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Can we merge two Confluence project spaces into one Confluence project space?
Asked by Siva Polamarasetti:

We are trying to merge two Confluence spaces into one space, but I do not see any option. Please let me know if we can do this any other means.

Thank you,

Siva


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A confluence space is a set of pages. Although there are different artefacts and types of pages, they're all tied to pages.

So you can just pick up a page and move it from one space to another.

comments: author: Brian Sheridan
body: yes, but I don't want to move it page by page. It will take ages.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It takes the entire hierarchy below that page with it. So you only need to do it for each "top level" page. Or you could make a new page at the top level, move all the other top pages into it and move that single page, unpacking any top-level pages from it after the move.


author: Brian Sheridan
body: Thanks, I'll try that.


author: Brian Sheridan
body: When I try to move the parent page I get the following error

The following error(s) occurred:

* $error
* $error
* $error


author: Davin Studer
body: If you want to move the whole space you would need to create a new page that sits outside the hierarchy of your current page tree and then set it to be the space home page. Then simply move the now old parent page to your new space. It will move all the child pages with it.

comments: author: Fernando Lobo
body: Great suggestion


Tags: confluence-administration
Tracking and statistics
Asked by wellingtonaparecidofelix:

Hello guys. I need to know if there is a plugin that allows tracking of anonymous users who access my pages in the confluence knowledge base. I need statistics on how many documents have been accessed and which documents have been accessed anonymously. Thank you very much in advance!


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: If they are anonymous, it could be 100 users doing something once or 1 user doing something 100 times, or any combination in between.

I suspect the closest you get is Google Analytics which gives you a very generalised info about new/returning users, but nowhere near the detail you seem to want
Use Livesearch Macro to search through several spaces
Asked by Jan:

According to its documentation you can live search in all visible spaces or define space(s) to search in. It works fine when defining one specific space but I would like to use it for searching in 4 spaces.

When entering these keys comma seperated in the macro configuration, it will still search through ALL spaces.

When entering just one space key it searches only within that space-

Is it really not possible to use this handy macro for searching more than one space? Please help :smile:


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Jan,

it is not possible, sorry. There is an open issue for that: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-37239>

Thomas

comments: author: Jan
body: Thanks for your quick reply!
Missing images on Word export (Confluence Server)
Asked by Rosalind BANWELL:

Hi,

When I export a long Confluence page to Word, all works fine at the beginning of the file (images on a Confluence page and included from other Confluence pages). After a certain number of pages (around page 17/18) the images stop exporting.

Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround?

Thanks, Rosalind


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Rosalind,

This is a known bug - <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34211>

The export of images to Word is, shall we say, not always perfect, and hasn't been for quite a while.

EDIT: The title of this bug might seem odd, but various people have commented on it about their problems exporting pages containing images to Word. It seems to have become the "Word export image problem" ticket.

comments: author: Rosalind BANWELL
body: Hi Rob,

Thanks for these details. I've gone and added a comment and voted... it's frustrating for me but could be a showstopper for some of our Confluence projects ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


author: Philip Schlesinger
body: I voted for the Confluence Cloud version and added a comment as well: [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-34211?focusedCommentId=1642831\&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-1642831](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-34211?focusedCommentId=1642831&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-1642831)


author: Il?n Zazueta-Hall
body: +1 (voted on confluence cloud)

I am having the same issue as Rosalind and it's blocking us from using Confluence for user documentation.


author: pawlow
body: Not solved in this thread


author: Patrick
body: Hi all!

I know this is an old post, but it looks like the original issue is still not solved completely.

Just wanted to let you know that the [Word Template Exporter for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219360/word-template-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview "Word Template Exporter for Confluence") does not have this limitation. The add-on is really easy to use, so you might want to give it a try.

<br />

Hope it helps


author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi there,

Please feel free to try out [Scroll Office for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-office/cloud/overview).

Scroll Office helps you to create great documentation. It turns your Confluence pages into professionally styled Word documents both from Confluence Server and Confluence Cloud.

If you experience any similar issues as described, please feel free to let us know via [support@k15t.com](mailto:support@k15t.com), so we can look into that.

Best,  
Nils

comments: author: AXACOM
body: Even with Scroll installed, I have the same problem with missing images in the exported Word document. The plugin does not solve the initial problem in Cnfluence.
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Answers:
author: Igor Morenko
body: 1. ??????? dump ???????.
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Tags: confluence-administration
In "Export to PDF", how can I add the number of pages to a header/footer?
Asked by Robert Lake:

I presently have the following text as part of the PDF Stylesheet field.

{  
content: "Page " counter(page);  
font-family: ConfluenceInstalledFont, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;  
font-size: 8pt;  
}

How can I supplement this with text displaying the total number of pages of a PDF output?


Answers:
author: BenoitP
body: {

content: "Page " counter(page) " of " counter(pages);   
font-family: ConfluenceInstalledFont;   
font-size: 8pt;  
}

comments: author: Robert Lake
body: Thank you Benoit. A very simple addition.

It would be helpful if Atlassian added your text into the following PDF Customisation information page:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/advanced-pdf-export-customizations-198806890.html?_ga=1.62790703.2014661576.1454024630>

Are there any other little tricks that can be applied to the PDF Stylesheet to help complete the headers and footers of exported information?

Regards

Rob.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
The "apt-get" command in DockerFile is not work for oracle linux.
Asked by vincentpang:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Update the Confluence Docker image to use Oracle JDK](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=829062521)*

"Edit the docker file and change the OpenJDK image that the Confluence image is created from to your new Oracle JDK image.   

Change:  

```
FROM java:openjdk-8-jre
```

to  

```
FROM oracle/JDK:8"
```

However, the image "oracle/JDK:8" is based on oracle linux while openjdk is based on debian. And oracle linux is using "yum". So that the "apt-get" command in DockerFile is not found when running "docker build ...".


Answers:
author: ChungKyu Lee
body: I have same issue...

First, I edit Dockerfile.

#FROM openjdk:8u121-alpine  
FROM oracle/serverjre:8 //

After, $ docker build ./

Step 13 has error.

Step 13/18 : RUN apk update -qq \&\& update-ca-certificates \&\& apk add ca-certificates wget curl openssh bash procps openssl perl ttf-dejavu tini \&\& rm -rf /var/lib/{apt,dpkg,cache,log}/ /tmp/\* /var/tmp/\*  
---\> Running in 9767f435ac22  
/bin/sh: apk: command not found  
The command '/bin/sh -c apk update -qq \&\& update-ca-certificates \&\& apk add ca-certificates wget curl openssh bash procps openssl perl ttf-dejavu tini \&\& rm -rf /var/lib/{apt,dpkg,cache,log}/ /tmp/\* /var/tmp/\*' returned a non-zero code: 127


author: Joe Soh
body: I get the same message too

---\> Running in fb573c0a912b  
+ apt-get update --quiet  
/bin/sh: apt-get: command not found

I commented out apt-get part and noticed tar command not there too.

+ tar -xz --directory /opt/atlassian/confluence --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner  
/bin/sh: tar: command not found

Oracle Linux uses yum not apt-get, so I wonder if this Dockerfile really tested before released it out..


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
Is there a way to identify all of the uncompleted tasks (regardless of who they are assigned to) within a space?
Asked by Kristen Pearcy:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Managing Tasks in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=591595825)*

Is there a way to identify all of the uncompleted tasks (regardless of who they are assigned to) within a space?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Kristen,

No there isn't, at least not with native Confluence functionality. There are some [task add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?application=confluence&category=&cost=&hosting=&marketingLabel=&q=task) in the Atlassian Marketplace that let you do more with tasks.


Tags: task
How do I prevent confluence from encoding the '%' symbol in my web link?
Asked by Kelv Cutler:

For example, I make a new web link and put the address as:

<http://www.google.com/?truth=me%3Dcool>

[](http://www.google.com/?truth=me%3Dcool)And the link text as:

test

When I save the page, the address turns into:

[http://www.google.com/?truth=me%253Dcool](http://www.google.com/?truth=me%3Dcool)

The link text stays the same:

test

This is not acceptable, it ruins the intentional %'s I have in my url.


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Duplicate of [this question](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/55411125/how-do-i-prevent-confluence-from-encoding-my-character-in-my-url).
star rating scale in confluence
Asked by Keith Manning:

Is there a facility to put a rating scale in a confluence page? For example, have a table of movies and put a five star rating in one of the columns. Obviously I could put in pictures with a fixed rating. But I wanted to be able to offer a rating scale and have the reader able to select the rating. Again I can just say "enter 1 to 5", but a clickable star rating object or a slider would be better.


Answers:
author: Luba Leyzerenok
body: I'm looking for the same and Adaptavist looks great. Is there a similar add-on for a confluence cloud version? Thank you.


author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: Such an add-on exists for Confluence Server: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.rate/server/overview>

It is written by the add-on developer Adaptavist. You should contact them and ask them to make a server version of the add-on.

comments: author: Rodney Marable
body: Clearly they have chosen not to do this despite the fact that the server products are going away.

Any other suggestions for implementing this feature in Confluence Cloud? I am frankly kind of surprised this feature doesn't exist.


author: James Dellow
body: I don't think there would be an easy way to do this without developing a custom add-on.

The easiest add-on would just give you a series of macros for 1 star, 2 start etc, however it would also be possible to create a macro that works like the colour picker on the Status macro.

comments: author: Keith Manning
body: James, Thanks for your help. As a regular user of Confluence I am always afraid that there are features or add ons which the power users know about but which I have not stumbled upon. I can stop looking now :smile:


author: James Dellow
body: No problem - its actually a great idea for a macro.


author: Fraser Macmillen
body: Did anything get created in this regard for Confluence Cloud0?

I'd like to create an "App Store" where apps are rated and can be downloaded from a Confluence page - but can't see anything like this.


author: Suze
body: [@Fraser Macmillen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4573503)- I just came across this one: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220928/rate-me-for-confluence?tab=overview\&hosting=cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220928/rate-me-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud)


Tags: addon-com.adaptavist.confluence.rate

cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I prevent confluence from encoding my '%' character in my url?
Asked by Kelv Cutler:

For example, I make a new web link and put the address as:

<http://www.google.com/?truth=me%3Dcool>

[](http://www.google.com/?truth=me%3Dcool)And the link text as:

test

When I save the page, the address turns into:

[http://www.google.com/?truth=me%253Dcool](http://www.google.com/?truth=me%3Dcool)

The link text stays the same:

test

This is not acceptable, it ruins the intentional %'s I have in my url.


Answers:
author: Luis Pontes
body: I have just experienced the same behavior, when pasting the URL of a JIRA JQL search into a Web Link.

The JIRA Filter Macro is not always desirable, as it will show the filter results, or just print the number of results.

Sometimes, we just want a named hyperlink to some JQL search in Jira. This is only possilbe using the Web Link.

So when pasting the URL of the JIRA JQL search, and then saving the link, all % chars are encoded to %25. So what was "%3D", becomes, "%253D".

.... now for the ridiculous part....

Edit the Web Link, and then save it again, without changing anything.

It keep appending %25 to the URL.

So what was "%253D", becomes "%25253D", "%2525253D", "%2525253D", "%2325253D".... for every save.

Really???

It could be that "Confluence is doing the encoding correctly for you, turning your % into %25" but it is not meeting the **user need**, and it breaks everything.

The Web Link is blind to this use case.

This is a clear Bug in usability!

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, you're wrong. And right.

You are wrong because "Confluence is doing the encoding correctly for you, turning your % into %25" is correct. It has to, or you get garbage.  

You are right when you say "Confluence is doing the encoding correctly for you, turning your % into %25 **repeatedly** ". That is absolutely a bug.  


author: Luis Pontes
body: Correct. However, from the usabilty perspective, this is not working. It could be technically correct, but it renders this feature useless.

The JIRA Filter Macro will clean the URL for you, and then show you the JQL.

So, the Web Link dialog could do the same, i.e., decode on paste, then encode on save.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The usability on the encoding is irrelevant - it doesn't work without encoding, so you need it. But yes, it's broken when it repeatedly does it.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Kelv,

If you want to use a specific link and you don't want Confluence to change it in any way, you need to embed it in an HTML macro.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: % is not a character you can use in urls without encoding.

Have another look at your first url, it actually says ?truth=me=cool, because the % in it indicates that there's an encoded character next, and %3D is "="

Confluence is doing the encoding correctly for you, turning your % into %25
Can you setup a recurring task in confluence?
Asked by Corey Ayers:


Answers:
author: Laura Campbell _Seibert Media_
body: If anyone is still looking for a solution for this, [didit Checklist for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1226384/didit-checklist-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=atlassian-community&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=question-55295) allows you to create recurring tasks (btw I'm with the vendor behind the app).


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Corey,

Short answer: No.

Longer answer: This functionality isn't natively available in Confluence. Atlassian's to-do list software is essentially JIRA (and they've just bought Trello as well), so there's not much incentive for them to add additional task list functionality in Confluence. However, there are a number of [task add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?application=confluence&category=&cost=&hosting=&marketingLabel=&q=tasks) which might help you.
exporting and importing spaces
Asked by Daniel Tombs:

when moving spaces does it move permissions and restricted page permissions etc. is there anything that is not moved


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Daniel,

[This page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf56/exporting-confluence-pages-and-spaces-to-xml-658736972.html) explains the export process and what's exported (i.e. you can export pages, attachments, comments and permissions).

The only thing not exported - as far as I know - is page/space watchers, because those values are attached to individual users, not the space or page.

comments: author: mparsley
body: Hi Rob,

The page you referenced doesn't explicitly state that permissions are exported.


Tags: confluence-administration
Column Resize?
Asked by Christiaan Stander:

I tried to find a way to adjust column widths following the advice that is given on <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blog/2016/05/resizable-table-columns-in-confluence>

But it seems that I don't have a function similar as in the above example


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Christiaan,

This has been standard functionality in Confluence Cloud for nearly a year, so it's unlikely you don't have it.

Can you attach a screenshot showing what you can see?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I templatize a page?
Asked by Jan Hendrickson:

In two places, I have read that a page can be templatized. I cannot find any instructions. Can you tell me where in your documentation this can be found?

#### **Create public facing release notes (from *How to document releases and share release notes*)** {#toc-hId-1227814839}

*"Once you've created a release notes page you like, Confluence lets you "templatize" that page so you can use it again and again. By standardizing your release notes with a page template, you'll establish consistency for everyone using release notes. Learn more about [Creating a template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Create+a+Template) in Confluence."*

#### Create a customer interview page template (from *Creating insightful customer interview pages*) {#toc-hId--1324342122}

*"Once you've created a customer interview page you like, Confluence lets you "templatize" that page so you can use it again and again. [Learn more about creating a template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Create+a+Template)"*


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Jan,

The links in your question tell you how to create a template.

If you want to "templatize" a page you can edit the page, copy everything in it, and then paste that into a new template.

comments: author: Jan Hendrickson
body: Hi Rob, thanks for the answer! I have several pages that I had not planned on being templates, but they were well received and user friendly, so people want to use them!

I hope you will update your help pages to reflect this great answer!


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Jan,

Thanks for the positive feedback :smile:

This is a user forum rather than official Atlassian support channel, so I can't make changes to their documentation. But you can go to <http://jira.atlassian.com> and log a feature request to ask them to update their documentation, or put a support request in if you'd rather.


Tags: confluence-administration

team-playbook
Is it possible that end user can view confluence knowledge, but should not be able to print or download them ?
Asked by gyanyoga:

As per organization's security policy, we need to show our confluence knowledge document to end users but restrict them from printing or downloading the same.

Is it possible to put this restriction for users ?

Thanks for help in advance.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm afraid that's nonsense.

To read a document from a server, the client has to be given the data that represents that document so it can display it.

So, as soon as a user has a view of a page, they've downloaded it, and they can do what they want with it.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud