Links" column: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/How-to-use-Page-Properties-Macros-in-Confluence-Best-practices/ba-p/2370523>

This could be a bit tedious to set up though. You might want to consider submitting a feature request to Atlassian for a simpler solution.

Hope this helps!


author: Barbara Szczesniak
body: [@Paul Rathgeb](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5466412) Maybe you already know this, but you can see the external links on a single page when viewing the page:

**more options \> Advanced details \> Page Information** \> look in the **Outgoing Links** box

I'm not sure if there would be some way to grab this information for each page in a space and place it on another page.

Since you're on Premium, there might be some way to do this with Automation. There are many people experienced with Automation here in the community who might be able to offer ideas.

comments: author: Paul Rathgeb
body: Thank you. It looks like this only shows the links for that single page, and not the child pages below it. I'd have to step through every page, of which there are thousands :-(

Thanks again for your effort!


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confluence-cloud
How to force the order of select transition drop down options in Comala workflow
Asked by jason_l_walker:

I have a Comala workflow that uses the Select transition option. I need to control the order that the options are listed in the transition drop down.

I use this state selection from 2 different states in the workflow. In the first instance, "Product" appears first in the list. In the second, "No Bid" appears first even though the order in the statement is the same. How can I enforce this order?

{state-selection:states=Product,No Bid}


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: HI [@jason_l_walker](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3820482) and welcome to the community

As this as an app-specific behavior, I'd get in touch with Appfire (Comala) Support directly. They reply fast.

<https://appfire.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/11>


Tags: comala-workflows

confluence-data-center

data-center
How to migrate Users and groups from source to target through API
Asked by Mounika S:

I created some spaces in confluence and added users and groups in space tool in permission and I need to migrate the users and groups to target (wiki) I need rest api for this ?


Answers:
author: Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
body: Is the target wiki another Confluence Space or an external wiki?


Tags: confluence-data-center

data-center
Not able to create page, permission issue
Asked by kbayapur:

Not able to create a page in confluence. getting error as : You dont have the correct permissions for create


Answers:
author: John Funk
body: Hi [@kbayapur](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5568133) - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

You will need to modify the Space Settings to change the permission the appropriate Page.


author: Ravina
body: Hi [@kbayapur](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5568133) Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Looks like don't have a add page permission on that space,

Please check with the space admins or confluence admin to verify the same and ask them to provide the same.

Please check below Atlassian document for more details

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/assign-space-permissions/>


author: Vronik
body: Hi  
You probably don't have permissions enabled to create pages.  
Look at this article  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/understanding-permission-in-confluence-979403839.html>  
Regards


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confluence-cloud
Impossibilit? connection
Asked by HANNUS:

Bonjour,

2 agents de l'UD 93 de la DRIEETS d'IDF, n'arrivent plus ? se connecter ? demat@miante, il s'agit de C?line VOLLE (celine.volle@drieets.gouv.fr) et de Jonathan KLUR (jonathan.klur@drieets.gouv.fr) l'applicatif mentionnant un identifiant ou un mot de passe incorrect alors qu'il ?tait fonctionnel peu de temps avant.

En qualit? d'Administrateur Local, j'ai pourtant pu v?rifier que leur compte ne pr?sente pas d'anomalie.

D'avance merci,

Pierre-Yves HANNUS


Answers:
author: Peter Van de Voorde
body: Hi [@HANNUS](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5237640) ,  

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.   

For these issues I would recommend creating a ticket with Atlassian support.   
You can do this here: <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/>  

I would also recommend you to remove the email addresses from your post as these might be picked up by spam bots.  

Cheers,  
Peter


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confluent-type-d-h?te-inconnu

nuage

type-d-h?te-inconnu
Show page owner in content report table
Asked by Manja Schledorn:

Currently the content report table shows the maker of the page. I would like to have the option to show the owner of the page instead.


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Manja Schledorn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5251636) and welcome to the Community.

You can use Confluence Databases - Page link in one column + configuring one of the columns to show the Owned by.

![2024-08-14_10-29-40.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341672i233C39A86470F164/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2024-08-14_10-29-40.png")

Here's my [article](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Use-Databases-for-your-docs-life-cycle-management-updated/ba-p/2663479) on how to use Databases for content management, including how to get all the pages into your DB.

comments: author: Manja Schledorn
body: Hi [@Kristian Klima](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5074962)   
I read your documentation, it is quite interesting but it would't fulfill my wish for two reasons:

1. *"The field actually shows the creator but since the person who creates a page is, by definition, the owner .... it does the job.* *(Of course, it's still possible to change the owner but in out environment, it works for most content)."*In our environment it wouldn't work, as the owner of most of our pages will be changed.
2. *"Yes, once you add the existing pages (which you can do in one go), you have to add the \[new\] pages manually."*   
   The content report table updates itself (if a label is added to a page, which you can query). I really prefer that, as I am busy enough with other work.


author: Kristian Klima
body: [@Manja Schledorn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5251636)

Actually, there are now the Created by and Owned by options.

But I agree, automatic page addition would be nice.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

content-report-table
page title clash
Asked by dbjdbj:

can I create two pages with the same title in one space?


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@dbjdbj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3604794)

Yes - with an app.

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219390/duplicate-page-titles-same-page-titles?tab=overview\&hosting=datacenter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219390/duplicate-page-titles-same-page-titles?tab=overview&hosting=datacenter)

Speaking as a content person, it's not the best practice though (search, general confusion, chance that the wrong page would be edited...).

If you're looking to have ONE page in multiple variants (say, Installation Guide page with variants for Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) you may take a look at Scroll Documents and Variants for Scroll Documents.


author: Vronik
body: Hi

Page titles in the same space need to be unique.

There cannot be two pages with the same name in your space.

So you'll need to use some kind of distinctive prefix or numbered headings

Regards


Tags: confluence-data-center

data-center
Office Excel macro not displaying the specified Worksheet Name
Asked by Keimpe de Jong:

In the Office Excel Macro a parameter "Worksheet Name" is available.

The support text says: *Name of worksheet to show. If not specified, the first worksheet is shown.*

Putting a parameter results in a no show.

Removing the parameter results in showing the last active worksheet after closing the file.

The availability of the parameter leads to user questions.

My question: why is this parameter still available when it has no function?


Answers:
author: Keimpe de Jong
body: Also see [Solved: excel macro not displaying the specified Worksheet... (atlassian.com)](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/excel-macro-not-displaying-the-specified-Worksheet-Name/qaq-p/2041702#M320278)


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data-center

excel

macro
How do we collaborate with external stakeholders to define requirements and user stories?
Asked by Pieter van Aarde:

I'm a new Atlassian user, and we're collaborating with external customers to define requirements and user stories. Ideally, we'd like to capture and define these in as much detail as possible within Confluence where we can control the access for external collaborators.

Once approved, we'd then push it over to Jira for the development team to build. We don't want to open Jira up to any external customers for collaboration on the user stories.

From what we've found so far, it looks like the **Product Requirements Template** is the best option although the ability to break them down into user stories appear limited since it doesn't allow for the full user story to be captured and defined in Confluence.

Any guidance or recommendations for how best to approach this?


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Pieter van Aarde](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5567941) and Welcome to the Community.

Access:

With Confluence, you can use the Guest features which allows you to give access to external users (at no additional cost as they do not count towards your User count).

A guest can access just one single space, this allows you to create multiple spaces on the one space per customer basis, and control access without feat that a Guest from Company A will see whatever you're cooking with Company B.

How to:

You aim for Confluence to do, in part, the job that Jira was designed for. But you can use Confluence creatively to mimic that - by using the Template that suits you best.

For example. In a space, a Parent Page will define your US on what, in Jira, would an Epic.

Then, the child pages of that Epic Parent Page (pun intended :) ) would be the breakdowns with their definitions.

You can then mimic the structure in Jira and include the Confluence pages in individual tickets. This will give you the option to edit the pages directly from Jira - customers will have access to the Confluence content and collaborate from there, you will retain the control over you Jira environment while being able to refine the content from there.

Again, this is an example that I hope might inspire you to design the solution that fits you.


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confluence-cloud
Is there any way to update the comment content in Confluence 7.19.19
Asked by Siddhant Jain:

Hi,

I have a scenerio which i need to update the spcific comment

case 1

I am finding the comment which contains text-one and update the text of that comment

Case 2 if text-one not in comments in this i will new comment

I need to do this in java how can i achive this


Answers:
author: Pavel Junek
body: Hi [@Siddhant Jain](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5380648),

I'm afraid you will only be able to do these actions with the [Script Runner for Confluence addon](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215215/scriptrunner-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview).

Pavel

comments: author: Siddhant Jain
body: So in confluence there is no class releted to comment


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confluence-data-center

data-center

page

server
Installed app not appearing in Confluence
Asked by Ben WATSON:

I have installed the app "Markdown for Confluence". The key is

com.fulstech.confluence-markdown-app.  

This was working the other day. Today I hit the / key - no app to be found. I can see it as installed. I am at a loss why this would suddenly disappear.   

I also have a "Markdown Macros for Confluence" (key

com.atlassian.plugins.confluence.markdown.confluence-markdown-macro)  

which does show up. I have tried to uninstall this in case it was causing a conflict, but can not do that either.


Answers:
author: Pavel Junek
body: Hi Ben,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

This is a [paid addon](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214558/markdown-rich-text-editor-for-jira-with-latex-uml-chatgpt?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) - do you have the trial version activated? Has it expired?

Pavel

comments: author: Ben WATSON
body: no. 6th of Sep is the expiry date.   

Also this is for less than 10 users which I think is free


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confiforms: getUnselectedOptions not working correctly
Asked by Chris Cloete:

I want to show the user the options that has not been selected from a smart field (dropdown, multiselect, checkbox etc).

The configuration seems not to be configured correctly:

Field1 = Smart Checkbox (list of values)

Field2 = Smart Checkbox (list of values)

I have a Rule to set Field2 = Field.UnselectedValues. By making use of Set Value of change of Field 1. This is the action: Field2=\[entry.id.getUnselectedOptions(Field1)\], this seems to exclude the first and last options of the smart field. Meaning that it is not fuctioning correctly. Refer to the following image:  
![Knipsel.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341636iAA18A121164BB017/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Knipsel.PNG")

This is not a limitation on Smart Checkbox only, but also with Smart Dropdown, mutliselect etc.

Am I missing something?


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi [@Chris Cloete](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5541585)

Please change the expression to be

```
Field2=[entry._func.getUnselectedOptions(Field1).asList]
```

The field expects a CSV list of values (options)

And for new records there is no value for the "id" field, so it is safer to use the _func bridge

Alex

comments: author: Chris Cloete
body: It works thanks!


Tags: cloud

confiforms

confluence-cloud
Week number and the next weeknumber using Table transformer
Asked by Chris:

Hello,

We want to display the current week number and the next week number in two rows of our table. I have understood that this may be possible using the table transformer macro. However, I am not sure what SQL Query to write for this. can someone help with this. Our aim is that the week number automatically updates itself in the column depending on the current week. We are on Confluence Data center.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Chris
body: This is resolved. Please don't worry.

comments: author: Stiltsoft support
body: Glad it works!

Maybe for other users if they come across this question: you may try the following SQL query

SELECT  
FORMATDATE("today", "w") AS 'Current Week Number',  
(FORMATDATE("today", "w"))::number+1 AS 'Next Week Number'  
FROM T1

![Wed 5-1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341711i37F7522F6265EE1C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Wed 5-1.png")

Hope it may help.


author: Chris
body: This was my solution. Not an expert at SQL queries, but worked something out after googling things:

SELECT FORMATDATE(GETDATE()) AS 'Current CW', FORMATDATE(DATEADD(week, 1, NOW())) AS 'Next CW' FROM T1;


Tags: confluence-data-center

filter

table

table-filter

table-filter-and-charts

table-filter-charts-spreadsheets

table-transformer
Can you embed an excel file to a confluence space and modify it on the page?
Asked by Suzette Hammond:

I know you can embed an excel file, view it and down load it. But can you embed an excel file onto a confluence page and actually modify it on the page in real time?


Answers:
author: Mayuresh Kamble
body: Hi [@Suzette Hammond](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5376784) ,

Welcome to the Community!

Natively it is not possible to edit the excel file within the confluence page however you can try this addon - [Office Editor for Confluence - Excel, Word \& PowerPoint](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1233074/office-editor-for-confluence-excel-word-powerpoint?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) and see if it meets your requirement.

Thanks \& Regards,  
Mayuresh


author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: [@Suzette Hammond](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5376784) This app implements exactly what you look for: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211160/goedit-simply-edit-attachments?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211160/goedit-simply-edit-attachments?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

I have never used it, but it has been developed for a lone time and is installed to \~1000 instances, which suggest that it should work rather well.


author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Suzette Hammond](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5376784)

Define an excel file :)

It is possible to edit an Excel file if you embed an excel file that's in the MS365 cloud (or whatever it's called today) under the condition that both your Atlassian Cloud and your online MS cloud environment use the same SSO.

The above setup allows me to embed a Google sheet in Confluence and edit it.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Gadet Title Bar
Asked by Barry Neilson:

Hi

I have seen various demonstrations of Atlassian Jira projects with gadget windows. Many of these have a nice blue title bar at the top of each gadget with the white title embedded within.

![Gadet Title Full.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341602i3087A78E39D4DD04/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Gadet Title Full.png")

My gadgets, however, have a thin line at top and the title below it along with the content.

