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Confluence: Intelligent/Linked Dropdown Menus
Asked by Chris K?hler:

Hello,

i want to create a page where user can create Solutions. Kind of a knowledge base.

there are 4 DropdownMenus with different values.

now i try to find a way to link them.

For example:

Menu1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Menu2: a, b, c, d, e

Menu3: Y, X, Z

...

If the User picks 2 at Menu1, then are only a, b and c possible in Menu2 and Y and X in Menu3.

If he picks 4 at Menu1, then the Menu2 should only Show d and e and X and Z in Menu3.

Can somebody help me?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Chris,

I assume you're using an add-on to create your dropdown menus? Could you link me to the Marketplace listing of the add-on?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Chris K?hler
body: Hello Shannon,

no, actually it's not a add-on. Is there anything like this?

I've tried to make a Macros which create that Form.

Final Target should be:

The User should create a new Site, where the DropDowns are visible. There he can choose, which category his KnowledgeBase Entry is linked to.

My Problem now: How do i create that Kind of Macro or how do i create that Kind of Form.

Regards,

Chris


author: Shannon S
body: Chris,

There are a few add-ons that can provide dropdown menus in Confluence:

* [Confluence Dropdown Add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=dropdown)

How exactly were you trying to create this yourself? Are you [writing a User Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html), or are you developing an add-on?

If you're actually developing an add-on, then you might want to reach out to the folks at the [Developer Community](https://community.developer.atlassian.com) as they may have some ideas for you.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Chris K?hler
body: Hi,

this also didn't work.

i've tried some other ways, but actually i think, confluence ist not that Kind of tool to build a living knowledge base like we need.

thanks for your help,

chris


Tags: confluence-app

confluence-development

confluence-server

server
Create page with Scaffolding template and go directly to "Edit contents"
Asked by Susan Ostreicher:

My goal is to provide a button that lets users create a page by going directly to the "Edit contents" view of a Scaffolding template.

I downloaded a trial version of Scriptrunner for Confluence and the Create Page app after finding this documentation:

"The new page is then created, based on the template specified, completely bypassing the usual "Add page" screen. This is especially useful when working with Scaffold Templates because the user is taken directly to the editable view of the page -- they can immediately fill in the fields provided by the template."  
<https://www.adaptavist.com/doco/display/CPP/Create+Page+Documentation>

I tried this out, but when I click on the button, I'm taken to the normal edit view at a link like this:

https://MYSITE/confluence/pages/resumedraft.action?draftId=12124792\&draftShareId=87b9670b-42d4-4e5b-9ce2-6f5a89881287

This view seems confusing to the end user, since it shows the macros themselves. Ideally, I'd want the user to be taken to a link like this, where they can select from dropdown menus:

https://MYSITE/confluence/pages/editscaffold.action?pageId=12124791

Is it no longer possible to use the Create Page macro to skip directly to the Edit contents view, or am I missing a setting? I noticed that it's not mentioned in the latest documentation:

<http://confluence-addons.connect.adaptavist.com/create-page/latest/create-page-macro.html>

Thanks for your help!


Answers:
author: Susan Ostreicher
body: Just wanted to share the answer I found:

After contacting Adaptavist support, I learned that the "Create page" app no longer has the functionality to create a page from a Scaffolding template by going directly to the "Edit contents" view.

However, the [Linking for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/166/linking-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) app from ServiceRocket does have this functionality in the "Add page" macro.


author: Iman Hashemi
body: Hi Susan,  

Here is a workaround to hide the 'Edit' button from users:  

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-articles/How-do-I-make-only-Scaffolding-s-Edit-Contents-button-visible-in/ba-p/802906>  

Regards,  
Iman Hashemi  
ServiceRocket Apps Support


author: Susan Ostreicher
body: Thanks, Iman. I'm aware of that, but it only takes effect after the page is saved. It doesn't change the behavior of the Adaptavist create page macro.


Tags: adaptavist

confluence-server

server
table of contents
Asked by serc:

I'm trying to find a way to automatically generate the table of contents from a single page with all headings 1-5. Does anyone know how I can do this using the PDF template? Or is this generally not possible?

actually it looks like this:![Unbenasdfgdfgsdfgnnt.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/44839i343412C788642DC8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Unbenasdfgdfgsdfgnnt.PNG")but what i need looks like this:

![Unbenanasdasdasdnt.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/44840iC05775F97F9B5569/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Unbenanasdasdasdnt.PNG")


Answers:
author: serc
body: the problem is, i dont know how :D


author: serc
body: i cant find this with my space admin permission, so i think only the global admin can do this or?


author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Hi [@serc](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2379213)

To write user macros you'll need access to Confluence Administration Console.


author: serc
body: can i implement macros with the space admin permissions?


author: serc
body: yes but there are no samples for the page number. Only for a table of contents in lite version :( ( im a beginner too :D)


author: Eileen Palsson
body: I'm just a beginner, but have you seen this Table of Contents macro?

[https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/table-of-contents-macro-182682099.html?_ga=2.133888136.769187067.1549556597-963371548.1548148385](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/table-of-contents-macro-182682099.html?_ga=2.133888136.769187067.1549556597-963371548.1548148385?)


author: Grigory Salnikov
body: It's not a simple task, I'd agree. Though a not impossible one, I should say.

If you're interested I recommend to start here:

[Writing User Macros](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html)


author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Hi [@serc](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2379213)!

I'd say almost everything is possible with custom macros. The question is -

"Has someone implemented it already or not yet?"

You can always be the first one ;)
Live search Macro help - or alternative
Asked by Trevor Stuart:

On a cloud hosted confluence space we have a live search macro of just our space. When using it unless the entire word is populated it doesn't return anything.

I've put some screenshots below for examples. I'm hoping there is a way to either fix the behavior of the livesearch macro, or an alternative macro perhaps?

Example of it finding what we want:

![one.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/44824iBD6364257C4F14F4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "one.png")

However with a live search we expected it to start searching as soon as there are 2 or 3 characters. However this is not working:

See here with 4 characters of the word above and it's not finding anything, however obviously there is content that would match that string:

![two.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/44825i5176FD513618DB46/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "two.png")

There is a workaround. We can add an asterisk at the end and it works as expected. However we would prefer this asterisk was just auto-assumed:

![three.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/44826i0566B53CCF90FD2E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "three.png")


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Trevor, thanks for sharing with the Community!

Currently, there are **two reports** aiming at this behaviour:

**[CONFCLOUD-7667 \| User search should use implicit wildcards, i.e. should be a substring search](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-7667)**

**[CONFCLOUD-32698 \| Live Search Macro doesn't show result unless the search query is in full word](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-32698)**

The report under 32698 has the **In Progress** status and also has the most votes and watches under it. The best course of action would be to **vote and watch** said report. Currently, there is no roadmap that we are able to share with a release date for this improvement.

Let us know your thoughts!

comments: author: Trevor Stuart
body: I have followed your suggestions. Thanks .


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Filter out unassigned tasks from the task report
Asked by Trisha McFadyen:

There is one page within my space that uses the task checkbox as a checklist of features. The entire list of features is being shown within my task report macro. I want to show the tasks that have someone assigned to them only, but without having to list them out by name in case any new project members come on board and are missed from the list.

Any suggestions?  
Trisha


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Trisha,

You can use [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) macro to filter Task Report macro by assignee:

1. [Wrap](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2785540#HowtouseTablefiltermacro-InsertingTableFiltermacroonthepage) Task Report macro with Table Filter macro.
2. [Add dropdown filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=9404515#ManagingFiltersinthePageViewMode-Addingfiltersinthepageviewmode) for Assignee column.
3. Select -Empty- option.
4. [Reverse the filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Reversed+Filters) by clicking "=" sign.
5. [Save changes](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=9404515#ManagingFiltersinthePageViewMode-Savingdefaultvaluesforfiltersinthepageviewmode).

