youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
What would be the best option to manage priorities of a long term project ?
Asked by Ludovic MOTTINI:

Hi, we have a project of many years that will still evolve. I am searching the best practice to organize our list of tasks and our different projects, when we must integrate cost, time, risk and impact in our decision.

Would it be a simple spreadsheet to integrate then in Confluence ? or some plugins ?


Answers:
author: David Pinn
body: For task and risk management, you should take a look at Jira. The native Jira functionality is all about projects and tasks, and to some extent, time and cost management. There are add-ons for Jira that help you manage risks. I'm the author of one such add-on called Risk Register. Do you run Confluence on site, or do you have a subscription to Confluence in the Cloud?

comments: author: Ludovic MOTTINI
body: Hi David, thank you for your help.

We use Confluence Cloud.

I am not sure about the best process to follow yet. I just thought that to take decisions, talk about strategy, design, document, Confluence was the best. We use Portfolio and JIRA as well for stories, tasks and bugs.

Thank you
Installing Confluence with MySQL
Asked by Anurag Ashok:

Hello,

I have already installed JIRA with MySQL and now trying to install Confluence on same data base on Linux

Can you share the step by step procedure for installing Confluence on existing DB.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Create a new, empty database for Confluence on the MySQL server and follow the installation guide at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-installation-guide-135681.html>
Web resources (JS and CSS) not being added to Confluence macro plugin
Asked by Zena Hirsch:

I've followed the various tutorials for building a Confluence app, and yet my web resources (the JS and CSS files) aren't being added to my macro. (I don't see either the js or css file when inspecting the page.)

I have my web resources defined in \`atlassian-plugin.xml\`:

```
<web-resource key="validator-resources" name="validator Web Resources"> 
    <dependency>com.atlassian.auiplugin:ajs</dependency>  

    <resource type="download" name="validator.css" location="/css/validator.css"/> 
    <resource type="download" name="validator.js" location="/js/validator.js"/> 
    <resource type="download" name="images/" location="/images"/>
 
    <context>validator</context> 
</web-resource>
```

I am using the pageBuilderService in my execute method like so:

```
pageBuilderService.assembler().resources().requireWebResource("com.vimeo.community.validator:validator-resources");
```

**Here is my source code:** <https://bitbucket.org/zenahirsch/confluence-validator2/src>

Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong here?


Answers:
author: Ajaykumar Muthukumar
body: I'm getting the same issue. Can someone please help with this?


Tags: atlassian-sdk

css

javascript

web-resource
Port No
Asked by Anurag Ashok:

How to use port No 80 instead of port 8090 for confluence??


Answers:
author: somethingblue
body: Hi Anurag,

There is an article titled [Change listen port for Confluence that may be of assistance](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/change-listen-port-for-confluence-165823.html). Most of the time when I see the port changed it is due to a proxy being put in place to perform this. Here is some further information about setting up a proxy for Confluence:

[Configuring Web Proxy Support for Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-web-proxy-support-for-confluence-117068.html)

[How to Configure Outbound HTTP and HTTPS Proxy for your Atlassian application](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-configure-outbound-http-and-https-proxy-for-your-atlassian-application-834000120.html)

[How to use NGINX to proxy requests for Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-use-nginx-to-proxy-requests-for-confluence-313459790.html)

[Running Confluence behind Apache](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/running-confluence-behind-apache-792499650.html)

Cheers,

Branden
Windows 10 for Confluence 5.0.3
Asked by Adrian Mashuka:

Good Morning,

My team is getting ready to update to Windows 10 and we are wondering if we will have any problems with our Confluence 5.0.3 being compatible with it. Any feedback is much apprecited.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Cristian Rosas [Tecnofor]
body: Hi Adrian,

I guess you have installed Confluence in a server and you access with a Windows 10 desktop. You aren't going to have any problem with it because it doesn't matter where you are accesing from.

comments: author: Adrian Mashuka
body: Awesome thank you for the feedback.


author: Sandy Johnson
body: Adrian

I wouldn't count on no issues. I know this is not a Windows upgrade, but when we changed our browser version from IE 8 to IE 11, we found that we could no longer use the drag and drop functionality to reorder our pages. Just another in the long list of Confluence features :)

Sandy
Permanently enable LaTeX Math plugins for company
Asked by Sarah Messer:

We have enabled the LaTeX Math block and inline plugins on several occasions, but they stop working after a month or two. When we try to buy the licensed versions, we either get redirected to personal accounts or end up with the temporary trial versions.

How do we purchase a permanent license? I'm tired of the equations suddenly disappearing.


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: If you go to the app on the [marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.tensixtwo.conf.latexmath/cloud/overview) and click on Buy it now it will bring up the option to buy either the Server version or the Cloud. If you are on server, once you have paid for it the license key will be available on my.atlassian.com under your account.

comments: author: Sarah Messer
body: Thank you.  

When I try that, I get "You must [signup for OnDemand](https://my.atlassian.com/ondemand/signup) before you can try an OnDemand Marketplace add-on. If you already have an OnDemand account please check that it is linked to your current username." <https://www.atlassian.com/blog/archives/goodbye-atlassian-ondemand-hello-atlassian-cloud> says that OnDemand was being phased out three years ago in favor of "Atlassian Cloud"...   

I'm assuming my company has an OnDemand account, and we certainly work with Atlassian Cloud... I don't know if the error message is because I'm using the wrong account, or if there's something else involved. I have admin access to the corporate account, but it was originally set up with someone else taking point, and they're no longer available.   

Is the "OnDemand account" the same as the "Billing Contact" listed under Site administration?  

Reading <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Getting-the-quot-You-must-signup-for-OnDemand-quot-with-a-Cloud/qaq-p/578026>


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: You need to be the billing contact (you can have multiple) on your instance in order to sign up for new apps, and your my.atlassian.com account must be linked to it if you want to subscribe to an app via Marketplace. You can also add a new app from within the cloud instance by clicking on the cog wheel \> Add-ons and Find new add-ons.


author: Sarah Messer
body: Thank you. Attempting to verify with the Billing Contact, but he's currently got communication issues.


author: Sarah Messer
body: Clicking on the "Free Trial" button in the list of installed add-ons appears to have converted it to a paid license.
road map in confluence / Timeline in Quarters ?
Asked by MasterChecho:

Hello community,

I am running version 5.9.8 of Confluence on server.

I am trying to build a road map using the road map macro.

It is possible to display the timeline in Quarters or half years instead of weeks/months ?

Thanks in advance

Sergio


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Sergio,

We have a feature request for this:

* [CONFSERVER-37173](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-37173)

Please vote on it to show the interest in such a feature, and you can watch it in order to be updated of any progress.

Please note: your version of Confluence will be reaching [End of Life](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/atlassian-support-end-of-life-policy-201851003.html) in November of this year, which means it will no longer be supported. If the feature above ends up being added, you will need to upgrade to the most recent version of Confluence at the time of release.

Let us know if you have any questions about this!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
roadmap in confluence / Timeline in Quarters ?
Asked by MasterChecho:

Hellow community,

I am running version 5.9.8 of Confluence on server.

I am trying to build a roadmap using the roadmap macro.

It is possible to display the timeline in Quarters or halfyears instead of weeks/months ?

Thanks in advance

Sergio


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Duplicate post of <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/road-map-in-confluence-Timeline-in-Quarters/qaq-p/649422>
How to insert a pdf file in a customized template/ blueprint?
Asked by Christina Cordes:

I just created my own template with a blueprint and currently try to insert a pdf file in that template but it only allows me to insert pictures or URLs.

The overall idea is to create a template that always contains the same pdf file which will be then downloaded by a number of recipients and filled in.


Answers:
author: Hermance NDounga
body: Hey Christina

The trick here is to host your PDF on any other page of your space first (but in a page where you're sure it can't be edited or deleted by someone else).

So here is the plan

1. Add the PDF as an attachement somewhere in the space.

2. In the template, select Insert Files and Images

3. Choose "Search on other page", type a part of the name of your PDF, select the space and click search.

4. The PDF will show up and you can insert it. (It can take few minutes before Confluence indexes it, so if you search for it very quicky after you insert it, it might not show up)

And it's done !

comments: author: Christina Cordes
body: Sweet, thank you!


author: Hermance NDounga
body: You're welcome Christina ! If it solved your problem, can you please accept it as an answer ? Would be nice for other users to know this actually works !!
Can team calendars be customized
Asked by Vineela Durbha:

I have recently added a jira event to my calendar. A standard view is being displayed for the same.

Is there any way we can customize and display the required fields in calendar?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Vineela Durbha](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/249783)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://www.atlassian.com/es/licensing/team-calendars#team-calendars-for-confluence-data-center>

Cheers


Tags: jira

team-calendars-for-confluence
No Language Packs available in Atlassian Marketplace (Confluence server 6.4.1)
Asked by Arjan Vlek:

Hi,

I am looking for a Dutch language pack for Confluence Server v6.4.1. It seems that the Atlassian Marketplace doesn't find ANY language packs.

On the manual page of Confluence, it was suggested to download a language pack from translations.atlassian.com, but on that site there were only entries up to version 6.4.0rc2. Also, it said that the Dutch language pack was built into the application and can't be downloaded as a JAR file.

I can't seem to find anything about how to enable it, if that is the case.

Can someone assist me how to configure my Confluence instance to work with the Dutch language?

Greetings,

Arjan


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Arjan,

I've made a bug for this last week:

* [CONFSERVER-53550](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-53550)

Please vote on it to help show the developers how many users are running into the issue. You can also comment to let them know that you, too, were not able to download Dutch.

At this time I was not able to find a workaround, but if you watch the case, you'll be updated when there is any progress.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Arjan Vlek
body: Thanks for your quick reply. I voted on the issue you referenced, and hope a solution will be available soon.


author: Shannon S
body: No problem, Arjan! Thank you for doing that.

Take care and have a pleasant week.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Can I use a page properties report table as the input to a chart from table macro?
Asked by Wilson Gray:

It looks like it should work and I have added the page properties into the chart from table and can select the columns for the labels and values. I get an error stating that "Probably, there is no data in the Values column" even though I can see the data. Any ideas?


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

Yes, PPR macro can be used as an input for Chart from Table macro.

Are there numbers in the column selected as Value column? A screenshot would be helpful for understanding your problem.

comments: author: Wilson Gray
body: Yes, the table has values, however they are text values and not numeric does this make a difference?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Yes, Values column expects numbers in selected columns. Most likely you are trying to create a Line chart, try to switch to a Column chart.


author: Wilson Gray
body: Thanks, I will have a play around with different formats.
Confluence - Server to Cloud
Asked by Bryan Trummer - ReleaseTEAM:

I am moving from our current situation of Confluence server to Confluence Cloud. Is there an easy way to migrate the data over or is this all a manual effort?


Answers:
author: Bryan Trummer - ReleaseTEAM
body: I found the answer on the Atlassian Knowledge Base.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/migrate-from-confluence-server-to-cloud-724765529.html>


Tags: migration

confluence-cloud

server
Confluence Questions: manage watchers
Asked by PascalH:

I see [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/manage-watchers-218271870.html) we can manage watchers of a page, a blogpost and even now on a space. That's great.

I am wondering if it's possible to manage group of users. We use AD groups in Confluence.

Thanks,

Pascal


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: The short answer is no, it is not possible. There is a request to have that feature added, [CONFSERVER-20118](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-20118)
What is the expected behavior of the Confluence Workbox for watched pages?
Asked by Craig Day:

I was expecting notifications of edits to pages that I watch to show up in my "Workbox" in Confluence.

This does not happen. I see all of my JIRA updates in the workbox (we have it linked to JIRA) and I also see our Comala Workflow updates (the in-app notifications for Comala are enabled).

But for a basic page edit or comment I get nothing. Nor do any other users.

Email notifications are working fine, but they are unwanted by many or many just have them go into a Confluence folder in their inbox never to be seen.

Confluence Server 6.1.3


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Nick,

The [Workbox should show notifications](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/workbox-notifications-284365963.html) related to shares, comments, mentions, and likes. It does not share with you if someone edits a page. The [email notifications](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/email-notifications-145162.html) are the ones that will share that information.

Please note also it will **NOT** show notifications if you are watching the space, only the specific page.

Can you let me know if you're not receiving any notifications in the Workbox for single pages you are watching?

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Craig Day
body: Ah ok. I was thinking that page edits would show up in the Workbox. But now that I think about it I guess that would be fairly unmanageable.

Thanks!


author: Shannon S
body: No worries, Nick!

Take care, and Kind Regards,  
Shannon


Tags: server
Brand new to Confluence... Some sites have an 'overview' link automatically added. Some sites don't
Asked by Terry Moon:

When I add sites some of them seem to have an overview link with a hamburger type of icon and other sites don't, not sure why. Some are very basic and have pages and space tools. What differentiates this? Also, is there a way to add the overview option after the fact? Thanks.

Photos included to show differences.

![ex2.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7143iF80E075800292728/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ex2.JPG")![ex1.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7142iEC8BA9F5CA7CDFAB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ex1.JPG")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi, Terry,

It appears that the Space Administrator has removed those links from the sidebar.

If you log in as the Space Administrator for that Operations space, look at the bottom right-hand corner of the sidebar when you put your cursor over it. A small pencil icon should appear.

When you click it, you'll see your Overview and Blog options again with a + sign next to them. If you click the + sign you can add those options back to the sidebar.

Can you give that a try and let me know how it goes?

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Terry Moon
body: Yes!! Thank you very much. The site is brand new and i'm the one who created it so I'd be the site admin I guess. I never turned those off though which is confusing. But as long as I know how to turn back on all is great!! Thanks again!


author: Shannon S
body: Terry,

Glad I could help!

Take care and have a pleasant rest of your week. :)

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
centrally manage sidebar layout
Asked by Quentin Monteyne:

hi,

I want to centrally manage the sidebar layout of 40+ spaces in our Confluence 6.4 on-prem install.

2 things need done:

1/ turn off all the default links except Blogs, +

2/ add some code in the Sidebar Customizer:

{livesearch:spaceKey=@self\|size=small\|placeholder=Search this space}  
{pagetree:root=@none\|startDepth=2}

If I can manage to create a link to "this space's blog posts", just like the "blogs" button, in markdown in the sidebar customizer, that's fine, too.

how can I proceed?

when copying spaces, sidebar design't isn't copied with it ....

I've looked around in the DB as well but can't seem to find what I'm looking for.

thx,

Quentin


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Quentin,

We have a feature request to be able to configure the sidebar layout globally:

* [CONFSERVER-38952](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-38952)

You can vote on the issue in order to show how popular such a feature would be. Please feel free to comment on it with your use case to ensure the best implementation of the feature should we choose to include it.

Lastly, you can watch the issue if you want to get any updates of progress.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
How do I disable the markdown macro in scriptrunner?
Asked by Justin Shapiro:

Flying blind here but there appears to be a markdown macro in scriptrunner that is conflicting with the markdown macro from bob swift. how do I disable the one in scriptrunner so I can do inline mardown?


Answers:
author: Christo Mastoroudes _Adaptavist_
body: If you navigate to Confluence general configuration section and then the "Script Macros" section you will see all the ScriptRunner macros. Toggle the switch next to the macro you would like to disable.

If the answer solves your question please mark it as accepted so that other people with the same issue can benefit from it. Thanks.
Can a page link in the left navigation pane open a page in another space?
Asked by Charlie Johnson:

I created a page and the link shows in the left navigation pane. How can that link be set to automatically open another page in a different space?

Thanks,

Charlie


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: You can go to Space Tools \> Configure Sidebar. There you can add links under the space shortcut that can reference any link you would like. (ie: Web Link or any page in confluence you have access to.)

comments: author: Charlie Johnson
body: Thanks Brant for the quick reply.

Charlie
Inspiration
Asked by Kevin Tsui:

Hi. Are there any publicly accessible Confluence spaces that are out there? I'd like to take a look at some nicely designed ones to get inspired for my own space.


Answers:
author: Kevin Tsui
body: Nice. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks.


author: Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/disc/powered-by-confluence> ?


Tags: inspiration
Need help on how to hide a Space's sidemenu within Confluence
Asked by George Chilcott:

Hi, I am trying to build a help centre within Confluence and need to hide the side menu to stop users (particularly anonymous ones) navigating to areas such as space tools etc.

The documentation I have found is not very clear where and how to do this (even mentioning pages/sections that don't exist) and any help centre questions on this are also outdated - FYI I am on Confluence Cloud


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi George,

It is not possible to make such customizations in Confluence Cloud.

Let us know if you have any questions about this.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: George Chilcott
body: Hi Shannon,

Thank you for your reply,

As this is not possible within Cloud, how can I restrict users to only view the space/pages that I set?

For example, if I set anonymous users to view a space those users can still view the space tools... this doesn't seem right to let anonymous user view this, however, I want my users to view the help guides without logging in, even then I wouldn't really want users to view the space tools etc.

Kind regards

George


author: Shannon S
body: George,

You can follow the instructions here to [Set up Public Access to a Space in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/setting-up-public-access-934718729.html#SettingUpPublicAccess-Grantingpublicaccesstoaspace).

If the anonymous user is given permission to see the space then they *will* see the directory and Space Tools as well, but we do have a feature request to change this behavior in the future:

* [CONFCLOUD-55260](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-55260)

Please vote on the ticket to show your support for implementing this change, and add a comment with your use case to help to better understand the need for this feature.

You can watch the case in order to be updated on any progress.

Otherwise, it would require [adding some custom HTML](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-hide-the-space-tools-menu-for-anonymous-users-in-confluence-816877024.html) which is not possible in Cloud due to the [Confluence Cloud restricted functions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html).

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
502 Proxy Error - DNS lookup failure for: confluence.xxxx.edu
Asked by Navadeep:

Hi Atlassians,

Could you please provide your suggestions to resolve this issue.

![DNS lookup failure.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/7125iD2531F4B8BC59760/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "DNS lookup failure.JPG")

We have faced this issue after moving our application to DMZ. We have opened firewall port 443 as well.

Thanks,

Nav


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Navadeep](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1138053) ,

this is not an application error and you need to investigate at reverse proxy configuration side.

Fabio