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confluence charting similar to excel
Asked by Janene Hoffmann:

While I attempt to find useful and meaningful charting within Confluence, I still cannot find anything that simulates the charting capabilities of Excel.....

Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Mike Rathwell
body: Janene,

Try using the **[chart macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Chart+Macro)** . I use it heavily here and it basically will draw charts on *any* tabular data inside it. Not only on tables but I heavily use Bob Swift's SQL macro and render data direct from SQL queries into really useful charts.

Hope this helps

comments: author: Janene Hoffmann
body: While I use the chart macro along with embedding SQL into mark-up pages, I was hoping to find better graphics on the charts in a way that has clearer definition as found in Excel - more crisp detail perhaps.I'm also trying out Advanced Tables for Confluence.....<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.table> to see if there are some features to take advantage of, but so far I don't see anyThanks for your suggestion.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: The chart macro works in a specific way. Changing \*how\* you produce the data for it will not change the look/clarity of the resulting chart.


author: Mike Rathwell
body: I am only making conjecture here, as well, but I suspect that the chart macro assumes the rather typical 72ppi used for web pages; the one in Excel will (also conjecture) be producing charts at a much finer resolution for crisp images when printing (which will also be evident on screen since virtually every display these days is \>72ppi)


author: TomC
body: Janene,

Another option to look into is *Spreadsheets for Confluence* by Valiantys. I haven't been able to try it yet, but would be interested to hear feedback from you or anyone else that might try it. Here's the Atlassian Marketplace link:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.valiantys.spreadsheets>
How to use template variables in Content-by-Label and to label a page
Asked by Mark Morgan:

I would like to have a page generated from a template automatically labeled with user-supplied input to a template variable. I would also like to use that variable in Content-by-Label macros. I'm using Confluence 5.7. Is this possible?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: If you create a user macro that implements the content by label macro then you could put you template variable inside the user macro body and have the user macro use the $body variable to populate the content by label macro inside the user macro. You could also create a user macro that will add a label to the page based on what is in the user macro body and put your template variable inside the user macro body.

comments: author: Mark Morgan
body: Does that mean the user must type the label in the body form for each of the new macros I create? I tried this:## @noparams\<ac:macro ac:name="contentbylabel"\>\<ac:parameter ac:name="label"\>$body\</ac:parameter\>\</ac:macro\>This creates a form for the user to enter the label to display, but I can't get it to use a template variable for the label without requiring user input. I want to have a template variable that user input automatically substituted for the label. If I have a body parameter, doesn't that imply that user action is required?
Hipchat notifications for new questions?
Asked by Gary McCormick:

How can I alert hipchat when a new question is asked in Confluence?

My confluence instance is behind a login.


Answers:
author: Boots Wang
body: This is currently being worked on, watch this ticket: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-82>

comments: author: Boots Wang
body: Sorry, it's not currently being worked on, but rather on the backlog. So you should vote on that ticket!


Tags: confluence-administration

hipchat

questions-for-confluence
How to use the same file at more page at Confluence
Asked by Peter Cselotei - Lupus Consulting Zrt_:

Hi All,

I created an Excel file with more than a dozen table, cross-calculation and so on.  
I also created some "report" 2-3 tables where the results of different areas are summarized.

I want to show these different tables on different pages in Confluence.   
This also means that I have to **use the same file on different pages**.

Workaround: I added the excel file to every page and with the excel macro I show different tables at different pages. Not efficient. ![laugh](/html/@BEA1CC333F4D830F5303329D7DC07DE4/images/emoticons/laugh.png "laugh")

* If I have to modify one cell, I have to re-upload all of the files.
* I cannot use "Edit File" at Confluence, it won't update the other files.

Is there a possibility to use a file (for example at parent page), and re-use it at other pages (child-pages for example?)

Best:  
Peter Cselotei


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Attach the file to a single Confluence page somewhere. Then use the "page" parameter in the Excel macro to point to that page.


author: Peter Cselotei - Lupus Consulting Zrt_
body: OMG, I missed this feature somehow. Thanks!

comments: author: Peter Cselotei - Lupus Consulting Zrt_
body: Work like a charm :) :)


Tags: file
How to make an OnDemand Confluence plugin with simple functionality
Asked by CelesteCS:

Hello,

Making plugins for non-Cloud Confluence is understood. It operates as a part of Confluence web application.

As about Confluence Cloud, I'm still not clear: where my code should "live"? Do I have to host it on some web-server of my own?

i just need my cloud plugin to provide some output to the page based on input data - just like any generic Confluence macro does. How to do that without having own web-server?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: It is expected to live in your own web server (if you need a dynamic content, and in most cases you do)

Atlassian Connect just provides the framework to have CORS requests inside Confluence and JIRA, at least this is my understanding

comments: author: Dave
body: Correct - <https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/index.html> is a good resource to check out


author: CelesteCS
body: Do you guys mean that for example <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.table#cloud> plugin, which has a Cloud version is organized as a service and there is some server somewhere which serves requests for ghis plugin?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How does "Request access" work in Confluence?
Asked by anh Phi:

how to delete a confluence page in Confluence 5.4.3


Answers:
author: Mike Rathwell
body: Cha?o anh Phi,

You're kind of asking two questions; one how to request access and one to delete a page. Request access will send an email to the last editor of a restricted page (at least as of 5.3) to ask to grant you access. This also doesn't override the space permissions.

Deleting pages is another story; on my Confluence instance I have it set up (typically) so that only the space admin can delete pages in a space to keep stuff from being accidentally lost. Sometimes it's a pain since one person needs to be the focal point to get pages deleted but has been safer all-round. The only space I have unfettered access to anyone to do whatever is a sandbox space that people can use to just... try stuff.

Hope this is helpful

mike


author: DropIN Team
body: Hi

I'm struggling with the 'Grant Access' link, which goes to the last editor of a page. In my case, I click the 'Grant Access' link which then takes me to the page. I also observed the URL of that link and mentions the user with grantaccess=true.

The user then goes onto the page that I've given access to, and find the page is STILL restricted to that user.

It didn't work this way before. I'm out of ideas as to why it's behaving this way. Also using Confluence 5.6.4.

Regards
Using HTML macro in FireFox doesn't get rendered
Asked by hemanth acharya:

Hi,

I am using a HTML macro, which gets rendered in Chome and IE but doesn't get shown up in Firefox. My version is 31.3. Anything that I have to enable?

Thanks,

Hemanth


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: HTML macro in Firefox just does not render anything at all, or just some content you have? Have you tried with a simple content? It might be that your HTML macro content just brakes the rendering in Firefox... but is is not about HTML macro, but more about the content you want to render

comments: author: hemanth acharya
body: I have tried simple content, but in the page which is not displaying has a link which got a target="_blank" attribute in the href element,. basically the document link has to open in an separate page.


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: "simple" content is displaying correctly?


author: hemanth acharya
body: Yes it is.


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Obviously you need to cleanup/fix the content you are trying to include with HTML macro


author: hemanth acharya
body: But it works in Chrome and IE with whatever content I have


author: hemanth acharya
body: Got the reason to it, placing a "Tip" macro inside "Section" macro doesn't work in FF. Do you know why is it so? There are no errors in the backend as well.


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hard to say without seeing it, need to debug... No javascript errors inside the dev console?


author: hemanth acharya
body: No, I just verified, there are no errors in the console as well. The section div gets disabled once I place the "Tip" macro. Can you try from your end?


Tags: html

macro
Roadmap Planner macro dates nor rendering properly
Asked by Joe Pagan:

I just started playing with the roadmap planner -- really nice tool. Only issue is it doesn't display the dates correctly (checked with both chrome and mozilla). The dates appear correctly when editing, just not after the page is saved (see 2nd line below). Any guesses?

Roadmap planner.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Roadmap-Planner-macro-dates-nor-rendering-properly/qaq-p/366070?attachment-id=8960){#link_1192a59905ad63}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/61867/1/Roadmap%20planner.png){#display_1192a59905ad63_0}


Answers:
author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Looks like there is a bug case for this:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-35510>  

Description {#toc-hId-1678930391}
---------------------------------

When viewing a Roadmap (which has been placed inside of a panel), the timeline dates are not rendered properly (displays roadmap.editor.timeline.month11  
roadmap.editor.timeline.month12  
roadmap.editor.timeline.month1).
Why am I receiving these emails?
Asked by Andrew Corcoran:

A user edited a wiki page, which sent an email to a user watching that page. The user watching the page then replied to the email and then I received this email reply even though it was not intended for me. I did not create the page and I am not watching the page. I am a Confluence admin. How can I prevent this from happening and make sure others are not getting these emails as some of the email content is sensitive? Please advise.


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: * If you are the Confluence admin, then you can see all content anyway. It doesn't matter that it is also sent to you by email.
* In your Mail Server Configuration (search for this and you'll reach the administration page directly), you can define the reply-to email. You could set "no-reply@example.com", for example.
Java Error in Confluence AD Setup
Asked by Paul LaBarbera:

We're getting the following error when we hook up one of our Active Directory servers to Confluence. The VPN is set up correctly, and the directory is working in other applications. Does anyone know what's causing this error?

Connection test failed. Response from the server:?  
[qtscl2.invision.com](http://qtscldc2.invisionasp.com):389; nested exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: [qtscl2.invision.com](http://qtscldc2.invisionasp.com):389 \[Root exception is [java.net](http://java.net).UnknownHostException: [qtscl2.invision.com](http://qtscldc2.invisionasp.com)\]   


Answers:
author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: Hi Paul

1. can you ping your AD-server by hostname and ip?
2. can you make a telnet to your server on 389?

If you can ping it by ip and not be hostname -\> make an entry in your hosts file

If you can ping it, but the telnet is not working -\> check your firewall

Regards

Steve

comments: author: Paul LaBarbera
body: We can ping it.I'm in charge of the content on Confluence, I'll have to follow up with the Sys Admin guys to ask about the telnet test. Thanks


author: Paul LaBarbera
body: Let me check the hosts file... that might be it. Thank you!!


Tags: active-directory

confluence-administration
What powers this site? Atlassian answers.
Asked by Benjamin Dyer:

Hi, long time JIRA user here however we are in the process of moving our whole system over the the Atlassian hosted suite (Jira, Conf, Bamboo, Service Desk).

Question, I want to set up service desk for support tickets but the more I use this site the more I realise this would be perfect for our customers. So, what powers Atlasssian Answers and how can I replicate it?

I've filed this question under Confluence, please just let me know if its the wrong place.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You're very close already. Answers is running on Confluence with the Confluence Questions addon.

If you download and try Confluence Questions, you'll find some differences (Answers is slightly tweaked to make it more of a public forum), but it is very similar

comments: author: Benjamin Dyer
body: Brilliant thank you Nic, thats very much appreciated.

The strength of the community here is one of the reasons we choose Atlassian. :smile:


Tags: cloud

community

confluence-cloud
Group directory available for normal users?
Asked by Michael Schlueter:

We use groups from our Active Directory within Confluence. We have lots of groups, therefore it would be useful for our users to have a list of groups in some kind of group directory. As confluence administrator I see this list in the Confluence configuration, but is there a way to make this list available to normal users?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Michael,

Confluence currently doesn't have this fucntionality. I've created this feature request for you: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-36353>

Please vote in that report and ask your colleagues to vote as well to increase the popularity.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: TomC
body: I voted for this feature request;thanks for creating it Rodrigo.


author: Michael Schlueter
body: Thank you for creating the feature request; I found an answer with a user macro that is also a good starting point for implementing this.<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/11081749/answers/11082098>
How do I give access to the personal space of a team member?
Asked by Anandh:

User tries to access one of his team members personal space, and get "page not found" error. The creater of the page is not available to access the page now. So how do I give access to read/write a personal space of his team member?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi!

The personal space is like the other ones. Login as System Administrator of Confluence, go to the user space and go to space tools of that space. then grant permissions to the user that you want to access that space.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Anandh
body: Hi Rodrigo,Thank you so much. It was really helpful!!!


Tags: confluence-administration
How can we get the count of number of pages,blogs and attachments from a specific team space in Confluence?
Asked by Arya Banerjee:

How can we get the count of number of pages,blogs and attachments from a specific team space in Confluence 5.6.6. Can this be obtained through any plugin or can this be fetched from the database?


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: If you're just looking for a count, why not log in as an administrator (a member of "confluence-administrators" group, who therefore has access to see all pages) and use the search function? Just click enter in the search box, and on the left side of the search screen choose the team space. After that, click on "Pages", "Blog Posts", or "Attachments", and you will see to the right "Showing XXX results" and that would be the total count in the space.


author: Vera Henrichs
body: I use the [Viewtracker plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ch.bitvoodoo.confluence.plugins.viewtracker). Shows users per page.

comments: author: Arya Banerjee
body: Hi Vera,Thanks for your response. I am already using Viewtracker but it seems to give me the count of no. of views of users per page. I was looking for the total number of attachments present in a team space. Any other suggestions please?Regards,Arya


author: Vera Henrichs
body: No sorry :-(


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Surely there is an API for that, look at

* <https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/PageManager.html>
* <https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/spaces/SpaceManager.html>

As for plugin suggestion, take a look at

* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.spaceauditor>

comments: author: Arya Banerjee
body: Thanks Sash,Is there anyway I can get it via the Confluence database? The plugin seems to be taking up lot of memory and is freezing our confluence instance. :(Regards,Arya


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Then look at table CONTENT of your Confluence DB, it has a straight-forward structure, so you will quite quickly understand how to make your SQL select


Tags: confluence-administration
Use JIRA popup bubble with selected text in Confluence to link only
Asked by Mike Rathwell:

I currently use the JIRA popup bubble that appears with selected Confluence text to create JIRA issues all the time. The uber cool thing about this is the automatic bi-directional link between the Confluence page (showing the JIRA issue key) and the link in the JIRA issue that will take you right to that spot.

What I'd ***like*** to also be able to do is, rather than only being able to create the issue, *just create the link* . I have many cases where I have content in Confluence that would be uber cool to link to a specific JIRA issue in exactly the same manner as when one creates the JIRA issue *after* a heap of JIRA issues have been created.

Is there a plugin that I haven't found or a technique that I can employ to do this?


Answers:
author: Vera Henrichs
body: Hi,

If you just copy-paste the JIRA-link into the Confluence-page it creates a beautiful link ;-) Just try it out and you'll see what I mean (when editing ?nd when saved!)


Tags: confluence-administration

confluence-app
Users can not download confluence file attachments
Asked by Jeanne Howe:

I have users that can not download file (.xls) attachments from a Confluence page.

The users have browse access to the page, no other permissions are granted. The files are included in the page as links. If they can see the link/file, shouldn't they be able to download it?


Answers:
author: TinA
body: Hello JT,

It sounds like its an issue with some of your configuration. There may be some kind of proxy in the way that is not allowing for this. More information would be helpful as we are currently shooting in the dark. I suggest you take the time to contact support for help as this could be solved faster. You can create a ticket by going to <https://support.atlassian.com>

To increase the speed of resolution I suggest you reproduce the issue, and generate a set of logs for support to review.

Please zip the following and attach to this ticket:  
\* \<confluence_home\>/logs/atlassian-confluence.log  
\* \<confluence_install\>/logs/ (anything recent in this directory)

The \<confluence_home\> directory is the path defined in the following file: \<confluence_install\>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties

Or better yet, please create a support zip at Confluence Admin\>Atlassian Support Tools\>Support Zip and attach it to this ticket.

-Regards,  
Tin Nguyen \| Confluence Support.


Tags: attachment

confluence-administration

permission
How are the menus on the Atlassian Documentation front page created?
Asked by Bear Golightly:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ALLDOC/Atlassian+Documentation>

Normally, to make menus like these, I use the pagetree macro with a page hierarchy, but that makes the root menu items linked to pages, instead of opening the submenu when clicked like on Atlassian's documentation site

I have clearly missed the boat on this, can someone clue me in?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: The expand macro with links inside the body. That is what they are using.

image2015-2-2 8:54:49.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-are-the-menus-on-the-Atlassian-Documentation-front-page/qaq-p/371866?attachment-id=12483){#link_1192a75d738080}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/62901/1/image2015-2-2%208%3A54%3A49.png){#display_1192a75d738080_0}


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: When you use a documentation theme for your Confluence space you are getting a similar page-tree sidebar (tracking your current page) for free, so to say.

Have you tried to use Documentation theme?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Documentation+Theme>
can't rendor pdf Exception thrown while rendering the page 'Cache Module' to the PDF document
Asked by Gillian Flato:

I get the following error when I try to rendor my PDF. What does it mean?


Answers:
author: John McGehee
body: Note that the page name in the error message,

```
Failed during PDF export. Exception message - Exception thrown while?rendering the page 'In Conclusion'
```

is always the last page in the space you are exporting. It is not necessarily the page causing trouble.  

Experiment with individually exporting each page to find the troublesome page.  
I entered bug [CONF-37912](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-37912) against this message.


author: TinA
body: Hello Gillan,

There are a few reasons a PDF render would fail. One of the more easy solutions to try is to clear your plugin cache.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Clear+Confluence+Plugins+Cache>

However if this does not solve the issue I suggest creating a support ticket by visiting <https://support.atlassian.com>

and providing a set of logs for the Support Engineers to review.

Please zip the following and attach to this ticket:  
\* \<confluence_home\>/logs/atlassian-confluence.log  
\* \<confluence_install\>/logs/ (anything recent in this directory)

The \<confluence_home\> directory is the path defined in the following file: \<confluence_install\>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties

Or better yet, please create a support zip at Confluence Admin\>Atlassian Support Tools\>Support Zip and attach it to this ticket.

-Regards,  
Tin Nguyen \| Confluence Support.

comments: author: John McGehee
body: Clearing the cache did not work for me.