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Is it possible to vew only a few recents versions (of the attachment)instead the full history?
Asked by Sabina Atamov:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Attachment Versions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658737034)*

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Answers:
author: John Price
body: This is also driving our users crazy. We have convinced people to use Confluence instead of SharePoint for most things, but when they attach an Excel file, it ends up with 50+ versions and you have to scroll way down to Edit in Office. Anyone know of a feature request in this area? I'll link it if I find one.


author: Sabina Atamova
body: Thank you Jing!

For certain documents there can be dozens of version. Once you click on the expand menu you see all of them and you have to scroll down to see the menu. Users only wish to see the last few updates vs. the whole history. A workaround would be having the menu at the top so they don't have to go all the way down to see it. But I am not sure if its possible to move the menu.Picture1.png

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-it-possible-to-vew-only-a-few-recents-versions-of-the/qaq-p/392774?attachment-id=12832){#link_11869af47d918a}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/66507/1/Picture1.png){#display_11869af47d918a_0}


author: jing_hwa_cheok
body: Hi Sabina,

Unfortunately, this feature is not available in the Confluence at this moment. However, you should be able to see the few recent version of the attachment in the top of the list if you expand the attachment view.

If you don't mind, can you elaborate how this feature is important or relevant to you? I can help you create a feature request with these information.

<br />

<br />


Tags: attachment

version
How can I create a group? I am confluence admin
Asked by Simo Martinovic:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Adding or Removing Users in Groups](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=138321)*

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Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Go to user management -\> groups and click "add group".

This only applies if your user directories are read/write - if you've got an external user system and it's read only, you'll need to be admin on that instead of Confluence.
How to apply redirection on all pages on a space?
Asked by Rahul Aich [Nagra]:

Hi All

Ihave recently migrated a confluence space from Server A to B.

I want to be able to get users to automatically get redirected from all pages on the migrated space on Server A to Server B.

I am aware of the redirection plugin but you have to apply it on each and every page manually.

Are there any easier options? Plugins? workarounds?

Rahul


Answers:
author: Branno
body: Hey Rahul,

I'm not sure of a plugin that would easily allow this, but it is something you could accomplish using JavaScript. The following will redirect any users accessing a page on the specified space on Server A to the same page on Server B. You will want to paste the following into the 'At the end of the HEAD' section of the Custom HTML section of the Confluence Administration screen.

```
<script type="text/javascript">	function Redirect(newUrl, path) {		window.location = newUrl + path;	}	space = "TEST";	if (space == AJS.params.spaceKey) {		var newUrl = "http://new.confluence.com"		var path = window.location.pathname;		Redirect(newUrl, path);	}</script>
```

If you would prefer to warn users, you could use an Alert and set a timeout like below:

```
<script type="text/javascript">	function Redirect(newUrl, path) {		window.location = newUrl + path;	}	space = "TEST";	if (space == AJS.params.spaceKey) {		var newUrl = "http://new.confluence.com"		var path = window.location.pathname;		alert("You will be redirected to the new page location in 3 seconds.");		setTimeout('Redirect(newUrl, path)', 3000);	}</script>
```

To use this, simply edit 'space' to the space key of the space you want this to run in. Also, set the newUrl variable to the hostname of the new Confluence server.

Stephen

comments: author: Paul LaBarbera
body: This is awesome. I couldn't get the variation with the Alert to work, but version 1 solved a huge issue I had. Thank you!


author: Stavros_Rougas_EasyApps
body: Since server has had an end of life many of you have moved to cloud. It doesn't allow you to use JavaScript like in server. You might not have a choice but to use an app.

In cloud you can't technically do a redirection. Reach out if you want to know more. This is the app we built for cloud [Redirection by Easy Apps](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224699/redirection-by-easy-apps?hosting=cloud&tab=overview).


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence for high level communication?
Asked by Nathan Davis:

Issue: We have a company consisting of a few different software divisions, each independently run and not all using the same tool set for tracking issues aka JIRA, or using their own instances of JIRA without a coordinated definition for an EPIC.

Upper level management wants to have a super high level view of the projects in an ideation phase that division is working on. These are projects where we are thinking of implementing and want to see that division A and division B are both thinking about the same problem, maybe they should talk about what they know, learning, and possible solutions. We probably only need to track:

* Quick summary
* Point of Contact
* division thinking of idea
* Area (Product change, Technical / Architectural change, Operations)
* maybe a longer description, but this is optional. Often time simply knowing the summary is enough info

What we are simply looking for is Group A is working on implementing:

1. Caching tier
2. Photo Storage
3. New iOS app for XXXX
4. Deployment tooling for pushing changes to PROD

These are a few quick examples. How can we do this effectively with Confluence?

* I though about creating a template page for this info, which works, but requires training, super minimal, but it exist.
* I also found <https://lab.spectrumgroupe.fr/confluence/display/SBD/Ideation+user+guide+-+V1.X> which seems like it could also work, but gives us a bit more info then we may really need.

Are there any other plugins out there to investigate? Am I missing something basic with Confluence, templates, plugins ect?

Casey Daniell


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Nathan/Casey,

Two features that you might find helpful.

Roadmap Planner macro to display the high level projects on a timeline.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Roadmap+Planner+Macro>

Each of the items on the timeline, can be mapped to a Confluence page with further information that you have listed above such as point of contact, area, etc. You might want to organize the pages into different areas such as Product Chance, Technical/Architectural Chance, etc.

For each of the pages, you can use Confluence Blueprints to define a page template that teams can just fill in.

For more information on Blueprints, refer to <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Blueprints>

So your Confluence space may look something like this.

Space Program Management

* Page: Program Roadmap (Roadmap linked to different child pages like Project X, Project A, below)
* Page: Product Changes
  * Child page: Project X
  * Child Page: Project Y
* Page: Technical Changes
  * Child Page: Project A
* Page: Architectural Changes
  * Child Page: Project B
query to get all users from sql server
Asked by Stefan Baader:

The following query (for PocketQuery) doesn't run for MS SQL database, only for MySQL:

can you give me the MS SQL query?

SELECT u.user_name, d.directory_name, l.successdate  
FROM logininfo l  
JOIN user_mapping m ON m.user_key = l.username  
JOIN cwd_user u ON m.username = u.user_name  
JOIN cwd_directory d ON u.directory_id = [d.id](http://d.id)  
ORDER BY successdate;


Answers:
author: jing_hwa_cheok
body: Hi Stefan,

<br />

What is the error that you see when you try to ran the query? Most of the time MS SQL database is configure to be case sensitive therefore the column and table name casing in the query must match with the one in the database.  

In my case, the query rans after changing the casing of the column:

```
SELECT u.user_name, d.directory_name, l.SUCCESSDATEFROM logininfo lJOIN user_mapping m ON m.user_key = l.USERNAMEJOIN cwd_user u ON m.username = u.user_nameJOIN cwd_directory d ON u.directory_id = d.idORDER BY SUCCESSDATE;
```

Hope this helps!
Date and time changes for 1 specific document
Asked by Helpdesk Helpdesk:

Hallo,

i want to make at table :

left side the Name of a linked Word Document,

on the right side the date and time of Change for this word document

Is this possible


Answers:
author: Matthias Born
body: Have a look at the attachment-macro,  
It displays attachment name and modification date.  
And there's a parameter named "Filename Patterns" so you can show only word documents

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/attachments-macro-97911315.html>


Tags: confluence-administration
In our AD we summarized 3 domain in 1 domain. Does it work with less then 10'000 user?
Asked by Reto Umberg:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [User Management Limitations and Recommendations](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=230817933)*

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Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: If you are looking for support, please open a ticket at <https://support.atlassian.com>

This is a community user-forum.


author: Tim Eddelb?ttel
body: Hello Reto,

10000+ Active Directory Users are no problem.

Regards,  
Tim

comments: author: Reto Umberg
body: Hello Tim

Thank you for information.

It was not possible to synchronyse the directories. With 1000 (or 2000) user synchro the process was broken.

The AD forest is working well, but not the sync to Confluence. Where can we receive more information?

Would it be possible to involve more persons from us in this communication?

Best regards

Reto


Tags: documentation
answer on inline comment
Asked by Jonathan Maas:

Hi,

if I write an inline comment and someone answers it, do I get a notification?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Sarah Heimeier
body: Hi Jonathan,   
Yes, you will get a notification when someone responds to your inline comment. The notification will appear in the top right hand corner, next to your profile picture, in the 'tray'

I hope this helps!


Tags: inline-comment
Is it safe to manually delete files older the 48hr in confuence/temp directory?
Asked by Fred Pezzimenti:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Too Many Files in the Temp Directory - Change the Backup Directory for a Manual Backup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=104300768)*

Is it safe to manually delete files older than 48hr in Confluence/temp directory? The schedule appears to be working in our Confluence version 5.8.9 but does not delete files. It has grown to \~35Gb, with files older than 1year. Once deleted (require to recover capacity quickly) need to resolve why the schedule task is not working.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Generally, you'll mostly find that it is. But, there's **always** a chance that it's not, depending on your usage patterns and add-ons.

If you shut Confluence down first though, then yes, it's safe as it can always rebuild anything it needs from scratch.


author: Fred Pezzimenti
body: Thank you Nic. Need to understand why tmp file accumulating at 2gb a day. In the meantime have purged old files to maintain the service. Ill restart the confluence after installing a fix. Thanks again

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I've seen it build (but later delete) very large temporary files when people are (ab)using Confluence for video and other large file storage - check your maximum upload size.  

(Note - that's just one thing I remember, there's lots of other stuff that might be doing this, I think)


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
hide the page tree in a space
Asked by Kaylie Ogweno:

How do I hide the entire page tree in a specific space?


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: You can restrict the top page using page restrictions:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html>

The view restriction is passed down to the children/descendants, so whoever does not have the view permission that you set will not be able to see the entire tree of pages.
how do I enable the site activity information
Asked by Daureen Green:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Viewing Site Statistics](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=123043962)*

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Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: You'll need to go into the add-ons section of the administrator menu, click on "System" in the drop-down menu (where it says "user-installed"), and enable the plugin called "Confluence Usage Stats".


Tags: activity
Confluence Sharepoint connector on Linux + SharePoint 2013
Asked by EchoP:

Hello,

we have (I know bad practice) SharePoint 2013 and Confluence Wiki installed on 1 server (obviously Windows Server). My goal is go split those in 2 servers but I am curious if I installed Confluence on Linux would Sharepoint Connector still going to work? What are the caveats if it will work on a linux hosts?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads {unmonitored account}
body: Yes, it will still work. One consideration is that Confluence needs to trust SharePoint's SSL certificate. If you're using a self-signed certificate for SharePoint (hopefully not!), this definitely has to be added to Confluence's keystore. Instructions for doing that on Linux are here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/connecting-to-ssl-services-117455.html#ConnectingtoSSLservices-commandline>

If you're using a signed certificate from a well-trusted CA, it should just work without needing to do the import.

Cheers!

Source: Our organization uses the SharePoint Connector and runs Confluence on CentOS 6


Tags: confluence-administration
How can i configure subspace plugin
Asked by Wolf-Christian von Trotha:

Hi habe an Atlassian Conluence installation and the plugin subspace is activate. I find the Subspace Configuration but not the Space Administrator to mange / add a new space.

Can anybody explain where it is ?

Auf deutsch w?re noch besser.


Answers:
author: Marcel Woschek
body: Hey,

du musst im gew?nschten Bereich zur Bereichskonfiguration und dort auf "Erweiterungen":

image2016-7-21 13:10:59.png

Dort findest du dann das:

image2016-7-21 13:11:37.png

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-i-configure-subspace-plugin/qaq-p/364969?attachment-id=8867){#link_119058a664ad52}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/61691/1/image2016-7-21%2013%3A11%3A37.png){#display_119058a664ad52_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-i-configure-subspace-plugin/qaq-p/364969?attachment-id=8868){#link_119058a664ad52_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/61691/2/image2016-7-21%2013%3A10%3A59.png){#display_119058a664ad52_2}


Tags: confluence-administration
Using the Confluence Groovy script macro, how do I get the logged in user and full page url?
Asked by Joe Bishop:

When I am in the Groovy Macro within a confluence page, how do I get the logged in user name and the full page URL?

I see examples for the Run or user macros, but I am within the Groovy Script macro.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: JamieA
body: You didn't specify the plugin you are using so I'll give you the answer for [ScriptRunner for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.onresolve.confluence.groovy.groovyrunner)... it's probably the same for others.

Get the current user with:

```
import com.atlassian.confluence.user.AuthenticatedUserThreadLocalAuthenticatedUserThreadLocal.get() // gets the current user
```

Not sure why you need the full page URL, normally you get what you need from the context:

```
import com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.descriptor.web.WebInterfaceContext(context as WebInterfaceContext).get...
```

You may be able to get the page URL with:

```
import com.opensymphony.webwork.ServletActionContextdef request = ServletActionContext.getRequest()request.getRequestURI()
```

(untested)... and there will not always be an http request.


Tags: scriptrunner
Why are my new spaces and blog posts acting like they don't exist?
Asked by Alana Griffin:

We have a staging and production server, and this problem is happening on both.

When I create a new space, it won't come up when I search for it. But if I added it to the navigation in our theme designer plug-in, I can get to it that way.

Similarly, when I create a new blog post, it won't show up in the list of the blog posts in the Blog Stream macro. The old posts will be listed, but anything new this week acts like it doesn't exist. Until I go to the actual Space Blog, then I can see all of the blogs there.

We're not sure if it's the macros acting strange (not pulling in new posts), or if new things (spaces and blog posts) are having the problem. This is new this week, as there was no problem on Friday. To our knowledge, nothing has changed in the system since then (other than creating new spaces and such).

Thank you in advance.


Answers:
author: Alana Griffin
body: We restarted the Confluence instance finally, and that has seemed to do the trick so far.


Tags: blog

space
where are we adding comments in change history markup
Asked by smridhi anand:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Change-History Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=154632795)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: In the comments.

I think you've only asked half a question here.


Tags: change-history

documentation
Can a link in a draw.io diagram point to an anchor on another page?
Asked by henningvanackeren:

I can add a link in the draw.io diagram. However, the link dialog is not offering me the "advanced" option, which - on Confluence pages - serves to create a link to an anchor.

I can't see an obvious solution for that.


Answers:
author: Boris
body: We currently don't support linking to anchors but it's a feature we will consider for future releases.

comments: author: henningvanackeren
body: Thanks!


author: Anna Zekunova
body: Can you conciser it faster, pleas!


author: lajlev
body: Would be very useful ?


author: Anna Zekunova
body: Can I vote for this feature in your backlog?


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Please submit this issue to our [feature requests](https://draw.uservoice.com/forums/266072-feature-requests/filters/top) (and comment on this thread so others can vote on it).


author: henningvanackeren
body: I just posted it here:

<https://draw.uservoice.com/forums/266072-feature-requests/suggestions/31572940-provide-a-way-to-create-a-link-to-an-anchor>

Please vote there!


Tags: anchor

draw.io
Archiving a space will revoke R/W permissions on a space?
Asked by Rahul Aich [Nagra]:

Hi All

I want to know that if i archive a space on confluence, then will it make its contents hidden if accessed directly viaURL?

Rahul


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: No, the only thing it does is not show it in the main area of the space directory and hides it from the search results (unless the "search archived spaces" is checked).

It does not change the permissions at all and it does not hide the contents. That would have to be done separately via the permissions screen.


Tags: confluence-administration
Importing Bulk HTML files into Confluence
Asked by Shoab Hussain:

Is it possible to import bulk HTML content available on my system using this Add-on into Confluence?


Answers:
author: Rafael Corredor
body: Hi,

I have the same need. Add lots of html files as pages. I am currently trying to proceed with (confluence 5.6.5) <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf56/importing-pages-from-disk-658736956.html> with html files and doc files, but it does not work.

Shoab, have you tried it?


author: Shoab Hussain
body: I have never tried the same, Rafael..Let me try it.


Tags: addon-net.meixxi.confluence.docs.docs-plugin
Personal task info missing in workbox.
Asked by Jules:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Managing Tasks in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=591595825)*

When I click on the workbox icon I can only see notifications, there is no tab for seeing or creating personal tasks. Have I missed a config setting somewhere to enable this? The referenced article clearly shows a separate tab for tasks...

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Miguel Reimer
body: They should work from the workbox in Confluence 5.4, but the comment on the page Shiva links to is correct as Confluence 5.5 moved the tasks out of the workbox:
>
> ### Personal tasks tab removed from the workbox {#toc-hId-1448136031}
>
> As part of our work on tasks, the Personal Tasks tab, previously accessed from the Notifications box ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/480346431/WorkboxIcon.png?version=1&modificationDate=1394150534646&api=v2) in the header, has been removed.
>
> If a user has incomplete personal tasks, the first time they access the Personal Tasks tab Confluence will notify the user of this change and email any incomplete personal tasks to the user's registered email address. The email also provides instructions for how to add these tasks to a page so they can be managed as ordinary tasks.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-5-5-upgrade-notes-435552950.html>


author: Shiva Harris
body: I did run across this: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/38380651>, which says tasks were removed from the workbox over a year ago?


author: Shiva Harris
body: Same here! I have been trying to figure this out for a while now. I used to assign myself tasks as notes all the time, and really liked being able to check things off my list.I was actually just about to demo this feature to some team members when I noticed it was no longer there.

I've had our Confluence admins try all sorts of things, too, but nothing seems to have brought this functionality back, and the documentation I've seen specifically around problems with tasks is kind of vague, or not exactly the issue I'm seeing.


author: Fabiana Roxo
body: @Julian Stuhler, did you manage to solve this? I am facing the same problem.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

task
Restrictions on label naming
Asked by Shaun Lumley:

Receiving an error on generation of a Page Properties Report for label `sp-release`. Altering a couple Page Properties and the Page Properties Report to the label `sp-releas` displays those properties correctly in the report. I've looked into other causes, but want to rule out label name restrictions.

1. Is `sp-release` a restricted label name?
2. Are there any label name restrictions *(ie. cannot start with a number, no punctuation, etc.)*, and where are they documented?


Answers:
author: Shaun Lumley
body: This is for Confluence 5.9


Tags: label