youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Autmatically add a specific label to the page when a user inserts a user macro?
Asked by Jonathan Martens:

In our Confluence wiki I would like to create some specific macros to be used for instance for a project that is still under review.

I would like the user to be able to add the user macro, for instance called {UnderReview}. When this macro is inserted I would also like a "underreview" label to be added to the page so we can list those pages easily. I prefer this to be part of the user macro so users can not forget this as this is automatically done.

I am used to mediawiki where you could just insert a category in your user macro by simply adding \[\[Category::UnderReview\]\].

I have not found a method to do so with Confluence. Here is an example of the source of such a macro in a mediawiki setup: [http://wiki.contribs.org/index.php?title=Template:Needs_review\&action=edit](http://wiki.contribs.org/index.php?title=Template:Needs_review&action=edit)

Is this possible? And how would I do so?


Answers:
author: Chung Park Chan
body: Would this be helpful?

<http://www.adaptavist.com/display/AtlassianConfluence/add-label+macro>


author: Jonathan Martens
body: That might be a very good solution, unfortunately I can not test it as it is not (yet) compatible with version 5.2 (we are running 5.2.3 ATM) as is written in the comments at <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.labeltools#tabs-reviews>


Tags: confluence-administration
Save user config
Asked by Thomas Schroeder:

Hi,

What is the best way to save user config in confluence?

I am building a blog macro and the user should be able to save his preferences (like sorting the blogs by title or date).

I found some infos here <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Persistence+in+Confluence> but I am still wondering if there is an easier way so save data per user (maybe in the User Settings?)

Cheers,

Thomas


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/DOCS/Active+Objects>


Tags: user-management
How to automate data plotting in wiki chart?
Asked by DEBASREE KANJILAL:

I am using chart macro to plot line and bar graphs in my atlassian wiki.

However, I am editing the underlying table manually from data points gathered from another java utility.

I would like to automate this end to end process such that my utility gathers the data and updates the same in the wiki table which in turn will generate the charts.

How do i accomplish this? I have been searching for any API support from this chart macro plugin or something in line...

Note: I referenced <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Wiki+Markup+Examples+for+Chart+Macro> for using the charts in my wiki.

Thanks in advance!

DK


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: A combination of SQL macro OR Beanshell macro along with Chart macro can be used to load the data.

<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SCRP/Beanshell+Macro>

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.sql>

comments: author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Adding to this, you can use anything that produces an HTML table in the body of the chart macro. Using sql or scripting as Renjith indicated. Other approaches are CSV using the [CSV macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/CSV+macro), [XSLT Macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/HTML/XSLT+Macro), [HTML Macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/HTML/HTML+Macro), or other Confluence macros that produce tables.


author: DEBASREE KANJILAL
body: Thanks Renjith \& Bob.

Yeah, meanwhile, I came across the csv macro, and was checking that out :)

Will surely evaluate the options suggested you guys have suggested above!

Will get back if I face a roadblock.

Thanks again!


author: Badrinath Ramamurthy
body: We use a solution that

(a) Gathers data to be plotted into an excel sheet.... we hve some python code that does this.

(b) Posts the above excel sheet to the wiki as an attachment to the page.... post to the wiki using xmlrpc via python.

(c) Use a chart macro in the wiki page to display the data in the excel sheet... you are probably already doing this.

The program that does (a) above is just a cron job and picks up data from a db which is where some other program stuffs the data offline. In some case these two are integrated.

comments: author: DEBASREE KANJILAL
body: Thanks for sharing your solution, Badrinath.

Here goes mine -

I am currently parsing my source html using jsoup and generating csv. This csv I am copying to a location which is accessible as a web url. Csv generation and availability in the accessible location is achieved through shellscript which runs as a cron job on daily basis.

This csv is being consumed by the wiki's csv macro, which is further nested in the chart macro (both line and bar).

Happy new year!

-Debasree


Tags: chart

macro

wiki
creating a confluence page in multiple language (arabic-english)
Asked by john jimmi:

Hello   
My question is how I can create a page that have english and arabic together

suppose that I'm making an arabic page that have some English technical word.  

before in linux UBUNTU while the language was arabic we press:  
HOME key and then after that alt+\] and the arabic and english words format properly.  

right now I'm working on windows OS and those composite keys doesn't work for me and the english words stay at the left and any other arabic word after that corrupt. I had a hard time to find how to correct this and I couldn't find any solution ...  

do you know how can I do it inside windows ???


Answers:
author: Josch Bencke
body: There have been some discussions regarding "multiple language support" around here. Check the database to find them. I remember posting something along the line of "best practices language" a year ago or two

comments: author: john jimmi
body: Hi, I already find how I can fix this problem in Windows.  
In windows If I'm typing Arabic/Persian and I want to put one English word in front of those words, I can press home keyboard button and write my English word \& then press end and continue with the rest of my Arabic/Persian words.  

Thanks anyways !
confirmation of participation in a course
Asked by Silvio Knizek:

Hello,

I search for some plugin/hack/etc. which includes some kind of participation-confirmation for our in-house training. You should specify the maximum number of participants and the time, where no more applications are accepted.

Needed for Atlassian Confluence 3.4.8

Thank you in advance.

Regards

Silvio


Answers:
author: Mick Davidson
body: Silvio,

How about using the task functionality? You could have a set number of tick/check boxes and invite people to add their names and select the tick/check box.

That way you'd know who was responding (as you'd be notified) and will know when enough people have signed up.

If you wanted specific people to attend, then you could use the task and the @mention functionality together.

Just an idea though, at least it doesn't involve waiting for a macro to be written. :)

Cheers.

comments: author: Silvio Knizek
body: Not a bad idea, I think I go with this one. Thank you very much, Mick.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I used to find the confluence RSVP macro good for this, but it's no longer maintained.

I'd have a look at the marketplace - using the keyword "survey" brings back some options I'd look at (not quite an attendance register, but there could be something there that would do the job for you)

comments: author: Silvio Knizek
body: Hi Nic,

We already use the survey plugin and it's really well suited, but ... it'sn't exactly what I want. You know, with the survey plugin options can be chosen multiple time. I want a plugin which allows only one user per option. Like some flight booking with seat reservation.


author: rambabu patina
body: Hi Silvio,

Do you want the user confirmation on the wiki pages?

Have a look on <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/avono-read-confirmation-plugin>

\& <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/PACO>

Hope helps you,

Patina

comments: author: Silvio Knizek
body: Hi Rambabu,

No, I don't search for a read confirmation, but more like a survey, where every entry can be chosen only once.


Tags: participant
Template Instructional Text
Asked by Wayne Hansen:

Is it possible to use a multi-excerpt include as the instructional text in a template?


Answers:
author: Josch Bencke
body: Hmm ... what are you trying to achieve. If you want to display text inside a template that should not be rendered on the wikipage, I use two approaches

1) include a {info macro "Read me first - and delete me before saving"

2) use the "scroll office" plugin macros to mark a certain text as "do not display on wikipage"


author: Wayne Hansen
body: Thank you, I ended up not going that route and using a different method


author: Josch Bencke
body: Oops - i justblearnd my knowledge is outdated. There even is a feature "instructional text" in the template editor now. See the doc reg. Creating templates
Waiting for product key after ordering Alfresco in Atlassian Confluence
Asked by Chris Held:

Hi!

On the 24th of october we ordered the Alfresco in Atlassian Confluence plugin as it could not be obtained through the Atlassian market place. We have yet to recieve a key to enable the full version and are running on a trial version since the 29th of october. Can you please give us an estimate on how long the process will take for us to get the key? It would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Chris


Answers:
author: Peter Van de Voorde
body: Hi Chris,

I would contact the Appfusion support directly here : <http://www.appfusions.com/display/CONFALF/Support>

They should be able to help you, this is more a community for Atlassian users and less for product licensing.

Best regards,

Peter

comments: author: Peter Van de Voorde
body: Hi Chris,

Twitter is also a great alternative to get a quick response ;)

Good luck.

Peter


author: Chris Held
body: Hi Peter,

Thanks for the quick reply. I've placed my question there before I placed it here. But since they did not answer to a question I sent them last week and actually have not given any sign of being alive I decided I may be able to poke them in here. I saw they also reacted to other posts on this site. :)

Cheers,

Chris


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Sorry you had delays - we were changing around our support personnel at the time. Growing pains. Yet far evolved now!


author: Chris Held
body: Thanks, Peter! I'll use that as a last resort tomorrow. :)
Resizing the PDF viewer
Asked by minesh patel:

Hello,

I have a pdf that I want to embed in my confluence site. However, when I do that the pdf viewer takes up almost half of my page. I have resized my pdf to 50% thinking that viewer would resize itself because of the pdf. What I want is to have a smaller pdf viewer.

I have tired almost everything I can think off. Can another help with the problem I have??

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Pedro Rodrigues
body: Hi,

The Link Preview ([](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.xpandit.plugins.linkpreview-confluence)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.xpandit.plugins.linkpreview-confluence>) is a great Confluence Utility. You can preview PDF documents, images and webpages.

Try it now.

Best Regards,

PMRodrigues


author: Susanna Moore
body: As I know, the width of PDF viewer will not automatically change to be suitable for PDF document page and vice versa. If you want to set a suitable window of [PDF viewer](http://www.rasteredge.com/dotnet-imaging/web-document-viewer.shtml) [to read and view PDF](http://www.rasteredge.com/how-to/winforms-net-imaging/pdf-reading/), then, you may need to set the document viewer to be auto adjustment medel.


author: arron lee
body: You want to resize the PDF viewer? I am just learning about how to build [PDF viewers](http://www.yiigo.com/guides/csharp/how-to-create-pdf-viewer.shtml) with the help of some manual tools which can be customized by users according to our own favors to help [view PDF files](http://www.yiigo.com/guides/csharp/how-to-read-pdf.shtml) these days. I think the PDF viewer you build by yourself can be absolutely resizable. You can also google it and select one whose way of processing is simple and fast to help you with the related work. Remember to check its free trial package first if possible. I hope you success. Good luck.  

<br />

<br />

Best regards,  
Arron


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence 5.3 and the creator field on content table
Asked by kevin anderson:

Is there a way to retrieve the user name from the hash data that is in the creator field after the 5.3 update? After the update, several of our usage reporting sql scripts no longer show the user id, but instead the new hash data.

ex.

```
select contentid, title, creator, pageid, contenttype from content c
```

\<th title="contentid"\>contentid\</th\>\<th title="title"\>title\</th\>\<th title="creator"\>creator\</th\>\<th title="pageid"\>pageid\</th\>\<th title="contenttype"\>contenttype\</th\>

|----------|-----------|----------------------------------|---|------|
| 30606992 | my_page_1 | 8a8340fa42113ad50142113bb9623a35 |   | PAGE |


Answers:
author: HosseinA
body: Hi,

You can run the SQL query below against your database, and it will return the username.

```
select username from user_mapping where user_key='8a8340fa42113ad50142113bb9623a35';
```

comments: author: kevin anderson
body: I appreciate the quick response. I hope this is the key I need, but I have a small issue with implementing the solution:

My user is in the following groups on our confluence server:

* [administrators](http://10.3.192.123:8090/admin/users/domembersofgroupsearch.action?membersOfGroupTerm=administrators)
* [system-administrators](http://10.3.192.123:8090/admin/users/domembersofgroupsearch.action?membersOfGroupTerm=system-administrators)
* [users](http://10.3.192.123:8090/admin/users/domembersofgroupsearch.action?membersOfGroupTerm=users)

But when I attempt to update our usage statistics scripts with a reference to the user_mapping table in a SQL macro, I get the following:

Error rendering macro 'sql' : org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: permission denied for relation user_mapping


author: vu chinh
body: * good very good


Tags: sql
Is there a way to edit the layout and grouping in the Confluence People Directory?
Asked by Joe Yuska:

We would like to change the layout and displayed data in the People Directory, as well as possibly segregate the display by group membership. Is there a relatively way to do this, or are we looking at a plugin?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: This plugin advertises "adapt the epeople directory" perhaps that will provide the needed functionality:

<http://www.communardo.de/home/user-profile-plugin-2/user-profile-plugin/>


author: Davin Studer
body: Plugin.


Tags: confluence-administration
Argh! Safari beachballing when viewing pages
Asked by Roberto Dominguez:

I've noticed safari (6.x) beachballing big time when viewing pages. I've upgraded to 5.3.1 and removed suspected plugins, but still get the browser to beachball frequently for at least a couple of seconds.

It gotta be loading the RTE for comments but I have not nailed it down, anybody seen this problem before?

Roberto


Answers:
author: Mike Pollitt
body: I get this too. With the hosted version of both Jira and Confluence. Particularly after submitting a comment on a page or issue. Very, very annoying.
Problem with anchors and import from Word to Confluence
Asked by Thomas Zobel:

If I import content from Word to Confluence the anchors of the TOC works fine but all anchors in the paragraph disappear. Is there a solution to keep all anchors in the dokument?


Answers:
author: Josch Bencke
body: AFAIK: Nope. And the toc-ancors are static links inside a wikipage as well - so they are only usable for an initial start. You can best use it to sort your documents in a tree-hierarchy along the original word toc.

Once you start editing the structure, your toc runs out of sync.

On the other hand - thats not really bad, I think. Its the nature of the wiki, that you can rearrange and link in all directions, so the toc would only be for exporting. The hierarchytree pane on the left is the "online-live" toc, constantly updated and always correct.


Tags: anchor

ms-word
password reset not working
Asked by Mich P:

i forget my password to atlassian id ([mipr@efuzja.pl](mailto:mipr@efuzja.pl)) and not recive mail from atlassian. Please support


Answers:
author: RambanamP
body: submit support request @ <https://support.atlassian.com/>


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

You can send an e-mail directly to our sales team. sales@atlassian.com  
They should be able to help you.

Cheers,  
WZ
Confluence will not display correctly in Firefox
Asked by Stef Schrader:

Whenever I open Confluence in Firefox, I frequently get a blank page with plain text or a page where the header links are all in a list and overlapping each other, like the style sheet/page design must not be loading at all.

I'm running Firefox 25.0 on Windows 7. Nothing I seem to do--clearing cache/cookies, restarting Firefox, restarting my computer--seems to help. Did I accidentally select the wrong settings to use Firefox?

I know Confluence works best with IE, but I do NOTHING else in IE and it's a huge hassle to switch browsers back and forth all the time.

Please help! Sometimes it also repeats the image tabs at the top all across the page, effectively displaying a bunch of grey and white stripes over my content. It's unusable.


Answers:
author: Stef Schrader
body: Fixed via reinstalling Firefox.


author: Steven Ventimiglia
body: If anyone experiences this issue again, the solution would be pressing CTRL-F5.

This is not just a way of refreshing the page (like CTRL-R) in Windows, but it also clears the browser cache and forces it to download the assets to a page as if you've never been there before.

I posted this comment, since it's a fairly valuable thing for Project Managers to know as well. It will allow you to see your teams work with "fresh eyes" (although a small discussion over coffee can help as well.) :wink:

comments: author: Eddy
body: **++THIS++! ?**


author: Thomas Krawczyk
body: I'm also getting similar issues. I just tried loading the same page in FF and IE.

FF: side nav bar never loaded and status kept spinning

IE: loaded fine

Chrome: loaded fine


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence works best with IE? That's a new one to me, as IE seems to be the only one that gives me any problems!

Anyway, is it possible to try it quickly in Chrome? If it's ok there, then it proves it's a firefox issue, if not, then there's something really odd going on! Either way, could you also try Firefox in "safe mode" (you've tried all the other things I'd say to try with the browser), so there are no plugins loaded at all? I've run into loads of problems with Firefox, but only two turned out to be unrelated to plugins, and both of them were bugs in Confluence affecting all browsers...

comments: author: Stef Schrader
body: It seems to work fine in Chrome.


author: Stef Schrader
body: I tried turning off plugins when it started acting up again.

That didn't work. It still got to a point where it won't load.

Now I just get a blank page and nothing loads.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hmm, then there's something odd in the core of firefox then. (You did mean you turned off all your Firefox plugins, not Confluence ones?). Might be worth looking at colleagues Firefoxes too - it works fine here for me.


Tags: firefox
Upgrade Confluence from 5.2.3 to 5.3 fails.
Asked by James Golden:

I have attempted to confluence two times now and each one has failed and I cannot find a reason why. I would like help getting it up and running as it is currently down and NOT have to spend an hour rolling back again.


Answers:
author: Chung Park Chan
body: Have you created a ticket on support.atlassian.com? We can proceed invesitgation there.
Adding users to Confluence and Jira
Asked by James Simon:

I set up a trial account and I want to add more users (we're already at our limit). Can you walk me through this? By the way, we like it!


Answers:
author: StevenA
body: Hi James,

You can add more user to **JIRA** and **Confluence** even you have reached the license limit. Just following below steps:

1. Main **menu** -\> **Administration** -\>**User Management**.

2. Enter require fields, then, click on top right **Create User** button, **uncheck** **Application Access** boxes (both **JIRA** \& **Confluence** ) and **Create**.

3. Then, the new user is created. However, he can not access either **JIRA** or Confluence as the **Application Access license limit** has been reached. Just click on **Application Access link** on the left menu, then you can add / remove those accesses for some users.

By configuring this, you can have more users than the limit number, however, the **active** user number is always less than or equal to the limit.

Best Regards

Steven

comments: author: Cindy Kerber Spellman
body: Where do you find the main menu? Am an admin, have gone to our dashboard and can only see projects, no main menu


author: StevenA
body: References: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Managing+Users>


Tags: user
Bulk Import of Word documents with page content
Asked by Russell Arno:

Hello,

Using Confluence 5.3.1, is there a way to bulk import Word documents with each document as a page with full searchable content of the ducument displayed on the page? I have seen the question posed several times, but do not see an answer.

Thanks,

Russell


Answers:
author: Josch Bencke
body: No. You would have to create "one huge word doc", separate each doc by a "header 1" title and import the doc with the "separate by heading leve 1" settings.

Should be possible with a bit of VBA or such
Anchors placed within an Expand Macros
Asked by Dmytro Khomenko:

Hello,

I am faced with an issue of an anchor not being accessible when it is located in an Expand Macros.

The main goal was to acheive a page transition-\> expand functionality in the place of the refered anchor.

Any assistance would be appreciated.


Answers:
author: Paul Greig
body: Hi Dmytro,

While the feature is not currently available, we do have an open improvement request, [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27357](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27357 "CONF-27357") MAke sure to add your vote and watch the issue to stay updated on progress.

Cheers,

Paul

comments: author: Dmytro Khomenko
body: Thank you Paul, I have added my comment to the ticket.


author: Jennifer Trich Kremer
body: Have you made this update a reality yet?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
show mindmaps (.mm, .mmap, .mmp etc) in confluence
Asked by red sonja:

is there any possibility to see attached mindmaps - eg mindmanager files?

these are files ending with \*.mmap or \*.mmp

I'm searching for something like the 'show ppt' or xls plugin..

we do project management via confluence and are using mindmaps quite often and therefore really would need this feature.


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Red,  

We don't have such macro that would be able to see such files. However I created a feature request in Confluence to support Mindmaps as you can see here:  

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-31465  

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.

<br />

WZ

comments: author: Mary Far
body: Hey Guys, we also need this feature in order to integrate the mindmap diagrams with confluence and make them accessible to other coworkers.

Thanks and regards


author: David Hutcheson
body: I would like this too


author: jfuentes
body: . We use MM and it would be wonderful to integrate them . I can stop the PDFs and they would always have an updated view


author: red sonja
body: ok thank you!


Tags: app

mind-map

multimedia