youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
And how you organize the task lists in Confluence?
Asked by Tony Montana:

How you organize the task lists in Confluence? Standart Task list it isn't compatible to many plugins


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hi Viktar, you can use the [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Task+Report+Macro)[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Task+Report+Macro)[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Task+Report+Macro)[T](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Task+Report+Macro)[ask Report Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Task+Report+Macro) to agregate content into a page, and we do use [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Task+Report+Macro)[the Confluence workbox](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Task+Report+Macro) to have a handy list of items to be completed.


Tags: confluence-administration
Can't Edit page on Confluence
Asked by Juan Du Toit:

HI,

All pages can be edited in a specific space except the main page. I have checked the space and page restriction. I can see the Edit button, but it does not allow me to edit anything **in** a panel. I can edit the panel itself and change the page name.

We have V5.1.5

How to I get it to be editable correctly? This issue only happens on this specific space and page

Regards,

Juan


Answers:
author: Juan Du Toit
body: Thanks TomI will do the copy first before deleting.


author: TomC
body: Juan. If you haven't deleted the page yet, you could try making a copy of the page first which could save time recreating the page. I have found that approach sometimes works, as it may not pass on whatever was corrupted.That is assuming it's corrupted which I think Ramiro made a good educated guess on. Good luck!


author: Juan Du Toit
body: Hi Ramiro,I actually also thought of deleting the page. Its behaviour does not make sense.Yes I have Admin rights.


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Then I think the best option is to delete the page and create a new one, maybe it got corrupted. If this happens again maybe it's because a permission with the main page. Do you have administer rights?


author: Juan Du Toit
body: Hi Ramiro, I just tried it. I can delete it, but can't add anything to the page. It's as if the page is corrupt


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: My bad, have you tried removing the panel and creating a new one in that page?


author: Juan Du Toit
body: Hi Ramiro

Maybe I should explain better:

On the main page I have created a panel. Inside the panel I added columns with data and some macros

The problem I have it that I am unable to edit any data inside the panel. I can remove and edit the panel itself.

I cannot add anything new outside the panel to the page, except change the page name

Regards,

Juan


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Hi, if I understand correctly your talking about the document theme side panel. If yes check this:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Documentation+Theme>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+a+Sidebar>
Glossary plugin by Spectrum - multiple glossary behavior
Asked by Patrick Blok:

Suppose a certain term appears in multiple glossaries (so in different spaces), what determines the search order? Would it be possible to show all definitions from the various glossaries?


Answers:
author: Anis Othman
body: Hi Patrick,

My apologies for the delay :smile:

Actually, Glossary appears the first term definition found.

This sounds like an interesting feature request. Please create a feature request on our [Jira instance](http://lab.spectrumgroupe.fr/jira).

This way you can interact with us easily and follow all the updates about improvements and bugs.

Best regards,

Anis
unable to configure mysql in confluence on centos
Asked by Akash Agarwal:


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Akash,

On [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Database+Setup+For+MySQL)you will find all details about setup mysql for Confluence. Actually, it works to Linux and Microsoft as well.

However, if you are facing any error message, could you share it with us?

In addition, on CentOS you only need to make sure you don't have any firewall blocking the MySQL or Confluence ports. Also, check if SeLinux is enable.

[On this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Running+Confluence+with+firewall+on+Linux) you can check about firewall and [on this another](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+disable+Selinux+and+AppArmor+from+Linux) one you will find information about SeLinux.

Hope it helps.

Renato Rudnicki
How do we link to Windows Explorer folders?
Asked by Hugh Bathurst:

For instance, I'd like users to have the option to click on a link inside Confluence (on our server version) and go to a windows explorer location (\&/or file). The following being one example. C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office14

I've searched for 'linking' in the user guide (Confluence_5-6-0_CompleteGuide_PDF_CONF56-050914-0441-4..pdf) but may have missed something.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: To link to a shared folder you use this format. Keep in mind this will ONLY work with Internet Explorer by default as it is the only browser that supports the file protocol out of the box. You can get extensions for Chrome and Firefox that will enable the file protocol.

```
file://///server/path/to/document.doc
```

Yes, you need five slashes at the front. The protocol is "file:///" ... with three(not two)slashes. The next two slashes are the beginning of the UNC path.

**Firefox extension**   
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=search>  
(In the extension options on the Advanced tab-\>Trusted tab -\>Allow local links[](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=search)

**Chrome Extension**   
<https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/locallinks/fkkidcgelfcjmebocoaicnelkbnpgpmm>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You need to start by thinking about how you are presenting these links.

A basic c:\\directory will only ever open the local directory on the user's machine, and the way to enable that as a "link" is entirely down to the browser on the user's machine. And not of much use because each machine is different. Most importantly, I don't think it's what you mean.

I suspect you've got shared directories on a server somewhere. The question about linking to them now becomes "how are you publishing these shares?"


Tags: confluence-administration
What are the hardware requirements for a Linux server to run JIRA/Confluence? Processors? RAM? Disk space? Thanks!
Asked by Jason Ramsey:


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Jason,

Please see this document for the Confluence hardware requirements:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Server+Hardware+Requirements+Guide>

And this one gives guidelines for JIRA:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Requirements#JIRARequirements-JIRAServerHardwareRecommendationforProduction>

Hope it helps!

Ann


author: Jason Ramsey
body: PERFECT! Thank you!


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there a way to set a generic password to view Confluence?
Asked by barbarat:

The goal is to have a space for stakeholders to view project status. The issue is that often (execs) forget their login/password so we want to simplify access to this page. Making the page public could cause security concerns. Is there a way to make the page easily and securely accessible, maybe with a generic password?


Answers:
author: Daniel Wester
body: Generic password and security doesn't go together. Especially not on a public accessible site(just a matter of time until somebody shares their credentials because it's easier).

My suggestion would be to have an executive friendly email text ready to send. Sooner or later folks will learn their credentials.

comments: author: Mauro Badii
body: Agree. Retrieving a lost password is not that complicated. An email is sent and a couple of clicks.


author: TomC
body: Agree with Daniel that it's a slippery slope to use gereric credentials. We have executives accessing wiki spaces, and they don't seem to have troubles (Fortune 500 company). We sync with our Active Directory so credentials are not unique just for Conflience but the same logins they use for other applications. Our next step is looking into SSO.


author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Barbarat,

I agree with Tom regarding Single Sign On would be a good alternative. For this, Atlassian has Crowd. Single sign-on support means users authenticate once, and are automatically logged in to everything. [On this page](https://www.atlassian.com/software/crowd/overview) you can find more details about.

<br />

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: With "generic password" you will for sure loose the confidence on who has the access to the site. Big security risk

As Tom has suggested, sync with Active Directory or LDAP is the best option to look for (so the passwords are not unique to Confluence)


Tags: anonymous

cloud

confluence-cloud

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permission
can't create anything on new confluence install
Asked by mydogspot:

I just installed a new confluence instance - 5.6.5 on centos 6.6 64 bit, using mysql 5.5.34 cluster as the database backend. Everything seemed good, it installed the demo space. But we can't create anything! When the create button is clicked it spins forever. I can see it connect to the database and it seems to be trying to access AO_54C900_SPACE_BLUEPRINT_AO. This table is empty. Is it supposed to have content in it that somehow didn't get created? Any other ideas on why this would decide to not function? I have tried this both as an admin use and a regular user.

thanks - EJ


Answers:
author: mydogspot
body: I should have dug a little deeper, I found this page which discusses the same problem and a solution -- <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/274786>. Made the mysql change and that fixed the issue.


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Hi, it shouldn't be this since it's an issue for the v 5.0 but you can try to make sure: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=323393116>


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there a way to display Innotas charts in Confluence?
Asked by Jeanne Howe:

I have tried adding the URL as an external gadget, but the URL is not in the correct format for a gadget.


Answers:
author: TinA
body: Hello JT,

I am unaware if Innotas has direct gadget compatibility I suggest contacting their support group. I have however found a plugin you could use. It seems to apply to your case in terms of displaying the charts. I suggest reading up on the plugin before purchasing or consideration of using it.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/INNOTAS>


Tags: chart
Deleted user not disappearing in @mention
Asked by Shane Burger:

I deleted a user (my original username for the Sys Admin), but they still show up when you start typing the "@mention". How can I wipe them completely out?

Of note - we have JIRA Agile + Confluence. The user is completely deleted in JIRA (no "@mention" available), but not in Confluence.


Answers:
author: Gary
body: Hi Shane,

As Jonathan said, it is not possible to delete a user in the cloud environment that has made any contributions. My initial guess is that this user was probable deactivated, and unfortunately there is a current bug that still allows deactivated users to be @mentioned:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-32702>

Cheers,  
Gary


author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: If a user has content -- if there are pages that the user created or even modified -- I believe that they cannot be actually deleted from Confluence. (Note: if the user list is maintained separately, such as via LDAP, then user account deletion does mostly work -- I'm talking about when you have user accounts created within Confluence.


author: Shane Burger
body: It didn't note it failed. There were no issues associated, as it was when I was first setting up the account.

JIRA and Confluence are connected. The issue only pops up in Confluence. I cannot change the email address, as the user doesn't exist in the admin section anymore for me to change their address.


author: Paul Pasler
body: * Are you sure the user is deleted? Sometimes deletion fails (issues associated, etc.)
* Is the JIRA and Confluence connected? Maybe you mention the Confluence User (Try changing the email Adress and see if you get a notification)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to recognize macro by its name?
Asked by ester rabinovich:

Hi,

I can I recognize a macro by its name?

For example I want to use macro that replace all text when user start to type:

image2015-1-12 17:24:22.png

How can I recognize which macro it is?

Thanks,

Ester  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-recognize-macro-by-its-name/qaq-p/375487?attachment-id=382){#link_1188fdd36b2aeb}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/63474/1/image2015-1-12%2017%3A24%3A22.png){#display_1188fdd36b2aeb_0}


Answers:
author: ester rabinovich
body: Hello Guilherne,

I meant that I see an existing macro in several pages (blueprints) but don't have a clue how can I implement them because I there's no option to see the macro name once it implemented on such page.

I can I know what is the name of the macro below?

<br />

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-recognize-macro-by-its-name/qaq-p/375487?attachment-id=7143){#link_1188fdd774c212}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/63476/1/image2015-1-12%2017-24-22.png){#display_1188fdd774c212_0}


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Ester, you may do that by using a *curly bracket "{"* plus a [User Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Writing+User+Macros) which [will invoke](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+Autocomplete#UsingAutocomplete-Usingautocompleteformacros) that component into Confluence editor. Note that while [there are examples](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/User+Macro+Template+Syntax) on the syntax for composing a User Macro, they may require a bit of tinkering before you can get to the functioning code.

A good shortcut would be to employ an add on such as [Quick Suggest](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.topshelfsolution.quicksuggestmacros) which delivers the feature, you may like to look for other options within <http://marketplace.atlassian.com>
CONF 5.5: how can I use getLatestVersionsOfAttachments() using velocity in a user macro
Asked by Stefan Baader:

I want to collect all attachments of a space using the method of the AttachmentManager:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `java.util.List<`[Attachment](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/Attachment.html "class in com.atlassian.confluence.pages")`>` | **[getLatestVersionsOfAttachments](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/AttachmentManager.html#getLatestVersionsOfAttachments%28com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject%29)** `(`[ContentEntityObject](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html "class in com.atlassian.confluence.core")` content)` |

BHow can I define the content entitiy object (here the space?) to run the method?  
My approach is this:

```
# @noparams#set( $allSpaces = $spaceManager.getAllSpaces()  )#foreach( $s in $allSpaces  )  &lt;li&gt;$attachmentManager.getLatestVersionsOfAttachments $s )#end
```

BBut this doesn't work.


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Probably because $s is of type: <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/spaces/Space.html> which is not [ContentEntityObject](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html), but a [ConfluenceEntityObject](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/core/ConfluenceEntityObject.html)

So, you would need go to pages (page is a [ContentEntityObject](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/core/ContentEntityObject.html)) using <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/PageManager.html>


author: Davin Studer
body: Well, $attachmentManager.getLatestVersionsOfAttachments will only get attachments for a ContentEntityObject ... page, blogpost, etc. It will not get you attachments for a space. Another way to get this would be the REST API. You could use the below ...

```
http://{yourserver}/rest/searchv3/1.0/search?where={spacekey}&amp;spaceSearch=true&amp;queryString=type:attachment
```

<br />


Tags: velocity
In a S-JQL command the ASC or DESC makes no difference if run from Confluence
Asked by Dean Page:

This is the code that I used, but the ASC or DESC makes no difference

issue in structure("new project","\[ issuetype = 'Project Milestone ' ORDER BY duedate ASC\]")

The JQL command does sort if run on its own

issuetype = "Project Milestone " ORDER BY duedate ASC


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: Are you sure that this isn't a problem with how Structure is handling it? Maybe rewrite the query as:

```
issue in structure("new project","[ issuetype = 'Project Milestone ']")
```

```
ORDER BY duedate ASC
```

comments: author: Dean Page
body: This worked perfectly. I bow to your genius. Thanks!!


Tags: jql
How can I add an attribute to a page information eg. "work status"
Asked by Ron Ganzfried:

By klicking on "Extras" I can see a fixed set of attributes about that specific page. How can I edit and add attributes on the status of the page?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Check out the page properties and page properties reports macro. With the page properties macro you can create a table on a page with key/value pairs wrapped in the page properties macro. Then on another page you can create a report of those pages that shows the key/value pairs. Would something like this be what you are looking for?
Define the 'Search' option in Confluence
Asked by Ioana Curta:

Hello,

Is there a way in which you can define the 'Search' option in Confluence? For example, can you configure the search to show all the most rated articles first? Or the articles added in the last week first?

Thank you!  
Ioana


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Take a look here, <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Lucene+Boosting+Strategy+Module>

Basically, you can have your very own strategy for Search results.

comments: author: Ioana Curta
body: Thank you so much for this! It's really helpful!


Tags: search
Confluence content search is not working on doc, xls, ppt and doc file format
Asked by hemanth acharya:

Hi All,

I am doing a search on the top right corner in our confluence instance. According to this link : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Searching+Confluence#SearchingConfluence-Searchingthecontentofattachments> it should search the search string in the mentioned doc, but for us contents of only txt and html gets searched, rest of them are not searched. I checked the modules that are enabled for the "Attachment Extractor" plugin and all are enabled.

Is it a bug or am I doing anything wrong. Please suggest.

We have confluence 5.5.2.

Thanks!

Hemanth


Answers:
author: hemanth acharya
body: Hi All,

The solution was to enable some of the modules that were in the 'Office connector plugin'.

Here are the modules I enabled:

* Word Content Extractor
* Powerpoint 97 Content Extractor
* Powerpoint 2007 Content Extractor
* Excel 97 Content Extractor
* Excel 2007 Content Extractor

For PDF attachments, please enable a module in the 'Attachment Extractors'

Thanks,

Hemanth


author: Mike Rathwell
body: Without knowing more about your environment, it COULD just be that you need to re-index your system. I've found that often if Confluence isn't able to find \<X\> where X is almost anything, a full system re-index solves it.

comments: author: hemanth acharya
body: Hi @Mike Rathwell , thanks for the answer, what more info do you need about my environment to answer this better? Also, by indexing you mean the "Content Indexing" that is available in the confluence right? Thanks


author: David Shapiro
body: How do you all manage re-indexing? Shouldn't it re-index on its own or do it when new items are added itself? I can't believe I would be expected to run indexing manually. Please advise how it is supposed to work.


Tags: attachment

export
Insert 'User Profile' Macro can't find username
Asked by Taylor Nicholas Solazzo:

Hi Guys,

I have a few users who are active inside JIRA but when anyone tries to use the "Insert 'User Profile' Macro" a bunch of the usernames are not found.

I have compared permissions of the usernames that return a result and those who don't and some even match completely.

Unable to find anything on Google. Any ideas?

JIRA Version: Standalone 6.2 Build 6252


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: Do those users have the Browse Users global permission?

comments: author: Taylor Nicholas Solazzo
body: Hi,

The two users I am testing with both have that permission.

I am an administrator of JIRA and I still can only select some of the users when trying to fill in the field, others simply do not show up. I was thinking it may of been a permissions issue to start but now it looks like it may be an issue with the database.


author: Boris Berenberg
body: This profile macro? <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/User+Profile+Macro> This is in Confluence, not JIRA. There is no specific permission which would restrict this. I would try and rebuild your index. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Rebuild+the+Content+Indices+from+Scratch>