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JIRA Server Not Found For Status Report Creation
Asked by Dave Stewart:

Hello,

I am trying to create a JIRA report from a template in Confluence. I am not sure if this is a out of the box report or was added as a plug-in. When I try to create the report, using create from within a space, JIRA Report and select Status Report, then Next, I get a red bar that says Can Not Connect To JIRA server.

I would appreciate any direction in resolving this issue. Thank you for your time.

Dave


Answers:
author: Prajakta Babar
body: Have you checked if JIRA is added under 'Application Links'? Please configure your JIRA using Application Links. I suppose that would solve the problem. Do let me know if that helps.


author: B_ Normann P_ Nielsen
body: Any clues on this? My dropdown list is just empty, although the App. Link to JIRA is fine.


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I migrate between Confluence and Redmine ??
Asked by Thomas N:

First off, I appologize for asking for help with what may be an awkward question.

I have been asked to migrate a large number of documents (preserving revision history) from our Confluence server to a RedMine server.

I would assume there are 3 possible outcomes here..

1. There is a way to export documents from Confluence with full revision history and migrate them into Redmine so that Redmine retains all of the revision history.

2. There is NO way to preserve revision history in which case the best that can be done is to export all of the documents as flat files into a directory then bulk import them into Redmine.

3. If there is no export tool to bulk export documents from Confluence, then documents must be manually copied out one by one and added to Redmine.

If anyone knows the process for option 1 or 2 then I would help me out a lot if you could share the details.

Thanks in Advance,

Tom


Answers:
author: Josch Bencke
body: You are right, thats kind of pert to ask this here ;-) but check the webdav- \& Commandline INterface docs for your information. The different versions will max. be different pages, however, not inside a document

comments: author: Thomas N
body: We are not getting rid of the confluence server, the docs just need to be moved to Redmine for sharing with outside vendors.

That said, could you post the URLs to the 2 docs you reference?

Thanks..


Tags: migration

redmine
Business intelligence - how can I get reports from 3rd Party SQL Databases into Confluence OnDemand?
Asked by Chris Swain:

I am making business intelligence reports for a hotel chain. We are using using Confluence OnDemand for all operations of the chain and I want data from different SQL databases to appear on the site. For example I want to see daily call volume and conversion rate from a the reservation center database (Navis, SQL) and I want to see occupancy rate for each location from the property management software database (Springer Miller Enterprise, SQL). As of this writing the [SQL Plugin for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.sql "SQL Plugin for Confluence") on the Atlassian Marketplace does not work for OnDemand. However are there other ways to get SQL reports to Confluence OnDemand (e.g. using REST or other technologies)?


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Play SQL is working on an OnDemand extension for SQL reports.

If you're interested, please [request an invitation on this form](http://www.play-sql.com/play-sql-ondemand-subscription/).


author: Davin Studer
body: Check out Bob Swift's Confluence CLI Client. You could set up a daily scheduled task to upload the report as an attachment. Plus it works with OnDemand.

<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-addAttachment>


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [**OnDemand**](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/info/OnDemand) has some information on this topic. You can vote for the SQL specific issue. There is a publish option that I use for my OnDemand instance - see [How to publish SQL queries to OnDemand](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SQL/How+to+publish+SQL+queries+to+OnDemand).


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

cloud

confluence-cloud
install confluence. Inactive "NEXT" button on last step "Configure user management"
Asked by Anatoly Shtalinberg:

I have installed Jira. Now, i am trying to install confluence. On the step "Configure user management" i receive the following text and can't to continue or to complete the installation:

--------------------------

Load users and groups from JIRA  

Full synchronisation completed successfully.  
Local administrator account created.  

We have created a local administrator with the same username and password as the JIRA system administrator you provided. This will ensure that you can always log into Confluence to update the system configuration.

--------------------------

The "NEXT" button is inactive .... why ?


Answers:
author: Michael S
body: The problem is due to Confluence not being able to create the JIRA admin properly. It's been an ongoing issue which we believed was fixed but looks like it's still affecting users. The current bug report is here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-31129>

At this stage the workaround is to skip connecting to JIRA during the initial set up and then configure it manually after the installation has completed.


author: Melina da Silva Geremia
body: Hello There,

I used the second workaround on Firefox and it worked :smile:

##### Alternative workaround {#toc-hId-1032110346}

1. Right click the "Next" button and go to "Inspect Element"
2. Remove the disabled="disabled" section
3. The Next button became clickable

Cheers,

Melina


author: darylchuah
body: * Have you try on other supported internet browser such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox ?
* Besides, can you please try to restart Confluence see whether the problem is still reproducible ?

If yes, you might want to raise a support ticket on href="https://support.atlassian.com%20"\>https://support.atlassian.com for futher troubleshooting and investigation.

comments: author: Anatoly Shtalinberg
body: yes i have tried FF,Google Chrome and restart Confluence. I have cleared cookies and browser cache, but still the same problem exist... It is redirecting to that step and "NEXT" button is inactive.

Thank you. I will try to create ticket


Tags: install

jira
Extra spaces and missing spaces in page content
Asked by Mick Davidson:

Hello,

We keep getting extra spaces and missing spaces in text on a random basis on some pages, but only a small percentage.

This seems to only happen before or after links. The links can be both soft and hard.

Removing or adding them manually sometimes works, sometimes not. I've tried removing them in both Edit mode and in the HTML.

We're running Confluence 4.3.7 download.

Has anyone else had this experience or can anyone shine a light on why this is happening?

Cheers.


Answers:
author: Mick Davidson
body: Hello again,

is there anyone out there, or indeed at #atlassian, who can help with this please?

When this starts happening on a page, there seems to be nothing I can do to stop it, which is very frustrating.

I've tried copy the page and saving it again with another name but that doesn't fix it.

Also, it doesn't matter if there are any links or not, it's now happening in tables with no links.


Tags: content

page
Error occurred while retrieving gadget spec, after migrating new JIRA and Confluence servers
Asked by Rayees Namathponnan:

I migrated both JIRA ans Confluence server; in Confluence i updatd application link with new jira server

After that i am getting below error,

2013-11-25 07:31:35,307 WARN \[http-8080-13\] \[gadgets.renderer.internal.GadgetSpecFactoryImpl\] getGadgetSpec Error occurred while retrieving gadget spec for <http://xxxxxMyoldserverxxxx/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/com.atlassian.jira.gadgets:created-vs-resolved-issues-chart-gadget/gadgets/createdvsresolved-gadget.xml>

is there way i can updated gadget spec ? i tried solution given below, but i cannot see any table like "externalgadget"

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=317194419>


Answers:
author: Ryan Goodwin
body: Hi Rayees,

Have you tried navigating to Confluence Admin \> External Gadgets and update any gadget urls and/or the gadget feeds to point to the right location of your new JIRA server?
Prepend https:// to jira link
Asked by William Borelli:

In Confluence we'd like to prepend https:// to our link to Jira, is there an easy way to do this? Right now we see [jira.link.com](http://jira.link.com), and we'd like for it to show <https://jira.link.com>. Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Vladimir Omelchenko
body: You can either setup Tomcat with https and do the proxy for redirect:  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Running+JIRA+over+SSL+or+HTTPS>

Or you can also use Apache in front of your JIRA installation and redirect all the traffic to HTTPS using Apache while Tomcat will be serving only http requests.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Integrating+JIRA+with+Apache+using+SSL>


author: William Borelli
body: It has come to my attention that some links prepend https:// already, but some of them do not. The ones that do get prepended with [https://](../../), all seem to be at the top of tables, while the ones that are not linked are in tables. Here are some pictures with usernames and our links edited out. When we hover over 502 issues, 334 issues, and 3 issues https:// works, but if we hover over the Key or Summary column links then there's nothing prepended. ![](../../upfiles/not_working.png)![](../../upfiles/working.png)


author: William Borelli
body: It has come to my attention that some links prepend https:// already, but some of them do not. The ones that do get prepended with https://, all seem to be at the top of tables, while the ones that are not linked are in tables. I'll try to post a sanitized picture.


Tags: application-link

confluence-administration
Formatting content
Asked by Lynne Wilton:

I would like do the following in my documentation:

1. Indent a table in a numbered list.
2. Select a starting number in a numbered list. For example, I have steps 1-4 but want to indent a table in step 3 (the table is to be on a separate line to the action in step 3). ThenI want to start numbering again for step 4.

Is this possible in Confluence 5.3?


Answers:
author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Lynne,

have you tried Shift+Enter to insert the table after step 3?

Cheers,  
Nils

comments: author: Lynne Wilton
body: Hi Nils

Thanks for your reply. I have tried this. In the editing screen the table appears indented. However, once saved it is not indented.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence over HTTPS
Asked by adminbentek:

Hello there,

I am a bit of a Tomcat/Httpd noobie and have a few questions. I want to enable SSL connection with cert from a CA (thawte). I am confused on whether I am using tomcat to handle my connections or Https mod_proxy. I tried searching the linux box for a .keystore file but I could not find one. I believe I am using mod_proxy as my apache httpd.conf has a proxy line uncommented at the end. If I am using mod_proxy what should I be using to create my CSR?


Answers:
author: Pedro Cora
body: Take a look at this documentation <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Running+Confluence+Over+SSL+or+HTTPS>

Also, if you want to add mod_proxy, then I recommend that you check how to configure Apache with SSL.

comments: author: adminbentek
body: I am not sure if I am using mod_proxy already as my httpd.conf has a proxy line in it.

\<VirtualHost \*:80\>

ServerAdmin [admin@mybentek.com](mailto:admin@mybentek.com)

DocumentRoot /usr/local/confluence/current/confluence

ServerName confluence.mybentek.local

ServerAlias confluence.mybentek.local wiki.mybentek.local confluence wiki

ErrorLog logs/confluence.mybentek.local-error_log

CustomLog logs/confluence.mybentek.local-access_log common

ProxyRequests off

ProxyPreserveHost on

\<Proxy \*\>

Order deny,allow

Allow from all

\</Proxy\>

ProxyPass / <http://pink.mybentek.local:8080/>

ProxyPassReverse / <http://pink.mybentek.local:8080/>

\<Location /\>

Order allow,deny

Allow from all

\</Location\>

\</VirtualHost\>


Tags: confluence-administration
Concurrent Editing and Merging Changes
Asked by Daniel Kirsch:

Hi,

on the site <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF51/Concurrent+Editing+and+Merging+Changes> there is discript what will happens, when someone saves the page before I do. We tested it on our system but nothing shows up. Is it a Bug or how can we aktivat it? We using the Confluence 5.1.2.  
Edit: A further point is that if you edit a page, and then something lookups in Confluence in another tab that other people can not see that the page is in progress.

Thanks \& regards

Daniel


Answers:
author: Don Willis
body: There's a bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-29048>

Fixed in 5.2.2 and up.
Confluence Space migration from one instance to another
Asked by AKASH BHARDWAJ:

Hi Geniuses,

I want to move Confluence 1 Space for example 'X' which is there on instance having confluence version 4.3 to another instance having Confluence Version 5.0, So I went accross several Blogs and Documents, So my Question is

a) whether we can move the Space from lower versions to higher versions? as per the documentation we need to either upgarde it to same version or else it may through error.

b) What should be Precautionary Steps that i should be looking before performing any Migration.

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: As you know, space export/imports only works for instances running the same mayor version of Confluence. A migration path to workaround this limitation is:

1. Take space export from Confluence 4.3.
2. Restore the space in a test server running 4.3.x.
3. Upgrade the test server to 5.0.x.
4. Take a space export from your test server (now running 5.0.x)
5. Restore that space export in your production Confluence 5 instance.

References:

* [Exporting Confluence Pages and Spaces to XML](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF43/Exporting+Confluence+Pages+and+Spaces+to+XML).
* [Restoring a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF50/Restoring+a+Space).
* [Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF50/Upgrading+Confluence).

comments: author: Daniel Holmes
body: Is there a way to automate this process for a set of spaces? An API for space export/import?


author: Calvin Dike
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/import-a-confluence-space-724765531.html>

You don't have to be on same version.


Tags: export

import

space
How do you return a list of space admins through the database?
Asked by Michael S:

How do you return a list of space admins through the database?


Answers:
author: twong_atlassian
body: Possible untested improvement:

```
SELECT    s.spacename AS "Space Name",    s.spacekey  AS "Space Key",    u.user_name AS "Admin User Name"FROM    cwd_user uJOIN    user_mapping umON    u.user_name=um.usernameJOIN    cwd_membership cmON    u.id=cm.child_user_idJOIN    cwd_group gON    cm.parent_id = g.idJOIN    spacepermissions spON    um.user_key=sp.permusernameOR  sp.permgroupname=g.lower_group_nameJOIN    spaces sON    sp.spaceid=s.spaceidWHERE    sp.permtype='SETSPACEPERMISSIONS'GROUP BY    1,2,3ORDER BY    s.spacekey
```

I think this should result in pulling in the group memberships also. Only for 5.2.x +

comments: author: Mikhail T
body: Thanks! This was a great start for me... The problem I encountered was that in our DB at least (MySQL) the SPACEPERMISSIONS and SPACES table-names are capitalized. Also, I used MySQL's [GROUP_CONCAT](http://mahmudahsan.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/mysql-the-group_concat-function/) function to improve the result, getting comma-separated lists of both admin-names and admin e-mail addresses:

```
SELECT    s.spacename AS "Space Name",    s.spacekey  AS "Space Key",    GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT u.display_name SEPARATOR ', ') AS "Administrator(s)",    GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT u.email_address SEPARATOR ', ') AS "Administrator email address(es)"FROM    cwd_user uJOIN    user_mapping umON    u.user_name=um.usernameJOIN    cwd_membership cmON    u.id=cm.child_user_idJOIN    cwd_group gON    cm.parent_id = g.idJOIN    SPACEPERMISSIONS spON    um.user_key=sp.permusernameOR  sp.permgroupname=g.lower_group_nameJOIN    SPACES sON    sp.spaceid=s.spaceidWHERE    sp.permtype='SETSPACEPERMISSIONS'GROUP BY    1,2ORDER BY    s.spacekey
```


author: Michael S
body: NOTE: These are for individually assigned space permissions only.

In Confluence 5.2.x+:

```
select s.spacename as "Space Name",         s.spacekey as "Space Key",        u.user_name as "Admin User Name"from cwd_user ujoin user_mapping um        on u.user_name=um.usernamejoin spacepermissions sp        on um.user_key=sp.permusernamejoin spaces s        on sp.spaceid=s.spaceidwhere sp.permtype='SETSPACEPERMISSIONS'order by s.spacekey;
```

In Confluence 3.5 - 5.1.x:

```
select s.spacename as "Space Name",         s.spacekey as "Space Key",        u.user_name as "Admin User Name"from cwd_user ujoin spacepermissions sp        on u.user_name=sp.permusernamejoin spaces s        on sp.spaceid=s.spaceidwhere sp.permtype='SETSPACEPERMISSIONS'order by s.spacekey;
```
slides missing
Asked by shamil shamil:

Hi,

I have embedded some powerpoint presentations on a page,but some slides are missing when i view them on the page, Why is it so????


Answers:
author: shamil shamil
body: i added them as an attachment to the page and then used office powerpint macro to display them. i have to click the symbol for next button until it reaches the slide which is being displayed...


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: HOw have you "embedded" them, and what does your log say when you try to read the page they are on?

comments: author: shamil shamil
body: i added them as an attachment to the page and then used office powerpint macro to display them. i have to click the symbol for next button until it reaches the slide which is being displayed...
Resize Column
Asked by FAK:

One simple thing: How can an end user resize table column using Wiki Editor. My users are not able to edit things using Wiki editor. I enabled Table Plus but that does not do what I am looking for. Anyone has any other experience with this.


Answers:
author: rambabu patina
body: Hava a look on similar question [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/181058/is-there-a-way-to-resize-the-columns-of-a-table-on-confluence](/questions/181058/is-there-a-way-to-resize-the-columns-of-a-table-on-confluence)

Hope this helps you,

Patina
Control Video when linking to attached video files
Asked by Chris Robinson:

We are using Confluence on Demand. I've a created pages for training with MP4 Videos attached to the page. Then, on the page, I link to each of the attached videos.

When a user clicks on the link, the video begins playing immediately. The user can start or pause the video but cannot fast forward or rewind the video (if they need to hear a part of it again). Is there a way to allow a user to do this as they are watching the video?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Chris Robinson
body: Thanks William. I've voted for <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-30057> and I'm watching it as well.


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Chris,  

Actually our Multimedia macro doesn't have such feature. That's why I've raised the following feature request as you can see here:  

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-30057>  

I would strongly suggest that you vote on this issue to increase its popularity and add it to your watchlist for future updates.

I hope this helps.  

WZ


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

video
ONDEMAND WORKFLOW
Asked by Shavit Gur:

Can I create a workflow at the ondemand version?

If not is there any why to use free add-ons to do practice it?


Answers:
author: Rahul Aich [Nagra]
body: Yes, you can create your own workflows on ondemand version just as you would have on download version.

Here's the link

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Configuring+Workflow>

Rahul


author: Shavit Gur
body: Thanks,

I missed to understand the steps.

I got it now.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You don't "add issues to the workflow". The workflow is the process issues go through. You apply a workflow to a project (and you can do different workflows by project and issue type if you need to), and then issues within that project follow the workflow.


author: Shavit Gur
body: But the only issues that I see is from the default Workflow , not what I created.

I thought that it is because it configuration and not creation.

I can not find the viet WF of the WF I created...

Pls advise,

thanks


author: Shavit Gur
body: To be more specific, I see the START but I do not understand how to add more issues to the WF.

And at the WF section i created tranzactions but I did not figuard out how to combaine them.


Tags: cloud
Confluence Restoration with Crowd Authentication
Asked by John Skarbek:

Good Morning,

I'm in the process of testing of a set of server migrations. Right now we utilize Confluence with Crowd to serve authentication and SSO which work great. My migration plan includes seperating these services to their own instances. Right now are on the same server but with the site getting larger, it is the oppurtune time to move them. My problem comes in play where I can't seem to configure Confluence to utilize a different crowd server. I am unable to log into the server after restore. The internal directory for confluence has been disabled.

My guess is the configuration for Crowd is stored in the database somewhere, but I am unable to find it. If someone can lead me the right direction, it would be helpful.


Answers:
author: FelipeA
body: Hi John,

Yes, you're right, Confluence User directories are stored on the database.

You can see its configuration with some SQL queries, like below:

(Assuming that your database name is confluence)

USE confluence;

SELECT \* FROM cwd_directory;

This will list all User Directories that are configured on confluence.

USE confluence;

SELECT \* FROM cwd_directory_attribute;

This will list all configurations for each directory. You'll have more than one entry with the same "directory_id" that indicates that these configurations are for the same User Directory.

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Regards,

Felipe Alencastro


Tags: confluence-administration

crowd-administration

crowd-integration

restore
Can I open up Confluence Questions to anonymous users just like I can do with Confluence Spaces?
Asked by Jeffry van de Vuurst:

I would like to allow anonymous access to Confluence Questions. I know I can do this with Confluence Spaces, but I cannot find an option for Confluence Answers.


Answers:
author: JohnA
body: Hi Jeffry,  
At the moment users must be logged in to use Confluence Questions so anonymous users will not see questions in search results and will not be able to ask or view questions. There is an open feature request to ask that we add access for anonymous users in a future release of CQ and therefore I would recommend that you watch/vote/comment on the issue to encourage our developers to add this functionality in a future release: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-270>  
All the best,  
John

comments: author: Jeffry van de Vuurst
body: I will upvote the feature request <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-270>


author: Jeffry van de Vuurst
body: Ideally I would like anonymous users to be able to ask, answer and vote on questions. Turn it into a user community.


author: BillA
body: Do you want to allow anonymous users to ask and answer questions and vote, etc? Or is it sufficient to just have them view questions?

comments: author: Matthew Clark
body: the Ability to ask questions would be nice, required they provide an email.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud