youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
what is the advantage of setting up an applicaiton link between a confluence space and jira project?
Asked by Shikha Saigal:

Hello

My organisation is using Jira v5.1.3 and Confluence ver 4.3.

We have setup both systems as directed in [https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF42/Integrating+JIRA+and+Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF42/Integrating+JIRA+and+Confluence.).

Everything works ok but I am wondering as to what are the benefits of setting up an app link between a specific Jira project and confluence space.

Even without those app links I can isert issues in confluence or link to a wiki page from Jira - so what is the purpose of linking the two entitites. Is it just to add a project filter in gadgets?

I would really like to know so we make the most of the Jira/confluence integration features.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: RianA
body: Hi,

Last time in prior to Conlfuence 3.5, this link exist for better linking between Confluence Space and JIRA Project, such that when Project that has name PROJECT link to certain space in Confluence, you can just type issue key of that project in any page of that space and it will be linked to that issue in JIRA. For example if you type PROJECT-123 in any page, it will be automatically linked to Confluence. However, this is not the case anymore after 3.5, there's [a bug report](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-23693) regarding this issue.

Prior to Atlassian OnDemand, on JIRA Studio, we do have this feature to link between Project and Space, so that it can be easily accessed just like you mentioned. However it didn't work on stand alone Confluence. Which is why the benefit of the Entity link which is between project to space is only that for the time being.

Hope this information helps.

Cheers,  
Josua


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: The main advantage is to display JIRA content in Confluence (gadgets, filters, issues) and Confluence content in JIRA (gadgtes, links etc).

There are few plugins as well which makes use of applications links.

Another majot integration feature, not directly related to application links, is to share the user base in JIRA.

comments: author: Shikha Saigal
body: Thanks Jobin.

We have setup Application Links at the system level i.e. via the Jira and confluence administration interfaces.

However, there is an additional level where you go through Confluence - Select a space - Go to Space admin and then set an applicaiton link between a particular space and a particular Jira project.

I am wondering what is the benefit of setting up the link at the 2nd level.

I am echoing the same query as mentioned below this article.....https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+Project+Links+between+Applications


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Frankly, I don't know about the added benefits if you link Confluence spaces to JIRA projects. I have used project links only between JIRA and Fisheye/Crucible.
Insert link - user profile doesn't work
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

I tried to insert a user profile in Confluence but I didn't get the user!! But any different user I got.

What is the logic behind this?? Why doesn't find the Confluenche user profile?

I checked: the user has access o Confluence and to spaces.

Can you please help?

Rumi


Answers:
author: Mark Hrynczak
body: It is probably a result of this bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-6404>

Users are not added to the search index until they have logged in, or another user visits their profile page.

This bug has now been fixed. The fix will be available in v4.3.1 - if you cannot upgrade then the workaround is simply to visit the profile page for the user.

comments: author: Rumceisz
body: Hi Mark,

thank you for the response!

Well the user has logged in earlier - I checked. Then I navigated to his Profile Page but the Insert link is still not works.

Why cannot find the user in the Browse -\> People Directory just in the Admin -\> Users ?

Thnaks for help!

Rumi
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author: Mark Hrynczak
body: Hey Rumi,

If that is the case, it sounds like something is wrong in your enviroment. Please can you raise a support ticket at <https://support.atlassian.com> to look into this further.

Cheers,  
Mark


Tags: user
Personal Tasks feature
Asked by sandro gehrig:

I have three questions about the new tasks feature that came with 4.3:

1. Is it possible to display the notes I added in my workbox beneath the tasks on the page?
2. Is there any way to sort the tasks / move them up and down on page as I can in my workbox?
3. How or can I change the task title inside my workbox? The official doc writes: "Changes made in the workbox are reflected in the task list on the page, and changes made on the page are reflected in the workbox too."  
   But it seems there is nothing to reflect - I cannot change a task title in my workbox nor change or see any notes in page view.

Thank you in advance

Sandro


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: 1. No, the notes are more like personal notes.
2. I don't think so.
3. That means that if you mark a task as completed, it will appear as completed in the task list as well.


author: Sherif Mansour
body: WE have related feature requests for some of these

1. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26785>


author: sandro gehrig
body: Thank you for the answers Alex.

So this feature isn't what it seemed to be for us. Would have been great in combination with the existing tasks macro.


author: Jodie Miners
body: I would like to know the answers to these also - especially item 1.

If I add a note on a task, it seems that no one else can see it, it is not displayed on the page anywhere and it is not displayed on the task list.

This goes against EVERYTHING that confluence is about - which is having all content visible and kept in history.

Can someone from Atlassian please answer this?
Updating Tomcat to use latest Java version
Asked by Frode Haugland:

Having some issues with some plugins and would like to try updating Java to the latest version. Use defaults in Java settings in Tomcat renders the confluence service unable to start.


Answers:
author: Mizan
body: Hey Frode ,  

I have done something similar for Jira ,  

You will need to edit the setenv.sh file and insert on the first line  

**export JAVA_HOME=/path/for/your/jdk**   

if you are using windows server then edit setenv.bat .  

**Please try the above in your test environment and restart** Confluence for the changes to take effect

comments: author: PauloP
body: Hi

Maybe the following link could be useful:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Installing+Java>

Cheers,

Paulo Renato


Tags: java

tomcat

update
Server IDs did not match - licensing restrictions warning
Asked by SherryX:

Hi,

I have upgraded confluence to 3.5.13 on Development environment and before go production, I setup a new server for UAT. So I copied over installed directory (upgraded to 3.5.13) on DEV, then copied prod database and home directory to the new server, after restarted and installed plugins, all looks fine but there are lots of warning message as following in the log:

WARN \[http-8084-1\] \[plugin.licensing.restrictions.ProductLicenseServerID\] isValid Server ID restriction failed. Server IDs did not match. This plugin license is for server Id: (DEV server ID here) - however the server Id of this system is: (Production server ID here).

How can I get rid off all these warnings from the log? Should I use a new installed directory (not the one copied from development environment)?Thanks


Answers:
author: SherryX
body: I fixed the problem, hope the following solution will help other people with the same issue:

I found in table BANDANA there are two licenses, use following SQL to search:

select \* from BANDANA where bandanakey like '%license%'

It should only have one license. It's probably because I installed the license for DEV first and found it failed, so I did registered a new license for production server and it works, but the old one stay in the database and that cause the problem.

I compared the licenses and remove the old license for DEV from database. Shutdown confluence, then delete the plugins folders from Home directory, e.g.

1.
   * \<confluence-home\>/plugin-cache
   * \<confluence-home\>/plugins-osgi-cache
   * \<confluence-home\>/plugins-temp
   * \<confluence-home\>/bundled-plugins
   * \<confluence-home\>/bundled-plugins_language

and restart confluence, all works now.


Tags: configuration

confluence-app
import space from 3.5.6. version
Asked by Theo Geelen:

Hi, I cannot import my own space from 3.5.6. version of Confluence. Can you help?


Answers:
author: Adam Saint-Prix
body: What version of Confluence are you trying to import into? To import space content from one instance of Confluence to another they need to be the same version.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+a+Space>
How to display data captured through a text field/form
Asked by Kavita Parab:

I want to display data captured through a form or a text field in the same confluence page. So the process will be:

--user will enter the data in the form/text field and click submit

--the data submitted in the text field/form should be visible on the same page

-- All information provided through the form/text field should be dispalyed one below the other


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi,

We develop an add-on to solve exactly this issue (and a bit more). Take a look at ConfiForms, plugin to develop simple data entry forms to capture the data from your users, <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confiforms>

Best Regards

Sash


author: Renjith Pillai
body: How about using the Scaffolding plugin from CustomWare <http://wiki.customware.net/repository/display/SCAF/Scaffolding+Plugin> ?


author: Amalia
body: Perhaps you might want to try [this plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.run). Here's the [plugin documentation](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RUN/Run+macro).
How do I hide the Browse menu from anonymous users in Confluence?
Asked by Jeff S:

Are there any plugins, macros, Javascript tricks, or CSS tricks that will allow me to omit or hide the Browse dropdown menu from the top of the page when a user is not logged in? I am using the Documentation Theme in Confluence 4.2.13.


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Add this in the Administration \> Custom HTML.

```
&lt;script&gt;  AJS.toInit(function(){    if (AJS.params.remoteUser == ''){      AJS.$('#browse-menu-link').hide();    }  });&lt;/script&gt;
```

comments: author: Jeff S
body: Thank you. That's works great.


author: Brian_Candiloro
body: Is this at all possible with OnDemand version? We are looking to have just a portion of our content public... it would be better to not show things the user can not access.


author: GuilhermeA
body: Unfortunately you cannot edit such features in OnDemand environment as per its [restricted functions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand)


author: Ori Shalom
body: This approach is really problematic in some cases because it is only hide the button but don't prevent access to content itself.

If the customers know that the system being used is confluence he might try and navigate to this pages with the url.


author: giridharbuggarapu
body: Hi,

I added the above code in the HEAD section of Custom HTML, but when I try as an anonymous user, the Browse menu is still appearing.

Is there anything else that I need to do?


Tags: custom-field
Pictures not showing in IE after upgrade to Confluence 4.3
Asked by Greg Della-Croce:

I am very new to this so if this is a simple question please be understanding. The Confluence Wiki was upgraded this last weekend, according to my System Admin, to 4.3. Since then I have been hearing problems of pictures not displaying in IE. The pictures do show if the page is opened in Firefox. The pictures were setup in the Mockup plugin.

Can someone point me to an area where I could start looking for a solution?


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hello!

This problem could be related to a reported bug in Confluence, I'm afraid the workaround would be manually uploading the lost profile pictures. You can read more about on the following bug:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-21915>

That's also a duplicated of the bug:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22298>

It clarify in a better form to you how it happens, why it happens and a proper workaround.

Kind Regards.


author: jose luis romero
body: Hello,

I've updated mockup v2.2.4 in my Confluence 4.3.7. But mockups not work in IE (new mockup and editing existing mockup from v2.1.5)

In Firfefox mockups work fine.

I ve replaced in my DB the contenttype=image/png and shows the images.

Any suggestions for mockups works in IE?

I ve Windows 7 and IE 8

Thanks


author: TEAM_EBS Lufthansa Technik
body: Hi,

this short DB statement saved my day

```
update attachments set contenttype='image/png' where contenttype='img/png';
```

Regards,

Wilm


author: David Mason
body: Hi Greg,

This happens as a result of a combination of things:

1. Since Confluence 4.3, the "nosniff" directive is sent in the HTTP headers by Confluence, as a security measure. This tells browsers to strictly obey the MIME type. In the case of IE8 and IE9, if the MIME type is either invalid, or does not match the content being sent, then a broken link will be displayed.
2. Balsamiq Mockups for Confluence saves images with the "img/png" MIME type, which is invalid. There is a fix for this available in version 2.2.2 of Balsamiq Mockups, which makes it save images with "image/png" MIME type. Any existing saved images will not have their MIME type automatically updated upon installing this update, however.

Regards,

David

comments: author: David Mason
body: Just for an update on this, we have the bug <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26848> which describes the symptoms I've discussed above.
left navigation panel is gone after upgrade to confluence 4.3 from 4.1
Asked by Daghan:

After upgrading the confluence 4.3, we lost the left navigation pane


Answers:
author: Adam Saint-Prix
body: Daghan,

Can you provide a screenshot of what you are seeing and if possible what you are accustomed to seeing? Are you using the Documentation Theme in Confluence or some other plugin (Zen, RefinedWiki, custom plugin) for theming Confluence?

Is it possible that it's just collapsed and toggled off? If you toggle the navigation pane on the top right hand side of the browser, you can type '\[' (that's a left bracket) to toggle the navigation pane on and off. Does that change anything? Is this happening to all users?

If you can provide some more info, we might be able to help more with this.


Tags: navigation
Markdown support for Confluence on-demand
Asked by John Dyer:

Is there any way to get this added to our conflueance install ?

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/atlassian-jira-markdown-plugin>

-John


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm guessing you're using OnDemand? In which case, no. See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Plugin+Policy>

comments: author: Rudie
body: Will Markdown never be included in OnDemand setups? It's so much better than the default "Wiki Style". The only solution would be to host Jira myself?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The document I pointed at is still valid, so yes, moving off OnDemand is your only option. Several Atlassian partners do less restrictive hosting (Appfusions, Contegix to name a couple) if you still don't want to do it yourself.

Atlassian are looking at broadening the list of plugins they install and support, and letting people do their own stuff (expect something summer 2013, but that's only a rumour based on a blog from a while ago, so I don't know how up-to-date it is).


author: Ryon Day
body: Joined specifically to express my feeling that the default Atlassian markup language is terrible, clunky and horrible and they should support Markdown in Confluence.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Answers doesn't really feed in to Atlassian's processes on feature requests. They DO take ideas from here and log them in their Jira (on the rare occaision that the questioners don't beat them to it!), but I'm afraid comments here carry no weight.

Have a look through [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24088?jql=project%20%3D%20CONF%20AND%20text%20~%20markdown)[https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24088?jql=project%20%3D%20CONF%20AND%20text%20\~%20markdown](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24088?jql=project%2520%253D%2520CONF%2520AND%2520text%2520%7E%2520markdown)

for the issues that do carry some weight...


author: David Simpson
body: If you move off OnDemand, you can use Markdown in Confluence. You have a choice of add-ons too:

* [David Simpson's free Markdown add-on with Blueprint support](https://bitbucket.org/dvdsmpsn/markdown-for-confluence)
* [Atlassian's own free Markdown add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.plugins.confluence.markdown.confluence-markdown-macro)
* [Bob Swift's Markdown add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.markdown)

comments: author: George Morris
body: Why won't Atlassian support their own Markdown plugin for OnDemand?


Tags: markdown
What is the best upgrade path going from Confluence version 2.10.3 to version 4.3?
Asked by Griffin, Patrick K:

Can we go directly from a 2.X version to a 4.X version or are there key interim upgrades that we should perform?


Answers:
author: Amalia
body: To upgrade from 2.10 to 4.3, please follow these upgrade paths: 2.10 --\> 3.5.17 --\> 4.3

Documentation:

* Upgrading to 3.5.17: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Upgrading+Confluence+Standalone+Distribution>
* Upgrading to 4.3: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence>

comments: author: Brendan Patterson
body: Dear Amalia, Please update your answer with the info from mine below. Going straight to 4.3 from 3.5.x causes many issues xhtml migration issues for the most popular 3rd party plugins (Adaptavists and CustomWare's among them). Stepping to 4.2 first actually fixes this. This will save customers a lot of time and increase their joy :) thanks! Brendan


author: Amalia
body: Thanks Brendan for sharing this :)


author: Brendan Patterson
body: OK so the better answer than above is actually 2.10 --\> 3.5.17 --\> 4.2.x --\> 4.3 and I'll tell you why.

I just completed the upgrade of a relatively massive Confluence instance. We ran into a lot of xhtml migration issues when going straight to 4.3. Going to 4.2 and then 4.3 fixed many of these issues across tens of thousands of pages.

This CustomWare page was absolutely right:

<http://wiki.customware.net/repository/display/AtlassianPlugins/Upgrading+from+Conf+3.x+to+4.x+-+CustomWare+Plugins>


Tags: upgrade
Can I edit right hand column width in Confluence page?
Asked by Andrew Drury:

I am using the Documentation Theme, and have edited the Pages using the Page Layout tool, selecting the Two Column (simple, right sidebar) option.

The right sidebar is too wide for my needs, and I want to reduce the width. How do I do this, please?


Answers:
author: RianA
body: Hi Andrew,

There should be some option to change which page layout that you want to use. Please refer to [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Page+Layouts+and+Columns+and+Sections) for more information.

Hope this helps. Cheers!


Tags: side-bar

width
Scroll office not maintaining Code Macro text format
Asked by Mike Wells:

When I create a code snippet in Confluence, such as below, using the 'Code' Macro

```
try{    String temp = new String();     temp = "10";    System.out.println(temp);}catch(Exception e){    //Log out the exception}
```

Scroll office doesn't maintain the indenting or spacing. I have created a table style in my word template called Scroll Code.

Is there a something specific I need to add in the table style to make sure the Code format is preserved? It would be nice if the colour scheme is preserved but I really require that the spacing is preserved.


Answers:
author: Tobias Anstett _K15t_
body: Hi Mike,

Syntax highlighting as well as line numbers are not yet supported. However <https://k15t.jira.com/browse/OFCE-218> will take care of it.

Regarding the spacing - I know you already contacted [support@k15t.com](mailto:support@k15t.com) as I am the one who replied to it :)

Best,  
Tobias

comments: author: Tobias Anstett _K15t_
body: Hi,

due to some re-org in Jira the new ticket is <https://k15t.jira.com/browse/EXP-870>

As far as I know this will be shipped in one of the next versions.

Best, Tobias


author: Mike Wells
body: Hi Tobias,

In response to your email;

Attached is my output document from Scroll Office 2.5.16

I assume it is an issue with my template document. I have also attached the storage format of the confluence page. Don't know if that will help or not.

Thanks,

Mike

comments: author: Mike Wells
body: Output file: Rename from .txt to .docx (Confluence Demo Page-v21-20120917_0821.txt)


author: Mike Wells
body: Storage Format Document: (ConfluenceDemoPageStorageFormat.txt)


Tags: addon-com.k15t.scroll.scroll-office
How can I disable the image popup animation (fade)
Asked by Marco Krause:

Hi,

I want to turn off the popup animation pictures .....

someone has a idea?

Cheers,

Dennis


Answers:
author: RianA
body: Hi Dennis,

If you would like to disable the What's New popup when you just log in to Confluence, you could achieve this by navigating to ***Confluence Admin \>\> Plugins \>\> Show System Plugin \>\> Confluence What's New \>\> Disable*** . For more information please refer to this documentation.

Hope this helps. Cheers!  
RJ

comments: author: Marco Krause
body: Hi Rian,

I did not mean the "What's New popup".

I meant the "fade in" and "fade out" effect when you open images in a content.

Cheers,

Dennis
Is it possible to get Crucible review notifications in the new Confluence notifications area?
Asked by Jay Barra:

We just upgraded to Confluence 4.3 and I'd be over the moon if I can configure Crucible review notifications to the notifications area in Confluence. I don't know if that's possible but I hope it is.


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: ```
Hello Jay,Unfortunately to link the notifications from Confluence into the notifications area is not possible, maybe this can be performed by some customization but at the same time some development would be needed to achieve this goal.What could be possible here would be to display a kind of short summary of a crucible review showing that includes the ID, name, status and a link to the review. In this case you would need to configure the application links between Confluence and Crucible:https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Application+Links And then using the Crucible Connector plugin: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.crucible-plugin This is what could be possible between Confluence and Crucible. Hope this helps. Regards,
Rodrigo
```


Tags: fisheye-crucible

notification

review