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Chart Macro - Type parameter
Asked by J?rgen M?ller:

In the settings of the Chart Macro I can't set the chart type. This option is not available.

Is this a bug or is there a solution ?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Generally, it works fine, so it is likely specific problem with your installation. Without more details like what version of Confluence and the plugin you are using, it is hard to say. You can open a support issue with Atlassian to get it resolved.


author: J?rgen M?ller
body: Hi Bob,

you're are right. It were the Page Information Tool and the numbered headings Plugins.  

What surprises me that the UPM has shown no update for the numbered Headings plugin. But now I know that I prefer to double check the version level;)

Thanks.


author: J?rgen M?ller
body: Hi Bob,

thanks for your answer. As soon as I have a new test machine, I'm going to disable all plugins and test it again
Importing .aspx files into confluence
Asked by AKASH BHARDWAJ:

Hi All,

I want to import aspx files into confluence so is there any way to do so?

I have tried importing but it's not successful.

Please let me know if there is any possible way.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Peter Van de Voorde
body: Hi Akash,

You can't import them directly.

You could try to covert them into Word Documents and import those.

Best regards,

Peter

comments: author: AKASH BHARDWAJ
body: Thank You

### [**Peter Van de Voorde**](../../users/18231/peter-van-de-voorde/).. {#toc-hId-1427759057}


Tags: import
No comment scroll bar in Confluence comments.
Asked by Nicholas DeMarco:

When I create a comment, the editor does not resize or scroll. Once I type beyond the text box, I cannot see what I am typing.


Answers:
author: Ryan Goodwin
body: I believe scrollbars are controlled by CSS properties:

[](http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_pos_overflow.asp)<http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_pos_overflow.asp>

If you inspect element on a Confluence comment, you'll see overflow:hidden. You'll want to change this to overflow:scroll in the global stylesheet or space stylesheet within confluence.

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Styling+Confluence+with+CSS)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Styling+Confluence+with+CSS>

Hope this helps!
Attachment path not updated
Asked by Sean Gorman:

The inital build of the Confluence Wiki was done through the UWC import from MindTouch. The web path to Confluence at that time was an IP such as 10.10.10.10:8090.

After building some in the Wiki post import and deciding to move forward with the product a DNS was put in the path in Confluence changed to for example [](http://internal.com)<http://internal.com>. The attachments imported by UWC however are still looking for the 10.10.10.10:8090 address and will not load unless the path is changed to [web.com](http://web.com).

Is there location I can look at (table, XML) to mass change these address of the attchments to the new Confluence location?


Answers:
author: FelipeA
body: Hi Sean,

After you performed this move from IP to DNS name, did you changed your Base URL in Confluence?

Please go to Confluence Admin-\>General Configuration, and check if your "Server Base URL" is set to your new DNS url.

Regards,

Felipe Alencastro

comments: author: Sean Gorman
body: The server base is set to the new DNS URL. Everything that was added outside of the UWC export/Import changed with that. The imported attachments did not.


Tags: confluence-administration
Atlassian University Admin Rights
Asked by Daniel Puyau:

We have a subscription to Atlassian University including both JIRA and Confluence courses yet only Confluence courses are showing. So 2 part question here:

1) How do you access the admin console (I am an admin for both Confluence/JIRA/CROWD but do not see the option to designate an Atlassian Univ admin)

2) Is the admin console where you designate the available courses? (Assuming there is a box to check to make the JIRA courses available)


Answers:
author: Jesse Katz
body: Hi Daniel,

The best thing to do is file a ticket (by emailing [atlassian-university@atlassian.com](mailto:atlassian-university@atlassian.com)) like you did.

I don't want to talk about your personal account stuff stuff here, but by default the tech contact on the purchase is listed as an admin. You can log in through that admin console and add other admins. By default, all courses show up, but as an admin you can delete versions of the course that your customers are not using.


Tags: atlassian-university
Im looking for a confluence template for employee status reports
Asked by Mark Reeder:

Im looking for a confluence template for employee status reports


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Do you know that you can create blueprints manually? In the Create dialog, click the bottom link "Manage blueprints".


author: Davin Studer
body: Please explain further what your requirements are. The question above is fairly vague.

comments: author: Mark Reeder
body: Looking for a Confluence solution/blueprint for employee status reporting with the following:

1. Ability to maintain a weekly work status in a personal space (manual imput)

2. Ability to collect weekly status reports by a designated manager.


Tags: report

status
Does Confluence support document versioning and storage?
Asked by David Weiss:

Could confluence provide the document version control and storage capabilities that MS SharePoint is typically used for? Thanks!


Answers:
author: Mark Symons
body: David, the plugin [Arsenale Lockpoint](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arsenale.plugins.lockpoint) should provide what you are looking for.

comments: author: David Weiss
body: Thanks Mark, I will look into it!


author: Peter Van de Voorde
body: Hi David,

Confluence does do versioning for it's attachments, but it doesn't do the locking mechanism you find in Sharepoint.

Best regards,

Peter

comments: author: David Weiss
body: Thanks Peter. OK so multiple users can edit an an attached file independently without "check out" and then he/she who attaches last wins?


Tags: document-management

version
Best upgrade path from 3.4.5 to 5.4.2
Asked by Jonas Petersson:

Hi!

We are currently on Confluence 3.4.5 and want to upgrade to 5.4.2. As stated in the upgrade guide we should skip the incremental step of upgrading to major version 4 in between and go directly to version 5.x.x. According to [this](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence) we are supposed to upgrade manually because we are on a version pre-3.5.x but to what version should we update manually to? Be reading various threads like [this](/questions/234876/recommended-upgrade-path-confluence-3-4-5-3) it seems like we should manually update from 3.4.5 -\> 3.5.17 first.

Have I understood this correctly?

3.4.5 Manually -\> 3.5.17 -\> 5.0.3 -\> 5.4.2

Any other suggestions?

Thank you very much!


Answers:
author: Jonas Petersson
body: Ok great. Thanks!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not sure what you mean by "manually", but yes, it's very strongly recommended that you go 3.5 before you attempt the jump to a later release. A lot changes between 3.4 and 3.5, and it's a nightmare to go from 3.4 to 4.0, let alone higher!

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Oh, I see. The older upgrade method was renamed as "upgrading manually".

Yes, you need to do it this way to get on to Confluence 3.5


author: Jonas Petersson
body: Hi, thank you for your reply.

It is stated like this in the manual:

* Are upgrading from a version **earlier than Confluence 3.5** you will need to [upgrade manually](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence+Manually).

So there is a "manually upgrade" process to use for versions earlier than 3.4.x \> 3.5 if I understand it correctly.


Tags: confluence-administration
Space deleted accidentally
Asked by Juha-Matti Alve:

I deleted accidentally a space instead of a page, can I get it back in Confluence On-Demand version?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: I am pretty sure Atlassian maintains backups. Try creating a ticket on [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com)and I guess they will help you to restore that space.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Best upgrade path from 3.5.13 to 5.4.2
Asked by Jonas Petersson:

Hi!

We are currently on Confluence 3.5.13 and want to upgrade to 5.4.2. As stated in the upgrade guide we should skip the incremental step of upgrading to major version 4 in between and go directly to version 5.x.x if we have File System links.

But how do we find out if we have filesystem links? Is there anyway to find out? We can't manually scan hundred of pages.

I'm having trouble of understanding the upgrade guide and have it is down to two different approaches (if I go with the theory that we do have file system links):

3.5.13 -\> 5.4.2 or

3.5.13 -\> 5.0.3 -\> 5.4.2

Or any other suggestions?

These ideas are based on [the upgrade guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF50/Upgrading+Confluence)

Thank you very much

EDIT: For people with the same qestions - It seems pretty clear to move 3.5.13 -\> 5.0.3 -\> 5.4.2 by [this](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence) and [this](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+from+Confluence+3.5+to+5.1+-+Simplified+Guide)


Answers:
author: Jonas Petersson
body: Hi! The path i followed was 3.5.x -\> 5.0.3 -\> 5.4.2 and everything worked out fine!

Just be sure to have control over your plugins, which is a critical factor. Most likely some of your old plugins will be charged for in later version if you have 3rd party-plugins installed.


author: Florian Gruia
body: Hi! The path i followed was 3.5.x -\> 5.0.3 -\> 5.4.2 and everything worked out fine!

Just be sure to have control over your plugins, which is a critical factor. Most likely some of your old plugins will be charged for in later version if you have 3rd party-plugins installed.


author: AnnWorley
body: The most recent document recommends going directly from 3.5.x to 5.03 then to 5.4.2:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence>


author: Alpesh Bhavsar
body: Hi Jonas,

Did it worked for you? I also having version 3.5.13 and I want to upgrade it to latest release. Which upgrade path you followed?


author: Bryan Trummer - ReleaseTEAM
body: Just from my experience, we went from JIRA 4.4 -\> to JIRA 6. I did test this out for about a month on a new server. I didn't see any data issues or anything at all. If anything I would recommend going to JIRA 4 -\> JIRA 5.4.2.

comments: author: Norman Abramovitz
body: Bryan is correct about going through 4.4 first if your current version earlier. There are major changes in 5.X and 4.4 prepared for those changes. I would suugest checking all your plugins to make sure they are still supported. I ran into issues of plugins stopped being supported or they started to charge.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Um, they asked about Confluence...


Tags: confluence-administration
What content type do I specify to get Confluence Questions to appear in the Recently Updated macro?
Asked by Steve Goldberg:

We use the Recently Updated macro on our dashboard and I want to include Questions in it. We currently have it so that it filters only for pages, comments, and blog posts. I noticed that when I remove all filters the questions show up but I can't figure out what content type I need to enter to get Confluence Questions to appear - I tried question, questions, confluencequestions, confluence-questions, et al.

Anybody know?


Answers:
author: darcfinn
body: I don't think Atlassian has added this functionality in the RU macro, but meantime I am using the "Content by Label" macro to display all questions in a page. In the settings I am filtering out all content EXCEPT Questions. I can state what kind of labels I want to list questions for.

Under "Include this content type only" I put "-page -blogpost -attachment -news". Minus means exclude.

However, this does not give you the most recent questions... You can try out the same approach also on he RU macro.

comments: author: Steve Goldberg
body: Thanks, I didn't think to use the minus operator and this works as intended in the RU macro. For my purposes I just wanted to filter out attachments from appearing in the feed so I was able to do that (before I was just specifying all types except attachments).


author: Puja Deverakonda
body: It looks like this works if you want a recently updated with JUST questions. Can you get Questions AND the regular content in the newsfeed? Thanks!


Tags: questions-for-confluence

recently-updated
Use Confluence as E-Learning platform
Asked by Michael Schlueter:

I wonder if anyone has experiences with Confluence as an E-Learning platform. I found the EDUBRITE plugin, but would be also interested in any alternative solution.


Answers:
author: Matthew J. Horn
body: Looks like there are some commercial plug-ins that can be used for quizzes. They also appear to each support statistics:

[](/questions/81705/survey-macro-as-a-quiz)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/81705/survey-macro-as-a-quiz>

hth,

matt

comments: author: Michael Schlueter
body: Matt,

thank you for the link. Unfortunatelly the DForm plugin seems to be discontinued, since it is only available for Confluence 4.0. I will probably take a closer look on the Gilly plugin from EduBrite.


author: Matthew J. Horn
body: And hopefully someone else with some experience will chime in. :)


author: Matthew J. Horn
body: Maybe I'm not familiar enough with the term "E-Learning", but can you describe what you mean in more detail? I think the term is too broad for me to provide a well-thought-out answer. Or maybe I'm just unqualified to answer.
Structure of projects and sites in confluence
Asked by nibeck:

I'm trying to wrap my head around the best "structure" for our numerous projects and tasks.

Say I want to manage multiple projects such as:

1 - Mobile App 1

2 - Mobile App 2

3 - Media Services (larger, complex app)

- Asset Mgmt Web App

- Player Componnet

- API

- Data Ingest

Questions:

1 - Are these "Sites" or "Pages"

2 - Should a create a single "Mobile Dev" area/site and have two projects

in it, or should we just have separate sites for each app?

3 - Media Services is the entire project but it contains distinct

development efforts beneath it (API, player, etc.) Each of those sub

projects needs a dedicated Source repository, but we would need a single

Ticket workflow under the top level definition, because the user creating

tickets may not know which sub-component is causing the issue.

4 - How will this map to Jira?

Does this make any sence?

Can you folks recommend a first approach to the overall structure given

this scenario?


Answers:
author: Michael Bostwick
body: You can create the pages however you want (you can always move a page,to where it makes sense ) . A big thing to keep in mind with spaces is how do you want to administer the spaces. Templates are also on a per space level. Its more about how the pages and spaces are going to be updated vs what content goes into them. Also, what you want people to be able to see.

Jira integrates on a per page level, so you can do what ever you want with out concern with integration (unless you write custom plug ins or scipts that does something with the the setup..).

You know your end users and your org better then anyone on here, so it will be hard for anyone to tell you whats going to work best.  

Also if you haven't you should have a look at the docs about organization found [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Organising+Content).
How can I share the same page for different versions of a software like in MSDN?
Asked by Steve King:

Let's say I want to create a knowledge base in Confluence and I create a page like [](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh562968.aspx)<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh562968.aspx>.

On MSDN it's possible to switch to different versions (here Visual Studio 2012 and 2013) directly on the page, as the same problem or information may differ (screenshots,....) on other software versions.

How can I achieve this in Confluence?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: There are a couple ways. You could copy the space using the [Copy Space](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace) plugin and update the content in the new space. That is what Atlassian does for their documentation. Another option would be to use the [Scroll Versions](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions) plugin.


Tags: confluence-administration
LDAP Confluence
Asked by Hubert Morris:

We are using Atlassian Confluence 5.1.4 using the Confluence Internal Directory. My management team has requested me to migrate to LDAP or even Active Directory. What are my best options and what would be the procedures?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: First you have to make sure the user names match. If not start renaming or create the same users in LDAP.

Once the same users are there in LDAP/AD, give them the same groups memberships and then create a new user directory in Confluence to connect to AD/LDAP. You can then put the new directory above the internal user directory and everything should work fine.

That is the theory. Test it first ;)


Tags: ldap
Survey Macro possible to offer different choices for different questions?
Asked by alexandrab:

Hi there,

I have a question about the survey macro (<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.nearinfinity.confluence.survey-plugin>). Is it possible to have different choices per question in the same survey macro ([](http://screencast.com/t/bhbW30Yc)<http://screencast.com/t/bhbW30Yc>)? For example, if I have one question with responses of "Yes" and "No" and one question with responses of "Satisfactory" and "Not satisfactory," is it possible to configure this in the same macro or would I need to make separate macros for each question?

Thank you,

Alexandra


Answers:
author: Frank Stiller
body: Hi Alexandra,

maybe it still helps:

yes this is possible, the default choices in the parameters are just defaults for all questions given within one survey macro and can still be overriden inline, e.g.

{survey:choices=yes,no}

question 1 - subtitle - maybe - maybe not

question 2

question 3 - subtitle 3 - good - bad - worse

{survey}


Tags: addon-com.nearinfinity.confluence.survey-plugi
Apple osX Server Wiki -> migrate with UWC?
Asked by Philipp Grunge:

We have a Apple osX Server running with the Apple Wiki (OSX Server integrated).

I would like to Convert it with UWC, but there's is no converter for this.

Can i use a "default" converter, or is it necessary to write a new converter?

Greetings

Phil


Answers:
author: Mark Smith
body: Hi,

Me too. I have the same question as Phil. Our Apple OS is Snow Leopard with the default wiki. We would like to migrate into Confluence.

Thanks

Mark


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Best way to have live templates not using Scaffolding
Asked by M.S.:

The default Confluence template support allows creation of new pages based on a template. However once a page was created using a template, changes to the template are not reflected by the pages previously created using it. This is fine for a number of scenarios.

We are however looking for a way to provide form-like templates where users can create pages using these and fill out the paceholders. If we change a template, e.g. change the layout or add a placeholder, then these changes should be reflected by the pages based on the template.

We have been using the Scaffolding plugin's Live Template feature to do this. However, the plugin has been causing more trouble than acceptable. Its functionality has been breaking every now and then with browser, confluence or plugin updates and CustomWare (now ServiceRocket) support and license policy did not shine for us. The plugin is about to expire and we would like to get away from it.

We are therefore looking for a better way to accomplish this. Is there no built-in support for this kind of functionality in Confluence? Would blueprints be something to look at? Are there other plugins or techniques we can use?


Answers:
author: M_S_
body: After some research, there is no alternative to using Scaffolding. K15t (which also has various VERY usefull export plugins for Word, PDF, Html, ...) is developing a Scroll Wiki Forms plugin, but it is declared as "work in progress".

We ended up with going back to Scaffolding. I am not really happy with that but it works.


author: Andreas Falk
body: Hi,

This looks like a showstopper for us.  
We are checking out Confluence to replace our Mindtouche Core wiki.  

And one of the things we are looking for is "live templating".  
We have alot of documentation in templates, and when you want to add just one field on \~1000 pages.. It's no fun indeed :)

So do you found any answer on this offlist?

--

Regards Falk


Tags: confluence-administration
Is it possible to hide selected Groups from Users?
Asked by David Sankey:

Is there a way to restrict what Groups a User can see when assigning permissions to a document?

The somewhat simplified use case is:  
I am new to Atlassian and am currently assessing Confluence's (On-Demand) capabilities to provide our customers access to documentation on their relevant projects. Confluence seems perfect for this; We create a Space for each Customer, and in each space we create a document heirarchy for the different projects. Using Groups we can control which users can see which projects. i.e.

Customer 1 (Space):

Project 1 - Default access limited to a Group called "Customer 1 - Project 1"

Project 2 - Default access limited to a Group called "Customer 1 - Project 2"

..... etc.

Customer 2 (Space)

Project 1 - Default access limited to a Group called "Customer 2 - Project 1"

Project 2 - Default access limited to a Group called "Customer 2 - Project 2"

..... etc.  
We want to allow users the ability to share documents across projects within the same space.... i.e. A user in "Customer 1 - Project 1" may create a document and choose to give the Group "Customer 1 - Project 2" permissions to view it.  
Up to this point Confluence works great! But (the dreaded but).... we do not want users in Customer 1 to be able to view the Groups that belong to Customer 2, likewise we do not want users of Company 2 to see Groups that belong to Customer 1.  
Do to the nature of our business and customers, we can not share or disclose to one customer who our other customers are.  
Is this possible in Confluence?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: This is not possible with Confluence as is. If you don't want Customer 1 to see Customer 2 groups then you need to not give them the ability to provide page restrictions and you would have to manage that for them.

However, I think a better approach, and more standard, is to have an install per customer and then spaces would be represent projects. That would be the most secure method and should cover the scenario you need.

comments: author: David Sankey
body: Many thanks Davin. As a newbie I needed someone to confirm confirm my finding.


Tags: confluence-administration
Page Templates: Mention doesn't work
Asked by Tibor Legat:

I tried to set up a page template with instructional text \> mentions in Confluence 5.2.5.

It's possible but when I create a page with this template, clicking the mention is as clicking an instructional text. The text is simply replaced.

I saw examples where the instructional text for the mention is "@mention ....", yet when I use mention there is no @mention in front of the text. Probably that conveys some meaning to you.

Any guesses?

Tibor Legat


Answers:
author: Elvira Scheffer
body: I had the same problem using Mozilla Firefox. It works with other browsers, like p.e. Google Chrome.


author: Tibor Legat
body: Agreed. So this is browser-specific. Atlassian, fix this, please!


Tags: confluence-administration