youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Restricting access to the Demonstration Space
Asked by Tim Milner:

Hi. I was wondering, is it possible to completely prevent user access to the Demonstration Space?  

I have set up space restrictions, and root page restrictions, and it seems to prevent the desired users (external-confluence-users) from being able to land on an Atlassian-populated page. However, from their Dashboard, a user from that group still seems to be able to create a page or blog post (Test Page 1) in the Demonstration Space, and then when I test with another user account from that same user group, and search for that page or blog post, I seem to be able to view Test Page 1.  

Is it possible to prevent certain users from not being able to access any pages in that space, and to not be able to create pages within that space? I want to prevent the possibility of external users (with very limited access to one or two pages on Confluence) being able to copy confidential content (posted by an internal member of staff working with Client A) from one page, and pasting it in the demonstration space for access by another external user (also with very limited access to Confluence pages, and working for Client B, Client A's rival).  

Is it possible to restrict this access completely?  

Thanks,  

Tim


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Yes, modify [space permissions](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Assigning+Space+Permissions).

comments: author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Ah right, Anonymous :)


author: Tim Milner
body: Hi Jobin. I had been doing this, but was unable to make the restrictions stick.

However, your response made me go in one more time, just to check, and I scrolled down and noticed what I had been missing. The anoymous users had been given view rights, which was why my space restrictions weren't sticking.

Thanks!
View "Shapes in Excel" via Confluence
Asked by M Shah:

I have an Excel spreasheet where I have used shapes within Excel. The boxes and lines are inserted shapes in to Excel using standard Excel functionality (Insert\>Shapes). However, if I attach the file to a Confluence page and then link to it none of the shapes come out - although normal text and colour filling of Excel cells are visible.

Is this a bug or is there a way I can link to the Excel document so that the shapes within Excel are visible via Confluence?

<br />


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: I could be wrong, but I think that Confluence converts the values in the cells into an HTML table. So, adding shapes over the top of the spreadsheet canvas will not translate well in Confluence.
What is the difference between Confluence Post and BlogPost?
Asked by Luis Mayora:

Any differences at all?


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: Blogposts are at space level (no heirarchy) while pages are organized at different levels within space. And blogposts are used to give out project levels announcements (even you can give past dates so that the events are arranged in the correct order). It's like a twitter stream of events.

Generally blogposts are not used to given in lot of contents, rather make a short statement about some new happenings within the project.


author: Luis Mayora
body: You are correct.


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Do you mean difference between Blogpost and Page?
How to list all pages with the same label in confluence
Asked by fevre romain:

Hello,

I have an hierarchy of pages and subpages with many labels.

I want to know if is possible to have a report wich list all pages with specific label ?

Page

\|---subPage 1

\|------subsubPage 11 with label "lb1", "lb2"

\|------subsubPage 12 with label "lb1"

\|---subPage 2

\|------subsubPage 21 with label "lb2"

\|------subsubPage 22 with label "lb2"

In this sample, I want "subPage 1" list all subsubPage with the label "lb1" (subsubPage 11 and subsubPage 12)

In this sample, I want "subPage 2" list all subsubPage with the label "lb2" ( subsubPage 11, subsubPage 21 and subsubPage 2)


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Are you aware of the contentbylabel macro?


author: Gabrielle Gagnon
body: You can use the Page Properties and Page Properties Report macros for that.

The Page Properties macro associates metadata values on a page with a label, and the report macro generates a table of selected metadata values pulled from all pages with that label.


author: fevre romain
body: **Subpage 1 code** :

---

List of subsubpage :  
{report-table}  
{local-reporter:page:descendents\|source=**Page** }  
{content-filter:type=page\|labels=**lb1** }  
{text-sort:data:Category\|mode=natural\|order=ascending}  
{local-reporter}  
{report-column:title=Test ID}  
{report-info:content:title\|source=@self\|render=wiki\|link=true}  
{report-column}  
{report-column:title=Covered Requirements}  
{report-info:data:Covered requirements\|render=wiki}  
{report-column}  
{report-column:title=Description}  
{report-info:data:Description\|render=wiki}  
{report-column}  
{report-column:title=Type}  
{report-info:data:Type\|render=wiki}  
{report-column}  
{report-column:title=Space Key}  
{report-info:content:space \> key}  
{report-column}  
{report-table}


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Are you aware of the contentbylabel macro?

comments: author: fevre romain
body: No, I am not aware with this macro, but now I am, thank you.  

Subsidiary question : My subsubpage have metadata information, is it possible to display them with contentbylabel macro ? And "the must" are to display them into a report of course ;-) ?


