youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is there an alternative to Confluence, Jira & Co.
Asked by Jurij Ivastsuk-Kienbaum:

Good day to all,  
Atlassian's pricing policy has caused small businesses like us to literally hit the skids. On the one hand, a lot of valuable data has been put under the control of Conluence and e.g. Gira, on the other hand, with the new tendency of Atlassian "everything in the cloud", the license is so expensive that the budget of the small company is not able to cope with these requirements of Atlassian.

In this context, my question is: has anyone found a comparable alternative for Confluence and Jira?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If you have apps that are contributing to the price increase, it is well worth contacting the vendors to see if there may be a deal, or a way to reduce usage and hence save licence costs.

I would talk to all of the vendors, you may find that some have some overlap, so you can drop one app in favour of another.


author: Sunny Sun
body: Hello [@juri](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3526577)

Atlassian also offers free trial versions of Confluence Premium if you arent sure about purchasing yet. In addition, to echo with the previous responses, you can also chat direct with one of our members to see if we could find the best pricing/plan that works for you, your team and your budget :)


author: Andy Gladstone
body: [@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781454) I echo [@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781454) with an addition. Are you working with an Atlassian Partner or buying direct from Atlassian? A partner can often look at your bill and help you shrink it through analysis of used/unused products and add-ons or help you negotiate a better rate with Atlassian.

Price increases are painful, but I hope you can find a way to stay on the platform (and in the community) that is cost effective.

Good Luck!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hi Jurij,

You are probably asking in the wrong place, most of the Community is here because they use (and are going to continue to use) Atlassian products, so they won't be looking outside.

As a consultant, I've spent a lot of time migrating from other systems into Atlassian, and only had a couple of places where people have migrated off. There's loads of other issue trackers, git management systems, wikis, etc that you could go to, but it is noticable that most of the ones I've seen are trying to be Atlassian.

Rather than look for just "alternatives", I would take a step back and look at your (desired, not current) data and processes, then look for tools that suit them best.


author: Jurij Ivastsuk-Kienbaum
body: Hello Sunny,  
how can I contact a team member directly for questions about the price/plan?


Tags: unknown-hosting-type
How to get confluence user status (Active or not) and lastlogin timestamp using API
Asked by Suresh Kandasamy:

We would like to get confluence user status (Active or not) and lastlogin timestamp using API. Currently, I could not find a way to get user status or lastlogin timestamp using the rest-api. Can you please help?


Answers:
author: trung
body: [@Suresh Kandasamy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1505446) hi

You can follow the path : go to admin.atlassian.com / Directory / User / Export all user. the exported file will be haven the thing you need.

comments: author: Suresh Kandasamy
body: Hi, I need to do that with APIs and not with exports. Hope that is clear.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

rest-api
Cosmos - Home Button
Asked by Melisa Singh:

Trying to understand how to click on the home or "Intranet" button on top left and not have it give me an error message. This seems like where people would click to go "home" after navigating elsewhere.


Answers:
author: Ezgi Bay?nd?r
body: Hi [@Melisa Singh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5365465) ,

You're right, this button is using for go to homepage. But at the same time, the function of this button can be changed. [Solved: Changing the home page from a confluence space (atlassian.com)](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Changing-the-home-page-from-a-confluence-space/qaq-p/45073)

Best,

Ezgi


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
CVE-2023-22518 - Server Upgrade Compatibility
Asked by Bob Hsieh:

Hello,

We have a Confluence server that is temporarily patched and blocked from WAN on version 6.11. Our licensing shows expired on Oct 11, 2023. Seeing that it is urgent to update to at least version 7.19, is this possible to upgrade under our current license? What are our steps moving forward?

| Support Entitlement Number |      SEN-12639064       |
|         Server ID          | **BD2V-WI8P-X1SO-MJUH** |
|----------------------------|-------------------------|


Answers:
author: Marc - Devoteam
body: Hi [@Bob Hsieh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5365437)

I you have an active license you are always eligible to update.

You can even update to the latest version of Confluence version 8.

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


Tags: confluence-server

server
Using Template Variables in Automation Rules
Asked by Celeste Ramirez:

Hi there! I was wondering if there was a way to group the contents of a page under a variable or flag to be used in an automation tool.

For example, I want my QAs to create a Confluence page using a template. The template has a **Description** multiline variable that they fill out. When the page is published, I want the information they have given in the **Description** variable to be passed along to the **Create a Jira Ticket** automation so it can be used in the ticket description. There are lots of other fields that could benefit from that kind of thing, but I don't see any documentation on it.

Thanks for your time!


Answers:
author: Marie Weinz
body: Hi Celeste,

did you find a solution for this yet?

I am struggling with a similar problem.

Best regards,   
Marie


author: Mykenna Cepek
body: I answered another question recently with an approach that might be useful for you. Check it out here:  
<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Button-Macro-and-Issue-Collector/qaq-p/2535355>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Migrate Server to Cloud, add Atlassian Access, change from local AD to Azure-AD, what is the preferr
Asked by Dirk Hainbach:

Hi community,  

in the next months, I plan to migrate our server-based instances of Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence to the Atlassian Cloud. I read already the one ore the other document, but I have a bit specific use-case, I like to share, hoping someone did that already earlier.  
It is related to the User and Group Management.

Today (Atlassian Server):  
We use an on-premisis Windows Active Directory (LDAPauth - read only, local groups) to perform the User Authentication. (Example of AD User is: ***fmueller*** )  

Future (Atlassian Cloud):  
We like to make use of the Azure-AD User Authentication (SSO), which we already have in place for other applications. Azure-AD and AD are not in sync. We like to get rid of the AD.  
(Example of Azure-AD user is: ***fritz.mueller@domain.com***)

It's clear, that we need to get the Atlassian Access product for the cloud applications, and to make the connection between Microsoft Azure-AD and Atlassian Access, there are documents how to do that.  

My question is about the best sequence in the migration process.  
Shall we change our server product user directory configuration to Azure-AD based user ..., upfront to the content migration?  

Looking forward for your feedback.  

Martin


Answers:
author: Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
body: This article, while a little dated, should have the details you need

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/JIRA-Confluence-Server-to-Cloud-Migration-Changing-User/qaq-p/609755>

If possible, one of the better approaches would be to sync your on-prem AD to Azure AD and then connect Azure to your Atlassian org via Access.


Tags: bitbucket-cloud

confluence-cloud

confluence-server

jira-cloud

jira-server

server
When formatting a page with Layouts is there a way to put a border around the content?
Asked by victoria.nizialek:

We are now transitioning to the new editor and are using the Layout function to replace what we did with panels before. With panels there was a border around the content when the page was published. Is there a way to recreate this border effect with the Layouts function?


Answers:
author: Oliver Siebenmarck _Polymetis Apps_
body: Hi [@victoria.nizialek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5365317) ,

Welcome to the community!

To the best of my knowledge, there's no 1:1 replacement. The Layouts do enable multi-column, but you cannot put a border around them.

What I often do is to use Layouts and the new info panel without an icon which can give a similar effect.

Hope that helps,  
Oliver

comments: author: victoria.nizialek
body: Oliver,

Thank you for your suggestion! I will be using this method moving forward.

Victoria


author: Sanjen Bariki
body: Hi [@victoria.nizialek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5365317) ,

Welcome to Atlassian community!

In the confluence you can use format to add the border and around content.

Please find the below article for format change.

* [confluence-formatting-to-your-page/](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/add-formatting-to-your-page/)

Regards,

Sanjen

comments: author: victoria.nizialek
body: Sanjen,

Thank you for your suggestion and for providing the article. It will be helpful moving forward.

Victoria


author: Sanjen Bariki
body: Hi [@victoria.nizialek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5365317) ,

If it helps you, Accept the answer it will helps others to get the solution.

Regards ,

Sanjen


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
embedded JIRA processes directly into a confluence page
Asked by Tobias Peter:

Hi,

I have embedded JIRA processes directly into a confluence page.  
Unfortunately, the order of the columns from JIRA is not used in the embedded confluence page.  
In Confluence, the order can be changed, but I cannot save this change and when I reopen the page, the desired column order is gone again.

Is there already a solution for this requirement?

best regards, Tobias

columns sorted in according to my requeirement in the embedded JIRA-Project in a Confluence side:

![sorted columns.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291868iC4B040B5F12D3E88/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "sorted columns.jpg")

columns after reopen the Confluence-Side:

![columns after reopen the confluence-side.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291869iA05D57CB53750294/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "columns after reopen the confluence-side.jpg")


Answers:
author: David Nickell
body: When you say embedded, is this using the Filter Results Gadget? You should be able to dictate the field order on the page and have it "stick"

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291888i40A2B358A69D3694/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

comments: author: Tobias Peter
body: Hi David,  
thanks for your quick answer.  
No, I don't use the Filter Result gadget.  
I have embedded JIRA with a broweser link and switch afterwards in "embedded" ( In german "Einbetten"![embedded link.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291981iB3ECEDA5D3746C6F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "embedded link.jpg")


author: David Nickell
body: This is a bit of a "guess" on my part -- but when you define a filter you have the option of using your default column layout or a filter specific one. I can see from your URL that you are using a filter but also modifying some of the criteria, Try:

1. Make sure your filter has its own column order defined. That can be tricky sometimes too because once you set the column order, I think you have to be sure to re-execute the search and maybe save the filter ???
2. Then embed using the filter and no additional JQL. See if the column order is honored.
3. If 2 works, add you other criteria, But if your criteria is forever going to be in your embedded view, you might as well create a filter that includes everything so as to eliminate any doubts.

Good luck !

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291983iF00D084719220F6F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Data not displayed any longer on ConfiForms CalendarView
Asked by Markus Kovar:

Hi,  

I recently created a calendar using the "ConfiForms FormDefinition" form for users to enter their dates and the "ConfiForms CalendarView" to display the dates.  
I am using some "ConfiForms Rules for Form Definition" for the data entry form and IFTTT Integration Rules to manipulate the data.  

Everything worked as expected until yesterday when all of a sudden the data that are being submitted in the form is not displayed any longer on the calendar.  

I checked the underlying records and confirmed that all data are being recorded correctly.  

I've tried to find the root cause but cannot identify where the issue is. Do you have any idea what to look for?  

I would like to avoid having to start a new calendar and potentially loose all the records.   

Thanks in advance for any ideas!


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi [@Markus Kovar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3971798)

Hard to tell without seeing your configurations and it's extremely hard to provide any help when things "suddenly" stopped working

Feel free to open a support ticket with us <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/VERTUNA/Support+Request+Form> sharing your configurations (form and calendarview)

Alex

comments: author: Markus Kovar
body: Hi [@Alex Medved _ConfiForms_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781630)

Thanks for the quick response! The issue seems to be regarding the following...

How do I calculate a time span type "DateTimeInterval" from two data points type "DateTime"?

Following your instruction from this [post](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/ConfiForm-How-to-populate-a-date-interval-using-definition-rules/qaq-p/1427063) the formula that used to work was:

entryId=\[entry.id\]\&DateInterval=\[entry.TmpDateTime1\]-\[entry.TmpDateTime2\]

<br />

It is not working any longer and I believe that's where the root cause lies.  

wdyt?


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: When you use the formula field you can have your expressions placed as you like, but in the IFTTT macro parameters you need to tell explicitly that this is an expression and should be calculated and not taken as-is

Long story short - put the () around

```
entryId=[entry.id]&DateInterval=([entry.TmpDateTime1]-[entry.TmpDateTime2])
```

Also recent versions of ConfiForms have some handy helper methods available in the DateTime Interval field

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

* periodInSeconds
* periodInMinutes
* periodInHours
* periodInDays
* periodInWorkDays

Alex


author: Markus Kovar
body: Ok, thank you for the quick response!


Tags: confiforms

confluence-server

server
slowness, questions: ugrade confluence 7.13.20 to 7.19.16 and postgresql 9.6 to 13.1
Asked by Ndofunsu:

Hi,

We have problems with ugrading confluence 7.13.20 to 7.19.16 and postgresql 9.6 to 13.1

object: migration from A : confluence 7.13.20 (postgresql 9.6) to B : confluence 7.19.16 ( postgresql 13.10)

A : server1 : confluence 7.13.20 and server2 : postgresql 9.6  
B : server3 : confluence 7.19.16 and server4 : postgresql 13.10

actions done:

confluence: from server1 to server3  
on server3 : install of confluence 7.19.16  
on server1 : rsync command to copy /data/atlassian and /data/attachments from server1 to server3

postgresql : from server2 to server4  
on server4 : pg_dumpall on network to retrieve database hosted on server2 (pg9.6)

problems:

Now when connected to confluence on server 3, while navigating accross ressources the access time is sometimes long and changes on pages are not always possible and have to be executed again

Best regards,

Roger


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Ndofunsu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3832878) you will want to start with the same version of confluence on both instances and then upgrade after the migration of the old instance. Here is documentation on how to migrate servers. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-confluence-between-servers-184150.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
The XML content could not be parsed. There is a problem at Unexpected close tag
Asked by Arikrishnan:

Hello Guys,

I have a confluence macro that is working fine in Confluence version 7.x   

Now I am going to upgrade my macro to support confluence 8.x (*8.5.0*), I am facing a few issues while upgrading it.

I couldn't access the preview page before publishing on Confluence when I clicked the preview button. I was facing this error.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/291824iD34F4F12486BD21B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

I'm not sure what I'm missing, so if anyone can help, that would be great.

Please let me know if you require any additional details from my end.

Any support you can give would be greatly appreciated.


Answers:
author: Florian Bonniec
body: Hi [@Arikrishnan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3447269)

I guess you are facing this issue.

[https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-save-a-page-in-confluence-due-to-the-editor-content-cannot-be-parsed-unexpected-close-tag-error-847457119.html#:\~:text=This%20error%20is%20usually%20due,or%20has%20the%20app%20disabled](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-save-a-page-in-confluence-due-to-the-editor-content-cannot-be-parsed-unexpected-close-tag-error-847457119.html#:~:text=This%20error%20is%20usually%20due,or%20has%20the%20app%20disabled).

You should have more details in the log file

Regards

comments: author: Arikrishnan
body: Hi [@Florian Bonniec](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/495589)

I have removed this method now working on confluence 8 macro.

try {  
xhtmlUtils.handleMacroDefinitions(body, conversionContext, new MacroDefinitionHandler() {  
public void handle(MacroDefinition macroDefinition) {  
macros.add(macroDefinition);  
}  
});  
} catch (XhtmlException e) {  
com.prolaborate.configureui.ConfigResource.log.error("API Request URL XhtmlException: "+e.getMessage()+"\\n");  
throw new MacroExecutionException(e);  
}


Tags: confluence-server

server
Workflows for Confluence & System resources
Asked by Jen:

On the cloud...

Is the functionality of Confluence affected at all by the add-on? Should we expect to have any issues on our pages that utilize the add-on?

Any documentation you have that you can send over so our IT can review would be appreciated.

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Craig Willson (AppFox)
body: Hi [@Jen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/636710)

Thanks for asking the question and it's really nice to meet you!

I'm part of the team behind the Marketplace app, Workflows for Confluence. You should not expect any issues on the pages that use the add-on, but Workflows will add a lot of extra functionality to Confluence after being installed.

If you have any specific questions about this or would like to chat with us further, please [reach out to our Support team](https://appfox.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/3) at any time. We're here to help!

Many thanks,  
Craig


author: Ezgi Bay?nd?r
body: Hello [@Jen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/636710) ,

You can check this links for confluence workflows.

[Confluence: Workflows \& Approval \| Evaluator Resources \| Atlassian Documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeval/confluence-evaluator-resources/confluence-workflows-approval)

[Approval Workflow (atlassian.com)](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/approval-workflow/)

And if these documents are not help for your operation, there is an app for confluence workflows.

[Workflows for Confluence \| AppFox](https://www.appfox.io/products/workflows-for-confluence/)

Best,

Ezgi


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Need a list of all pages with their name and tiny link
Asked by C?dric Dubourg:

Hello I need to display (in a page) a list of all pages with their tiny link on both Cloud and onpremise servers. How should I do that ? thank you


Answers:
author: Callum Long
body: Hi [@C?dric Dubourg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3109928) Does "/Content by Label" do what you're looking for? It needs a bit of setup to add a label to every page you want to list (link is then automatic). For example we add a label "test" to every page we want to be displayed in this list, and then use the "content by label" function.

When you edit "content by label" you'd choose "test" as your Label, and then I filtered just to my current space. I'm not too familiar with onpremise vs Cloud but this works for us on cloud, as long as you remember to add the "test" label to add the relevant pages. Funnily enough I'm also working on this currently, and tried to create an automation to add the "test" label to every page that met A,B,C criteria but I've hit a roadblock with that.

Hope this helps!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Migrating Jira to new cloud instance and keeping confluence in old cloud instance
Asked by Jarmo Parviainen:

We planning to migrate Jira backlog from one cloud instance to another cloud instance but need to leave confluence to old cloud. There is reasoning behind this, but not going there in this question.

If we migrate issues to new cloud the links from Issues obviously works to old confluence if we have application link between them. but what happens to links from confluence pages to new Jira? What should be taken in consideration? Obviously they will break, but is there any easy way to keep them or bulk edit?

How about macros in Confluence. How should them be handled?


Answers:
author: Sanjen Bariki
body: Hi [@Jarmo Parviainen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5136721) ,

Welcome to Alassian community!

As per my understanding, you want to migrate you data from old jira to new Jira and your old confluence will same. Now you are getting confuse, If you migrate the data then what happens to links from confluence pages and Macro.

Solution :-

As you know, we don't have the cloud db access, we can't do any operation work.

In the Migration, Atlassian team help us to repair the links and macro So After migration you just need to create a Migartion ticket to fix this and repair the old jira link to new jira link from the backend.

Please find the below document they have mentioned the solution

* **[Links broken after Server to Cloud or Cloud to Cloud migration](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/links-broken-after-server-to-cloud-or-cloud-to-cloud-migration-1077781093.html)**

Regards,

Sanjen

Accept the answer If it helps you?.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud