youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Confluence label/rank Index is broken
Asked by J?rg Ruppel:

Hi,

currently I have a problem with the label index in a Confluence 3.5.16 Installation.

By using the TagCloud Macro I recognized that label (or rank) index isn't working anymore. I got this exception.

Rebuilding the index or restarting the server didn't solve this problem.

Is their a way to get this fixed?

Thx in advance,

Joerg

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2012-09-04 22:28:54,534 ERROR \[http-8080-13\] \[renderer.v2.components.MacroRendererComponent\] processMacro Unexpected error formatting macro: tagcloud

-- url: /dashboard.action \| userName: --- \| action: dashboard

java.lang.NullPointerException

at **com.atlassian.confluence.labels.actions.RankedRankComparator.compare(RankedRankComparator.java:17)**

at java.util.TreeMap.put(TreeMap.java:547)

at java.util.TreeSet.add(TreeSet.java:255)

at com.siemens.confluence.tagcloud.FindLabels.findLabels(FindLabels.java:187)

at com.siemens.confluence.tagcloud.TagcloudPlugin.execute(TagcloudPlugin.java:98)

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Answers:
author: J?rg Ruppel
body: This problem is solved. There was a tag spelled "km4103t:3Akm4398t" in a space.

This one caused the NULL-Pointer Exception.

Deleted and being happy.

Cheers,

Joerg


Tags: index

rank

tag
How to integrate Confluence with Google Apps
Asked by Luzia Mendes:

I'm confused because the now crowd is 'embedded' in Confluence. So, what would it be the way of integrating Confluence to Google Apps. Would I need to run Crowd, integrate it with Confluence and then integrated it with Google Apps.

Is this integration SSO only or I could have my Google Docs available in Confluence too?


Answers:
author: JohnA
body: Hey Luzia, it's been a long time!

To configure Google Apps with Crowd requires the full version of Crowd, (not just the embedded version that's now bundled with the Confluence), and only allows you to configure an SSO solution that doesn't include embedding Google Docs, in the same way you can with JIRA Studio/OnDemand.

However, AppFusions have developed a commercial plugin for Confluence and Google Docs, which you can check out here: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.appfusions.confluence.google.confluence-google-docs>

They also specialise in SSO solutions, so if this is something you're configuring somewhere, (and they have the budget to engage an [Atlassian Expert](http://www.atlassian.com/resources/experts)), then it might be worth engaging AppFusions to advise on possible solutions for this kind of deployment.

All the best,  
John

comments: author: Luzia Mendes
body: Thank you, John! I don't know why I took so long to see your answer.

My goal for 2013 is to take vacation in Europe! Be ready :)


author: Elizabeth
body: Updated link - <https://www.appfusions.com/display/GAPPSAUTHC/Home>Info@appfusions.com for evals.


author: Elizabeth
body: Here is an updated link - <https://www.appfusions.com/display/GAPPSAUTHC/Home>   
This plugin is alive, well, and supported since 2012 (and ongoing...)

Here is a video:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itoywewNGKg>


Tags: google-apps
sidebar in the documentation theme - I want to set the default width to a different value
Asked by Paul D. Walker:

Hi All,

Does anyone have any idea on how to set the default split width of the documentation theme side bar? The default width is very large, and I was wondering if I could use a modified CSS styles to override the default setting.

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

- Paul

PS: Confluence seems to be using the [jQuery splitter plugin](http://methvin.com/splitter/index.html) which would imply that changing the default size should be possible via CSS.


Answers:
author: Harry Chan
body: Hi, I found a similar answer in [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/28155/documentation-theme-default-width-in-px-of-left-panel](/questions/28155/documentation-theme-default-width-in-px-of-left-panel)

The CSS for this is (it defines a min width, but do note that the browser cookies saves your last setting):

```
#splitter #splitter-sidebar {     min-width: 300px;  }
```


Tags: side-bar

width
Base url problem with mod_proxy
Asked by Jae Seong Gu:

I use virtual hosts for serving my Confluence.  
First, httpd.conf is below:  

```
&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;   ServerName wiki.MYDOMAIN.com   ProxyRequests Off   &lt;Proxy *&gt;      Order deny,allow      Allow from all   &lt;/Proxy&gt;   ProxyPass / http://localhost:8090/   ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8090/   &lt;Location /&gt;      Order allow,deny      Allow from all   &lt;/Location&gt;&lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
```

And server.xml is below:

```
&lt;Connector port="8090" redirectPort="8443" ... /&gt;   &lt;Engine name="Standalone" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0"&gt;      &lt;Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="false"&gt;         &lt;Context path="" docBase="../confluence" debug="0" reloadable="true" useHttpOnly="true"&gt;
```

Finally, confluence's base url is

```
http://wiki.MYDOMAIN.com
```

and my web browser's url is also that is.

In this situation, there is no warning message on 'Server Base Url' in General Configuration, but when I go to 'Plugins' section, then the server which running confluence loose connection for a while. But weired thing is when I approach using ip(**http://ip:8090**) and changed base url with that then there is no problem. works great.

What's wrong with me?


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Jason,

You might need to configure the redirection properly with *proxyName* and *proxyPort* parameter implemented as mentioned here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+Apache+with+mod_proxy#UsingApachewithmod_proxy-SettheURLforredirection>

Hope it helps.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra
Captcha image is not appeared..
Asked by Mi Jang:

I chaged my password...but after that I can't login our team's confluence.

When I tried to login my confluence, I must enter the some letters(captcha..). But, letters are not appeared. I can't see anything..there are only 'X' figure.

I'm administrator of our team's confluence....

How to solve this problem?? If you know, plz let me know ASAP.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Harry Chan
body: Hi, can you post a screenshot of what is happening? Can you also specify your Confluence version and the browser you are using?

Thanks,

comments: author: Harry Chan
body: What version of Java are you using? There is a bug with OpenJDK.


author: Mi Jang
body: ![](../../upfiles/confluence_login_captcha_1.png)

My confluence version is 4.1.5 and I used both IE and chrome.

I attached the screenshot of login page...


author: Mi Jang
body: I downloaded "Java SE 6 update 35(JRE)" at Oracle homepage..


author: Harry Chan
body: Does it help if you clear the cache on your browser? Are there any errors in the logs?


author: Mi Jang
body: I cleared the cache..but I can't login now.

Below message is some of system error message. If it is useful to you, I'll attach all of the message..

### Cause {#toc-hId-1481590399}

com.octo.captcha.CaptchaException: word is too tall: try to use less letters, smaller font or bigger background: text bounds = {text=itsing java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float\[x=0.0,y=-30.161133,w=8.334961,h=41.206055\] ascent=30.161133 descent=6.591797 leading=4.453125 java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float\[x=28.33496,y=-30.161133,w=18.00293,h=43.623047\] ascent=30.161133 descent=9.008789 leading=4.453125 java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float\[x=66.33789,y=-33.177246,w=18.353027,h=45.32666\] ascent=33.177246 descent=7.2509766 leading=4.8984375 java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float\[x=104.69092,y=-32.171875,w=16.0,h=46.53125\] ascent=32.171875 descent=9.609375 leading=4.75 java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float\[x=140.69092,y=-30.161133,w=18.00293,h=43.623047\] ascent=30.161133 descent=9.008789 leading=4.453125 java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D$Float\[x=178.69385,y=-30.161133,w=18.00293,h=43.623047\] ascent=30.161133 descent=9.008789 leading=4.453125 } with fonts {java.awt.Font\[family=Monospaced,name=Monospaced.plain,style=italic,size=34\] java.awt.Font\[family=SansSerif,name=SansSerif.plain,style=bold,size=30\] java.awt.Font\[family=DialogInput,name=DialogInput.plain,style=bold,size=30\] java.awt.Font\[family=SansSerif,name=SansSerif.plain,style=bold,size=33\] java.awt.Font\[family=Monospaced,name=Monospaced.plain,style=italic,size=32\] java.awt.Font\[family=DialogInput,name=DialogInput.plain,style=plain,size=30\] } versus image width = 200, height = 50  
at com.octo.captcha.image.gimpy.GimpyFactory.getImageCaptcha(GimpyFactory.java:79)


Tags: atlassian-support
Editor Issue with Internet Explorer 9
Asked by Nicole Punsalan:

Hi,

Many of our wiki users have been trying to add or edit content but their changes aren't being saved when they use IE9. Is our current version of Confluence incompatible with IE9? Or is IE9 incompatible with Confluence?

The workaround I've been advising for our users is to click the Compability View button in IE9 (you have to click it twice).

Will Confluence be modified to work properly in IE9? I know an upgrade to the latest versions of Confluence won't help this issue as I've read other incompatibility issues regarding IE9.

Thank you,

Nicole


Answers:
author: Christian Sprenger
body: Simmilar issue here.

With IE8 or IE9 (Confluence 4.3.1) no "Save, Preview" etc button available.

Workaround: zoom out.


author: Michael S
body: Nicole,

As discussed in your support ticket, IE 9 is only supported for Confluence 4.0+. Editing should work fine in that, or you can try using [Google Chrome Frame](https://developers.google.com/chrome/chrome-frame/ "Google Chrome Frame").

Having said that, this is the first I've heard of IE 9 not being able to save at all, so I'd recommend checking for any Confluence plugins, layout changes or browser extensions that could be interfering.


Tags: internet-explorer
how to get jira counts into confluence
Asked by Richard Richard:

We would like to get only the numbers matching the search results from Jira filters into wiki pages of Confluence. For example how many jiras in myProject are open, resolved and closed. Then run the same queries for all Priority 1 jiras, etc.

This seems like is should be a simple and popular request, but I can't find any notes on how this is done.


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: You can create filters for each and display the filter statistics gadget in Confluence.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Adding+the+Two-Dimensional+Filter+Statistics+Gadget>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+JIRA+Gadgets+to+a+Confluence+Page>


Tags: jira
Page restrictions for editing
Asked by J. Caldwell:

Hi all...I'm struggling with something where I have a space and I want to have everyone to be able to edit only 1 page in that space. I know view is recursive and edit is not, but when I add that group to the restricted editors, they cannot edit it. I have to give that group edit at the space level and that seems stupid to then have to restrict every other page for just 1 page.

Am I missing something?


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: You are unfortunately not missign anything.

Your proposed solution would likely be best mitigated by creating a custom group of people that you want to be able to edit the page. You could then remove edit permissions for confluence-users and grant it to your restricted editors. Your restricted editors would have to have edit permissions on the space before they could be granularly restricted from editing pages apart from the one in question.

The somewhat inelegant solution to your problem is to create a seperate space that Contains the page you want these editors to have access to It would then be an easy thing to restrict down permissions to this space to those users. You could provide a link out from the restricted space to the page in the mroe permissive space.

I agree that it seems redundant that you would have to restrict down every other page in that space.

We have a couple feature requests that might insterest you

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24504>

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5095>

comments: author: J. Caldwell
body: Thanks all. That's what I thought.


author: SimonS
body: Hi J.,

Confluence permissions cascade - all pages in a space inherit the space permissions, all sub-pages inherit the parent page's permissions. This includes view and edit permissions.

If you want to restrict a page to be edited by only one person, you'll have to set that up manually for each page.

-Simon
Edit permissions in Confluence
Asked by tim test:

I'm having an issue where I want to restrict most all pages' editing permissions to just a small group of admins. Problem is, when I do so, it renders the "task list" and "attachments" macros on the pages unusable to the restricted users. I'm guessing that altering the macros counts as "editing" certain spaces.

Is there something I can do to take away peoples rights to edit the pages, and at the same time, keep their ability to manipulate macros within said space?

On Confluence 4.2 using the Zen layout if that matters.

Thanks everyone.


Answers:
author: Mark Hrynczak
body: Here is a possible workaround:

* You have Space1, which has permissions so that only admins can edit
* Create a new space, Space2, which is open for everyone to edit
* Create the tasklist on a page in Space2
* In Space1, use the [Include macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Include+Page+Macro) to display the tasklist from Space2

You now have the situation you want: non-admins cannot edit the page, but they are able to make changes to the macro.

Cheers,  
Mark


author: SimonS
body: Hi timothydetjen,

You're right - these macros count as "edits" and are restricted when page editing is restricted. There isn't a permission to get around this.

Could you try turning on editing permissions for all users to these pages? Remember that you can always restore old versions of pages from the page history.

You could also use custom CSS (or even the Zen foundation) to remove the "edit" button from pages. This would let users use the macros you listed without actually being able to edit the pages. Users could still edit the page with the hotkey or by manipulating the CSS, but it would take work and wouldn't be possible for non-technical users.

-Simon
Is there a plugin for creating sitemap in confluence?
Asked by Avinash:

Hi,

I was wondering if there is a plugin for creating a sitemap of an entire website in confluence. Anyone have an idea? Thanks!


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: I've had the same problem so I created the plugin: [Sitemap.xml and Robots.txt editor for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.playsql.seo-manager) (should be available on Monday morning). Hope it will be useful for someone!


author: zagdozar
body: You can use [**Sitemap for Confluence**](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223166/sitemap-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview "Sitemap for Confluence") for creating a **sitemap.xml**.

Using this plugin you can create **sitemap.xml** to your confluence site and inform search engines about pages on all spaces that are available for crawling.

It also allows to add metadata to the URLs :

* What is the mobile version of the page?
* What the time it was last updated?
* How important it is?
* How often it usually changes?


author: martin lindberg
body: This plugin does the job to create a sitemap of your pages

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221649/page-index-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221649/page-index-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)


author: BernardoA
body: To create a sitemap you can customize your instance without any plugin, so check this documentation which gives the steps in how to display a site map in your Confluence:

<http://www.schirmacher.de/display/Confluence/Confluence+Sitemap>


Tags: app

macro
OS X Lion Wiki to Confluence
Asked by Robert Fox:

Can anyone offer any experience or assistance with exporting/converting an OS X Lion Wiki to Confluence 4.x?

Thank you


Answers:
author: AlysonA
body: Hi Fred,

I'm not familiar with this wiki, however there's the [https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AET/The+Universal+Wiki+Converter](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AET/The+Universal+Wiki+Converter "Universal Wiki Converter") that is capable of migrating content from other wikis to Confluence.

comments: author: Robert Fox
body: Thank you for the response but unfortunately, it is not on the supported list.
New (?) tasks/notifications feature
Asked by Susan Parker:

I am trying to familiarize myself with the new tasks/notification feature, and relying upon your online documentation - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence>

1. Is there way for users to be notified via email, in addition to the notifications icon, when a task has been assigned? (I don't see this option in the email preferences.)

2. The following sentence in your documentation doesn't make sense:

To complete a task, or mark it as incomplete, choose the check box next to the task. Completing a task and marking it incomplete seem like opposites; is this just a typo?


Answers:
author: Justin Corcoran
body: For #2, I assume they mean "to complete a task, choose the check box (check it). To mark a task incomplete (that was previously marked as complete) choose the check box (un-check it)."

comments: author: Susan Parker
body: Yes, this is what they meant. I am not sure why they stubbornly cling to confusing wording though.


Tags: cloud
New (?) tasks/notifications feature
Asked by Susan Parker:

I am trying to familiarize myself with the new tasks/notification feature, and relying upon your online documentation - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence>

1. Is there way for users to be notified via email, in addition to the notifications icon, when a task has been assigned? (I don't see this option in the email preferences.)

2. The following sentence in your documentation doesn't make sense:

To complete a task, or mark it as incomplete, choose the check box next to the task. Completing a task and marking it incomplete seem like opposites; is this just a typo?


Answers:
author: Susan Parker
body: The problem supposedly went away on its own. An Atlassian technician looked into it, asked me to try again and it worked. I asked what they did to resolve it and they said they didn't do anything. I readily admit when a problem is "user error" or PEBCAK but I \*know\* that it wasn't working when I initially tried it, and I didn't do anything differently after the tech asked me to try again. Suspicious if you ask me.

Re the non-typo... If it's "confusing" why not reword it for clarity??? I would reword this to say: "To complete a task, click the check box next to the task."

I don't mean to sound snippy - I love Confluence and your support is great. The tasks/notifications are nice features to have, thanks.

link to issue: <https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JST-45186>


author: SimonS
body: Hi Susan,

1) Glad you're looking into the new features! Assigning a task to someone means you "mention" them somewhere in the task description. Users should be notified via email this way, including when a task is assigned to them. Mentions should be in email preferences for a user.

2) This isn't a typo, but it is a bit confusing. All it means is that you can check the box next to a task to mark it as complete, or uncheck it to mark it as incomplete.

-Simon


Tags: cloud
Auto Notifications or Administrative Setup of Watchers in Confluence
Asked by Sarah Elmer:

As administrator, is there a way to set up auto notifications for certain users for when a page is changed in Confluence?

For instance, we would like to have a "group" of users notified via email that a change was made to a page, but do not want to rely on these users to go into the page and set themselves as a watcher.


Answers:
author: SimonS
body: Hi Selmer,

The only real way to do this is by having users "watch" a page.

For your case, you should create a "dummy user" that has the email list as its email address.

Then, log in as that dummy user and set watches on the pages that you would like to send updates for. You can also "share" pages to any email address, but true notifications on change can only be done through a licensed user with an email address.

(There may be plugins for this, but I couldn't find any on the exchange)

-Simon

comments: author: Sarah Elmer
body: Simon - that was the only way that I could think of as well after researching the issue. Thanks:) I'll let them know that they will have to individually become watchers.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to automate report generation in Confluence?
Asked by Erin Randall:

I'd like to generate a specific report and have it emailed to my team every morning. Does Confluence support this capability?


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello Erin,

I am not entirely sure of the nature of the reports you wish to generate. We have the following article about setting up daily email notifications of the content changed in Confluence.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Subscribing+to+Email+Notifications+of+Updates+to+Confluence+Content>

We have another article outlining the process of scheduling and running a job from within Confluence.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Scheduled+Jobs>

Please take a bit to look over these documents and let me know if this meets your business needs. If not, please clarify what you are trying to acheive and I will do my best to point you at the appropriate resources.

comments: author: Erin Randall
body: I checked these articles, and these are not what I'm looking for (although thanks for trying).

I've generated a Single Level Group by report, and each morning, I email this to my team. While this report is helpful, it seems rather silly that I have to run the report and then email it out as a manual process, and I'm hoping that Confluence has either a job or service to do this for me.


author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Erin,

Are you talking about the Single Level Group by reports available in JIRA?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Single+Level+Group+By+Report>

It looks like they are created from a specific issue filter.

We have a document on how users are able to subscribe to an issue filter to receive scheduled updates via email.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Receiving+Search+Results+via+Email>

Please let me know if that will work for you.


author: Erin Randall
body: Is there a giant hole that I can go and crawl into for being stupid? My bad. Yes, this is in JIRA, and I'll go read this topic.


author: Daniel Borcherding
body: No worries at all. I just care about pointing you at the marerials that are going to get your questions answered. Did that article provide the functionality you were looking for?


author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

You could use the Power Scripts add-on for it:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219507/power-scripts-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219507/power-scripts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

It is a free add-on. I've found Power Scripts for Confluence really handy for Confluence admins who want to automate their work and apply bulk actions to Confluence.

You could write a script to get the required information from Confluence and email this info with the [sendEmail](https://confluence.cprime.io/display/PSCONF/sendEmail) method. Then schedule execution of this script for each morning with the [runJobByCron](https://confluence.cprime.io/display/PSCONF/runJobByCron)method.