youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
using macros inside user macros
Asked by francis:

Hi,

I got a user macro 'abc' which is a panel macro with predefined values - pretty straightforward

```
## Macro title: CMPanel## Macro has a body: Y## Body processing: ## Output: Selected output option#### Developed by: idalko## Date created: dd/mm/yyyy## Installed by: idalko## @param title:title=Title|type=string|required=false|desc=panel title&lt;ac:macro ac:name="panel"&gt;&lt;ac:parameter ac:name="bgColor"&gt;transparent&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;&lt;ac:parameter ac:name="titleBGColor"&gt;#555555&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;&lt;ac:parameter ac:name="title"&gt;$paramtitle&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;&lt;ac:parameter ac:name="borderStyle"&gt;solid&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;&lt;ac:parameter ac:name="borderColor"&gt;#555555&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;&lt;ac:parameter ac:name="titleColor"&gt;#FFCC00&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;&lt;ac:rich-text-body&gt;$body&lt;/ac:rich-text-body&gt;&lt;/ac:macro&gt;
```

This works fine, until I add another macro in the body of the macro itself. For instance, if I add a dynamic tasklist in this macro, the panel expands to the bottom of the page. All formatting is lost.

The storage format does look ok, but the formatting is completely wrong.

Any ideas ?

Francis

<br />

<br />


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: Hello Francis.

I am afraid that is a known issue: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25507>. We will have to wait for the developers to fix this.


author: Davin Studer
body: For "macro body processing" in the user macro do you have it set to "Rendered"?

comments: author: francis
body: Yes - it is set to rendered


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: I have tried your case, Francis, on Confluence 5.6.6 and can also confirm that if you have a tasklist inside a panel macro it works, but if you put it inside your cmpanel, it simply does not render it... inside the editor all looks good though.. very strange


Tags: confluence-administration

user-macro
Confluence admin screen appears disabled
Asked by Shauna Bridger:

Hello,

Upon logging into account, I can see my pages, calendar etc. Yet when I try to see user accounts and other functions within the admin screens i see the following:

admin_screen.png

I have tried logging into IE and Chrome to the same effect.

Thank you,

Shauna

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-admin-screen-appears-disabled/qaq-p/281878?attachment-id=3510){#link_118904945999c6}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/47804/1/admin_screen.png){#display_118904945999c6_0}


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Shauna,

Please check out these links and if they are not of help, open a support request at <https://support.atlassian.com> so a support engineer can verify whether the admin page only appears that way on your network.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=691012068>

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/ID-22>

Thanks!

Ann

comments: author: Dave
body: This is most likely <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/ID-22> - you can confirm by testing this on your home network or a public network that is not affiliated with your work network. Static files are hosted on a CDN and some corporate networks are blocking that data, and the page displays incorrectly. To sort this out, your network admins will need to be sure to white list any traffic that is coming from those networks.


author: Mauro Badii
body: I wrote a troubleshooting guide about this behaviour:  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CLOUDKB/Styles+missing+in+Atlassian+Cloud>

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CLOUDKB/Styles+missing+in+Atlassian+Cloud)Hope it helps


author: Shauna Bridger
body: Thank you. I logged into the account outside the firewall, and it did indeed work. Thank you for your quick response.

comments: author: AnnWorley
body: Awesome to hear you isolated the issue!


author: Pedro Cora
body: Shauna,

Can you try cleaning your browser temporary files? It's possible that you have some old data there.

-- Pedro


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can I change Meeting Notes Template to include Comments Thread per every Task?
Asked by usha rani:

Each task in MOM is independent and we would like to track its completion with appropriate comments and attachments.

How could MoM template be changed to include comments per each item?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Usha


Answers:
author: Rodolfo
body: There is a Confluence add-on that you might be interested in checking out that might give you the functionality you're looking for.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.talk.confluence-talk-plugin>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to display a list of Blog posts in a space along with the blog labels? I am using Conlfluence OnDemand
Asked by Eugenie Kim:


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Hi Eugenie,

You can do this by inserting the Search Results macro on a page. For the options, in the "Search Terms" box, just put a space. For the "Restrict to this Space Key" box, put in the name of the space you want to search in. Finally, from the "Content Type" box choose "blogpost" from the dropdown. Then you should be able to see all blog posts in the space and their labels.

comments: author: Eugenie Kim
body: Thank you so much, Stephen! This is super helpful.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I view related content without using labels?
Asked by Ray DR:

If I am viewing an article in Confluence I would like to see related articles.   
I am not using labels so is there something available that can show related articles based on the content in the article being viewed?


