youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is Office Connector available in Atlassian Cloud?
Asked by Bradley Cummins:

It does not appear in the "add-ons".


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

Yes, it's available.

It might be not showing up, because in the dropdown menu, you need to click on All add-ons. By default it shows the installed/upgraded ones by us.

Cheers,  
WZ


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi @Tim Eddelbuettel,  

You're correct. Confluence 5.9 has its own viewer that is now embedded, so you don't need to have office connector's macro to view the file. But you need to have the office connector to actually edit the content.

Cheers,

WZ


author: Nelson Pereira
body: Hi,

Check this new add-on for Confluence cloud. This Microsoft Office connector has a lot of features like mukti cloud support and realtime co-editing:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/cloud-files-google-drive-docs-office-365-documents-dropbox-topdox-for-confluence/cloud/overview>


author: Tim Eddelb?ttel
body: Available but deprecated.

[Deprecated macros for Confluence (13 November 2015)](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/end-of-support-announcements-for-confluence-210239673.html#EndofSupportAnnouncementsforConfluence-DeprecatedmacrosforConfluence(13November2015))
> With the release of Confluence **5.9** we will be ending support for the following macros, known collectively as the 'View File' macros:
>
> * Office Excel
> * Office Word
> * Office PowerPoint
> * PDF


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Page Properties report macro columns becoming unwrapped
Asked by Elwood Hamilton:

When inserting page properties report macros on a page, text in the reported table columns is not wrapping, stretching the table quite a bit horizontally. This will be difficult to export as a printed document.

When looking at the page in preview mode, however, the text is wrapping. But after saving, columns become unwrapped. Any ideas?


Answers:
author: Elwood Hamilton
body: We're running 5.8.15. What's interesting is that sometimes the 'Preview' mode will show the column text as wrapped, but after the page is saved it becomes unwrapped.

I initially discovered this phenomenon after I was working with a page with this macro on it. The text in the columns was wrapped. I made a few changes to the page, however none of them impacted my page properties macro; they were in different paragraphs on different parts of the page. Upon saving, the columns became unwrapped in the macro.

It's possible it's related to the page itself bugging out or being corrupted in some kind.

Here was my test: after the column text became unwrapped as I described above, I took the page properties macro, copied it and pasted it on a NEW page. The text was back to being wrapped. Fixed.

But then I went back to my original document, created a new section, and copied the macro into this new section (thinking it was related to formatting or something), and the unwrapped text remained.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Page-Properties-report-macro-columns-becoming-unwrapped/qaq-p/46058?attachment-id=6516){#link_11878f0ed71543}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/7809/1/unwrapped%20columns.jpg){#display_11878f0ed71543_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Page-Properties-report-macro-columns-becoming-unwrapped/qaq-p/46058?attachment-id=6517){#link_11878f0ed71543_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/7809/2/wrapped%20columns.jpg){#display_11878f0ed71543_2}


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Elwood,

Is this happening in the latest versions of Confluence? I wasn't able to replicate. Would be possible to share the exact steps to replicate and the version of Confluence?

Also, let us know if this happened in older versions since it might be a new bug.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Screenshot please :)


Tags: confluence-administration
delete a page with all children pages
Asked by Manuel Staebler:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Delete or Restore a Page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139429)*

hi,

some customer's will delete pages with all there children pages - but i can't find any solutions for this missing feature - only the delelte on individual pages...

Someone know a other workaround?

Tank's


Answers:
author: Phill Fox
body: Please review the previous answer on this page. <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/2883>


author: Stephan Sutter
body: Hi Manuel,

Check out our plugin. It does exactly what your are looking for and the usage is simple and save.

No calls, no tickets, no backup restores. That's your new life. Thanks to the **"Undo Time"** and the additional **"Page Tree Deletion" permission** you can optimize the usability and the security.

**[Marketplace Link: Page TreeEraser](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.PageTreeEraser/server/overview)**

Regards,  
Stephan


author: Rolf Eckardt
body: Hi, there is a nice plugin "delete page tree" which does the job: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/at.rumpelcoder.confluence.deletepagetree/server/overview>

kind regards

Rolf


Tags: delete

page

restore
How to get feedback on confluence pages?
Asked by Pilar:

Hi

I see that Atlassian uses this panel at the bottom on each wiki page to get feedback on the wiki page.

I want to use a similar gadget for my wiki pages.

How do i get this?

See screenshot belowAAA.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-get-feedback-on-confluence-pages/qaq-p/68174?attachment-id=9014){#link_11878f307e0657}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/11546/1/AAA.png){#display_11878f307e0657_0}


Answers:
author: Chander Inguva
body: Hey Pilar,

Found this while checking page source. <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.plugins.knowledgebase.survey/server/overview>

KBS.PNG

Please find attached.

Hope this answers your question.

Regards

Chander Inguva  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-get-feedback-on-confluence-pages/qaq-p/68174?attachment-id=5261){#link_11878f33ac3b28}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/11548/1/KBS.PNG){#display_11878f33ac3b28_0}


author: Chander Inguva
body: Hey Pilar,

I was wondering if this helps you [Survey and Vote Macros](https://artemis.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SVM/Survey%20And%20Vote%20Macros%20add-on)

You can also have a look at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=179439812>

Hope this helps.

Regards

Chander Inguva


Tags: feedback

macro
Access to excerpt content
Asked by Helen Griffith:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Excerpt Include Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=148067)*

If I include an excerpt include macro on a page, does the person who views the page need access to the original page with the excerpt macro on?


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads {unmonitored account}
body: Hi Helen,

The person viewing the page with the macro include **does** need permission to view the original page. If they don't have view access on the page the excerpt is being pulled from, they will see this instead of the excerpt:

```
Error rendering macro 'excerpt-include' : User 'non-permissioned-user' does not have permission to view the page 'Page with Excerpt'.
```

comments: author: Aaron Huber
body: Are there any solutions to allow for access, regardless of permissions on the content originating page? Some have mentioned Perimeter from Service Desk, but this does not handle images that are present in an Excerpt.


author: Daniel Eads {unmonitored account}
body: Hi Aaron, I'm unaware of any way to do what you're looking for with images (and just scanned through the marketplace to double-check). Perimeter ( <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.perimeter/server/overview> ) does indeed look the closest to what you're looking for. I would suggest reaching out to Service Rocket and ask if they would be able to extend the Perimeter plugin for your use-case.


Tags: documentation

excerpt
Incoming Links macro: how to set the 'scope' parameter?
Asked by Nicolas Casel:

Hi all,

I cannot set correctly the 'scope' parameter for the [Incoming Links macro](https://docs.servicerocket.com/display/LIN/incoming-links).

Official doc mentions:
> Allows the possible pages to be restricted to a specific page parent/child scope. More than one filter may be applied. Eg:  
> scope=My Page\>children - the direct children of 'My Page'

So, if I work with a page entitled 'incoming1', **the 'scope' parameter value should be**:

```
incoming1&gt;children
```

However, I get this error message:
> Error rendering macro 'incoming-links' : Unable to locate the specified content: 'incoming1'

**But if I leave this param empty**, the macro is able to locate the 'incoming1' page and displays well all incoming links.

Any idea? Thanks in advance,


Answers:
author: Nicolas Casel
body: Good news, **the 4.0.4 version** for the 'Linking' macro fixes this bug.


author: Nicolas Casel
body: I've sent a request to the Service Rocket support and they are currently working on to fix this bug.


author: Andrew Malone
body: I'm having this exact same problem, and haven't been able to find a solution yet.


Tags: addon-net.customware.confluence.plugin.linking

incoming-link

servicerocket
How put page breaks in a Confluence page to better export to PDF
Asked by MassimoManca:

Hi,

I would know if there is a way to put a page break inside a Confluence page so that when I export the page to PDF it is well formatted (no table divided in 2 pages, images in the right position and so on). I would like to export my pages to pdf directly from Confluence without exporting them to Word or HTML and modify them before to export/print to PDF.


Answers:
author: Phill Fox
body: Hi Massimo,

There are a number of different approaches documented in <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/9558> and <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/314427>.

Different approaches work better for different plugins and so it is worth experimenting to find the best combination for your install.

Hope these help you solve your problem.

Phill


author: Adrian Reid
body: Add a div (or class) to your Confluence page with content inside. Give the div a name like 'divexample'. Then add the page break instruction to the pdf stylesheet.

eg  

`.divexample{ page``-``break``-``before: always; }`  


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
contribution type 'watches' doesn't seem to work
Asked by Ronald van Wijk:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Contributors Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=183468956)*

is the macro corrupted, or is the documentations out of date?


Answers:
author: Chander Inguva
body: Documentation looks good.


Tags: contributor

documentation
JIRA hamburger menu not linking to Confluence after Base URL change
Asked by Nathan McClintock:

Hi

I changed the base URL for confluence from <http://localhost.8090> to <http://servername:8090> after installing JIRA then confluence (Windows). When in JIRA the hamburger menu contains the localhost URL. I can browse directly to [http://servername:8090](http://servername:8090/).

Help!


Answers:
author: Chander Inguva
body: hi Nathan,  
- Re-create the Application Links between JIRA and Confluence from JIRA with new URl.


Tags: confluence-administration
Migration de domain
Asked by Patrick Venner:

Bonjour tout le monde,

j'ai une machine qui roule Confluence 426 et je dois migrer l'application vers une autre machine et une autre BD.

j'ai deux questions : 1- est-ce qu'une proc?dure existe pour ?a? 2- comment puis-je r?cup?rer le mot de passe de l'utilisateur ConfluenceApp.

Merci de votre aide.


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hello Patrick,

Let me help you buddy:

1. Yes, we some procedures that are described in this [article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-confluence-between-servers-184150.html).
2. So you could restore your admin credentials(ConfluenceApp), please, follow the instructions from this another [article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf53/restoring-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-411108878.html).  

You can also take a look on the following doc that has some awesome steps to upgrade your Confluence application:

* [Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html)

as I side note, please, post your questions in english so we could further help you :smile:

cheers,


Tags: confluence-administration
Dashboard Space Categories tab problem.
Asked by Greg Della-Croce:

I click on a category in the drop down list under the dashboard Space Categories tab. I got a message:

This tab shows recently updated content for the selected space category. Mark some spaces with a category and select the category to see updates from the selected space category appear here

Now I can not get back to the drop down list. I have tried the back arrow, renew page, sign out and back in, nothing is allowing me to get back to the drop down list.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Greg


Answers:
author: Uli M?ller
body: playing around with space categories an suddenly the same problem:

image2016-3-22 14:54:1.png

How can I mark the spaces ?

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Dashboard-Space-Categories-tab-problem/qaq-p/209575?attachment-id=6353){#link_11878fd619994b}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/35364/1/image2016-3-22%2014%3A54%3A1.png){#display_11878fd619994b_0}


author: Martin James
body: I am experiencing exactly the same problem.

Our system was previously showing the several labels we had applied to some of the spaces but since adding more, the drop down in the **Space Categories** tab has disappeared.  
*missing tab.jpg*  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Dashboard-Space-Categories-tab-problem/qaq-p/209575?attachment-id=5078){#link_11878fdbcd9e1a}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/35363/1/missing%20tab.jpg){#display_11878fdbcd9e1a_0}


author: Steven F Behnke
body: A screenshot would speak 1000 words
Can i create a list of all anchors in a confluence page
Asked by Aarthi Balaji:

I want to create a table of links to anchors (about 100) that I have created in my confluence page. Is there a way to do it? I want to be able to add more details in the table that I create with the links to the anchors


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: No... No there isn't...

You should use Headings to achieve this. Headings can be easily combined with the Table of Contents macro to build a list of clickable anchors upon page render.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
The link for Blog Posts is broken.
Asked by Morgan Smith:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Pages and Blogs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=320602215)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Giles B
body: Hi Morgan,

Thanks for pointing it out. The page is there in Confluence, but we seem to be having an issue with our viewport.

We'll look into it, but while we're fixing it you can see the same info here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blog-posts-724764834.html>
Ideation platform features
Asked by Roxana Jarolimek:

How do we set up an ideation platform in Confluence?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: This third-party add-on might help you, Roxana: [Ideation by Spectrum Group](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/fr.spectrumgroupe.confluence.plugins.ideation/server/overview)

Regards,

Giuliano T.

Atlassian Support
Any workaround for external images in pdf export
Asked by Gourrierec Vincent:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Exporting Confluence Pages and Spaces to PDF](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=428803471)*

Hi,

***Only image attachments that have been inserted into a page are included when exporting to PDF.***

is there any chance or workaround to export external images in pdf export ?

We're using Confluence 5.6.3 and use a few dynamic external images that i was wondering to be exported in confluence pdf export.

thanks in advance.

vincent


Answers:
author: Sven Hafner
body: I have the same problem with the cloud/hosted version. Just tested, it wont export external images from gliffy.

Sven


author: Gourrierec Vincent
body: Hi Rodrigo thanks for feedback i will test confluence upgrade soon and check external image link pdf export.

Regards.

Vincent


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Vincent,

In the latest Confluence version 5.9.x I've tested this functionality and it works. I was able to insert a image from another website as a link and when I exported to a PDF it retrieved the image in the file.

I recommend to upgrade Confluence to the latest versions in order to achieve this functionality.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation

export

pdf
confluence questions should not be integrated in all spaces
Asked by Andrea Tanzer:

Hey there,

is there any possibility not not offer confluence questions in all spaces? We would like to show questions only in a few spaces.


Answers:
author: Eduardo Nunes
body: Hi Andrea,

I've performed a research and I could find this was already asked in times past:

[CQ-1802](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-1802) - Hide the ability to ask questions globally (or hide global questions) - enforce all questions to belong to a space.

This is still opened, so I'd suggest you to vote and watch the report to get any updates on it.

Regards,

ENunes


author: Marco Friedmann
body: We had the same Problem. We did hide the central search form and the Questions Links in our theme via css. If we want to use Questions in a space, we can make the Link visible via css in the space administration.

But I have to admit, that this solution is not very good concerning the Overall usability.


author: Andrea Tanzer
body: Thank you Eduardo,

but for me this was not the same thing, since i do not want questions in all spaces. We have about 50 spaces and I want questions in about 10 spaces only.


Tags: confluence-administration

questions-for-confluence
Migrating Users between User Directories
Asked by Normann P_ Nielsen _Netic_:

It this still valid : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/migrating-users-between-user-directories-426116517.html>

For JIRA /Confluence?

If not - what other options for Migrating local (Internal) users to LDAP/AD


Answers:
author: Nicolas Bourdages
body: I tried the migration feature on my test environment, and it worked as advertised, but what I actually needed was not another internal directory with LDAP authentication, but a fully synced LDAP

So, I didn't actually migrate them. I just made sure the users had the same exact username as the LDAP standard we had, and just added the LDAP directory on top. The users synced like a charm, and inherited their JIRA group memberships from LDAP. With good user and group filters, only the users with a certain LDAP groups were synced, and only groups with "jira" were added to JIRA. It's super important that if you do that, you leave your LDAP directory in higher priority than your internal directory.

So, my answer is, that documentation is true and works correctly if you want to go from internal to internal with LDAP auth. I recall that all users were disabled after the migration though, so I had to re-enable them all.

If you want to switch to a synced LDAP, you might want to just match the existing usernames to your new LDAP format and add your LDAP directory in higher priority. Some people may disagree with the method I'm sure, but it worked fine for us.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi team,

From Confluence 5.3.x onwards, if you have the same username between users in the LDAP and internal directory, they won't lose the ownership of created contents and permissions. These new versions of Confluence contains a table called user_mapping in the database, which as the name says, maps the username to a hash code. Using the same user name between different user directories should maintain the permissions and ownership.

Nicolas answer is correct :smile:

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there any way to have statistics in the cloud version ?
Asked by Gregory BRUNET:

Hello,

I need to have statistics in order to report and have a good overview.

Is there any way to have statistics in the cloud version ? I can't find one.

Thank you

N.


Answers:
author: Krys Bromek
body: For other users looking for it: the analytics feature, we were informed by attlassian, is now completely withdrawn from the Cloud. It will not be enabled on request.

There are third party plugins available


author: Gregory BRUNET
body: Thank you Paula, I ask for it in support.atlassian.com.


author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Gregory,

Did you take a look on <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/viewing-site-statistics-123043962.html>?  
The feature described in the documentation is disabled by default, but you can create an issue in [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com) so you can have the feature enabled.

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
It is possible to associate a sub-set of topics to a given space in Confluence Questions?
Asked by Domenico Caldesi:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Topics](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=407724479)*

I would to define topics per space.

It is possible to associate a sub-set of all defined topics to a given space in Confluence Questions?


Answers:
author: Dirk Stubbs
body: I too would like to do this because some topics are not applicable to the space content. For example, we may have the sales team and IT team using the same Confluence instance but within separate spaces. The topic 'marketing' would not apply to the IT team.


Tags: confluence-administration

questions-for-confluence
edit the left tree view to show/hide the links form confluence space
Asked by Chowdeswararao Palla:

I have created a space on confluence. under that space I created may pages and file, etc..

the current structure will be as shown below on the confluence space. From the below mentioned structure, we need to hide**1.1.1** and **1.1.2**only.

can you please tell me is this possible or not. If it is, please suggest me how to do.

++Structure on confluence space left tree view++:

1

1.1

1.1.1

1.1.2

1.2

2

2.1

2.1.1

2.1.2

Please help me to resolve the issues...


Answers:
author: Giles B
body: Hi Chowde,

That should be easy to do with [page restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ConfCloud/Page+Restrictions). Just restrict those pages and whoever isn't allowed to view them, won't see them in the tree.