youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Auto update information when source page/project information updates
Asked by Miguel:

I'm a complete noob here so apologies if I dunno the terms much. I'm creating a page where there's this table that I've taken/copied from another page. How can I set/link the table in my page to auto-update its information when the source table's information changes/updates?


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hey Miguel,

You can't do that through a copy/paste. What you need to do:

1. Identify one page/table as the source of truth

2. Create that as an excerpt macro

3. Use the excerpt macro in the other pages to include content from the parent page

Have a look at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-include-macro-148067.html>

Regards

Bhushan


Tags: jira
Confluence Server mobile app 'We're missing something' error
Asked by Bernhard Rusch:

I've just tried the new Confluence Server mobile app, but unfortunately it isn't working with our Confluence installation.

We've enabled all the 3 required plugins, as described here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/we-re-missing-something-error-on-confluence-server-mobile-app-938025601.html> but still the app is displaying the error 'We're missing something'.

Any hints?


Answers:
author: Nick Moskalenko
body: Hello Bernhard!

Thank you for your feedback.

Please make sure your instance have valid SSL certificate.

It should be issued by CA trusted on your Android device and also have information about "Intermediate CA" as described here:

<https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-ssl.html#MissingCa>

Thanks!

Nick Moskalenko, Android developer on Server Mobile Team.

comments: author: Bernhard Rusch
body: Hi,

Thank you very much for your answer.   
According to the SSL check on ssllabs.com the certificate is installed correctly - the intermediate cert is also in place.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!


author: Jenny
body: Hi Bernhard,

Sorry we've taken so long to get back to you!

Is this still an issue for you? If so I suggest you double check you've met all the requirements in [our documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-server-mobile-app-beta-939925483.html).

If after that it's still not working for you, please email confluence-server-mobile@atlassian.com (including your domain) and we'll look into it for you.

Thanks

Jenny
PDF Export of the page has very large spacing issues
Asked by Rebecca Wise:

I have a confluence page that has a lot of verbiage on it that is exported on a weekly basis. It is just a long list of bulleted items. When I export the PDF, I have very large chunks of blank space towards the end/beginning of each page... how do I correct the stylesheet so that I don't have these spacing issues?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: There was a border around a portion of Rebecca's page, as if it were inside a table. It wasn't clear what was generating it. After we eliminated the mystery border, the PDF export worked as expected.


author: AnnWorley
body: Please let me know:

* Do you have a PDF layout or stylesheet in place?
* Are you exporting via Space Tools (bottom left) or using the page tools menu (...) top right?

Please examine the layout and stylesheet if any at Space Tools\>Look and Feel to see if the spaces are being added there.

* One way to test without any customizations is to create a test space with no customizations and copy the page to that space, then see if the export still has the blank space.

If the export still has the blank space on a test space, then probably the blank space is being caused by something in the page itself.

* Please paste the storage format of the page into a code block on this thread. Storage format can be retrieved on the page tools (...) menu\>View Storage Format.

I created a page that was all bullet points and it exported without any blank lines. Here is how the top of my plain vanilla bullet point page came out in the PDF export - there's no blank space at the bottom, either.![Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.38.04 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10256iB9EB614127DDA35C/image-dimensions/589x171?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.38.04 PM.png")

comments: author: Rebecca Wise
body: We do not have a PDF layout or stylesheet in place. I am exporting from the page tools menu at the top right. I tried what you suggested, and the PDF issue is still there on the copy of the page.


author: Rebecca Wise
body: When I attempt to enter the code block, I get the following error: Your message was not accepted. Check for invalid HTML or try reposting as plain text.


author: AnnWorley
body: To workaround the formatting limitation I created a ticket on our support portal on your behalf. You should receive an email shortly asking for the storage format and other materials.
Custom emails for watched page
Asked by william:

In confluence 4.x we were able to customize some email behavior by extending DefaultNotificationSender in our own plugin.

I tried the same trick in 6.2 and I see our DefaultNotificationSender being constructed but nothing else in the class is called. Yet we still get emails when a page is modified. I do see DefaultNotificationSender.java in the Confluence source code we have access to but I am wondering if this is OBE residue and all this is now being handled by a bundled plugin.

Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@william](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1162902)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/email-notifications-145162.html>

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/subscribe-to-email-notifications/>

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/watch-pages-spaces-and-blogs/>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customizing-email-templates-168001822.html>

Cheers
Reg: Confluence Dashboard page updates issue..
Asked by Ramesh Kumar Gangireddla:

Dear Support,

why we are not getting page modified updates in confluence dashboard

The last update is Oct 26th

![Confluence_dashboard_update.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10233i68DB23678BC013BA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence_dashboard_update.png")


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Ramesh Kumar Gangireddla](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1133617) ,

try to reindex content and verify if it solves your issue.

Fabio
"Add a page" level restrictions
Asked by SG:

Currently, in my company, a user does not have permissions to create/add a page inside a Space.

Is there a way to give permission to the user to be able to add a new page within a parent page only, and not the entire space?

Or we can only give permission to add a page within the Space?


Answers:
author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: Hi SG,

It isn't possible per page. You can add viewing restrictions on the other content in the space if the other users shouldn't access.

comments: author: SG
body: Actually, I wanted to restrict users to only be able to create a page under a parent page.

Ex: Lets say, there is a space A

which has two pages. B and C

Can it be done that users be able to add/create pages under B and not C?

By giving permission rights to add a page in the entire space, the users can add a page anywhere in the space. which is not ideal as people can misuse it.

Is there no way to control the creation of pages under only a parent page? and not the entire space?


author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: No, that is not possible with the way space permissions are setup.


author: SG
body: Ohh, thanks Edwin.

So what according to you should be a workaround?

Specifically for allowing users to create a page within page limits


Tags: administration
Mapping Excel Data to a Table Macro displaying a chart in Confluence
Asked by Joe Howes:

The documentation indicates that you simply attach the XLS file and then use the Office Excel macro to display the content of the spreadsheet nicely in the document.

The problem is that when the macro insert UI comes up, the file which I have attached is not listed.

Having trouble finding anyone with a similar issue through Google.

![Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 11.08.16 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10227i5B760EB16DC1C009/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 11.08.16 AM.png")


Answers:
author: Todd Howard
body: It's because your page name has a colon in it. Change it to a dash and it will work. (I saw this workaround published on another posting and it worked for me.)


Tags: macro

ms-excel
Cannot create a new Confluence cloud account with my domain
Asked by 3G:

I cannot create a new confluence instance for my domain. Previously I connected it to another instance with Confluence, Jira, and Stride.

<br />

I have

\* removed the IDs with the domain name

\* removed the DNS pointer to atlassian for the domain name

\* removed the organization domain for the domain name

How do I get t this thing to work?


Answers:
author: thais
body: Hi, Gregg,

Some steps necessary to fix this issue may have to be taken on our side.

If you are still not being able to create a new Confluence Cloud with your domain, I will kindly ask you to raise a ticket with us at the Support at the <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/>

Thanks!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to extend Confluence quick search dropdown menu?
Asked by Nico n:

Why Confluence Quick Search does NOT search inside PDF ?

But if you search from the search page (dosearchsite.action?queryString=) then Confluence is searching even in the PDF.

Is there a configuration option to do ?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: The way the quick search works is to look for titles, not search terms within the pages or attachments.

I have a .pdf called Search term.pdf with the name Rachel within it. If I do a quick search and start typing Search then the attachment will come up.

If I type Rachel the attachment will not be found until I do a full search. To search within the content (not just the title) the full search is necessary. This doc describes it better, note that it says type the name of what you are looking for, for quick search, not a search term within the content:

[Quick search](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/search-139528.html#Search-Quicksearch)
> To perform a quick search in Confluence, choose the search field at the top-right of every page or type / on your keyboard to place your cursor in the search field. Type the name of a page, blog post, person, file/attachment...
>
![Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.25.42 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10252iD809754A0308816D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.25.42 PM.png")

![Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.24.41 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10251iD0F6EC34CC5A19DB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.24.41 PM.png")

![Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.26.48 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10253iCA5947A9A2948862/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.26.48 PM.png")

comments: author: Nico n
body: Thanks Ann. That's what I have testeted. Now, my question is why it is done in this way and how modify this behavior, if possible. Thanks again. Nicol?


author: AnnWorley
body: It is possible to workaround this by adding the Livesearch macro on the sidebar. I tested and was able to search an attachment on another space. In this screen shot you can see the syntax I used and where I put it. You can see I am in the 123 space but the attachment was found over in the Demonstration space. Here is the documentation for the Livesearch macro: [Livesearch Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/livesearch-macro-163415902.html)

![Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 10.45.20 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10302i93AA2BF45A8C6A88/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-12-01 at 10.45.20 AM.png")


author: Nico n
body: thanks. Very useful! :-)


Tags: pdf

search
Searching Inside Macro/Dynamic Content
Asked by Michael DeFilippo:

I placed a **Search** box on my leading page. I have several pages that contain Expanding text content. When I perform a search, although the system finds the content, it doesn't take the user to the specific location on the page; instead it takes the user to only the page that contains the content.

Is it possible to have the search point to the particular instance of Expanding text on the page?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Michael DeFilippo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1167712) it will only take users to the Confluence page not to the section where the keyword is listed.
Error while generating placeholder. Is the server available?
Asked by Andrew Hana:

I use the menu-pick "Insert more content" --\> "Table of Contents"

I use all the default settings and then click "Insert".

I get a small pop-up with the message: Error while generating placeholder. Is the server available".

What is this about and what do I need to tell my admin that needs to be fixed?


Answers:
author: roman
body: [@Andrew Hana](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1167625),

errors such as "Error while generating placeholder. Is the server available" could be related to an incorrect reverse proxy configuration in Confluence.

Do you use proxy with your Confluence server? If yes, you need to follow the instructions on this page: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/securing-your-atlassian-applications-with-apache-using-ssl-838284349.html#SecuringyourAtlassianapplicationswithApacheusingSSL-PartA.ConfiguretheAtlassianapplications>.

Make sure to add proxyName, proxyPort, secure, and scheme to Confluence's server.xml and restart the server.

Does this help?

Roman.
link to anchor doesn't work in Note macro.
Asked by Rachael Ang:

The link to anchor works in a normal paragraph but does not in a Note macro.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Rachael Ang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1166145) certain macros do not work inside other macros. This might be the case. Make sure that the macro works outside the notes macro to verify.


Tags: anchor
Moving to an older version of Confluence
Asked by Taylor Huston:

I need to migrate several spaces and tables from a Confluence 6.2 installation to a Confluence 5.10 installation. From the official documentation there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this.  

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf56/restoring-a-space-658737205.html>  

Anyone have any ideas or suggestions for a workaround?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence doesn't do downgrades, so this can be difficult. 6.2 data is not compatible with 5.x data in general, so this is unlikely to work without editing the xml more, but you might be able to export a space to xml, edit it to change the reported version and import it on a lower version. Even if it works without further edits (which you may be able to identify by reading the logs during import), it is likely that you will have broken pages in the imported spaces.
How to instal atlassian cms for my webite?
Asked by salesseo:

How to instal atlassian cms for my webite? i want to make forum discussion using atlassian for sub my domain [http://seomoz.id](http://seomoz.id/ "seomoz.id") ..

Help me please


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A forum with Atlassian systems is probably best done with Confluence, with either the "Questions" add-on or the "Community Forums" add-on. I would evaluate both, separately.
Any Confluence feature or plug-in available when creating UI/UX Product Requirements?
Asked by MinKu_Yeo:

Hi, I use Confluence Cloud and my team is working on iOS/Android game apps.

When creating product requirements on Confluence with the [Product Requirements Blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/product-requirements-blueprint-329975392.html), I sometimes have to write and draw about the mobile app's UI / UX prototype.

Until now, my team members used Microsoft Powerpoint 2016 to draw the initial UI/UX and uploaded on Confluence. However, this uploading method is not good because it takes a sizeable amount of file size, my teammates have to download the attached file every time, and the user has to [compare the PPT file manually](http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/learn/interface/2016/compare-presentations-manually.html) all the time to check the difference.

I did notice the [Figma for JIRA Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.figma.jira-add-on/cloud/overview), but I wanted a Confluence Add-on or a native Confluence feature to write UI/UX product requirements. Is this Add-on or feature available?

-Best Regards


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: There are a variety of drawing and diagraming add-ons for Confluence Cloud. Here are [some from the Atlassian Marketplace.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=draw)

Since your use case is very specific, I am not confident choosing the add-on you should use, but they do come with trial periods so you could try them out to find the one you like the most

comments: author: MinKu_Yeo
body: Hello, Ann. Thanks for providing the filter.

- [InVision for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence-invisionapp-addon/cloud/overview) / [(YouTube Demo)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHsQK-QkwUs)

- [Marvel for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.marvelapp.confluence.addon.marvelapp-for-confluence/cloud/overview)

- [Moqups for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.moqups.atlassian.confluence-cloud/cloud/overview)

- [Atomic.io for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/atomic-addon/cloud/overview)

- [Balsamiq Mockups 3 for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.balsamiq.mockups.confluence/cloud/pricing)

Wow, many add-ons are on the market! I will discuss what to use.

You have solved my concerns!

By the way, [JIRA Cloud for Sketch by Atlassian](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.sketch.jira-plugin/cloud/reviews)looks great too.

-Best Regards


author: Cameron Gull
body: JustInMind also has a Jira plugin.
Show link of PDF-file as default view option
Asked by Justin_Marks:

Hello,

uploading a file via Drag\&Drop works like a charm. Switching between link and thumbnail view, too.

How can i set up the link view as default view for newly uploaded files? At the moment all thumbnails are dispplayed. I would like to set the default settings, because i have a lot of pdf files.

Best regards

Justin


Answers:
author: Marcel van der Vliet
body: Bad news:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-38610>

comments: author: Marcel van der Vliet
body: And: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65302>


Tags: design

pdf
can't subscribe to google calendar anymore
Asked by Jamie Lukos:

The iCal calendar subscription used to work great for me, but now I get an error that it can't load events. Google recently updated their calendar app - could that have something to do with it? Any fixes??

![calendar_error.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/10184iE5E3DB3044E757A5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "calendar_error.PNG")

Here's the beginning of the very long error:

**Error(s) occurred.**

* Unable to load events of Jamie's Calendar (c6fb60ae-666e-49e0-8a98-14985d5e9f7c): java.lang.NullPointerException at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.util.CalendarImportUtil.normalize(CalendarImportUtil.java:85) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.SubscriptionCalendarDataStore.getSubCalendarContentInternal(SubscriptionCalendarDataStore.java:304) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.SubscriptionCalendarDataStore.getSubCalendarContentInternal(SubscriptionCalendarDataStore.java:57) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.ExternalCalendarDataStore.getSubCalendarContent(ExternalCalendarDataStore.java:87) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.CalendarDataStoreCachingDecorator.getSubCalendarContentFromCalendarDataStore(CalendarDataStoreCachingDecorator.java:291) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.CalendarDataStoreCachingDecorator.getSubCalendarContent(CalendarDataStoreCachingDecorator.java:219) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.CalendarDataStoreCachingDecorator.findEvents(CalendarDataStoreCachingDecorator.java:631) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.CalendarDataStoreCachingDecorator.getEvents(CalendarDataStoreCachingDecorator.java:590) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.calendarstore.DelegatingCalendarDataStore.getEvents(DelegatingCalendarDataStore.java:723) at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.calendar3.DefaultCalendarManager.getEvents(DefaultCalendarManager.java:567) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2537.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:302)


Answers:
author: Jamie Lukos
body: Any input would still be greatly appreciated...


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
Is there a way to specify image size for a full size image?
Asked by Ronald Kimball:

I am trying to use an external link to link to specific header on a Confluence page with a lot of large images. When the page loads, I'm taken to the position of the header anchor before the images load. When the images load, the position of the content changes and I'm no longer looking at the header.

This issue would be avoided if the image sizes were specified in the HTML or CSS, so that space was reserved for them before they loaded. Is there a way to accomplish that?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Ronald Kimball](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1167531)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html>

Cheers
Manage add-ons in Confluence
Asked by Darla Sheehan:

Hi,

Is there any way to hide the 'Update all' button? I am sure you know why I am asking...

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Darla Sheehan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/98068) ,

as a system administrator you can dsable connection to Atlassian Marketplace so tha update button will not appear.

![Immagine.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/323178i244C6962B3AC9191/image-dimensions/379x247?v=v2 "Immagine.png")

Hope this helps,

Fabio


Tags: app

atlassian-marketplace

confluence-server
Move Issues from Jira to Confluence
Asked by Jeanie Schwenk:

We have issues that were created in Jira when they should have been created in Confluence.

We are starting a new project, we're in the discovery phase, and the issues that were entered in Jira are user stories that need discussion and refinement. The remote team entered almost 300 in Jira; I've done the same but in Confluence. I'd like them to all be in the same place for simplicity (as opposed to some here, some there, good luck finding it).

Is there a simple way to move all issues from Jira to Confluence?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence is not an issue tracker, so you'll need to explain what you mean when you are using it to contain issues (i.e. how are you using it? Is an issue a page? A space? A task? etc)

comments: author: Jeanie Schwenk
body: Thank you Nic.

We are entering product requirements (user stories). They should be in Confluence. However, the remote team added them into Jira.

We don't have any "issues" per se, we're collecting, organizing, and refining the product requirements which I want to do in Confluence.

I created a space in Confluence for the project, added an overview, various files, as well as product requirements. While I was doing that, they were entering product requirements in Jira as issues.

I want their Jira issues (which are actually product requirements) to be moved to Confluence. At this point, Jira should be empty. I was hoping to not have to copy/paste that many items.


Tags: jira

move