youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Attachment checker claims every type of file as suspicious
Asked by Ulrich Hinze:

Hi there,

we are using the latest release of Attachment Checker for Confluence on Confluence Datacenter 8.5.4 with clamd as virus scanner underneath.

For unknown reason every time you're adding an attachment - no matter which kind of file - after some seconds a comment will be added to the page saying something like:

There is an issue with scanning the attachment **file_of_any_type.ext**

Please be careful with the attachment.

The virus scanning section of Attachment Checker is configured to remove/delete infected files but that doesn't happen. Not even if it's the eicar.testfile which is supposed to be detected at any times.  

Clamd log shows no errors at the moment when the comment is generated.

Any help would be greately appreciated.

Thanks

Uli


Answers:
author: Hua Soon SIM _Akeles_
body: Hi Ulrich,

I suspect there might be some issue in your configuration setup.

We will need more information to diagnose the issue.

Can I recommend you to connect via our [Service Desk](https://akeles.jira.com/servicedesk/customer/portals) to get offical support? We will be glad to help :)


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confluence-server

data-center

server
how to change the favicon, title, description?
Asked by sveta:

Good morning, please tell me how to change the favicon, title, description?  
and how can you add such a button with messengers, like yours?

![Screenshot_4.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/306004i4E2B340E2A440620/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_4.png")


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Could you explain what application you are talking about here? This does not look like a Confluence page to me.


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confluence-cloud

description

favicon

title
Merging with BeyondCompare not working
Asked by David:

Hi,

I'm using the latest versions of SourceTree (3.0.8) and BeyondCompare (4.2.6) and for some reason when I try to resolve conflicts, SourceTree launches BeyondCompare but not the merge window but the diff window.

This use to work some versions back, the merge windows will comprise of 4 panes as set in the arguments (see image below) and the diff window would only show 2 panes (local and remote)

When right click on a conflicted files and select the option in source tree 'resolve using external tool' I just get the 2 panes which to me seems to be showing me the diff tool. Even with just using these two panes to resolve conflicts, when I save the file and close BeyondCompare the SourceTree prompt with an abort button informing me the external merge tool is still open and I need to close it.

Any ideas whats going on?

![2018-10-25_1248.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/35956i072BFF6FD64B9465/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2018-10-25_1248.png")

Thank you,

David


Answers:
author: Maksim Anishchenko
body: Hi, David

I suppose you use Standard Edition of Beyond Compare tool. Meanwhile only Pro Edition supports 3-way merging.

You could see the differences between editions here <https://www.scootersoftware.com/shop.php?zz=kb_editions>

Best regards, Maksim


author: minnsey
body: Hi  

It sounds like a bug we will investigate.

comments: author: David
body: Thank you for your reply, I would appreciate if you can keep me updated.

David.


author: David
body: Hi,

Just wondering if this has been fixed.

Thank You.


author: minnsey
body: Hi  

We have made some updates to this area that are available in 3.0.17 and additional updates will be coming in the upcoming 3.1 release


Tags: beyond-compare
I want to create the user in confluence ? want response with account id
Asked by Shruthi A:

Hi everyone,  
In confluence, I want to create the user but while using invite-user API it just pass the response as empty (hit 200) , but I want response with account-id , so I have using the Jira create user API , there I want to assign the user only for the confluence using the product field? show me how to do this? and also give me the list of products that was available in Atlassian.  
create user Jira endpoint: https://{domain_url}/rest/api/3/user  
request body:  
{  
"emailAddress": "test@gmail.com",  
"products":\[\]  
}  
for this I want a list of products?


Answers:
author: Vronik
body: Have you reviewed this documentation?

<https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v2/intro/#authentication>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

unknown-hosting-type
Confiforms: How to create a page to show only a specific entry?
Asked by Alex Moyer:

I am trying to use Confiforms to streamline and standardize our meeting minutes recording.

My issue is when the page is created the data that is displayed on that page (which should be from the entry that created the page) it displays all the entries to the form instead of only the corresponding one. If I limit the number of results it only returns the first entry to the form.

For example:

Date: 02/12/2024

Attendees: Bob, Jack, Jill

Minutes: These are the minutes from meeting 1.

Generate page 1 titled:

02/12/2024 Meeting Minutes

Date: 02/12/2024

Attendees: Bob, Jack, Jill

Minutes: These are the minutes from meeting 1.

I can do this, however if I make a second entry:

02/19/2024 Meeting Minutes

Date: 02/19/2024

Attendees: Bob, Jack, Sam, Kim

Minutes: These are the minutes from meeting 2.

Page 1 and Page 2 will read:

02/12/2024 Meeting Minutes or 02/19/2024 Meeting Minutes (No issue with the title)

Date: 02/12/2024 02/19/2024

Attendees: Bob, Jack, Jill Bob, Jack, Sam, Kim

Minutes: These are the minutes from meeting 1. These are the minutes from meeting 2.


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi [@Alex Moyer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5428158)

I assume you are creating pages with ConfiForms, right?

And the contents of a page has a some kind of a view macro from ConfiForms plugin to display data, correct?

The easiest way to handle the issue you are having is to have a dynamic filter on this view macro

![Screenshot 2024-02-13 at 09.13.59.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/306007iA6D171475B84666D/image-dimensions/362x205?v=v2 "Screenshot 2024-02-13 at 09.13.59.png")

```
id:[entry.id]
```

This will automatically transform to the ID of the record in the context used to create this page

Alex


Tags: confiforms

unknown-hosting-type
Link to File directory of local system
Asked by ???:

Hello.

I can't connect to local files within Confluence using file:// URLs. Is there a workaround?

Also, there is a security issue when using HTML. How can this be resolved?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

What do you mean by "link" here? A URL? Have Confluence read something from a disk mounted on the server? A pointer to a file share?

I do not understand what you might mean by "alternative to security issues using HTML"

comments: author: ???
body: Hello,

I edited it again so you can understand my question.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, if you try to use a file:// link in a page, you are going to need to

* be using a browser that understands the non-standard protocol (most do not by default)
* have the file available on the user's client machine. This could be completely local, or via a mount that is standardised across your organisation. For example, everyone has a an S: drive mounted, so that your link can refer to something like S:\\data\\ourfile.xls


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a way I could easily track my previous tickets that I raised before?
Asked by Michael John Cainglet:

I raised a couple of issues with Confluence IT before, and I would like to know how I can track all of them. Is there a way to do that?


Answers:
author: Zoey Wang
body: Hi [@Michael John Cainglet](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5256988)

Not sure who Confluence IT you are referring to. Your IT team whom you are supported by? Then you might want to use JQL to set up your customized filter for the issues being raised on your own.

Thank you


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confluence-cloud
Problem with signing documents in Atlassian
Asked by Natalia Karpushkina:

Hello)  
There was a problem with signing documents in Atlassian, the date is displayed incorrectly and when you update the information on the page, it becomes unreadable after updating. Please tell me if anyone has encountered the same problem and how to fix it? Thank you.


Answers:
author: marc -Collabello--Phase Locked-
body: Hi [@Natalia Karpushkina](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5428046) ,

Confluence Cloud has no built-in signing functionality.

Probably your issue is related to an addon. Are you using an addon, and so which?

comments: author: Natalia Karpushkina
body: Thank you)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Configuring SAML SSO
Asked by Alan Temperly:

Configuring SAML SSO when I go to For Confluence, select \> General Configuration \> Authentication methods is not available.

Why not? Would like to setup SSO with Azure AD. Thanks.


Answers:
author: Branden Martin
body: Hey Alan! To link Confluence with Azure AD we're going to be going through Atlassian Access. I'd start by making sure your organization has an active subscription to Access and has also given your account admin permission within it. Once those steps are completed head over to

admin.atlassian.com

And select on your Organization if you have multiple

1. Select Security \> Identity providers.
2. Select Add identity provider \> Microsoft Azure AD.
3. Name your identity provider directory.
4. Select Automatically set up user provisioning.
5. Select Sign in with Microsoft.

References: <https://support.atlassian.com/provisioning-users/docs/connect-to-azure-active-directory/>

You may also want to configure the Authentication Policy to require SSO

1. Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
2. Select Security \> Identity providers.
3. Select your identity provider directory.
4. From your identity provider directory, go to Authentication policies.
5. Select Edit to enforce single sign-on for users.
6. Select Enforce single sign-on and then update your settings.

Reference: <https://support.atlassian.com/provisioning-users/docs/require-single-sign-on-for-user-login/>


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Hi [@Alan Temperly](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5428038),

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

In order to set up SAML SSO you need to have Atlassian Access, and if you do then the configuration is done under admin.atlassian.com. You can learn more about it [here](https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/configure-saml-single-sign-on-with-an-identity-provider/).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Beta database After beta period expires
Asked by Irvin Sessoms:

Hi,

Once the beta database period ends or moves to production, will the databases I created remain?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Irvin Sessoms](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5362130) Welcome to the Atlassian community

In the past when Atlassian moves a product from beta to release the only change has been it is no longer called beta. So if you use the product feature now it will be the same when it is released.

comments: author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Irvin Sessoms](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5362130) can you accept the answer to help others?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a template footer Marcos that can populate text information?
Asked by Tina-Louise Allaire:

I am trying to populate information from my confluence page to the Export with Scroll PDF footer which is in a template but then I look at the Marco options I don't see one that fits.  
Each of my confluence articles originally were documents with individual DOC ID number which are in each pages' footer. I don't want to create a template for each Confluence page I create.  
I did find Document ID but that populates what Confluence uses in the background.

What other option are there?  
Can I get a macro created?

Many thanks

Tina


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Tina-Louise Allaire](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5282304) since you are using Scroll PD<https://help.k15t.com/scroll-pdf-exporter/5.12/cloud/> F, I would suggest reaching out to the vendor to see if they have any recommendations. [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?tab=support\&hosting=cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?tab=support&hosting=cloud) You can also checkout their documentation here:


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to enable self registration for public Confluence cloud
Asked by Maximilian Wei?b?ck:

We have an open source free of charge confluence site at [loxwiki.atlassian.net](http://loxwiki.atlassian.net) but it seems self registration is not longer possible.

I didn't find any hints on how to enable self registration for [loxwiki.atlassian.net](http://loxwiki.atlassian.net) again.  
Is this no longer possible? What do I miss?

kr Max


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Maximilian Wei?b?ck](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/599272) The site and multiple spaces are public. Individuals will be able to see the site and pages without logging in. Can you expand more on what you mean by self registration.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to restrict a group to their own Confluence space
Asked by Randy O_Neal:

I ***should*** know this, but I need to be sure about this. I have a new group in Confluence - they are contractors; I need to restrict their access to their own space and only their own space. I can create a new group and assign that group to their space, but I need to keep them from seeing anything else. This is Confluence Cloud.  

What are the steps to make this happen?


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Randy O_Neal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4270808)

1. Create a new group, say **Contractors**.
2. Add contractors to **Contractors** group.
3. Remove contractors from any other group and check if individual contractors don't have individual permissions in specific spaces.
4. Give **Contractors** group your preferred permission setup in the contractors' space.
5. When adding a new contractor user, only assign them to the **Contractors** group.


author: BHUSHAN PATIL
body: Hi [@Randy O_Neal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4270808) ,

Follow the steps mention in below Atlassian KB article to restrict contractors access to their own space.

* [Restrict External Users/Groups to Certain Confluence Space(s)](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/restrict-external-users-groups-to-certain-confluence-space-s-417366815.html)
* [How to configure Confluence Cloud so a group can only access specific spaces](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/how-to-configure-confluence-cloud-so-a-group-can-only-access-specific-spaces-780865465.html)

Regards,  
Bhushan


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
New Database Feature
Asked by Krishna Prasad:

Is there an option to do word wrap for multiple row values into one column value?

I have created a new Database page where one column should have multiple row values and all those should be mapped under one row similar to word wrap feature in excel


Answers:
author: Summer Hogan
body: Hi [@Krishna Prasad](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5423647) - Welcome to the community!   
I do not know the answer to your question, but I found the original posting **Databases are coming soon to Confluence!** so maybe you could ask your question on that post and tag the author, Divya. I hope she answers your question.   
<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Databases-are-coming-soon-to-Confluence/ba-p/2336724>   


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confluence-cloud
Disable automatic redirect with parameter mode=global
Asked by Maximilian Wei?b?ck:

Whenever I open the url [https://loxwiki.atlassian.net/](https://loxwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/LOX/overview?mode=global)

a redirect to <https://loxwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/LOX/overview?mode=global> happens.

How can I change this behavior so that <https://loxwiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/LOX/overview> is opened, without the parameter mode=global

It's very frustration for users not to see the left side navigation bar.

kr Max


Answers:
author: Sam Lindsay
body: Hi [@Maximilian Wei?b?ck](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/599272),

This is a know issue, but there are no plans to investigate it in the near future.

You can see details here:  

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59247>


author: Stavros_Rougas_EasyApps
body: [@Maximilian Wei?b?ck](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/599272) this isn't exactly what you are looking for, but we have a [Redirection app](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224699/redirection-by-easy-apps?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) on the marketplace.


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Maximilian Wei?b?ck](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/599272) can you share a screenshot of what you are seeing?


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confluence-cloud
Users who have been granted individual user permissions to a space still unable to access
Asked by Jacki Kientzle:

I'm a site admin and have explicit admin permissions on a certain space.

New users who are granted permissions to the space are not able to access it.

They see the space in View All Spaces, but get the "restricted content" message when try to go into it

The space has several other users who have been given permissions and are able to access all pages as expected.

The new users have been given the same permissions as the users who can successfully access.

I tried adding the confluence-users permissions, which would give everyone access to the space, but the users who tried accessing still could not get to it.

Pages on the space are not restricted. The only restrictions are at the space level.


Answers:
author: Uday Kiran Bhaviri
body: Hi [@Jacki Kientzle](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3425113)

Am just guessing like it could be at the Home page level restrictions and are applying to all the pages.

It's like if you have parent page applied to restrictions the child pages gets inherited to those restrictions.

comments: author: Jacki Kientzle
body: That was the problem. I didn't look at the permissions on the home page because there's no red lock icon showing they had been set on that page.

Thank you, Uday Kiran Bhaviri! Mystery solved. :)


author: Uday Kiran Bhaviri
body: You are welcome :)


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confluence-cloud

permission
The encoding on the confluence page is broken
Asked by ?????????? ??????:

The encoding of the only page in Confluence. The rest of the pages open normally. And it is impossible to restore the previous version. What to do? How to get readable text back?

![Screenshot_1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/305879i8EF540C81FC4B6AE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_1.png")


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: <https://developer.status.atlassian.com/incidents/c7jqd0nhmywr>


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Do you know exactly what was edited during that page change?

comments: author: ?????????? ??????
body: Changes were made throughout the day without refreshing the page. And when I decided to open a second tab with the same page, it was updated to this encoding. As a result, it turned out that the changes made today were not saved at all, but were reset to the previous ones and remained in this encoding without the possibility of recovery :(

And the attachments with the diagrams also disappeared without a trace.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Backing Up all data on Confluence
Asked by Kevin Lu:

Dear Confluence Experts,

Is there a documentation page on how to back up all the data on Confluence? My manager would like to back up all of our data on Confluence on a local server.

Thanks!

Kevin


Answers:
author: Jerrold - Empyra
body: Hi

This document provides a comprehensive explanation of the process for backing up a Confluence site for both Data Center and server. You can find detailed instructions at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/back-up-a-site-152405.html>

Thank you.


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confluence-server

data

database

server
Printing Issues
Asked by Keith Robben:

I would like to print my KB articles that were saved and published, but when I try to print or save, the data is missing and/or overlapping .

How do I print a clean, clear copy.


Answers:
author: Dan Breyen
body: Hi Keith, I just used the 'Export space' functionality and Confluence exported my space to PDF and included a Table of Contents for all my articles that I could click on. I didn't see any overlapping. Then I figure I could print the whole thing if needed. I'm not sure what you've tried, but if you haven't, you may want to try that.

My pages aren't very complicated, but it seemed to work for me.

comments: author: Keith Robben
body: Dan, Thank you - I was able to print, save and also transfer as a back up copy using that route with no issue.

Second part of this..I publish my articles to a front end user (service desk) - they are trying to save as pdf and print. Any suggestions?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to edit a Miro board directly in Confluence
Asked by Dav Anson:

Hi there, does anyone know if its possible to interact with and edit the actual Miro board you embed within a Confluence page (e.g. I can edit and/or add new stickies on the Miro board directly from within the embedded Miro board on my Confluence page?  

<br />

Thanks


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: You can try an app... there's Miro for Confluence which is free and claims to allow editing in Miro boards in Confluence.  

With embedding... In theory... providing your authentication method for Confluence and Miro board embedded via iframe is the same.

For example, I can embed google doc and edit it (it prompts me to log in once in a while)

iframe macro allows me to embed figma's embed link but not the URL I copy/paste from the edit mode.


author: Jehan Bhathena
body: Hey [@Dav Anson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4494007) ,

You may want to try [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217530/miro-for-confluence?tab=overview\&hosting=cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217530/miro-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud)

Haven't used it yet, but the app may support this.

PS:confluence whiteboards is out now ?, it's quite similar to Miro, and comes ootb with Confluence

comments: author: Dav Anson
body: Thanks [@Jehan Bhathena](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5119409) - will check the link out and let you know how I get on in case others have similar question.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to get single values or fields in Confluence from Jira
Asked by Gabrielle Hitchcock:

My team is wondering if it is possible to get specific fields from Jira issues to display in Confluence.

For example, if we wanted to create a table that automatically pulled a field within a table, is there a way/add-on/macro that would allow us to **just** have a standalone value (ex. "Project 2") populate without having the table included (ex. "Project 1")?![Screenshot 2024-02-12 105033.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/305861i8D2E118576647EE1/image-dimensions/421x256?v=v2 "Screenshot 2024-02-12 105033.png")

<br />

<br />

My team would like to have the data/information come over for aesthetic purposes for a consolidated view.


Answers:
author: Adam Rypel _MoroSystems_
body: Hi [@Gabrielle Hitchcock](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5304310) ,

Not sure whether there is some native macro, that could achieve this, but in the past I used Jira Snapshots for Confluence to show table of fields in Confluence: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1225123/jira-snapshots-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1225123/jira-snapshots-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

[@Rina Nir](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/547571) could surely tell you more about the app, if needed :)

comments: author: Gabrielle Hitchcock
body: Hi Adam!

I looked into this add-on and it looks great -- but not necessarily what I'm looking for, because I don't want the field to show as a table. I preferably would like it to be the specified stand-alone value from the Jira field! Thank you for your help though!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira