youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Can user profile macro by default get the creator of the page s parameter ?
Asked by Tal Goldenberg:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/user-profile-macro-189432828.html>*

Can user profile macro by default get the creator of the page s parameter ?


Answers:
author: Tal Goldenberg
body: Hi,

It can help but in order to insert user as a parameter to the user profile macro I need the user KEY and not the user name - can I get the $code of the user key ?


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi Tal,

no, you can't but you can write your own macro (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html>) using $content.getCreatorName() in order to get creator name.

Hope this helps.

Fabio


Tags: image

profile
Why ist the "How to document releases and share release notes" link broken?
Asked by andy_eberle_bannert:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence for Software Teams](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=776656419)*

I just wanted to inform you about a broken link on this page: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-for-software-teams-776656419.html>


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: HI Andy, thanks for letting us know. I've fixed this link now.
Most viewed space
Asked by Patrick Dassier:

Hi everybody,

I want to have the ranking of viewed space, like in the activity report, but not limited to the 10 first ones. I would like to see all spaces.

Is there a way to to that ?

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Phill Fox
body: Hi Patrick

Confluence does not (to my knowledge) provide out of the box activity reports for all spaces as you have seen

For those who are not aware here is a link <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/viewing-site-statistics-123043962.html>

So to achieve your requirements you need to look at extending Confluence through the use of a plugin and some are described here. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=154239308> and if you have access to the underpinning database <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Obtaining+Confluence+Instance+Metrics>.

I hope this helps.

Phill


Tags: confluence-administration
Issue with PocketQuery Templating with Google Charts
Asked by Chris Yetter:

I'm having some issues with adding a tooltip to a Google Line Chart. Here's what I have setup:

Query:

```
select date Date,  total  Total, 'example tooltip' from table
```

Results:

```
2014-05-01	255	example tooltip2014-06-01	1232	example tooltip2014-07-01	1981	example tooltip
```

Pocket Query Template:

```
&lt;script&gt;PocketQuery.chart('LineChart', { height:700, width:1000, displayMode: 'text', pointSize: '3',data.addColumn({type: 'string', role: 'tooltip'});});&lt;/script&gt;
```

The issue is, the pocketquery results are blank. I also don't see anything in the preview stack trace.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Hi Chris,

please check out version 2.0.1 from the [marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.scandio.confluence.plugins.pocketquery/server/overview). There is now a callback JS function *beforeDraw* in the chart method that you can use to manipulate the dataTable object before the chart is drawn.

Example query:

```
SELECT Name, LifeExpectancy, GovernmentFormFROM CountryWHERE LifeExpectancy IS NOT NULLAND Continent = :ContinentAND Population &gt; :MinPopulation
```

Example template:

```
&lt;script&gt;PocketQuery.chart('BarChart', {	showTip: true,	beforeDraw: function(dataTable, options) {		dataTable.setColumnProperty(2, 'role', 'tooltip');	}});&lt;/script&gt;
```

The *setColumnProperty* call says "please make my column 2 the tooltip" (starting with 0). So in my query, the column "GovernmentForm" will become the tooltip.

Let me know if this helps!

Regards, Felix (Scandio)


author: Chris Yetter
body: Felix,

Thanks! That worked perfectly. I really appreciate the help and the upgrade to 2.x.

Chris

comments: author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Hi Chris! Thanks for the feedback! Would you mind to contribute to the PocketQuery community and mark my answer as accepted? And would you mind leaving a review for PocketQuery at the marketplace?


author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Hi Chris! Just wanted to let you know I've seen this. It's actually not that straight-forward. I'll let you know about a solution during the next days. I'm interested in this very much myself ;)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to create an unique credential for external vendors accessing my confluence page?
Asked by Silvia Ritzmann:


Answers:
author: Luiz Maia
body: Hi there,

If I understood correctly, you're trying to create a user account on Confluence that different people will use to access Confluence, is that correct?

If that's what you're trying to do, yes, it's possible and will work. Different users can be logged with the same credential in the same time.

Regards,  
LM


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What do you mean by "unique credential"? On the surface, I'd guess you simply need to get people to sign up with individual accounts.


Tags: confluence-administration
The page does not allow you to add a Name or any other info after selecting subscribe by url
Asked by Brandon McCray:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Subscribe to Google Calendars from Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=240913761)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Silva
body: Brandon, I believe this happens because the Team Calendar Add-on is disabled. To enable that, go to Administration \> General Configuration \> Manage Add-ons \> Team Calendars.

I hope that helps!

Cheers,

Rodrigo Silva


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

google-calendar

team-calendars-for-confluence
easy forms
Asked by Hiram Gibbard:

I installed the latest version of easy forms 1.4.1 for confluence and it states that its compatible with my version of the confluence wiki which is 5.4.4. Its was installed by downloading the JAR file and uploading it through the interface. It was successful, and it says its there. The buy now button is present, and it says that the trial license will expire on Dec 25th. When I click on "Easy Form" link under the left hand side configuration menu, I get a error 404. Before that issue started, at one point I was able to create form with the drag and drop option, but when you clicked on the edit form tab so you can change the labels and what not, it would just be blank. Frankly, I am loosing patients with this software.


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

Is this "Easy Form" link trying to redirect you to another site? The 404 error means that the page in your server doesn't exist anymore, or it changed its URL, in other words, Confluence can't find that page.

Commonly, this can also be related to a proxy setting. I believe it's better to open a ticket with the support team, since they will ask you your network settings and also will analyse your logs.

Cheers,


Tags: confluence-administration
User Macro creates extra space
Asked by Jeremiah Jackson:

I've been running into an issue recently with a user macro that wraps text in \<span\> tags. The macro is inlined in a configuration line with no spaces (.ini file style, since it's basically a .ini file..) like this:

```
foo={macro}
```

However on the output I'm seeing an added space like this:

```
foo= bar
```

That extra space may break this file, does anyone know what's generating it and (more importantly) how to get rid of it?


Answers:
author: Jeremiah Jackson
body: Would you happen to remember the bit of CSS that you used to do this?

comments: author: Alex Yasurek
body: Yea, this is what I used on the span tag: margin-left:-.2em;


author: Jeremiah Jackson
body: After talking with Brikit Theme Press about this issue it was discovered that due to extra white space between the header of the macro and the actual macro itself, that Confluence was injecting this extra space ahead of the macro output.

Formatting the macro to be one contiguous block of text resolved the issue.

comments: author: Evan Hart
body: Thanks Jeremiah, this worked great!

I turned all the blank lines to

##

to keep my pretty code formatting.


author: Alex Yasurek
body: I was having the same issue with a custom macro I built. It was adding an extra space before the text I was outputting to the page. I couldn't figure out why so I ended up fixing it with CSS and moving the text back one space to make up for the extra space it was adding


Tags: confluence-administration
Have the DC and Server downloads merged into the same installer? My atlassian download filenames do not include atlassian-confluence-x.x.x"-cluster" anymore.
Asked by Eric Reinsch:

Have Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server downloads merged into the same installer? My atlassian download filenames do not include atlassian-confluence-x.x.x"-cluster" anymore.


Answers:
author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi Eric,

Yes, they have. Now it is the same file for both versions. What determines whether it is the Data Center version or not is your license.

Regards,

Bruno
How do I connect two tables to one master table?
Asked by NAW:

I have created a confluence table. I currently have this table in 3 different pages.

When I need to update it on one page, I update it but I then manually copy and paste it to 2 different pages. Is there a way to make this process automatic? That is connect 2 tables to one master table.

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Phill Fox
body: Further to the response from @Milo Grika

Or Include Excerpt macro is another option if you want to leave it in the original document. The include Page macro would require you to take the table to a new document which is then editable on its own.


author: Milo Test
body: See if the Include Page macro works for you.


author: NAW
body: Thanks @Milo Grika and @Phill Fox \[Adaptavist\]
[Templates] How to auto fill in USER and DATE?
Asked by Lucas Molenaar:

Dear community,

I am just starting to learn how to create useful Templates in order to standardize reporting for my team and now have a couple of questions:

1. How can I add a variable that is automatically set to the NAME of the USER creating the new page?
2. How can I add a variable that is automatically set to the current DATE when the page is created?
3. How to set a page LABEL automatically
4. How to add a select LIST (drop down box) that can be set to a value for each row it used in? (when I work with variables all fields change o the same value )

I want Something like this:

---------------------------------------

Name: $userName  
Date: $currentDate

Monday

* $projectList - $statusList

----------------------------------------

Thanks for all the suggestions in advance!


Answers:
author: Stephan
body: Hi Lucas,

Have a look at our Page Tree Creator. You can create templates based on normal confluence pages and use buttons to start the creation process. [Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.PageTreeCreator/server/overview).

We could add a Tag / Variable for the current user and the current date.


Tags: confluence-administration
Is it possible to set up a required to fill field in table?
Asked by Jaroslaw:

I'm preparing a new template (blueprint) to add requirements. Is it possible to set up a required fileds in the table? So when the user forget to insert the required content, the Confluence will not save the page and will show the information "Please fill all the required fields"?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey there,

You can use the [Easy Forms](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.artemissoftware.confluence.easyforms.EasyForms/server/overview) add-on for that and see if it suits you well :smile:.

Cheers,
Who uses Confluence for their intranet?
Asked by Eva Bes:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Use Confluence as your Intranet](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=230819424)*

At this moment we are using Confluence as collaboration tool and do we have an intranet that runs on Drupal. At the meanwhile more and more of our employees are using Confluence also for sharing information. Now we are looking for a solution to combine the two. Does anyone recognize the problem? Any tips?


Answers:
author: rverschoor
body: Atlassian :smile:


author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey Eva,

You can take a look on all companies that are using Confluence in their internal network:

* [https://www.atlassian.com/customers](https://www.atlassian.com/customers?page=1&sortParam=date_created%20desc)

Cheers,


author: Eva Bes
body: Thanks for the reactions. My first question was indeed not clear enough. At this moment we are using Confluence as collaboration tool and do we have an intranet that runs on Drupal. At the meanwhile more and more of our employees are using Confluence also for sharing information. Now we are looking for a solution to combine the two. Does anyone recognize the problem? Any tips?

comments: author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: (NB: You'd better edit your question than adding a question in the answers). Maybe you want to detail how contents are different on your Drupal compared to Confluence: What is on the intranet that can't be transferred on Confluence? Generally the intranet contains official, read-only news and moving them into Confluence would reduce their visibility. This could be improved by using the "Share" feature often. Official news often appear on top of the dashboard anyway, if they're interesting enough.


author: HeidiI
body: In the company I work, they also use it as intranet


author: Paul LaBarbera
body: Eva,

<br />

I've helped build several intranets using Confluence. It's a great system to run an intranet on. Guilherme's list above is a great example.


author: Jonas Andersson
body: I worked for a few companies that used it for the intranet, what is the real question?


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
Setup ist abgebrochen un l?sst sich nicht wieder starten
Asked by Helpdesk Helpdesk:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence Setup Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=135691)*

the Setup ist broken and i can't start the Setup again. What to do

barbara


Answers:
author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi Barbara,

One possible way is to delete the Home folder contents; this will ensure you are taken to the Setup screen again. This, assuming you want to install Confluence from scratch.

Regards,

Bruno


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You need to explain what part of setup is broken and what errors you see when you try to restart it. A look at the log file might tell us something too.


Tags: confluence-administration

install
Would it be possible to use PocketQuery to query the Confluence database itself?
Asked by Auke_Miedema:


Answers:
author: John Love
body: Absolutely! That is actually our primary use of PocketQuery. We use MySQL as our database. You can get the connection URL from your Confluence Administration System Information section under **Database Connection URL.**PocketQuery is very good at auto-detecting the proper JDBC driver, but if I recall, the documentation lists them for the various databases supported. We then set up a general read-only account in MySQL and us that account as the UserID \& PW for the connection.

comments: author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Couldn't have expressed that better, John. Thanks!


author: Auke_Miedema
body: Thanks John, it works, next stop is to figure out the Confluence datamodel :smile:


author: John Love
body: Good luck with that! All I can say is Google Google Google! Someone will have found at least a piece of the information you are looking for and then you can start putting your puzzle pieces together!


author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Haha, good luck! There's some documentation by Atlassian on the web. But mostly you'll have to look at your database itself ;)


author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Hi Auke! If you like PocketQuery, would you mind leaving a review at the marketplace? That would be a great contribution!


author: Auke_Miedema
body: I certainly like it, and I will do my best to write a review, but due to time constraints,that will only be in 2016


Tags: pocketquery
Confluence upgrade
Asked by Jueli Lin:

Hello support,

We are using Confluence 5.6.6 and thinking of upgrade to newest version. I am wondering if you have any document for us to refer to regarding the upgrade procedure/steps? How about the app data? should it be backed up somewhere first? Thanks.


Answers:
author: Phill Fox
body: Hi Juell

You should find all you need at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrade-notes-overview-176882813.html> but pay careful attention to the need to review each version upgrade.

You should of course rehearse this in a development environment before proceeding with your live environment and always take a backup (if not several!)

Hope this helps

Phill


author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey Jueli,

Let me also share another documentation that can help with your upgrade:

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

It has more information about it ![laugh](/html/@BEA1CC333F4D830F5303329D7DC07DE4/images/emoticons/laugh.png "laugh").

Cheers,
How to delete static site created by Instant Website for Confluence?
Asked by Jan-Ru Muller:

We installed Instant Website for confluence and received a trial license.

In one space we have created an URL and subsequently enabled Instant Website.

Indeed the site immediately shows up on AWS.

We have subsequently disabled Instant Website for this one space.

However, the static site published on AWS remains. How can it be erased?


Answers:
author: Nick Muldoon
body: Hi Jan-Ru,

For assistance with removing content published to AWS please [contact the Arijea support team](http://docs.arijea.com/support/)[](https://answers.atlassian.com/docs.arijea.com/support)[](https://answers.atlassian.com/docs.arijea.com/support).

Thanks,  
[Nicholas Muldoon](https://twitter.com/njm)  
[Arijea](http://arijea.com/)


Tags: instant-website

jira
How do you create page links with URL Parameters?
Asked by Duncan Kinnear:

We're using PocketQuery with dynamic parameters to be able to define a page that displays the result of a query depending on a passed URL parameter.

How do I create links from other pages which pass different parameters to the same page?

For instance, I have a page called "Program Files" which lists programs defined in a database, but filters the list to only show programs that start with the passed 'letter' parameter.

So to list programs that start with 'a' I can reference a page (using the browser location bar) as "Program Files?pq_letter=a" and only the 'a' programs appear in the list.

So how do I create a link on another page to point to page "Program Files" with the parameter "?pq_letter=a"?


Answers:
author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Hi Duncan,

Shouldn't this work with a normal web link like this?

image2015-11-30 9:45:55.png

You could also take the ID-based URL which is a little cleaner: /pages/viewpage.action?pageId=%yourPageId%\&pq_letter=a

Regards, Felix (Scandio)

P.S. we just released PQ 2.0 which has a feature "dynamic load" that could come very handy for your dynamic parameters. You can find information [here](https://www.scandio.de/en/2015/11/pocketquery-2-0-is-released/).  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-you-create-page-links-with-URL-Parameters/qaq-p/358156?attachment-id=1565){#link_1187a4c64e8c7a}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/60544/1/image2015-11-30%209%3A45%3A55.png){#display_1187a4c64e8c7a_0}

comments: author: Duncan Kinnear
body: This is obviously the only way to do it. I had to insert the Space Key (CU in this case) after the /display/. My concern would be that this method wouldn't cope with renaming the target page. For instance if I renamed the "Program Files" page to "System Files". But I guess it does the job. :-)


author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: "wouldn't cope with renaming the target page" -- that's what I meant with the ID based link. Simply get the page ID (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/HYClJg>) and you can rename the page as you please. The link will stay valid.


author: Duncan Kinnear
body: Aha! That's brilliant. I will try that method, too.


author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Hi Duncan! Thanks for the feedback! Would you mind to contribute to the PocketQuery community and mark my answer as accepted? And would you mind leaving a review for PocketQuery at the marketplace?


author: Ovidiu T
body: This didn't work for me, Confluence 8.8.

Substituting the tiny link instead of page name and keeping the parameters takes me to the page as with no parameters passed in.
XML export depending on label
Asked by Nils McGrath:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Exporting Content to Word, PDF, HTML and XML](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=701435210)*

Can I customize my XML export, so I only export pages with a specific label?


Answers:
author: Luiz Maia
body: Hi Nils,

Unfortunately, I don't see a possibility to export pages depending if they have a specific label or not.

However, when you're exporting a Space, you can select the Custom Export option and manually select the pages to be export.

Regards,  
LM


Tags: export

label

xml
User Directories
Asked by Compras Topaz OFD:

Good afternoon, I'm setting up a server 7 and jira confluence 05.08.16 both in https is giving error I try to add a directory of users at the confluence for him to catch the jira. Error "Connection failed test Response from the server.:  
[javax.net](http://javax.net).ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target? "  

My server JIRA <https://jira7.gastecnologia.com.br/>  

How do I fix this?


Answers:
author: Luiz Maia
body: Hello there,

This is a issue with the truststore between the instances. You'll need to import the certificates for JIRA and Confluence into the truststore, as instructed on the following article: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/Unable+to+Connect+to+SSL+Services+due+to+PKIX+Path+Building+Failed>

Thanks.

Regards,  
LM


Tags: confluence-administration
A question on License Tier
Asked by Pranjal Shukla:

We have Confluence instance with certain licenses. We have also also bought couple of plugins. Is it possible to increase the tier of Confluence only and not the plugins?


Answers:
author: David Skreiner
body: AFAIK nope, you will have to upgrade all your licenses.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Just so David can drop the AFAIK next time - he's absolutely right.


Tags: confluence-administration