youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How to add "popular" tab into "Recently Changed Dashboard"?
Asked by Sergey Lystsev:

Hi, we want to replace standard Confluence Dashboard with a custom page (as recommened in <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customizing-the-confluence-dashboard-169117112.html>), but when designing the replacing landing page we discovered, that we cannot add "popular" tab in "Recently Changed Dashboard" (which seems used in the default dashboard page)  

Is there a way to do so?


Answers:
author: Lars Swart
body: On my server version 6.0.5 there is a popular section in the recently updated dashboard macro.

My problem is, that I only want the updates from the "favorite spaces" tab.

Do you have any ideas for that?


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I disable the people directory - we are cloud hosted.
Asked by Frances Cohen:

I only see directions for local hosting.


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Frances,

Disabling the People directory is one of [the restricted functions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html)in Cloud. I would suggest you watch and vote for the ticket that's linked to on that page, but I can see you've already commented on it.

It's no help but for the sake of solidarity, this is a pain point for a lot of people. Lets hope they get a solution in place ASAP.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I add a download link to a file in confluence?
Asked by Marco Del Carmen:


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: Do you really think that is a good idea to force every User to download the file on first click???

When you click on the document links either embedded on the page itself or on the Attachments page, the file is opened (depending on the file)and the User can elect to download the file IF they want to.

image2017-2-10 13:58:42.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-add-a-download-link-to-a-file-in-confluence/qaq-p/192012?attachment-id=1950){#link_1185bc1d3103c6}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/32332/1/image2017-2-10%2013%3A58%3A42.png){#display_1185bc1d3103c6_0}


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Marco,

Just to clarify, are you talking about a download link for an attachment in Confluence? Or are you talking about a download link for a file that's stored on the network?

If you want users to download an attachment then either they can click on the file, view it in the file display and click the Download button (as per Rodney's screenshot), or they can go straight to the Attachments and download either individual files or a zip file of all of the attachments for a page (To get to the Attachments for a page, either click the paperclip icon next to the page title or click the 3 little dots in the top right of the page and select Attachments).

If you want to provide a link that users can click to access a file on a network store then there are ways of doing that too - let us know if that's what you want.

comments: author: Andrew Lazare
body: I have files that be seen on an internal page. download in on one page. I would like to make a link that will download one of those files on a public facing page. How can I achieve this?
Importing JIRA issues to Confluence Tasks
Asked by Yw:

I've just started using JIRA and Confluence.

I am being assigned hundreds of JIRA issues to work on with my team.

I need to sort them into a private to do list for myself.

How do I do this?

I assume the best is to create Tasks in Confluence - but then how do I import the JIRA issues to Confluence Tasks?

Or is there a more elegant solution, without using confluence?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Yw,

You can [create a filter on a board](https://confluence.atlassian.com/agile/jira-agile-user-s-guide/configuring-a-board/configuring-filters) that only you can see. However, reporters and assignees of an issue are set to watch that issue by default (and anyone else can watch an issue if they've got permissions to see it) so if you make changes to the issue they'll be notified.

You can either set the filter to the 5/10 issues you want, or you can add labels to the issues and filter on the labels, but again, people will be able to see any changes you make to the issues like adding labels.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Yw,

JIRA is one big to-do list, so whilst you could make them into Confluence that sort of defeats the point of having JIRA.

Your options include:

* Create a JIRA project and move the issues in there;
* Create a filter on the JIRA board that shows the issues you're interested in;
* Use the JIRA Issues macro in Confluence to display the issues you're interested in.

In terms of privacy, you can amend the JIRA permissions so that only you can see the issues, but I'm guessing you mean you want the issues to be public but your to-do list view of them to be private. In that case creating a private JIRA filter, or a private Confluence page in which you display the issues using a JIRA Issues macro, is probably your best option.

comments: author: Yw
body: I'd like to

* Create a filter on the JIRA board that shows the issues you're interested in;

As I'm reading through 100 issues, how can I select the top 5 I want to work on today, and the top 10 I want to work on this week? I don't want anyone else assigned to these issues to see my choices.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Remove Referer Headers that reference pages on Confluence (NGINX Proxy)
Asked by Fabio S:

Is there a way to configure NGINX proxy to remove the referer header when clicking on external links embedded in Confluence pages? I tried to add the following parameters but I'm still seeing the referer header:

proxy_set_header Referer "";

proxy_set_header X-Custom-Referrer "";


Answers:
author: Timothy
body: nginx cannot remove headers from request. It can only blank them.

* <http://stackoverflow.com/a/39750507/7109649>

comments: author: Fabio S
body: Thanks Timothy. Should I remove all other "proxy_set_header"?

#proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;  
#proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;  
#proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;


author: Timothy
body: That's really up to you. Each of them have specific usage and you'll have to decide on whether to blank them out or not.


author: Fabio S
body: I'm still seeing the referer header and I'm using only

```
proxy_set_header Accept-Encoding "";
```


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there any way to create JIRA report (change log) for anonymous access that displays data from a non-anonymous project?
Asked by James Overell:

I would like to share a list of JIRA issues (bugs) with anonymous (public) visitors via a public Confluence page.

However, I do not want to make the specific JIRA project available to anonymous (public) visitors.

I have tried a number of approaches with no success.

Is there any way to do this?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi James,

In a word, no.

In more words, no, and the best workaround is either to grant anonymous read-only access to the JIRA project or take a screenshot every (e.g.) day and post it to a page that the anonymous users can access.

Either a user has permissions to view a JIRA project, or they don't. If they don't, Atlassian have - quite rightly - made it to all intents and purposes impossible for them to view the data.


Tags: confluence-administration

jira

jira-administration

report
How to open link in a new tab
Asked by Tommaso_Vaccarella:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Links](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764897)*

How to open a web link in a new tab?


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: Standard browser functionality: right click the link and select "Open in new Tab" or "Open in new Window"


Tags: confluence-cloud

documentation

link
canadian municipality
Asked by Tanya McEnery:

Hi there,

I am curious if anyone in this group knows of or works for a Canadian Municipality that uses Confluence? and do they take advantage of any records management plugins? TIA


Answers:
author: QuentinB
body: Hello, Maybe you can assist an Atlassian User Group to meet other Atlassian user and share practice and use case: <https://aug.atlassian.com/>
How to open link in a new tab
Asked by Tommaso_Vaccarella:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Links](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764897)*

How to open a web link in a new tab?


Answers:
author: Daniel Amaral - Autoglass
body: The solution is here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-force-links-to-open-in-a-new-window-213518072.html>

comments: author: Chris Swinney
body: TBH, this is not really a solution. What is required is to simply allow an editor of a Confluence page to select a target of a link, i.e. \`_blank\`


author: chintot
body: This is good however, opening a new window is still different from opening a new tab. The built-in macro is for opening a link in a new window. I also prefer that there is also one macro for opening a link in a new tab instead.


author: Jiraconfluence Solutionmgm sIT
body: Hello.

Without HTML or the source editor I solved it with a user macro.

I just entered the following code:

\<script\>  
jQuery(document).ready(function() {  
jQuery(".wiki-content a").attr("target", "_blank");  
});  
\</script\>

But: That affects ALL links on a page.

Can I somehow modify it so that only some links will be opened in a new page?


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Tommaso,

These links show you how to force links to open i a new tab:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-force-links-to-open-in-a-new-window-213518072.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-i-make-my-attachments-open-in-a-new-window-or-tab-313459830.html>

As you're on the Cloud version you'll need to download an [HTML macro](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.confluence.html.HtmlMacro/cloud/overview) for cloud if you want to do this; it is paid for but the pricing is very cheap.


author: QuentinB
body: Hello, you can ctrl+click a link to open it in a new tab

comments: author: Dmitriy Kashkarov
body: (facepalm)


author: Lee Mandleberg
body: didn't there use to be a checkbox for this simple functionality?


author: thinhnk
body: Install this extension.

<https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stackoverflow-jira-extern/omobkjbchckaocdkcbeapemooohjgbnk>


Tags: confluence-cloud

documentation

link
Include Page Macro is missing
Asked by Timothy Miller:

Today, when I logged into our Confluence Cloud instance I was greeted with a broken macro messages on all of the pages that use the "Include Page" macro. When I deleted the macro and attempted to re-create it on the page I found that it was not listed. I tried to re-insert it using wiki markup however I still get the broken macro message.

brokenmacro.png

Has anyone else experienced this?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Include-Page-Macro-is-missing/qaq-p/259478?attachment-id=5709){#link_1185bcdfaff0dc}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/43781/1/brokenmacro.png){#display_1185bcdfaff0dc_0}


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Timothy,

As a single data point, we've got no problems with the Include Page macro. That error looks like you'll need to reinstall the macro or restart Confluence (yeah, even Confluence has some problems that are best fixed by turning it off and then turning it on again :smile:)

In this case the quickest solution will be to log an urgent ticket with Atlassian and get them to look at it for you.

comments: author: Timothy Miller
body: This is the cloud instance so I cant restart it. I did however log a ticket.

Thanks!


author: Rob Woodgate
body: :smile:


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Share on Confluence toolbar button stopped saving (Chrome) - ideas?
Asked by John Graf:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Shared Links Blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765035)*

My Share on Confluence browser toolbar stopped working recently (Chrome) -- won't Save -- and I see no obvious changes. Ideas?


Answers:
author: John Graf
body: Sorry, I'm new to this didn't realize we were all in the same boat. I thought I was putting in a support ticket -- other ones I've done were also handled through their own tools, so nevermind.


author: John Graf
body: Rob,

There's a browser other than Chrome?

I only have Safari available right now, but shows same behavior, i.e. after \<save\>, reloads the entry form but changing post location to Personal Space, which if \<save\>, again reloads submit form. I may have tried it on IE at work, but that never proves anything.  
I was really getting into this thing, then it just stopped working. Last successful I have was Dec 16th.  
Not a show stopper, but an incredible tool for me. I do a lot of advance scouting of technology and my email is a rat's nets of cool links I've sent to myself (often not recalling why). Now I can save to a project/space and not have to forward links to colleagues.  
Happy bug hunting. I'd volunteer for the posse, but I'm way behind on my own.  
Thanks,

comments: author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi John,

I'm a mere user who answers questions on this forum, along with a lot of other users :smile:

If you put a support ticket into Atlassian then they'll investigate it for you and hopefully get you a resolution ASAP.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi John,

Does it work on another browser?

Atlassian put out an update at the weekend that seems to have caused various issues - this might be another one.


Tags: share
external confluence users being added to permissions
Asked by Neven Sosteric:

Is it possible to allow access to Confluence space for Confluence users outside of my company account?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Neven,

You pay for the users that use your instance, because every user takes up resources. If 1 user has an account on 10 Confluence instances, that costs 10x the resources for Atlassian.

You can allow anonymous access to a space, but lock down individual pages so that only the non-proprietary ones are visible to anonymous users. Or you can give your external users an account. Bear in mind that the licensing is tiered, so if you are 100 users away from moving to the license tier you could add 99 users without costing you anything, for example.


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Neven,

Yes, you can turn on Anonymous Access in the Confluence Admin \> Global Permissions page. You can then enable anonymous access for individual spaces in each spaces Permission page.

Your other option is to create user accounts for the people outside of your company.

comments: author: Neven Sosteric
body: I do not want to make my Confluence space public. It contains proprietary information.

Users I want to allow to access my confluence are also Confluence cloud users but under different account. Why it is not possible to allow them access? They are already paying for Confluence. :smile:


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to load a template on Confluence
Asked by Modiserm:

*How to load a template on Confluence*


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Templates are made the same way as pages - go to templates (global or space), click "create" in there and it will give you an empty page, which then becomes available as a template when you've saved it.


Tags: confluence-cloud

index
Re-index did not help
Asked by Patrick_Vanhoof:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/jira-issues-macro-jira-charts-are-not-available-for-your-version-of-jira-777004808.html>

Any other suggestions?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Patrick,

I'd like to be more help but if you've re-indexed both applications as suggested then the next step would be to put a support ticket in.

comments: author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: I did :smile:


Tags: chart

jira
How can I insert a Draw.io macro with a given diagram?
Asked by Eric_Masoero:

I just created a diagram in [Draw.io](http://Draw.io) via the Confluence plugin, got some boxes then i saved the file and i got redirected back to Confluence, but the macro doesn't show up. If i try to create the diagram again it says that the file already exists.

My question is how to insert a [Draw.io](http://Draw.io) macro with that file in order to display it and then modify it again? (Because if i insert a new macro it redirect me to the plugin view with no choice except creating a new diagram)  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-insert-a-Draw-io-macro-with-a-given-diagram/qaq-p/186441?attachment-id=8018){#link_1185bd370e789a}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/31282/1/Screen%20Shot%202017-02-09%20at%2015.35.37.png){#display_1185bd370e789a_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-insert-a-Draw-io-macro-with-a-given-diagram/qaq-p/186441?attachment-id=8019){#link_1185bd370e789a_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/31282/2/Screen%20Shot%202017-02-09%20at%2015.35.54.png){#display_1185bd370e789a_2}


Answers:
author: Boris
body: When inserting the draw.io macro, you can choose to insert the existing diagram.

It should be in the recent diagrams or you can use search to find it.

Click the 'Link to diagram' button and the macro will point to the existing file.

comments: author: Eric_Masoero
body: When I insert a new macro like here

Screen Shot 2017-02-09 at 15.35.37.png

I'm instantly redirected to this view

Screen Shot 2017-02-09 at 15.35.54.png

And there is not a "Recents..." part in any subsection :/

Any idea?


author: Boris
body: Upgrade the plugin to the latest version and see if that helps. It is a pay-for version. I suspect you are using a very old version which was free.


author: Quentin Dequippe
body: Please find Eric's response here (not able to answer you for 24 hours):

It's the embedded plugin in Confluence cloud, but indeed there was an update.  
Unfortunately, even after updating, the problem is still here, I'm redirected to the creation view right after inserting the macro, without a "Recents.." part. And I can't see how to find my previous diagram.  
The current version is 1.3.3-AC.  
Any other idea?  
Thanks for your time by the way!


author: Boris
body: Ah, it's cloud. I'm afraid there's no obvious way to do it yet.

One less obvious way would be to edit the page's XML and change the "diagramName" macro parameter to match the name of the diagram you already have. Backing up the page is highly advised in that case.


author: William Booth
body: I have the same issue


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

draw.io
Linking from Confluence page to file on network
Asked by Andreas Grabher:

When entering a link to a local file like C:\\temp\\file.doc I enter the following code:

```
<a href="file://C:\temp\file.doc">file.doc</a>
```

However after saving in Confluence the Link looks like this:

```
<a>file.doc</a>
```

How can I prevent Confluence from doing so?


Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Andreas

Use the HTML macro and the link will remain as a well-formed link to a file location.

comments: author: Andreas Grabher
body: Hi Rob, that sounds good, do you refer to this macro:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/html-macro-38273085.html>

Thx.

Andreas


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Andreas,

If you're using the server version, yes.

If you're using the Cloud version (or for anyone who reads this question who is using the Cloud version) then the native HTML macro is one of the [restricted Cloud functions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html) due to security issues, but this [add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.confluence.html.HtmlMacro/cloud/overview) will give you basically the same functionality. It is paid, but it's very cheap.


author: Andreas Grabher
body: Thank you Rob, this works perfectly. We're on the server version.

All the best,

Andreas


author: Rob Woodgate
body: :smile:


author: AnnWorley
body: Please see the options Ted posted here, too:  
[Confluence: How to place a link to a file on a server share in a confluence page?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-How-to-place-a-link-to-a-file-on-a-server-share-in-a/qaq-p/258790#M84981)
Does anybody know what Team Calendar's database actual name is ?
Asked by Penny Chang:

Hi all, I want to know if I could add an event to Team Calendar by insert into its database. Does anybody know what Team Calendar's database actual name is ?


Answers:
author: Tim Eddelb?ttel
body: Hello Penny,

the Team Calendars information are store in the active object tables starting with: ao_950dc3_tc_...

![information](/html/@4DF2F60CA30FBCA0CD7B960B5D0F871B/images/emoticons/information.png "information") But in general you should never insert thing directly into Confluence database.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-269>

Regards,  
Tim

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: To echo Tim's ![information](/html/@4DF2F60CA30FBCA0CD7B960B5D0F871B/images/emoticons/information.png "information") point - you need to have Confluence offline, with a proven backup, if you're going to start messing with the database via SQL (which also renders you unsupported). Short story - don't.


author: Penny Chang
body: Thanks for your answer and advise Tim\^\^

[TEAMCAL-269](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-269?src=confmacro) have been already open for 6 years, so I'll just passXD

And also thanks for Nic's advise!


Tags: addon-com.atlassian.confluence.extra.team-calendars

team-calendars-for-confluence
How to search for special characters like :
Asked by Bernd Schneider:

I was looking in confluence in the search for pages named like "XYZ:...". But using the colon ( : ) leads to no result, probably because keywords are marked with it.


Answers:
author: Claudio Kirchhoff
body: Hi Bernd,

try wrapping the word containing the colon in quotes!

Cheers

Claudio

comments: author: Bernd Schneider
body: Brilliant. Thanks for the quick response!


author: Claudio Kirchhoff
body: You're welcome!
Can't find "ConfiForms Form" macro
Asked by Katherine Fenech:

I'm trying to add a form within Confluence but don't seem to have the "ConfiForms Form" macro to start it off. I have the (definition) and a bunch of other ConfiForm macros though. What am I doing wrong here?

image2017-2-8 16:34:3.png image2017-2-8 16:34:16.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-t-find-quot-ConfiForms-Form-quot-macro/qaq-p/101901?attachment-id=9663){#link_1185be38b24433}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/17067/1/image2017-2-8%2016%3A34%3A3.png){#display_1185be38b24433_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-t-find-quot-ConfiForms-Form-quot-macro/qaq-p/101901?attachment-id=9664){#link_1185be38b24433_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/17067/2/image2017-2-8%2016%3A34%3A16.png){#display_1185be38b24433_2}


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi Katherine

The macro you are looking for is called "ConfiForms Form (Definition)".

To get the fast support, please use the option Rob has suggested, this way the support ticket lands directly into our queue

The best option is to fill in the form here: <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/VERTUNA/Support+Request+Form>


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Hi Katherine,

If no-one else replies here you might want to contact the developers directly using their [support options](https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/VERTUNA/Vertuna+LLC+Home).