![2019-02-07_10h22_09.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/44847i3B08A00B9C99A2A8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-02-07_10h22_09.png")![2019-02-07_10h22_23.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/44848iC758A1986E88A35E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-02-07_10h22_23.png")

Another app you may found useful is [Handy Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview): it has [Handy Tasks](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Tasks) feature that [extends native task lists](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=23986254#HowtouseHandyTasks-Howtoaddnewtaskstothelist) with filters, stats and an ability add new tasks right in the page view mode, and it [takes off page limits](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Tasks#HowtouseHandyTasks-HowtosetthenumberoftasksperpageintheTaskReportmacro) (10, 20, 40) in the Task Report macro.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Moving space page to another page fails
Asked by Bren Eckles:

I need to export a space from Confluence Cloud to Confluence Server (we have both right now). Then move that page (restored space now on Server ver) to an existing page.

This is what I did successfully with two others and now this third one is giving errors:

* Export/Import Cloud to Sever
  * Cloud Export: Space Settings \> Content Tools \> Export \> XML \> Full Export \> Export \> Download
  * Server Import: Administration (Cog) \> General Administration \> Backup \& Restore \> Choose File (.zip) \> Upload and Restore
* Move Space page with children to an existing Space
  * Page ... \> Move \> Browse for new page location (top level) \> Move
  * This is when I get the errors, when prompted to "select the new parent page for this page and its children".
* ![error.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/44813iC9482AA0A60D5A30/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "error.png")


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: So none of the pages moved? Are there no page name collisions with the new space?

And lastly, I would export the confluence log right after performing this operation to see what errors are reported there. It should give you more info to diagnose the issue.


Tags: confluence-cloud

confluence-server

export

page

restore

server

space
I want to add the Jira Velocity Report to a Confluence page
Asked by Ann Stubbendeck:

I want to add the Jira Velocity Report and Control Chart to a Confluence page. there are no existing gadgets for these 2 reports. How can I have these reports display on a confluence page instead of having to setup a link to Jira.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Ann,

Confluence needs to be able to get the data from your Jira instance in order to display the chart.

Without Jira, you won't be able to.

I would recommend having a look at the [available charting add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=charts) and see perhaps if one could do it for you?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

macro

velocity
JIRA Respond on Both URLs !!!
Asked by testdockerhub:

hello,

i implement a Reverse Proxy with SSL, and i comment the Default connector in the server.xml and uncomment the connector for HTTPS Proxying the new link settings works fine.

my problem is my JIRA is still accesible via the Old link (http), the direct link without passing the reverse proxy ...,i do not understand how can i disable that link and make my instance available only with the new https link.!!!

i commented the default connector + i updated the Base URL on my jira...Plz need help

Thanks


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Is it opening JIRA on http or redirecting to https? If it is the latter look if you have redirection setup anywhere.

If it is opening on http, you must surely have the connector configured. Maybe try a restart and clear the browser cache?

comments: author: testdockerhub
body: yup, i tried that but it does not work, Jira is available on the direct link (http) and also available behind the reverse proxy (https)...im not sure how i can disable the 1st link


Tags: jira

proxy
Site Admin Cannot Modify Global Permissions
Asked by Dylan Zwick:

I'm the site admin for our company Confluence account. However, when I try to modify the global permissions for our confluence-users group, it's not made available to me, and I'm told:

"Licensing permissions are managed through the site administration"

What's going on here? Why can't I make changes?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Dylan.  

I assume you using Confluence Cloud.

You should actually go to the *Application access configuration* page (https://yoursiteurl/admin/accessconfig) to add groups to Confluence's global permissions.

