youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How do I insert a cloumn link from a table into text from another page?
Asked by Yevhenii Pasichko:

I have one page with a table of information, and I need to link to the column of the table to insert it to another page.


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Yevhenii Pasichko](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4069007) ,

You can try to use the [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app.

The first step is to reuse your source table on another page. You can do it with the help of the [Table Excerpt/Table Excerpt Include](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros) macros.

The source table:

![Yevhenii-1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108536i5B27B91A9D369E7A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Yevhenii-1.png")Reused table:

![Yevhenii-2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108535iE0239ACBF491A92E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Yevhenii-2.png")The second step is to hide columns that you don't want to show (for example, let's hide the Buildings column). Wrap the Table Excerpt Include macro in the [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Filter+macro) macro (as is shown on the previous screenshot) and adjust its settings:

![Yevhenii-3.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108537i8162EAE5A8C2E778/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Yevhenii-3.png")

![Yevhenii-4.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108539i3DBF547B17EDC6A5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Yevhenii-4.png")Note that if the source table is updated, the reused table reflects all the changes automatically.

comments: author: Yevhenii Pasichko
body: Thanks for your reply, Katherina. But, I'm looking for solutions without apps.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

link

table

troubleshooting
Do not making my confluence site.
Asked by ???:

![conf.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108531i71AEC8D9D808D046/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "conf.JPG")Hi, i'm hyeonseong.

I wanna make my site using for confluence and jira S/W.

So i did claim site. but it hasn't appear my site.

I met that picture about 10 hours.

I had registered confluence site at 9 a.m 2020.08.31 but still going on now.

What can i do ??

pls help me.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@???](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4068966)

Site creation shouldn't take long.

I checked the "hssh" site you were trying to create and it appears to still be available - was your site creation not successful?

This was a few days ago - but I would give it another go after restarting your laptop, closing/reopening your browser, trying a different browser/incognito, ensuring you have good internet speed, clearing your cache, etc.

If none of this works - I would contact <https://support.atlassian.com/>

Ste


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confluence-cloud
Confluence newsticker
Asked by Sandra Reppert:

Hi :)

when I add a picture and text to the news ticker in Confluence, the picture is always displayed on the left and the text on the right. However, the image is cut off. It doesn't matter in what size I add it as an attachment to the news ticker. Is there a trick to integrate a picture neatly into the news ticker?

We are using Confluence 6.14.2

I Use the News Slider Add In

With Edge, chrome newest version


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hi Sandra,

For clarity, I see you're using [News Teaser from Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1213955/news-teaser-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) from the Atlassian Marketplace. Just wanted to call that out for other folks who may see this question!

Looking at the documentation, this sounds like the [news slider macro.](https://mohamicorp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOC/pages/836665345/News+Teaser+for+Confluence#NewsTeaserforConfluence-NewsSliderMacroslider) The documentation says that it will try to responsively resize. You could manually define the height and width in the macro properties - it's unclear to me from the documents if the width refers to the entire card (including text) or just the image. I believe the height will affect the image size, as the image takes the full height of the card.

This does seem to be a choice the app publisher has made, presumably to make a cleaner-looking image experience. From the images I see in previews, it seems to pick whichever dimension is smaller for the space it's trying to go into, and crops on the other dimension. Usually this type of cropping works decently on photographs, usually less so with prepared graphics. My recommendation, if you're putting banner images together, is to leave some buffer on both the sides and the top/bottom so that the crop doesn't negatively impact the "content" of the graphic.

Outside of that, the vendor does have [a support portal you can try](https://mohamicorp.atlassian.net/servicedesk/) to raise a case with them directly.

Cheers,  
Daniel \| Atlassian Support


Tags: confluence-server

server
Comparison feature between two separate documents
Asked by ?? ?:

Is there a way to compare two different documents similar to different versions of a document?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, the comparison function only exists for page history


author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: You could check out my team's app [Scroll Documents](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217608/scroll-documents-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview), which has versioning and a comparison view.

Here's how it works: <https://help.k15t.com/scroll-docs/latest/server/compare-versions-172596662.html>


Tags: compare

confluence-server

server
migrate all old data and users to new one instance with SAML SSO with mathing users
Asked by it:

Good afternoon. We are planning to migrate from the current confluence instance to the new one (data-centr). We have such a problem.  
We want to migrate all the data, history, ownership of spaces and so on from the old confluence to the new one.  
To do this, from the standard tools, We found a restore from backup exported to XML.  
But, we also want to connect our SAML SSO IdP to a new instance, and after doing some tests, we came across the fact that confluence stores a list of internal users, and when connecting SSO, duplication of users begins.  
Is it possible to solve this problem with some standard tools?  
In other words, we want to transfer the existing data and users from our self-hosted confluence to the new license, configure the SSO and get a match of users. Because when you configure SAML SSO - ID of users seems to change from internal to another.  
Can you recommend something for this type of migration, some standard ways.  
From the documentation that I read, I didn't find a similar problem.

Or maybe we just configured something wrong, then we would like to get some information about why our IdP causes doubling of internal confluence users, I think it's abnormal and must be the way to connect SSO without this.


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hello, welcome to the Community!

I see you've asked two questions, so first I'll answer this and try to assist separately with the second one.

After doing the import, you can add a second user directory to Confluence and set it as higher in the list than the Confluence internal directory. As long as the usernames match, the other directory will take over. It looks like from your other question, you're looking at using Crowd as the external directory.

If the usernames you've imported into the internal directory don't match what's in your LDAP or Crowd server, that's when things get dicey. For example, if "John Doe" is "john" in the internal directory but "jdoe" in LDAP, the users won't match up properly.

Hopefully that answers this portion of the question!

Cheers,  
Daniel


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a way to enable search for keywords that are hidden from view (within dropdowns)?
Asked by jasmine.zapanta:

To clarify, on Screenshot 1 below, I tried to find an item but it showed 0/0 results. However, on Screenshot 2, it is showing one result but I needed to toggle the Internal Water Filter dropdown first. This is limiting my ability to effectively and efficiently search, as I have to open all collapsed dropdowns first to enable a thorough search.

Please help. Thanks in advance!

Screenshot 1

![Screenshot 1.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108462iF7A19B059E08A96C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 1.JPG")Screenshot 2![Screenshot 2.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108461i5E74CDB94108C18F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2.JPG")


Answers:
author: Guilhem Dupuy
body: Hello,

As far as I know, there is no way to search within a specific page using keywords the way you tried to if you are using dropdown macros, at least without using Add-Ons.

On the other hand, there is the possibility to search for a specific keyword on Confluence using the **"Livesearch" macro.** This macro will search between all the pages of a given Confluence space you can specify in the macro, and return a list of the pages containing this keyword, even if "hidden" under a collapsed dropdown.

However, this search won't allow you to navigate directly to the part of the document containing the keyword, only to the page containing it.

If this doesn't fully satisfy your needs, you can **search the Atlassian market place for a specific Add-On** allowing the functionality you're looking for like the following instance :

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219953/highlight-search-result-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219953/highlight-search-result-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

A ticket has been created concerning the highlighting of searches in Confluence, which is currently in the "gathering interest" status therefore not coming soon, you can follow its evolution thanks to the following link :

[https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-6174?error=login_required\&error_description=Login+required\&state=6e03bf58-baeb-4e64-8c00-9ba215cebdd9](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-6174?error=login_required&error_description=Login+required&state=6e03bf58-baeb-4e64-8c00-9ba215cebdd9)

Hoping my answer will help you,

Guilhem Dupuy

Atlassian Consultant


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
how to calculate needed available disk space for Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant
Asked by Mordechai Cikk:

Is there a way to calculate the required server available space for the Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant from Server to Cloud to run?

Will there be a warning if the available space is not enough?

thanks

Mordechai


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hello [@Mordechai Cikk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/732696) ,

Currently the migration assistant doesn't do a check for free space before running. Its requirements are not large; it generates XML from the database similar to how a regular XML backup would function, then uploads the XML and your attachments to Confluence Cloud. The attachments are not duplicated on-disk before upload, so the space required to run the assistant is about what you'd need for a regular XML backup. Once the migration assistant has completed, the export it made locally is removed from disk.

Confluence does have a disk space healthcheck that runs on a regular schedule, so if you're not getting warnings from the healthcheck already, you are probably in good shape to run the migration assistant. If I had to throw out a random number for a Server instance that had maybe 30 fairly active spaces, I would guess that 5 GB of disk space would be the most I would expect the migration assistant to use. This is going to vary based on the number of spaces and how many pages / edits there are, but this is all text and doesn't consume a ton of disk space.

We do recommend that your **heap** for Confluence is at least 4GB to ensure the migration assistant doesn't encounter an out-of-memory error when generating the export however. If you need more information about checking and increasing the memory allocation, that's [Step 12 in the pre-migration checklist](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence-pre-migration-checklist-1005331552.html).

Cheers,  
Daniel

comments: author: Mordechai Cikk
body: Thanks Daniel for the clear and detailed answer providing the information we need.

br

Mordechai


Tags: confluence-server

migration

server
Is there a way to click on a search result and edit immediately
Asked by Alessio Ragni:

Is there a way to click on a search result and edit immediately?

I don't want to waste time searching for an item and then edit it :)

Is there also a way to search a text and being redirected to the first result (like the Google "I feel lucky" feature)?

I have some alignment documents with my colleagues that I'm usually to edit during the day often.

Thanks, Alex.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, it doesn't do that.

Search is intended to find pages for you to look at. 99% of searches will be for that, very few are for finding stuff to edit. And even if you are, most searches for edit need you to read the current content before you can decide it really does need editing.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

search
Blog macro not showing excerpt
Asked by Patrick Mazzotta:

I've tried with and without defining an excerpt section in a blog post, but the excerpt setting in the macro only shows the title, author, and date of post. Not sure how to fix this.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello [@Patrick Mazzotta](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4068150) !

This behavior is quite new and has been filed this report here:
> * [++***\[Confluence Cloud\] blog post macro is not showing excerpts***++](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-70566)

Currently, there is no ideal workaround that allows us to display the excerpt content. The only way would be to show the entire post. The best course of action would be to vote and watch the report. Voting helps to increase the visibility and watching it will keep you up to date with everything posted there.

Let us hear from you!

comments: author: Patrick Mazzotta
body: Thanks- I've upvoted.


author: Ashley Renlund
body: Hi [@Diego](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1188952) --

For what it's worth -- and to assist in any troubleshooting -- I first encountered this problem in 2018, as did some other folks. Discussion thread [here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Excerpt-macro-in-blog-post-doesn-t-work-properly/qaq-p/865799#U1514829).


author: eDSB (Datenschutzbeauftragter)
body: Excerpts still do not work properly. What is the problem?


author: Michal Bartak
body: Still doesn't work.

The problem is with Atlassian. I could understand missing feature. But they don't care about exposed already features which don't work. Not the first nor the last.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
how to transfer table info to excel
Asked by menschlich:

hi Guys,

I'm trying to read data from the confluence page with Excel Power Query (company intranet). The page needs a registration.

![eee.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108441iE38778A56B6A16BB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "eee.JPG")  
I've tried a few things with web connectivity but it doesn't work.  
does anyone have experience how to do this correctly?

Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Florian
body: Try if basic auth works.

https://username:password@yourserver/confluence/....

If you need to share the excel file it's best to have a dedicated user account with limited permissions. For a first shot you can use your own credentials.

comments: author: menschlich
body: Hi Florian thanks for your answer,  
hmm ... does not work, I also tried Power Bi and nothing  
why does it have to be so complicated.  
I don't know about API, that would be a possibility
Why are all my confluence pages suddenly gone?
Asked by david_schmittwilken:

All my confluence pages are not available anymore, but in the preview on what I changed they are still mentioned. How to get them back and why are they gone in the first place?

![conf_pages.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/108443iD03C0EA506FF3470/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "conf_pages.jpg")


Answers:
author: david_schmittwilken
body: The reason was, that my subscriptions to Atlassian Free Cloud Plan was canceled.


author: Jessica Gremillion
body: I just had the same thing happen! All my confluence pages are gone. However I don't know how to reach support to ask them to restore, I just get redirected here to community.


author: Diego
body: Hello [@david_schmittwilken](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/437111) !

After reading your question, it is not quite clear what is the situation at hand.

With this in mind, I would like to ask you a few questions. Here we go:
> 1. *What happens if you click on the pages that are being displayed in the "Recent Pages" section?*
> 2. *If you click any of the pages, is there any error thrown?*
> 3. *Are you still able to access your existing spaces?*
> 4. *Are you still able to create new pages?*

Also, would it be possible for you share a screenshot if there is any error thrown when you try to access the pages displayed in the "Recent pages" section? Just be careful not to disclose any sensitive information within the screenshot. Our community is an open space where everyone can see everything.

Let us hear from you!

comments: author: david_schmittwilken
body: Hello [@Diego](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1188952) ,

today I got my problem solved. My subscriptions to Atlassian Free Cloud Plan was canceled. I am not sure why it was canceled, but one of the other atlassian support guys reactivated it and now I have all my pages back!


author: Diego
body: Wonderful to hear that [@david_schmittwilken](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/437111) ! Thanks for coming back here with the reason and solution to the issue. It is really nice to have people who collaborate here.

Come share with us again!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Jira / Confluence "This site is already taken."
Asked by Emil Racec:

Hello,

Last year we tried Jira Cloud and registered devmind.atlassian.net. After the trial expired we didn't continued with the payment due to posponed project.  

Seems like the Jira Cloud licence for devmind.atlassian.net was removed and now we cannot take back the site (creating a new accout or recovering the existing one).  

What should we do?


Answers:
author: Sramanth Pandeti
body: Hi [@Emil Racec](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2996219) I would recommend reaching out directly to the Atlassian Cloud Support team : <https://support.atlassian.com/contact>

They should be able to help you out on this.


author: Emil Racec
body: Dear [@Sramanth Pandeti](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4004743) - thank you for your reply. I will reach out to them to sort this out.  

Thanks!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira
Concurrent editing and merging changes for Microsoft Excel
Asked by Becky Oh:

Concurrent editing and merging changes.

If we use Microsoft EXCEL as the editor via the Atlassian companion app. Is concurrent editing and change merging possible. It appears that using the Microsoft excel editor takes you temporarily out of Confluence making it not possible for Confluence to manage concurrent editing properly. Is this correct?


Answers:
author: Florian
body: That's correct.

<br />

Maybe you can get rid of Excel by embedding you tables directly in Confluence. There are some spreadsheets plugins in the marketplace.   
Sometimes it's hard to find the right tool for the job and I know how people tend to stick to excel as it seems to be their only qualification.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence formatting issue - bullets to numbers on children display
Asked by Donna Yearsley:

I have a page with an introductory paragraph and then a children display that is bulleted. I need to change the children display to a numbered list, but the formatting buttons do not work for this list.


Answers:
author: Florian
body: Technically a list (unordered with bullet points or ordered with numbers) is a bunch of list items. A list item is a paragraph with special formatting. The visual result of this formatting is that the first line of such a paragraph is preceded by a bullet point or a number.   

What happens when you toggle the formatting with the toolbar buttons?

a) You get a second bullet point or a number before the original bullet point?

b) Only the first line of you list is affected. The other lines stay as they are?

c) Something different happens?

Reason:

a) Somebody wrote multiple paragraphs but pasted the bullet points as characters.

b) Somebody wrote a single paragraph with (soft) line breaks.

c) I don't know.

Resolution:

a) Remove the bullet points manually. Then use the toolbar buttons.

b) Remove the bullet points manually. At the beginning of each line press back space to remove the line break and press enter to begin a new paragraph. Now you have multiple paragraphs instead of multiple lines. You can now use the toolbar buttons.

c) I don't know.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can i allow anonymous acces to only one page in my space
Asked by karim.belhadj:

Hi team

I have a space witch contain to parent page .

The page one for only internal users .

The second one i will let it public for anonymous .

Can i perform this requirement ? Or i should make the public content in another space ?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Sramanth Pandeti
body: Hi [@karim.belhadj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3699708) Yes, but in order to make this one page visible, you (Jira administrator) first need to turn on the global permission for anonymous access and then go to your space -\> space tools -\> permission and grant anonymous access. After you grant anonymous access to your space, try to restrict all the pages except this one.

You can follow the instructions here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/make-a-space-public-829076202.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server