youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
About changing the timezone in confluence cloud
Asked by ?? ?:

Is the timezone of confluence cloud UTC by default? Can it be changed? Will it be left to the site to be created?


Answers:
author: Andy Gladstone
body: [@?? ?](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4679103) timezone is currently controlled as a user preference, not on the site level.

How to check and adjust the user preference for a timezone:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Cloud-How-to-check-the-default-timezone-of-my/qaq-p/1151047>

There is a change request to make this controllable on a site level which you can vote for:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-16057>

Hope this helps!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Where is the Expand Macro? Confusing documentation?
Asked by Albert Salgiriev:

Hello,

I am reading this documentation page about the expand macro ([\*here](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-expand-macro/)).

The article states

"This macro was intentionally removed from the new editor and was replaced with an element available from the Insert menu or from the slash command ( / ) ."  

What is the new name of the expand macro?

**To add the Expand macro:**  
1. When editing , select from the toolbar

2. Find the item to be inserted and select it

3. Select **Insert**

What ist the name of the item?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Dave Mathijs
body: Hi [@Albert Salgiriev](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4792979) , welcome to the Atlassian Community!

The Expand macro still works, just type **/expand** in a Confluence page in edit mode and hit Enter. It will then display the expand box where you kan give it a titel and insert the text block.

Give it a try, thanks to accept my answer if it resolves your question.

comments: author: Albert Salgiriev
body: Hi Dave, thank you for your reply. After I type /exp nothing appears anymore and therefore nothing happens after I hit enter.  
We have the cloud version and I am currently editing a confluence page.  
Does /expand belongs to an additional pack of macros that maybe are not activated?


author: Dave Mathijs
body: No, it doesn't, so it's strange that you are experiencing this issue. Are you the only one of is this a problem for every Confluence user? I would create an Atlassian support request in that case.


author: Albert Salgiriev
body: Sorry Dave, everything I use is in English, except Confluence it's in German. Therefore no /expand, instead we have "/erweitern".


author: Dave Mathijs
body: Hi Albert, glad to see it resolved. Indeed, using another language in Confluence also translates the macros. I have the same "issue" in Dutch and French. :-)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

expand
Confluence problem
Asked by li si:

when i install confluence ,occurs error,

* StatementCallback; bad SQL grammar
* \[CREATE TRIGGER denormalised_space_trigger_on_update AFTER UPDATE ON SPACES FOR EACH ROW sp: BEGIN DECLARE isServiceDisabled BOOL DEFAULT TRUE; CALL space_procedure_for_denormalised_permissions(isServiceDisabled); IF (isServiceDisabled) THEN LEAVE sp; END IF; IF (NEW.LOWERSPACEKEY = OLD.LOWERSPACEKEY) THEN LEAVE sp; END IF; INSERT INTO DENORMALISED_SPACE_CHANGE_LOG(SPACE_ID) VALUES (NEW.SPACEID); END;\];
* nested exception is com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Table 'confluence.spaces' doesn't exist


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: "Table 'confluence.spaces' doesn't exist" implies a damaged or non-existent database.

I am sorry to say it, but we do not have enough context to work through the question. Could you describe your database and system install, and how you have installed (or upgraded) your confluence?


Tags: jira-server

server
How do I include/exclude titles from the table of content?
Asked by Oscar Cabezas Calzada:

Hi,

I'm having a hard time finding the expression to enter in order to include or exclude a particular title to the TOC.

Can anyone help? Altassian's help pages redirects you to a very user unfriendly website you would need coding background knowledge to understand.

Thank you beforehand!


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Hello [@Oscar Cabezas Calzada](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4824710) , yes Regex is a more advanced topic, but there are many website out there they can help you understand how to write the correct expressions. Basically it is just like using wildcards.

Here is one intro page to look at: <https://www.thisdot.co/blog/understanding-regex>

And then here is a link to a tester I use: <https://regex101.com/>

The tester will save you a lot of time in trying figure out the correct syntax.

If you have an example of heading you want to exclude, you can just use the first few letters of the heading and it will work. You only need complex expressions when you have a lot of similar headings and need to differentiate based on some particular string.

comments: author: Oscar Cabezas Calzada
body: Thanks a lot [@Bill Bailey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502089) ! The tester was great help.

I was also able to manage the list of headings by playing with the Anchors.

Best regards,


author: D. Michel
body: See as well using the pipe ( \| ) as a separator in a list of headline texts: \[title1\|title2\|title3\]  

[TOC Macro - Exclude two headings with different na... (atlassian.com)](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/TOC-Macro-Exclude-two-headings-with-different-names/qaq-p/95702/jump-to/first-unread-message)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Unable to change Wiki Space logo
Asked by Mariam Hovhannisyan:

Dear Community,

I try to change the space logo and uploaded a picture. Confluence was able to upload this, but I can not save the uploaded picture.  
I found a ticket about this Bug.  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-5860>  

Have anyone updates about this Bug ?  

P.S. Before making the changes, I clean browser's cache and cookies.


Answers:
author: Pramodh M
body: Hi [@Mariam Hovhannisyan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4622950)

Can you run the indexing once and then try changing the logo?

Thanks

comments: author: Pramodh M
body: For troubleshooting,

Please check the logs while uploading the Logo or observer if there are any errors found in the Troubleshooting and Support tools section

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/change-the-space-logo-792498618.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
Linking to Headings with Appfire NumberedHeadings macro
Asked by Rodney Hughes:

Hi

re [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/16063/numbered-headings?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/16063/numbered-headings?hosting=server&tab=overview)

we use this macro extensively for our documentation and it is GREAT.

Each page represents a Chapter with sections on each page so we get a page for say Chapter 3 that looks like this:

3 Title

3.1 section

3.1.1 subsection

BUT ... I need to insert a link to a certain heading in various places both on the same page, and/or in other pages.

When I use the "normal" Confluence "Advanced" link mechanism from the toolbar, it doesn't pickup the numbering, just the text

so a link would just show on the page as "section"

How can I get the link to also show the numbering?  
i.e. it should show as "3.1 section"  
and it should auto-update if the numbering changes with a new heading added in.


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Rodney Hughes](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853250)

Not sure on the right answer here, but I'd added the correct label to tag this as a question for that specific App.

I'd also recommend contacting the vendor directly - to do this:

1. Go to the Support tab on their Marketplace listing - [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/16063/numbered-headings?hosting=server\&tab=support](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/16063/numbered-headings?hosting=server&tab=support)
2. Select a contact option from the right-hand side

Let us know if you find a resolution!

Ste

comments: author: Rodney Hughes
body: Thanks [@Ste Wright](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1166470)

Yes, I have contacted Appfire directly already ...

I am hoping for a good solution either from the Community (hold your left ear, pat the top of your head and click .... ?) or from AppFire (or others) as some sort of enhanced linking plugin


Tags: addon-nl.avisi.confluence.plugins.numberedheadings

confluence-server

link

numbered-heading

server
How Cain I recover the information and articles that I had in my account?
Asked by Victoria Eugenia Luna Arecha:

We turned down confluence services, losing the articles we had at that time because we change our business plan. Is there any way to recover that information?


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: Unless you made and saved a backup offline you cannot. You could reach out to Atlassian support to see if it could be recovered.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Exporting a table from Confluence to Jira for Jira users to complete
Asked by Jean Arrington:

I am trying to create a table inside a template in Confluence that can be exported to Jira for completion. I would like to create something that a Jira user can simply click on and complete without navigating back to Confluence. And, I would like the values entered to show up in the Confluence document linked to the Jira ticket. Has anyone done that before? And how?


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Jean Arrington](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4823491)

I haven't seen this done - and whilst it might be possible - what's the benefit of doing this?

It seems like quite a lot of complexity, when you could just link the Jira ticket to a Confluence page - and have users access Confluence to populate the data.

Is there a reason for not taking the simple route?

Ste


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to turn off page observation when contributing to a ConfiForm in Confluence?
Asked by Laurence Michaud:

Hi all

I've just noticed that there is an automatic set to 'watching the page', each time I contribute to a form (ConfiForm v.2.24.7 for Confluence)

Which means that each time I use this form, I have to manually turn off the page watching ...

Does anyone already have the same problem? Or much better do you know how to solve this problem ?!

Thank you for your help :)

Laurence


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi

If your form has a file/attachment field then submitting the form the file gets attached as an attachment. And the default behaviour of Confluence is to add this user as a page watcher

Consider adding an IFTTT rule to remove the page watcher on form submit

<https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Configuring+ConfiForms+IFTTT+actions+and+rules#ConfiguringConfiFormsIFTTTactionsandrules-RemovePageWatcher>

Current user is accessible via \[entry._user\] and current page is accessible via \[entry._page\]

(to be used as parameters for this macro)

<https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Accessing+field+values+and+properties#Accessingfieldvaluesandproperties-Additionalvaluesavailableinthecontext>

Alex

comments: author: Laurence Michaud
body: Great !

Thank you very very much :)


Tags: confiforms

watch
Can I add a link to a specific content in Google Slide , or is it a link to a specific slide?
Asked by Joanna Bejm:

I need to create a link to a specific subject in a Google slide presentation. The thing is that the presentation can be presented as a whole deck or whoever will be presenting it can remove certain slides. When they remove some slides the link that is set up in Confluence can direct people to a different slide, not necessarily the one we want them to see.

Is there a way around it? Can we include a link to a specific subject?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Joanna Bejm](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4823030) Welcome to the Atlassian community

Google slide links are by page number so if the page changes then it will link to the wrong page. You should look at just linking to the main slide and having an index on that slide that directs people to the proper page. You can just reference the title on the confluence page.
Status macro with predefined selections visible in edit mode
Asked by Christoph Harrer:

Hello,

The status macro is very useful and readable. But it's seems often very repetitive to reconfigure it all the time(title + color).

Is there a possibility to have a preconfigured sets of title/color combinations that can be selected by two clicks?

* 1) select macro and enable edit
* 2) select the target title\&color combination

I was looking through some **drop-down list** macros, but they are only visible in preview or final view. In this case it should be **readable in edit-mode**

If nothing like this is around. Maybe some custom macro can be produced? I was finding some documentation for creating user macros or plug-ins but I am a bit confused which one I should look into.

* User macros seem to only be rendered in preview or final view, never in edit mode. Is this correct?
* Then I need to go for plug-ins if functions in edit mode are needed?

Br, Christoph


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Hello [@Christoph Harrer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4822976) . Since you are on server, you are in luck. I have at least a partial solution to your problem already drawn up. Please take a look at my article here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Getting-Started-with-User-Macros-Writing-a-Wrapper-Macro/ba-p/979571>

Take a look

comments: author: Christoph Harrer
body: Hitting the nail on the head, thanks for the quick answer! I will try it out.


author: Daniel Toth
body: Hello [@Bill Bailey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502089) , I like your wrapper example and I am looking for something similar which seems to be more complex. Particularly, I'd like to extend the macro "popular labels" by the filter "excludedLabels" which is e.g. in the macro "listlabels". Can you help me out here? Thanks!


author: Stiltsoft Support
body: Hello [@Christoph Harrer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4822976) ,

Try our [Handy Macros for Confluence](http://%20https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence-formatting-and-interactive-ui?tab=overview&hosting=server&utm_source=atlassian-community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=handy-macros-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111&utm_content=status_macro) app. It has many macros in a bundle including Handy Status. It allows you to create custom sets with multiple statuses and reuse them across pages. In addition, you can configure visibility per each set (personal, space, global), connect status with page label for future quick search by labels, and track the history of status changes.

![status server.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/190170iD6A308E6DA06DE14/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "status server.png")![View+the+status+history.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/190171i9D631FF29D391CE4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "View+the+status+history.png")


Tags: confluence-server

server
Edit Gliffy Diagram: The specified diagram does not exist.
Asked by Victor Fluchaire:

Hello all,

We are working on Confluence Server 7.13.4 with a Gliffy plugin version 9.5.0 and a valid licence.

Some users reports to us an issue, when they want to edit a Gliffy on their pages, they have the following error:

![GliffyDiagramDoesNotExist.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/188667iA3DB73A23EB2B990/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "GliffyDiagramDoesNotExist.jpg")

What they do:

- Click on Edit on the page they want to Edit

- Then click on the Gliffy and select Edit on the macro menu

The macro is not in a special layout (tab, other macro,...)

We have found a workaround by copying an older version of the gliffy by going through the "*Attachments*" and re-upload en older version.

After doing some search on the forum and Gliffy support page, I did not found a solution or an explanation on this.

We try to compare the code of both diagrams - broken gliffy VS workaround - but nothing unusual . . .

Do you already found yourself in this case?


Answers:
author: Samie Kaufman - Your Gal at Gliffy
body: Hi Victor! Sorry for the delay getting to you on this.

I don't have an easy solution for you either, but you can email our team at support@gliffy.com with all this info and they will help you out!

comments: author: Victor Fluchaire
body: Hello Samie, thanks for your answer.

I will try to reach your team by email and update this post with the solution.

Best regards.


Tags: confluence-server

gliffy

server
Display page restrictions from history
Asked by SJ:

Is there a macro that would allow me to display specific history events?

I would like to have a macro that shows every time the page restrictions have been changed and by who.

Is this something I will need to write myself?

Thanks

-SJ


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: I would think this is something you would need to write yourself. And it would probably have to do the logging as well. Changing permissions is an event, but I doubt any history is maintained. And then the fact that permissions can be inherited, complicates the situation even further.

I would assume that permissions are only evaluated when a child/descendent page is viewed/rendered, not when permission changes are made at the parent or space level.

comments: author: SJ
body: After our developer did a little experimenting I don't believe this is possible.

The complications of inheritance, event and history logging I don't believe this is something that we as end users can accomplish.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Any experince this error message when adding an approval macro?
Asked by Sarah Phillips:

![error message template approval macro.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/188666i9B2681C4AF2CB013/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "error message template approval macro.jpg")


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Sarah Phillips](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1455383)

Is this a macro from an App? If yes, which one?

It's sometimes best to contact the vendor directly if it is an App - to do this:

1. Go to the App's listing on the [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/)
2. Next, select Support from the tabs
3. Choose a contact method from the right-hand menu

Ste


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
how to custom sidebar ?
Asked by M?lanie Liguet:

Hi,   

We have just migrated to confluence cloud.  
My users are complaining about the spaces sidebar.  
they say that: the lines are too spaced out, some elements are useless and it is necessary to scroll to see the page tree.

I saw, in the space setting, it is possible to hide menus such as: overview , blog, calendar... and remove the apps. (but there is still the "shaw apps" line)

but can we do more?  
possible to reduce the line spacing, to put the page tree at the top of the sidebar, to remove the "Apps/show apps" and "space shorcut" sections?  
I didn't find a solution and I can't find a plugin to do that.

![image (10).png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/188662i059A930380556A82/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image (10).png")

<br />

Do you have any ideas ?  
Thanks


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@M?lanie Liguet](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4533707)

Beyond the sidebar settings in Space Settings - not natively.

You could consider...

* **Page Tree Macro:** Have the page tree in the main overview page for the Space, not just the sidebar, using the "Page Tree" macro.
  * This could allow you to have it at the top of the page (for example, in a column on one side of the overview page).
* **Apps:** Look for an App on the [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/) which will allow you to customise the Confluence UI, and see if it will meet your needs. For example, check out the Apps from [Refined](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/15228/refined).
* **JAC:** Search on [jira.atlassian.com](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa) - and see if there is a requested feature for this you can vote on, or create a new idea. Not a quick method, but it's good to document your needs for Atlassian's review.

Let us know if any of these options work for you :)

Ste

comments: author: Vassia Bravou
body: Hello,

Is it possible to add a wiki markup to the sidebar of the cloud version?

Thanks in advance!


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Vassia Bravou](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5397765)

Beyond emoji's in page titles, not that I know of.

What were you looking to do specifically?

Ste


author: Vassia Bravou
body: Hello [@Ste Wright](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1166470) ,

Thanks for your answer!

I'm trying to include a space's page tree in the sidebar of another space. But, as I understand this is not yet possible in Confluence Cloud. Am I right?

Best,

Vassia


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Vassia Bravou](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5397765)

Not that I know of - alternatives would be:

* Use the **Shortcut**list in the sidebar to link to another Space
* Use the **Page Tree**macro to visualise the other Space's page tree inside a page
* Recreate the other Space's page tree in this Space, then use the **Include Page**macro to visualise the content of each page

Ste


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

side-bar
How to imbed videos or insert hyperlinks to videos in Confluence
Asked by Damian Loverro:

What is the procedure for inserting hyperlinks into a confluence document.


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Damian Loverro](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4791635)

Is this Server/Data Center, or Cloud?

For **hyperlinks...**

* You can insert these in either Server/DC or Cloud - usually Cmnd+K or Ctrl+K will work - or press the link icon in the top bar

For **videos which play in Confluence...**

* This will work in Server/DC - use the [Multimedia Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/multimedia-macro-228622735.html)
* In Cloud...
  * It only works in the [legacy editor](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-multimedia-macro/) - it was depreciated in the new editor. See [this announcement](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/learn-which-macros-are-being-removed/) for more information.
  * Vote for [CONFCLOUD-65835](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65835) if this is something you'd like to see brought back!
  * There might also be an App for it - so check out the [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=embed%20video)

Ste


Tags: url
Why is my desktop-web reverting trello tasks to their older versions?
Asked by Ido Hartogsohn:

Hi,

I'm using Trello on my phone and desktop and encountering a weird problem.

When I'm opening a task I've edited on my phone on my computer the text appears in full, but then once I try to edit it the text reverts to an older version so that all of the changes I've made previously are gone, and I'm actually afraid to try to edit it there since I'm afraid of losing my edits.

Anyone has any idea what might be the cause of this?


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Ido Hartogsohn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4070623) is this in a card description? When on desktop can you see "View edits \| Discard" below the card description?

comments: author: Ido Hartogsohn
body: [@Iain Dooley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1416112) yes, this is a card description. I can see the "view edits / discard" below the card description, it shows no info about past edit (except moving from one board to another) but then funnily enough after viewing it the card finally got updated.

Any idea what could have been the problem and how to avoid it in the future? Thanks!


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@Ido Hartogsohn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4070623) you had edited the card, but hadn't saved it, so when you clicked it you were viewing your edited version, so you just had to discard those edits to see the latest version


author: Ido Hartogsohn
body: Okay, I'll try to pay attention in the future. Thanks again!