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I would go with the reporting plugin for anything more involved that just a simple list of pages with a label.


author: fevre romain
body: no soucies, my need was not clear for me too


Tags: label
How to make Confluence 4.0 user management from Jira 4.1.2
Asked by tolgaguc:

We have Confluence 4.0 and Jira 4.1.2. Jira is configured to use ActiveDirectory and external password management is on.

We intended to use Jira for the user management of Confluence.   
We had to use Jira legacy connection (opensymphony) as a user directory which selects records from userbase table. But it also tried to get password from the same table. Then, we added delegated LDAP authentication (Ms. AD) to the user directories and ordered prior to the Jira legacy connection. This time, it related the user and the new directory hence breaking the relations between the users and the groups defined in Jira. Looks confusing.

Is there a way to;   
use LDAP/AD for user authentication, manage groups and related users in Jira and let Confluence use these?

Thanks.

Tolga.


Answers:
author: Elijah
body: Question back to you. We are using 4.1.2 and are stumped. The system is making some 36 million database calls and we believe it has to do with the userbase and or membershipbase tables. Do you know how or where calls are made by JIRA to delete records? The postgres logs are capturing query: EXECUTE \<unnamed\> = DELETE FROM PUBLIC.MEMBERSHIPBASE WHERE USER_NAME=$1 AND GROUP=$2.

See [My posting here on the forum](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/20218805/why-is-jira-4.1.2-upon-startup-calls-to-delete-from-db-all-users)


Tags: jira

management

user
Adding a link in Confluence doesn't allow you to search JIRA
Asked by Brian Shotola:

When I try to add a link in Confluence it gives me the option to search for what I want to link to, but that search apparently doesn't search JIRA. So when I enter a search term like "PROJECT-123" the search returns no results. Is there any way to add the ability to search JIRA into this search dialog?


Answers:
author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: Brian, if it still happens, this most likely requires a configuration of application links that Atlassian can perform on your behalf. I'd suggest you to raise a [support ticket](https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JST) with us.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence 4.0 - More Colors... option
Asked by Bren Lane:

How do you change font colors outside the basic palette provided? The previous version had **More Colors**... that you could enter the html color codes, however I don't see that in this version.


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: You could always write a small user macro to enable colours e.g.

```
## Usage: {color-me-in:color=limegreen;bgcolor=hotpink}Lime Green on Hot Pink is lovely{color-me-in}<span style="color:$paramcolor;background-color=$parambgcolor">$body</span>
```
Atlassian Confluence 3.3.3 space theme issue
Asked by deka ali:

Hi,  

I have question regarding Atlassian Confluence 3.3.3, I am not able to change Space Theme. Only one theme is available and that is Global Look and Feel.

<br />

How can I please solve this issue my require themes are either Left Navigation Theme or Documentation Theme.   

Thanks


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: The Documentation Theme 1.6.0 is compatible with version 3.3.3.

If you don't have it, download it and install it:  
<https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/16393?versionId=31183>

If you do have it, make sure that it's enabled.
Why isn't a custom thumbnail width and height working in Confluence 3.5?
Asked by Ben Bristow:

In **Administration Console** \> **General Configuration** , I am following the instructions [here](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Thumbnail+Settings) to set a thumbnail width of 800px. This doesn't work. Image thumbnails stay at the default 200px when using the markup:

{code}!image.jpg\|thumbnail!{code}

What could the problem be?

Thanks!

Ben


Answers:
author: NikE
body: This issue / feature request / bug has not gotten much attention, and I have not heard of any changes like that in the pipeline. That being said, we are always adding functionality and listening to our community, so it isn't off the table. Best thing to do is to vote/watch/comment on the bug/feature request ( <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-4572?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel> ) and if there is any update on it, you will get an email.


author: Ben Bristow
body: This was the problem. Much appreciated.

It would be great if custom thumbail sizes could be set per-image, is this in the roadmap?

Thanks again,

Ben


author: NikE
body: Been trying to track down what is going on with this...was able to duplicate it when inserting an image and selecting thumbnail, but the gallery macro picks up the size changes. Finally figured out the issue:

When you attach the image and select thumbnail, your image is converted down to the set size. If you change the size at a later time, the Gallery macro picks up the change and displays your attachments at whatever size you changed it to, but any imbedded thumbnails are set at that size and would need to be re-attached following the change to be the new size.

I believe this is by design due to [this bug](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-4572). I was able to add a thumbnail image of any size smaller than the original file as long as the size was set when I added the image.


Tags: design

image

thumbnail
Share option - confluence
Asked by Davor:

When i am on a page in confluence i cant see share option like on video

I only see edit, add and tools


Answers:
author: Mark Hrynczak
body: It might be that you don't have a mail server configured. The Share feature works by sending the recipients an email, so it does not show when emails cannot be sent. See <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+a+Server+for+Outgoing+Mail>
Confluence profiles - can you restrict viewing from some users?
Asked by Tim Milner:

Hi. Got a query about Confluence.

We want to set up some spaces in our Confluence instance for external staff that we work with. We will restrict the rest of the platform from them, so they will only be able to see the pages we want them to. However, one concern raised is that they will always be able to view all users' profiles. This will allow them to see private information such as e-mails, and job titles. Is there any way that we would be able to restrict this profile area from these external users, so that they can only see the space(s) we permit them to, but not any user profiles? Thanks, Tim


Answers:
author: SarahA
body: Hallo Tim

Adding to Joseph's answer: the email addresses need not be visible to Confluence users. The Confluence administrator can configure Confluence to mask the email addresses, or make them visible to administrators only. Here's the documentation:

<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/User+Email+Visibility>

I hope this helps a little with the problem.

Cheers, Sarah

comments: author: Tim Milner
body: Thanks Sarah, that may well be an effective workaround solution.

Tim


author: Joe Clark
body: Hi Tim,

Sorry to say that the "view user profiles" permission can currently only be turned on/off for Anonymous users.

There is an open feature request to implement modifying permissions for user profile viewing: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-1134>

Joe.

comments: author: Tim Milner
body: Thanks for your answer, Joe. I'll certainly add my requst to that open feature request.

Tim
Table of contents and Dynamic TaskList
Asked by Matt Parker:

This is running Confluence 4.1.2. I have a template that I am using that contains a table of contents as well as a tasklist. Whenever the tasklist comes after the table of contents I cannot add items to the tasklist. If I remove the TOC or put the tasklist first everything works as expected. If I create the tasklist and have it before the TOC and then add task items everything is great. If I then copy that tasklist and copy it below the TOC none of the previously entered task items show up and I cannot add new items.

Any thoughts on why this problem is happening? I even tried excluding the tasklist from the filter but it still does not work.

Thanks,

Matt


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: It appears to be a known bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-16181>

comments: author: Matt Parker
body: Thanks, I will remember to check out the bug listings next time.


author: Matt Parker
body: Looks like it has been on the list for over 2 years. I don't expect this to be fixed anytime soon.


Tags: table-of-contents

tasklist
Assimilate excerpts from within a page into one summary view
Asked by David Yu:

Hi, I'm learning how to piece together a summary by joining up pieces of information scattered on my one single wiki page.

The end goal is to get something like what the multi-except plugin accomplishes but without the tediousness of labeling each excerpt a unique name.

For example, I can start tagging sections with the word {color} and then I can roll up all tagged sections marked {color} to the top.

I understand I can do this with scaffolding/reporting plugin. My initial trial hasn't succeeded so far but I can also tell right away that I don't like how scaffolding changes the edit screen of a page by turning some of the items I've marked into form fields.

Is there a more simple way to accomplish this that I'm not aware of? If not, I'll dig around scaffolding/reporting some more. I've looked into the metadata plugin, and the multi-excerpt plugin already.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: David Yu
body: I was able to get this working using the scaffolding plugin on its own using only the macros {text-data} and {get-data}.

However, there are some disadvantages I'm learning about this.

1. My data is not saved in the wikitext itself so I have no revision history

2. Users have a two step edit process which may confuse them (Edit data, then Edit Layout)

I guess multi-excerpt plugin may be the way to go here.

comments: author: David Yu
body: Actually, after playing with Metadata plugin some more, and reading the version 1 documentation, it actually does do exactly what I need.


Tags: report
Trusted communication between Jira and Confluence does NOT work when jira server is restarted
Asked by Divya Narayanappa:

We had earlier setup a trusted communication between Jira and Confluence by adding the confluence link to the trusted applications in Jira. After this we had used the "Jira issues" display macro successfully in confluence.

Later on we had restarted jira server for some other purpose and after this we were unable to see the jira issues being displayed in confluence although the earlier setting of having confluence as a trusted application in jira already existed. Error message displayed in confluence : "jiraissues: JIRA project does not exist or you do not have permission to view it. message seen"

We deleted this setting (confluence as a trusted application) in jira and added once again.With this again we are able to display the jira issues in confluence successfully.

Please let us know if we need to delete and add the settings everytime we re-start the jira server.


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: You don't need to delete and re-create the settings every time you restart. If you see the error again, after the next restart, try debugging it before you delete and recreate again. It should be some connectivity issues.
How to remove the horizontal line from Header 2 via CSS
Asked by Craig Hylwa:

* Confluence 4.1
* Using documentation theme

I would like to remove the Horizontal line from Header 2 via CSS. How can this be done?


Answers:
author: Remo Siegwart
body: Try to put the following CSS either in the space stylesheet or global stylesheet:

```
.wiki-content h2, .panel h2, .panelMacro h2 {    border-bottom: none;}
```

Hope this helps

comments: author: Craig Hylwa
body: Works perfect

Thanks
to display release date of a version in jira project in confluence
Asked by Divya Narayanappa:

Can you please let me know if there is a way/option of displaying the release date of a version in a Jira project in confluence.

(All our projects in Jira have different versions associated with it, like a0, b0,....Each of these versions are associated with a unique release/due date.)

Is there a way to fetch the custom fields of Jira project and display it in confluence.


Answers:
author: Brent Lewis
body: We use the JIRA road map macro gadget in Confluence to report on upcoming releases in Confluence. Works nicely and can be done for all projects or by project category


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: One way is to use the [Confluence SQL Plugin](https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/SQL) with some variation of this query:

select p.pkey, p.pname, v.vname, v.releasedate from project as p, projectversion as v where p.id = v.project order by p.pkey
I don't have permission to Add Page but I am an Administrator
Asked by Lydia Chen:

I have the following privileges. Do any of the following groups grant the ability to add a new page to the Wiki? I don't see the button but I am an Administrator. Thank you.

administrators

balsamiq-mockups-editors  
developers  
users

In addition, I also added a Gliffy add-in during the signup process. I'd like to check that this add-in exists when I am able to add a a page.


Answers:
author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: First off, you need to make sure that you are granted with "Create Page" permission in the Confluence space permissions. To access this, you will need a space administrator permission (then, you can go to the space, click Browse -\> Space Admin). See this [doc](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Assigning+Space+Permissions) for more info.

If you don't have access to the above, browse to the OnDemand administration page, and choose Wiki tab -\> Permissions. If you are not part of the Confluence Administrator permission, add yourself to it.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's important to understand that "administrator" really does mean "administrator for the system". It does NOT grant you rights over spaces/projects/data, those should come from adding users to other roles/groups/spaces etc. The model of "admin can do anything" is broken and wrong and I'm glad to say Atlassian don't implement it.


author: Lydia Chen
body: It worked once I understood that I needed to first add a space and then a page. Thanks.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Adding Confluence (or other ondemand subscriptions) to an existing private domain.
Asked by Soyoung Shin:

Hey, in addition to my public account, I'm the admin for a private domain. I'd like to start the trial for Confluence, but can't find it anywhere in the JIRA dashboard, and the confluence trial signup (here <http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/try/>) doesn't have an option for adding on to a private domain. How do I do this?


Answers:
author: NikE
body: Not positive I am sure what you are talking about, but let me try. Are you trying to add Confluence locally to your local install of JIRA (aka download version)? If this is what you are looking for, things are a bit different in the 'download' versions.

If you are running Atlassian OnDemand, you are working with an inclusive suite of applications in which the applications can easily be added and removed and all share a common UI. This setup is not currently available for download.

All license changes are done at my.atlassian.com. From there, adding Confluence to your OnDemand instance is just a matter of entering the order. To have a version of Confluence running behind your firewall, you can sign-up on the same site and get your license key. From there, you can download, install, etc. your local version of Confluence, however it is going to be launched and accessed on it's own. [You can link the applications](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/APPLINKS/Application+Links+Documentation), setup SSO, etc., but it is going to be a different user experience.

My apologies if I misunderstood your question and please let me know if so I can look into the issue.


author: Jim C.
body: Instructions on how to trial an application/Add-on can be found here in our [Atlassian OnDemand FAQ](http://www.atlassian.com/licensing/ondemand#managingatlassianondemandsubscription-7)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I merge two different Confluence page's histories?
Asked by Ronald Horner:

I have two different pages on Confluence. I want to be able to merge the two pages together and preserve the history of both in the merged outcome. What is the process can I follow to accomplish this task?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I suspect that's a logical impossibility because there's no way to distinguish which changes belonged to which page before the merge.

I think you could do a manual thing - change each line of change so that it has a date/time/user/page reference on it and force that into the database, but it still won't be in Confluence history and you won't be able to revert.

I'd actually solve this by choosing the page you want to go ahead with, merging the other page into it by copy/paste/tidy, then making the other page read-only with a restriction, and then probably move it somewhere safe. Add a reference back to it into the ongoing page, so people can see the pre-merge history if they want.

comments: author: Ronald Horner
body: That's a good point. Perhaps what would work is if there is a way to keep working off of a draft before making it the current published version. We would like to work and make as many changes as possible to a document but not publish it externally until we've completed it and then start working on the draft again until we have the next approved publishable version.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Mmm, wiki's don't really have "draft" - the pages are living and expected to be updated. But yes, restricting the page from the outside world while you do the merge is a good idea if it's complex.


Tags: history

merge