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confluence 5.10.x change logs
Asked by Andrei Trif:

Hello, I want to upgrade from version 5.6.6 to the latest version and I want to see what are the changes in the new version to compare tem with the actual one.

Also I want to know if Confluence 5.10 still supports Oracle 11.2 and Java 1.7 or I have to do some upgrades on those two .

Thank you.


Answers:
author: noamdah
body: Confluence 5.10 does not support:  
-Oracle 11.2  
-Java 1.7

Is dose support:  
-Oracle 12c  
-Java 1.8

[Check out the supported platforms](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html).  
[You can upgrade confluence 5.6.6 directly to Confluence latest](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html).

(You can first upgrade confluence and then later upgrade db and java version)  
(If you have any add-ons make sure they are compatible for confluence latest)


author: Benjamin Weinheimer-Erben _mgm-tp_
body: Hi Andrei,

here you will find all the Release Notes: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html>

greetings  
Benjamin


Tags: confluence-administration
Hi there, 'Edit Document' doesn't work with Firefox 48.0.2 in Windows10
Asked by Babatunde Kufo:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Edit Office Files](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=170494553)*

Hi there, my colleague has Windows10 with the Firefox browser (48.0.2). Unfortunately, she cannot use the 'Edit Document' button from her browser. Any ideas?

She gets the following error message in Firefox:

"Sorry, we couldn't open "https://confluence.\*.\*/\*.xlsx"

Microsoft Excel cannot access the file "[https://confluence.\*.\*/\*.xlsx](https://confluence.*.*/*.xlsx)". There are several possible reasons:  
-The file name or path does not exist  
-The File is being used by another program  
-The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a currently open workbook

I have Windows 8.1 with IE 11.0.9600 and I can edit the file fine when i open the Confluence page and click 'edit document' next to my excel file. This is the 'Office Excel' Macro'. It also works on my machine with Firefox 47.0.1 and 48.0.2.

For now as a workaround, she installed IE 11 and that works ok, so we know it's not the file that is the problem. Thanks.


Answers:
author: Rebecca M.
body: I have the same problem with Firefox 47.0.1 on a Mac OSX 10.11.6. Unfortunately, since I can't use IE and this feature doesn't work with Chrome or Safari, it doesn't do me much good any longer.


Tags: documentation

edit-in-office
ATTACHMENT DOWNLOAD PERMISSIONS
Asked by Rory McGauran:

Hi

We have noticed that anonymous users have the ability to download an attachment from our site by entering a url. As far as our settings go this should not be allowed and anonymous users can not access confluence.

Is there something I am missing here?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: I assume you want Anonymous Users to access your Space(s) as that is a specific deliberate decision to provide that ability.

I am not sure if you can prevent anyone with view access to a page not being able to download an attachment to that page - Anonymous or as a user login. It seems a bit pointless to be able to see a page with a link to an attachment but the link doesn't work for some people ...

If you don't want the Anonymous people to get the attachment, make a Child page with Restricted View to only Confluence Users and put the attachment there, then Anonymous can't see the attachment even exists


author: noamdah
body: Make sure that your [global permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html) does not allow anonymous access.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Calculate end time from start time and duration in confiforms
Asked by Anne EQS:

I'm looking for an way to calculate the end time of an event from a start time and a known duration.

The data should be preset, but still editable for the user.

What field type should I use - datetime or datime interval?

And how do I define an interval in minutes?

I defined fields 'plannedstarttime' and plannedendtime' of field type 'Datetime'

and a rule for field definition with

* Condition '!plannedstarttime:\[empty\]'
* Action 'Set value'
* Values to set 'plannedendtime=\[entry.plannedstarttime\]+days(1)'

Expected results would be endtime =starttime plus 1 day, but the result looks like

Bildschirmfoto 2016-09-05 um 14.49.17.png

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Calculate-end-time-from-start-time-and-duration-in-confiforms/qaq-p/162919?attachment-id=1930){#link_11866b469ada4a}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/27286/1/Bildschirmfoto%202016-09-05%20um%2014.49.17.png){#display_11866b469ada4a_0}


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Date (datetime, timestamp) fields in ConfiForms do operate with timestamps and you shall set the value of 1 day in milliseconds

And you shall use set expression as action in the rules

```
plannedendtime=([entry.plannedstarttime]+86400000)
```


author: Anne EQS
body: 1473073200000 - Sep 05, 2016 13:00  
1473078600000 - Sep 05, 2016 14:30

Plus 90 min then would be +5400000, but how do I get it calculated?


Tags: addon-com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confiforms

confiforms

confluence-administration

date-time
Additional tools to analyse the confluence log file?
Asked by Elias Tscharf:

Hello from Austria!

I know there is a build-in scanner for analyzing the confluence log, but this tool only helps to fix some known issues.

Beside this which additional tools can you recommend for scanning and analyzing the log file; without such a tool it's nearly impossible to do the job in my opinion ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")  
An open source solution would be greatly appreciated.

I also would love to see some further documentation about this topic on the official pages!

Best regards,

Bernhard


Answers:
author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: The best is to copy/paste head of error and google around.

I'm serious.


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
Customise 'drop down' text menu?
Asked by Brigham Milne:

When editing a page in the top left hand corner is the text formatting drop down box that contains a list of pre-formatted text styles. Can this be adjusted/edited/over written?


Answers:
author: Peter Geshev
body: Hi Brigham,

As far as I know, there is no way to add custom styles, but you may use custom macros. For more info on the topic you may check out [thread #1](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/86324/adding-a-custom-format-to-the-confluence-editor) and [thread #2](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/127011/adding-more-styles-to-the-confluence-editor-toolbar)

Regards,

Peter


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation

macro
Connecting a Confluence Space to Outlook
Asked by Martin James:

Is there any way to connect a Confluence space to Outlook in real time? Similar to Connecting to a client through SharePoint.


Answers:
author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hello Martin,

I'm not entirely sure of how you wanna use it, but I think that this plugin has the feature you need:

* [Send Email to Page Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.plugins.confluence.send-email-to-page/server/overview)

I hope this helps!
How can I open confluence blog posts in new tabs
Asked by lobo_olsson:

I recently came back from vacation and need to read through all internal blog posts that was written during my absence. To do this I now need to   
1: Go to the main blog page   
2: Click first blog post I haven't read and wait for it to load  
3: Read the content and check if it is relevant to me.  
4: Go back to main blog page, wait for it to load and scroll down to find the next unread post  
4b: Click "More" on the bottom of the page if not all unread posts fit on a page (In this case they don't)  
5: Repeat step 2 - 4 around 20-30 times.  

Can we somehow treat the links to the blogposts as actual links somehow? I would like to do the following  
1: Go to the main blog page   
2: Middle/CMD/CTRL + click the first unread blogpost to open a new tab with the content in the background  
3: Repeat until all unread posts are in new tabs  
4: Read post and close tabs one after each other.


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: This is not exactly as you want.

In your email settings, do you subscribe to Blog Posts? Then you get an email for each new Blog and hence you will know which ones have come in during your absence.

You can also insert the \<\<Blog post\>\> macro on a page and configure its time parameters

comments: author: lobo_olsson
body: I do subscribe to blog posts and that was the best solution this time, but then I had to filter out all blog post from other things from confluence. So it worked but wasn't optimal. Just wished actual links was used for links. That makes a lot of sense in my world...


Tags: blog
Confluence host and version
Asked by Gayathri Saravanan:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [How Do I Know What Version of Confluence Is Running?](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=179441565)*

How do I know confluence is hosted in the Cloud?


Answers:
author: Gayathri Saravanan
body: Thnaks for your response. Ok my domain is xxx.atlassian.net, means that it is Confluence Cloud. But when I look at version it is Confluence 1000.260.0(From About Confluence). But in the documentation(<https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-plugin-guide/confluence-blueprints/space-blueprints/write-a-simple-confluence-space-blueprint>) it is mentioned that 5.3 or latest. What is my version?

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Atlassian updates Cloud frequently, and for the purposes of coding, you can assume that Cloud is always on the very latest version, and ahead of the Server releases.

However. You can't write standard add-ons for Cloud. You can only write "Connect" add-ons. The document you've linked to is for Server, and is about writing an add-on you won't be able to install on Cloud. Start at <https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/latest/index.html>


author: Gayathri Saravanan
body: Thanks for your tips. How can I create "space blueprint" in confluence cloud? <https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/latest/modules/confluence/blueprint.html> .From the link I can only create template blueprint not the space blueprint.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Um could you re-read the comment?


author: Gayathri Saravanan
body: How can I create the "space blueprint" in confluence cloud?


author: Gayathri Saravanan
body: How can I create the "space blueprint" in confluence cloud?


author: James Dellow
body: If the domain for your Confluence instance ends in atlassian.net then your wiki is Confluence Cloud hosted by Atlassian.


Tags: cloud

documentation

version
With the retirement of Document theme in 6.0 will we no longer be able to customize the navigation at all?
Asked by shirleyclmi:

We were using the Navigation customization to organize Pages and subpages nicely for a forum like organization. Created based on a template that recursively create pages that can create more subpages.

Link back to Main Site \<some Main Page link\>

Forums

\[ Search within this Confluence Work Space\]

* Main
  * How to the forum
* Automation
  * How is selenium as a tool for web apps?
  * xxxxx
* Mobile
  * Pro and Con of robotium
  * Pro and Con of UIAutomation
  * Solution for Automation for IOS 9?


Answers:
author: shirleyclmi
body: Thanks. Sorry to be more precise the Documentation theme gave us an ability to customize the Left Navigation bar using confluence Wiki Markup in the "configure theme" feature. We then can override the default of just seeing just the Page Tree in the Left side bar. So in there we could design what I have in the description above using something like the following

```
{section:border = true}{column:width=96%}*{color:DeepSkyBlue}Go to Main Topic Page: [+HOME+|https://our confluence site/display/QCF/Home]{color}*{column}{section}{section:border = true}{column:width=2%}{column}{column:width=96%}{panel:title=Forum|borderStyle=solid|borderColor=DeepSkyBlue|titleBGColor=LightSkyBlue|titleColor=Black|bgColor=GhostWhite}{pagetree:root=Home|sort=natural|excerpt=true|reverse=false|startDepth=3|expandCollapseAll=true|searchBox=true}{panel}{column}{column:width=2%}{column}{section}
```


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Your description leaves a lot to the imagination, but Atlassian added the ability to customize the sidebar a few months ago. I think your use-case should be satisfied.


Tags: confluence-administration
move confluence to another server
Asked by Jim Nilsen:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Running Confluence in a Virtualised Environment](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=200709958)*

Need advice on how to move confluence to another vm.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: I would suggest a fairly bullet-proof mechanism:

1. Spin up a new instance of Confluence on a new server using a dev license.
2. Do a full-site export of the existing server
3. Import the full-site back up to the new server
4. Make needed changes for the plugins, base URL, etc.
5. Decommission the old server.
6. Move the production license to the new server.

The reasons I like this method are:

* It is straightforward
* Because you are basically writing the backup to the new database, it is independent of OS and DB engine. So if you want to migrate from Centos 6 to 7 or other distro, and/or Mysql to Postgres, this makes it easy.
* Errors are usually easier to recover from since you are not trying move the database itself.
* You not migrating any configuration issues over to the new server, especially an issue if you have done several inplace Confluence upgrades.

comments: author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: How to obtain dev license to install new server with external database?

What is the full-site export? You mean database export to xml?


author: Roman Kirilenko
body: This way is suitable only for small instances. If you have a really large installation you will get a lot of problems with this way of migration.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd agree with Roman here. For large installations, you definitely want a copy of the home directory and a copy of the database after shutting the system down.

Export/import is for small systems, or for changing the database if you must.


author: Bill Bailey
body: Well small, maybe. He didn't state how large his is. I have used it without issues on instances of 1000 to 2000 pages.

And with full-site export, I mean from the backup and restore tab in the Confluence admin console.


author: Roman Kirilenko
body: You didn't specify what OS and DB you're using on source and destination servers. In general, you can start from [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-confluence-between-servers-184150.html).

Please feel free to ask any additional questions if you need.

comments: author: Bahman Sharzad
body: It's from ubuntu with postgresql and move it to same os and database.


author: Alexander
body: Lars, could you send your script to me. Please

My mail: sansankubyshin@gmail.com


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: "advice" is pretty open-ended. All I can really advise is that you build the new server, install Confluence on it empty, do some testing, then plan and test a migration on to it using a copy or export of your current system (as suggested in the documentation), and then plan to do it for production when the testing all passes.


author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: See comments here <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-42817>.


Tags: virtual-machine
Lose access permissions
Asked by a.shumakov:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Restricted functions in Confluence Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=734070955)*

I explorer permissions to space and remove me from access to space. Now only System Admin can do something. How I can remove space.

I am admin of Confluence.


Answers:
author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hello Alex,  
Follow this documentation: [Deleting a space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf51/deleting-a-space-336169192.html) or [Spaces](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Spaces).  
I hope this helps!


author: a.shumakov
body: Sorry, but no(( I haven't access

comments: author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Please, check this link to see if you can grant permission to yourself, then follow the steps given before.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Permissions+Overview>


Tags: remove

space
does confluence require a separate database
Asked by James L Cleckler:


Answers:
author: James L Cleckler
body: My apologies. I'm new here and messed this up by not slowing down and watching what I was doing.

I'm setting up JIRA Software, Service Desk, and Confluence and wanted to know if a separate database was needed for Confluence or if all products could utilize the same SQL database.

Thanks for the help.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, no problem. Yes, they do need separate databases. Although you can run these on the same database server.

For example, run one instance of PostGreSQL, but use createdb to make jiradb, and confdb separately within it.


author: James L Cleckler
body: Thank you Nic. I've asked our DBA to setup 2 DBs. 1 for JIRA Software and Service Desk and 1 for Confluence. Any idea about how the Portfolio DB is setup? What about add-ons like Tempo Timesheets? Will these product also use the "JIRA" database? The documentation makes me believe there is just 1 DB for JIRA Software, SD, Portfolio, and associated add-ons.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Service Desk is an application for JIRA, so it lives inside the JIRA database. Portfolio, Tempo, and almost all the other add-ons are the same - they add to JIRA and use its database. You've understood the docs perfectly.


author: James L Cleckler
body: Thank you. I appreciate the help.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes.  

Although you've not really said separate from what.
I am following this procedure but delete space option is not showing, I am a member of the admin group
Asked by Ahmed Shehata:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Delete a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139524)*

I am following this procedure but "delete space tab" option is not showing, I am a member of the admin group


Answers:
author: Ahmed Shehata
body: That didn't work.

When I click on the three dots (...) it takes me to an option pages to create to change spaces.


author: Hemant
body: Hi Shehata,

Go to Space directory and click on space which you want to delete, and then click on three dots**(...),**delete option will appear.

Please let me know, if you still space any issue

Thanks,

Hemant


Tags: remove

space
Can PocketQuery in confluence run on a public or anonymous page?
Asked by Hank42:

PocketQuery works great!

Is it possible to have it render on a public page? I tried it and end up with a broken image where the table should be. What did miss?


Answers:
author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Hi Henry!

Sorry for the late reply and thank you for your interest in PocketQuery! In my environment it works fine on public pages. Do you use the default settings in the macro or are there any checkboxes checked? Is everything on the page besides the PQ macro shown? Please try first with all settings on default on the macro as well as on the query in the administration. Let me know!

Felix (Scandio)

P.S. I promise our next reply will be faster :wink:

comments: author: Hank42
body: Felix,

I had the "Load Macro dynamically" checkbox checked, and that was the culprit. Thanks for the suggestion of verifying the check-boxes!

Henry -


Tags: confluence-administration
How to register Project's Control Chart on Confluence?
Asked by vitaliy zapolskyy:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Registering External Gadgets](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=204050482)*

I want to display JIRA project's Control Chart (available on project Reports page) on Confluence page.

Since I wasn't lucky to find **Control Chart's** specification URL (expected to find something like <http://jira/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/com.atlassian.jira.gadgets:created-vs-resolved-issues-chart-gadget/gadgets/createdvsresolved-gadget.xml>) I subscribed Confluence to gadget feed URL: [jira/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/feed](https://jira/rest/gadgets/1.0/g/feed)

Confluence now shows much more choices in the external context macro, but **Control Chart**is still missing.

<br />


Answers:
author: Danut M _StonikByte_
body: Hi [@vitaliy zapolsk1](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/518886),

You could try our [Great Gadgets](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=stonikbyte%20great%20gadgets) app.

One of the many dashboard gadgets included is the Control Chart gadget, which is based on a Jira filter and is fully customizable and can be added in Confluence pages

See <https://bitbucket.org/StonikByte/great-gadgets-add-on/wiki/Home#!control-chart-gadget>

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/192377i5379AFB4988DCF5D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Danut


author: Andrei Pogorelet
body: There was a gadget, if memory serves, that allowed you to embed a web page in it, and this way you were able to embed the control chart page, but i'm not sure if that gadget is still around, i can't remember it's name.

Found the gadget

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/627659/custom-content-for-jira?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/627659/custom-content-for-jira?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Not sure if it works or if it has an analog for confluence though


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I do not believe that JIRA Agile 6+ includes a control-chart gadget.

comments: author: vitaliy zapolskyy
body: Steven, JIRA 6.4.11, JIRA Agile plugin 6.7.11

any Kanban Project Reports section has 2 Agile gadgets:

* Cumulative Flow Diagram
* Control Chart


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I know the Reports section has the specific reports you are using for, but they don't appear to be offered as gadgets as well. Thus you can't embed them in Confluence pages as far as I know.


Tags: jira

report
Configuring IIS with confluence and jira
Asked by Phil Jackson:

I am having issues getting my rewrite rules to point to my tomcat in IIS for confluence and Jira. I can connect locally t the sites, but when I do the rewrite to point to the localhost, it says 404 file or directory not found. Not sure what I am missing.


Answers:
author: crochaju
body: Hi Phil,

have adjusted the tomcat. Worth to have a look at the doc <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+setup+Confluence+with+IIS>

When I first did, I forgot to adjust the port connector.

Hope it works!

Cheers


Tags: confluence-administration