youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is it possible to import a PDF file in Confluance ?
Asked by Felix Le Goffe:

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to import a PDF file into Confluance, but currently I can only find a way to import word document. Could you please help me ?

Many thanks,

F?lix


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Felix Le Goffe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3523237) ,

as far as I know, you can only import Word documents.

Maybe you can transfer your pdf somehow to the MS word format or attach the pdf to a page and use the pdf macro to show the content of the pdf on the page.

comments: author: Felix Le Goffe
body: Hello Thomas thank you for your reply ! It is quite complicated... it's strange that there is no simple way to import a PDF file :(
How do you add the Attachments macro to the footer for a space so that it shows attachments only for
Asked by Tom Crowley:

I'm trying to add an Attachments macro to the page footer so that all pages in a space automatically display files attached to the page.

Whenever I add \`{attachments}\` it claims \`no files shared here yet.\` even when there are attachments on the page.


Answers:
author: Jason Pepper
body: 5 years have elapsed since the last comment and the bug has existed for 7 years... Would love for Atlassian to explain why ?


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Tom,

Thank you for reporting this. Indeed, it seems that it's related to these bugs:

* [CONFCLOUD-52321](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-52321) *Attachments macro doesn't work correctly in footer*
* [CONFCLOUD-57960](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-57960) *Macros that need a page context aren't rendered in the header or footer*

I was able to test this on my own instance and confirm the behavior.

At this time, there is no workaround, but please vote by clicking **This affects my team** and you will automatically be added to the list of watchers.

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
set the date of the blog post
Asked by Laura Trial:

No idea how I can set the date a blog is posted. I have to do weekly updates, but am new to the team and have to backdate my posts. Doesn't appear there is an option to do this.


Answers:
author: Sharon Helms
body: Hi Laura,

Unfortunately, it's not currently possible to change the date of a blog post. It used to be possible to change the date at creation, but now there is no way to alter it. There's an open feature request to provide the ability to modify the date of a blog post, if you'd like to add a vote:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-11740>

comments: author: Jimmy Seddon
body: Hi [@Laura Trial](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2563967),

If this answer provided you with the information you needed you should mark it as the accepted answer so that it may help other users in the future!

-Jimmy


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence 6.15.6 transparent create from template button
Asked by Jonathan Smith:

Was the "create from template" button supposed to become transparent after Confluence Server 6.6.1?

We just upgraded to Confluence 6.15.6 and this happened..

![a.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63010iD59CACD8687442CB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "a.jpg")

Changing the table cell background to the standard 5 still resulted in a transparent background for the macro.

![b.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63011i1D919D950D878BCB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "b.jpg")

- Jonathan


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Jonathan,

Happy to help here. As Confluence has been transitioning to a new theme, it does appear this change was intentional.

You can format your buttons in your space using CSS by applying the following to your **Look and Feel \> Stylesheet** setting in your **Space Tools**, for example:

```
#main-content a.create-from-template-button {
background-color: white;
}
```

You would also be able to use other CSS to format the button in other ways, for your liking.

GIve that a try, and let me know if you have any trouble.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046) ,

Thank you, that was an easy change.

- Jonathan


author: Shannon S
body: You're welcome, Jonathan. Happy to help.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
template hosting in confluence
Asked by edwin:

how to know where the mother template of the templates created on my site is hosted


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi [@edwin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3512388)

You could have a look at our Page Tree Creator. This allows the templates to be divided into categories. The categories can then be arranged according to the individual spaces. Global templates are available in all spaces.  
You can find the [Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214062/page-tree-creator-blueprint-creator?hosting=server&tab=overview) on the Marketplace.

Regards,  
Stephan (CEO of EPS Software Engineering AG, the vendor of the Page Tree Creator)


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@edwin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3512388) ,

what do you mean by "mother template"? There's no such thing in Confluence.

comments: author: edwin
body: location of the original template, in my company they are already in global location, I need the original to move it to my space to manage it
hide columns in confluence template
Asked by Victor Mutambuki:

Is it possible to hide a column in a confluence template? I want to be able to hide a column in read mode but be able to view in edit mode.

The same should be reflected when a user goes to create a page using the template. Column hidden when on read mode and visible when they go fill out the page.

Thanks  
Victor


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Victor,

Thank you for contacting us. It is not possible to hide a column in this manner. My recommendation is to use the Placeholder Text if you want to include a snippet of text that can only be viewed while editing the page.