![Gadet Title.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341601i64DDF913C239BC80/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Gadet Title.png")

How can I modify the gadget to get the first one? (IMHO nicer).

Cheers


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Barry Neilson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5564427) welcome to the Atlassian community

The solid blue is an older style still found in data center. What you have is the latest style found in cloud.

comments: author: Barry Neilson
body: Thanks for the answer.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I add custom branding like colors and fonts into Confluence without using Marketplace?
Asked by Alessandra Curcio:

I just simply want to add font face styles and colors throughout my page. Also, can I bold in my expand macro?


Answers:
author: Jan Kuntscher - appanvil - Aura Karma Mantra
body: Hi [@Alessandra Curcio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5564970)

Welcome to the Community! Unfortunately, what you're looking to achieve isn't possible directly through Confluence alone. However, the Atlassian Marketplace is home to many solutions that can help. If cost is a concern, [I recommend trying Karma](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1228839/karma-beautiful-confluence-pages-in-seconds-free-app?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). It's a free app and unique in allowing font selection to enhance your pages.

Best regards,

Jan


author: Barbara Szczesniak
body: [@Alessandra Curcio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5564970) Regarding your 2nd question, you should be able to select text within the expand and click the **bold** icon on the toolbar (or press Ctrl+b) to bold that text (or apply any of the other formatting options).


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cloud

confluence-cloud

css
Comala Publishing - showing document approval data
Asked by Katherine Lord:

When using Comala Document Management with Comala Publishing.

We approve in the collaboration space and then the workflow trigger the publishing to the target publioshed space. In the target published space it does not show as approved anywhere and does not show the document approval macro of approver and date. How is this information seen in the published space?

We do not want an auditor to be in the collaboration space hence need to see all the published metadata in the target space


Answers:
author: Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_
body: Hello [@Katherine Lord](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5281149) ,

We have a Change History Table App for Comala Document Management that reports the approvals inside the page and also works in published pages, see [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1228268/softcomply-change-history?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1228268/softcomply-change-history?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

if interested

Matteo


author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Katherine Lord](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5281149)

I'm running Document Approval with Publishing, the setup is otherwise identical to yours.

Approval apps are designed to control workflows in one single space. In combination with Publishing, my understanding is **the idea is that whatever is in the Target space is considered Approved**.

Which is the case, isn't it, setting a document to Approved triggers Publishing which pushes the Approved page to the target space.

The lifecycle docs management takes place in the source space - both the Approval and the Publishing app give us the tooling to see which pages are in which stage (approved / not approved, synced / out of sync).

As for the date of 'approval' in the target space, the synced date and the last updated date are identical.

It seems that you can set up the Approval app in the target space but that would, in my opinion, defy the purpose of the Approval \> Publishing setup.


Tags: addon-com.comalatech.workflow

cloud

comala

comala-workflows

confluence-cloud
Notify blog owners for outdated blogs through Automation
Asked by vjohn:

Hi

I've been trying to create an automation which notifies blogpost authors that their blog needs to be reviewed and archived if it's older than a year.

this is what I've been trying but with no luck. What am I doing wrong? Is this possible via automation as of today?

These are the two options I've tried but both didn't work.

![Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 1.25.25?PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341565iD658115DF3FC6CCB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 1.25.25?PM.png")![Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 1.25.43?PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341564iBDC1AF7793E14646/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 1.25.43?PM.png")


Answers:
author: vjohn
body: I figured it out :) here's what worked..

![Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 3.13.37?PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/341582i340D01F19AFDD168/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-13 at 3.13.37?PM.png")


Tags: automation

cloud

confluence-cloud
Company Hub appears in my menu bar - how to turn off
Asked by TomA:

We're using the standard plan, not premium. "Company Hub" now appears in our menu bar. It's a commercial to persuade us to upgrade to premium. How to I turn this off?!!


Answers:
author: Matt
body: Ooof, I'm not sure you can with the Standard plan.

According to the doc site, Deactivation can be accomplished when editing the hub but if you can't edit the Hub...then I guess you can't?

<br />

Do end users see it as well or only site admins? Like you said, it's probably just an in-app ad for Standard users to upgrade. :-(

<br />

Here's some unhelpful info from the roadmap \& doc: [https://www.atlassian.com/wac/roadmap/cloud/Company-Hub?\&p=7f68f1ba-f3](http://?https://www.atlassian.com/wac/roadmap/cloud/Company-Hub?&p=7f68f1ba-f3), [Create and customize a company hub \| Confluence Cloud \| Atlassian Support](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-and-customize-a-company-hub/Create and customize a company hub | Confluence Cloud | Atlassian Support:)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud