youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is it possible to display a list of existing anchors on page?
Asked by Andy Folland:

When linking to an existing anchor on a page, you should be able to select it from a picker (rather than having to type it in).  

This would be particularly useful when trying to link to an anchor on a published page.


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Andy Folland](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1973098)

By default, confluence does not (yet) offer this option.

comments: author: Andy Folland
body: Hi repi,  

Thank you for responding.  
IMHO this is fairly basic/fundamental functionality.  
"Even" MS Word does this.  
Is it possible to register this question as a feature request?  

Cheers,  

<br />

Andy


author: repi
body: > Is it possible to register this question as a feature request?  

Try it, I don't need this! :)


Tags: server
How can associate the same image to different layers in gliffy?
Asked by Joymalya Bhattacharjee:

How can associate the same image to different layers in gliffy? I have an used case where some images/shapes in my diagram are associated to more than 1 layer.How can I do that ?


Answers:
author: Samie Kaufman - Your Gal at Gliffy
body: Hi Joymalya!  

I think the easiest way to do this would be to duplicate the shape onto each layer where you'd like it to appear. That way, as your users view different layers, it'll look like the shape stays in place, when really it's swapping out.  

I don't think there's a literal way to assign one shape to multiple layers.  

Does that help? :)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

gliffy
How can I get the Epic and associated linked stories listed in a tabular format.
Asked by Babunath Vadakutte:

I have created a filter created for Epics and would like to display those with the linked stories as child of epics. This will be like as mentioned below. Is there any macro available for this or any other mechanism I can display this.

* Epic 41: ABC
  * Story 10: Child 1
  * Story 76: Child 2
* Epic 63: XYZ
  * Story 15: Child 5
  * Story 87: Child 8
* Epic 76
  * Story 76: Child 9


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Babunath Vadakutte](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3890027)

Here I would work with a label and display it with the various content and lebal macros as required.

comments: author: Babunath Vadakutte
body: Thanks [@repi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/302600) for your response. Appreciate it.

I am new to Jira and Confluence. Hence it will be really helpful if you can advice me on how to perform this with the steps.


author: repi
body: Tried two versions of the display!  
1. You create a main page Epic  
2. Under this page you put the sub-pages epic41, epic63, epic76 ...  
3. Below the epic41, epic63 create the respective children's pages.  
These should always start with the epic bottom number.  
e.g. epic41_story10 etc. ... (due to double page names)

4. On the main page Epic you use the macro "page tree"  
You save the setting of the label and the presentation is better divided.  

5. You configure the Macro page tree as in the photo

![Epic_Demo.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98611i23E2895595A6FF01/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Epic_Demo.png")

This is how the side hierarchy should be designed

![seitenhirachie.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98612iC88B1850D8FF00AC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "seitenhirachie.png")

Edit mode with macro page tree

![page_tree_macro1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98613iF41E86FBA7CA13F5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "page_tree_macro1.png")

![page_tree_macro2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98614i46F8058B4B609324/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "page_tree_macro2.png")

![epic_edit_modus.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98615i89EFD2CF53A62AE2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "epic_edit_modus.png")


author: Babunath Vadakutte
body: Thanks [@repi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/302600) again for your efforts in coming back to me.

My epic list and the corresponding stories are dynamic in nature. Hence I would like to have a macro (or some other mechanism) to which I will feed the filter of the epics as the input. The macro (or other mechanism) should display the list of epics and the respective stories should be displayed below the epics.


author: repi
body: How are the stories created and where are they stored?  
The macro you want isn't there?  
Maybe there are apps from third-party providers?


author: Babunath Vadakutte
body: Hi [@repi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/302600)

The stories are created in Jira.

I do not know which macro to use.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira
cannot edit table in new editing mode
Asked by Avigiel Cohen:

I am currently in the new editing mode and I **can't edit the table.** it is not letting me to delete rows and columns or to change the color of the cells. The table starts to get crazy expand \& move very fast - any suggestions? Once I try several times I get an error page from confluence. it'b been like this for a few days but no fixing from atlassian side.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Avigiel,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you!

I've not personally seen that behavior with the new editing mode and tables, and I can confirm that I am currently able to edit tables as expected.

* Would you be able to show us an example of how the tables are behaving, or share with us the error message you are receiving from Confluence?

I recommend that you try the following:

1. Take a look at your browser version, and make sure it's the most recently available. *Please confirm with us which browser version you are using.*
2. Ensure to disable all browser add-ons, and test again. If the problem continues, try accessing Confluence through Incognito or Private Browsing mode, and confirm if you still have the issue.
3. Try testing this from another device completely, and see if you continue to have the issue.
4. Confirm with your colleagues and Confluence site admins if anyone else has reported this issue within your site.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Shannon


Tags: cloud
{ does not pop up macro screen for me. While it works for others. I tried Chrome and IE.
Asked by murali.sundararaju:

{ does not pop up macro screen for me. While it works for others. I tried Chrome and IE.


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@murali.sundararaju](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3788396),

In the old editor "**{** " is used to insert macros. In the new editor you need to use "**/**".

The reason that it worked for others is likely that they tried it on a page with the old editor. You can learn more about the new editor [here](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/learn-about-confluence-cloud-editing-improvements/).

Cheers,  
Sven


Tags: cloud
How i can add "Was this article helpful?" for confluence pages?
Asked by Tanajee:

How i can add "Was this article helpful?" for confluence pages?


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Tanajee](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1774811)

We only had this recently:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Add-quot-Was-this-page-helpful-quot-to-documentation/qaq-p/1381976>

Here is the link to the user macro:

<https://bitbucket.org/stephendeutsch/confluence-user-macros/src/master/feedback%20buttons/was%20this%20helpful%20buttons.vm>

comments: author: Tanajee
body: Thanks [@repi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/302600) i will check with that


author: Jonathan Appel
body: Agree with [@Matt Reiner \[K15t\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2246048) the Marketplace is your best bet. We needed an app that would be compatible with Confluence Cloud so ended up building our own macro - [Page Feedback for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1231936/page-feedback-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud)


author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: You could also check out the Marketplace. There are a few apps that doe this.

We evaluated [this one](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214048/content-rating-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) and liked it.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Importing Excel or CSV Files to Tables
Asked by Mark Preston:

Has there been any update with being able to import Excel or CSV Files to Confluence Tables?

Do we still need to use third-party plugins to do this?

P.S. I'm aware I can save an Excel file in Confluence. I want to save the data from Excel into a table.


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: As far as we know, there is still no such feature out-of-the-box.

If your Excel tables are not too big, you can just copy/paste them to the Confluence page.

comments: author: Mark Preston
body: Copy and paste from Excel doesn't work regardless of size.

I did try the save Excel to Microsoft Word Tables and then bring to Confluence tables. That seems to work.

Thanks!


author: Shardul Juyal {Addteq}
body: [@Mark Preston](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3945725) just tried from Google Sheets and Excel, was able to copy-paste directly a 4x6 table.  

Are you on Confluence cloud/server/DC?


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I even link things in the new editor without asking someone with a bigger screen to do it?
Asked by Elizabeth Moffatt:

When trying to add links, I just get 3 suggested options and then the rest of the dialog box is cut off. I don't know about anyone else, but my eyesight is not so fantastic that I have the zoom level set to infinity-far away. Is there a way to turn this giant button list option off? Otherwise I need to zoom far out, then sit real close to the laptop, which is a downgrade from the previous editing experience.  

(Why isn't the "write your own option" at the bottom? Did no one do any UX testing for anyone other than someone with a huge screen and perfect vision??)

![why-no-link.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98569i573B60564187D960/image-dimensions/618x277?v=v2 "why-no-link.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Elizabeth,

My apologies for the delay! I've been looking into this for you, and after speaking with development, it's been confirmed as a bug:

* [CONFCLOUD-70257](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-70257) *Insert Link dialogue cut off when zoomed in browser*

In the meantime, you may need to zoom out slightly when you need to insert a link, in the event you don't have a colleague that's around to assist you with that. In my case, I zoomed past 150% in order to replicate the issue, but at 125%, the feature worked.

Thank you for reporting this, and do let me know if you have any questions.

Shannon


Tags: cloud
How to add customized text in the login page
Asked by Bogeswari Challa:

Hi Atlassian Support,

Could you please suggest how to add customized text in the confluence login page? We need to show the text somewhere within the "Log In" section. Kindly suggest. We are using confluence v7.3.3.

Regards,

Bhuvana


Answers:
author: Manisha Kharga _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Bogeswari Challa](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1672712)

Please follow the below steps to add the text.

1. Shut down your **Confluence** server.
2. In the **Confluence** installation directory, find the file **confluence** /**login**.vm file
3. Make a copy of this file as a backup.
4. Edit the file with a **text** editor to make the required changes. I have made the changes here.  
   ![commlog2.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98574iBDF4F6953F360AAA/image-dimensions/619x204?v=v2 "commlog2.jpg")
5. Start **Confluence** and test your changes. Here you can see that I have added the text "Welcome to TEST INSTANCE".  

   ![commlog1.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98573i1451A10087E996B0/image-dimensions/419x214?v=v2 "commlog1.jpg")  

Thanks,  
Manisha

comments: author: venkatesh vp
body: Thank you!

If we want to have the text below Log in, how we can do it?


author: Martin Cassidy
body: You can do this using pure CSS so that you don't need to change any velocity templates.

Something like this for example:

```
.login-form-container fieldset:before {
font-size:0.9em;
display:inline-block;
content:'Your text here....';
}
```

This will add text just below the login title.

comments: author: David Sumlin
body: Much simpler and safer than modifying the Velocity template.

Thank you!


author: venkatesh vp
body: Thank you!

Pls, let me know where this needs to be added. in the .vm file ?


Tags: confluence-server

server
???????????
Asked by ctct:

?????CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core)

Confluence?atlassian-confluence-7.3.5-x64.bin

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Answers:
author: Tomoko Suzuki
body: ?????????????????????????

LDAP ????????????????????????  
????????????? [Authenthification is very Slow](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Authenthification-is-very-Slow/qaq-p/20921) ???????????????????????????

???????????????????????????[Confleunce Internal Directory](https://ja.confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-internal-directory-229838753.html) ??????????????????????????????????????????

comments: author: ctct
body: ??????????????

????????????????"??"????????????![UD.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/99421i5E696DAC67C3177D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "UD.PNG")

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author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This looks like it is a problem with the connection to the user directory system you are using. You should start by looking at the logs at the time people are trying to log in.

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Tags: language-ja
Why don't links show the name of their pages in a public Confluence?
Asked by xelu:

I have a confluence board where linked pages show up with their names within the text (like they should), however as soon as I made the access public to anyone with the link, anonymous users see the links as the URL not the page names.

**Here is an example from my logged in perspective:**

![chrome_2020-06-11_05-20-36](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98534i51972706CE55E3AA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "chrome_2020-06-11_05-20-36")**And here is an example in incognito mode not logged in:**

![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/rv6qubxtiu0lgjn/chrome_2020-06-11_05-20-53.jpg)


Answers:
author: Scott Taylor
body: For anyone who is experiencing the same issue. I'm guessing you have linked the page directly from the link button.   

The way I got around it was to create the text for the link, select it and then go to the link button


author: Scott Taylor
body: Did anyone get an answer to this? Having the same issue


author: Thierry Parent
body: I am also experiencing this issue. Were you ever able to find a resolution?


author: Brittney Kalicki
body: I am also experiencing this issue. Were you ever able to find a resolution?


Tags: cloud
Hello! Any suggestion for add-on app that allow users to rate pages & supports Confluence Cloud?
Asked by Tina Cristobal:

Hello Everyone!  

We would like to incorporate user rating in our Confluence pages. There are a lot of add-on apps that I saw but they are not supporting Confluence Cloud. Any suggestions you have?


Answers:
author: Mohamed Riza _ServiceRocket_
body: Hi [@Tina Cristobal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3849950) ,

There is a feature request with regards to this: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-5640>. Apart from this I see no other add-on that is compatible in cloud to achieve this.

comments: author: Tina Cristobal
body: [@Mohamed Riza _ServiceRocket_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3947880) Wow! Thanks for this. I checked the thread. The request was created in 2006! It's been like what. 14 years since then? Would you think campaigning for this feature work?


author: Mohamed Riza _ServiceRocket_
body: Glad I was helpful. I would recommend commenting on the above ticket and explaining the use case and why this feature is important to your organization. You may also vote on this ticket. I say this because these are some of the things they use to determine which feature requests, from the 1000's out there, to priorities next. You may refer to <https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html>.

Once a ticket has a good amount of activity, this may also be seen my Atlassian Marketplace vendors who may then decide to create an addon to satisfy this requirements.

If you want an immediate solution, the best thing here is to reach out to a solution partner who will be able to develop an add-on to meet this.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

rate
CONFIFORM: Send email confirming JIRA creation
Asked by Gabe Belknap:

Hey folks, hope you are all well. This is my first post :)

I have created an intake form using confiform, and all works well. The JIRA is created, all the fields map.

I have the form setup to send a mail upon the successful creation of the JIRA, and to include the JIRA key in the body of the email.

The issue I am having though, is what logic do i need to include in the IFTT Integration Rules to have the email subject include the JIRA key.

When I add the logic "${iftttResult_JIRAID}" that translates to the JIRA key in the body of the email, it just shows as ${iftttResult_JIRAID} in the email subject. It doesnt translate to the JIRA key.

Thank you in advance for your help!  

Gabe


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi

Trying saving the ${iftttResult_JIRAID} back to your form's record to some field and then reference that fields in the "subject" parameter (instead of velocity reference that you have now)

I have checked that the subject is not evaluated as Velocity template, and that is why it is not working.

How to save back the issue key you can check here

<https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/TEST/Create+Jira+issue%2C+save+the+created+Jira+key+back+to+ConfiForms+and+create+a+page+with+Jira+macro>

Alex

comments: author: Gabe Belknap
body: Thank you Alex, appreciate your help.


Tags: confiforms

confluence-server

jira

server
Unable to paste images into Confluence.
Asked by travis:

As of this week, I am no longer able to post screenshots into the Confluence editor.

I've tried this with Chrome, Safari, and FireFox. This was never an issue for me before. I am using Parallels to run Windows 10 on my 2017 Macbook Air (Mac OS 10.13.6).

I have been pasting images into the editor almost daily for the last 3 months. Is this a known bug? Are there any known workarounds? I've seen several threads from recent years with similar complaints.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: travis
body: FIXED! I didn't realize I didn't have permission to add attachments in the space I was.

Can we add an error message to the editor to indicate that limitation?


Tags: cloud
Atlassian Companion not recognised by Firefox, Safari, Chromw
Asked by charlesvickers:

Mac OS 10.15.4. Latest version of all browsers.

The Companion App is not recognised as being present by any of the browsers mentioned above. I have tried uninstalling/installing the app, quitting and restarting the browsers but to no avail. I still get the instruction to download the app.

Is there a workaround?


Answers:
author: Alex K
body: Hi [@charlesvickers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3962406) ,

I would just like to confirm, are you using Confluence Cloud? Also, which version of Companion are you using?

It is a current known limitation that Companion does not work with some browsers, but Chrome should work.

Please see the following blog post for details about the current limitation:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/The-Companion-app-on-Confluence-Cloud/ba-p/1272354>

The best thing to do here to diagnose the problem would be to share the "companion.log" file that can be found by clicking the Companion taskbar icon (Atlassian logo) and then from the menu, clicking "View logs". Please do a quick scan through of the log and share any errors that you can see. However, I understand if you don't want to share this log file on community, therefore I would suggest raising a support case, then support will be able to look through the entire log file.

comments: author: charlesvickers
body: Chrome Version 83.0.4103.97 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Companion App Version 1.1.0

Mac v?10.15.4

Hi

I have tried all the combinations of deleting, uploading and so on but all I get when I click on the companion "Edit" menu is a whirling circle.

I assume therefore that there is no way of attaching a document in Confluence and editing it despite the publicity to the contrary.

I have added the document to a page and can edit it but all my layout (page breaks, TOC amd so on) have been lost.

Oh Well, back to Google Docs!

Regards

Charles


Tags: cloud

companion-app
Visually Compressed Video
Asked by Sariya Hanz:

Any reason why Confluence would be vertically smashing this video together as shown in the attached photo? I am using the **Files \& images** tool in my toolbar. I have never had this issue before and others on my team are confirming they are seeing this, as well.

![compressed video.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98462iBFAEC2CD4D32BC55/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "compressed video.png")


Answers:
author: Owen Wallis
body: Hi, we believe this affects MS Teams videos. We're currently working on a fix for this.


author: Guillaume Hansali
body: +1


Tags: cloud
raising Jira issue from confluence does not display correctly in confluence when you select all text
Asked by Karl Hamilton:

++**raising Jira issues from confluence**++ do not display correctly in confluence when you select all the text.

Each confluence action below was raised in Jira (by highlighting etc) correctly but does not display at all or show the status if you select a whole line or multiple lines when raising the jira issue by highlighting. On line 2 and five it appears to only work because i didn't select the whole line (e.g. i left out the first and last letter of the line when highlighting). please can you help? is this a known bug?

![confluence view of jira ticket raised.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/98404i510116F04C98B831/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence view of jira ticket raised.JPG")


Answers:
author: Irina Jovanovic
body: if u're using Firefox, maybe confluence won't display correctly.


Tags: cloud

jira