youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Need to import website or CHM
Asked by Mark Malyon:

Hi,

We have help documentation in CHM format or in its pre-compiled html file format.

How would we best import this while maintaining the inter-page links and images?

Mark.


Answers:
author: Ken Burch
body: I have the same requirement, did you ever solve your problem?

Ken


author: Chloe Jackson
body: I have the same issue
Holidays over Jira
Asked by dhaval soni:

Hi,

How to see the holidays or have to log the holidays So, we can plan upcoming tasks over Jira.

Thank You


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: I'm not sure if it could reach what you're looking for, but, we have a plugin that is a interactive calendar.

Per the description you could understand it in a better way:

Interactive calendar will help you plan your personal activities, team tasks, project and products issues, and also specific tasks, such as a vacations, business trips and holidays.  
On the calendar boards, you can create new issues and add existing issues, change issue's estimate time. The user can apply a filter to the calendar to select the color of a specific task.  
Please, refer to the following plugin page:  
<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ru.teamlead.jira.plugins.JIRA-Teamlead-Calendar>  
Kind Regards

comments: author: dhaval soni
body: Thanks for the comments.


author: Paul Alexander
body: ...but this neat add-on is not available for users like me with the Atlassian On-Demand product.
Creating a standard document/page library in a confluence space
Asked by tzigone:

Hi,

I have 1 space containing project pages in an unstructured and unfindable way. I want to organize this space as below:

- Main Space

- Project 1

- Plans

-Analysis

-Design

- Test

- Meetings

-Project 2

-Plans

-Analysis

-....

I want to save "Project 1" tree hierarchy as a template and use it whenever a new project is started.

If I use copy space plug in with sub space plug in, is it possible to have this structure? Or what are the

alternatives?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: AlysonA
body: Burcu,

As you mentioned, sub-spaces can be an option for you. You will be able to organize your space structure on a similar way as you described.

As for creating a template, you can add a [Global Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Templates) as a predefined page that can be used as a prototype when creating new pages.

Hope it helps.


Tags: copy

subspace
CONF > "Minor change" for specific space
Asked by Ji?? Wetter:

Hello,

i'm trying to find solution for [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/12799/usability-of-minor-change-checkbox](/questions/12799/usability-of-minor-change-checkbox), but need to do this for specific space not for whole confluence.

Did anybody solve it something similar with success?

Thank you so much.


Answers:
author: JohnA
body: Hi Ji??,

I'm sorry to say that the solutions suggested in the Answer you have referred to can only be implemented on self-hosted instances for Confluence because they rely on the use of Custom HTML and CSS, both of which are restricted in the OnDemand platform, so you wouldn't be able to implement a custom solution such as that in Confluence OnDemand: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand>

All the best,  
John


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

moderators
Draft or Review functionality for Confluence?
Asked by Jacob Lee:

Howdy,

I'm loving this wiki implementation!

One thing I've been looking for is a editor or review privilege. For my knowledgebase, I want my base group to be able to write documents \& submit them, then a supervisor level to be able to approve the document for publication.

I think I could do this by just having a Draft Parent page, but I was wondering if there were any addons that were designed for this? It seemed like AdHoc would do this based on a snippet of a video, but I couldn't find any other information to back this up...


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: I've updated the title of this question and added the 'confluence' tag to it so that it hopefully gets some good answers. Hope you don't mind :-)


Tags: editor

review
Can we hide Remove Space option in Confluence?
Asked by srinivasp:

I want to expose Remove Space option only for Confluence-Administrators group but not for space admins. Is it possible?


Answers:
author: Denise Unterwurzacher [Atlassian]
body: Hi Srinivas,

There is no way to disable this option for Space Admins - if they have 'Admin' rights on the space, they will be able to remove the space. Hpwever, you can hide the whole Remove Space tab in Confluence 5 by adding some custom CSS to the Global Stylesheet or the Space Stylesheet (be aware that if the Space has a stylesheet defined it will overwrite the global one):

```
[data-web-item-key=removespace] {  visibility:hidden !important;}
```

This will hide the Remove Space option for everyone, and Confluence administrators would need to go directly to the URL (<http://your-url/spaces/removespace.action?key=THE-KEY>), or temporarily disable the Custom CSS, to remove the Space.


author: LuizA
body: Hello There,

Unfortunately to hide the "Remove Space" option is not possible, the Space Admin always will have this access to this option.

Best Regards,

LJ.

comments: author: Srinivas Patruni
body: Luiz, We dont want to expose this option to Space Admins. So is it possible to have atleast some JS hack for this?


author: srinivasp
body: Hi Atlassians, Any ideals please..


author: srinivasp
body: Hi Atlassians, Any ideas please..


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Yes, we just need to change the permissions of this space, making "editable" just for confluence-administration group.   

Go to the Space Admin and change the permissions, give the Edit rights just for the confluence-administration group.  

Cheers,  

WZ


Tags: administration

confluence-administration
How to make the live inks in a page appear in the navigation tree in Confluence?
Asked by Chitra Patil:

I am looking for some help with the page tree navigation in Confluence for files converted from Webworks. Here is the problem:

I am in the process of converting our online help from Webworks to Confluence wiki format.

Webworks generates child pages (not one for each chapter) and deploys it in Confluence. The order of the child pages does not corralate to the chapters/sections of the online help. The only solution I have now is to re-parent the Table of Contents link to a separate page to show the contents of the book.

But the left navigation (where I use a TOC macro) still shows the child pages in random order. Is there a way to show the TOC page in the left navigation? FYI, this TOC is not generated by Confluence, but but by Webworks.   

In other words, can I have the links under a page appear in the left tree navigation? FYI, I am using Confluence 4.3.

Anyone else faced this situation when they converted from Webworks online help books to Confluence wiki format?

thanks in advance,


Answers:
author: CharlesH
body: For that aspect, try to examine the construction of the page and see if the toc button generated by Webworks has a specific class or id associated with it. If so, you can then introduce a CSS rule (again in Space Admin) to hide it. This would work across all pages in your space, so a very effective fix.

comments: author: Chitra Patil
body: Thanks, it is inside the HTML include macro--but I am not too familiar with CSS rules. Is there any other way?


author: Chitra Patil
body: The formatting page must be tweaked to remove these navigationon buttons in Webworks--that worked. Thanks CharlesH.


author: CharlesH
body: In the Space Admin screen you can click on a link to customise the theme navigation. You can write wiki markup here, so try using the {include} macro to refer to your preferred TOC page.

comments: author: Chitra Patil
body: Thanks! CharlesH, it worked. I am now trying to figure out how to remove the \[toc\] button on top of every page that is generated by Webworks. If users click on \[toc\] on the top of the page, they will see a page with TOc on the right and left--awkward!
edit HTML in a page?
Asked by Danny Boice:

How do I allow confluence users to edit HTML in a post on a wiki page?

I tried searching for HTML macros plugin but it doesn't appear when I go to:

1. Choose **Browse** \> **Confluence Admin**.
2. Select '**Plugins**' in the left-hand panel


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: HTML macros cannot be enabled in the onDemand instance.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand#RestrictedFunctionsinAtlassianOnDemand-Confluence>


Tags: cloud
Is there a way to know when someone joins confluence-administration group?
Asked by Jonathan Simonoff:

Is there any way to know that someone has joined the confluence-administration group? I was thinking that something might end up in the logs, and I could set up a script to look for that, but I checked the log and didn't see one.

Is there any other way to accomplish this? Would it require a plugin?


Answers:
author: Ji?? Wetter
body: E.g.

```
select ID from groups where GROUPNAME='confluence-administrators';
```

And then make select to find all user with mentioned group id.

Or you can use most stupid solution like this:

```
curl --user username:password --insecure https://wiki.example.net/confluence/admin/users/domembersofgroupsearch.action?membersOfGroupTerm=confluence-administrators | grep "viewuser.action?username="| sed 's/&lt;[^&gt;]*&gt;//g' | tr -d ' '
```

Or you can make trigger in database with email notification when rows added/removed/modified.

comments: author: Ji?? Wetter
body: **XML-RPC method:**

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5358>


author: AndrewA
body: There is a class listed in the Confluence administration -\> 'profile and logging' options. If we set the 'com.atlassian.confluence.user.crowd' class logging level to 'DEBUG' we can see an entry such as the following for when a user is added to a group.

2012-10-09 12:32:28,178 DEBUG \[http-1430-2\] \[confluence.user.crowd.CachedCrowdMembershipDao\] addUserToGroup adding user \[ roberto \] to group \[ confluence-administrators \]

Perceivably, one could create a script that parses the logs and monitors for an entry such as this which then sends an alert email. However, there is a potential for a lot of spam in the log files and this only tells you someone has been added.


author: Ji?? Wetter
body: Hello, you have to be a more specific. What kind of authentication are you using (crowd, jira, own)?

There can be different way to get your information.


Tags: security
Date Picker in Space Template
Asked by Jean-Francois Drapeau:

I need to use Date Picker in some Confluence Page Template.

I didn't find any plugin or widget to do that.

Is there a way to include a date picker the same way we do with VARIABLES ($)

Thanks  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Date-Picker-in-Space-Template/qaq-p/428246?attachment-id=12393){#link_118c9cb9af068e}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/102332/1/SS12101001%5B1%5D.png){#display_118c9cb9af068e_0}


Answers:
author: Adam Jacobson
body: Could you use jQuery within the HTML macro?  
![](../../upfiles/SS12101001.png)

You'd need some linked CSS to go along with it, because it's not pretty:

![](../../upfiles/SS12101002.png)

comments: author: Rumceisz
body: Hi Adam,

could you please help? How can we implement this into a template?

Is there any other proper macro because we don't have HTML macro?

Thanks in advance,

Rumi


author: Teddy Thomas
body: Though the source editor would work, you can insert "$currentDateLozenge" in the template to get the current date in the nice date picker macro. This appears to be how some default templates do it, and there's no need to use the Source Editor plugin.


author: Rumceisz
body: How can we change the code that the page could save the picked date? Currently the date picker works but doesn't save the data.


author: Stephen Strother
body: Worked for me. Ta very much


author: Jean-Francois Drapeau
body: Adam,

I'm sorry, your solution finally worked, maybe I did a syntax mistake.

Thank you very much it's really appreciated.


author: Jean-Francois Drapeau
body: Hi Adam,

I tried your technic but it doesn't seem to work. All my HTML macros are active but I'm not sure if I have something to install or to enable for the AJS ??

Sorry, I'm green with Confluence...


Tags: date-picker
Stash upgrade - The target database contains tables which will clash with Stash's tables
Asked by Justin Johnson:

I am running Stash 1.2.4 on RedHat Linux with the database in MySQL. I downloaded Stash 1.3.0, copied the mysql JDBC driver jar into the lib folder and started Stash. STASH_HOME is set in my .bashrc so I didn't need to update setenv.sh. When I try to enter the database information I get the following error.
> The target database contains tables which will clash with Stash's tables. For information about how to clean up your databases for use with Stash, please refer to the Stash documentation.
>
> If you continue having issues, get in touch with our support team and we'll help get you up and running.

I don't see any info in the Stash documentation about cleaning up tables or upgrading using an existing external database. Am I missing something?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Michael Heemskerk
body: The JDBC connection details are stored in STASH_HOME/stash-config.properties and since you have not changed your STASH_HOME, Stash 1.3 should be running with your current database already. There is no need to re-enter your database information and it sounds like you're trying to 'migrate' from your current database to the same database?

Please check out <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/STASH/Stash+upgrade+guide> for upgrade instructions.

comments: author: Justin Johnson
body: Thanks. It looks like I had STASH_HOME set to the wrong path.


Tags: bitbucket-server

mysql

upgrade
Can't show JIRA issues in Confluence Page
Asked by James Lancer:

Can't get the JIRA macro plugin for Confluence page to display when providing the link.

See error.


Answers:
author: James Lancer
body: The key is to use the build a custom filter on a jira project and use that link for the confluence macro not just the link of the jira project.

That was my problem - but now is resolved.


author: LucasA
body: What error?
What is the best way to move a space from 3.3.6 to 4.2.13
Asked by d l:

I am told by the admins that it is not possible. I have a lot of documents with attachments and such, and I don't want to spend days re-creating each document on the new server.

I really can't just move my stuff somehow?


Answers:
author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: You can only import a space to a version with the same second level version number (you can't import from 3.3.6 to 3.4, for example.)

The basic method to do one space would be:

1) Create a new Confluence 3.3.6 somewhere.

2) Export your space to XML and import it into your new Confluence. (This should bring all attachments along.)

3) Upgrade to 3.5, then to 4.0 then to 4.2. (You may be able to go directly from 3.5 to 4.2.)

4) Export the space.

You should now be able to import it into your 4.2.13 installation.


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: See if this answer helps : [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/93890/3-5-9-space-conversion-to-4-3-1?page=1#93893](/questions/93890/3-5-9-space-conversion-to-4-3-1?page=1#93893)

In short, you will have a 2 step process and you will have to manually move the attachment folders.
Confluence import of 3.5.9 space into 3.5.17 fails with Violation of PRIMARY KEY
Asked by Guenter Huber:

Hi!

As a test case I tried to import a 3.5.9 exported space into 3.5.17.

We had exported say SPACE1 from our production system and changed entities.xml according to  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Copy+Or+Rename+A+Space>

The import into our production 3.5.9 as say SPACE2 worked perfectly.

When I do the same with 3.5.17 (last 3.5.x) it fails with

Import failed. Check your server logs for more information.  
Hibernate operation: could not insert: \[com.atlassian.confluence.labels.Labelling#720969\];  
SQL \[\]; Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__CONTENT___3214EC27FB627BCE'.  
Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.CONTENT_LABEL'.  
The duplicate key value is (720969).; nested exception is java.sql.SQLException:  
Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__CONTENT___3214EC27FB627BCE'.  
Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.CONTENT_LABEL'. The duplicate key value is (720969).

Back end is a SQL Server 2012.  
Thx  
G.


Answers:
author: Guenter Huber
body: Well, the simple, but sad thing is:

3.5.9 and the last 3.5.x (3.5.17) are NOT compatible in some respect. Space import into the EXACTLY same version worked. \<sigh\>


author: Guenter Huber
body: This is **really disturbing!**

Just tried the import of the space on a 3.5.9 install (the exact version we are at) and it went without a hitch!

So apparently Confluence space import is **NOT** even **compatible on a revision level!**

Your understanding (documentation) of major and minor versions and revision levels is "interesting" too.

Some insight would be appreciated.  
G.


author: JohnA
body: Hi G,

Can you confirm whether you are using a case-sensitive collation scheme for your SQL Server database because this is the most common cause of issues such as this one? We recommend usingthe "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS" collation scheme, so if you are not using this scheme then please run the SQL below to convert the collation scheme of your database.

```
ALTER DATABASE &lt;database_name&gt; COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS
```

All the best,  
John

comments: author: Guenter Huber
body: Thanks for the attempt, John,

I m not at my workplace, but I m positive that I got a **case sensitive** collation exactly with the above command.

**But** if you had had a single thoughtful glance at the error message you would have seen that the key is an integer field.

G.


Tags: error

import
"Unable to create an ActiveX object to open the document"
Asked by Malcolm Portelli:

Hi all,

I'm trying to open up a document on my company's Confluence site by using the "Edit in Office" function and whenever i clicked the button i'm greeted with an error dialog box stating "Unable to create an ActiveX object to open the document. This is most likely because of the security settings for your browser."

All security settings are fine and ActiveX is enabled in IE.

The version of Confluence we're running is 4.2.3 and we are using Microsoft Office 2010.

I've Googled the hell out of this issue and have exhausted all options, so any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Mack


Answers:
author: Tim
body: I also stumbled across this error message and had a hard time finding the cause. In the end the solution was pretty simple: The Internet Explorer Shortcut on my desktop was pointing to the 64Bit-Version of Internet Explorer 8 rather than the 32Bit-Version. After changing the shortcut to 32Bit, the Office Integration was working again and the error message was gone.

comments: author: Jean-Pierre Chiri
body: Good answer ! moreover i think if you office pack is on 32bits version this could be related !


author: SheriffK
body: Repairing office fixed the issue in a number of my PCs. Make sure you are using the 32bit version of IE and repair MS Office and that may fix your issue.


author: Giuliano C.
body: Regarding the documentation below, this could be caused by the security settings in the browser preventing usage of the Office Connector.

#### Resolution {#toc-hId-1284035201}

Enable ActiveX controls in the browser. The default security settings should be okay. You may see this error if you have changed them from the default settings.

If that doesn't work, there may be a configuration problem with the SharePoint client controls. The Office Connector uses these for the integration between IE and Office. Follow the steps outlined in [Microsoft's knowledge base article](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833714) to fix the problem.

Information founded through <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=229182414>

Kind Regards

comments: author: sap
body: I am also getting this error.

In firefox when i tried it asks to install a plugin which is a wabdav plugin.

has this something to do with the office connector plugin issues?


author: TPE
body: In our case this error was caused by the Office package being delivered through an AppV package instead of a local installation. Installing Office locally resolved this issue.


author: hsuhailah
body: If the above didn't help, can you please try to disable ActiveX Filtering in IE9 (Tools \> Safety \> ActiveX Filtering) and then refresh the browser. and Edit in Office again? This works for me to eliminate the problem, let me know how it goes for you.


Tags: ms-office-connector
Can an attached document be marked as a favorite?
Asked by Steven Laursen:

Can an attached document be marked as a favorite?


Answers:
author: AlysonA
body: Hi Steven,

I'm afraid attachments cannot be marked as favorites, only spaces/pages. But that looks like a good feature request that you can raise on href="https://jira.atlassian.com%20"\>https://jira.atlassian.com regarding this matter.

Cheers!


Tags: attachment

favourite
copy a page hierarchy - how to?
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

we have a difficult problem: there is a template space in our Confluence where are space types are stored. When we create a new space the customer decides which template needs to use. But we cannot copy a whole template to the new space: only a page can be copied but there many child pages in there.

How can be copied a whole page hierarchy to a new space? It would be the best solution if the Home will be the parent page of the template?

Can you please help? We didn't find the solution in the documenation.

Thanks in advance!

Rumi


Answers:
author: Stefan Kleineikenscheidt _K15t_
body: There is a plugin which might help:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.valiantys.confluence.plugin.copypartialspace>


Tags: copy

page
Users license
Asked by Janis Harbour:

I undestand that a license is required for each user that 'logs in'. I will be the only user who logs in to update a user manual that we want to manage using Confluence.

Everyone else will just view the manual in read only. To read the manual will everyone else be required to log into Confluence i.e. will they be considered a user?


Answers:
author: B Doleschel
body: When a user is using Confluence while not logged in, they are using it anonymously.

In the admin section of Confluence you can enable anonymous 'USE' permission, allows non-logged-in users to browse pages and spaces in Confluence.

comments: author: Janis Harbour
body: Thanks for responding.

Sorry so confused. All i want is for me to create a manual and have my colleagues look at like they would read something on a web page. I just want to give them a url style link to my manual that they can view in their browser.

Would the 10 User license ondemand cover that? I have 50+ collegues who may occasionally (probably rarely) look at the manual that I create.

Many thanks


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: As Be Do has already said, if you allow "anonymous" access, then anyone will be able to read your Confluence.

This does not take up any of your license seats. Only logged-in users take up a licence.


author: B Doleschel
body: Hi,

you can (for a hosted/on-demand setup of Confluence) use anonymous users (not logged in). This users do not count for your license.   
For the user count, please see: <http://www.atlassian.com/licensing/confluence#downloadlicenses-6>

For the setup of on-demand-confluence with anonymous users, see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Managing+anonymous+access#Managinganonymousaccess-EnablinganonymousaccessinConfluence>

(see the note in the header: ![(Haken)](https://confluence.atlassian.com/s/de_DE/3390/fe254e109a6fb9b541d2f5e2946c3766ed81e099.16/_/images/icons/emoticons/check.png) Anonymous users do not count towards your license.)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud