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How can I display a completed sprint report in confluence
Asked by Daryl Davidson:

We use retrospective docs in confluence and as part of this we want to display Sprint reports for each completed sprint (sprint burndown and sprint health). We added in the gadgets for this but they will only display data if the sprint is active. As soon as we close the sprint the data can't be displayed.

Is there any way we can display this data for completed sprints?


Answers:
author: Andy Heinzer
body: It does not appear that this can be done with the current versions of Jira Software and Confluence Server. However there is a feature request for this in <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-43598> that I would recommend watching and voting on.

comments: author: Yash Ruparel
body: Thanks!


author: Andy Patton-Morgan
body: Not sure if that request [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-43598](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-43598?_ga=2.149513590.1785567205.1550604754-377155381.1464912573) is actually asking for the ability specify a burndown for a completed sprint. Hard to say what it is specifically asking for.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: It is possible to create these reports with [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app: here are [some examples](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/Using+Table+Filter+and+Charts+in+Combination+with+the+Jira+Issues+Macro).


author: Helen Ioffe
body: We need that too... what a useful feature would that be...


author: Andrew Wozniak
body: Our team has a need for a similar feature. Perhaps the community moderator can investigate if Jira can display a report of completed sprint.


author: Daryl Davidson
body: As a temporary fix we are taking screenshots of the gadget before we close the sprint and inserting them into the retrospective doc instead. We add links to the actual sprint reports so we can still see the detail.


Tags: jira
I get a system error when I try to access my recently installed confluence
Asked by David Guerrero Gonzalez:

after installing the server version on windows server 2016, when I try to access confluent I get the following error:

System Error {#toc-hId-1958504094}
==================================

A system error has occurred --- our apologies!

The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved from the container. Therefore very limited information is available in this error report.

<br />

The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved due to the following error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set.......................

### Cause {#toc-hId--986679877}

com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:149)

caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set  
at com.atlassian.spring.container.SpringContainerContext.getComponent(SpringContainerContext.java:48)

#### Stack Trace:\[hide\] {#toc-hId-559616953}

```
com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set	at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:149)	at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:112)        
```

### Referer URL {#toc-hId--1796026503}


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Arturo,

Can you check the following article and try out the resolutions there? Let us know how it goes!

* [Confluence does not start due to Spring Application context has not been set](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-does-not-start-due-to-spring-application-context-has-not-been-set-218278311.html)

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
How to add value markers to chart (Line graph) when using the Chart Macro?
Asked by Alena Brezinova:

Hi, I'm struggling to find a way to add markers (values) to a line graph created using the Chart Macro. Any suggestions please? I need something like this:

![graph.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5570i868099147DC28CB9/image-dimensions/347x222?v=v2 "graph.jpg")

But so far managed to achieve this:

![Graph 2.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5571i28AC868744531B12/image-dimensions/385x116?v=v2 "Graph 2.jpg")

I don't mind the colours etc., I can change these but the values in the chart vary by so little, that I need to display the actual value in the graph.

The other issue is that I want to be adding data each month so don't want it to show "0" for September onwards. Any ideas please?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I hesitated to answer since I could not configure the chart macro to show the values as you describe, and I was hoping someone had an add-on or workaround to suggest.

I verified that the functionality we are looking for is not included in the add-on [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/server/overview).

Since this has been mentioned before in the Community ([Chart macro - actual values on chart line/bar](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Chart-macro-actual-values-on-chart-line-bar/qaq-p/256913)) I decided to create a suggestion ticket: [As a user I would like to add values to my line chart using the Chart macro](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-53442)

Please vote for it or comment to emphasize your requirements. Doing so will also add you to notifications for the suggestion.


Tags: chart
Showing GUID on a page or template
Asked by Kevin Cox:

How do I create a template within Confluence that shows the GUID of the article within the page?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Kevin Cox](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1148592) ,

you should create your own macro (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html>) with code inside that retrieve your page GUID and put your macro within your template.

Fabio
What's the best way to send a link to a page in email?
Asked by Chris Wallingford:

Prior to the UI change, I could copy the page title and paste it into an email. It was sweet. I looked good.

![Image 002.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5559i123367B60A2E1CD2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Image 002.png")![Image 003.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5560i82602E821E7DDB70/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Image 003.png")

Now the page title is no longer a link to itself, which I get is reduant, but it was also convenient.

![Image 001.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5561i0ACB9C0824333527/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Image 001.png")

Sure, I can copy/paste or type the name of the page into my email and then copy the URL of the page and then turn the text in my email into a hyperlink to that URL. Dandy, but more time. Is there an easier way in the new UI?


Answers:
author: noamdah
body: There is no native way to do this in the confluence application.

Here is a way to do what you are looking for:

1. Copy the required link

2. Paste it into the left panel in the href="" value on [this link](https://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_links_w3schools).

3. Click Run \>\>

4. Copy the right output

5. Paste output to mail


author: Craig Barnett
body: It's a few more clicks then before, but did you try the "Share" button? It gives you a shortened url.

![share.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5562iAD863458DEA9B8F5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "share.png")

comments: author: Chris Wallingford
body: Interesting thought, but regardless of how long the URL is, it's still a URL rather than hyperlinked text. Thanks for the suggestion. Is there a Confluence enhancement request space/jira out there with +1 voting where I can log this?
Display page tree as flowchart
Asked by Shawn Wilson:

I'm writing documentation that's very hierarchical. Right now the page tree looks like this:

- Making Widgets

-- Easy Widgets

-- Complex Widgets

- Selling Widgets

-- Retail

-- Bulk Sales

Since the reader's first question is "Am I making a widget or selling one?", it would be great if the page links were arranged as a top-down tree or flowchart.

I'm sure I can do that in Gliffy, and put a link to each page in the various boxes. But every time there's a new page, or one is moved, I'd have to make changes the chart.

Is there a partly automatic way of doing such a chart? It would be like a Children Display, except everthing at the first level would be beside each other, everything at the second level would be on the next row, etc.


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Shawn Wilson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1132913)

Look at this posts and addon, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-tree-macro-163414255.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/chart-macro-163415075.html>

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-articles/Comprehensive-Guide-to-Diagram-Types-in-Confluence-amp-Jira/ba-p/1169316>

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/257/graphviz-diagrams-for-confluence?tab=overview\&hosting=cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/257/graphviz-diagrams-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud)

Cheers
Context menu on highlight missing create JIRA issue
Asked by Melissa Bass:

Within Confluence there is a context menu that displays when a line is highlighted that previously included the ability to create JIRA. That is no longer present for some users. No permissions were changed between yesterday and today.

![2017-09-01_11-50-40.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5554iD3427F27966CAAC3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2017-09-01_11-50-40.png")

How can I get it back?

I have included an image.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Melissa,

Can you try the following:

1. Flush Confluence Cache from [Cache Statistics](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/cache-statistics-150472.html)
2. Rebuilt the Index from [Content Index Administration](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-index-administration-148844.html)

Let us know if that returns your option to create issues in JIRA.

Thank you!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
How to make the content of a confluence page impossible to be copied/pasted, or directly downloaded?
Asked by Pierre Lacomme:

I want to create a confluence page with text, images and videos, the access to the page will be part of a paid formation, and copyrighted.  
The Jira users should not be able to reproduce any of it's content easily.

I am aware of the fact that anything which is displayed can be reproduced, but I want to make the average user unable to do so (disable right-click, ctrl+c, and print should be enough).

I saw that some plugins allow to insert HTML code inside a Confluence page, but I fear that all the page should then be coded in HTML with the limitations that come with it.  
The goal would be to simply give access to the page content in a "read only" fashion, without making the maintenance/modification process of the page too complicated for the administrators.

Could the content be displayed via a read only PDF in the page? Would that suffice to prevent easy reproduction?

Thank you for your help

P.L.


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Pierre,

you can create a user macro that adds a script to your page.

Create a macro called "disable right click" like that:

```
## Macro title: disable-rightclick
##
## @noparams

<script type="text/javascript">
function click (e) {
 if (!e)
 e = window.event;
 if ((e.type && e.type == "contextmenu") || (e.button && e.button == 2) || (e.which && e.which == 3)) {
 if (window.opera)
 window.alert("Function is deactivated");
 return false;
 }
}
if (document.layers)
 document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown = click;
document.oncontextmenu = click;
</script>
```

Then add this macro to your page and disable right clicks by this script.

comments: author: Pierre Lacomme
body: Thank you Thomas for your answer, I'll give it a try !  
I let this topic open for now, in case someone else wants to contribute.


author: Pierre Lacomme
body: Hello Thomas and thank you for your solution it was exactly what I was looking for.  
I just deleted the line "if (window.opera)" so the pop up message works on every browser. (works on Edge, FF and Chrome)  
However, the crtl+c and just click and drag an image still represent a really easy way to copy the content of the page.  
If you think of anything to help about this it would be amazing.  
Can a HTML macro block the use of clipboard?


Tags: confluence-cloud

html
How to manage requirements for/and configuration of a COTS product
Asked by Ian Turner:

Hi,

I'm interested to understand how people use JIRA and confluence in terms of requirements management and traceability. The latest project i'm working on is primarily deploying a COTS product, but it has a lot of configuration capability and will be integrated into other applications. Utlimately it will need to be tested,

Currently we have a significant number of requirements, 350ish, that are baselined but are likely to be refined and evolve as they are put into the context of the COTS product. Initially these requirements were captured to support a product selection process so are generic, and in some cases assumed a development project rather than COTS deployment. Hence the need to revisit them - but in a controlled way as they are an approved baseline.

I'm interested to know people use JIRA to track requirements and develop use cases/processes/etc.. that can drive the work to configure and ultimately test.

We are using confluence, JIRA and Zephyr.

any thoughts much appreciated


Answers:
author: Cenna Skulsky
body: Hi - I am also interested in managing my COTS requirements in JIRA. Have there been any responses or updates?

Thanks


author: Kevin Drawyer
body: Any information on this? I would like to use Jira to track a list of COTS/FOSS on our program.


author: Ian Turner
body: Hi [@Jeannie Strasser](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1190258) no i got nothing back. What we've done is use JIRA to track requirements, issues, risks, dependencies. And used confluence to write our documentation; process flows, design decisions, etc.. we can also use it moving forward for testing and maybe managing some of the configuration items in terms of github integration.


author: Jeannie Strasser
body: Hi Ian,

I have the same question - did you find any information on how to handle COTS products in Confluence/JIRA?

Thanks.


Tags: jira

zephyr
Strike through formatting gets lost after find action
Asked by sowndarya meenakshi:

We are using Confluence Version : 5.9.5. We see some bug with formatting here.

++**Steps to reproduce :**++

1. Create a page
2. Enter some text (say, test) in first line
3. Enter SAME text (say, test) in second line and apply strike through
4. Now CTRL + F to find the text "test".
5. While finding the last instance of the word, it removes all formatting like strikethrough, font color etc of the last match of the word.

++**Other details :**++

This problem occurs only in Internet Explorer. It works fine in Google Chrome.


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi,

it works on my side with Confluence 5.10.7 and IE.

But there is another strange thing in this version: while searching, it adds a new line between the two lines...

But I doubt, that this error will be fixed, Confluence 5.9 reaches end of life in November 2017. I would advice to use Chrome, if possible.

comments: author: sowndarya meenakshi
body: But the problem exists in version 6.3.1.


author: sowndarya meenakshi
body: We are trying to create a ticket at Atlassian to report this bug.

But it is not allowingg us to create saying our user doesn't have the 'Assign Issues' permissions.

Can anyone help?


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Where did you try to create the ticket?

You can contact Atlassian's support here:

<https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/>
Problem with unicode in macros title/body
Asked by Alexander Terebizh:

I have clean install of Confluence Server on Windows (5.9.5, 5.10.8, 6.3.3, both 32 and 64 bit version)

DB - Oracle 11g, thin jdbc connect, Confluence in UTF-8 mode

When I type cyrillic text in page body - all ok, text store and show fine

When I try to insert any macro on page (Info, Expand, any other) - macro title and body text automatically converts to unicode string

Any plain body text - working fine.

Macros title/body - converts to utf8 and does not show correctly.

![Image1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5537i11CE0656DDEECC75/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Image1.png")![Image2.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5536i4912AFC179FA4C33/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Image2.png")![Image3.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5535i713F9E0D213C1CB5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Image3.png")


Answers:
author: Alexander Terebizh
body: Problem solved. This is nginx error, config fixed
New Confluence: anchors inside the page redraw the page
Asked by Bruno Miretti:

Hi,

I noticed adding an anchor macro in a page will rebuild/refresh the whole page if you create a link to this anchor in this page, which is very slow. Using the good old UI, the page did just scroll.

Any way to avoid this and navigate faster ?


Answers:
author: Casey Toler
body: I am also interested to know how to use anchors without the whole page refreshing.


Tags: anchor
Do @mentioned users receive a notification if they don't have permission for page?
Asked by Shimrit Janes:

Hi all,

Our client has asked whether users who are @mentioned will receive an email notification, even if they don't have permission to view the content that they've been @mentioned in.

The user case is that they want to be able to link to user profiles within the content, but don't want that user to receive an email notification to content they can't view.


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Shimrit,

no, they don't get any notification.

comments: author: Shimrit Janes
body: Perfect, thank you Thomas.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: you're welcome, Shimrit.

There's an issue to restrict mentions to users, who have permissions to view the content, but this is not implemented yet:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-35796>


author: Shimrit Janes
body: That's good to know - have started following that issue. For this particular user case, it's okay that the user is able to link to the profile of another user who can't see the content, as that's the desired effect (ie they're not using the @mention functionality as intended, but as a shortcut to that person's profile).


Tags: mention

notification
MyISAM Needed *URGEND*
Asked by Thomas Z?ger:

Our Confluence is running on a managed System (not by us) and we can not change mysql settings. Startuperror inside log:

ERROR \[localhost-startStop-1\] \[atlassian.confluence.setup.BootstrapApplicationStartupListener\] checkConfigurationOnStartup MyISAM is configured as the default storage engine in your database, which may result in data integrity issues. Please see <http://confluence.atlassian.com/>x/voTcDQ for more information.

browser Screenshot![Bildschirmfoto 2017-09-01 um 07.27.39.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5534iD0E3255A3F31AC6E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Bildschirmfoto 2017-09-01 um 07.27.39.png")


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You are going to need your hosting provider to change the MySQL settings

(For at least your Atlassian applications, if not the whole thing)
New Confluence Experience: how can I leave a comment in Home page?
Asked by Mirko Gangale:

When I create a new space with Home page, I am no longer able to leave a comment at the end of page.

How can I allow it again?

Many thanks


Answers:
author: Mirko Gangale
body: Thank you very much for swift reply. Unfortunately not what I'm expecting to hear.

Bye bye.

MG


author: Bruno Miretti
body: Hi Mirko,

we can't anymore. All you can do is to vote for these features to be back here:

[CONFCLOUD-57074](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-57074)

[CONFCLOUD-56967](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-56967)
Restored database to new server and now cannot log in
Asked by Graeme Hartley:

I have a new server instance of Confluence (6.3.3) and have created a backup of the database and home directory as per documentation. After I restored the database and enter my administrator user name and password the log-in dialog says:

The following error(s) occurred:

Sorry, an error occured trying to log you in. Please try again.

I cannot log in even if I try again. Any ideas how to solve this?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Sounds like either your id was not in the old user database with that password, or there is a fault in the user directory. Read the log to see what is happening when you try to log in.

comments: author: Graeme Hartley
body: That's what it was. The local user name was different to my user name that was used to connect Confluence via JIRA (which of course will not work anymore because the IP for the new server is different from the old one)
How to export a confluence page to PDF where UTF 8 characters included in?
Asked by Alana Fernando:

I am using a **UTF 8 configured confluence instance**.

I have a page that contains UTF 8 characters. There is no issue with adding/viewing these characters since we have configured UTF 8.

these can be view in word exports if i have installed font file in my local machine. But these **characters are not viewing in PDF exports**.

Is there a solution/workarount available for this?

Or what am i doing wrong.

Thank you inadvance for your time.


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Alana,

have you found this page already:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-pdf-in-another-language-175473.html>

comments: author: Alana Fernando
body: Thanks for the help Thomas, I will try this and let you know :)


Tags: utf
Does someone knows a good solution for managing documents in Confluence?
Asked by Joao Flavio Mendonca:

I am looking for solutions to manage publication status, set expiration dates, create notifications at the attachments level in Confluence.

Thanks a lot in advance for any information

Joao Flavio


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I understand you are looking to manage attachments in Confluence, including notifications at the attachment level. I found this on the Atlassian Marketplace: [Arsenale Lockpoint - Attachment Checkout](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arsenale.plugins.lockpoint/server/overview)

I verified in their documentation that notifications are a feature: [Overview](http://www.arsenalesystems.com/docs/display/lockpoint/Overview)

Looking forward to hearing what solution you go with for your requirements.
How to see pipeline logs?
Asked by Jack Wang:

I'm new to use piplelines. I start a pipleline with default script. I got system error . How could I see the log which can help me debug . In the log area , there isn't any logs.![step1.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5528iAFCB8F2171B29841/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "step1.PNG")

```
image: java:8pipelines:  default:    - step:        caches:          - gradle        script: # Modify the commands below to build your repository.          # You must commit the Gradle wrapper to your repository          # https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_wrapper.html          - bash ./gradlew build?
```


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jack,

We've received this question in our Confluence queue but I'm not certain it's related to Confluence. Can you let us know which Atlassian software you're using this application with?

Kind Regards,  
Shannon