Individual users are reserved to add-on's users on the Global Permissions page I'm afraid.

comments: author: Dylan Zwick
body: This isn't helpful at all. I've checked out the Application access configuration page, and it doesn't offer what I want.

"Individual users are reserved to add-on's users on the Global Permissions page I'm afraid."

I don't know what that sentence means.

Here's what I need to do - I need to set things up so my team can move pages from one space to another. Right now, only admin can do that. Is that possible? If so, how?

Thank you.
Confluence use of Jira for user management broken
Asked by John Holdzkom:

Some time ago I installed self-hosted JIRA (v7.3.8) and Confluence (v6.2.3) and set up Confluence to use JIRA for user management. That was working fine until there was a change to the IP address of the machine, and now I am locked out of Confluence.

Unfortunately everything I've found for resetting Confluence to use JIRA for user management starts with the step of logging into Confluence as Admin, but my problem is that I can't log into Confluence.

Any ideas where I can reconfigure the connection between Confluence and JIRA and/or break the dependency so I can at least access Confluence? (is it stored in a config file, or a database entry?)

Thanks in advance for any responses.


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@John Holdzkom](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2681643),

bad to hear but probably good for others who read this question:

**Always have a local (internal) admin login as fall-back.**

This won't help you right now, but for your situation you can follow this [article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf62/restore-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-902074842.html)

So long

Thomas

comments: author: John Holdzkom
body: Thanks. I have followed that page and the database query (step 1) indicates my username is a local admin, but my login attempts to Confluence fail. The same user/pass works for JIRA. I'm hesitant to reset the password since it works for JIRA.


author: Thomas Deiler
body: But if its local, it would not change for Jira, or? Or do you modify the Jira DB?


author: John Holdzkom
body: I have two DB's, one for JIRA and one for Confluence. I was hoping to find where the confluence table points to jira DB for user management. I suppose I can try to edit the password in the confluence DB (after backing everything up!).

(edited: I previously incorrectly stated all was in one DB)


author: Thomas Deiler
body: Ok, but you have shutdown both apps before, or?
Keyboard shortcuts broken in 6.14.0 ?
Asked by Brendon Baumgartner:

We upgraded to 6.14.0.

Things that aren't working while editing a page....

ctrl-1

ctrl-s

....And probably a lot more.

e -- this one still works when viewing a page.

Is this by design? Is it a bug? Is my system broken? Thanks.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Brendon,

Keyboard shortcuts are still available within Confluence 6.14.0. I just tested on Confluence within Windows and Mac OS and was able to verify the keyboard shortcuts are working in 6.14.

Can you please confirm a few items so we may look into this a bit further:

* Are all users having this issue?
* Which browsers have you attempted the shortcuts in?

We look forward to your response so we may find out what's going on.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Brendon Baumgartner
body: Tried safari and chrome with multiple computers. No love. I also tried on older versions of Confluence instances and works fine there. Its just the instance with 6.14 isn't working.

I also tried safe mode and that also did not work.

I asked around and apparently it is just my account on that one instance. Any idea now? I'm going to ask around more tomorrow because it seems weird that its just my account.


author: Brendon Baumgartner
body: I figured it out. Under my profile the "keyboard shortcuts" enable option was not checked. No idea how it got un-checked!! I also went on a mission and fixed a bunch of other broken stuff which I Found answers to in the KB.

Thanks for the hint :)


author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Brendon,

Very happy to know you found a solution to your keyboard shortcut issue. And thank you for sharing what you did to resolve the issue. This helps others learn and understand if they run into a similar event,

Thanks again!

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: confluence-server
Unable to edit confluence cloud pages on Firefox and Chrome
Asked by Wolfgang Huther:

Since this evening, I can not save edited pages anymore.

After clickin on edit on firefox or chrome I get the message:

"Nach dem Laden des Editors ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Kopieren Sie Ihre nicht gespeicherten ?nderungen und aktualisieren Sie die Seite, um die Bearbeitung fortzusetzen."

Publish/Veroeffentlichen/Save Button is not clickable.

Reload does not solve the problem.

LoOut/LogIn does not solve the problem.


Answers:
author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Wolfgang,

What browser versions are you using? I've had issues with Chrome 71 blocking functionality on other pages, but I'm not a Cloud user, so I can't test that.

EDIT: it looks like there's a bug ticket open for this issue: [CONFCLOUD-65514](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65514).

comments: author: Wolfgang Huther
body: After several reloads and browser restarts the problem seems to be gone...


author: Jared Brenner
body: Once again, turning it off and on again worked for some reason :)
How are logs created and rolled
Asked by Jordan Berry:

Confluence and Jira both lack some auditing that I can find in the log files, the problem is that our instance writes logs so fast, that they only go back 2 days, but I would like to have an archive of them. I have a script that will take \*.1 logs, zip, move, and then delete the originals. I am assuming 1 is the oldest log, but how does jira/confluence roll logs? Is it based on size or time?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-change-the-size-that-jira-rotate-the-application-s-logs-files-956698924.html>

comments: author: Jordan Berry
body: Hey Jobin,

While this helps, do you know if I remove the oldest file, will that cause any issues in Jira/Confluence rolling the logs?


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Nope, it shouldn't cause any issues.


author: Jordan Berry
body: Actually, on second look, it appears that .5 is the older of the log files


Tags: confluence-server

jira

jira-server

jira-service-desk

jira-service-desk-server

server
Is there a way for a task or subtask to be shown as a subset of a user story in Jira?
Asked by Sanoj Eapen:

I'd like to break down the user story into tasks/subtasks and be able to see what's under each story. Right now, the task just shows on the backlog but I can't connect it to a specific user story. I have the Scrum version of Confluence.

Any pointers?


Answers:
author: Sreenivasaraju P
body: Hi [@Sanoj Eapen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2620392),

You can create sub-task under the story. So on the board the sub tasks will be shown under the story.

comments: author: Sanoj Eapen
body: Thanks. When I look at my backlog, I can't see the subtask. I have to actually go into the story to see that there's a subtask for it.

Unless I am not linking it correctly?


Tags: jira

jira-service-desk
Can a document be automatically updated
Asked by Mike Mullins:

Is there a way to update a document and have it automatically update the same document if it is in other locations on the page?


Answers:
author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Mike,

Check out the [Excerpt](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf612/excerpt-macro-958777740.html) and [Multiexcerpt](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/169/multi-excerpt?hosting=server&tab=overview) (paid) macros. They may have the functionality you're looking for.

Good luck!
How to rename a page
Asked by Henry Iracheta:

I created a sub-page and would like to re-name it. Is that possible and if so, how ?

thank you.


Answers:
author: Henry Iracheta
body: Never mind, figured it out.

comments: author: Melisande ?Meli? Perron
body: How did you do it? I have the same question, and can't figure it out! Thanks!


author: Henry Iracheta
body: Just double-click on the name. That should now allow you to change the name.


author: Melisande ?Meli? Perron
body: Too easy! Thanks!
Confluence - Deactivated - Is it recoverable?
Asked by Matt Glomski:

Hello,   

Our confluence was deactivated by another administrator.

A lot of documentation was in our confluence when this was deactivated.

When I go to Confluence, it now asks me to enable the 30 day trial.   

My question:

Is there a way to recover our documentation that was present in our Confluence? If I re-enable Confluence with the 30 day Trial, will it be a fresh start or will our documentation still be present?

This was done within the last 30 days.   

Thank you,


Answers:
author: Sloan
body: Hi Matt

You should contact Atlassian Support immediately and ask them if they can help you recover your Confluence Cloud instance.

Open a ticket at <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/> under **My account** \> **Help with a deactivated site**.

Good luck and cheers  
Nick


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud