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Confluence vs Notion
Asked by Daniel Rykheer:

I'm between the bark and the tree with Notion and Confluence. I really prefer Confluence, but Notion's *unlimited* toggle-feature (nested expands) is one of its 2 major pulls on me.  

I love working with tables and merging cells and having other macros inside tables. And so it keeps bringing me back to Confluence. But those toggles/expands is such a BIG WANT for me. Works so well in Notion. [@Confluence](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/338789), bring it home please!

The other big Notion feature that sets it apart is that every element is independently movable and referancable. It is that referanceabililty that has us use tools like Confluence and Notion and Obsidian, rather than MS-word and PDF type docs. I want to create and update a piece of info in one single place and have it appear on other pages I reference it - Quicly and seemlessly. Confluence is halfway there with that. Still a way to go on it though. (Excerpt macros does not deliver on this)  

As for the pull in both directions, there are other things at play of course (macros, naturally being a big one), but these 2 above mentiond aspects are the major matters for me. I'm after simplicity with little complexity and fast responsive behavior. An inherent challenge with cloud based apps, I know, but having these basic simple features natively available and using 3rd party macros sparingly, is what will make Confluence a greater joy, less peeking at other tools (e.g. Notion) for creation/mainteance ease.  

C'mon guys at Atlasian. Make it happen, please.


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: [@Daniel Rykheer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4695173) I am not familiar how expands work in Notion, but do you realize that there is a macro for that in Confluence? It *may* be just what you look for.

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-expand-macro/>


author: Kristian Klima
body: Hi [@Daniel Rykheer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4695173)

Content reuse has been a common feature of Confluence of ages. People use for text, images, etc. You can reuse content of entire pages or excerpts of pages. It works just fine with excerpts and page include.

I've used it successfully for tidbits like disclaimers to build giant pages to get around the size limit.

Also, speaking a content person... excessive macro nesting is just poor information architecture - there's usually zero reason to put an ordered list in a table cell.

Which is why I'm happy that Confluence abandoned those options in cloud as it often resulted in content overformatting atrocities in the Server environment.


author: John Funk
body: Hi Daniel,

Thanks for some of the comparisons! Have you opened a support ticket with Atlassian to request that feature? Would love to upvote that if there is a JAC ticket.

<https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/>


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How to remove an option from a dropdown list in a Confiform when certain number is reached?
Asked by Rachel Sims:

I'm using a ConfiForm as a booking system - so I have a list of timeslots available for people to book in a dropdown list. Is there a way for options to be removed from the list when the maximum number of bookings are reached?

I've set up a rule to not allow new bookings using a _COUNT condition, but can I actually hide the option from the list?


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi [@Rachel Sims](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5571801)

Small example on how this can be achieved (I dont know the structure you have, but demonstrating a concept of filtering out options based on the stored data)

Hope it helps

[https://wiki.vertuna.com/download/attachments/178782502/Community%20-%20How%20to%20remove%20an%20option%20from%20a%20dropdown%20list%20in%20a%20Confiform%20when%20certain%20number%20is%20reached.mov?version=1\&modificationDate=1724134317224\&api=v2](https://wiki.vertuna.com/download/attachments/178782502/Community%20-%20How%20to%20remove%20an%20option%20from%20a%20dropdown%20list%20in%20a%20Confiform%20when%20certain%20number%20is%20reached.mov?version=1&modificationDate=1724134317224&api=v2)

alex

comments: author: Rachel Sims
body: Thanks Alex, this seems to be exactly what I'm after. I'll test it out and come back if I have any issues.


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Change Organization Administrador
Asked by Alisson Jaques:

My organization administrator is no longer with the company. However, your email address is Organization Administrator. How do I request to update this login to a new email that is at the company?


Answers:
author: Samuel Gatica
body: Hi [@Alisson Jaques](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5571742)

Welcome to the community!

Please check the following post[How do I remove an organization admin?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Atlassian-Guard/How-do-I-remove-an-organization-admin/qaq-p/1140954)

**The Org admin left the company and no one else has permission to remove and add a new admin.**

a) The first thing you can do is to talk to your IT team to see if they can activate the email account again and reset the Atlassian account password, so you can log in as the previous admin and follow the steps mentioned on number 1.

b) If the account can't be recovered:

* If you are a site-admin of a Standard or Premium site, go to <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/> in order to create a ticket with our support team. A ticket is necessary in this case because we need your consent to access your site to give you the permissions.
* If you are a user without admin permissions, then you must contact your site admin for them to create a ticket.
* If you are a user without admin permission and the only site and org admin left the company, please create a new question here in the community so we can create a ticket on your behalf.
* If you are a site admin or user of a Free Cloud site, create a new question for us to create the ticket on your behalf as well.

<br />

Hope this helps!

Best regards

Sam

comments: author: Alisson Jaques
body: It worked, the settings were in different locations, it must be because of the current version.

tks


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How to change our portal page to be overview
Asked by Chunjen Wu:

We are trying to split the portal page table of content style - can we change to that once we click the confluence this icon and go to like the screenshot that i show


Answers:
author: YY Brother
body: Hi [@Chunjen Wu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5458089)

It seems you forgot attaching the screenshot. It's difficult to get what question is accroding to your text.

YY?


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confluence-cloud
Anyone get Confluence to work on Windows Server 2022?
Asked by Stephen_Dodson:

I'm installing Confluence 8.5.14 LTS on Windows Server 2022 with SQL Server 15.0.4235.7. I cannot connect to the database during setup. I've confirmed the sql credentials and the port work. Getting "Can't reach database server or port".


Answers:
author: Robert Wen_ReleaseTEAM_
body: Hello [@Stephen_Dodson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4450359) ! Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

My guess is that there's a firewall setting that prevents incoming connections to your SQL port. Have you checked that out?


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Why isn't the blog stream working?
Asked by Catherine Skilton:

Hello!  
I am trying to add the element "Blog Posts" to a page in my "Field Enablement" space.

The blog stream says there are no blogs to share, but I have created 5 blogs under the space and have not limited the blog stream in any way under the edit tab.

I have also tried to edit the blog stream to show only blogs tagged with field-all-hands to see if being more prescriptive would help but the blog stream continues to appear empty.

Any thoughts?


Answers:
author: Samuel Gatica
body: Hi [@Catherine Skilton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4852300)

Welcome to the Community!

Please check this similar post [My blog entries don't show up](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/My-blog-entries-don-t-show-up/qaq-p/1349151)

Hope this helps!

Best regards

Sam


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Hyperlinks Displaying as URLs Instead of Display Text in Confluence
Asked by Alicia Legrand:

Hi,

We are experiencing an issue on some of our Confluence pages where hyperlinks that previously displayed as text now only show the raw URL. The links themselves are not broken---they are still clickable and correctly redirect to the intended pages. However, the intended display text is missing, making it difficult to understand the context of the links. I attached a screenshot to better explain, e.g. '/wiki/spaces/QM/pages/26116097' instead of 'P-DAD-01 Design and development'.

Scope of the Issue:

* This issue is not limited to a single Confluence space; it occurs across various spaces.
* It is not affecting *all* Confluence pages; only a few pages are impacted.
* It seems like the issue only affects Confluence pages that are still using the *legacy editor* from before the migration to the Atlassian Cloud.

Workaround:

The only way to solve this issue so far is by manually editing the page and re-entering all the links, which is time-consuming and not ideal.

<br />

Has anyone else encountered this issue? Could the legacy editor be causing this behaviour?

Any insights or solutions would be greatly appreciated, thanks!!

![Screenshot 2024-08-19 at 18.43.11.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/342521iA9FD859BE8279A56/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-08-19 at 18.43.11.png")


Answers:
author: Tom Dobra
body: Hi Alicia.

We have the same issue, unfortunately.
> \[...\] time-consuming and not ideal.

Agreed.

We've resorted to reverting to a previous version of the page, then re-creating the current page from that. But that's pretty laborious, obviously.

Did you submit a bug report?

comments: author: Alicia Legrand
body: Hi, no, we haven't submitted a bug report yet. And you?


author: Tom Dobra
body: Hi.

Yes, I did ...though I think it has now been closed, on the grounds that it only affects the legacy editor.


author: Stavros_Rougas_EasyApps
body: [@Alicia Legrand](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5571603) this doesn't deal with why it happened. But it's a way to bulk edit links.

A feature of our app [Space Content Manager](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1226657/space-content-manager-find-and-replace-label-manager?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) is to bulk edit links from display URL or to display inline, see link editor tab.


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How to maintain the format of an Excel file after import using the Excel plug-in?
Asked by Djib Jal:

I am using the Excel plug-in (Atlassian companion app) in Confluence to import files into my Confluence page. The problem I am facing is that the formatting of the Excel file is not conserved: this includes colors, bold characters, line breaks, and highlighted words. Do you have a solution that would allow me to preserve the formatting of my files after importing them into a Confluence page? Thank you in advance for your feedback."


Answers:
author: Stiltsoft support
body: Hi [@Djib Jal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5571564) ,

We can suggest searching the Atlassian Marketplace for apps that allow you to work with spreadsheets directly in Confluence without switching between different tools.

As an Atlassian vendor, we can suggest trying our Table Filter, Charts \& Spreadsheets for Confluence app that has a whole [spreadsheet family](https://spreadsheets-for-confluence.stiltsoft.com?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) among its macros.

You'll be able to import your existing data in .xlsx (with formulas) and .csv formats or start working from the scratch with all main Excel-like features: cell formulas, filtration, conditional formatting, pivot tables, etc.

You'll be also able to reuse your spreadsheets across Confluence and turn your manually created and macro generated (such as Jira Issues, Page Properties Report, etc.) tables into live spreadsheets for further manipulations.

comments: author: Djib Jal
body: Hi, thank you for your feedback.

I will check your spreadsheet family solution.

Best regards


author: Kayd
body: Hi [@Djib Jal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5571564)   

We are one of the marketplace partners which provides Excel-like solution in the Confluence ecosystem.

You might want to consider [**Excel-like Tables For Confluence**](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1225075/excel-like-tables-for-confluence-spreadsheet-and-chart?hosting=cloud&tab=overview), which allows you to import your .xlsx files directly into Confluence page without losing any features---this includes charts, formulas, and all the formatting you've worked hard to create. Our plugin offers an embedded spreadsheet experience, making it easier to manage your spreadsheet directly within your Confluence page.

We're continuously working to introduce more features to our plugin, and we'd love to hear your thoughts if you decide to give it a try!   

<br />


author: Djib Jal

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Can we restrict access to Confluence pages to users with a specific domain?
Asked by lisa_jackson:

Within a Confluence space (with open access), we want to restrict a certain set of pages to users within our company only.

The easiest way to do this and have it update automatically (rather than adding new users one by one to a group as they join the company) would be to restrict view access to users with our domain... can that be done?


Answers:
author: Kristian Klima
body: Wouldn't applying restrictions (only users = people with a confluence seat as per your permissions setup) can view help you?

Even if such pages are available for public viewing (anonymous access), those restrictions would keep them out of the public view.

comments: author: lisa_jackson
body: I'm just discovering not everyone we need in there currently has a Confluence license. Otherwise this could help!


author: Kristian Klima
body: [@lisa_jackson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5020345) There are other solutions that would allow you to use your company's SSO solution to control who can access what (for example, your employee without a Confluence seat could access your Confluence content - or any portion of it as per your definition) but they involve using marketplace apps.


author: Marc - Devoteam
body: HI [@lisa_jackson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5020345)

This can be done via IP allowlisting, but this does require an premium or enterprise tier.

See [specify-ip-addresses-for-product-access](https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/specify-ip-addresses-for-product-access/)

comments: author: lisa_jackson
body: OK thanks. We will be on enterprise soon so maybe I'll leave it for now. Although if we have users globally working from both home and offices will this work?


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Export page along with child pages as PDF or Document in readable format
Asked by RamyaSachidanandaMurthy_Bangalore:

Hi Team, Please let me know how to export a page along with its child pages as pdf or document or any readable format.

Regards,

Ramya


Answers:
author: Barbara Szczesniak
body: [@RamyaSachidanandaMurthy_Bangalore](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5571350) Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

If you look in the Export a Space section on this page: <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml/>, **step 4** in the procedure says that you can do a **Custom Export** for a PDF export to **export selected pages only**.

I have never tried this myself. If this works for you, please accept this answer to help others with the same question.


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Powerpoint Preview is not working (Macro)
Asked by Dominik Osterland:

If I upload a Powerpoint presentation with the macro, the slides aren?t shown in the preview. In our group we don?t want to download the slides every time and want to use the preview.

Attached a screenshot of the shown slide. It?s independet from the user. Also right click and 'Load Imagge' doens?t work. ![2024-08-19 13_46_49-EMV - EE_ITL - Confluence.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/342441iDD47FFE37614E421/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2024-08-19 13_46_49-EMV - EE_ITL - Confluence.png")


Answers:
author: Vronik
body: Hi

Look at this:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-91712>

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-66248>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/using-the-jira-macro-repair-1084362152.html>

Regards


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Link table filters
Asked by EH:

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to somehow link different drop-down filters together or have a "parent" filter with multiple "child filters" such that if I change the value of one filter, the others change to that same value automatically?


Answers:
author: Stiltsoft support
body: Hi [@EH](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5571381) ,

If judging by the header of your question we are talking about the [Table Filter, Charts \& Spreadsheets for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-charts-spreadsheets-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) app (that is our add-on) and its [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/tfac/cloud/table-filter-42239756.html?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) macro, then there is no such possibility.

If your case is that you need to present your data but it is not convenient to filter on the fly (you change the first dropdown filter and then need to adjust filters in other columns since they are somehow affected by the first choice), you may use the following workaround:

* Wrap your source table in the [Table Excerpt](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/tfac/cloud/table-excerpt-and-table-excerpt-include-42241623.html?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) macro
* Reuse it using the Table Excerpt Include macro as many times as many filter views you need
* Wrap each Table Excerpt Include macro in a separate Table Filter macro and set the required filters for each reused table

All the changes made to the source table will be passed to its virtual copies, and you'll get a kind of a live dashboard.

If you are talking about smth else, please tell us some more about the case.


author: Henning Stoll
body: Hello,

such a thing doesnt exist in jira.


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Is it possible for JIRA chart macro to read from a date macro?
Asked by Nidheesh Pillai:

Ref: Atlassian Confluence 8.5.12  

I am creating a wiki page with a JIRA chart macro, so that say for example, I can report the JIRA tickets based on priority.  

In the wiki, can I add a date/calendar macro (say for example startdate and enddate) which will then be the input to the JIRA chart macro (say for example issues based on priority between start date and end date selected from the above date macro ) and thus such that the charts get updated for the duration selected by the date macro?  

If yes, how can I achieve it?


Answers:
author: Marc - Devoteam
body: Hi [@Nidheesh Pillai](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/345450)

Welcome to the community.

No this can't. You can't combine the Jira details form a Jira macro in Confluence, with Confluence related data.

Use the Jira issues macro and search to show issues between dates, based on date information on the Jira issues

comments: author: Nidheesh Pillai
body: For para 2  
.. but that will mean to edit the page everytime to change the dates correct? I do not want user to edit the page. Rather just use the date macro to select dates, and the JIRA charts change based on the input. But I guess from para 1, it is not possible, correct?


author: Marc - Devoteam
body: Hi [@Nidheesh Pillai](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/345450)

Correct, this can't be done.

You can use conditional dates on the search in the Jira issues marco.

See JQL advanced search : <https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/jql-functions/#startOfDay-->


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View and Filter Data from different Pages
Asked by Tim Landwehr:

Hello everyone,

I am interested in creating a wiki for companies in a specific field of innovation. I have already created pages with overview tables that include information such as the company's name, country of origin, and founding year. Now, I would like to develop a filtering engine that can display all the companies that align with the filters I set on the engine. I want the information to be extracted from the respective pages and ideally have the names of the matching companies displayed as links to their individual pages.

Could you assist me with this task or recommend any resources or guidance that could help me solve this problem?

Thank you very much in advance :)


Answers:
author: Stiltsoft support
body: Hi [@Tim Landwehr](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5571249) ,

If the tables that you want to collect consist of one data row, then you may use the standard Page Properties/Page Properties Report macros. You may read more about setting a report [here](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-page-properties-report-macro/), in the Atlassian Documentation.

If you need to collect multiple-row tables, you may try the app that we develop - [Table Filter, Charts \& Spreadsheets for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-charts-spreadsheets-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111).

Our [Table Excerpt/Table Excerpt Include](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/tfac/cloud/table-excerpt-and-table-excerpt-include-42241623.html?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) macros serve as an advanced version of the standard Page Properties/Page Properties Report. And if you wrap the Table Excerpt Include macro in the [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/tfac/cloud/table-filter-42239756.html?utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=table-filter-traffic-sources&utm_vendorID=1216111) macro, you'll be able to filter your report on the fly, set a default sorting, and much more.


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