youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Where does Confluence store page and comment likes?
Asked by ITops123:

I'd like to query them and don't know where to look.


Answers:
author: Immanuel Siagian
body: Hey there,

The likes are stored on the table called **likes.**

As for pages and comments, there're stored on two different tables, **content** and **bodycontent** . The **content** table stores the overall info of changes, such who made it, time, version, and etc. The actual content is stored on the table **bodycontent**.

You can use these query to search for them:

```
SELECT * FROM bodycontent WHERE contentid IN (SELECT contentid FROM content WHERE contenttype = 'COMMENT');
```

```
SELECT * FROM bodycontent WHERE contentid IN (SELECT contentid FROM content WHERE contenttype = 'PAGE');
```

Hope this helps :)


author: Scott Brown
body: Can I write directly to the bodycontent table (I want to add text to the body field).

comments: author: Daniel Wester
body: As a general rule - don't write to the database directly(unless you want to have a world of hurt - or you have the app down).

Confluence (and the other Atlassian apps) usually have some type of app cache going (and they may change the data scheme on you). Rest api usage is the safest route.


author: Joe Clark
body: In addition to Immanuel's answer, there's also a REST API for getting and adding Likes. See my answer here: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/108634/is-there-a-way-to-like-a-page-or-blog-entry-from-the-json-rpc-api/116072](/questions/108634/is-there-a-way-to-like-a-page-or-blog-entry-from-the-json-rpc-api/116072)

Depending on your situation, it might be easier for you to use this, rather than querying the database directly.


Tags: database

like
confluence mentions ,No user found.
Asked by Jiannan Tang:

Hi,

My confluence version is 4.3.5.

I had installed Chinese Language.

When I use @userloginid(english login id) ,system can't find user.

Only use @fullname(Chinese Name), System could find user.

I had disabled the Chinese Language plugin, but the mentions is also no function


Answers:
author: Theodore Tzidamis
body: Hello there,

If I understand correctly you are frustrated about the fact that you have to type the user's full name when mentioning the user. Which is, however, how mentions are supposed to work.

Do you think you can check [this](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+Mentions#UsingMentions-Usingautocompletetomentionsomeone) page and see if it sheds any light to your question?

comments: author: Jiannan Tang
body: Thanks, I had knew the Confluence mentions only support full name.

**Note:** Use the person's full name. The user mention feature recognises the full name only, not the username.


author: Jabari Deng
body: why just fullname?in chinese? the username is useful than full name?this function would be like jira's mention?


Tags: mention
Cannot access from external PC
Asked by Greg Parsons:

We have installed Confluence for evaluation on a Windows 2012 server and the install runs fine and we can access the system using the browser on the server. However when we try to access from another computer there is no response form the server. We changed the server URL but still we cannot access. Other websites on the same server (using port 80) are fine. We have checked the firewall and port 8090 is allowed through.


Answers:
author: Greg Parsons
body: Sorry, I thought we had already responded to this. Problem was we had opened 8090 for IIS not for Tomcat. I also got a response from one of your team answering a followup question as to whether IIS and Tomcat can co-exist on the same server.

Regards, Greg


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Not just firewall, also check whether the network administration allows access to a different port than 80 for HTTP? Are you trying to access the machine from another machine in the same subnet?
Unable to download anything from atlassian website
Asked by Maksym Kuznetsov:

Every download link throws 404.

For instance: <http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/downloads/binary/atlassian-confluence-4.3.5-war.tar.gz>

<http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/downloads/binary/atlassian-jira-5.2.4.1-war.tar.gz>

No link seems to be correct.


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey Max,  
This is a knownissue, essentially, you must be using an 'HTTPS enforcing' plugin in the browser.Our \<tt\>EdgeCast CDN\</tt\> does not offer HTTPS for our account, yet.

So, if you would like to download our products, I would suggest to you to try a different browser, or check if you have any add-on your browse that could be forcing the HTTP goes to HTTPS.  

Cheers,  

WZ


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Are you behind a proxy or some firewall? I am able to download.I just tried the first link.
How can I get a "create page" button/link if "Page not found"? / Fast way to create new page, if "Page not found"?
Asked by IT-Admins GBD:

Hello,

we want to use Confluence for documentation of a complex intranet website. There should be IDs in every Element (e.g. "ID_0382"). Then, for every ID, should be a page in Confluence (e.g. "http://wiki:8090/display/DOK/ID_0382"). If this page does not exist yet, Confluence shows the message "page not found". Now I want to have a link, button or something like this to easily create this page and fill it with the needed documentation.

In Wikipedia it is common, that in this case there is a link "Create" top right of the page.

How can I add this "Create Page" function on the "Page not found" page?

Regards

Netsroht


Answers:
author: IT-Admins GBD
body: Solution:

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/80549/is-it-possible-to-link-to-a-not-already-created-undefined-page-in-confluence-from-an-external-site>


author: IT-Admins GBD
body: Solution:

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/80549/is-it-possible-to-link-to-a-not-already-created-undefined-page-in-confluence-from-an-external-site>


Tags: error
Numerical sequences with dashes autoformat to links when pages are saved on Confluence On Demand
Asked by Christopher Leong:

I've just started using Confluence On Demand, so appologies for a novice question.   

I'm having an issue with entering in number sequences into pages like phone numbers or ISBN Numbers.  

For Example: 1-123-123-4567  

In the editor, everything looks as it should, but as soon as I save the page, the "123-123-4567" portion of the number becomes an html link.  

Is there a way to manually edit the HTML of the page or am I just missing a step.   

I've played with the various formating tools including the "No Format" Macro which does work, but this doesn't seem like the best solution.

In addition, I've verified via the source code that Confluence is additing the additional formating to make it a link.

Any help is appreciated.


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I think that is a bug. It is trying to link it as a JIRA issue id, but it is not even the right format. Submit a support request. In the meantime, you can escape the dash by using 123\\-456. Use insert wiki markup since I don't know of a way to escape things in the new editor :(.

comments: author: Christopher Leong
body: Great Thanks! I'll submit a support request and thank you for the suggested workarounds.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Moderating changes to Confluence pages
Asked by glennproctor:

Is there a way to have moderators/approvers for Confluence OnDemand pages?

We have a set of documentation which we store in Confluence. We want only some users to be able to edit these, which of course is achievable with the standard permissions.

What we want to do for these pages in particular though is force all changes made by anyone to be approved by someone else before they go live. I can't see that this is possible right now.

We're using Confluence OnDemand so using a plugin is not (currently) possible. Any suggestions or should we just wait until plugins are available in Confluence OnDemand and a suitable vendor ports theirs?

Thanks in advance

Glenn.


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: Mostly not possible in OnDemand now. Needs to achieve this by getting people educated about the usage, like:

* Keep a note on top of the page mentioning that the document is in draft
* Make necessary security restrictions so that it is not searchable and readable by public
* Use the Workbox functionality to define tasks for the reviewers (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence>)


author: Isaac Huijink
body: Is there any chance for this feature to be integrated soon?

We're in need for some kind of admin/approval system too.


author: glennproctor
body: Thanks for the pointers Renjith, we will come up with a workaround for now and revisit the situation once the plugin situation for OnDemand improves.

Regards

Glenn.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence page question
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

I have a problem: when I add a page and start editing but the page was never saved yet (so no earlier version exist) where can I find the draft if I don't save? I mean e.g. if I close the browser.

Because after a few minutes the page draft will be saved - as you know it will be displayed.

Thanks in advance,

Rumi


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello,

We have the Following document that outlines Working with Drafts in Confluence.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Drafts>

Confluence will autosave drafts after a given interval. Referecing the document it looks like these saved drafts are available from your User Profile \> Drafts tab.


Tags: draft

edit

page
Space Home Page not loading
Asked by Gareth Edwards:

Across my site I'm finding that setting the home page for spaces is having no effect.

I.e. despite having specified a Home Page under a space's details, each way I "browse" to the space, I get the "List Pages" page.

I've tested this with a brand new space and had the same occur.

Any ideas please?


Answers:
author: CharlesH
body: Sounds like the option has been set in global administration for "View Space goes to Browse Space".

Details here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF30/View+Space+Goes+to+Browse+Space>

comments: author: Gareth Edwards
body: Fantastic thank you. Had no idea that option had been changed!
Can I get a normal html table on a Confluence page?
Asked by Eddie Connatser:

Every plain html table I create within a Confluence page using the html macro turns into a sortable table (by heading). Is there a way to stop this? I don't want the table to be sortable at all.

Thanks!  
Eddie


Answers:
author: CharlesH
body: Hi Eddie,

The sortable behaviour is applied to the table because of the class "tablesorter" I think:

```
&lt;table class="confluenceTable tablesorter"&gt;
```

Remove that class and the sorting options disappear. I've confirmed this with Firebug by removing that class on the fly.

Within Confluence my first attempt to do this relied on the following code being added to the page:

```
{html}&lt;script&gt;jQuery(document).ready(function(){  jQuery('table.tablesorter').removeClass('tablesorter');}); &lt;/script&gt;{html}
```

While this code executes without a problem, it would seem that the tablesorter class is applied dynamically to the tables, as both the class and the sorting behaviour are still on the tables (as shown by inspection with Firebug). This is not a great situation, as our dynamic code is fighting against the standard Confluence dynamic code (usually Confluence wins!).

If you have the Adaptavist Content Formatting plugin installed, then I'd opt for using the table macros as a quick fix. These will give you full control over the styles applied to the table, so you can simply not specify "tablesorter" as a class and all should be well.

Hope this helps,

Charles

comments: author: Eddie Connatser
body: Bob, Charles,

Thank you both for your replies! It is correct that the jquery code does remove the sorter class from the table, but the table is still sortable. I even tried removing the sortable classes from the table head \<tr\> and \<th\> tags since I noticed a sorter class applied to them as well. Still no luck.

Thanks again!

Kind regards,  
Eddie


author: Jim Bethancourt
body: I was able to remove the confluenceTable and confluenceTd classes with similar code:

```
&lt;script&gt;jQuery(document).ready(function(){    jQuery('table.confluenceTable').removeClass('confluenceTable');    jQuery('td.confluenceTd').removeClass('confluenceTd');});&lt;/script&gt;
```


author: Daniel Berman
body: One workaround to make it not sortable is to add a merged cell to the table.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: See [CONF-26220](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26220)


author: Andrew Plaisance
body: Within an HTML macro:

```
&lt;script&gt;jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('table').toggleClass('tablesorter doNotSort');});&lt;/script&gt;
```


Tags: table
How to Update Jira content Dynamically in confluence Pages???
Asked by Bala Krishna:

Hi,

We have created a page with all our Backlog list. And using Jira issue Macro i am able to fetch the actual Jira issues in page. But i am facing issues with updates. This list keep changing. and same is not reflecting in Confluence. How to handle this? we want to know how to update Jira issues list dynamically.

Thanks in Advance,

Bala


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: Set the cache parameter to off for the macro.

comments: author: Bala Krishna
body: Thanks Renjith. I am actully search for it. You saved my time. Thanks a lot.


author: Renjith Pillai
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/JIRA+Issues+Macro#JIRAIssuesMacro-Parameters>


author: Renjith Pillai
body: You are welcome :)


author: C. Faysal
body: afaik the jira issue macro gets any updates from jira by itself.

so what ever changes to the issue in Jira...it should be shown in confluence without any manual actions

i believe application-links should be configured to do so

or did i miss the question?

comments: author: C. Faysal
body: ah i see...forget my post...


author: Bala Krishna
body: Np, Faysal. Anyway i appreciate your help.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence New User --- LDAP
Asked by JamesR:

**OVERVIEW** : We have a new employee (named X) starting ***tomorrow*** --- IT created X's main server account (yesterday) so that we may use the account for LDAP Internal Directory on Confluence. We add everyone - individually - to Confluence with an LDAP method.

**EXPERIENCE**: I cannot seem to add X to any groups within Confluence. This is a new experience (never had this issue before). However, this is the first time we've added a NEW employee to Confluence. Typically, we add existing employees to Confluence user groups.

**QUESTION** : For LDAP and Confluence, does X need to sign into the server (*at least the first time*) in order for Confluence to recognize X's LDAP so that I may add X to a user group?


Answers:
author: JamieA
body: CR - it depends on the type of user directory. If it's delegated with the checkbox "copy user on first logon" checked then yes, they need to log in first.

If it's a synchronising directory then when the sync runs you will be able to see the user and add them to groups.

So to clarify, what type of directory is your ldap in confluence -\> admin -\> user directories?

comments: author: JamesR
body: Jamie --- thanks so much for this. We us a "synchronising directory."

Per your guidance, I nav'd to the User Directories and saw that the latest sync occured before X was added. I pressed the "Synchronise" link on the Directory and ... wait for it ... X appeared!

Thanks again, Jamie, for saving me!

Have a great weekend.


Tags: group

ldap
Box in Confluence plugin license problem - solved
Asked by Nick Vvedensky:

When I try to use Box Folder plugin and start Authorize with Box, I recieve message:

**No valid license is installed or your license has expired.**

rev. info: Box in Confluence v. 1.3.0 (evaluation) for Confluence 4.0 - 4.3.5

Best regards. Nick Vvedensky.


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello Nick,

This sounds like a case that you may wish to open a support case with Appfusions.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.appfusions.confluence.plugins.box.box-in-confluence/version/1300/support>

They will be able to tell you a bit more about what is missing to make box work as expected. I would make sure you have your plugin license handy as wll as the version of Conlfuence you are using when you open the support case.

comments: author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Thanks Daniel for jumping in there.

This was the case of our old licensing, vs the new Marketplace licensing.

Legacy customers must get the new licensing via the Marketplace or UPM, for 1st year renewal. After that you should be good to go.

If need help at all - just email us and we will help get you going. [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com)
mov and avi
Asked by Alexander Theiss:

Tried to embed mov or avi files with multimedia in a site. I attachend them and use multimedia makro.

Doesn t work either. I am working with safari.


Answers:
author: LucasA
body: Hi Alexander,

Please double check your content and make sure that you're following this document: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Embedding+Multimedia+Content>

If you still face this error, please raise a support ticket at: <https://support.atlassian.com>

Lucas Lima

Atlassian Support

comments: author: Alexander Theiss
body: Still facing this eror.

I raised a suport ticket


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is JIRA or Confluence support online Retrospective?
Asked by Danny Shi:

Is JIRA or Confluence support online Retrospective? and how if the answer is YES.


Answers:
author: Mateusz Zieli?ski
body: Hi Danny,

I know this question is a little old but you can try the [Agile Retros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.spartez.agile-retros/cloud/overview) app that we've created in Spartez. It is especially useful for distributed teams :)

Cheers,  
Mateusz from the Spartez team


author: Renjith Pillai
body: May be JIRA is not the right one, just you a simple task list in Confluence.

comments: author: Luis Ortiz - Catapult Labs
body: Using [Agile Retros for confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216054/agile-retrospectives-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) and the available [Jira connector](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219413/agile-retros-confluence-jira-connector?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) lets you create Jira issues directly from Confluence.

Check it out!


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Isn't it retrospective just a matter of jotting down the team comments in a confluence page, and if there are items to be done for internal engineering improvements coming from the retrospective, feed them back to the backlog or as sub-tasks to existing stories.

Did I get your queston correctly?

comments: author: Renjith Pillai
body: Add labels, filters based on labels, (or filters based on creator group) and use JIRA voting.


author: Danny Shi
body: But how can we group the items raised by team, and vote?


author: Renjith Pillai
body: It depends, may be stories with sub-tasks.


author: Danny Shi
body: Is that means we have to ceate lots of Epic/Task for each item? Is there any feature like <http://www.ideaboardz.com/>


author: C. Faysal
body: > But how can we group the items raised by team, and vote?
>
add filter like this...

reporter in (membersOf(GroupABC))

and get all issues that have been created by users that are member of "GroupABC"


author: Danny Shi
body: Then it will be lots of tickets - I do not know how can we display all the items in one page, and share in the team for analysis.


author: Danny Shi
body: Is there any simple way?


author: C. Faysal
body: feel free to add 'AND' statements to the jql to make the results fit your need


author: Luis Ortiz - Catapult Labs
body: You can create action items and confluence tasks using [Agile Retrospectives for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/retrospectives4confluence/cloud/overview), we're working on something for JIRA.


author: Luis Ortiz - Catapult Labs
body: We now have the[Jira version](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218860/agile-retrospectives-for-jira) available and [a Jira connector](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219413/agile-retros-confluence-jira-connector?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) to host retros in Confluence and send the results to Jira!   
Check them out!  


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do place text and macro content in one line
Asked by Julio Mugabe:

In Confluence 3.5,

{noformat}

\*Location:\* {metadata:Location}Germany Rm 938{metadata}.

{noformat}

renders in one line. In Confluence 4.x, it renders in two separates lines, it somehow forces a line break and places the macro content on the second line. How can I format this so that it shows up in one line.


Answers:
author: EddieW
body: Sorry if I am missing something, but doesn't

{noformat}\*Location:\* {metadata:Location}Germany Rm 938{metadata}.{noformat} get the display results you want?


Tags: editor
Next/Back buttons not working after creating templates
Asked by Julio Mugabe:

I created a template and when I tried to create a page off of it, I clicked the next/back button but nothing happens. Is this a bug.


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey, may I ask you if have any customization in your Confluence? If yes, could you please check in *Confluence Admin \> Look and Feel* and verify the following:  

\* Themes: See which theme you're using, switch back to the default if you're not using it already.  
\* Layouts: See if you have any custom layout defined, if yes then make a backup and reset to default.  
\* Stylesheet: See if you have custom stylesheet, if yes then make a backup and reset to default.  
\* Custom HTML: See if you have any custom HTML defined, if yes then reset to default.  

I hope this helps.  

Cheers,  

WZ


Tags: template
confluence watcher notifications always on
Asked by Stephane LeBourdais:

Hello

We have the situation where even if we uncheck the watcher notification, the watcher receives an email.

How can we stop this from happenning ?

Stephane


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: Are they watching the Space itself?

comments: author: Renjith Pillai
body: May be try with one user not to watch the space.


author: Stephane LeBourdais
body: Thanks for the answers.

I'll check group config.

They are watching the space.


author: Stephane LeBourdais
body: The point is that eventhough they are watching, is you uncheck the notify watcher they still receive the email, which shouldn't happen...


author: Ethan Foulkes
body: I've also recently come across this problem. Stephane - did you ever figure out what was causing it for you?


author: Luis Mayora
body: May be is a group that is receiving the emails?


Tags: cloud
Does Confluence provide any keyboard shortcuts for managing tasks?
Asked by OmairM:

If the answer is no, a followup question is: are there any open bugs to add this? (I want to add my vote to this)...

I'm aware of the type 'g' and then 'n' to open up the notifications area but not anything specific to tasks.


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello,

We have the following document on managing tasks.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence>

Please note the "keyboard shortcusts" section of the page.

Tasks are a part of the notification area. One needs to click on the tasks button in this panel to bring up the task management piece of Confluence.

I am of course happy to file your request for improved keyboard shortcuts. What functionality is currently missing that you would like?


author: Rahul Aich [Nagra]
body: I am assuming you have gone through the keyboard shortcuts for confluence.

If not, here's the link

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Keyboard+Shortcuts>

Rahul