youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Can you "template" content?
Asked by Mireille Gennaro:

Can you create a template that auto-updates content to additional pages any time a change is made to the master template?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Nope, there is no such thing as a "master" template. Once you save the page created via a template it is disconnected from the template and becomes just a regular page.

comments: author: Mireille Gennaro
body: Thanks -- but let's say I have a block of standard text that I want cascaded across multiple pages (and I don't want to have to copy and paste that text over and over.) Further, that text might be updated several times so I wouldn't want to have to update the individual blocks of text across the board. This is what I mean about a "template".


author: Milo Test
body: You can use the Include Page macro to pull in text from another page, and when that original page is updated, the template and all pages created with that template will be updated.


author: Kay Brown
body: Hi Mireille,

Yes, if you use the Scaffolding plugin by ServiceRocket to create a Live template.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.scaffolding/server/overview>

Regards,

Kay


author: Sandy Johnson
body: We review and update our templates once or twice a year. It is always a significant amount of work to update the existing pages to match the new format. I thought it would be nice if the template could cascade out the changes when it is updated. This might work well for sections that are new, but what about sections that are removed. You might lose content you still want if the master template removes those sections from existing pages.
I want to delete Roadmap & About the Team from Space Homepage
Asked by Gina Stradis:


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Just edit the page and delete those macros.


author: Gina Stradis
body: Thanks for the tip. If you could elaborate on the detail of how to edit the page and delete the macros that would really help. Thanks.

comments: author: Milo Test
body: Really you just need to click image2016-12-2 9:38:59.pngand the rest should be obvious. If you don't see the edit button, then you don't have rights to alter the page and you need to talk to your Confluence administrator or the Space administrator.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-want-to-delete-Roadmap-About-the-Team-from-Space-Homepage/qaq-p/393929?attachment-id=4132){#link_118fc4f2cb9bc5}  
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Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Notification Email - only daily summary
Asked by Yanick Belart:

Hi together

I am wondering if there is a possibility to send only a daily summary in an email notification instead of sending notification emails immediately to the users? Is there a setting for that?

Thanks for helping me.

Best regards,  
Yanick Belart


Answers:
author: JamesM
body: > You find the settings under **User Profile -\> Settings** and then tick the check box "Subscribe to daily updates" and disable the check box "Notify on my actions".

You probably also want to uncheck:

* Show changed content
* Notify on my actions
* Subscribe to network
* Subscribe to all blog posts  


author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Yanick,

You find the settings under **User Profile -\> Settings** and then tick the check box "Subscribe to daily updates" and disable the check box "Notify on my actions".

Regards,  
Stephan


Tags: confluence-administration

email

notification
Receiving e-mail notifications about the same change every 10 min over and over again
Asked by Julia:

Since yesterday. How do I stop it?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Julia,

It sounds like your instance is hitting the timeout before getting a "message received" report from the recipient's email server. This is apparently more common with Microsoft Exchange, but it can happen with any mail server. If your mail server is having other problems you may want to wait until that's fixed before doing anything, because fixing the mail server will most likely fix this problem.

However:

Instructions for fixing this are here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/email-notifications-from-confluence-are-duplicated-using-microsoft-exchange-server-660966544.html>

For the sake of interest, here is a similar article for when it's happening in JIRA with a bit more information and links to some useful comments: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/duplicated-issue-creation-comments-or-notifications-280068481.html>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

email

notification
How to change the text of the reset password email?
Asked by Werner Pick-Noteborn:

Users, who get an account without password shall set their password themself. But the dialog opened in confluence tells 'Password reset'. How can i change the text to 'set/reset'?


Answers:
author: Peter Geshev
body: Hi Werner,

If you are using confluence server - you may check out [this article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customizing-email-templates-168001822.html). As far as I know for confluence cloud customizing email templates is not implented.

Regards,

Peter

comments: author: Werner Pick-Noteborn
body: thanks, but that's not what i expected: I don't see, how i can change the text!

regards

werner


Tags: confluence-administration
I can share the calendar but I can't see any calendar entries
Asked by Stefan Haas:


Answers:
author: Stefan Haas
body: I don't find ANY data from my confluence calendar at all, neither in Outlook nor in Lightning.

The calendar creation as such was successful, but the sync did not occur.


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Stefan,

It may be that you have run into this bug:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-4008>

We do expect a fix to be released sometime next week.

Kind Regards,

Shannon  
Atlassian Cloud Support


Tags: calendar

ms-outlook
confluence in linux and windows
Asked by indra:

What is the main differences between confluence on linux and windows server


Answers:
author: Prashant Mali
body: Difference is in the process of installation only.rahter than all things are same.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd go with that.   

If you need to customise the installation (changing memory settings, firewalls, networking, etc), then the files/OS-settings you need to change will often different, but the standard installation, setup and running of the system are the same.


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I add more rows to "Discussion items" using meeting notes blueprint
Asked by Craig Jurney:


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Craig,

There are 2 ways to add more rows in a table in Confluence:

1. When your cursor is in a table cell you can press the TAB key to move to the next cell. If you are in the cell at the end of the last row, pressing TAB will create a new row.
2. The other way is to use the table toolbar. When you're working with a table this toolbar will be displayed:

Tables toolbar.png

To add another row, click the **Add Row Above** or **Add Row Below** button:

Add Row Above: 1 Add row before.png

Add Row Below: 2 Add row after.png

These methods work the same whether you are editing a normal page or editing a template.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-add-more-rows-to-quot-Discussion-items-quot-using/qaq-p/289857?attachment-id=6077){#link_118fc5816c1180}  
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Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Opera support?
Asked by P?ter Hendlein:

Why Confluence doesn't support new Chromium based Opera?

Is there any restriction? I mean is there any functions, which is explicitly disabled in Opera? Or can I use it at my own risk?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi,

To add to what Doug and Milo have said, the list of supported browsers is available [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/supported-browsers-744721663.html). They update it with new versions as soon as they're supported, so you can keep an eye on it for Opera.


author: Doug Swartz
body: Opera may not be officially supported, but I use it for almost all my desktop work in Confluence. (currently on Opera build 41.0.2353.46)


author: Milo Test
body: Market share.

Atlassian (and really most companies) focus their energies where it'll be most effective; that includes the big four browsers. Will they get to Opera (and Taxxi, Dolphin, etc.)? Maybe, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Create subtask of one project as task for another project automatically
Asked by Vijaya Medampudi:


Answers:
author: Fidel Castro
body: You can use "**[Create issues and subtasks](https://bitbucket.org/fcarmario/jira-workflow-toolbox/wiki/post-functions/Create%20Issues%20and%20Subtasks)** " post-function of **[JIRA Workflow Toolbox](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/29496)**.

You can give me more details on what you want to implement, and I will be able to give you the exact configuration you need.


author: Vijaya Medampudi
body: Hi Fidel,

Thanks for your reply. It would be much appreciated if you can provide the configuration without any plugins.

**Details of requirement as follows:**

We have two projects in Jira :

* TEM
* PT

* For TEM project, we create Task and subtask ( we are able to do this task)
* For TEM project task there are more than 5-6 subtasks. For one of the sub-task, if the status is updated (like To-do, start progress etc) then automatically this should create a **++TASK++** in PT project with status "New"

Just wondering is it possible to handle configuration for only one sub-task? Usually the sub-task which I need configuration contains text " Coordinate shakedown testing"

Is it possible to create post validation functions based on the text? If not please advise what is the best solution.

Your help would be much appreciated

Regards

Vijaya

comments: author: Fidel Castro
body: Hi Vijaya,

First of all, sorry for the delay in my response. It seems that Atlassian Answers has stop sending email notifications for some time, and I didn't notice your questions.

You can implement the behavior you describe using "**[Create issues and subtasks](https://bitbucket.org/fcarmario/jira-workflow-toolbox/wiki/post-functions/Create%20Issues%20and%20Subtasks)**" post-function. It's not possible to do it without any plugin.

In order to restrict issue creation to only the subtask with "*Coordinate shakedown testing* " text (in the Summary?, Description?,...) you have to insert in parameter **Conditional execution**a boolean expression similar to this:

```
matches(%{00001}, "(?si).*coordinate shakedown testing.*")
```

where **%{00001}** is field code for **Description** . If you want to look for the text in the **Summary** use **%{00000}** instead.

Please, let me know if you have any question about the configuration of the rest of the parameters of the post-function.


author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: It seems that you need some code for this.

Easiest solution - script Runner plugin. is it acceptable for you to use it?


Tags: jira
page break
Asked by Steve Meiers:


Answers:
author: Steve Meiers
body: Yes, I found a solution using the DIV macro with the style set to:  
`page-``break``-after:always;`

It was in a thread here in Atlassian Answers:

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/314427>

See Benoit Plet's answer.


author: Milo Test
body: Are you looking to add a page break when exporting to PDF?
How do I submit feedback
Asked by janet hunt:

In the topic about shortcuts, the word 'practicing" is spelled incorrectly. It should have a "c" and not an "s". There is no place for feedback.


Answers:
author: TomC
body: Janet, You don't list the page you are referring to (link?), but it sounds like you have just encountered the UK English or Australian spelling (Atlassian is based in Sydney) of the word.

comments: author: janet hunt
body: That makes sense, the Australian spelling. I was referring to: [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/keyboard-shortcuts-724764740.html)


author: TomC
body: Thanks for confirming; that Keyboard Shortcuts page is one worth my re-review!  

By the way, I converted your reply to my answer to a comment (not sure if you are a new users of Atlassian Answers, but you have a choice of commenting to questions or answers for clarification or reply purposes.

Cheers,

Tom


author: janet hunt
body: Thank you! I am just learning. We are hopefully changing our documentation from authoring in Frame to Confluence. I'm going through as much as I can to learn.

Thank you,

Janet
Carry forward action items to a subsequent meeting templated page
Asked by Nathan Pledger:

We're starting to use Confluence in our organisation and we're pleased to see an organic uptake in usage for users.

Obviously we need to understand Confluence and its idiosyncracies, but a particular issue has been highlighted for the Meeting Notes template.

For example, when we create a Meeting Page from the Meeting Template (or Blueprint, we're still learning) for our team meetings, we have action points on each one. Our issue is that if you consider:

1. Action point is made for User A in Meeting 1. It appears on User A's task list.
2. User A completes the task
3. **But** we need to reflect this completed task in subsequent meetings, to indicate it has been completed. Currently, we have to re-create actions in each meeting whilst they are outstanding.

Is there any way where we can have action points from a previous meeting carried forward to a subsequent meeting (whether or not it was completed) without having to duplicate the action? Ideally, once the action has been completed, it should "fall off" future meetings' notes.

I'm not sure that this is available "out of the box", but any usage scenarios/experience you can offer would be appreciated.


Answers:
author: Rebecca Osborne
body: You can add a Task Report macro to your meeting page. and set it's task status to report completed only
Continuation of numbered lists
Asked by Vijayalaxmi Jigajini:

How can I fix this numbering issue.

image2016-12-1 16:2:52.png  
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Answers:
author: Sandy Johnson
body: After you have both items as below, you can put the cursor at the end of the first item and hit shift-Enter. I did that with the second and added new text in between while retaining the same numbers. You can add text or images age you please. This will work for bullets as well as numbered items.

before

1. Navigate to AAP
2. In the Search

after

1. Navigate to AAP  

   some new text that did not affect the number scheme
2. In the Search


author: Bill Bailey
body: Just to confirm Sandy's answer, soft returns are the only way I know of to handle this. I tried hard-coding the starting number in the page source, but that information is stripped when the page is saved. You might be able to reset the numbering with a user macro.
Setting so images are not returned in Confluence search results?
Asked by Cbishop:

How can I stop image names from showing up in Confluence search results?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi,

Confluence uses the Lucene search engine, which indexes all content including attachments. This means image names, along with the names of any other attachments, will appear in the search results. You can minimally [configure the search](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-confluence-search-and-index-313468163.html), but not to the point where you can prevent attachments being displayed in the results.

However, on the Search page there are filters on the left hand side, which you can use to filter the results by type:

Search Type Filters.png

So you can filter the results to just show Pages, for example.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Setting-so-images-are-not-returned-in-Confluence-search-results/qaq-p/180092?attachment-id=12768){#link_11860b10771679}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/30104/1/Search%20Type%20Filters.png){#display_11860b10771679_0}

comments: author: Cbishop
body: Thanks for the answer!

We were looking if we could set Confluence to search only "Pages" by default and then give users the ability to filter to expand their search if needed.

Thanks again for the reply.
Cloud import not working
Asked by Rob van der Lee:

I'm trying to migrate from Confleunce server to Conluence cloud.

Therefore I updated my source Confluence to 6.0.2 and created Full XML exports per space.

Unfortunately in the destination I cannot import it. I go to administration, import spaces, select the zip-file. It starts uploading. The progress bar goes to 100% and then nothing happens.

The zip-file is 12 MB. Other zip-files don't work either.

Any clues? Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Rob van der Lee
body: Others are experiencing this issue too:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-45427>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can I use a user macro as a placeholder and replace it with an xhtml macro afterwards?
Asked by Georg Kapeller:

hi,

we are now using some (velocity-driven) user macros but I'd like to replace them with a more powerful (java-based) xhtml-macro later on.

Is it possible to declare the xhtml-macro in a way that it can substitute the user macro, given that it has the same parameters?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Yes, I have done something similar where I started with a user macro, then repackaged it later as a plugin for easier deployment. And yes it is recommended to delete the user macro code before.


author: Georg Kapeller
body: I did some research on my own: Although I am not aware of any undiscovered side-effects, this appears to work. (When loaded via atlas-mvn package) the xhtml-macro appears to take precedence over an existing user code macro in view\&edit mode. However I guess it might be a better idea to delete the user macro first and then register an xhtml macro with the same name - at least with 6.0.2 this worked well.


Tags: confluence-administration

user-macro
Confluence new Application Links diagnostics screen is not showing up
Asked by Andreas Lundstr?m:

Hi, after upgrading Confluence to a version (5.9.9 or 5.9.14) which contains a version of Applinks (5.0.8) that should have the new diagnostics screens/GUI it still does not show up in production - but it does show up if the same version of Confluence is installed in a test-instance...

Is there a hack/dark-feature (or something else) that can be done/enabled like in this KB article regarding Jira? <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/after-upgrading-to-jira-7-0-9-or-above-the-new-application-links-diagnostics-screen-is-not-showing-up-800303675.html>

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Andreas Lundstr?m
body: "Resolved" by updating to Confluence 6, where there is only one GUI available


Tags: confluence-administration
Steps for Confluence tomcat load balancing
Asked by indra:

Hi All,

As we cant do clustering/HA from confluence 5.6 (without Datasource License), i would like to know whether are there any options apart from DataSource license for clustering of confluence or atleast Tomcat load balancing (can we have two tomcats servers pointing to one Confluence instance).

Thank you


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No. You need Data Centre to do that.   

You'll corrupt your Confluence database if you try to run two installations against it without Data Centre (Actually, you won't - the second one you start will shut itself down before there's any damage. But if you hacked that protection out, you will corrupt it)


Tags: confluence-administration
No administrator, I how to close the LDAP login, restore the system default account login
Asked by ???:

I open the LDAP user authentication, to prohibit the local account,  
But did not set the administrator, I how to set the administrator or to stop the LDAP user authentication, restore the system user login

Request support, thank you very much


Answers:
author: benjaminmao
body: Hi,

Please refer to the following KB article to re-enable the internal user directory with the SQL query:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-log-in-due-to-disabled-internal-directory-confluence-3-5-and-later-230817988.html>

Make sure you have made a backup of your database before performing any modification.

Cheers,

Chen


author: Vickey Lepcha
body: Do you mean - you want to disable LDAP ?


author: ???
body: Request support, thank you very much


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I assign an admin to my room?
Asked by Agust?n Pippo Fregossi:

So I am the owner of a room and I want to have my friend as an admin, how can I?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Agustin,

Do you mean you're the owner of a space?

If so you can go to **Space Tools** \> **Permissions** and give your friend admin access to the space. The instructions for doing that are [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/assign-space-permissions-139460.html).
Force Confluence account to re-authenticate with a JIRA instance?
Asked by Taylor Huston:

I have a Confluence instance and a JIRA instance. They use separate user accounts. They are connected via an Application Link.  

Inside of Confluence I have a page with a basic JIRA issues macro. Everyone can use it fine except for one user, who is getting this error:  

*'JIRA Issues Macro: Problem authenticating. Please check your username and password and try again.'*   

Looked at the logs, and I see error messages of:   

*.......The user 'xxxxxxxxxx' is NOT AUTHORIZED to perform to login for this request*   

Not that it isn't actually 'xxxxxxxxxx'. What's there instead is the username of an account on JIRA that has since been marked inactive.  

So my working theory is that his Confluence account is authenticated with JIRA using this old JIRA account. I can't find a way to clear this token or session or otherwise force Confluence to re-prompt him for a username and password when he visits this page. Any idea how to do that?


Answers:
author: Jasper Spanjers
body: I have the exact same issue for myself. I'm admin for both JIRA and Confluence but I get this error in Confluence:

image2017-2-1 12:1:50.png

My account in JIRA changed after Confluence and JIRA were connected via the application link. I tried to log out from both but it does not solve anything. If I click on the issue number (IPCSW-386), I am able to open it in JIRA without any problems.

Please advice...  
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author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Taylor,

Have you got the user to log out and log back in to both JIRA and Confluence?


Tags: jira