youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Can not copy table after inserting a value
Asked by Stefan E:

I am posting this here because I was not able to create an issue in your issue tracker.

I am able to mark and copy an unaltered table in jira confluence:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18856iD75B01B2518EC896/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

However, once I edited the table, e.g. inserted a new value in a cell, I am not able to select and copy it any more:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18857iECD65EC4868F3220/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Insted of the expected blue selection that marks the whole table, only some cells are marked.

Work around: If I save and reopen the article, the selection is working again.

I use Confluence 6.7.2


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Stefan,

I tried on a test instance and could not reproduce the issue you are reporting:

Tables may be selected and copied when first editing but after adding content to the table it is no longer selectable unless you save and re-edit. (Please let me know whether that's accurate)

To help us investigate please let me know:

* Are you using the mouse or keyboard to select the table?
* How was the table originally generated?
* If you create a new table on a test page, does the same behavior occur?
* Does it matter what browser you use?

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Stefan E
body: Hello Ann,  

thank you for asking back. Your description is accurate and since you could not reproduce the issue I updated Firefox from Version 52.73 to the current version 59.02.

That resolved the mouse selection issue for me.

Sunny regards,

Stefan


author: AnnWorley
body: That's sunny news on a Monday, thanks for getting the day off to a good start by updating the thread and providing closure. :)
Is it possible to have the decisions include in the meeting notes Blueprint?
Asked by Ulf Ebeling:

How is it possible to have decisions include in the meeting notes Blueprint and see the decisions in the decisions register?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: A possibility is to include the contents of the 'Decisions Index' on your Meeting Notes template, and then modifying the 'Page Properties Report' macro to filter the results by the ancestor of 'current page'.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18849i796E4BBB7BBE9ED3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

*Modifying the Meeting Notes template in my personal space*

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18848iE2764EBF49159FA5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

*Changing the Macro Properties to include the 'With ancestor: current page' property.*

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18852i1B9CBEA510E9F8B2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

This should net you the desired results, at least at a basic level.

comments: author: Ulf Ebeling
body: thanks for your quick response.

I looking for a way to have more decisions on one page like the task (Action Items) to enhance a the meeting notes blueprint with info only items, decisions and open task for a project and see the decisions for a project in the decisions register like you can see the task that are created in meeting notes in the project task board.

If you transfer the decisions register to meeting notes blueprint I see the disadvantage that you can add notes and task in edit mode and decisions not. For decisions you need to save the notes and start new decisions in extra pages.

Other way is to copy the page properties of decision blueprint to notes blueprint and add the label "decisions" to notes blueprint. Page properties can than be added more than one time, but than all decision in decision register are named like the notes titel/headline and only the outcome can be different


Tags: decision

meeting-notes
Can I add a form to Confluence which employees can complete with accident/incident details?
Asked by Emma:

I want to add a form to Confluence which will ask the employee a series of questions about their accident at work. I would like it have check boxes and fields for descriptions. Ideally the info would then be saved or sent to our email.


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Emma,

<br />

You may try the following plugin:

* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.formMailNG/cloud/overview>
* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confiforms/server/overview>


author: Alana Fernando
body: hi [@Emma](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1207010),

It is currently not possible to do with default confluence. you have to install a plugin for this purpose.

* [Forms for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.formMailNG/cloud/overview)
* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.scaffolding/server/overview>

hope this helps :)
How can I return to previous page when canceling or closing a template?
Asked by Jose Estrada:

This did't happened before, but now, after I click cancel to a template that I was creating, it send me back to my homepage instead of returning to the page I was working on...so I have to go all over to search for the page I was previously working on.

Is this something to do with the new version? or can I change it on configurations?


Answers:
author: Nadja Agreiter
body: Hello there!

Same problem at our confluence server plattform. Version 6.8, but had the exact same problem before as well. I would be very thankful for any advices!

Nadja


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Shane.

Are you able to see the previous page you working on under **Your work tab?**It's located in the sidebar.

At the same time, can we know if you using confluence server or cloud?

<br />

Cheers

comments: author: Jose Estrada
body: Hi Shane,

No, am not able to see my current tab, it takes me to a menu that says, "Recently Work on" but the options starts from Yesterday visits and Last week places, so, not my current page... that's why I have to go all over again to search for the page I was working on.

Before, I stay in the same place no matter if I cancel a template or a macro from the create button... it just kept me there, no other places.

am using Confluence server 6.7.2 version by the way
Can I create a link directly to the edit page of a confluence page
Asked by Ken Jessen:

I want to put a link in one confluence page that will take me directly to the edit screen of another confluence page. How do I do this?


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Ken.  

First of all, I would like to know if you want to link to all or specific edit page screen?  

If you plan to do it for a specific page, I would suggest you do the following:

1. Click edit on the page you wanted the user to go
2. Copy the page link
3. Go to the new page edit mode and choose insert link \> Web link
4. Add the URL and the text
5. Save the page.


author: Stephen Churchill
body: Use the page id, substitute below

<https://confluence.yourworkplace.com/pages/editpage.action?pageId=123456789>
When I receive a notification of change/edit, I don't know what has been changed.
Asked by James Doone:

My boss is asking when he receives emails regarding changes/edits, how to know what was changed. Can you help me answer this question?


Answers:
author: Anup
body: If there was changes then the email notification will show areas in green that indicate what was added, areas in red stricken out that indicate what was removed and/or blue highlighted areas that indicate change in formatting.

comments: author: James Doone
body: Anup, thanks for the timely response. We get notifications of changes daily, but we don't see green or red marks.

Best,

James
Is there a way to export or send html usable confluence page?
Asked by Bar T:

For example, the Confluence page contains all the Expandable links.

The email received should be nicely formatted with the Expandable links collapsed, but user can click link to view more detail within the email.

Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Barbara,

You can export Confluence pages to HTML as you may already be aware, but some macros may not work as expected.

Have a look here:

* [Export multiple pages to HTML, XML, or PDF](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Export+Content+to+Word%2C+PDF%2C+HTML+and+XML#ExportContenttoWord,PDF,HTMLandXML-ExportmultiplepagestoHTML,XML,orPDF)

You can also have a look at a few of the 3rd party add-ons available for Confluence, such as [Mail Page](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.seibertmedia.confluence.plugin.mailpage/server/overview).

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Bar T
body: Thanks Shannon. We are trying to be able to use the html (such as expanding within the HTML email)


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

email
Why doesn't Attachments macro work in Confluence?
Asked by Mark Gancsos:

I've tried this six ways to Sunday, and it flat out doesn't work. I've loaded the macro on multiple pages, even a brand-new, otherwise-blank page, and I can drag files to the window or select them with the file picker, and they upload with the progress bar and give me a check mark for each and then "Done", but nothing shows on the page. Nothing.

![attachments.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18804iD90344CAAB2C4069/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "attachments.JPG")


Answers:
author: Lance Fogle
body: [@Suren Raj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510277) This is still a problem as it occurs for me as well as of today in an atlassian cloud instance. If I keep trying it eventually uploads for a while and then pops up with a save dialog after several attempts which is also strange...

If I keep refreshing the page and then trying again, files will eventually upload and show up in the list. It just takes many many many tries in some cases.

comments: author: Ian Francis
body: Thats what I found too - I go to page then reload and reload again for luck -pretty shoddy!


author: Ian Francis
body: Actually, that doesn't even seem to work if you have an empty attachments component. Honestly its easier to manage files in DOS, looking away from the screen...

OK, It seems the files do get added, but don't show up in the list. If you look at the ... menu you will see attachments (n), click on that and there is you file(s), along with a history of how many times you have tried to add. Can someone from Atlassian now explain how to make that file(s) visible?


author: MattBurnes
body: Same problem here. Uploading seems to work just fine. Both ways: Drag\&Drop and through the popup window. But then the file(s) simply won't appear in the list when done. No error message.


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Mark.

I would like to know the following:

1. Does the attachment you uploaded appear in attachment page?
2. Are you able to upload the attachment from page attachment?
Roadmap Planner hanging, not saving data
Asked by StephanieC:

All other macros working properly; when editing a roadmap, it hangs and then loses all changes whther I wait it out or update the page.

We use this extensively, this is a new issue.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Stephanie,

Which version of Confluence is this occurring in and did you recently upgrade? What error is occurring in the logs when you try to save?

Shannon

comments: author: StephanieC
body: We are running 6.2.3

I played around trying to find out exactly when it happens - its adding a new lane. It seems to be ok if I add the new lane, update the macro and page then edit again to name the lane, but it wont let me name the lane without saving everything


author: Shannon S
body: Stephanie,

Thank you for confirming that.

1. Did you upgrade recently before the change happened?
2. What occurs in the logs when you attempt to save?
3. Does the problem occur in all browsers?
4. Is the Roadmap Planner and all modules related to it enabled in System Add-ons?
5. If you enable [Safe Mode](https://confluence.atlassian.com/upm/disabling-and-enabling-add-ons-273875716.html#Disablingandenablingadd-ons-Disablingorenablingalladd-ons(usingSafeMode)) in your instance, does the problem occur?
6. Lastly, you could [generate a HAR file](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/generating-har-files-and-analyzing-web-requests-720420612.html) and have a look at that to see what might be causing the issue.

Regards,

Shannon


author: StephanieC
body: here is one of the errors - now its happening to some people when adding a new macro - not just roa![error.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19035i3ED86769E50BD693/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "error.png")dmap plamnner:


author: StephanieC
body: Im not able to generate a .har file for security reasons + file size limitations


author: Shannon S
body: Stephanie,

The HAR file would be more for your internal investigation since to this could be caused by a network issue. There'd be no need to send it to us.

Can you please review my previous questions? We will need to know those details in order to troubleshoot the problem. It could be a network issue, a certificate issue, etc. but your error logs will tell us the true problem.

Regards

Shannon
Need to filter out my Task Report by specific text in the Task
Asked by Paula Murray:

Hi,

On one page, I have meeting notes (using meeting notes blue print). In this page are several tasks that are assigned to various people.

I want to be able to show certain tasks that contain specific text on another page without seeing all of the tasks from the meeting.

I have tried to use page display properties, but not working.

THANKS,


Answers:
author: Plueschke, Andreas
body: I recently had the same task. One minor tweak. Imagine you have 50 tasks in your task report. The maximum tasks shown by the task report macro is 40. So, the Table Filter macro will only filter on the maximum 40 tasks on the page provided by the Task Report macro. Now, there is the option to edit a page in "Source Editor" mode. There one can change the maximum number of tasks shown per page.


author: Paula Murray
body: Thanks for the response. I thought because it works for decision log, that it could work for Task Report without having to buy an addon, but I guess that is why I can't figure it out.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Paula,

I think the only way here is to filter Task Report macro with [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) macro.
Will a search in Confluence look inside Macros on a Page for content?
Asked by Thomas Bithell:

When an macro is placed around content in one page and then the corresponding include macro is placed on other pages, a Confluence search for text contained in the originating macro does not return the pages in the search that include the macro content. Essentially when Confluence is searching Pages it will not look inside include macros.

I believe this is designed behavior but I can not find any documentation about how Confluence search works with include macros.

Can anyone confirm what the expected behavior is, and if there is a way to enable search to look inside a Page's include macros?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: The behavior is expected, and consistent with my testing of the Excerpt include and Include page macros. The page originally containing the content is found by the search but the page that is including the content from the original does not appear in searches.

Although expected, not everyone considers it optimal. Please vote or comment on this suggestion to follow the progress of the relevant ticket: [Confluence search results should include content added to page via the {include} and {excerpt-include} macros](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-19054)

comments: author: Thomas Bithell
body: Thank you for the response and link to the Suggestion.


author: Kim Tillett
body: Very helpful, thank you Ann! Voted for the issue and now watching the ticket. Slightly discouraging that it was opened in March 2010 and still has not been resolved, but we shall see what the future holds!


Tags: macro

search
Are there good videos that show how to use the Excerpt and Excerpt Include macros?
Asked by Cathy Foster:

Hello Community,

This is my first exposure to Atlassian/Confluence.

My project needed a better way to publish its Release Notes so, instead of the old Word documents in a table, I created the notes in a Confluence page. Thing is, the notes don't append. Instead, a new page is created for each release. Still not the most ideal.

What I'd like to do is excerpt portions of content from each of the release note pages and display it on another page (a page called New Features, for instance) in maybe a table or table of contents format.

Someone told me about Confluence's Excerpt and Excerpt Include macros. From what I can tell, I need to add an **Excerpt** macro (just one) on each new Release Notes page upon creation. Then, on the New Features page, I need to add an **Excerpt Include** macro (or several macros, depending on what I what I want to include) in order to accomplish what I want.

I read the documentation but was hoping there was a video aid as well. Also, any tips/pointers from the more experienced community would be great. Thanks!

\~Cathy


Answers:
author: Alana Fernando
body: [@Cathy Foster](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1206723),

try [this you tube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaTWrSRIxRA)


Tags: macro
I can't delete a space on confluence
Asked by Richard Whitehead:

Hi,  

I have full permissions on confluence but I am unable to delete a space or page and I don't know why. Is there something else I need to do?  

Kind regards  


Answers:
author: Alana Fernando
body: [@Richard Whitehead](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1206760) May I ask you, are you a Admin on your space? the reason for my question is that most of the time confluence space admins has delete space permission.

Reference:

* [Delete a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf510/delete-a-space-829077159.html)
* [Delete or Restore a Page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/delete-or-restore-a-page-139429.html)

If you are a space admin then you should contact your global confluence admin. else contact <https://support.atlassian.com/> they should be able to help you with this.

![screenshot-confluence.millenniumit.com-2018.04.05-21-21-30.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18795iC2DC37B8343EE0BD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "screenshot-confluence.millenniumit.com-2018.04.05-21-21-30.png")
JIRA Issue Filter - Comments Field
Asked by Brian Karnesky:

We would like to see comments as an available option in Confluence. We would like to be able to either show all comments or only the last comment. Our idea would be this would be an available feature in the JIRA issue filter for Confluence.


Answers:
author: Anup
body: I think you may want to log a ticket at support.atlassian.com instead.

comments: author: Thomas Schlegel
body: or better here:

[https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa?selectedCategory=all\&selectedProjectType=all](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/BrowseProjects.jspa?selectedCategory=all&selectedProjectType=all)

since it is a feature request, not a bug


Tags: comment

jira
Better way to clear all my drafts? How about a 'Select all' checkbox?
Asked by Jonathan Smith:

After running some SQL queries, I have noticed users have a LOT of drafts (some 100+ days old). Can there be an option added for "**select all**" on the drafts page in user's profiles? Discarding one by one is not preferred.

* Is there a better way to discard drafts besides for discarding individually?

Regards,

Jonathan


Answers:
author: Alana Fernando
body: [@Jonathan Smith](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1194895),

i found a [Feature request (CONFSERVER-22020)](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-22020) for the same feature you mentioned. unfortunately they have decided not to develop the feature.

guess you have to delete drafts one by one :-(

else you may try the solution provided in [another similar community issue](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-delete-all-drafts-from-Confluence-using-SQL-or-any-Script/qaq-p/30637)

hope this helps :)
Short version of page title just for the page tree?
Asked by Graham Hannington:

I use various software to write documentation. Some software allows me to specify different versions of a page title for use in different contexts. For example, for use in a table of contents (TOC) pane; in Confluence terms, the page tree.

Can I do this in Confluence?

Here's an example of why I want to do this. Suppose I have a parent page with multiple child pages. The parent page title is "Information security rules". A child page title is "Information security rules that are centrally managed". I would like that child page to appear in the page tree with a shorter title: "Centrally managed", or something like that.

That is, instead of:

* Information security rules
  * Information security rules for everyone
  * Information security rules that are centrally managed

I want:

* Information security rules
  * For everyone
  * Centrally managed

(I can probably find better examples, if pushed. This is from something I'm working on now. The qualifiers "For everyone" and "Centrally managed" are "work-in-progress placeholders", subject to change.)

TOC panes are often narrow. And some software, including Confluence, truncates long titles in TOC panes rather than wrapping them. TOC panes inherently provide a "hierarchy of context" for page titles: if a TOC node has the title "Information security rules", then its child nodes don't need to repeat that context.

You might ask:

* Why don't you just use that shorter version as the page title?
* If you're concerned about truncation in the page tree, but you want to keep the complete term "information security rules" in the title, why not (as you have already done in the shorter version) move the qualifier "centrally managed" to the start of the page title: "Centrally managed information security rules"?

Fair questions.

For now, though, I'm more interested in an answer to whether I can specify in Confluence a version of a page title that is only used for the page tree (well, okay: preferably, also the breadcrumb trail); and if so, how?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Graham,

Thank you for the suggestion! I have logged it below:

* [CONFSERVER-55310](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-55310)

Please vote on the request to help show the amount of interest and you can comment there as well with your feedback, such as the information you provided above.

As for a workaround, it's not exactly what you want, but another user [on this thread](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions/Is-there-a-way-to-limit-the-display-of-page-titles-with-page/qaq-p/434058) found a way to shorten the title to a certain number of characters using CSS.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Graham Hannington
body: Thanks Shannon. I've voted on that issue, and added a comment with a link to this question (with apologies if that's an uncool thing to do; if it is, please let me know).


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Graham,

It's completely fine! I did it as well, although you cannot see it due to my comment permissions.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: page-tree