Answers:
author: Ray DR
body: My goal is to see related articles to the article someone is currently reading.   

There is a "Content by Label" macro that Confluence uses to view related content but that is flawed. It only looks for the labels you ask it to. It does not dynamically search the labels in the article being viewed to show related content.


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Ray,

All I can think is that you could customize your search based on the article content to search other similar pages:

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

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Searching+Confluence)The only problem is that the above idea always work since it will depends on the words you use to search for more pages ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad").

In confluence we use labels to put a category over the pages if you are not using that there is no other built in categorizing method (as far as I'm aware).  
Hope it helps.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\| The Engineer that like Windows for realsies.


Tags: content
How to I see a page name change?
Asked by SSchoepel:

I know a page changed it's title but I don't know what it was originally. I cannot see a name change in the page history comparisons. All other changes are listed. How do I find it's original/previous names?


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: You may be able to find it under Space Activity: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Viewing+Space+Activity>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
In confluence questions can i (administrator) restrict confluence user to delete there question which they posted ? Appreciate for your answers
Asked by Shiva Prasad:


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Shiva,  

No, you can't restrict a user to delete a question they posted.  
You check the permission settings in this documentation:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/QUESTIONS/Permissions>

Happy New Year.

Cheers,  
WZ


author: Shiva Prasad
body: Thanks William ,

Wish You the same .


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do you see Release Burndown in a gadget?
Asked by Craig Bye:

We use Confluence to track the status of projects in our organization. My question is, how do I import one of the JIRA Agile reports into Confluence without taking a screenshot?

<br />

Specifically I want to view the Release Burndown in Confluence. How is this possible?

image2014-12-30 15:3:15.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-you-see-Release-Burndown-in-a-gadget/qaq-p/196922?attachment-id=11109){#link_1192c1cceaa404}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/33089/1/image2014-12-30%2015%3A3%3A15.png){#display_1192c1cceaa404_0}


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: There is no way to do this out of the box. I have gone ahead and filed a suggestion for it at: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/GHS-11629>

In the meantime, the best option I can offer is to include the remote page using the HTML Include macro: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/HTML+Include+Macro>


Tags: dashboard

jira
How can I show all related stories and bugs for a project in Confluence?
Asked by Shaylyn Kosta:

When a document/project is created in Confluence there are links to the various JIRA stories created which are related to the project. Within each JIRA story, we can link the associated bugs to each story. Is there a way to consolidate or list all stories AND associated bugs in one location on the Confluence document/project?


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: You would need to create a Filter to show that result set in JIRA, and then use a Filter Result gadget in Confluence.
Disappearance of Images - Confluence 5.2 (On Demand)
Asked by Devika Rani HJ:

Hi,

I am a power user of Confluence 5.2 (On Demand), whenever I add an image it either disappears after a few hours or the same image cannot be viewed by people who do not have the Administrator's credentials.

Would you please tell me why this is happening?


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey Devika,  

Can you reproduce this problem in a different computer? How about using a different browser? Can you reproduce this problem every time? If yes, I would recommend opening a support ticket *(https://support.atlassian.com)* , as this problem could be a bug.  

Cheers,

WZ


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can we run run two plugins at a time by using atlas-run command
Asked by jayasri:

I installed confluence 5.6.5 and created a plugin named Adddraftbuton then I go into root folder where it is created and run atlas-run then it confluence on localhost:1990 and Iam able to see the plugin.

Than I created another plugin named macro and went into the root folder and run atlas-run and again confluence started on localhost:1990 and Iam able to see macro.

IF I need to see both draftbutton and macro do I need to run atlas-run command from which folder?Can I see both at a time?

I have created all these plugins from tutorials.

Another doubt is I installed confluence on port 8090 but when I do custom code changes are taking place and starting confluence at 1990.Do I need to run atlas-run everytime to see my plugin on conluence GUI?

Please answer


Answers:
author: Midori
body: Another option to consider is:

1. Launch Confluence from one your projects (using *atlas-run* as usual). That plugin will be auto-installed.
2. Build the other plugin with *atlas-package*, then deploy the plugin JAR using UPM (uploading the JAR to Confluence).

It has the advantage that you don't a third Confluence.


author: Brendan Patterson
body: There are several options. atlas-run starts up a Confluence server on a specific port (1990 by default). So you could run two Confluence servers if you changed the port, you can see params here: <https://developer.atlassian.com/docs/developer-tools/working-with-the-sdk/command-reference/atlas-run>

but you don't want to do that! :smile:

![yellow-star](/html/@6EB528E3B8B75CA7B3E742FD4B0BACE1/images/emoticons/yellow-star.png "yellow-star") What makes the most sense in your case (and how I develop) is to run a single Confluence server from another directory (like a directory called 'atlassian-servers') is using the command:

**atlas-run-standalone --product confluence**

This will download, install, configure and start up a Confluence server. Its one of the best commands in the SDK!

Once that is done continue your development in each of your other directories. Then you can use atlas-cli + the pi command will install your AddOn directly to the server. Or atlas-package and then atlas-install-plugin

The problem with running atlas-run in the directory where you are developing is that sometimes you want to blow away the "target" directory for a completely clean build. But when you do that the entire Confluence must again be downloaded (even if local) and installed before starting up.
How do I know which CSS tags are applied during PDF export?
Asked by Joe Cross:

I'm trying to customize the PDF export using the CSS stylesheet. The problem I'm running into is that CSS rules I put in the stylesheet don't seem to be having the expected effect. For example, when I use the Chome "Inspect Element" panel to look at IDs and CLASSes in the HTML, I see that all page titles have an ID of "title-text". But when I change the properties of that ID, the exported PDF applies it to areas that do NOT have that ID in the "Inspect Element" panel.

So how do I know which CSS IDs and CLASSes are being applied to which parts of the exported PDF?

```
#title-text{      font-size: 48px;      page-break-before: always; ?    color: green;}
```

(this CSS rule changes the color and size of "Content Report Table" macros in the exported PDF but not the title text that has ID=title-text in the HTML)

Untitled.png

No effect...

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[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-know-which-CSS-tags-are-applied-during-PDF-export/qaq-p/391202?attachment-id=10210){#link_1192c22183d686}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/66177/1/Untitled2.png){#display_1192c22183d686_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-know-which-CSS-tags-are-applied-during-PDF-export/qaq-p/391202?attachment-id=10211){#link_1192c22183d686_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/66177/2/Untitled.png){#display_1192c22183d686_2}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-know-which-CSS-tags-are-applied-during-PDF-export/qaq-p/391202?attachment-id=10212){#link_1192c22183d686_1}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/66177/3/Screenshot%202014-12-30%2016.43.50.png){#display_1192c22183d686_4}


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: When I *try* , the following works:

```
.pagetitle {   font-size: 48px;   page-break-before: always;    color: green;  }
```

Why yours doesn't, I don't know. Logically thinking I would come up with the exact same thing as you.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

css

pdf

pdf-export
Iam unable to run atlas-create-confluence-plugin due to proxy settings
Asked by jayasri:

Hi I have installed confluence5.6.5 version an atlasian-sdk-plugin5.0.4 with maven 3.2.1 version and when I try to run atlas-create-confluence-plugin it is trying to downlaod some pom files and build Failure occurs.

I think the reason for this is some proxy setting I need to do because my company is using some firewall.

When I try to do the full seup at home everything is working fine.So the problem is definetly due to some proxy settings but my company policy is not allowing to configure proxy server.

Is there any other way to do this without using proxy server or it is mandatory to connect to internet to get all the files.Can we download the files and keep it manually?If so please let me know what are the files to be download so that I will download that at home and will place in office machine

PLease reply and thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: Alternatively you can configure Apache Maven to use (and optionally authenticate against) your network proxy - <http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-proxies.html>


author: Paul Pasler
body: 1. If you already had an working setup (p.e. at home) you can copy your .m2/ directory (for linux) which should provide all needed classes and you don't have to download them again. (See [where-is-maven-local-repository](http://www.mkyong.com/maven/where-is-maven-local-repository/))
2. You can try to download the file manually (You should find the urls in your logs), then you have to put it into your .m2 directory under the right path (See [Install an external jar into local Maven repository](http://jeff.langcode.com/archives/27))

Hope this helps!
How do I save my data on my HDD?
Asked by Rem Brandt:

Hello!  

How do I save my data on my HDD?

Perhaps I can no longer have access to the Internet.

This is very important. I do not want to lose my data.

Sincerely, Rem


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: You can perform an XML Backup of your Confluence Cloud instance by following these instructions: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Exporting+wiki+data>

comments: author: Rem Brandt
body: Can I open the XML through the browser and read my text?


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: you can open XML, but more readable is PDF... you can export into PDF as well


author: Rem Brandt
body: How I can export into PDF? From confluence database or XML Backup?!


author: Rem Brandt
body: P.S. I don't need read cod))) I want to read my text))) I'm not programmer, im user))


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: \>How I can export into PDF? From confluence database or XML Backup?!Neither. You can export spaces and pages to PDF from Confluence, just look at the print/export options. If you want to do it from the "database", you need a mechanism to do it (such as using Confluence...). If you want to do it from the XML, it gets more complex because the XML is designed to be used in Confluence or XML readers, not PDF and you'll need to translate it into the right shape.\>P.S. I don't need read cod))) I want to read my text))) I'm not programmer, im user))I think that's a useful background, but I don't think it helps us get to what you really need. The very easy answer that springs to my mind here is that "I want to read my text" translates directly into "that is what Confluence does. People write pages, and you read them". So go read it in Confluence. And the demand "I want it on my hdd" becaomes pointless.That is clearly not what you want to hear, but it is the right answer, given what you have told us. But I think there is a better answer, which we cannot see because your actual requirement is unclear.Can you tell us \*exactly\* how you want "to read my text"?


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: You can export to PDF (XML and HTML) via Confluence Space admin tools (something like: <http://your-confluence-server/confluence/spaces/exportspacewelcome.action?key=SPACE_KEY>)where SPACE_KEY is the key of the Confluence space you want to exportyou need to be Confluence Space Admin to do that


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Sorry, you'll need to explain this in more detail - what part of Confluence are you trying to save, and what error messages are you getting?

comments: author: Rem Brandt
body: MY DATA (property)!!! not part of Confluence!!!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Joseph has taken a guess that you mean you want to export your CONFLUENCE data. Which is part of Confluence.You can take the xml and open it in whatever you want (certainly wouldn't bother with a browser, it's complex and a browser will not open it in a friendly enough way to be of any use unless you've only got a couple of pages in Confluence and nothing else)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
confluence file store and api
Asked by Chag:

Does confluence have an api or directory location where I can send a bunch of documents in the amount of 500 and they will show up in the space I want? Or do I have to upload them manually? Looking to use an automatically way instead of uploads from the page itself.


Answers:
author: Justin Justin
body: John, maybe AppFusions' integrations with Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Egnyte, or Alfresco (or what flavor would you like - email [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com)) would be of interest. You can leave them organized as they are in one of those repositories, but work with them in Confluence (preview, link, embed in pages, download, edit, navigate embedded file folders, etc.) See details about these packaged integrations and videos at [www.appfusions.com](http://www.appfusions.com).


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, the attachments are internalised and have extra data included.

If you want to add files to Confluence and have them appear, you'd need to copy them to the server, name them appropriately, and push data into some of Confluence's tables in the database (for which you need Confluence offline, and with a proven backup before you do it). In other words, you **must** use the API in some way.

One way to use the API is "use the web UI" - i.e. the manual upload of each file. However, that's not the only way. The other options I'd look at for the API are:

* <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Confluence+REST+API>
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Uploading+Data+via+WebDAV>
* Look at the file management addons in the marketplace (I've not really looked myself, so I've not got any particular recommendations or knowledge there)
* Look at the scripting addons in the marketplace (I've used Bob Swift's CLI for this sort of stuff in the past)


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I search for the address of a link?
Asked by Mike Scott:

I have a link to an external site (Yahoo for example) on a page like this: [Click Here](http://www.yahoo.com)

I would like to search for the link's address: "**http://www.yahoo.com**".

I've tried searches like these with no luck:

* "yahoo.com"
* "www.yahoo.com"


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Mike,  

Yes, you need to go "Behind the scenes" and get a SQL/DB Access to be able to run such query. Or you can download SQL plugin Bob Swift to run within Confluence.  

Cheers,  
WZ


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey @Juan Felipe Cardona,  

Thank you for the clarification.   
So this query should return all the pages that has "yahoo.com" on this pages:

```
select c.title,b.body,c.contenttype from bodycontent b inner join content c on b.body like '%yahoo.com%' AND b.contentid = c.contentid;
```

Cheers,

WZ


author: Mike Scott
body: Thanks for the quick response.

I was hoping to just use the standard Confluence Search feature/page and enter something like "url:yahoo.com"

How do I go about executing that SQL from within Confluence? Or do I have to get "behind the scenes" SQL/DB access?


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey Mike,

From what I could understand, you are trying to have results from Yahoo searches within Confluence? If that what you meant, that is not possible.  
If that isn't what you're trying to do, can you please elaborate it?  

Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: Juan Felipe Cardona
body: Hello, I think Mike is trying to look for strings that contain "yahoo.com" (or similar) inside his pages.


author: Mike Scott
body: You are correct, thanks for the clarification.