youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is it possible to provide a group with access to only 1 space and nowhere else?
Asked by minor.b:

I have a group of users that I would like to enable them access to only 1 space within our Confluence and not have access to anywhere else. Is this possible? they will only need view rights, not editing. Thank you


Answers:
author: Alexander Ling
body: Hello [@minor.b](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3333934)

This sounds like something this knowledge article cover: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-grant-access-to-one-space-only-to-a-user-in-confluence-815244321.html>

I think it's the easiest way of just removing them from the default confluence-group and add them to a seperate group (which is not a default confluence-group) and add that group to the single space you want them to access.

I hope that solves your issue, please let me know if it doesn't work!

Best regards,

Alexander


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to delete whole page tree with Rest API
Asked by Wojciech:

How to delete all 2500 pages having their common ancestor id using rest api?


Answers:
author: DPKJ
body: [@Wojciech](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3287527)This is going to be a multi step process,

1. Fetch ID of ancestor page
   * API reference - <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/6.6.0/#content-getContent>
   * `GET <BASE_URL>/rest/api/content?title=<ANCESTOR_TITLE>`
2. From above API you will get ANCESTOR_ID, now you will need to search for all children on this ancestor, for that you can use CQL based search api
   1. API reference - <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/6.6.0/#content-search>
   2. CQL search reference - <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/advanced-searching-using-cql/#ancestor>
   3. `GET <BASE_URL>/rest/api/content/search?cql=ancestor=ANCESTOR_ID`
3. Above API will give you paginated list content, and from that you can delete elements one by one
   1. API reference - <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/6.6.0/#content-delete>
   2. `DELETE <BASE_URL>/rest/api/content/{CONTENT_ID}`

I hope this points you to right direction.

comments: author: Wojciech
body: I was afraid I'd have to do it one by one - that can take a while...


author: DPKJ
body: [@Wojciech](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3287527) Yup! this is time consuming stuff.

I have also seen this add-on popping up in various discussions/questions related to deleting page tree - [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215148/delete-child-pages-delete-page-tree?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215148/delete-child-pages-delete-page-tree?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Have a look if this can help you.


author: Wojciech
body: It's ridiculous to pay additionally for functionality that is already there...

My solution was to **ask administrator with highest privileges** to click "delete page" and "delete child pages". It took few minutes.

Seems my space privileges weren't enough for this number of subpages.  
Also DELETE requests take 2-4 seconds each, so it would take a lot of time to do it that way


author: DPKJ
body: I happy that your issue is resolved.

I know prices of some add-on which just replicate existing features are not justified at all, it just lack of effective documentation by Atlassian.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to turn off popup of plugin expiration licenses to Users
Asked by Alexei Ferreira:

We have a commercial license for a plugin, even though it's poping messages of evaluation expiration to the users:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/79279i406CDD1DE5214D75/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Alexei,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

I recommend that you raise a ticket with our [Customer Advocates team](http://support.atlassian.com/contact). They'll be able to have a look at your license and help you with this.

Let me know if you have any trouble!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: bitbucket

confluence-server

server
In the new editing experience, is there a way to show a preview of file attachments?
Asked by Walter Sledz:

In the old editing experience, users were able to upload a file, an excel sheet for example, and have a visual preview of the sheet appear on the page.

Is there way to replicate this with the new editing? Or do users need to click the file to view the preview?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello, [@Walter Sledz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3710138) !

As you have noticed, the attachments behavior is now different in our Cloud solution. What we can do to see a preview of the files is by using the corresponding macro.

Here is a list of macros that might help you with this objective:
> * ++**[\[Confluence Cloud\] Office Excel Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/office-excel-macro-724765234.html)**++
> * ++**[\[Confluence Cloud\] Office PowerPoint Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/office-powerpoint-macro-724765235.html)**++
> * ++**[\[Confluence Cloud\] Office Word Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/office-word-macro-724765236.html)**++
> * ++**[\[Confluence Cloud\] PDF Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/pdf-macro-724765266.html)**++

With the macros above, your users will be able to preview those file types. Let us know if this aligns with your objective!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I cant find the Section Macro
Asked by Yassine M?nker:

Hello,

I cant find the 'Section Macro' in my Macro list. (other Macros either). In one page i am working on, the macro is already in use and can also be found in the Macro List.

How can i fix that problem?


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi Yassine,

sounds like you're getting [the new editor experience](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html). The new editor doesn't have the same feature set as the old one. [Here's a roadmap / feature comparison of the two](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-editor-roadmap-967314556.html).

Best regards,  
Sven

comments: author: Yassine M?nker
body: Hey Sven,

Thank you for answering. Do you know if there is a way to use the old editor? I think the Section Macro is very usefull to build nice looking pages.

Best regards,

Yassine


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: I think the only workaround is currently:

* Find a page that still has the old editor.
* Make a copy.
* Use the copy as your new page.

I believe in the past you could choose to use the old editor in the page creation screen, but it looks like it's not showing up for me anymore:

![temp.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/79253i386F49BA46521A96/image-dimensions/386x217?v=v2 "temp.png")


author: Yassine M?nker
body: Ok, I think I'll do the 'workaround method'. Thank you!


author: Daniel_Zsch?bitz
body: i had the same problem, and workaround works thanks


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

macro

section
Can we share a confluence template to a group through email every week automatically.
Asked by Rajesh Konda:

Hi,

I have received a requirement one particular template in confluence should be shared to a group of people every week in the mail. Generally we update releases and also attached some of the tickets to that template. Is there any way that we can share template on scheduled time. Please help me out on this Thanks


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Rajesh,

Thank you for contacting us about this. Happy to help you find a solution for your requirement.

Can you confirm with me, when you say that you want to share a template via email, are you referring specifically to a [Confluence template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blueprints-and-user-created-templates-724764985.html), or something else, within your organization?

Confluence templates cannot be shared externally. They are created within the Confluence site. People can then choose that template when creating a new page in Confluence.

In your case, you could send out an email from outside of Confluence, letting your team know about the new template, and how to use it. You could also write a page within Confluence, including images of the template and examples of how to use it. You can then share that page to your users. See [Share a Page or Blog Post](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/share-a-page-or-blog-post-724765345.html) for more details.

Another idea is to use the [Create from Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/create-from-template-macro-724765187.html) macro. With this, you can add a button on a single page in Confluence that when clicked, it automatically uses the desired template. It will then create a list of pages that have been created using that template.

You can do this outside of that macro by [using labels to organize your content](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-labels-to-organize-your-content-724764874.html). Example: you add a specific label on the template itself, and then whenever someone creates a page using that template, the label is automatically applied and can be used to filter out pages specifically that use that label.

By the way, when you share a page from within Confluence to your team, they will receive both a notification in Confluence and an email by default. Confluence doesn't actually allow you to send emails to specific people, unless you [employ the use of an add-on.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=email)

I hope that helps, but do let me know if you have any questions about any of this.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Rajesh Konda
body: Hello Shannon,

Thanks for your reply,

My requirement is we have template in a Space that is been updated on daily basis that particular template need to be shared with a group through email every week on monday automatically like in Jira we do Email Subscription in JQL filter. Like wise do we have any option to send that template to group(This group is handling Space they have full access to space).Thanks much


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Delete Confluence Attachments by ID
Asked by Albert Manuel:

Hi,

I have a lot of spaces in my Confluence Server and I'm looking to delete about 1000 attachments. What i have is the ID of each attachment, is there any way to delete all of them once?

Thank You


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Albert,

Thank you for contacting us about this! You can use the [REST API](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-server-rest-api/) to modify content in bulk on Confluence.

Confluence considers attachments as content, so you can modify them using the guide below:

* [Confluence REST API Lacks DELETE Method for Attachments](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-rest-api-lacks-delete-method-for-attachments-715361922.html)

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Organisational Tree
Asked by Brian Sheridan:

HI, I am trying to insert a visual map of our team. Is there any macro that you can use to do this with Confluence. I was looking around at older questions and it seemed that there was no way to do it without having to use third party apps.

Thanks,

Brian


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Brian Sheridan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3509852)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/Org-Chart-within-Confluence/qaq-p/872657>

<https://organimi.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048664774-How-to-Embed-Your-Org-Chart-on-Atlassian-Confluence->

Cheers
Open API Documentation for Confluence
Asked by Jamil Rahimov:

Hi everybody!  
We would like to buy this plugin but I don't know business requirements for this plugin.  
License for our organization's confluence is 250 User.

Can you explain if we want buy this plugin: Should we pay for 250 users or it is optional because only specific users will use this plugin it may be 10 or 15 users.


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@Jamil Rahimov](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1305037),

the way that app licensing works, is that **the license of the app has to match the size of the host product license**. I think a few vendors allow you to buy a special license directly through the app vendor (and not the Marketplace), that allows you to have a smaller app license than the host product license. However, this requires the vendor to build in their own licensing mechanism into their apps, in addition to the official one, so this will generally not be the case for most apps.

You can find more information about this in the Marketpplace licensing FAQ: <https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/marketplace#licensing-purchasing>

EDIT: So, yes, in your case you would have to buy a 250 user license.

Best regards,  
Sven

comments: author: Jamil Rahimov
body: Thank you very much!))


Tags: confluence-server

server
Compare first version of page with latest version
Asked by Raman Mahapatra:

Hi,

I want to compare the first version of the page with latest version. For example, V 1 with V4. Can anyone help me? The content is available at the following location:

[https://rko.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TRIAL/history/327714/Gear%2B-%2BExploded%2BView?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNDBkMDkyZmYzMzBjNGM2YWE3Yzk4ZmMwYzJmN2U4OGEiLCJwIjoiYyJ9](https://rko.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TRIAL/history/327714/Gear%2B-%2BExploded%2BView?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNDBkMDkyZmYzMzBjNGM2YWE3Yzk4ZmMwYzJmN2U4OGEiLCJwIjoiYyJ9?)


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Raman Mahapatra](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3709797)

just look at the history of your page:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/79235i98F79EEBB308493B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Select the first and the current version:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/79237i7D0389EF95A6E8BD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

and click on compare

comments: author: Raman Mahapatra
body: Hey [@Thomas Schlegel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781483),

Hope you are doing well!

Thanks for you answer. I have tried the method suggested by you. However, some inline changes are not appearing in the compared text. You can view the inline edits by comparing version 1 and version 2. Also, is there a way for the user to see all changes (starting at version 1 of the page) as markups just like MS word?

Please help.

The content to which I am referring to is available at the following location:

[https://rko.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TRIAL/history/327714/Gear%2B-%2BExploded%2BView?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNDBkMDkyZmYzMzBjNGM2YWE3Yzk4ZmMwYzJmN2U4OGEiLCJwIjoiYyJ9](https://rko.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TRIAL/history/327714/Gear%2B-%2BExploded%2BView?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNDBkMDkyZmYzMzBjNGM2YWE3Yzk4ZmMwYzJmN2U4OGEiLCJwIjoiYyJ9%C2%A0)


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Raman Mahapatra](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3709797) ,

I can't look at your space, I'm not working for Atlassian, I'm just a user like you.

If you mean inline comments, you're right. You don't see them by comparing different versions of a page.

I never heard of another view for the comparison overview, I'm sorry.


Tags: compare

new-to-confluence
Open dialog containing Velocity template when web-item is clicked
Asked by Mario_Niculae:

Hi everyone,

I was trying to open a dialog containing a velocity template when a web-item is clicked but without any success.

I've already tried to put a macro key in the web-item's linkid but nothing happens when the button is clicked.

Any help is appreciated, kind regards Mario


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Mario,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

Could you help by elaborating exactly what it is you're trying to do? Are you developing an add-on for Confluence for example?

If so, this type of question is better suited for our [Developer Community](https://developer.atlassian.com/resources), so I would recommend raising the same question there and see if anyone is able to help with that.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atl-adm

confluence-server

server
How to control the line space of tasks makro?
Asked by Robin Junghans:

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if there is an option to reduce the line space between several tasks as many tasks are taking a lot of space on a page as you can see here:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/79177iF9E7C67CC8BD98FE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")Thanks in advance for your help!

Robin


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@Robin Junghans](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3692302),

it looks like you're on Confluence Cloud. (I added the correct tag to your post)

Unfortunately, I think in the Cloud you do not have any control over this. On Server you could have added some Custom CSS to change the styling, but [Custom CSS is not available on Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html). In fact, on Server you probably wouldn't even need to use Custom CSS, because this is how Task Lists look on Server:

![temp.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/79205i49FD09908B8072F0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "temp.png")

Best regards,  
Sven

comments: author: Robin Junghans
body: Thank you for your help!

Best regards

Robin


Tags: confluence-cloud
#trackback on every page after upgrade from 6.15 to 7.2
Asked by ReNe:

Hi all,

we upgraded our Confluence Server recently to 7.2. Since this upgrade every page is showing at the end in plain text:

```
#trackbackRdf ($trackbackUtils.getContentIdentifier($page) $page.title $trackbackUtils.getPingUrl($page))
```

Does anyone have an idea where this comes from?

Thanks in advance

BR  
Reinhard


Answers:
author: Jared Ford
body: In my case it appeared above the collaborative editor and was due to a custom Page Layout applied to the space. You can find this by going to Space Tools -\> Look and Feel -\> Layout, and then check if any layouts don't say "\< default \>".

If it's at the bottom of the page in every space, maybe check if you've got some custom layout defined in the Layouts section of the admin settings.

I haven't found what trackbackRdf is yet, but maybe it's an outdated way of finding the referrer page? You can CTRL+F for that line in this page and you'll see it's included in the example layout:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/missing-links-from-space-tools-menu-for-certain-space-833913545.html>

comments: author: ReNe
body: Resetting the page layout to default helped. Thanks a lot.

We added a configuration to the page layout for a plugin. It looks like Atlassian changed the default layout in the new version.

Thanks again for this hint.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence & Jira - how does one install them together?
Asked by nealr:

I have a couple of licenses for Confluence, one is supposed to go with Jira Core, the other with Service Desk. I am just starting to employ this with small teams.

I read the database requirements for MySQL and got a Jira Core instance running with that. Now I want Confluence, but I see prohibitions about installing it in "the same Tomcat container" as another product. What does this mean?

My Atlassian stuff is in a virtual machine that lives on a server along with VMs that provide Open Semantic Search and Spiderfoot. The underlying server makes some of its storage available to the other machines as both paths as well as via web. The overall objective is to provide project management and a knowledge base that can be used to describe the things unearthed with the other two tools.

MySQL is on the underlying server system and I'm familiar enough with it to put it where it needs to be, back it up, move it around, etc. The mysql.cnf meets the requirements for both Jira Core and Confluence.

Should I install Confluence on the same VM as Jira Core, by doing something to provide a separate Tomcat container, or is this something that should be on a virtual machine by itself?


Answers:
author: Krister Broman _Advania_
body: "installing it in the same Tomcat container" means that you do not want to install confluence over jira, i.e. having both jira and confluence running on localhost:8090 or xxx.domain.com instead you would want to split it, on localhost that is usually setting one jira to port 8090 and confluence to 8091 or whatever. On a domain it would look something like xxx.domain.com/jira and xxx.domain.com/confluence.

Just think of them as two entirely separate software and you will probably do fine.

Once both are installed you can set up application links between them, you should also think of how to handle user management, this is less an issue if you connect to an AD and SSO solution than if you use the internal directory where you might want to let confluence use Jiras directory so that people can change between them without logging in again.

comments: author: nealr
body: OK - that is an excellent response - one VM is fine, just use different ports. Our front end is nginx, so this is easily done.

Our teams are tiny - one has three users, the other has five. We don't have AD/LDAP, but we are using Cloudflare Access since everyone is remote. So each software has its own user database? Not a hassle for less than a dozen people, but I think we will have more than just two teams before long.

Thanks for the quick assist.


author: Krister Broman _Advania_
body: Each software has its own user directory but Confluence can use Jiras user directory instead. This is configured after installing both applications. It is not difficult and I would highly recommend it unless there is a wide diversity on who will use what application.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/connecting-to-crowd-or-jira-for-user-management-229838465.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
Why it is necessary that makes whole blog posts are not exported?
Asked by ??_??:

Hello, Thanks for finding this question.

This is just curious.

Why Confluence Cloud needed to makes that all of blog posts are not exported by once?

Is the difference pages and blog posts not only the nested structure?


Answers:
author: Ang?lica Luz
body: Hello [@??_??](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3571005),

I see that this question is related to the other one that you raised here in Community.

* [What is the different between pages and blog posts? Why doesn't whole blogs export?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-questions/What-is-the-different-between-pages-and-blog-posts-Why-doesn-t/qaq-p/1271196)

If you have any other questions regarding this matter, please let us know thought the other question.

Regards,  
Ang?lica

comments: author: ??_??
body: Hello [@Ang?lica Luz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/986290)

many thanks!! :D:D:D


Tags: blog

cloud

confluence-cloud

export
User profile data to present an organizational chart?
Asked by Marc Gotthardt:

Is it possible to use the profile data from the user profile to generate and display an organizational chart?

I want to present an organizational chart in Confluence.

The necessary data is available in the profile of each Confluence-User.

(company, position, department, email, phone)

It would be nice, because the data is up to date and would otherwise have to be maintained twice.


Answers:
author: Laura Bier
body: I used the User Profile macro and it seemed to work - though only had name and email for us along with a picture.


author: Veera
body: Hi [@Marc Gotthardt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/985951) ,

Try [User Profile macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/user-profile-macro-189432828.html)


Tags: confluence-server

org-chart

profile

server