youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Links to Anchors being truncated
Asked by Shane Mather:

I have a page with two tables (one for Outstanding Actions, another a list of requirements - each with multiple actions linked).

I have Anchors for each row of each table so that I can link from the requirement to the action easily, and visa-versa.

The problem I'm having is that the links 'randomly' (I haven't found any pattern yet) have half of the link address text truncated (usually to 4 or 5 characters).

So I enter the link to the anchor "#action4", then later on (after some saves and publishes) it's broken and is now "#acti" or "#actio" or "#action" - never consistent.


Answers:
author: Shane Mather
body: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-25955> Looks like a bug from 2012 =\[

comments: author: Shane Mather
body: Workaround seems to be to not hit enter, but to click save when creating/editing the link.


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: Do you have the free [Confluence Source Editor](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210722/confluence-source-editor) installed, Shane? If yes, you could try to rectify the anchors in the source editor and see if they are saved.

Cheers,  
Kirstin


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server
Roadmap Planner Macro > Bars functionality
Asked by Umair Ahmad:

Dear All,

1) I am unable rename "New Bar" and also unable to change the start and end date for a Bar.

Kindly advise ... If I need to use another Macro please let me know ... Thanks!

![timeline 2.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77972iC80059CD3940CFA6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "timeline 2.JPG")![timeline.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77973iD01BEF7923393D31/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "timeline.JPG")


Answers:
author: Bob Whitty
body: While I realize this is old, I hope this response will help the next poor soul looking for an answer.

The bars on the Roadmap Planner have **2 components -**the Title and the Description:

**Title**:

![Bar_Title.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/127587iA8AFDB4A2E1CDB10/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Bar_Title.png")

Title is modified by left clicking on the title of the bar, modifying the text and then left clicking on the checkmark to save the changes.

The **bar title**is what is displayed on the Roadmap Planner.

**Description:**

A Description can be added to the bar when you add it to the Roadmap Planner by left clicking on the text '*Click to add description'* as seen below:

![Bar_New_Description.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/127597i3501ECE7D1C8F777/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Bar_New_Description.png")

The Description can be modified by left clicking on the bar and then left clicking again on any existing description that may be present for that bar:

![Bar_Description.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/127607i3D78B6F26A7D2751/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Bar_Description.png")

Enter any changes as desired for the Description and then left click the checkmark to save the changes.

**NOTE:**

I have yet to determine what functionality the bar Description provides. It does not appear to be visible from a 'mouse over' nor any other mechanism. So usefulness of this feature is TBD.

*A very special Thanks to my Team Mate P. Nguyen for illustrating the subtleties and helping formulate the above answer.*


author: Hermance NDounga
body: Hello Umair,

To edit a Bar, simply click on the bar while in edit mode, and then click the title of the bar. When you will hover the bar title, you will see a pencil.

To edit the "dates" it's not really possible cause the bar doe not have dates, but you can adjust the view to "weeks" instead of "months" in order to drag and drop the bar more precisely. You can also use markers, to specify key dates.

comments: author: Jim Constant
body: Hermance, I'm can't rename the bar either. Actually, I can rename it but no matter what I do it still displays as 'New Bar'. I click the bar while in edit mode, then I click the title of the bar. Then a give it a name. When I save it, it still says, 'New Bar'.  

What might be the problem?
Inline comments generate new page versions?
Asked by Rose Cruz:

I just noticed that when made 2 inline comments, I created two new page versions. But page version history does not even show the comments. Has it always been this way? I would prefer not to create new versions for each inline comment.


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: You are right, inline comments will create new page versions. This is because the positions of inline comments are saved in the storage format (XML) of the page. I don't think there's a way to get around this.


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confluence-server

inline

server
How do I display a .mht document as a Confluence page?
Asked by jtholen:

I am tasked with creating a network run book and exploring possibilities. The procedures are currently in Word. I just found out that a PDF uploaded to Confluence is searchable by Confluence. Lovely.

But I am working with .mht and I would like to know if there is a way to render that file type as a Confluence page, without programming, and if so how to do it.


Answers:
author: Kiran Panduga {Appfire}
body: Hi [@jtholen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3669264) ,

I don't think Confluence works with .mht files. However, you can try converting the .mht files to PDF and upload to Confluence.

Thanks,

Kiran.


Tags: new-to-confluence
Livesearch macro won't stay centered
Asked by Nora:

Hello!  

I used the livesearch macro on a page and centered it in a section.  
Since this morning, the livesearch won't stay centered but is aligned on the left.  

What can I do to center it in a section?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Nora!

I've dealt with this issue a bit myself in the past. In my experience, the old editor would *not* center the Livesearch macro, but the [new editor](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html) *does* let you center it. I'm wondering if the page you're working on is an old page that has not been converted to the new editor.

* Have you ever been able to center the Livesearch macro on this same page in the past?
* Can you center a Livesearch macro on a new page using the new editor?

-- Zak

comments: author: Nora
body: Hi Zak!

Thank you for the explanation. I was indeed in the old editor, but I was able to center it in previous versions of the page I was creating, which I find a little weird.

Anyway, I finally decided to use the new editor to be able to center it.

Thanks!

Nora


author: Zak Laughton
body: Awesome! Glad to hear it!


Tags: confluence-cloud
How can we have a list of decisions / tasks with the new Confluence
Asked by Mich?le:

Hello,

With the previous editor, we could have a decision report listing all decisions contained in the space or in pages. How can we do that with new editor?

I have the same question for tasks.

For decisions, we could defined a list of fields to be filled in ..

These features were very useful to write minutes and follow up on them.

Thank you in advance for your help


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@Mich?le](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1448564),

for tasks you can certainly still use the task report macro. Simply type "/task" in the editor and the task report macro should show up there.

![temp.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77935i2357423FE0078CF0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "temp.gif")

For decisions it looks like you should be able to use the Page Properties Report macro as specified in [these docs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/decisions-blueprint-339739406.html).

Hope this helps!

Best regards,  
Sven

comments: author: Mich?le
body: Hello Sven,

Thank you for the quick answer. Ok understood for task.

For decision, it means that we still use old template format then ...

Mich?le


author: Mich?le
body: Hello again,

I thought about it further and in fact, using the decision page (created via a page property macro) will not help producing a list of decisions created with the new way of listing them in a document. What would be needed is something similar as task report for decisions ..

So, is there a way to list all decisions mentioned in new editor pages?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Having issues deleting table in template form
Asked by Jary Nubla:

I'm creating a new page using the Product Requirement template. There are segments in the template that I won't use so I'm deleting them. But I'm having trouble deleting a table form/template. Anyone encounters the same issue? And how to fix the issue?


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Jary!

I attempted to reproduce this and found the same behavior! When I create a new page using the "Product requirements" template, I am unable to delete any of the tables.

**Workaround:** I found that I *was* able to delete the tables after publishing the page and editing it again.

**Bug ticket:** I didn't see an existing bug for this, so I created a new one here: [CONFCLOUD-69036 -- Clicking the delete button on a table in a new template does not delete the table](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-69036).

You can follow that ticket for any updates on the bug from our product team.

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak

comments: author: Jary Nubla
body: Thanks for investigating this and thanks for the work around


author: Diego
body: Hello there, [@Jary Nubla](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1145053) !

As I understand, you are facing issues while deleting tables from the page while editing. I tried to replicate the issue but was ultimately unable to.

This is the button used to delete the tables:
> ![Anota??o 2020-01-07 162212.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78110i7CA8AC577F3E3687/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Anota??o 2020-01-07 162212.jpg")

++*The button only ever comes up if you have your cursor placed inside a table.*++

Since I was unable to replicate the issue, I would like to ask you a few questions:
> 1. *Is this affecting other users?*
> 2. *Was this working at some point in the past?*
> 3. *Does this happen if you use another browser?*

Let us hear from you!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do one search an exact phrase?
Asked by irene:

How do one tell Confluence search to search for titles that exactly matches the word(s) you type?


Answers:
author: Brett Coster
body: Hi [@irene](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3695038) - welcome to the community.

Place your search phrase in double inverted commas, like:

"business proposal" "awesome search".

That should work. [Documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-search-syntax-724765423.html)

Brett

comments: author: irene
body: Thanks [@Brett Coster](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3664764) ! Tried it and it worked.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Macro Pop-Up screen dont appear/open
Asked by Marco Augusto Santinho Gon?alves:

Hello all,

When i go to "Other Macros" it was expected to browser a pop-up windows with all all macros.. but this is not happening.. when i try insert macros from the default list they works fine, but those whos dont appear ( only in browser popup) i cant use.. anyone have any idea??

### Cause {#toc-hId-1115781490}

org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'countUserMacrosWithoutMetadata' in class com.atlassian.confluence.admin.actions.macros.UserMacroAction threw exception com.atlassian.cache.CacheException: java.lang.NullPointerException at /admin/macros/viewusermacros.vm\[line 14, column 51\]  
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.handleInvocationException(ASTMethod.java:337)

caused by: com.atlassian.cache.CacheException: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.cache.ehcache.DelegatingCache.get(DelegatingCache.java:101)

caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at Unknown location


Answers:
author: Marco Augusto Santinho Gon?alves
body: i solved the problem by disabling this sys addon "Gadget Plugin SPI"


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can not Save in page restriction setting change
Asked by Anderson Hsu:

Dear all,

When I adjust page restriction for remove assigned account and then click save button, it does not save result. My confluence version is 4.2.1 , although I try to update to confluence 5.8.2. But the result is still as same as before. How can I fix the condition? Thanks a lot.

![4.2.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77813i93D9AA104940F514/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "4.2.jpg")

After click save button, it does not return my adjusted setting.

![page2.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77814iB893F161EAF47798/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "page2.jpg")


Answers:
author: Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Anderson Hsu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/626040) ,

Can you please check confluence-atlassian- logs to know the actual error and please refer below troubleshooting article for your reference.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-manage-page-restrictions-266634309.html?_ga=2.61109676.1676885167.1578236237-1560727921.1571396603>

Thanks,

Avinash


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server
Adding a Draw.io diagram to an existing Confluence page: WHY is it so difficult!!!
Asked by Thomas Bricker:

I have just wasted a half an hour trying to figure out how to add a Draw.io diagram I made in Draw.io to an existing Confluence page.

Every tutorial or instruction I have seen says I need to add a Draw.io macro to my page.

I DO NOT SEE IT in the list of options.

Why is this?

Did Atlassian recently decide to drop its association with Draw.io and not tell anybody?

Or is it more likely, I dont have a necessary configuration set up.

What am I missing here? This should have been ultra-easy. And it is currently impossible form my end so far.

Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Ansar Rezaei
body: Hi

You need to install [Draw.io Diagrams for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210933/draw-io-diagrams-for-confluence) plugin to have access to draw.io macro on your pages. If you did it before try to disable/enable the plugin and check if it appears in your macro list or not. If you didn't see it check confluence log, It may be some compatibility issues with your instances or other plugins.

If you draw on <https://www.draw.io/> website then you have to export it and reimport it into your page on confluence. If you got in trouble with exporting and importing let me know.

comments: author: Thomas Bricker
body: Thank you Ansar,

I figured it might be something like that. I will try the solution and report back.

Thank you.


author: //SEIBERT/MEDIA
body: Hi Thomas,

I am sorry that you are not able to add the macro to your Confluence Cloud instance. This is a know issue, see <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58280> for details. Not all Cloud instances are affected, but unfortunately we can't solve the issue for the affected ones because this issue has to be dealt with at Atlassian. We hope that there will be a fix in the near future, until then you have two options for a workaround (also mentioned in the Jira issue above):

* Clear the browser cache OR
* Work in incognito mode

Best regards  
Bastian  
draw.io


Tags: cloud

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draw.io
org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder
Asked by Rafal Niznik:

Hi

Does enyone knows why confluence prints this error

SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".

I cannot start my server because of that

Thanks

Raf


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Raf,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

That line should be part of a larger stack trace that will help to understand what issue you're running into. It could be something like a JAVA or memory problem, but we'd need to see the entire stack trace to be sure.

For example, there's a page on a public Confluence instance that discusses this. To be clear, this is not Atlassian documentation but a customer's knowledge base article on their own Confluence instance.

* [8.0 Confluence 6.x Setup](http://www.bonsaiframework.com/wiki/display/bonsai/8.0+Confluence+6.x+Setup)

I would recommend looking into that and diving a bit deeper into your logs. You can share with us whatever you find and we'll try to help you out from there!

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Sree Nikesh Nandalur
body: Hello Atlassian team,

* [8.0 Confluence 6.x Setup](http://www.bonsaiframework.com/wiki/display/bonsai/8.0+Confluence+6.x+Setup)

this above page is not available and i am also getting the same error. Please advise


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server
Is there a way to create a google doc that transfers the input in the google doc to confluence?
Asked by wavanauken:

I am looking to have someone fill a google doc that fills a confluence page. If there is a way to create a public confluence form that fills a private confluence page will work as well.


Answers:
author: Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_
body: Hi [@wavanauken](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3689891)

Yes it should be [possible](https://youtu.be/ctYCAHdbdrk). You need to use Google Apps Script to write a script to talk to Confluence using its REST API.

Here are some links to get your started.

Confluence REST API: <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-server-rest-api/>

Google Apps Script: <https://developers.google.com/apps-script>

There are some [tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_E9T0Z4ua16avRqgoz9PfkvTX7vLz2O6) to get you started.

I hope it was helpful.

Ravi


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Right permissions for Confluence Analytics, Comala Approvals and Chat Notifications
Asked by Sergio Pedercini:

I found in my Confluence GLOBAL PERMISSIONS the following configuration for these three users.

![Schermata 2020-01-04 alle 14.47.28.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77793iCAE95E9065DBC1C2/image-dimensions/565x168?v=v2 "Schermata 2020-01-04 alle 14.47.28.png")

But in some specific space settings the same users are configured in this way:

![Schermata 2020-01-04 alle 14.47.55.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77794i697A2799609A99EB/image-dimensions/608x140?v=v2 "Schermata 2020-01-04 alle 14.47.55.png")

Can I avoid to define these users permissions for each space? If yes, how they have to be configured in global permissions?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, you have to choose to let people (or robots) into a space. Global permissions are not (and should not be) space permissions. Almost all Confluence installs need to be able to control who can do what by space, not just allow everyone everything.

comments: author: Sergio Pedercini
body: I understand your explanation, but let me show you my disappointing. These bots are part of the core of Confluence and, as far I understood, are needed to allow Confluence working properly, so if I need them for 99% of my spaces, I really don't understand why I can't set their permissions globally.

Anyway... Thanks! :-)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to rename the group name in confluence
Asked by Siva Kumar Veerla:

I am not able rename existing group


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Groups cannot be renamed in Confluence.

comments: author: Kyle Reeves
body: make it not be that way then.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You'll need to ask Atlassian to do that. See what [@Felipe Kraemer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781609) said!


author: Felipe Kraemer
body: While it is not yet possible to rename groups using the Confluence web interface (request being tracked at [CONFSERVER-9159](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-9159)), it is possible to rename groups and preserve their permissions by following the steps from this article:

[How to rename a group and preserve its permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-rename-a-group-and-preserve-its-permissions-948228977.html)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Jira Macro C&P
Asked by blatzfab:

Hi,

I am currently writing a little plugin for my IDE which exports release notes in a given format so I can simply paste it to Confluence and have it publicly available. My question is if there is a format which can be parsed and recognized into a jira macro when pasted?

My attempts so far:   

\* <https://company.jira.com/browse/PRJ-124>

\* {jira key=PRJ-124}

The second way assumes that there is possibility to set a macros properties in some kind of key value way, which would be best and most flexible I guess.


Answers:
author: Cristiano Mariano
body: Hi [@blatzfab](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2201632) How are you doing?

I am not sure there is a way to do it directly into the Editor.

But you could generate you text in the Confluence Markup format and then include it in the page going to Insert \> Markup and pasting it.

This is what a Jira Macro looks like when using Confluence Markup:

```
{jira:server=Jira|serverId=WWW-WWW-WWW-WWW|key=ABC-678}
```

To confirm these parameter values for your installation, insert a Jira Macro in the page as usual and go to View Storage Format. There you will see the parameter names and values for the macro.

Hope this helps!

comments: author: blatzfab
body: Hey [@Cristiano Mariano](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/541129) ,

Doing fine :), hope you as well.

Thanks a lot, this helps me already a bunch. The only issue now is that if I paste multiple lines of this at once:

```
{jira:server=Jira|serverId=WWW-WWW-WWW-WWW|key=ABC-678}
{jira:server=Jira|serverId=WWW-WWW-WWW-WWW|key=ABC-678}
```

The conversion into the macro does not work anymore


author: Cristiano Mariano
body: hI [@blatzfab](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2201632) !

I am using Confluence 6.12.2 and Jira 7.13.0 and the conversion worked normally. these two lines you put became two macros.

Maybe you could use only one macro with a JQL query like this:

```
{jira:server=Jira|serverId=WWW-WWW-WWW-WWW|jqlQuery=key in (PRJ-17520,PRJ-16691)}
```

Hope this helps!
Tomcat sitting on port 8080
Asked by David Crowder:

Self-hosted Confluence 7.2.0.

Confluence is running HTTPS on port 443.

Confluence's tomcat is sitting on port 8080 (and others), blocking others from serving up on port 8080.

Is there a config to disable this behavior? Is the only option to launch Confluence after everything else is running, just to keep Confluence from sitting on ports that it isn't using? This did not happen in the prior 7.1.x build.


Answers:
author: David Crowder
body: No, this is not the active HTTP port. This is something different. Confluence's tomcat process is opening multiple ports in the background, for what purpose I do not know, and just leaving them open. These ports are not the port that users connect to for HTTP(s) sessions, but are other often-used ports, such as 8000 and 8080. Confluence's opening them and sitting on them blocks other applications from their use. It did not previously behave in this manner.

You can observe this with any common tool to monitor an application's listening ports. Confluence 7.2.0 will be sitting on ports 8000 \& 8080 (and many others) in addition to whatever HTTP port you have it configured to use.

So, I'm trying to find a way to stop Confluence from this behavior.


author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: Hi [@David Crowder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3648049) ,

By default Confluence sits on port 8090. This can be changed by editing server.xml and specifying a port number.

```
<Connector port="8080"
```


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server