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Team Calendar JQLs?
Asked by Arturo Escudero Zapata:

Hi!

I'm setting up a team page in Confluence and I have created a Team Calendar.

It's quite neat, however, I'm not able to find a way to do a query so that I know for example on a given week what's the capacity of a team during a sprint, or the availability of a team member.

Is it possible to make this kind of JQL queries in Confluence with Team Calendar?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there!

This feature is not available for Team Calendars, Arturo.

Team Calendars aims at creating the Team Schedule, like:

* Roadmaps
* Vacation
* Trips
* Sprints

Not so much to invite someone or a group of people to meetings or check their availability for the events. As evidenced by the event types we have:

![Screen Shot 2019-07-02 at 19.20.52.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/59421i5A00446DB329F362/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-07-02 at 19.20.52.png")

I can see how this feature could be beneficial to better understand team availability and plan sprints and events accordingly.

Also, your needs sound pretty similar to a thread we have here in Community. Here it is:
> * **++*[How to find available times for a meeting with several Confluence Users](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-find-available-times-for-a-meeting-with-several/qaq-p/771367)*++**

Let us hear from you Arturo! Looking forward to your reply.


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
Confluence RAM grows up to 87% memeory
Asked by Calderara Serge:

Dear all,

We are using confluence hosted in Azure using Confluence Data Center architecture and we noticed that the memory usage of confluence process grows up to 87% of memory.

Is it a know issue at confluence ?  
Is there any risk it grows higher ?

Thanks for your return

regards


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Calderara,

Thank you for contacting us about this! My colleague Daniel recently wrote a really good response on this same subject. You can read it below:

* [Confluence memory usage](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-memory-usage/qaq-p/1106803#U1108290)

Have a read through, and let us know if you have any questions about it.

Regards,

Shannon


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server
CONFLUENCE DOWNLOAD ERROR MESSAGE
Asked by Fola Ogun:

Got this after downloading Confluence. Not sure what the issue is.

This site can't be reached {#toc-hId--1415417897}
-------------------------------------------------

**localhost** refused to connect.

* Search Google for [localhost 8090](https://www.google.com/search?q=localhost%208090)

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Can someone assist please?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It means Confluence is not running on that port on your machine.

You'll need to check if it is running, and if it is, where it is actually listening.

comments: author: Fola Ogun
body: Thanks Nic. Could you please break it down as I am not a technical person?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: When you use a browser to connect to a service such as Confluence, you connect to an address with at least one "port".

Localhost means "this machine" and 8090 is the port. The ports enable the same machine to run several channels for many services on the same address and a lot of them have recommended defaults to expect certain services. It is very likely that you are reading this page in a browser, with https:// on the front of the url, and no port in sight. Most browsers will assume https to be running on the default port of 443 (80 for http, 22 for ssh, and so-on), and then happily hide that from you because humans don't care (or need to care until we're into debugging)

The error message you are getting suggests that there is no service running on that address and port. That strongly implies that Confluence is not running on your client machine. (Or that you've reconfigured it not to run on the default of "this machine, port 8090")

I can't tell you what to look at next, as I don't know what you have configured or what operating system you are on. I would look at a process management tool (most OS's have one by default nowadays - task manager for windows, ps -ef for Unix based machines, etc) to try to see if Confluence is running at all. If it is, then check the server.xml to see what port it is on, if it is not, then try starting it and look again, then to the log file in confluence-home/logs to see why it does not start.


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server
Cant back up XML
Asked by Todd P Maugh:

Nothing happens it just hangs. I get nothing in my log and nothing in exports.

IM in a live migration to new DB and oS. this worked wed.

My heap size is set to 8 GB

HELP


Answers:
author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Todd P Maugh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1608315) ,

Look for the \<Confluence_home_directory\> ---\> temp to see if the XML file is created ? Sometimes, running hte XML backup multiple times will create multiple requests within the temp directory.

Thanks,

Kiran.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Unknown protocol: jrt
Asked by jkdsauihw:

Hi

I am getting the following error on installing Confluence to my DigitalOcean Ubuntu cloud VM. Can you please help me to understand what is the issue? Thanks,

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unknown protocol: jrt  
org.apache.felix.framework.URLHandlersStreamHandlerProxy.toExternalForm(URLHandlersStreamHandlerProxy.java:482)  
org.apache.felix.framework.URLHandlersStreamHandlerProxy.toExternalForm(URLHandlersStreamHandlerProxy.java:474)  
java.base/java.net.URL.toExternalForm(URL.java:1001)  
java.base/java.net.URL.toString(URL.java:987)  
org.apache.felix.framework.URLHandlersStreamHandlerProxy.openConnection(URLHandlersStreamHandlerProxy.java:267)  
java.base/java.net.URL.openConnection(URL.java:1051)  
java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(URLClassLoader.java:327)  
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.getResourceAsStream(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1160)  
org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:166)


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Vlad,

Welcome to Atlassian Community! It's nice to have you.

Can you tell me, are you using the bundled Java DK or a standalone Java? What database are you using?

Could you also let us know what version of Confluence you were installing, and the exact method you're using?

Thank you!

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: jkdsauihw
body: Hi Shannon  

Java versions:  
Standalone Java:  
openjdk 11.0.3 2019-04-16  
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.3+7-Ubuntu-1ubuntu218.04.1)  
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.3+7-Ubuntu-1ubuntu218.04.1, mixed mode, sharing)  

Cptacionhank's container (<https://github.com/cptactionhank/docker-atlassian-confluence>):  
OpenJDK 8 from Alpine Linux (Dockerfile states so)  

Atlassian container (<https://bitbucket.org/atlassian-docker/docker-atlassian-confluence-server>):  
OpenJDK 8 slim from adoptOpenJDK (Dockerfile)  

Database:  
a) PostgreSQL 10.9 (Ubuntu 10.9-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)  
b) built-in.  

Confluence version: 6.15.4 (all three).  

Installation types:  
a) Cptacionhank's container (<https://github.com/cptactionhank/docker-atlassian-confluence>)  
b) Atlassian container (<https://bitbucket.org/atlassian-docker/docker-atlassian-confluence-server>)  
c) TAR.GZ archive manual method.  

Thanks,


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Vlad,

Thank you for following up.

From our [Supported Platforms](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html) documentation, Java must be 1.8, or if you're using OpenJDK, it must be AdoptOpenJDK (Java 8). Some AdoptOpenJDK versions have bugs that impact Confluence. We recommend version jdk8u192 or later.

For the PostgreSQL database, it must be 9.4, 9.5, or 9.6. Anything outside of that is not supported.

I would recommend making sure first that your environment is supported, and then we can proceed from there on getting your installation running.

Regards,

Shannon


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server
Hello, new here. I can't create a mailing list ERROR Your account exceeds the maximum allowed mailin
Asked by Georgia Pouliquen:

I am a new customer on Cpanel and I tried to create a mailing list for the first time. It didn't work, I got this message "Your account exceeds the maximum allowed mailing lists. "

But I haven't created one yet, I have a Cpanel Gold contract.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain what this has to do with Confluence?
Confluence automatically adding user as page watcher to new pages in space
Asked by Marinda:

We're having a Confluence Watchers problem. Whenever we create a new page in our space, one of our users is automatically added as a page watcher. He is not watching the space. He unchecked the Autowatch button under email settings. We're not sure what to try next. Has anyone else had this problem? Is it a bug?

Using Confluence Server 6.13.4. Thanks!


Answers:
author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Marinda](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1590532) ,

Generally, under the User Profile--\> Settings --\> Email, if Autowatch is disabled, the user will not be automatically added as a page watcher.

Can you ask the User to log out of the Confluence, Clean the browser Cache/Cookies and then try login into Confluence and validate if he is added to any new page created in space.

Thanks,

Kiran.

comments: author: Marinda
body: So far, so good! Thank you so much for your help, Kiran.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Errors opening Excel file through Atlassian Companion
Asked by MargaretT:

I added a file to Confluence and saw the Edit with feature. It prompted me to download the Atlassian Companion which I did.

However, when I now select Edit with Excel, Excel opens but gives me the security error that says it cannot open the file because the extension is not valid or my file is corrupt. I uploaded a new version of the file and got the same error.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58415i68E513611F3ED511/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Looking for advice on how to solve.


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi Margaret,

Looks like there are issues in the older versions of the app. Make sure you upgrade to the lastest one. Release notes: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/atlassian-companion-app-release-notes-958455712.html>

Regards


Tags: confluence-server

server
how to restore page?
Asked by zwlokii:

hello.

i am a space admin and i cannot see a trash bin anywhere.

there is an article about restoring pages [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/delete-or-restore-a-page-139429.html), but unfortunately it's about a previous version of Confluence.

how can i see deleted pages now?

cheers

km


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hello [@zwlokii](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3381288) ,

If you're a space admin you can restore deleted pages back into a space.

1. Go to the space and choose Space tools \> Content Tools from the bottom of the sidebar  
2. Choose Trash.  
3. Choose \> Restore next to the page you wish to restore.

![rs.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58434iF2995666EFC39DF7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "rs.png")

comments: author: zwlokii
body: thank you, Ollie!

just to point something out - the text you copied from the original online help page just doesn't match the screenshot :)

i guess the new version works like this (i mean Space Settings just under Overview, not Space Tools from some bottom of the sidebar), then just the same.

\<3 thanks again \<3


author: Matias Castro
body: this is not solved, the Ollie Guan answer works for pages not for spaces...


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can we edit our Confluence pages? We can view the pages, but now are receiving an error message.
Asked by Sarah Mallak:

I know our SEN for Jira Software and Jira Service Desk, however how do I reassign the SEN for Confluence so we can complete this upgrade.

I know our Server ID number and date of purchase for the license. I am a Jira Admin and am an authorized billing contact on this account.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Sarah,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

I'm not sure I understand your question. I understand that you have a SEN for Jira Software and Jira Service Desk, but that you do not currently have your SEN for Confluence.

Have you purchased Confluence in addition to Jira? You will get a separate SEN for Confluence when you purchase the license. If you don't have that, you can find it at [my.atlassian.com](https://my.atlassian.com).

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Sarah Mallak
body: Thanks Shannon- I've discovered our Confluence was purchased separately and I've been able to obtain our SEN and now have access.

Thanks!

Sarah


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Sarah,

Glad to hear you were able to resolve it!

Take care,

Shannon
Link a bar on roadmap planner macro in confluence to an epic in Jira
Asked by Marina Vytovtova:

Is there a way to link a bar on the roadmap macro in confluence to an epic in aJira project?


Answers:
author: Jessie
body: AH I need this ability too!! :(

comments: author: jaron.vandelaar
body: We need this too :)


author: Davin Studer
body: Unfortunately, there is not.


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jira-cloud
Multi-column sort in page properties report macro
Asked by Marc Sarrrel:

It looks like the Page Properties Report macro uses an unstable sort algorithm. I'd like to sort by several columns, but during a sort operation rows with the same key do not maintain their original relative order.


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Marc,

[Page Properties Report](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-properties-report-macro-186089616.html#PagePropertiesReportMacro-Macrodisplayoptions) macro supports sorting by a single column only.

You can use [Table Filter](To%20sort by multiple columns ) macro to [sort by multiple columns](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/Managing+Look+of+the+Table+and+Filtration+Pane#ManagingLookoftheTableandFiltrationPane-Applyingthedefaultsortingordertocolumns) .

comments: author: Marc Sarrrel
body: We don't have the Table Filter macro here. Is there another approach that might work?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: I'm afraid I don't know any other existing solutions. Maybe a custom user macro could solve this problem.


author: Marc Sarrrel
body: Thanks


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server
page properties report show labels
Asked by Marc Sarrrel:

Is there a way to make a column that shows the labels attached to the page in each row of the table? Just a checkbox in the Options section, like "Show comments count" or "Show likes count" would be sufficient.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Here is how I would do it. You would add a property to all your pages inside the page properties macro called Labels. In that property you could add a macro that shows your page labels. Below is a user macro that does this.

**Macro Name:**   
page_labels

**Macro Title:**   
Page Labels

**Description:**   
This will create clickable links for the labels on the current page that will show you other pages with that label.

**Macro Body Processing:**   
No macro body

**Template:**

```
## Developed by: Davin Studer## Date created: 08/04/20147## @noparams<span class="label-list">#foreach ( $label in $content.getLabels() )    <span class="aui-label">        <a class="aui-label-split-main" href="/label/$content.spaceKey/$label">$label</a>    </span>#end</span>
```


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: You can also do it like [@Diego](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1188952) suggested here: [Is there a way to display the label field onto a page properties report in confluence?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-way-to-display-the-label-field-onto-a-page-properties/qaq-p/1052396)

Then, the page properties report will show the labels that have been added to a page. Nevertheless, you need to add a page property **Labels**that holds the macro.

comments: author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: This is the macro I've written to do that. The labels are displayed the way they are displayed at the bottom of a page, and you can enter a label you do not want to display. This is useful for knowledge bases where you do not want to see the label "kb-how-to-article".

```
## Macro title: List Page Labels
## Macro has a body: No
## Body processing: No macro body
##
## Developed by: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
## Date created: 11.05.2020
## Installed by: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert

## @param Labels:title=Label to omit|type=string|desc=Enter a label that should not be displayed.|required=false

## Get labels.
#set( $pageLabels = [] )
#set( $pageLabels = $content.getLabels() )

## Initialize list of labels to omit.
#set ( $omitLabelsString = "" )
#if ( $paramLabels ) 
#set ( $omitLabelsString = $paramLabels )
#end

## Build list of labels.
## --------------------------
#if ( $pageLabels )

<ul class="label-list" style="margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-left: 0;">

    #foreach ($label in $pageLabels)
        #set ( $lstr = $label.toString() )
        #set ( $len = $lstr.length() )

        #if ( $lstr != $omitLabelsString && $lstr.substring(0,1) != "~" )

            #if ( ($len >= 3 && $lstr.substring(0,3) != "my:") || $len < 3 )

                <li class="aui-label" style="margin-bottom: 0;" <a class="aui-label-split-main" href="/label/$space.key/$label" rel="tag">$label</a></li>

            #end
        #end
    #end

</ul>

#end
```


author: Marc Sarrrel
body: Thank you, I will give that a try...


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server
How can we hide the left navigation bar
Asked by K W:

Hi,

I would like to change the Knowledge Base i have created so i can hide the left side navigation bar, is this possible?

Thanks,

Karl


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@K W](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3379684)

You can either press \[, or click the arrow to hide the left navigation panel:

![collapse.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/245186i5BD8A2AE77085AF8/image-dimensions/478x292?v=v2 "collapse.png")
How do you make the perfect Confluence page?
Asked by John Almeida:

This has been a discussion long debated in our office. To be honest, most of us just dump ? a ton of text on a page which quickly dissipates into the ether.

Do you take the time to build formatted pages with tables that link to Jira, insert charts or diagrams, or embed Confluence pages within Confluence pages (Confluence-ception)?

I need to know... How do you and/or your co-workers make Confluence pages that are easy to read, understandable and referenced regularly by the org?


Answers:
author: Pankaj Jangid
body: In my previous company I used to maintain a plugin. Technical writers used to use all sorts of tools. Writing text with pictures created with gliphy or using an external tool. For tables we had purchased a plugin at that time.

Our plugin would then generated a PDF and HTML bundle. That was then shipped with the product that the company was building. We used it for product documentation.

There were no references to Jira issues in our Confluence pages.


author: James Bullock
body: Have me write it?

Seriously, if you're gonna set up a straight line like that...
How do i keep my page images static even if i am viewing on different monitor width?
Asked by Dan Le:

My images around depending on the monitoring width i am viewing at.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Dan and welcome to the Community!

If you're wanting to statically set the image size and position within a Confluence page or space then you have a few options. Before getting into your options, we would suggest against this as statically placing items within a browser may cause them to render incorrectly or not be viewable within the screen. Additional resources to consider for this would be;

* [Confluence: Theming examples powered by Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeval/confluence-evaluator-resources/confluence-theming-examples-powered-by-confluence)
* [Create Beautiful and Dynamic Pages](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-beautiful-and-dynamic-pages-302810636.html)
* [Display Files and Images](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf63/display-files-and-images-929729124.html)

Here are your options for static image placement and sizing;

* Use custom CSS within the space or page to overwrite the image placement. This will have adverse effects for others with different resolution or screen orientation.
  * [Styling Confluence with CSS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html)
* Use Javascript to detect screen size/resolution to create a sticky placement of the images. While this may resolve some of the issues from custom CSS, this may have other adverse effects.
  * [How to use JavaScript in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-use-javascript-in-confluence-313458839.html)
* Create a user macro that dictates where the images should always be presented. This will require some developer time to do.
  * [Confluence User Macro guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-user-macro-guide/)

I hope this information proves helpful and you're able to find the path that best suits your needs for image modification within Confluence server.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


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confluence-server

server
Unable to create a new Space in Confluence
Asked by VishQSG:

I have installed Confluence and created a new database in Postgres. After launching Confluence I am not able to create a new Space. It shows loading indefinitely. Please let me know what could be the problem.


Answers:
author: Yoga Reddy {Appfire}
body: Hi [@VishQSG](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/750150)   

Please try to create a Confluence space to reproduce the issue and provide the Atlassian logs. If you see an error message on the UI screen during the space creation, attach the screenshot as well.

Verify the following links as well

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-add-Space-fails-An-unknown-server-error-has-occurred/qaq-p/893077>

<br />

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Unable-to-create-new-space/qaq-p/972360>

Thanks

Yoga


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server
How do you insert a firewall rule to redirect all HTTP requests not from Confluence to HTTPS?
Asked by Mark Frame:

I'm trying to redirect HTTP to HTTPS. The Confluence 6.15.1 site is running well on HTTPS, but URLs using HTTP are not being redirected. RSS feeds are enabled so I'm trying to follow the RSS Feed Macro instructions "Instead of using web.xml to redirect traffic, insert a firewall rule to redirect all HTTP requests not from the Confluence server to the equivalent HTTPS URL." I can't find any instructions on how to do that?

My server is running on Windows Server 2016.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Well, the re-direction really should be done at the web server level. That's the best place for it.

As for the Windows firewall it cannot do that and if you are referring to an external firewall to your server then you best bet would be to go to the docs for your firewall configuration.


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server