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Creating pie chart of existing summary...
Asked by Thorsten Mueller:

I've created a page where all my projects are displayed in a short summary. Now I want to create a pie chart which gets the information/value from the existing summary on this page. - Is this possible? Unfortunately I didn't find any knowledge base document.

Confluence version 5.9.8

PS The summary on this page is made with the page properties report macro.

Best regards


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Thorsten,

You can use [Chart from Table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro) macro provided by [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) add-on, it is compatible with Page Properties Report macro.

comments: author: Thorsten Mueller
body: Hello Andrey,

thanks for your reply. I'll give it a try today.

Best regards


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Thorsten,

You can also use the free, built-in [Chart macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/chart-macro-163415075.html). This is also compatible with the Page Properties Report macro (and the Excerpt Include macro).
Is there a way to create folders in space file lists ?
Asked by gilad raz:

to make hierarchy inside the file list in certain space


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You can make hierarchical pages and attach specific files to each page to *simulate* folders. But in the end, it's problematic that you can't have pages with the same name within a single space. So you can't have:

Clients

Resources

Vendors

Resources

Another possibility is to have multiple Attachment macros on a page, then restrict what each macro displays using labels and/or regex to *simulate* folders.

You can also use add-ons to link to a cloud repository (Google drive, Box, Dropbox, etc.), but then you lose some of the functionality of having directly-attached files.


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: You can create a page tree with inside files


author: mohit
body: The file space looks like a place where I should be able to drag and drop a folder structure from my machine and import the folder structure as is.

Not having the ability to create a folder does not make sense. I understand the concept of tagging and how tagging can create virtual hierarchy but look the OS its traditionally organized the data as folders and its has worked well.

I really dont get it why a paid software having the file storage would not have folder structure to organize data.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence is a wiki, not a file store. It has very simple file handling, and if you want a folder-like structure, you should be using the pages as containers, not another parallel file system.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, Confluence is a wiki, not a file store.


Tags: confluence-administration
Notifications for overdue incomplete action items
Asked by Lavi Landman:

Is it possible to set a notification on incomplete action item that will be sent until the action item is marked as complete?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, Confluence's task management functions are a simple and convenient task list. They're not an issue tracker, they're very very very basic and don't do anything more than that.
Is it possible to export spaces without history
Asked by Daan de Wit:

We want to migrate our Confluence Server to Atlassian Cloud. The history of our pages contain sensitive information that we do not want to store on-line. Is it possible to create an export of only the current state, without history?


Answers:
author: Klaus
body: Hi Daan,

this is not currently possible. The XML exports will always contain a page history. What you can do as a workaround is create a script using the Confluence API to read and write the pages and attachments. This way you will only get the latest versions of them.


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I create versioned documentation at my company using Confluence?
Asked by Anand Tungaturti:

Do I have to install add-on? If so, which one? At the moment, I am using Scroll Version but it does not seem to be same as what I see on the Confluence website.


Answers:
author: Anand Tungaturti
body: Thank you, Nic and Rodney, for your replies.

Rodney, I am working on product documentation and my product has versions (after each new release). I was actually referring to this kind of versioning. This exactly matches the way Confluence maintains its own versioned documentation where I can select a version (top right corner) and see if what I searching for is available in that version or not.

We'll try Scroll Viewport.


author: Rodney Hughes
body: Cam you please describe how will you use this documentation?

One of THE benefits of Confluence is that it handles versions of information automatically and you can return to previous versions at any time.

If you edit a page, Users will automatically only see the latest version but the old version is automatically archived. You can still access all previous versions via the Ellipsis (three dot icon) and do comparisons from one to the other (much easier than Word's compare function)

Similarly with attachments - uploading a new version of the attachment - provided the file name is EXACTLY the same - the new version is the one everyone will see by default but the old versions are available via the Attachments page when you click the"\>" chevron to the left of the file name


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Atlassian are using Scroll Viewport to handle the application version documentation. (It's mentioned in the footer). It's a little different to Versions.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to configure a data source for the "SQL for Confluence" add-on to query JIRA's DB
Asked by JamesT:

We've been using Bob Swift's "SQL for Confluence" add-on for a while. Until today, all of the data sources were SQL Server and it's worked fine, but now we have to query a PostgreSQL DB. In fact, it's the DB for our JIRA Server instance.

I'm trying to use the recommended data source config, modified like this to point to the PostgreSQL library included with Confluence 6.0.2.

```
dbDriver=org.postgresql.Driver |dbUrl=jdbc:postgresql://jiradbserver:5432/jiradb|dbUser=username|dbPassword=password|dbJar=lib/postgresql-9.4.1210.jar
```

I'm able to interactively query the JIRA DB using my favorite client ([HeidiSQL](http://www.heidisql.com/)), so I know the basic connection info is working. But, I think the JIRA DB (or possibly PostgreSQL in general) has a different structure than I'm used to with SQL Server.

In my connection string above, "jiradb" refers to the DB name on that server. However, JIRA and/or PostgreSQL has an additional level to the data structure, and when I'm querying using HeidiSQL, I also need to select the "next" level down, called "jiraschema" for our JIRA Server's DB.

How do I specify that extra level in the datasource? I've trying using "postgresql://jiradbserver:5432/jiradb/jiraschema" and other variations, but I can't get it to work.


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: James, see if this reference answers your question: <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4168689/is-it-possible-to-specify-schema-when-connecting-to-postgres-with-jdbc>

comments: author: JamesT
body: Yes! Using this format works:

```
dbUrl=jdbc:postgresql://jirasbserver:5432/jiradb?currentSchema=jiraschema
```


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Good. Good question too! We always use **public** so have never thought about it before.


author: JamesT
body: I pointed the data source to our JIRA Test database, which seems to keep everything in the "public" schema, not the "jiraschema" used by the production server.

How do I specify a different schema in the datasource?


Tags: addon-org.swift.confluence.sql

confluence-administration

postgres
Can my confluence site URL be found in an external google search?
Asked by Tina Leung:

Can our site be found by external individuals? Or is it only accessible to the individuals we provide access to?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Found by, yes if it's on the internet.

Accessible, maybe. If you give them accounts, and don't use the "anonymous" option.


Tags: url
How to set up sharepoint like feature for daily agile dashborad with user access permissions set up .
Asked by Avanish K Pandey:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence is a wiki, not an Agile project management tool, so there's not a lot you can do with it. It doesn't have "issues" you can track in an Agile way, just a very simple task system.

Your best option for being Agile is to use JIRA Software.


Tags: confluence-administration
Rest Api to remove user from group
Asked by ChandraG:

Is there any REST API available to remove user from "confluence-users" group to free the license, we dont want to delete/disable the user as of now ?

Please Suggest.


Answers:
author: Monique Khairuliana
body: No API for this yet. There's a feature request for this:

[Group CRUD APIs](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57988)


author: Adam Labus
body: Try my plugin <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.itlab.confluence.plugins.restapi-extender/server/overview>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, there is no API for that yet.

comments: author: Chris Peterson
body: What about now? Wouldn't this be the REST API for removing a group? Or does it only work for global groups that aren't tied to a license?


author: Monique Khairuliana
body: Hi [@Chris Peterson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/87634) ,

Unfortunately, still no API for that yet, you can follow this feature request to get update if there are any movements:

[Group CRUD APIs](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57988)


Tags: confluence-administration
Export Confluence content to Sharepoint
Asked by Ganapathy Subrahmaniam R:

Please let us know what is the potential opportunity to export a Confluence content ( eg., a particular space content ) to the any other interface - particularly , export to **Microsoft** **SharePoint** through Confluence?

Request your possible inputs/suggestions if any.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Why the downgrade? Why not just publish it via Confluence, the easy way?

Anyway, yes, you can export a page or a space into various formats. You can then load them into Sharepoint in a few ways too. You'll need to decide exactly what you're trying to achieve in Sharepoint, as that's likely to determine what export is the best format.

comments: author: Ganapathy Subrahmaniam R
body: Thanks Nic for your response !! One of our customer feels, confluence is way too costly..hence they decided to move the contents from confluence to sharepoint..

currently, the requirement is to move space contents from confluence 4.2.1 to sharepoint 2010..any thoughts on this ??


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I don't think your users can add up. How many have you actually got? (A small install of 25 users is $100 for Confluence and $250 for Sharepoint. If you're a large site, well, 2000 users in Confluence is $1,000 against $10,000 in Sharepoint)  

Anyway. As far as I know, there's no import function in Sharepoint that can cope with Confluence's xml export. You'll need to either scrape every page into a document for mass upload, or convert xml or html exports into a format Sharepoint can import.


author: Ganapathy Subrahmaniam R
body: thanks Nic for your responses !!


Tags: confluence-administration
how do i reset text color to its default color?
Asked by Shireen Gonzaga:

Is there a revert or default button for text color? When I accidently applied a custom color to some linked text, exited the editor, and re-entered to revert to the default color, there was no obvious way to do it.

Using the text color picker to apply "black" is not obvious either since there are several very dark colors that the eye cant tell them apart, for instance deep dark blue vs. black.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Highlight the text that is the wrong color and then use the Clear formatting option in the toolbar.

image2016-12-30 8:42:11.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/how-do-i-reset-text-color-to-its-default-color/qaq-p/312266?attachment-id=7647){#link_1185ed1736faa6}  
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using crowd with confluence
Asked by Chris Chris:

I am using crowd with confluence as an interface to our corporate AD. Active Directory contains 20,000 users. I have a Crowd license of 500 users. Crowd thinks that I am going to allow all 20,000 users in AD into my Atlassian apps. In actuality, I only want a small portion of my AD user community to use Crowd and Confluence. How can I fix this problem?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Chris,

I understand the Crowd license is being exceeded by a large LDAP user directory.

Only users who are allowed to log into applications count toward the license:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowdkb/how-are-crowd-users-counted-towards-the-application-user-limit-246481311.html>

You can limit which users can use applications by group:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/specifying-which-groups-can-access-an-application-25788430.html>

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: confluence-administration
is it possible to limit a plugin to a subset of space(s)?
Asked by Charlton Walker:

If I am using a plugin, but I don't want i to be interacting on all spaces, but only one, is there a way to restrict the plugin to one space?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, plugins are installed globally.

Some contain limiting code that can restrict them to working on chosen spaces, but that's a function of the add-on.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to delete a link from the sidebar
Asked by Wayne_Eichenberger:

I have a hyperlink on the sidebar that I no longer need. How do I delete this?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-delete-a-link-from-the-sidebar/qaq-p/194502?attachment-id=9050){#link_1185ee6ee083eb}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/32729/1/image2016-12-29%2013%3A1%3A27.png){#display_1185ee6ee083eb_0}


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Space tools --\> Configure sidebar

Click the image2016-12-29 9:58:2.png of the link you want deleted.

I have had issues with certain version of certain browsers, so if it doesn't work, try a different browser.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-delete-a-link-from-the-sidebar/qaq-p/194502?attachment-id=1828){#link_1185ee73f7612c}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/32732/1/image2016-12-29%209%3A58%3A2.png){#display_1185ee73f7612c_0}


author: Jose M.
body: You mean probably an application link. This is managed by the system administrator in the administration section to manage application links. But even you no need it, it could be needed by other persons, since normally not created accidentally.

comments: author: Wayne_Eichenberger
body: it is a link that I created myself using the "add link" button while configuring the sidebar, so I think it is only visible on my sidebar
Confluence access
Asked by MariaT:

we have 2 JIRA software instances, can we have only one confluence access?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can have as many as you want. Although each one will be on a different url.

comments: author: MariaT
body: The situation will be this:

* 1 JIRA software with 50 users and 50 users for Confluence
* 1 JIRA software with 100 users and 100 user for Confluence

All this users can access to the same confluence, without buying new licences?

Thanks


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No. You have Confluence 1 with 50 users, and Confluence 2 with 100. You will have to licence the two servers separately, and give the 50/100 users the right memberships. If there are some of the 50 that need access to both, you will need to add them to both, and they'll use up a licence "seat" in each one.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Get the search results in the same as the other brikit pages
Asked by Richard Siebeling:

Hi,

the search results in Brikit are not styled using the Brikit theme but they are styled in the default Confluence theme. Is it possible to style the search results in the Brikit theme?

thanks in advance,  
Richard


Answers:
author: Robbie Lee
body: Hi Richard,

In order for Theme Press to apply a theme to the search results page, you'll need to apply the add-on as the Confluence site theme:

* [Apply Site Theme](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/applying-a-theme-to-a-site-147523.html)

Kind regards,

Robbie

comments: author: Richard Siebeling
body: thanks, it worked like a charm


Tags: brikit
Some pages are blank when viewing on a mobile device?
Asked by Rip Fowler:

The page in this url looks fine on desktop but is blank when viewing on a mobile device.

<https://turbocaddoc.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TUA/Site+Manager>


Answers:
author: Rip Fowler
body: The page looks correct in desktop view. Mobile is blank on both Safari and Chrome

This documentation is for a mobile product. Having our users jump through hoops to see the pages is not helpful.


author: Rodney Hughes
body: Have you switched your mobile device's browser from "mobile view" to "desktop view" to check what happens then?

comments: author: Rip Fowler
body: The page looks correct in desktop view.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Our Atlassian Cloud (Confluence) service has been unavailable off and on for several days, and attempting to login to raise a support ticket also fails.
Asked by D Graves:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain "attempting to log in to raise a support ticket fails"?


author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: So going to support.atlassian.com and raising a support request is failing for you?


author: D Graves
body: To access our Confluence Wiki I use my work email address, but I wasn't able to log in through the support ticket pages using that address.

I have since created a separate personal Atlassian account and have successfully raised a ticket using that.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Wiki page displays content based on referring wiki page
Asked by Eric Markow:

I am creating a decision tree for our frontline support. We have different clients we support that have the same procedures, but with different variables, such as WiFi passwords, SSIDs etc.

Can I create content on a Wiki page with some reference to the page that the user navigated FROM (instead of creating unique pages for each client)?

ie:

Main Page \> Client A \> How to connect to WiFi - shows instructions with password/variables for client A

Main Page \> Client B \> How to connect to WiFi - shows instructions with password/variables for client B

etc


Answers:
author: Aleksandr Zuevich
body: Hi Eric,

I think <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.confluence.multiexcerpt.MultiExcerptMacro/cloud/overview> will be helpful for you.


Tags: confluence-administration
Does an "anonymous" (non logged in) user have an html designation ? (Confluence)
Asked by Mark Rincon:

I am using Confluence (ConfiForms plugin). I have created a form that requires an anonymous user to edit it; however, I do not want to compromise the security of the system by allowing a permission as all my pages and forms would be editable. The object oriented code of ConfiForms allows specific user and user group access on forms. I have tried using basic names that don't work and am unfamiliar if the html has a placeholder for an "anonymous" user (someone who is not a logged in user) that I can include in the form.

image2016-12-28 8:26:31.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Does-an-quot-anonymous-quot-non-logged-in-user-have-an-html/qaq-p/39412?attachment-id=11726){#link_118faad891d4d7}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/6628/1/image2016-12-28%208%3A26%3A31.png){#display_118faad891d4d7_0}


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi Mark,

Please use the support form on our website, <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/VERTUNA/Support+Request+Form> to get a quick support on ConfiForms or any other add-on we develop.

To answer your request - we dont support the scenarios where the anonymous user is allowed to edit the records stored with ConfiForms. This is by design, as every user has an owner, and with records created by anonymous users the owner is not specified (such records could only be edited by form administrators)


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Mark,

If you're still trying to work this out, contact Vertuna, the ConfiForms developer. Their Support page for this add-on is [here](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confiforms/server/support).


Tags: confluence-administration
Hello, how can I make the width of the column equal? For example, I have 4 columns, and the 4th one is much more narrow than the others. I want this 4 columns to be of same width, or would be even better if their width will depend on their content.Thanks!
Asked by Buonaidea:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Tables](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=771892006)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads {unmonitored account}
body: Hi Buonaidea,

The column widths are resizable. When you mouse over the column dividers in the editor, the cursor changes to a resize tool that you can use to change the column widths.

For your even better auto resizing widths, you can use Responsive widths. With your cursor inside the table (to get the table tools available from the toolbar), just change the **Fixed width** option to **Responsive** in the toolbar. You can still "suggest" column widths using the resize tool in Responsive mode; Confluence will do its best to keep the proportions you want but will also grow as more content is added.

image2016-12-28 9:54:29.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Hello-how-can-I-make-the-width-of-the-column-equal-For-example-I/qaq-p/393808?attachment-id=1427){#link_1185ef214593cf}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/66710/1/image2016-12-28%209%3A54%3A29.png){#display_1185ef214593cf_0}

comments: author: Rodney Hughes
body: I see on the tags to the question that the writer is using Confluence 5.8

Confluence 5.8 doesn't have the table controls for responsive/fixed width - I think they were introduced in Confluence 6.x


Tags: table
I like the layout and style of Conluence documentation, can I reproduce it?
Asked by Fedor Fedorchenko:

I like very much how the Atlassian Codocumentation is organized and how it looks.

How can I reproduce it in my own knowledge base?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's Confluence with Scroll Viewpoint added to it. While there's some config to be done, you can pretty much take both of them off-the-shelf as a starting point, and get most of what you see on Atlassian's site.
I would like to create a dashboard for a number of projects in which only critical information are displayed such as when a task slips or a jira blocker issue is raised. How can I do that so it dynamically pick up changes from those pages?
Asked by david Shimun:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Create a filter that selects the issues you are interested in, then use it in a Confluence page and/or JIRA dashboard.