![Screenshot 2019-08-20 at 12.25.08.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63747iCCFF0260AE3C4066/image-dimensions/202x424?v=v2 "Screenshot 2019-08-20 at 12.25.08.png")

I've included a screenshot above to show you where to find it in the new template editor. On the old editor, it's called "Instructional Text". Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud
Migrate Synchrony to new database server
Asked by Christoph Garbe:

Dear all,

I have migrated my confluence server installation to a new database. However, Synchrony is still linked to the old database. How can I change the configuration for Synchrony to also use the new database? In "Collaborative editing" I can see the configuration of the old "Custom database driver" but I find no way of changing this to the new driver and new database server.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Christoph Garbe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/971456) ,

I'm not sure why this information is displayed here, but Synchrony does not have a dedicated database, it's using the same db as the one configured in Confluence.

I think this is displayed for legacy reasons, when collaborative editing was first introduced. You can disregard it anyway.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to Create a page with dynamic contents like Charts, table so that I can have a report?
Asked by Rudhra Murthy S:

Hi all,

Could anyone guide me how to create a dynamic reporting page that contains charts, tables of metrics, graphs to which the source could from CSV file?

Thanks,

Rudhra


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Rudhra,

Nice to meet you! Happy to help.

There's not a built-in way within Confluence to do this. However, there are a lot of add-ons on Marketplace that will be able to help you build a page like that. Have a look:

* [Confluence Chart \& Table Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=chart%20macro)

Let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace
RSS Feed Error java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out
Asked by Efthimios Latsaras:

Hello,

I wanted to add a RSS Feed from a trusted website but I get the following error:

**Error while executing the macro 'rss'**

**java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out**

If I increase the rss timeout, the same error appears.

Can someone help me with this issue?

Best regards,

Efthimios


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Efthimios and welcome to the Community!

Thanks for taking the time to include the error you're having. Your error that you reported has to do with possible networking issues. We would suggest reviewing the following article to find a solution; [Network and Connectivity Troubleshooting Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/network-and-connectivity-troubleshooting-guide-720405335.html#NetworkandConnectivityTroubleshootingGuide-Networkrequesttimedout).

Additionally, there are risks that come with RSS feed and we would like to make you aware of the following;
> CAUTION: Including unknown HTML inside a webpage is dangerous.
>
> HTML inside an RSS feed can contain active scripting components. This means that it would be possible for a malicious attacker to present a user of your site with script that their web browser would believe came from you. Such code could be used, for example, to steal a user's authentication cookie and give the attacker their Confluence login password.

Source documentation: [RSS Feed Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/rss-feed-macro-139431.html)

I hope this information proves helpful.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: confluence-server

exception

rss

server

socket

timeout
Can't access page - 'Page Not Found'
Asked by Norman Walter:

Hey everyone!

We have an issue with a Confluence page that shows up in the sidebar in the page tree but can't be accessed. When you click on the link, you get a 'Page Not Found' page. The 2 hints ("The page doesn't exist" \& "The page exists, but you don't have view permission for that space") don't help, as the page exists (cause I have the link to it in the sidebar and also can reorder it) and I have full permissions on the Space. It's also not listed in the 'Restricted Pages' section.

The 'Page Not Found' page shows a URL of the following format:

https://\<our-onpremise-confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=225566911

We want to delete the page - or at least get rid of the link in the page tree.

Any ideas are welcome.

Thanks, Norman


Answers:
author: Matthias Gaiser _K15t_
body: Hi [@Norman Walter](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1267764),

based on your post, you are "only" a space admin and no global Confluence admin, correct? If yes, please ask one of your Confluence administrators if they are able to access the page - they could then check for permissions or other weird configuration of the page.

I recently experienced a similar case where [rebuilding the ancestor table](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/rebuilding-the-ancestor-table-153948.html) helped in the end.

Are you using any apps in that space?

Cheers,  
Matthias.

comments: author: Norman Walter
body: Hey Matthias,

I've tried with Confluence admin and System admin permissions - without any success.

As I can't access the page, I can't change its page permissions. But I don't find it in the 'Restricted Pages' anyway.

Rebuilding the ancestor tables didn't change anything, unfortunately. This cron runs daily anyways.

Feels a bit like a database issue.

Best,  
Norman


author: agixgaldes
body: Did this ever get resolved?


author: Henrik Gerdtsson
body: I have the same problem after upgrading to Confluence version 7.18.1 and PostgreSQL 12.

Did anyone ever find a way to fix it?


author: Mark
body: Running into a similar permissions issue after a recent Confluence upgrade.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Creating a new page loads forever
Asked by Primavista:

Hello,

I was able to create a space to work on but now when I try to create a page in said space the loads just loads forever.

I have read several threads in the forum about this issue but non of those solve my problem.

In an unrelated note (or maybe it is related) I changed the base URL from 172.24.1.36:28090 to confluence.masterunitmanagement.com:28090 but when I try to access through confluence.masterunitmanagement.com:28090 I get a timeout, I can only acces through the IP adress (no thread in the forums about that and to change the URL I did as specified in the documentation)

I have this in the logs if it can help :

ERROR \[http-nio-28090-exec-5\] \[\[Standalone\].\[localhost\].\[/\].\[file-server\]\] log "Servlet.service()" pour la servlet \[file-server\] a lanc?? une exception  
-- referer: [http://172.24.1.36:28090/pages/resumedraft.action?draftId=2326530\&draftShareId=2d4b4cad-2f52-4bbc-a7e0-af171b734519\&](http://172.24.1.36:28090/pages/resumedraft.action?draftId=2326530&draftShareId=2d4b4cad-2f52-4bbc-a7e0-af171b734519&) \| url: /s/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e-CDN/fr_FR/8100/b0984b7297905b7c7bd946458f753ce0130bfc8c/a2c983784b6b79daf0f4042714c834ee/_/download/contextbatch/css/request-access-plugin,-_super/batch.css \| traceId: babf95f21a64c412 \| userName: m.thevenet  
java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.catalina.connector.ClientAbortException: java.io.IOException: Relais bris?? (pipe)  
at com.atlassian.plugin.cache.filecache.impl.StreamsCache.streamFromFile(StreamsCache.java:140)


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello,

Thanks for reporting your issues along with including some of your log output when this problem is occurring. The first thing that might be the issue would be permissions within your server which is preventing Confluence from function properly. There is a reference post of a customer who had a similar issue that we would suggest reviewing. Please take some time to review the accepted answer on this post; [Confluence not start up](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-not-start-up/qaq-p/760312)

If you're still having the issue after this, please reach out and let us know.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers
How to customize advanced or global search in Confluence?
Asked by Ekaterina Mochalova:

Hello everybody!

My name is Kate, I'm a technical writer and 80% of my time I spend in Confluence (server version 6.9).

All my colleagues use global (or advanced) search in Confluence. You can see this field in the right corner of a top navigation bar. But there is a problem - this advanced search shows you EVERYTHING, but not exactly what you are looking for :)

So here is my question - has anyone tried to configure this global search? For example, I would like to exclude some spaces and all attachments from global search. Maybe it's even possible to configure filters in a global search page? For example, you go to the global search page and some filters have been already chosen by default.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Ekaterina,

Thank you for suggesting this. The search feature cannot be configured, but we have a feature request for this which has quite a few votes:

* [CONFSERVER-5338](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-5338)0 *Make quick search scope a site configurable option*

As a workaround, you could add the [Livesearch Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/livesearch-macro-163415902.html) to a page and restrict the search that way.

Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Migration Assistent on server instance shows blank screen
Asked by Andreas Fasching:

I have installed confluence server after my previous installation was destroyed.

After restoring my backup files I installed the migration assistent, however switching to the migration assistent page on my confluence instance only shows a blank page.

Did anyone see such a problem? Are there logfiles I can examine to track down this problem?

Here is a screenshot of the migration assistent page:

![2019-08-12_1102_confluence_migration_assistent_screenshot.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/62985i3744564464A6B98C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-08-12_1102_confluence_migration_assistent_screenshot.png")


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Andreas,

Thanks for sharing your steps and a screenshot of the issue. You can check the console output of your browser to see what might be causing this page to display blank results. Typically within a browser, you will hit F12 to display the developer tools and then select the console. Attempt to reload the page and any errors or issues will be displayed.

Additionally, ensure you're connected to the internet and any proxy in place is allowing traffic to pass.

We look forward to hearing back to get your migration started.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Andreas Fasching
body: Hi Stephen,

you are right, it displays an error:

![2019-08-23_1102_confluence_migration_assistent_ie_console_screenshot.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/64218i5D41A6901AB28D18/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-08-23_1102_confluence_migration_assistent_ie_console_screenshot.png")

This happens on IE 11.55.17763.0

However, I installed the latest Chrome on this machine and now it works. My problem is solved that way.

Thanks for your support!

Kind regards,

Andreas Fasching


author: Thomas Wohlwend
body: I have the same Problem with Confluence 7.19.16. My Browser is Chrome 120.0.6099.71

There are no errors in browser network log, all request return status 200

There are no errors in stderr or access-logs

In the browser console there is an uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token (at at 393.70b33ccd9b505ff642f6.js:2:2027597)

Uncaught (in promise) ChunkLoadError: Loading chunk 393 failed.

comments: author: Thomas Wohlwend
body: I created a separate entry here <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Cloud-Migration-Assistant-shows-only-blank-page/qaq-p/2555732#M287369>


Tags: confluence-server

server
The Tomcat server.xml has an incorrect configuration warning on Confluence
Asked by Fluccs Australia:

Hello Guys,

I'm seeing the following warning in my confluence installation:

====

Tomcat config is incorrect  
The Tomcat server.xml has an incorrect configuration:

scheme should be 'https'  
proxyName should be 'confluence.myownserver.net'  
proxyPort should be '443'

====

Those parameters in the server.xml file is correct. Please see the snippet below:

=====

\<Connector port="8090" maxThreads="150"  
minSpareThreads="25"  
connectionTimeout="20000"

enableLookups="false"  
maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"  
protocol="HTTP/1.1"  
useBodyEncodingForURI="true"  
redirectPort="8443"  
acceptCount="100"  
disableUploadTimeout="true"  
scheme="https"  
proxyName="confluence.myownserver.net"  
proxyPort="443" /\>  
\</Service\>

=====

I don't know confluence is showing this warning even though the settings are correct. I tried restarting the confluence service and that doesn't helped. The troubleshooting document given is also not helping.

Any Idea?

Regards,

Nick


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello there,

Thank you for reaching out! Just to confirm, you changed the example confluence.myownserver.net to your own URL, correct?

Have you uncommented the connector that you are using?

I also noticed that you raised an issue in May/June with the Confluence support team, where you were working with Lipkent Ng. At the end of June, we stopped receiving updates from you, so I am not sure if this issue was resolved. Could you confirm if that issue was resolved and that this issue is not a continuation of that?

Would you be able to let me know your Confluence and database versions?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Convert Confluence page html source to basic html
Asked by German Biberstein:

I would like to know if it is possible to convert Confluence page to basic html that doesn't include advanced styling (that usually created by macros).

Our goal is to present help information pop-up in Java GUI which can only support very basic html code (text, headings, bullets, numbering...)

I'm guessing that if more advanced features exist such as conversion to PDF/Word, then conversion to simple html with text and tables is not a big complication.  

Regards,

German


Answers:
author: German Biberstein
body: Thank you Alex!  
I was actually using Python REST API to read page content but I used **expand=body.storage.** I wasn't aware of the alternative formats.  
When I changed to **expand=body.view**I got simple style-less html code.

Btw, what is the difference between the formats:  
*view* , *export_view* and *editor*?

comments: author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: I don't know for sure, but from my experience as app developer I know that "view" is a rendered output, and editor is the one with placeholders

Never used an "export_view" mode


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: You can use Confluence REST API to get the contents - <https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/6.15.7/#api/content-getContentById>

(expanding body storage <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/how-to-get-full-content-body-html-using-confluence-REST-API/qaq-p/710532>)

Can also convert the storage format returned with <https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/6.15.7/#api/contentbody/convert/{to}-convert>


Tags: html
In Confluence, what is the difference between team task report and task report ?
Asked by Nivedita:

In Confluence, what is the difference between team task report and task report ?

When are we supposed to use them?


Answers:
author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi

Task Report macro lists the tasks which are assigned to particular users from space or a page.

Team Task report is a blueprint with the ability to give each task an assignee and due date, and plenty of ways to see your tasks, you can make sure nothing slips through the cracks.

If you're looking for a more custom view of tasks, the Task Report blueprint is a great way to track tasks assigned to a specific team or project.

For more information, please visit this KB article.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-assign-and-view-tasks-590260030.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blueprints-323982376.html>

Thanks,

Kiran.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

task-report-macro
Has anyone had success importing from Salesforce or ServiceNow in to Confluence?
Asked by Dave Woods:

The need to create multiple pages from another existing database isn't new (I have seen some 2015/2017 questions that never went answered). I am interested in whether anyone has had success with this?

I need to create a knowledge base for every partner \& vendor we deal with (500ish). These are primarily in ServiceNow.

Has anyone had good success moving the data to Confluence from SN or SFDC \& if so can you elaborate on how you did it?


Answers:
author: Aidin Mahmoodi _ServiceRocket_
body: Hi Dave,

We have built a content transformation engine, that can transform Confluence pages to Salesforce KBs and vice-versa, this is a custom-built and can be customized for different input/output.

Let me know if you are interested and we can get in touch to talk about the details.

Best,

Aidin


Tags: confluence-server

server
I get the error "The editor content could not be parsed..." when editing a page in Confluence
Asked by Jon Cohen:

The full error is "The editor content could not be parsed. There is a problem at line 1, column 34941. Parser message: Duplicate attribute \&#39;lang\&#39;. at \[row,col {unknown-source}\]: \[1,34941\]" Any ideas on how to resolve this?


Answers:
author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Jon Cohen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3522524) ,

Can you look at this KB article to address this issue.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-save-page-due-to-the-editor-content-cannot-be-parsed-unexpected-close-tag-error-847457119.html>

Thanks,

Kiran.


Tags: confluence-server

server