youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Create your own macro
Asked by Melvyn Sopacua:

Hello,

I have a hard time finding out how I can add my own macros, searching both the online documentation, administration interface and this forum. Perhaps I'm expecting too much, but I need to automate a simple thing with a dialog. In short, I enter a number and it enters the number and a link based on that number.

How would I go about adding that?


Answers:
author: Maarten Cautreels
body: Hi Melvyn,

Unfortunatly on OnDemand it's not possible to create your own Macro's. Please refer to the following page to find any other restrictions: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand>

Best,

Maarten


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Get Started in Dashboard
Asked by Silvan W?est:

Hello

I don't understand the "Get Started"!!

"Get started" is only by created a new user with admin premmissions?  
How long time is "Get started" in Dasboard visible?  
Is possible "Get stared" deactivate?

thanks for you answers

![](../../upfiles/dashboard.PNG)


Answers:
author: Silvan W?est
body: Thanks,

I think I need more permission =\> sysadmin, and I have only administrator.


author: Filipe
body: Hi Silvan

Check :

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+the+Confluence+Dashboard)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+the+Confluence+Dashboard>

Or

[](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qxu7er2uic)<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qxu7er2uic>

And see if it helps.

Regards,


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a staff roster solution that integrates with Confluence?
Asked by bubaphex:

Confluence is heavly intergrated within our organisation. We how-ever have one team who does staff rostering inside of excel still.

Does any one know of a staff roster solution that will intergrate within confluence ?


Answers:
author: Aditi Daiwik
body: Do a quick search in Google where you find various apps according to your needs. You can start by trying out for free, downloadable versions also available on the web. Once you have decided what features you need, you can shortlist and approach for a free trial.

In our organization, we are using Replicon's staff roster software.This [roster](http://www.replicon.com/olp/rostering-software.aspx) app is suitable for all size business and even the smallest organizations can benefit from this great app. It can be integrated with payroll and other time tracking systems.


author: bubaphex
body: Thanks Bill,

esstentially we would like to keep track of

* workstreams that indivualrs will be working on (There are alot of them)
* annual and sick leave
* random duties

Duties are broken down day by day for several staff members

If you had some visuals of what others have done that would be awesome.


author: BillA
body: Could you describe more of what you're looking for? We have customers who us Confluence Team Calendars as a rostering solution...e.g. For tracking who is on call, on duty, on leave, etc.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Buttons messed up with language pack
Asked by CM:

Hello,  
I have installed my language pack for my native language, Norwegian, to Confluence. I did download the file from [](https://translations.atlassian.com.)<https://translations.atlassian.com>.

The problem is that some buttons turned up pretty messy, it looks like it is also showing the key for the button. This problem is only in Norwegian. If i try to change to English og German or something else the button looks fine.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

![](../../upfiles/error_26.png)


Answers:
author: CM
body: OK, Jacek- I have fixed this now.

It was a browser specific problem (Google Chrome). Everything looked fine in other browser and from other users. But in Chrome the problem was still there, no matter who I logged in as. But in inkognito mode everything was fine. So when i cleared the cashe it turned back to normal.

I have recently installed [InProduct translation for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.translations.confluence.inproduct) (great product!), so I guess that's what made the problem.

Thank you very much for your help.


author: jjaroczynski
body: You are welcome. I'm glad it works fine now.

Cheers,  
Jacek


author: CM
body: OK, Jacek- I have fixed this now.

It was a browser specific problem (Google Chrome). Everything looked fine in other browser and from other users. But in Chrome the problem was still there, no matter who I logged in as. But in inkognito mode everything was fine. So when i cleared the cashe it turned back to normal.

I have recently installed [InProduct translation for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.translations.confluence.inproduct) (great product!), so I guess that's what made the problem.

Thank you very much for your help.


author: jjaroczynski
body: Hmm. No success to reproduce it on my side.

* Have you by any chance enabled i18n mode in Confluence with "i18ntranslate=on" param added to url recently?
* Is the issue visible to other users?

Cheers,  
Jacek


author: CM
body: Yes, except when I edit blogs. I use RefinedWiki and I guess they have their own setup.

There are also bugs when editing macros.

![](../../upfiles/error2_1.png)


author: jjaroczynski
body: Let me try to reproduce it locally first.

Does the problem with edit button occur when you try to edit any page?


author: CM
body: Hello Jacek,  
Thank you for your reply.

I now use Confluence 5.4.3. I updated from 5.2.5 yesterday. To be honest I am not sure if the error accrued before the update, because I just recently installed the language pack.

First I installed the Confluence-5.2.5-language-pack-no_NO.jar. After I discovered the problems I tried to upgrade to Confluence-5.4.3-language-pack-no_NO.jar, but that didn't help.

If you can't reproduce the issue and want team viewer access that is no problem for me. Just let me know.

Thanks.


author: jjaroczynski
body: Hello Christian,

I cannot reproduce the issue on my side. Can you let me know your Confluence version and what version of the language pack you have downloaded?

Cheers,  
Jacek


Tags: button

translate
JIRA JQL in Confluence Templates?
Asked by PeteToscano:

I do a weekly status report in Confluence for my group. At the end, I insert JIRA pie charts showing the status of tickets in a handful of JIRA issues, one chart per project. I'd like to take my normal weekly report and turn it into a template. These charts are all keyed off JQL. Here's the JQL from one of them:

```
project = FOO and (resolutionDate &gt; "2014-03-04 23:59" or createdDate &gt; "2014-03-04 23:59" or resolution is EMPTY)
```

I'd like to replace the date/time strings in there with something keyed to one week before the date a report is created from that template. Is that possible with templates? Is it possible with normal values in templates, but not within macros embedded within templates? I guess I could replace the date strings with something like endofday(-7d), but I have a feeling that the values of those funcations will be recalculated whenever someone looks at that report, not be pinned to the date the report was created.

Suggestions?


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Pete,

I think your idea of using the offset is a great one. What happens when you do a pdf export of a confluence page containing the pie chart with the date offset. You might have a single master reporting page with a number of pdf attachments that would have snapshots of the data run from the previous week.

comments: author: PeteToscano
body: Thanks, Daniel. I think that might be a good idea. He doesn't like going to look at the Confluence page anyway, so capturing it all in a PDF and pinning the graphs to that point in time might be a good work aorund.
Max Number of Multiexcerpts Per Page or Space
Asked by Melissa Henderson:

Is there a maximum amount that the multiexcerpt and/or multiexcerpt include macros can be used within a page or a space?

Right now I am experiencing an issue where I can add the multiexcerpt macro to a page, name it, and preview the content fine. When I add the corresponding multiexcerpt include macro to a different page, I get this:

Excerpt not found  
The page: Proper Page Name was found, however, the excerpt named: myexcerptname was not found. Please check/update the excerpt name.

I am using the multiexcerpt macro quite heavily on a single page (its an error code repository), and am wondering if I simply have too many instances of the macro. The pages that use the multiexcerpt includes have, on average, five instances of the include macro. Another consideration is that we had the trial version installed, and a purchase request approved; however, I don't know if IT has installed the paid version (I can't get an answer). Would that have anything to do with it?

I am using Confluence 4.3 with the Documentation theme.


Answers:
author: Brendan Patterson
body: Hi Melissa,

Apologies I'm only just this moment seeing this question.

First there is definitely no maximum number of multexcerpt per page. I recently added a "caching" feature for the (BTF version - there is now also a MultiExerpt for OnDemand ) to support someone with \~600 "multiexcerpt-includes". They were seeing 2 minute page loads which went down to \~2 seconds.

The trial version is fully functional.

My best guess is that there could be a typo? Double check the pagename and excerpt name in both places? Also try recreating both (not that I've seen this help but worth a try).

If none of this helps then please open a ticket by sending a note to:

help (at) artemissoftware.freshdesk.com

thanks!

Brendan

comments: author: Melissa Henderson
body: Thank you for the response. I've reworked the page to get around the issue I was having, but if I encounter the issue again, I will follow your recommendations.


Tags: addon-biz.artemissoftware.confluence.multiexcerpt.multiexcerptmacro

multi-excerpt-macro
Newest Confluence Dashboard redirection per user or group?
Asked by KP11:

Does the newest Confluence provide redirection for each user or group to a different dashboard?

In the past we had to use redirect plugin. Has this feature been implemented\>?

I saw documentation per user: confluence-usersor 'users'group.

We want to be able to have each user in a group land on a different dashboard

<br />


Answers:
author: Bruna Griebeler
body: Hi there,  

In fact, you can choose which Site Homepage to be open after the user logs in. To change that, you have to access the user profile and then click on Settings.  

Click on Edit and change the Site Homepage.  

I don't believe it can be done to a hole group though.  

<br />

<br />

Kind Regards


Tags: confluence-administration
Shared information, infrastructure details lookup
Asked by Simon Beard:

I am trying to find a clean way of recording infrastructure details across our various projects. When I say "clean", I mean a single source of truth, displayed in an easy way to view/navigate.

I envisage having a dedicated Infrastructure space, where my network engineers can record details of servers (IP addresses, passwords etc..), and have spaces for individual systems that can lookup the details of the servers they are hosted on.

The obvious solution would appear to be a page properties macro for each server, and a page properties report macro on each project space to lookup the details. I have a couple of issues with this approach, though:

* it requires an individual table for each server, which is expensive on real estate and difficult to navigate
* it does not provide visibility from the infrastructure page of which systems are using which servers

I've trialled doing it the other way; putting page properties macros on each project space and a page properties report macro on the infrastructure space. This solves both the above shortcomings, but means information is duplicated if more than 1 application is using the same server (reasonably common, particularly for dev/test app servers).

Other methods I am experimenting with include using labels and content by label macros.

I'm not sure if I've been very clear with what I'm trying to achieve, but if I have I'd appreciate some ideas, or feedback on how others might have implemented a similar thing.

Cheers,

Simon

EDIT: Should mention, using Confluence 5.4.3


Answers:
author: Simon Beard
body: I am starting to think JIRA might be the answer here. I might set up an asset register in JIRA and use custom fields to be able to reference the systems that are using each server.


Tags: confluence-administration

moderators
Problem with start of Confluence on Linux Server
Asked by Christoph Rose:

Hey there,

We need support with this as we are facing a problem with our Linux Server itself. It was rebooted and now the Atlassian Confluence Standalone can not be started. I have to mention, that I am administrating all our software but have only very limited expert knowledge. What we want to do is, that our confluence continues running but will be hosted by you so we do not have to administer this with a linux server which we do not know how to administer anymore.

many thanks in advance and sorry for the trubble in explaining the problem.

regards

Chris  


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hi Christoph,

You might want to try cutting a support ticket on [](http://support.atlassian.com.)<http://support.atlassian.com>.

The resolution for this issue is most likely goign to involve a support engineer having a look at your logs. You may not want to paste your logs publically in case they contain senesitive information. A support request with an Atlassian engineer is private to you and Atlassian Support Oranization.

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Troubleshooting+Problems+and+Requesting+Technical+Support)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Troubleshooting+Problems+and+Requesting+Technical+Support>

Pay attention to Method 2 in the doc above.

If you want to past snippets of your logs I'm sure the answers community would be happy to look at them.


author: Christoph Rose
body: thanks very much this!


Tags: confluence-administration
Searching pages with a space or underscore in the name
Asked by Patrick_Vanhoof:

Hi,

I have a page with title "PR OVERSTAG C/BO". When I type in the search box on the top right corner "overstag c/bo" the page is not suggested, but when typing e.g. "overstag c/Bo" (or C/bo or c/bO) the page is suggested. I thought searches were not case sensitive?

I have a page with title "PR_OVERSTAG C/BO". When I type in the search box on the top right corner "overstag c/bo" the page is not suggested, also when typing e.g. "overstag c/Bo" (or C/bo or c/bO) the page is not suggested. When I add "pr_" in the front the page is suggested. Why is the behaviour different then with the page with a space instead of the _?

Thanks,

Patrick


Answers:
author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: Nobody an idea?
Can I install Intranet brand without installing all the space zli?
Asked by Michael Regelin:

Hello,

I would like to install zen intranet theme on our production server, but apparently, I only need the brand theme without all the zli spaces.

Can i install it without zli spaces or can I delete spaces afterward ?

thanks for help.

Michael


Answers:
author: Darryl
body: Yes, you can install the Zen Intranet components, then delete the spaces.

In Zen's replacement, Theme Press, that design is available through the theme gallery (it's now called "indigo").


Tags: brand

brikit

intranet

theme-press

zen
Like option: How to get a report about most liked pages?
Asked by Arnold Sp?ing:

Is it possible to create a report about the most liked pages of a site or a space?


Answers:
author: SanaS
body: Hi Arnold,

It would be possible to build a user macro that would iterate through a space or the entire site and create a report for you about which pages or spaces have the most likes etc.

Br,

Sana


author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Arnold,

Clicking on the "popular" tab should show you a list of the most heavily liked and commented pages in your Confluence instance.

You might be interested in enabling the space avtivity plugin for your instnace

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Viewing+Space+Activity)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Viewing+Space+Activity>

This plugin will get you real time metrics on how often pages are accessed. It may not be exactly likes, but it wil show you the most heavily used pages.

comments: author: Arnold Sp?ing
body: Thank you, Daniel. However, I am more intersted in measuring user satisfaction:  

The popular tab is a nice widget, but it offers a unclear combination of user interest expressed through the number of comments and user satisfaction expressed through the number of likes. Further, it neither indicates the measured time it refers to nor offers an option for setting a time frame.  

As you mention, investigating space's page traffic won't help in understanding the corresponding user satisfaction. It coulb be used more as an indicator for the user need.

Regards,  
Arnold


Tags: like
License Issue with confluence and jira administrator
Asked by J?rg Br?wer:

We are running Jira and since a few month confluence on demand. Now we faced that by granting a administrator role to a Jira admin a confluence license is also lost.

Please correct this defect soon!! By this situation conflunence and Jira are not usable on demand.


Answers:
author: Peter Van de Voorde
body: Hi J?rg,

This is a customer forum and we can't help you with this kind of problem.

You should create a support request here : [](https://support.atlassian.com)<https://support.atlassian.com>if you think this is a bug.

Best regards,

Peter


Tags: administration

jira
confluence: Adding users to my space
Asked by Aman Tahhan:

hi

I just created new space, how can I add user to it

Aman


Answers:
author: salehparsa
body: Hi Aman,

**To create a user in Confluence:**

1. Login to your [Confluence Administrtor Panel](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Getting+Started+as+Confluence+Administrator#GettingStartedasConfluenceAdministrator-HowtoadministerandconfigureConfluence)
2. In left panel click on users
3. Click on Add user tab to creating a new user.

**To assign a user in space:**

1. On Confluence Administrator Panel click on Space permission
2. Click on Manage permission for your space
3. Under the Individual user click on Edit Permission
4. Enter your username to the field and press the add
5. Click on Save All

I would recommend you to take a look at **"[Add or Removing User in a Group](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+or+Removing+Users+in+Groups)"** and "**[Space Permission Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Permissions+Overview)"** Documentation for more information about how to assign users to the group and how space permissions work.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Cheers,

Saleh


Tags: confluence-administration
Wiki link doesn't work. Problem with #?
Asked by My Saxin:

The following (anonymized) link doesn't work:

[http://fpt.companyname.se/main/#location=backlog_item_list\&filterString=\&PDUs\[\]=Department](http://fpt.companyname.se/main/#location=backlog_item_list&filterString=&PDUs%5B%5D=Department)

When clicking on the link nothing happens. Also no link is seen when doing mouse over.

My guess is that it is the # in the link that complicates things. As # is a delimiter character in this wiki. In other wikis I have worked with there have been sign to use to tell the wiki to not interpret the character as anything else than the character. For example the \~ sign. I have tried the \~ sign and search the documentation for any similar thing but haven't found any.

Could anyone give me a hint of what to do?


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hello there,  
I was able to reproduce the same problem that you have stated. I believe that this is a bug, thus why I took the liberty to raise a bug as you can see below:  

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-32894)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-32894>  

I would strongly suggest that you vote on this issue to increase its popularity and add it to your watchlist for future updates.  

Cheers,  
WZ


author: haff
body: Hi There

Looking at the link that you've provided above it may be that the URL is actually invalid. As you're probably aware the #, = and \& characters have special meaning within a url. The # character represents a link to a fragement of a document and the =, \& characters are used to indicate and seperate name value pairs within a URL.

The URL you've posted I would interpret as being a link to a page ([](http://fpt.companyname.se/main/)<http://fpt.companyname.se/main/>) that contains a link with a name of "[#location=backlog_item_list\&filterString=\&PDUs\[\]=Department](http://fpt.companyname.se/main/#location=backlog_item_list&filterString=&PDUs%5B%5D=Department)" which seems strange. It might make more sense if the # was replaced by a ? as you'd then be accessing [](http://fpt.companyname.se/main/)<http://fpt.companyname.se/main/>and supplying the following name/value pairs:

location=backlog_item_list  
filterString=''  
PDUs\[\]=Department  

This may help with this issue. If you want to know more about urls in general then the following may be of interest:

[](http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/appendix/notes.html#non-ascii-chars)<http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/appendix/notes.html#non-ascii-chars>

[](http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt)<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt>

I hope this helps.

comments: author: My Saxin
body: I have copied the link from my browser. There is a # in it and it works fine if a paste it in another window.

I will not argue about if it is a "valid" link or not. But I would be happy if you can provide a workaround.


author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Are those square brackets in the URL? I think Confluence chokes on those.

I tested adding incremental bits of that url to a link. I only failed ot be able to click the link after I added those.

Having #location in a URL can be perfectly valid depending on the type of app.
Contact management in confuence
Asked by Markus Sp?thling:

Hello, i want to know if there is a possibility to manage contacts in confluence like in Outlook with contacts being tagged.

Is there also a built in e-mail client?

Thanks in advance for answers


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

Actually it's not possible to "tag" contacts in Confluence, what you can do is, to create groups, and inside of this group you can add people that should belong to the same "circle". For example: You would create a group called, HR and add everyone that belongs to the HR.  

Yes, Confluence has an email built in, you can have more information in the following documentations:  

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+a+Server+for+Outgoing+Mail)[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+a+Mail+Account\<br\< a=""\>\>](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+a+Mail+Account%3Cbr)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+a+Server+for+Outgoing+Mail>  

Cheers,  
WZ