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Email notification of blog publications via Admin groups
Asked by PJ Dal Pozzo:

Hi all, we have multiple groups in our administration and to reduce the need for individual emails, we are investigating how once a blog post is published, we can notify a specific group via the @ allocation rather than individuals?

Yes we can notify via email individually by using the @ name allocation, but with larger and multiple groups, we want to target specific admin groups (sum up to 100 users in one group) instead individually.

How is this possible or has someone have a solution we can use?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Benjamin
body: Hi [@PJ Dal Pozzo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5091612) ,

You can use Teams or individuals. Not groups.

Here's information how to create teams:

<https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-account/docs/start-an-atlassian-team/>

Here's information on notifying teams:

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/mention-a-person-or-team/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Removing advert from top of pdf's
Asked by Lisa Manwaring:

Hi,

Is there a way to remove advert text from a page created pdf?

The advert does not show on the confluence page and only appears when a pdf is created.

This is the text that is appearing:

Unlock Aura's full potential with Karma, a free WYSIWYG builder for creating beautiful Confluence pages. Install for Free Don't Show Again


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Lisa Manwaring](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4922598)

I don't always export PDFs but when I do, I don't see any ads.

Typically, you can tweak your PDFs by customizing PDF export settings CSS, but tweaking CSS to remove ads...

Do you have any Seibert Media or Appanvil apps installed (Aura, etc....)? I'd get in touch with their Support in that case.

(you can try [Scroll PDF Exporter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) just to see if the ad appears in that too).


author: Julio Herrera
body: Yes, you can remove advert text from a PDF created from a webpage by using PDF editing software like Adobe Acrobat. Open the PDF in the editor, select the advert text using the "Edit" or "Redact" tool, and delete it. Alternatively, you can convert the PDF back to a Word document, remove the ads, and then re-save it as a PDF.


Tags: advert

cloud

confluence-cloud
Add Cylinder to Shapes Available in Whiteboard
Asked by Tunji Alao:

Hello,  
Can you please add cylinder to the shapes available in Confluence Whiteboard?  
Thanks


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Tunji Alao](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5580157) and welcome to the community.

Like this?

![2024-08-30_09-14-22.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/344734i05BF93E2F1EFBDD3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2024-08-30_09-14-22.png")

(Two circle shapes elongated to an ellipse to fake perspective) connected by simple lines)

comments: author: Tunji Alao
body: Yes, just like the options to select circle, square, triangle etc.

It should be added to the list of shapes below

![Screenshot 2024-08-30 at 12.46.20.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/344845i56799078D792155A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-30 at 12.46.20.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

whiteboard
Is there a product to use for integration with ADO boards
Asked by Stephanie Hurt:

We do not use Jira at our company. We use ADO boards and wanted to know if there are any apps that allow us to run queries or integration with Confluence Cloud.


Answers:
author: Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
body: I don't think there is one yet, Doing a quick search there is an Jira integration with ADO boards, but not seeing anything for Confluence.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=Azure%20DevOps%20Boards>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
IFTTT o want to create and epic then same time create stories with the new epic in the epic link
Asked by Butch_Richards:

OK a have a layerd IFTT I want to create the the EPIC then create stories with this epic in the the epiclink


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: HI [@Butch_Richards](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5194191)

Is your question is about the ConfiForms app?

Alex

comments: author: Butch_Richards
body: [@Alex Medved _ConfiForms_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781630) yes this is using confi forms to create the tickets,


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Thanks for clarifying, will add labels...

So, what is the problem? You can create multiple Jira tickets by submitting a ConfiForms form. What is not working for you?


author: Butch_Richards
body: want to create the epic then create 5 story tickets that are linked to the epic. It is happening async and the story fails on the epic link insert


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: In ConfiForms IFTTTs are executed synchronously. If you are talking about creating the epic and the stories from ConfiForms. So, you need to set up an IFTTT rule to create a topic and save back the result of this IFTTT (issue key).

Which you then can use in the following IFTTTs


author: Trudy Claspill
body: Hello [@Butch_Richards](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5194191)

Your question is posted in the Confluence Questions forum, but seems like a Jira question.

Can you clarify how this relates to Confluence? Or let me know that it is indeed a Jira question and I'll move it to the Jira Questions forum.

Additionally can you provide more information about what type of solution you're seeking? I'm not familiar with IFTT, so it is not obvious to me. It may be totally obvious to others though.

comments: author: Butch_Richards
body: It is a confluence question as I am using confi forms to accomplish this. THe error is ahapening as confluence is trying to create the cards at the same time. THe end location for the outcome is Jira this is created and being executied on confluence [@Trudy Claspill](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3569011)


Tags: addon-com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confiforms

cloud

confiforms

confluence-cloud
Setting weekends in Jira Simple calendar
Asked by Ruba Ardah:

Hi,

Wishing you a good day!

I need to change the weekend days in JIRA Simple Calender to be Friday \& Saturday not Saturday \& Sunday

May you please help me in this

Thanks Indeed

Ruba


Answers:
author: kitkat
body: Here is the Simple Calendar documentation:

<https://github.com/AndreyVMarkelov/mailru-jira-plugins-simplecal/wiki/Simple-calendar>

The Simple Calendar appears to be fairly simple. You can set custom date ranges, but it does not appear the weekend days are editable.


Tags: calendar
Can I view Team Calendar owners?
Asked by bbufalo:

I need to be able to view who created a Team Calendar or maybe have that information publically visible so that other employee's can contact that individual for access. Right now there is no details (that I can find so correct me if I'm wrong) that show me who created a calendar. There also does not appear to be much in the way of central management of these calendars, is this something I'm missing or is missing? I'm all for empowering individuals to share and work together but when it breaks they all come to me to fix it! :smile:


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey Brian,  

You can refer to this [knowledge article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=389777998&moved=true)that we were able to write.   
You need to have access to the Confluence database to find the creator.

Nevertheless, we have an open feature request for this as well we'd like to implement: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-144> watch that one to stay updated.  

Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: bbufalo
body: Thank you for the quick update!


author: EdM
body: The KB doesn't work for Confluence 5.6.6 with Team Calendar 5.1.21 as far as I can tell. The values given back by the SQL query is just a huge UID and the bandana value doesn't have a creator field.


author: Attila Nemeth
body: I found some good plug in that you can use:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.elitesoftsp.confluence.calendar.insights.plugins/server/overview>

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.sqlexpress/server/overview>

Hope it help

comments: author: bbufalo
body: It does address the issues but the things included in the paid plugin, Calendar Insights, should be included with the price of admission for Team Calendars.
How can I create an event reminder in Team Calendar?
Asked by David Wallace:

Most other Calendar systems I've used have the ability to set up a reminder for an event. Is this possible in Team Calendar? I cannot find this feature anywhere and it is essential for our business use case.


Answers:
author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi David,

There's a feature request in order to implement reminders on Team Calendar, as you can see on [TEAMCAL-186](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-186).  
You can vote and comment on it in order increase its visibility.

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira
Exporting Team Calendar Events to excel
Asked by Alaine Pabayos:

Hi Everyone,

We use the calendar to posts employee vacation. We would like to take this information to an excel or any output to know which month most employees take its break. Is there any way to to this with Team Calendar? Thanks for your answers!


Answers:
author: Dean Cloutier
body: I'm having the same issue.

I want to view the attributes of each event in a table to be able to sort and filter, etc...

Did you ever find a solution?

Thanks

Dean

comments: author: Kamal Kishore
body: You can select the Imported calendar in Outlook and go to Import/Export option. It'll give you an option to export it as csv.


author: Melissa_Liotta
body: I have been able to export the calendar to my outlook but I was not able to export it from outlook to excel.

maybe I missed a step though.


author: Mallmann
body: Hey Alaine,

I'm not sure whether the iCalendar format is what you're looking for, but please have a look at the following documentation to understand how to export the Team Calendars to the iCal format: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/TEAMCAL/Export+Team+Calendars+Content+to+Other+Calendars>

You can then try to import this file to your excel, although I'm not sure it's possible.

I hope it helps! :smile:

Best regards,

Eduardo Mallmann
Team Calendars Outlook subscription update time
Asked by Florian Z?llner _Communardo_:

Hi, I've got a short question that a lot of users already asked and I didn't find an answer of:

### How frequently do Team Calendars subscribed to Outlook get updated with new or changed events? {#toc-hId-1452953470}

I've been waiting now for about 8 hours and didnt get my changes updated. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")

Do they ever get updated? That's what at least I would understand when talking about a subscription. :wink:

Is there any configuration in Confluence administration effecting the update frequency?

Can I manually force sync from Outlook or Confluence or automatize in some way?

I'm trying with Confluence 5.5 and MS Outlook 2010

<br />

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Sorry buddy, I've totally forgot to update you :(:

So the answer is, it depends. There's no limit set by Team Cal (when a calendar is modified we update the ICS feed at the same time), and there's no method that allows TC to define the refresh interval for Outlook. Outlook will refresh the calendar depending on its "Send/Receive" schedule.

In outlook 2007 the "Send/Receive" schedule default time is set to 30 minutes. I believe you can somehow configure that however I don't know for sure where you can configure outlook to reduce de send/recieve schedule.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Confluence Support Engineer

comments: author: Michael Aston
body: Reading the opening post I think the question is the other way around, i.e. he's subscribed to an outlook calendar from confluence. I'm seeing a similar problem, I've subscribed to a calendar from our external annual leave booking system but changes aren't being pulled through in a predictable fashion. Do you know how often Team Calendars will poll a subscribed calendar for changes?Thanks.


author: Michael Wirz
body: there should be a solution to define the ttl for the subscription: X-PUBLISHED-TTL as described here: <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/538081/set-update-limits-on-icalendar-feed>


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Florian, that is indeed a good question, personally I don't know how long it takes, however one thing you can do to force a refresh is to remove the subscription and then add it again.

I will check internally how long it takes so I can update you :smile:.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Confluence Support Engineer

comments: author: Chris
body: Any new details on this? I'm also curious about the update time, and if it's a configurable option, somewhere in the configuration files.


author: Allison Kellner
body: Is there any additional configuration needed for either Confluence or Outlook in order to have the Team Calendar events update Outlook when you subscribe to that Calendar?


Tags: confluence

ms-outlook

subscription
Is it possible to set hours for an event ?
Asked by Olivier Albertini:

We want to put our scheduling meetings in team calendar but It's not a day, just 1 or 2 hours, can we do that ?  
Other question : Can you put an order to events ? If we can't set an hour for each event, we need to set an order in order to know which event comes first...


Answers:
author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Olivier,

While creating the event, if you uncheck "All day event", you'll see the fields to set the time of the event.

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira

comments: author: Olivier Albertini
body: OMG Thx ! I never see it ! Can we set the time when we set a JIRA Issue Event ? If yes how ?
Is it possible to..?
Asked by Development PROBEGIN:

Hi,

My team is using team calendars for a while now and it's an other great product! Unfortunately we're still missing some important features, it will definitely improve the product if the following was added as new feature:

For event type: "JIRA issue dates",

* Determine for each state a specific filter whenever the issue is visible, half-visible or invisible.
* Define the start and end time by resizing the issue/event block.

Other calendar related stuff,

* An event type what is similar to "Event" but this one will always have a specific repeat value and there always will be people assigned to the event. Than every time the event is repeated, than it will go to the next person mentioned on the event. Some kind of iteration.
* A (default) calendar where all users/groups are added programmatically, you won't have to add a new user or group manually. You will have similar settings for this calendar as for an event with the a JIRA event type.

Please let me know, do you also need this? Is there already something possible what I'm searching for?

Cheers


Answers:
author: Adrian Moerchen
body: Maybe you should better raise this as "Suggestion" at <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL>
How do I export my calendars from Confluence Calendars plugin 2.7.2.1 to iCal?
Asked by Jamie McCarogher:

We're upgrading from 3.4.9 to 5.5.6 and have also gotten Team Calendars, so the question that was put to me is "How do we get our current Calendars out and into the new version?" Unfortunately I have no idea as there seems to no documentation on this anywhere that I can find


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hey Jamie,

May I ask if you have had the chance to have a look at [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/TEAMCAL/Licensing+and+Installing+Team+Calendars#LicensingandInstallingTeamCalendars-4.MigratingfromtheoldConfluenceCalendarplugin), which mentions about the process to migrate from one calendars plugin to another?

The download option should be there under the each calendar, so please let me know if you cannot find it.

Best regards,

Eduardo Mallmann

comments: author: Jamie McCarogher
body: Found the download option, it was hidden, this will work for us, thanks for that :)


author: Mallmann
body: Great! Thanks for the update, Jamie :)
Team Calendars product manager
Asked by Daniel Samuels:

Hi Atlassian,

I know that Team Calendars recently got a new Product Manger, and I was hoping someone could let me know who the new Product Manager is?

Thanks for the help.

Daniel


Answers:
author: Daniel Samuels
body: Hi Helen,

Thanks for getting back to me.

Yes, in a way feedback, basically I wanted to discuss the decision to not release the Team Calendar source code to paid licenses and see if there was another way for us to work with you to improve Team Calendars.

Also happy to share my feedback on Hipchat. I have sent you an email.

Thanks,

Daniel


author: hhung
body: Hi Daniel, may I ask why you're enquiring? Did you want to give some feedback? I may be able to put you in touch.

Also - I noticed this question you posted a little while back - <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/320430> - and I'd love to reach out to get more feedback about your expected experience around this as we look towards improving it in the future. Would you be able to email me? helen (at) atlassian (dot) com

Cheers, Helen
Some users don't get Team Calendars event email notifications
Asked by Codeworx 3:

We have some shared calendars that everyone is meant to get an email when they are updated (events added, removed, updated), but not all users receive them, everyone has subscribed and set to watch the calendars, some users just don't get the email notifications (they are not appearing in the confluence mail queue, so it's not the mail server stopping it).

I've poked around the AO_950DC3_TC_SUBCALS table but the referencing method is confusing (only read, have not written to the table)

Is there a method to check in the database if a users should receive an notification from a specific calendar ?


Answers:
author: Codeworx 3
body: I ended up recreating the calendars (export, delete, import) individually and it seems to have worked, but I won't know for sure for a few weeks (the time it takes everyone subscribed to resubscribe)
Confluence Calendar - is there a way to view the history of edits to an event. For example, I put an event on the calendar and then someone else edits it. Is there a way to see the history of edits to this event or to see who removed an event.
Asked by Nina W:

Is there a way to view the history of edits to an event. For example, I put an event on the calendar and then someone else edits it. Is there a way to see what I originally wrote and who made edits and what those edits were. Also, if an event is removed from the calendar can I see who removed it and when?


Answers:
author: Wayne Wong
body: Hi Nina,

<br />

I am sorry to inform you that currently our Calendar does not have such function.

However, there is some similar feature requests here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-829>

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-831>

Also. we recommend our users to comment and vote on the feature request, and customer's feedback is one of the things that the developers decide to work on next as mentioned in the [Implementation and new features policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy),do leave some comments if you have any suggestion for improvement.

Thank You.

Regards,

Wayne Wong


Tags: custom-event
Can the same team calendar be shared across pages in the same space?
Asked by Alex Davidson:

Use wishes to have a team calendar on space home page configured with the Month view. Then, use the same calendar on a different page configured to use the List view as default. Same calendar, different views, different pages, same space.


Answers:
author: Andrew Wolpers [BlackPearl PDM]
body: Have you tried simply inserting (i.e using the "Insert Page" macro) the page the calendar resides in? This way any modifications will come from this page, but appear on any page you'd like--provided the user has viewing permissions :smile:

To address the list part directly, to create a difference you can use the macro and reference the same calendar. After inserting into your page, you can then click which way you would like it to display: <http://i.imgur.com/S6pvSvc.png>

Edited for clarity

comments: author: Julia Wester [Wittified]
body: i don't think this accommodates differences in the macro configuration across the various pages.


author: Andrew Wolpers [BlackPearl PDM]
body: It does, but after double checking it does look that you can import the same calendar across multiple using the Macro: <http://i.imgur.com/ZsUpkSR.png> . I'd imagine this is the easier configuration.


author: Julia Wester [Wittified]
body: yep, that's what i was referring to originally.


author: Julia Wester [Wittified]
body: Yes, this is entirely possible. You use the calendar macro on any page and each page's macro can have a unique configuration. Any calendar can be displayed on any page or pages (in a single space or across multiple spaces).


author: Alex Davidson
body: I guess I'm asking if a Team Calendar can be shared within a space where it's configured to display the Month view by default on one page and the List view on another. This is really irrelevant because all the user need do is push the List button on the UI. I was just curious. I really can't see how this can be done so I guess it's not supported.

comments: author: Julia Wester [Wittified]
body: I must not be understanding the difference in what you're trying to say and what I mentioned. When you choose to add a team calendar to a page, you use the team calendar macro and in that you can set how it should render (by default) on that page. In essence that is how you do what you are saying. Each page can have a different default setting. If you are asking how to do that without using macro attributes then I don't think it can be done. There's nowhere to put that configuration other than in the macro on the individual pages.
Custom calendar view or filter
Asked by Arno H:

Hi there,

is it possible to view a team calendar in way so that it only shows events in which I'm a participant?

As far as I can tell, the calendar always shows all events, regardless whether I'm a participant or not.

regards,  
/Arno


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hello Arno,

I'm afraid there's no such filter on Team Calendars yet.

However, I was able to find a Feature Request for this, as follow the link: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-1441>

You might want to vote on it and also express your thoughts there.

I hope it helps!

Best regards,

Eduardo Mallmann  
Atlassian Support
How can confluence action items show up in team calendar?
Asked by Ariane Fisher:

I have several pages in Confluence with actions items (including due dates) assigned to team members. But I cannot figure out how to get them to show up in Team calendars. Do I really need to create Jira issues for each task in order for them to show up?


Answers:
author: Oliver Neumann
body: Same Problem here. I am creating "decisions" with due dates, but they do not show im my team calendar.


author: Janne Kilpinen
body: Similar problem. I have task items with date tags, I'd like to show them in a calendar or to list the dates with their tasks..