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We would like Confluence to email us when a page is a certain age, so that page can be checked to see if it is still valid. Is there any way to do this?
Asked by Kari Stiller:

We would like Confluence to email us when a page is a certain age, so that page can be checked to see if it is still valid. Is there any way to do this? We have documentation that gets old quickly, and so we want to be reminded, after six months, to make sure all of the information in the page is still current. How can we do this?

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: TomC
body: Hi Kari,

We don't have it yet, but are seriously considering the [Archiving Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.confluence.plugin.archiving/server/overview)from Midori for the feature you mention and more. Check it out, does it appear to do what you're looking for? I think it is reasonably priced for what it does and for Server versions (which I believe is all they support at present) their free trial can be extended five times for a total of 6 months which is generous. Your post reminded me that I need to re-vamp my efforts to evaluate this plugin.


author: Kari Stiller
body: Exactly what was needed. Thank you.
I cannot play a video in confluence using the multi media macro?
Asked by Sujata:

I inserted the multi media macro and the WMV video file but when I preview, it does nothing, I can just see a block and when I hover over the block it says "the plug is not supported". how can I play the video in confluence? If I need the plug then how come the macro is available to use? There is no other way to play the file?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Did you try simply dragging the video to the Confluence page in edit mode? In the last couple of versions, Confluence with automatically insert it with the best player.


author: 105349
body: Hello!

You didn't mention what version of Confluence you're currently running, but I have a sneaking suspicion that you're running into this issue:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27581>

Personally, I'd try converting the video file to another format, (e.g., MP4/MOV), and trying with that.

Good luck!

comments: author: Sujata
body: sorry, i dont know which version but I dont get any error, just the plugin message that i mentioned earlier.
Can you create a new space from an existing page?
Asked by Charlie Bay:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Move and Reorder Pages](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=146407727)*

I have a lot of content that is under a parent page that I want to move up to a top-level space.   

Rather than create a new space and back-fill it, is there a way to simply move the content from under its' current space to a new top level space?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: There is a manual procedure whereby you would create a new space, then move the page that you would like to be the homepage of that new space, tell the space to use that moved page as the home page, then you can move all the children pages to be children of that new homepage.


author: Victor Aye Chan
body: I'm reviving a old thread as I am also attempting to create a new space from a huge page with many child pages.

Can it be done natively now? How should I do it?

If not, is there any good way one can copy everything manually without missing anything?


author: Charlie Bay
body: OK, thanks, guys. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. It isn't that big of a deal, but some of these spaces I'm dealing with have over 150 child pages. I get a little leery about some of these falling off or getting lost!

Regards,

Charlie


author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Charlie,

No there is no way to create a space and move pages into it in one go. As Stephan mentioned there are some third party add-ons that can help with this, otherwise creating a space, and manually moving your parent page into it is the way to go.


author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Charlie,

Try our Space Tree Creator Add-on. It provides the functionality, you are looking for.

[Marketplace link: Space Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.SpaceTreeCreator/server/overview)

Regards,

Stephan


Tags: move

page

sort
TMetric - time tracker for Jira
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Dear partners,

Would it be possible to install TMetric - time tracker for JIRA for confluence server used ? Thank you.

(refer information: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/app.tmetric.com/server/overview>)


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's your system, not ours - you'll need to ask your administrators to install it.

comments: author: Hsu Yao Chang
body: Dear Nic Brough,

Thank you for your reply. But I don't know how to install it at the confluence. Is there guidance for installing the software? Thank you so much.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The link you've referred to has installation instructions on it, what do they say?
It is not possible to use the permalink while using scroll versions
Asked by Liliana Iriarte:

Hi,

I used to have the permalink working for a space, this is not working since I enabled the scroll versions. Is there a way to enable the permalink while using the scroll versions? or delete the scroll versions for that specific space?

Regards,


Answers:
author: Aleks Yenin (Polontech)
body: Hi,

This article might be useful:  
<https://help.k15t.com/legacy/scroll-versions/latest/all/faq/how-to-use-only-the-permalinks-feature-of-scroll-versions>

Regards,

Alex
How to get notification when a document with a specific label is changed?
Asked by Andreas Eleftheriou:

Hi Rachel, thanks for the answer, however I was asking about notifications "when a document with a specific label changes" not when labels are added or removed.

We want to do this so we can monitor by topic, say all documents related to topic X.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Unfortunately, this is a long-unfulfilled customer request:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-6810>

comments: author: Andreas Eleftheriou
body: thank you.


author: Andreas Eleftheriou
body: One more thing, do you know any workaround?


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: It might be possible to make a script which checks for all the pages that have a particular label and at the same time checks for all pages that a user is watching, and if the lists are different, then it would update the watches to include the newly labeled content. Then you would be able to set it to run every 30 minutes or so. Unwatching when a label is removed would be a little more difficult, because you would have to distinguish from regular already watched pages, but you could save a list or something locally and compare that. Not impossible, but it would take a little bit of work. If you didn't mind about the extra watches after a label is removed, then it would be easier.


author: Andreas Eleftheriou
body: thank you for the detailed answer. will look into it.


author: Rachel Robins
body: Ah sorry, I didn't read your original question carefully enough. No, there is not currently a way to watch or be notified by label.
Our confluence instant goes down or becomes unavailable around 4PM - 5PM CST
Asked by Vinod Honnalli:

Hi Team,

Our confluence application becomes unavailable (error Service unavailable or error 500).

We have faced the issue multiple time in last week which is impacting the business.

We restarted the confluence service to bring up the application.

We tried to find the root cause but no luck. Please consider the issues as priority and help us to resolve the issue.

We have attached the support log, let us know if you need any more information.

<br />

Please contact me @Vinod Honnalli (+91-9844086794) for any clarification.

Thanks in advance.

Confluence_support_2016-04-11-16-56-24.zip  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/17613/1/Confluence_support_2016-04-11-16-56-24.zip){#display_11870f4e58e4f0_0}


Answers:
author: 105349
body: Hey Vinod!

My first thought, since this occurs around the same time every day, is a backup process that's locking the DB. I've definitely run into that before.

I did take a quick peek at your logs, and I am seeing quite a few deadlocks:

[Troubleshooting Deadlocks](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/troubleshooting-deadlocks-in-confluence-182683241.html)

Also, it looks like you're running this instance on Windows. Make sure that any anti-virus scanners are set to ignore the directories in this article:

[Confluence - Impact of Antivirus Software](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/system-requirements-126517514.html#SystemRequirements-PleaseNote:ImpactofAntivirusSoftware)

Good luck!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What does your log file say around the time it is becoming unavailable? What is the server doing at that time?


Tags: confluence-administration
how to display multiple sheets in an excel docs on to conf page
Asked by Prabhu A L:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Office Excel Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=375849173)*

How to display multiple sheets in an excel docs on to conf page


Answers:
author: Prabhu A L
body: Thank you for the answer. displaying through another marco in same page is fine with me.


author: Rachel Robins
body: I believe you would need to add multiple macros to do this, and define the sheet you want to display in each. I don't know of a way to make multiple sheets available in a single macro.


Tags: ms-excel
Anyone else have an issue with Audio files playing as soon as the page is loaded even though the Autostart is set to false? Confluence server v5.9.7
Asked by Andy Graham-Older:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Multimedia Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=228622735)*

Anyone else have an issue with Audio files playing as soon as the page is loaded even though the Autostart is set to false? Confluence server v5.9.7


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Andy, I think this is a know bug in 5.8 and 5.9. See <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-39041> for more info, or watch the ticket for updates.

comments: author: David Hackett
body: I cannot seem to view that ticket. What's the status? I have a page of videos I need to create but all of them begin playing as soon as the page loads. Even manually setting:

\<ac:parameter ac:name="autostart"\>false\</ac:parameter\>

does a lot of nothing. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


author: Andy Graham-Older
body: I cant view CONF-39041 either, but the issue is still not resolved.


author: Andy H?schele
body: I have the exact same issue with a video file. It autoplay, whenever the page is loaded. I initially also tried to resolve it, by adding the false parameter with no success. It seems as if the multimedia ad-in is not working correctly. Has there been a solution to this problem?


author: Andy Graham-Older
body: We're still running 5.9.7

I don't know if it's fixed in 5.10.1 which is currently available.


author: Andy H?schele
body: Hi Rachel, unfortunately, I am unable to view the ticket.


author: Rachel Egan
body: I am unable to view it as well, although the status looks like it still says "open". Is there any solution on this? I'm running into the same issue.


Tags: multimedia
We are Administrators, but we can't access the Webdav site.
Asked by Vanessa Zambale:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Import a Confluence Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765531)*

I have an administrator access but can't log in to <https://spinifexit.atlassian.net/webdav/> I need to upload my exported data since it's over 100MB. Our main admin tried it to, but can't get in. How can we log in the site and upload our file?

Really need your help on this asap.


Answers:
author: Ana Retamal
body: Hi Vanessa, note that Atlassian Cloud no longer supports Webdav. You can read more about this at [Unable to access Webdav](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/cloud-unable-to-access-webdav-401-authorization-required-696518739.html) and [Removal of Webdav](https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/removal-of-webdav-directory-support-for-jira-cloud-instances-859477758.html). In any case, feel free to open a support ticket if you need further assistance uploading your data to your Cloud site and we'll be happy to assist.

Hope this helps!


author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Vanessa, I'd recommend contacting our support team at [support.atlassian.com](https://support.atlassian.com/customer/servicedesk-portal) and follow the prompts to create a support request with our Cloud team. They'll be able to help you get up and running.


Tags: confluence-cloud

import

space
How can I setup my Confluence database without using the wizard
Asked by Edward Petersen:

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

For JIRA, I was able to place a *dbconfig.xml* file in the configuration directory and my database connection was setup. The initial wizard setup still ran for generating a server ID and retrieving a license, but the database was taken care of.

I'd like to do the same for Confluence, but it appears the database configuration has been conflated with other server configuration in the *confluence.cfg.xml* file. I tried just starting out with a *confluence.cfg.xml* file that has the database lines populated, but that didn't work (frankly, I was expecting it wouldn't).

Is there any way to automate this? Seems strange that these two products do not leverage the same type of configuration under the hood.


Answers:
author: Mark Boomer
body: Try this, it worked for me

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-generate-a-new-confluence-cfg-xml-425461512.html>

comments: author: Mark Boomer
body: I also found this testdatabase.jsp utility very useful for debugging the db setup

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/troubleshooting-external-database-connections-9906.html>


Tags: confluence-administration

install
how to see tasks in workbox
Asked by Thomas Keller:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Add, Assign, and View Tasks](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764949)*

I don't see tasks in the workbox on any of my pages. I thought they automatically showed up there.


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: The personal tasks functionality in Workbox was removed some time ago (over a year ago I believe).

You can see all your tasks under Profile \> Tasks.

comments: author: Shiva Harris
body: Why? I've been trying to figure out what happened to my tasks awhile now, only to find out they've been removed from the workbox / moved to a standalone page?

The Profile ? Tasks view is just not as convenient. Wish this could've been made optional. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


author: Natasha Liberman
body: Does it mean that Confluence documentation is incorrect? It shows that tasks can be found under the workbox: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf54/confluence-user-s-guide/managing-changes-and-notifications-and-tasks/managing-tasks-in-confluence>


author: Miguel Reimer
body: Natasha the documentation you link to is correct, however its for Confluence 5.4. Confluence 5.5 moved the tasks out of the workbox:
>
> ### Personal tasks tab removed from the workbox {#toc-hId-1477654984}
>
> As part of our work on tasks, the Personal Tasks tab, previously accessed from the Notifications box ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/480346431/WorkboxIcon.png?version=1&modificationDate=1394150534646&api=v2) in the header, has been removed.
>
> If a user has incomplete personal tasks, the first time they access the Personal Tasks tab Confluence will notify the user of this change and email any incomplete personal tasks to the user's registered email address. The email also provides instructions for how to add these tasks to a page so they can be managed as ordinary tasks.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-5-5-upgrade-notes-435552950.html>


author: Natasha Liberman
body: ah... I see. Thank you for clarifying. :smile: Though I wish there were back in notification box. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


Tags: assign

cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation
Can I set the iframe macro to allow full screen mode?
Asked by Chris Zach:

I'm using the iframe macro to embed Box.com content.

**Is there a way to set the iframe attribute "allowfullscreen" to true so I can view the content in full screen mode?**

Note: I'm using the iframe macro as a laborious workaround, where I copy the embed URL from Box and paste into the macro.

It'd be easier if I could paste the native Box.com embed widget code in an HTML macro, but I'm on Cloud, so I can't use the HTML macro.

Ideally, there'd be a Cloud-ready Box.com macro where I could just paste the normal Box.com URL and it'd automatically create the embed. Really ideally, there'd be an integrated Box content browser to link/embed content.

Thanks for the advice!


Answers:
author: armel.larcier
body: Vote here

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-55883>


author: Aleks Yenin (Polontech)
body: Hi,

You may find it useful:  
<https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/latest/javascript/module-AP.html>


author: TomC
body: +1 for Box integration for both Server and Cloud versions of Confluence, something like how entering a YouTube link is automatically recognized (we have Confluence Server so can use the HTML macro which does help, but easier would be better/faster).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
how can i use one excel attachment on multiple pages
Asked by Vida Blackburn:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Office Excel Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=375849173)*

How can I use one excel sheet across multiple child pages. The excel sheet needs to be editable on all of the pages with it automatically updating the pivot table that is referenced in a summary page.


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Vida, the Office Excel macro expects the file to be attached to the current page, but you may be able to use the Include Page macro to get around this:

1. Create a page that has the Excel file attached, and use the Office Excel macro to display it on the page.
2. On each page that you want to make the excel file available, add the [Include Page macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Include+Page+Macro) and include your new Excel file page.

I haven't tested whether you can still edit the file from the page, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

If you don't want your new page to show in the page tree, you can drag it to the root of the space, so that it isn't a child of the homepage.


Tags: ms-excel
Blog Post Formatting Loss
Asked by David Tuttle:

While creating a blog post, it allows me to put some formatting into my post (i.e. tables I insert, paragraph breaks etc). However once I publish it, it removes any formatting. How do I retain this after publish?

Specifically in the blog feed, it doesn't show any of this formatting.


Answers:
author: Adam Bartlett
body: After experimenting I can see that the problem only happens when the summary of blog entries are displayed as "excerpts". If the full blog post is displayed then the link IS clickable

This isn't a fix for me (as I don't want the full blog included) but I hope that it might help you or others David.

To change this: Edit your main page (not the blog page) and click on the "Blog Posts" grey box and then choose Edit. In the "Content Type To Display" choose "entire" instead of "excerpts".


author: David Tuttle
body: Adam this helped immensely! Thanks so much for the suggestion. That pretty much solved our problem.


author: David Tuttle
body: Definitely my issue as well. As you may have already found, thankfully if you go into the actual blog area, then all formatting is retained.

But if you're just at the homepage of your space, and looking at the blog feed, then it loses the formatting.


author: Adam Bartlett
body: I have a possibly related issue. I have created a blog post containing a link. The published blog post retains the link as clickable but while the the Space homepage that includes the latest blog posts does list the blog entry, the link is no longer clickable.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
relation to Confluence Cloud
Asked by Darryl Burke:

other then the initial banner. there is no information on how to use this API with confluence Cloud.. eg. proper URL, API key (or oauth).


Answers:
author: Darryl Burke
body: Information provided on the Confluence Rest API page..

<https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-rest-api>

Note a the top says "Note: The new REST API is available for Confluence Cloud and from Confluence 5.5."

<br />

however when you visit any of the links off that page.. eg the Confluence REST API documentation link

<https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/latest/>

<br />

None of the examples / references in the REST api documentation have the URL for the cloud, nor identify the user/pass/apikey needed..

it's all directed at the local server use, not the cloud

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, I see. It does come across that way.  

But, it's valid for both - there's no difference in the way you'd use Cloud REST and Server REST.


author: Darryl Burke
body: it's different.. the Could ones start with /wiki (which is not mentioned anywhere, but I managed to figure it out) also the authentication does not work.. the -u user/pass always fails.. if you get a endpoint to work it always returns no data as it's acting in a "public" mode..


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Which API? What documentation are you looking at?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Enable system add-on
Asked by Gwunnik:

Hi,

I can't figure out how to enable the Confluence Usage Stats add-on in Confluence. I don't seem to have the proper rights to do this (there is no 'enable/disable' button for any of the system add-ons), but i can't find where i can change it so i do have those rights.

How/where can i change the rights (i am site admin, etc) so i can activate this plugin?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You need to be a system admin to do that, not just the site admin. Only Atlassian Cloud support have system admin. I think they'll enable it for you if you raise a support request at <https://support.atlassian.com> (although I'm not 100% sure of that, given that the add-on is disabled by default because it can cause performance issues)


author: Gwunnik
body: Thought it would be something like that, thanks for clearing it up. I'll try to get them to activate it. Hope it won't be a problem since we have a relatively small team, but we'll see.

At least i can stop my fruitless journey through the maze of configuration menu's now! :smile:


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud