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How to use confluence link browser plugin in another plugin
Asked by Sonam Agarwal:

Hi Team,

I am new to confluence and would need your help in below requirement.

Requirement : On click of a link in my custom plugin confluence link browser plugin model box should be displayed.

Need assistance on how shall we import/leverage the resources from an existing confluence plugin.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Sonam,

Nice to hear from you again.

Could you clarify what you're trying to do exactly? Are you writing a plugin for Confluence? You might want to check with the [Atlassian Developer Community](https://developer.atlassian.com/resources). That Community is more for development questions than for end-user questions as on this Community.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Sonam Agarwal
body: Hi Shannon,

Yes I am writing a custom plugin for confluence. Will check the link you provided.

Thanks for the inputs.


author: Shannon S
body: You're welcome, Sonam! Happy to help.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to save url links on a page in confluence server
Asked by Sonam Agarwal:

Hi Team,

I need inputs in figuring out the approach to below problem.

**Requirement**:

I want to show list of Urls (external or internal page urls) which would have option to add new urls or edit/delete existing urls.

So have created link which opens form to enter url alongwith submit button.

On click of Submit, it should get enter on page below the earlier URLs.

Please help me on how to proceed as I am new to Confluence.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Sonam,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you.

From what I understand, you want to provide your users with a form where they can add to the form and the data will be included on the page in Confluence.

The first thing I would think of to do this is to use a [Google Form](https://www.google.com/forms/about/), save the results to a [Google Sheet](https://www.google.com/sheets/about/), and then embed that spreadsheet in the Confluence page using an [add-on from Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=server&query=google%20drive).

You can also find some add-ons in Marketplace that include the functionality to submit data via a form, so have a look there and see what add-ons there are available.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Sonam Agarwal
body: Hello Shannon,

Thanks for the input.

Below image contains a glimpse of requirement I have to implement. It contains list of Urls (external + internal) alongwith option to edit url or delete url.

Please let me know how can I proceed to implement something similar to this.

Thanks,

Sonam Agarwal

![requirement.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69487iD0B4D6C0EB9F23FA/image-dimensions/363x236?v=v2 "requirement.png")


author: Shannon S
body: Sonam,

This is not possible in Confluence directly. If you want to use Confluence's native functionality, you could use labels to organize your content.

**Example:** Each "useful link" is a separate page in Confluence, with a specific label applied to them. Then you can use the Content by Label macro to display this content on a page.

* [Add, Remove, and Search for Labels](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-remove-and-search-for-labels-136419.html)
* [Content by Label Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-by-label-macro-145566.html)

Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can I use the Livesearch macro (or equivalent) with a filter for multiple spaces?
Asked by Harry Knott:

I want to be able to give users the ability to limit their search by default to a set of spaces (could be their favourite spaces, or could be a fixed list - I could work with either)

Is there a macro I can use for this? The LiveSearch macro seems to only allow one space - not sure why it doesn't allow all of the filtering possible in the parameters that can be used in the syntax for

dosearchsite.action?cql=

including the ability to pick favourite spaces

I can put a URL with the dosearchsite.action?cql= syntax which takes the user to a search page with the necessary defaults but that's nastier than just having a search box embedded in the page - any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Manisha Kharga _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Harry Knott](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/73547) ,

As per now, this is not possible. There is an open issue for this

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-41238>

Thanks,  
Manisha


Tags: confluence-server

server
Where are my attachement (PDF) documents?
Asked by Karamba Marenah:

I used the attached option in the sidepage to upload 3 PDF docuements but cant find them anywhere afterwards.


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: If you attached to a page then you should be able to see them by clicking on the paper clip icon at top of the page or by clicking on the ellipses in upper right and select attachment. If you do not see then the were not attached to that page.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to create an Epic pie chart showing last sprint workload
Asked by Ewald Steyn:

Confluence gives the option to create a pie chart showing Epic workloads for the whole project to date. I need this pie chart to show only the epic workload for the last sprint


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: I'm not aware of any way to reference the "last sprint". While you can query to show active or inactive there is no "last". Maybe you could leverage a custom field (closed in last sprint) and set it using automation when a sprint is closed. Of course you will also need to use automation to first clear the field on the previous issues.

comments: author: Ewald Steyn
body: I will give that a try and get back to you, thank you for the response.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

epic

report
Resolution time graph does not show data
Asked by Carmen Rosa Ussi:

I am trying to generate a resolution time graph, but I am not sure why it is not displaying any data for the current month.

Let's go right to the example.

Here you can see how graph is displayed empty.

