youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Disable delete space
Asked by Julia Erdel:

Hi,

I would like to know if there is any way to disable the delete space function. I want that just the system admin can delete spaces and not all members of the confluence admin group.

Regards,

Julia


Answers:
author: jjgalea
body: Hi Julia,

You need to fix the permissions of the space to limit only admins to delete the space.

After accessing the Space, go to Browse \> Space Admin \> Permissions.

Take a look and the 'User' and 'Groups' and make sure only administrators have the 'Admin' box ticked.

Also make sure the right people are members of the 'jira-administrators' group (or other custom admin groups).

Cheers,  
Jason Galea


author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi, Julia

Please review your permissions

via link admin/permissions/globalpermissions.action

In fact, your system administrator can set rule for GET, POST request to link /spaces/removespace.action

Regards,

Gonchik

comments: author: Michael Schwaller
body: Gonchik,

Where would you set up a rule for GET/POST requests for the remove space action. We are also trying to disable space deletion by space admins. Thanks for your help.

-Mike

(We are running Confluence Server 6.1.1)


Tags: space

permission

remove
how do I grant permissions to a user to eliminate pages
Asked by Ana Gl?ria:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You might mean two things by "eliminate".

You can **hide** a page from a user by using "restrictions" to limit access to groups they are not in (or named users)

You can allow them to **delete** pages by granting them delete permission in the space permissions.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why do i still see the space in the list of spaces after deleting the space?
Asked by Mexina Daniel:

Hello

I have deleted the space as instructed but when i click on spaces i still see it listed and when i open it, it doesn't have any data.

My need was do delete the space completely, is it not possible?

Regards


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hello,

if you delete via this link url/spaces/removespace.action?key=%some apces key%

after delete if you see, you can reindexed for me it is worked.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The indexing sometimes doesn't happen as fast as you'd expect, which leaves it looking like the space is still there (although empty). Give it a few minutes (especially if the system is a large one), and then if it's still there, as Gonchik says, try a re-index.
Hipchat / Healthcheck Plugin Compatibility with Confluence 6.0.3
Asked by Holger Fey:

We want to upgrade from Confluence 5.10.4 to 6.0.3 and the compatibility check for installed AddOns tells me unknown status to the following plugins:

* Atlassian HipChat Integration v. 7.8.29
* Atlassian HipChat Integration Core v. 7.8.29
* Atlassian Support healthcheck plugin v. 2.0.15

Can we get any information about the compatibility status?

Best regards,

Holger


Answers:
author: Timothy (Goldfinger Holdings)
body: Those should be system add ons that will come with Confluence itself. You should be able to upgrade and have no issues.


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I disable autoconvert in Confluence Cloud?
Asked by Bruce Cannon:

I would like to *elect* to use the widget connector macro instead of having the editor autoconvert a link I enter.

Barring that, to have the ability, after auto-insertion, to edit the widget to display the text I pasted instead.

Barring both of those preferred options, to disable autoconvert entirely and just manually insert the widget when I need it.

Is any of these possible in Confluence Cloud?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Bruce,

My apologies, it was clearly a Friday when I answered....

You're correct, they can't be modified in the cloud version, but I believe that Atlassian can enable and disable them, so log a ticket with them and have a chat. They've always been very helpful whenever I've needed them.

comments: author: Bruce Cannon
body: Great, I'll try writing them, thanks.


author: Bruce Cannon
body: Thank you for the suggestion, Rob. But I think that only works on Server, that no modules can be disabled in Cloud.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Bruce,

[How to Turn Off Autoconvert -](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-turn-off-autoconvert-269981212.html) you're looking for the Autoconvert Widget Connector plugin module.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
"As a part of the upgrade process, you should ensure that all changes from the defaults are re-applied to the instance for correct operation." - Does this mean restarting the confluence process (stop-confluence.sh and start-confluence.sh)?
Asked by eddyah:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [After upgrading Confluence, you are unable to create new pages or spaces](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=785457379)*

As mentioned in the title above. Having issues with NGINX as a reverse proxy and now I'm unable to edit or create any pages without the 'forever loading' picture.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You would not have had confluence running when you started the upgrade. However if the upgrade has overwritten any changes you made to the old installation, then yes, you will need to stop confluence, re-apply them, and restart it.


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
Allow user to sync AD user directory without granting him administrator permissions
Asked by Max Pavlov:

Currently, we use AD-back users directory in Confluence. It is often, that we need to refresh (Synchronize) users with AD from Confluence Admin interface.

Is it possible, to somehow allow a particular user do the Synchronization, without adding him/her to confluence-administrators group, thus granting an admin access to the whole server?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, you have to be an admin.

Although I'd question why you think you have to do this so often. Have you tried increasing the frequency of the routine synchronisation?


Tags: confluence-administration
What happened to the ImageMap macro?
Asked by francoisj:

We have upgraded from V5.8.18 to 6.0.3, but now find that the ImageMap macro is not available anymore.

Out Company's whole Quality Management System is in Confluence and we depended heavily on this Macro.

I notice only Scroll ImageMap macro is available, but the original one was free and I have to pay for this one. Also, I installed the Evaluation version, but that created all sorts of errors, so I assume the two macros are not compatible.

This is quire disastrous for us since a lot of time and money must now be spent to change this situation, otherwise we are stuck with V5.8.18 for a long time.

I hope you have a solution for us and that I have missed something.


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi,

since you have a valid evaluation license, why don't you ask them directly at their support site: <https://help.k15t.com/> ?

Regards,

Thomas

comments: author: francoisj
body: Why must I ask them when it is Atlassian who removed the original ImageMap macro? Or was it all along K15t's product?

Francois


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: yes, I think it was their product and up to version 2, it was free.


Tags: confluence-administration
Fix wrong database dialect
Asked by Piero Biggi:

System information shows the wrong database dialect (errors appear on frontpage):

|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| **Database name**           | Microsoft SQL Server                         |
| **Database version**        | 10.50.6000                                   |
| **Database Dialect**        | com.atlassian.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect |
| **Database Driver Name**    | N/A                                          |
| **Database Driver Version** | 1.2                                          |

but the conf/server.xml states

\<Resource name="jdbc/ConfluenceDS" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource"  
username="confluence_user"  
password="\*\*\*\*\*\*\*"  
driverClassName="net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver"  
url="jdbc:jtds:<sqlserver://172.16.10.36:1433/confluence>"  
validationQuery="select 1"  
maxActive="20" /\>

how should I fix this?

BTW it is a fairly old version

|                    Confluence Information                     ||
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| **System Date**        | Friday, 23 Dec 2016                   |
| **System Time**        | 12:35:23                              |
| **Uptime**             | 1 day, 1 hour, 28 minutes, 39 seconds |
| **Confluence Version** | 3.1.2                                 |
| **Build Number**       | 1725                                  |


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm not sure it's the "dialect". Could you tell us what the errors actually are?


Tags: confluence-administration
Spend payment
Asked by ?????? ????????:

Good evening 10/24/16, I made a translation, but still not received it, please help mne.S respect your partner


Answers:
author: Alexander Pampushko
body: ???? ?? ???????? :smile:

???????? ? ????????? ????? <https://support.atlassian.com/customer/servicedesk-portal>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You'll need to explain that a lot more.


Tags: confluence-administration
how to edit the "write a comment" in the comment box
Asked by Anuj Vashistha:

Hi,

I need to replace the "Write a Comment" Content to some other text. How can i achieve it ?

image2016-12-23 8:8:5.png

Thanks in advance,

Anuj

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[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/38045/2/image2016-12-23%208%3A7%3A33.png){#display_1185f123fe1359_2}


Answers:
author: Anuj Vashistha
body: Any way to achieve this requirement ?


Tags: confluence-administration
How do import media wiki content to confluence
Asked by donny Teskey:

I am trying to import my media wiki pages to confluence.

I have tried exporting the pages into an xml, as well as trying to use universal wiki converter.

So far neither have worked. IS there a way to do this?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: The UWC is the right way to go, but you can't use as is. Start with that code base, and modify it for your needs. You will also want to do transcoding to map to Confluence macros where possible (sometimes to user macros). It is an involved project, but the more work you put into it, the better the results (talking about the macro mapping).

My team has done this migration for a client. While it is fairly straightforward, it does take some work.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Collaboration feature
Asked by Phil Jackson:

Does anyone else have this issue when having collaborative mode turned on? When someone edits a page and tries to discard all the changes, they get this error?

**Can't revert to last published version**

**We can't get the last published version of the page at the moment. Give it a few moments then try discarding the draft again.**

I am getting this error when editing pages. Has anyone seen this error and know how to resolve it?


Answers:
author: Daniel Crabtree
body: If you're using IIS as a reverse proxy for Confluence, I have found the answer. The documentation is wrong and you're probably missing a caret.

I've written a blog post with my solution to the [can't revert to last published version problem](https://www.danielcrabtree.com/blog/378/the-missing-caret-5-tips-to-save-everyone-time).

comments: author: David Johnson
body: Thank you!


author: Andy Yen Suin
body: This worked for me. Thank you!


author: Charlie Misonne
body: Hi Phil

We are facing the same. Were you able to resolve this?


author: Phil Jackson
body: Apparently, this is the fix for the issue. I haven't tried it yet.

<https://www.danielcrabtree.com/blog/378/the-missing-caret-5-tips-to-save-everyone-time>


author: Daniel Crabtree
body: I've also got the same issue on a new install.


author: Maryana Osipchuk
body: Same issue, does anybody know how to resolve


Tags: confluence-administration
Upload big video file to Confluence cloud
Asked by Kirill Skuibida:

Hi,

I need to upload big video file 9.5 GB to Confluence Cloud instance. I've changed attachment size limit but still facing some issues (error connecting to server).

Please help.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence simply isn't built for files of that size, it's timing out.

You also need to remember that for a small install of Confluence, 9Gb is nearly 2/5ths of your data allowance. (For large, it's still nearly 10%)

comments: author: TomC
body: Yep. In these circumstances we upload to services that can support such files sizes and then use a link to the file from a corresponding Confluence page in appropriate situations. For example, a Confluence page can help provide context, instructions etc. around uploaded file(s).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
If I replace http://www.atlassian.com/ by https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ it does not work. Is there a limitation ?
Asked by Laurent Fighiera:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [How to put an IFrame into Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=598837531)*

If I replace <http://www.atlassian.com/> by <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/> for example, it does not work.

Is there a limitation to the type of pages we can display in an iframe ?

Best regards


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Many sites do not really work in iframes. It's a limitation of the way iframes work, rather than Confluence.

comments: author: Laurent Fighiera
body: Thanks for your fast answer.

Do you know another way I could embed this kind of site into a confluence page?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The site you want to include needs to support being embedded in iframes. Most sites simply don't support it properly, as they're designed to be used whole.

It's generally better to integrate than embed - pull only the information you need from the site and display it yourself.


Tags: iframe
Can i dissable collaborative editing in v6
Asked by Howard Eban:

We are about to embark on an upgrade of Confluence from v4.3.

Collaborative editing is not a desired feature for us and is likely to cause more hassles than benefit.

Can it be disabled?

Should we upgrade to v6.03, would this mean the server RAM and networking changes specified would no longer be required? (vers upgrading to v5.10)

Thanks


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, go to General Configuration -\> Collaborative editing, and set the level to "off"

This will basically put the editor to working the same way 5.10 did (which in terms of RAM and networking is pretty much the same as 4.3)


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence 5 on Windows Server 2003
Asked by Mehran Moss:

Can Confluence 5 be installed and run on Windows Server 2003? I have installed JIRA and JIRA tomcat service runs! I have so much difficulty running Confluence and I don't know where to look for, Java app, config files, access issues, etc? Anyone can help?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: \>I have so much difficulty running Confluence

What have you done so far? Where is it going wrong?


Tags: confluence-administration
Blog Macro Not Showing Recent Blog Posts
Asked by Kari Stiller:

Even though I have set my blog posts macro to show only the last 7 days of posts, it shows nothing. However, if I do not limit the time period, it will show posts up to Nov 13 (approximately five weeks ago). It will not display any blog posts past that date, even though numerous blog posts exist in the same blog, on the same space.

Anyone have any ideas?


Answers:
author: Rebecca M.
body: Try re-indexing the database.


Tags: confluence-administration
Search box is misssing after Confluence 5.8.18 upgrade
Asked by Ravindra Reddy, Yerravagaru:

Search box is misssing after Confluence 5.8.18 upgrade.

Please find the attached reference screen shot.

Please help us to resolve this issue asap.

Conflunce_issue.PNG  
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Answers:
author: Timothy
body: Just a quick take. Is your Confluence license expired?

comments: author: Ravindra Reddy, Yerravagaru
body: The License is not expired . It is valid till November-2017.   
Does it have an impact for a search box to be missing ?

Could you please expedite this ? It is affecting big time.   


author: Timothy
body: Another thing to check is whether the System add ons for the search functionality has been turned off. One more thing to check is whether you are using any theme engine or themes. Remove and revert them back to default to check if they're causing the issue or not.

Just to let you know, we're not Atlassian support. We're Atlassian users who help out in the forums. There's no expediting on our side.


Tags: confluence-administration
restirct the number of same time views for a page?
Asked by Hannes:

hi, is there any chance to restrict the number of users who can view the same page at the same time? Or exist an plug-in for this?


Answers:
author: Sandy Johnson
body: Not hat I'm aware of, but I'm curious why you would want to do this.

comments: author: Hannes
body: Because we have some documents, which need a license. And we have only a license which allow only one person to read it at the same time...


Tags: confluence-administration
Can I add multi line block to template item
Asked by Tapio Haapala:

Is there way to link another page or even plaintext multi line block "list" to template items? If not it would be nice feature that user can put links to another template to template item list. Then user can select that link from list and it will "copy\&paste" that whole content of linked template to that place. Use case: You can make offer templates where product description templates are linked to list. When user select product from list it will get whole product description block to that place.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: I don't think this is possible with the built-in templates. I was able to do this with ConfiForms and it can probably be done with other form add ons.
XML export does not provide XSD: what is the equivalent?
Asked by Open Europa Wikis Team:

Doing an XML export generates a package (xml.zip archive) that contains the 'entities' XML file. However there is no XSD file. Is it possible to get an equivalent, a file that describes the XML schema?

Thank you,


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The XSD is not needed for the purposes for which the xml is generated, so no one has bothered to generate it.

It also changes a lot, potentially for every version of JIRA, its Applications and all the add-ons.


Tags: confluence-administration

xml
Numbered Heading giving error on every page since yesterday
Asked by Atil Parikh:

Everything is working fine since few months, but incidentally, from yesterday number heading macro is not shown on any confluence page and showing error like

"There were errors rendering macro: Unknown error. Status is 401"

Kindly solve on priority, customers are not getting proper reports.


Answers:
author: Atil Parikh
body: Solved yesterday... Thank you.


author: Atil Parikh
body: Got this response from <https://avisi-support.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/6/NHFC-35>

#### Mitchel Kuijpers {#toc-hId-1227547465}

Today 9:42 AM  
Hi Atil,

An issue caused by Atlassian is preventing a number of add-ons from displaying their data. Numbered headingsisone of them. I reported that you are affected by this issue to Atlassian so this problem should get resolved as soon as possible. If I hear something from Atlassian I will let you know.

You can find more information about the issue here: <http://status.atlassian.com/incidents/3hzqdpjrggrq> (please note that you don't have to create a support ticket because we already did this for you).

Regards,  
Mitchel

Hope problem will be fixed soon, 20/24hrs already gone, when I am writing this comment  
Our teams have identified the fix for Cloud add-ons displaying incorrectly. The fix for the issue will be automatically applied during your next maintenance window within the next 24 hours.   

If you have a more immediate need, please raise a ticket at [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com) with a reference to <http://status.atlassian.com/incidents/3hzqdpjrggrq>.   

Our teams can implement the fix with an immediate 15 minute maintenance window with acknowledgment from a technical contact from your site.  
Posted about 20 hours ago. Dec 20, 2016 - 16:10 UTC


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

numbered-heading
Can Confluence pull data from a separate Confluence (cloud) instance?
Asked by Bar T:

We have a few different Confluence instances as our company has merged. Is it possible to copy data from program space A into program space B so that any updates from A will populate in B?


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: You can export and import between Confluence Cloud instances, but I'm not aware of anything you can configure or any macros that will let you connect instances together so they dynamically "populate".

However, the iframe macro could be used to display content from the other instance and vice versa.

Anything more sophisticated than that would need a custom add-on.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

excerpt

jira
Create spins forever
Asked by Mark Goldman:

Tried in Chrome, IE, Firefox.......Trying to create a blog post, and "Create" just spins forever.


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Hi! Not to send you away, but this is probably an issue that <https://support.atlassian.com> should be able to handle for you. I'm not sure what else to say without more information, such as your Browser Console while the error happens.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Comala approval for confluence cloud
Asked by saima shafi:

Hi i am trying to review page by using Comala approval for Confluence cloud, please see screen shot of error bellow.

image2016-12-20 16:0:1.png

Thanks.

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Answers:
author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: You would be better to contact the add-on vendor directly with this issue: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.cloud.approvals/cloud/support>


Tags: addon-com.comalatech.cloud.approvals

cloud

confluence-cloud