youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Clearing card descriptions
Asked by Steven Rafael Mercado-Guillermo:

Is there currently no way to clear a card's description through a rule?  

I'm only able to create a "set description to" rule, and the problem is it cannot be left blank and defaults to "Card description."


Answers:
author: Garrett
body: Hey [@Steven Rafael Mercado-Guillermo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4345635)

Hm, you could do a quick trick like this to set the description to blank using your rule:

![Screen Shot 2021-04-13 at 3.22.24 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/138534i7ECB2121FACCCF15/image-dimensions/650x85?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2021-04-13 at 3.22.24 PM.png")

All that's doing is using the special character for a newline, which results in essentially a blank description.

Give that a try and let me know if it helps!
Confiform sending an email
Asked by Fabio Al-barrak:

Hi Team,

I am using the following macro to send an email to the user email entered on the confluence form.

'ConfiForms IFTTT Integration Rules' Macro {#toc-hId--528813592}
----------------------------------------------------------------

I only want the email to be sent if there is an email address entered in the email field. I entered: **\[entry.email\] is empty** in **Fire IFTTT action only when this condition/filter is met**but it did not work.

Thanks for your help.


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi

If you have a field named "email" and you want to check it to be non empty then the filtering expression would be something like

```
!email:[empty]
```

See more on filters <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/ConfiForms+Filters>

Alex

comments: author: Fabio Al-barrak
body: Thank you, it worked :)


Tags: confiforms
User Macros - where used?
Asked by Richard Brown:

During a User Acceptance Test to prepare for migrating our confluence site from server to cloud, I have discovered 9 User Macros which I understand will not be supported in the cloud. One of them was discovered by a tester who observed an 'unknown macro' warning on a page in the UAT site.

I know how to search for pages using other types of macros (on the server, via the 'Macro Usage' page) but I don't see any way to do the same for the User Macros.

Alternatively, it would be useful (on the cloud site) to search for pages displaying the 'unknown error' warning.

Any tips would be appreciated!


Answers:
author: Richard Brown
body: Facepalm moment! I just noticed the _-user-macro-_ heading in list of macros on the 'Macro Usage' page. Somehow I had missed this when looking before. I found it by Ctrl+F searching for the name of one of the user macros, and there it was! -case closed-


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I prevent attachments from being listed in search results?
Asked by Jeffrey Manning:

Is there a way to prevent attachments from being displayed to users in search results?


Answers:
author: Volker Weinreich
body: Hi Jeffrey,

If you want to prevent other types from appearing in the search results immediately, you could include the [Livesearch macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/livesearch-macro-163415902.html) on the page and set various defaults for the search: space, label, type, etc.

You can put the macro on the sidebar (Look and Feel \> Sidebar) like this:

{livesearch:spaceKey=@self\|size=medium\|additional=none\|placeholder=Search for pages\|type=page}

Greetings,

Volker


author: Robby Holtmann_IntraFind Software AG_
body: With [iFinder Confluence Search](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220508/ifinder-confluence-search?hosting=server&tab=overview) you can define which content types (sites, attachments, blogs, comments, ....) should be found by the search.

This solution is fully embedded in Confluence and is a high-quality Enterprise Search engine for Confluence. It delivers top results based on linguistic analysis and offers many additional features.

It is also possible to connect other data sources and applications (websites, Jira, SharePoint, file shares, and many more).

Additional to the search UI, you can place also a result list and search bar on Confluence sites - with the iFinder Search Macro (part of iFinder Confluence Search).

These articles may help you:

* [iFinder Confluence Search](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/Enterprise-Search-for-Confluence/ba-p/1584172)
* [iFinder Search Macro](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/iFinder-Search-Macro-for-Confluence/ba-p/1717979)

Let me know, if you need further information or like to get a demo first.

Best

Robby


author: Nicolai Sibler
body: Hi [@Jeffrey Manning](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3606686) ,

I'm not sure if I understood the question. Do you mean attachments in general or a couple of specific attachments?

Actually you can't prevent any content from being indexed. If there's an attachment, it's listed. So I'm afraid there's only workarounds.

* To exclude attachments from the Confluence search you'd have to enter   
  \[search term\] NOT type:attachment  
  (See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-search-syntax-158720.html> for details.)
* If we are talking about a couple of specific attachments, you'd restrict the page they are added to as a user will not see an attachment as a search result that's on a page he's not allowed to see.

Hope that helps!

Kind regards,

Nicolai


Tags: confluence-server

server
Get content api
Asked by Shravani Komirelli:

From this api get content how to I get below mentioned parameters in my response:

[The Confluence Cloud REST API (atlassian.com)](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/api-group-content/#api-wiki-rest-api-content-get)

anonymousAccess

unlicensedAccess

LastSeen or FriendlyLastSeen

lastUpdated

labels


Answers:
author: aorlov
body: Hi [@Shravani Komirelli](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5006236)

You should use expansion. It is described here <https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/intro/#using> .

And expansions for your REST endpoint

![Screenshot 2022-08-16 at 11.17.54.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/211216iD9A3EB62EEF3CFFE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2022-08-16 at 11.17.54.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to deep dive on Storage usage in Confluence
Asked by Craig Pringle:

In the last month, my Confluence has jumped from 70% of storage used to over 90%. That seems like an insane amount of data and I'd like to better troubleshoot what spaces or pages are the biggest offenders so that I can clean up our account. Is there an easy to way to do this?  

Thanks as always in advance,  
Craig


Answers:
author: Srinatha T
body: Hi [@Craig Pringle](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4457409) ,

Welcome to Atlassian community.

There is a rest API which you can use the fetch the details actually. Refer the below article which has the info.

* [Fnding-storage-usage-of-confluence-space-and-page-using-rest-api](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/finding-storage-usage-of-confluence-space-and-page-using-rest-api-1063555292.html)

I hope the above answers your question. Have a good day!

Thanks,

Srinath T


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Automatically create pages from csv file
Asked by Filipa Pereira:

Hello!

I have a csv file and I would like to create a requirements confluence page for each row. Do you know how I can do this?

Thank you,

Filipa


Answers:
author: Anthony Pearson
body: Copy your data into Word and use the import from Word option.

* Add heading cols to excel sheet
* Paste into Word
* Apply H1 to title col and H2 to heading cols
* Convert table to text
* Import Word doc to Confluence splitting on H1


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Filipa Pereira](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5006363) ,

welcome to the Atlassian community!

Unfortunately you can't do that. You can setup a script that read each row and create pages using REST API provided by Confluence.

Fabio


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Table filter ( cloud )
Asked by ofiryariv:

AFAIK conflunce cloud does not have Table filter as in confluence server  
Any solution/plan/suggestion ?


Answers:
author: Dave Mathijs
body: Hi [@ofiryariv](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3743753)

The third-party app [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) offers this feature, it's not natively available in Cloud.

comments: author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@ofiryariv](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3743753) ,

As [@Dave Mathijs](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2662590) has kindly mentioned, the [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Filter+macro?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111), Pivot Table, Chart from Table, etc. macros come with our [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) app.

This add-on is a 3rd party app developed by our team that is Stiltsoft Europe. The app is available for Cloud/Server/Data Center and should be installed for your instance by your Confluence administrator.

Note that if your Cloud is for 1-10 users, then the app will be free for your company.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Gliffy Configuration returning URL does not match
Asked by Sandra Harper:

I am currently using Confluence 7.17.4 with Gliffy Diagram plugin 9.7.1 . When I click on the Gliffy Configuration I get a 'URL does not match ' pop up notification .It returns the URL with 'undefined' appended at the end .


Answers:
author: Amy Martin
body: Did you find an answer to this?

comments: author: Charlie Ealy
body: Hi Amy, this issue is in our backlog as a low priority. Since it isn't impacting the use of Gliffy, I will review it's current state and prioritize accordingly.


author: Jeff Tillett
body: I don't understand how this can be low priority, it ABSOLUTELY impacts the use of Gliffy.   

This plugin includes a feature to bulk convert LucidChart diagrams to Gliffy, and it starts with scanning the instance to find the diagrams.   

When this error is present, the tool comes back and says we have ZERO Lucid diagrams, presumably because the tool is failing to resolve the BASEURL correctly, and cannot find any of the charts in our instance.   

This is actually a major blocker for us in retiring Lucid, and could result in us choosing to stick with Lucid and retire Gliffy instead.


author: Samie Kaufman - Your Gal at Gliffy
body: Hi Jeff! Thank you for bringing this back up. If you haven't yet, please feel free to email our support team at support@gliffy.com for assistance.  

Our support lead was able to provide me with some additional context on the issue you're facing:

The "URL does not match message" is not preventing the batch converter from finding the diagrams. The problem is occurring because the properties on the LucidChart Diagram Attachment are not set correctly, so the converter does not recognize the attachment as a LucidChart diagram.

To resolve the problem the attachment properties must be edited and the following values set:

- New Content Type Field value = application/vnd.lucid.confluence-onprem

- Label Field = lucidchart

If you need further assistance, please work with our support team! Have a great weekend!!  

Samie


author: Jeff Tillett
body: Thank you for the response. I find it odd that all the Lucid's were created the default way, and that all of them are considered "wrong" for your bulk tool. Having to go manually add meta data to all of the Lucid diagrams in order for your tool to find them kind of defeats the purpose of the tool. In my opinion, your tool should find the charts by the macro name or some other default meta data that would exist by default for all embedded diagrams, otherwise it's not exactly as easy to convert as the docs/product features make it seem.


Tags: addon-com.gliffy.integration.confluence

app

confluence-server

gliffy

server
how do i a create dynamic sidebar
Asked by Nivedita.PAL:

I want to create a variable that can store my release version. The sidebar of my document will have the variable that will dynamically change depending on the version mention in the variable


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Nivedita.PAL](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4950577) This is not possible in the delivered product and I am not aware of any apps that provide that functionality. I would suggest just linking to the release page od the project.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
space staging area
Asked by Rob Whyte:

Hi everyone.

Does a Confluence space have a staging area that is different from the live instance? If yes, how can I migrate updated content in the staging area to the live version?

Many thanks

rob


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Rob Whyte](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4638301) ,

Atlassian provide a test environment for developers (<https://blog.developer.atlassian.com/cloud-ecosystem-dev-env/>).

You can move contents cross instances through export and import feature (doc or xml).

Hope this helps,

Fabio

comments: author: Rob Whyte
body: Thanks Fabio. Will check that out with the IT team. Cheers.


author: Damian
body: Hi Rob,

It's not available in the free Cloud version but you could apply page restrictions to the parent page of the "updated content" so that only the content updater can see it and no one else can. Otherwise you could move it from a "staging" space into the "live" space where only the content updater (e.g. yourself) has access. Again, permissions can not be set in the free version.

An alternative (available in the free version) is to "Hide" the page by re-ordering it so it does not sit under the Space Home Page (e.g. Computing in this example):

![2022-08-11_14-31-23.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/210571i8F7DA64934574D2D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2022-08-11_14-31-23.png")

It is still available but not easily viewed unless you know to look for it.

Hope that gives you some options.

Cheers,

Damian

comments: author: Rob Whyte
body: Thanks Damian. I work with a paid version, so the Hidden tool looks interesting. Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to add multiple Inclusions and exclusions from the Macro "Table of Content"
Asked by Richard Moore:

Currently Trying to add multiple Table of contents to my page to allow quick navigation to the relative infomation on the same page.   

one TOC is looking for MB  
the second i need too List "Virtual, OB, Full and Remote"   

the How to use are not exactly Descriptive about how to add multiple Inclusions

but so far i've Got MB to work by adding Including (\*MB.)

the Other one ive only got to work by putting (\*Virtual.)

i've tired adding   
(\*Virtual.,\*Full.)

(\*Virtual.\\\*Full.)


Answers:
author: Andy Gladstone
body: [@Richard Moore](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4545391) I am moving your question to the Confluence Questions collection where it belongs and will get more attention. The current collection, **Question for Confluence**, is related to the Atlassian owned application of the same name.

I'd like to assist. Can you post a screenshot of what you are currently seeing? In general the ToC Macro pulls it's headings and subheadings based on the formatting you give each section of your document and will display the ToC ladder based on the heading format you choose as in the below:

* Heading 1
  * Heading 2
  * Heading 2
    * Heading 3
* Heading 1


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
One click link to pre-populated email
Asked by Kelly.Leasure:

I am wanting to create a *"Click here"* button on my Confluence page that will then open an instance for email. That email would have pre-determined email addresses already embedded and ready to go. All the user would need to do is enter the body content and hit send. Is this doable?![2022-08-10_14-56-39.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/210531iB0951D57894EE6F7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2022-08-10_14-56-39.jpg")


Answers:
author: Vikrant Yadav
body: Hi [@Kelly.Leasure](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5005855) Welcome to Atlassian Community!  

Yeah, You can do this by using the mailto: functionality, however you are limited to text only for the body of the email. For example, the link below when clicked on as a hyperlink opens Microsoft Outlook and creates the email like my image below.

Example for Mailto Link :-

    Mailto:abc@xyz.com?Subject=Good Morning Email&body=Good morning, have a great day today%0dThank you.

![Mailto.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/211229i9F9403544355559D/image-dimensions/528x121?v=v2 "Mailto.PNG")

![Outlook Client.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/211230i86CB28807C2356AB/image-dimensions/538x233?v=v2 "Outlook Client.PNG")

comments: author: Vikrant Yadav
body: [@Kelly.Leasure](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5005855) Thanks ?

Kindly mark the solution as Accepted.. if solution works for you.As it helps other users looking for the solution.   


author: Kelly.Leasure
body: Thank you! I will give that a try!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

email

link
Remove irrelevant elements from a public Confluence space
Asked by Paul R:

How can I remove irrelevant elements from a public Confluence space?

Why does Confluence still display the comment button for anonymous users if comments is not enabled? The page is full of content that is irrelevant to public users.

I would also prefer to remove the page author name and icon. Is that possible?

The attached photo shows all the elements I want removed.  

![remove stuff.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/210532i7B3484C71A122CEA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "remove stuff.png")


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Paul R](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1170843) ,

unfortunately you can't hide those element from a confluence page.

Fabio


author: Paul R
body: Thanks Brant.

Is there any justification for the comment button remaining while the permission is removed for anonymous users? Wouldn't you agree this is a UX fail?


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Paul R](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1170843) Unfortunately there is not a delivered way to hide this or an app that provides that functionality. I would suggest submitting an enhancement request here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa>

comments: author: Brant Schroeder
body: I would agree that there are several elements that can cause issues and confusion because they prompt the user to login or provide an access error if they are clicked. I would suggest submitting an enhancement request here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa> This is the best way to get items on their roadmap.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I initialize 2-factor Authentication for some users?
Asked by ??? (LGU/ClientTPM?):

Hello!!

This is Brad Kim in LGU+.

There are some users not to login JIRA/confluence because they forget the password for 2-factor authentication.

How can I initialize 2-factor authentication for users?

The users are seomn@lguplus.co.kr, je.son@dfy.co.kr.

Thank you

Brad


Answers:
author: Thuan_ Do Dang
body: Hi Brad Kim,

You can try the guideline here <https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-account/docs/login-issues-related-to-two-step-verification/>

at topic **Your emergency recovery key doesn't work or you've lost it**.

Or if you're org admin, you can send a support request for your user here <https://support.atlassian.com/contact>

Hope this helps!

comments: author: ??? (LGU/ClientTPM?)
body: Dear Dang,

I'm admin for my org.

How can I support to fix the issue for users??

I cannot understand your answer.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to use a Confluence Cloud space as the Knowledge Base for an onprem JIRA ServiceDesk?
Asked by Chris Rusen:

Our company is migrating Confluence to the cloud but keeping our JIRA instance on-prem. Is there any way of linking those spaces so that we can continue to use the knowledge base feature within our JIRA service desks?


Answers:
author: Robert Wen_ReleaseTEAM_
body: hello [@Chris Rusen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5005625) . Welcome to the Atlassian community!

It's definitely possible. Here's the guidance from Atlassian

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/integrate-atlassian-cloud-and-self-managed-products-1101925647.html>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira

knowledge-base
List of contributions by an author within given time period
Asked by mchang:

How can I find a list of pages that were created or edited by a specific user *within* a given time frame? In my case, I want to see what contributions someone has made to my company's wiki over a 6-month period to inform performance review conversations.

The problem right now is that the search filter only allows me to filter on when a page was last modified *by anyone*. This means if I filter by pages last modified in the last 90 days where I am a contributor, I'll get search results for pages that I touched years ago but were recently modified by someone else.


Answers:
author: Trevor Sullivan
body: I would like to search for all contributions from a specific user in Confluence, and sort them by the contribution date. Is this possible in Confluence?


author: Rich Thornberg
body: I don't have the answer - I have the same question. I'd like very much to collect metrics. The contributors macro was suggested in another answer, but that is woefully insufficient in many ways - for example, it's not possible to provide a timeframe. CQL can find contributor = \<username\> and lastmodified \> date, but that doesn't tell whether the modification was made by \<username\>. Jira supports:

```
updatedBy(user, dateFrom, dateTo)?
```

Why does not Confluence support the same? C'mon!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

search
how do I see all team members tasks
Asked by Garvan Smyth:

how do I see all team members tasks at a glance?


Answers:
author: Michael Pryor
body: Hi Garvan,

There are a few different ways. If you are working on one board, you can use the Filter function to only show you cards assigned to a single user. If you are working across multiple boards, you can use the Team Table view, add those boards, and filter to the specific user.

I've also seen people create boards where the Lists are per person. So it does depend on how you've set things up.

comments: author: Garvan Smyth
body: Super many thanks