**Current graph**

**![capt1.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69129iB798D66997DF9005/image-dimensions/325x287?v=v2 "capt1.PNG")**

**Configuration**

**![capt2.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69130i1D14EF3E72768BDB/image-dimensions/320x245?v=v2 "capt2.PNG")**

It should not be empty, as the query returns data (when you click on the 'issues' under the graph, it takes you to the query results, and there is even data for today).


Answers:
author: Ang?lica Luz
body: Hi Carmen,

Thank you for reaching out to Atlassian Community!

This graph shows the information on how many days it took to resolve the issue.

The link that shows under the graph will redirect to the project and will show all the tickets, so that's correct behavior.

If you and your team resolve an issue on the same day, it will probably won't show any information because it didn't take even 1 day to resolve.

![Screen Recording 2019-10-14 at 11.25 AM.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69325i0F7A4FB5BE5C4D30/image-dimensions/545x370?v=v2 "Screen Recording 2019-10-14 at 11.25 AM.gif")

Regards,  
Ang?lica

comments: author: Carmen Rosa Ussi
body: It makes sense, thank you for the quick answer.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

graph

jira

resolution
I'm getting multiple errors on a Google sheet which I embedded in my Confluence page
Asked by Sandeep Nair:

The Google sheet is owned by me and it is in our organization's Gsuite. When I embed the sheet into the Confluence page, I got multiple errors. Even after logout and login, the error persists. Thoughts?

![Capture.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69127i1BFDE0BF8C464EC7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")![Capture1.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69128iEF68C41F60249851/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture1.PNG")


Answers:
author: Dara
body: Good luck! Curious to find out what the issue was. Maybe could help others here who have run into similar problems too :).


author: Sandeep Nair
body: Yes, I think the same.   
Let me contact our IT guys.


author: Dara
body: Are you completely certain that they are doing this in the same way that you are? That is always a good thing to double-check.

If you are performing the exact same actions as your team, but you are the only one receiving these errors, then I think this is an issue of access rights probably. Either to the organisations Gsuite or to Confluence. In any case, an internal IT issue I think.


author: Sandeep Nair
body: BTW, it works for everyone else. The problem occurring at my end only.


author: Sandeep Nair
body: I just pasted the URL.


author: Dara
body: There seem to be quite a few issues with embedding Google sheets:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Google-Spreadsheet-embedding/qaq-p/138201>

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Embed-Google-Docs-Spreadsheet-in-Confluence-page/qaq-p/271943>

Generally, putting it inside the iframe-macro seems to work. How did you embed these sheets?


Tags: confluence-cloud
Confluence 6.15.2: Error message when trying to create a new space
Asked by Peter R.:

Appears immediately without displaying any selection

![Bildschirmfoto 2019-10-10 um 15.37.40.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/69116i1918A1758BA9D09A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Bildschirmfoto 2019-10-10 um 15.37.40.png")


Answers:
author: Kurt Klinner
body: [@Peter R_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/540652)

Hi Peter

do you have access to the tomcat / confluence log files to check for exceptions?

Cheers

Kurt

comments: author: Peter R.
body: Hello Kurt,

I created a support.zip and sent it to the support team. In the following article I read the hint for a bug that can be fixed by upgrading to a higher version:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57943?_ga=2.46453671.1836134496.1571038700-2097354573.1570714245>

<br />

After upgrading to 6.15.4 confluence works as usual again.

Kind regards

Peter


Tags: confluence-server

server
Smooth formatting of images in panel is not possible in new Cloud Confluence Editor
Asked by Anand Rajaraman:

In <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Fresh-full-width-and-colorful-new-features/ba-p/1191204> , formatting of images within panel is not happening as the way it used to happen in the old editor. I am trying to make my images fit to the center and is there a way?

Thanks,

Anand


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Anand,

Thank you for contacting us about this. Happy to help!

Can you help me understand what you're trying to do exactly? Are you trying to add an image to the [Panel Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/panel-macro-724765265.html)? Or do you just need to center the image within your page or layout?

If you have an example of you want the page to look, please feel free to send an image of that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Anand Rajaraman
body: Thanks [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046) . I was comfortable working with the way how old confluence editors behaved. For example, in between my numbered list if I want to position an image to the center, I just used CTRL+Enter to fit my image to the center and then continued to number my list. But, with new look and feel the image is not getting aligned to the center consistently (rarely it works). Currently, I use layout to have my numbered list.

Regards,

Anand


Tags: confluence-cloud
Is there a way to find out the space consumed for Spaces in the cloud version
Asked by GlennR:

We have hit the 250GB storage limit, so want to review which spaces have used the most space.

How can I do this with the cloud version of Confluence?


Answers:
author: Patrick Alexander
body: +1 from me for this topic.

We also facing this Problem. The only thing we already found is the size of attachements:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/finding-storage-usage-of-confluence-space-and-page-using-rest-api-1063555292.html>


author: Carsten Sch?fer
body: It is 2024 and I still see no reporting on space consumption. Good housekeeping should be supported out of the box, Atlassian!

Were the developers not curious themselves to be able to report sizes of Spaces or Projects? Space is not infinite.....


author: RuthA
body: I have the same question. The link mentioned in the answer is not valid.

Is it still not possible to see how much space is in use?

comments: author: Michael Ziegler
body: we have the same request: find the lagerst space(s)


author: Dan Winkler
body: [@GlennR](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/58025) You might not actually have hit the limit. Atlassian sent emails that incorrectly stated that users had reached the limit, when in fact they hadn't. They sent emails within the next day or two admitting their mistake. I received the initial notice and the subsequent correction.

And there actually is a way to see your overall usage in Cloud, although I don't think there's a way to break it down by space. This thread has the information and was very helpful to me: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-questions/How-can-I-analyze-data-usage-to-cull-content/qaq-p/1196998>


author: Deepanshu Natani
body: It's not currently possible to view how much server space or disk storage you have used in Atlassian Cloud. OR how much storage different spaces are using in your Confluence Cloud instance.

If disk space on your Atlassian Cloud instance reaches a concerning level and is causing problems then Atlassian Support will reach out to your Technical and Billing contacts to discuss methods for clearing up data.

More details are available here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/how-to-see-how-much-server-space-is-being-used-691011836.html>


Tags: questions-for-confluence
create cards like in Atlassian.Design
Asked by Stephanie Ong:

Hello

We are looking for a way to create cards like in Atlassian.Design in our Confluence. <https://atlassian.design/>

Anyone have any idea about this whether is it available in Server version ?

Thank You

Stephanie


Answers:
author: Stephanie Ong
body: Hi

Will Scroll view have any conflict with Refined for confluence ?

Thank You

comments: author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: Hey [@Stephanie Ong](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3515376)

Though you can use Scroll Viewport and Refined at the same time, they each shine in specific use cases:

Refined applies a theme to make the Confluence view look way better. (friends from Refined, please chime in if this is incorrect). This is really useful if you want some or all of Confluence to look different than it does by default.

Scroll Viewport leaves the Confluence view alone, and creates a new view -- a viewport -- with a customer URL and theme. This is especially handy if you're looking to give your authors the same Confluence experience they're used to and provide an internal or external site with a different URL that looks completely unique.

What is it you're looking to do?


author: Jordan
body: I think it looks like you're after their [Cards \& Panels](https://athennian.atlassian.net/wiki/plugins/servlet/ac/com.atlassian.confluence.emcee/enduser-discover#!/discover/app/com.caelor.confluence.cloud.cards-panels?requestDialogOpen=true&source=mpac) integration.


author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: Hey [@ste](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3231359)

Perhaps they used: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216056/refined-spaces-for-confluence-cloud?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216056/refined-spaces-for-confluence-cloud?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

It's hard to tell.

I work with the Scroll Viewport team, and it's also something you can do using our app. Here's our help site with an example: <https://help.k15t.com/>  

Seems like you're just looking to add cards to the normal Confluence view, whereas Scroll Viewport let's you customize everything. Not sure this is exactly what you're looking for.


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Stephanie Ong](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3515376)

I think, there are plugins to do this. I just know [Scroll Viewport](https://www.k15t.com/software/scroll-viewport). With this plugin, you should be able to do it (I think, I'm not a user of viewport).

The other and more complex way would be to create your own CSS. If you are not a HTML/CSS developer, I wouldn't recommend it.

Regards,

Dominic

comments: author: Stephanie Ong
body: Hi

I got this reply from my consultant. Just wondering does this apply to Confluence Server ?

This has been done with Atlassian Confluence Cloud + some modifications on top of it.

It's not a plugin, but features in Confluence.

Thanks


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a Atlassian Macro that checks for and flags possibly out-of-date content?
Asked by Susan Kraft-Yorke:

Wiki pages often stay current for vey short time periods and are left to intermingle with current and important pages. This is not unusual in corporations today and is a [current problem being addressed](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MY17EHBbCEESkHNi9E8q1fXk3VNCelWE/view) across all industries.

So... has Atlassian produced a Content Management answer yet and if so, is the solution backward compatible? In my case, my company has thousands of user. We use the 2015 version 5.10.8.

Note: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-36268> was opened in January 2015 and resolved with no action in February 2016 and no plans to address the problem at that time.


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Susan Kraft-Yorke](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3546219)

Since you are using confluence server, you could create a user macro for this purpose.

On this page, a user shares [his user macro](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-Atlassian-Macro-that-checks-for-and-flags-possibly/qaq-p/1200570#). I tried it out and it worked for me.

Let me know if you need help.

Regards,

Dominic

comments: author: Susan Kraft-Yorke
body: **["Archiving Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.confluence.plugin.archiving)"** is a macro on the market place - I cannot buy it for my 8,200 user instance of Confluence. I need to build one myself for our small team of \<30

[Simon Tan](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=sitan)is there any movement on a doc aging solution? The problem of tracking age dates to request updates or archiving is not going away and only getting worse leaving piles and piles of unwanted page waste and clutter.


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi,

I think, my link is broken ...

Here is the correct link to the own build user macro, for free.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/User-Macro-to-Search-for-Old-Pages/qaq-p/609166>

Hope this helps.


Tags: confluence-server

server
HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error after upgrade to 6.5.19
Asked by Keith Winston:

Upgraded with Linux installer from 5.5.6 to 6.5.19. Upgrade had no errors.

After restart, I get this error on the main page:

```
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: An exception occurred processing [errors.jsp] at line [13]10:     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="johnson/fav-confluence.ico">11:     <%12:         JohnsonPageI18NProvider johnsonPageI18NProvider = (JohnsonPageI18NProvider) BootstrapUtils.getBootstrapContext().getBean("johnsonPageI18NProvider");13:         String translations = johnsonPageI18NProvider.getTranslations().serialize();14:     %>15:     <script>16:         window.i18n = <%=translations%>;
```


Answers:
author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Keith Winston](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3594084) ,

Two options to try to address this issue -

* Try cleaning the plugin cache by following the instructions given in the below Atlassian link and then start the confluence and validate?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-clear-confluence-plugins-cache-297664846.html>

* Try to increase the database query timeout value by editing the \<installation-directory\>/`confluence/WEB-INF/classes/databaseSubsystemContext.xml`

`Please follow the below KB article instructions - `

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf610/configuring-database-query-timeout-952623091.html>

`Thanks,`

`Kiran`

comments: author: Keith Winston
body: I tried both suggestions, but still had the same error. We decided to revert to the previous working version for now.


author: Keith Winston
body: Found this about half way down the stack trace, but I really don't know if it is the root cause...

Root Cause

java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tenantedTransactionManager' defined in class path resource \[databaseSubsystemContext.xml\]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tenantedLocalSessionFactoryBean5' defined in class path resource \[productionDatabaseContext.xml\]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceException: Unable to create requested service \[org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.JdbcEnvironment\]


Tags: confluence-server

server
Display Jira ticket title in macro while in edit mode
Asked by Muffo:

When I paste the URL of a Jira ticket in a Confluence page, this is automatically transformed into a macro.

That's really useful when I display the page since it automatically shows the title of the ticket and its current status. However in edit mode, I can see only the ticket number and things get really confusing when there are multiple macros.

For example, during a meeting a share my screen with a Confluence page and take notes in real time. In this case, I'd like to see the ticket titles in addition to the ticket numbers.

Is there a way to display that?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Muffo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/786203)

I understand you well! This happens to me a lot, too.

What I'm doing: Wait! Atlassian made an announcement, where they plan to do "live macros", which means, what you see, is what you get in the edit mode. Therefore, your problem should be solved.

But, the announcment is a long time ago. I found two [blog posts](https://blog.developer.atlassian.com/introducing-live-macros-to-support-a-new-editing-experience-in-confluence-cloud/) ([second](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html#ConfluenceEditingImprovements-livemacros)) and [a youtube video from summit 2018 in Barcelona](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHMfBcWcyzs&feature=youtu.be&t=363), where they introduced live macros for confluence cloud. I'm not a cloud user and i'm not sure, whether this is implemented yet.

I hope, this feature will come soon to confluence server.

Regards,

Dominic

comments: author: Muffo
body: Thanks a lot for the exhaustive answer! I'll look forward to using this new improved editor. I am also not a cloud user and I know this will take a while...


author: Vadim Goryunov
body: 2023 and it seems this is still not done? I am using Confluence 7.13.11...


Tags: confluence-server

jira

server
Anonymous Access with SAML
Asked by Joseph Duncan:

Is it possible to setup anonymous access to Confluence cloud when using SAML authentication?

I tried enabling anonymous access in the global settings, made a confluence page open to anonymous access but when I try to access Confluence, it tells me I need an account.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Joseph,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

Confluence shouldn't ask you to login via SAML unless you try to access a page that isn't open for anonymous access.

It sounds like there might be an issue with your settings. I've noticed you raised a ticket already with our Cloud Support Team, so they will be able to have a look at your instance and determine the issue.

Thank you for your patience.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud