youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is it possible to automatically create Trello cards from Confluence tasks?
Asked by Harry Klein:

Is there a way to automatically create a Trello card when a task is created in Confluence? We are new to Confluence and really like it, but many of us use personal trello boards to track all of our tasks.

thanks,


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: There is a [Trello "Power Up" for Confluence,](https://help.trello.com/article/1083-using-the-confluence-power-up) but it doesn't integrate tasks from Confluence as there isn't a easily available trigger enable that. You would also need a way to associate each task with a Trello card. But someone could probably build this for you, as there is a trigger when a page changes so in theory you could check to see if it was a task embedded in the page had changed.

comments: author: Harry Klein
body: Thanks James. I saw the Power Up but it didn't look like it integrated tasks. Appreciate the quick response.


author: Chris S
body: Good question. I was also wondering this. It would save me a lot of time if I didn't have to duplicate my Confluence tasks onto my Trello board. I prefer a Kanban board like Trello to organize my to-do list as opposed to just a singular list in a confluence page that eventually becomes gigantic. Further, Trello allows me to create butler buttons and actions to save a lot of time on repetitive tasks as opposed to Confluence.

In an ideal world, if a Confluence task was created that contains me in its '@' mention, that would trigger a Trello card to be created with the details of that task and dump that card into a list I specify on my Trello board.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can we insert a database in confluence?
Asked by Steven Lobisser:

We are looking to replace our Salesforce Knowledgebase with Confluence. However, in SF we have the ability to flag certain facts to a KBA and thus, we can search by those flags. Meaning as example, specifying a certain code level a particular KBA applies to. Later we could list all KBA's associated with code level "x.y.z".

Is this possible in Confluence? Can we set up a Knowledgebase Article template that provides for drop-down selections that can later be searched by?


Answers:
author: Aidin Mahmoodi _ServiceRocket_
body: Hi Steven,

If you are interested in migrating your KBs, we do have a custom solution that translates the pages between Salesforce Knowledge Base and Confluence.

Let me know.

Best,

Aidin


author: James Dellow
body: Yes, as [@sven sven](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2200722) suggests, you can do this with Confluence using Labels.

<https://help.nrl.com/> is an example of a knowledgebase that does this (note: server edition, not Cloud). The labels aren't displayed, but there is a some custom user macro used on the kbase article pages that automates the linking to related articles with the same label, using the [Content by Label Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/content-by-label-macro-724765178.html).


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: I'm not sure I fully understand your requirements but to me this sounds very similar to what [page labels](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-labels-to-organize-your-content-724764874.html) offer. I don't think you can pre define a drop-down with labels to choose from for a certain template but they definitely help categorizing and finding content.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Best way to migrate data from Guru to Confluence
Asked by bhaim123:

What would be the easiest way to migrate all my Guru cards to Confluence?


Answers:
author: Deepanshu Natani
body: Hi [@bhaim123](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3627838)

The following link will be useful to you: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-import-a-third-party-knowledge-base-943523632.html>

comments: author: Marc Dantona
body: Deepanshu,

I feel UWC is not support for Confluence cloud? DO you know if there is anything else?


author: Fabio Germann
body: [@Deepanshu Natani](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/588324)\& [@Marc Dantona](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2088937) I had the same issue and created an importer.

Once you exported the collection as ZIP file and download/extract it you can use:  
<https://github.com/fabiogermann/guru-confluence-importer>
Did the new Confluence updates get rid of panels?
Asked by Sydney Houk:

I used to love using panels to organize information, but now when I try to make panels the only things that pop up are things like info panels. When I copy \& pasted an old panel into the new system it transformed into a table. Did the new confluence system get rid of panels in favor of tables?


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: Yes, the old panel macro has been removed from the new editor:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66752>

I guess using tables could be a work around.


author: Manuel Bastardo Castellano
body: Hello [@Sydney Houk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2520609) try to click in the panel and must appear the options to others panels

hope this helps

![Captura de pantalla 2019-11-07 a las 20.28.48.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72057i77CFE0250F2B059C/image-dimensions/568x79?v=v2 "Captura de pantalla 2019-11-07 a las 20.28.48.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Not Seeing "SPACE ADMIN" Role and Not able to Delete Spaces
Asked by Robert Ryznar:

I am an administrator/Org \& site admin but don't see space tools or delete spaces and there is no space admin role.

I originally subcribed for JIRA and just recently added confluence.

![2019-11-07_9-53-28.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72012iC4C730DCC074DA6D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-11-07_9-53-28.jpg")


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Robert and welcome to the Community!

Thanks for including a screenshot and additional details around your ask. Within Confluence Cloud there is not a Space Admin role as this role is now just Administrators. Chances are if you have the permissions you mentioned then you're most likely impacted by the following bug which prevents users from being able to delete/admin initially created spaces within Confluence Cloud Free; [CONFCLOUD-68319.](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68319)

If this is, in fact, your issue we would ask you to vote and watch this request to review updates to its status.

Thanks again for reaching out to Community and let us know if you run into any further issues.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
PDF attachments no longer show a thumbnail of the first page - just a grey box
Asked by Daniel Barringer:

If I use the old editor I get a nice thumbnail preview of the first page of the PDF as shown on right

If I use the new editor I get a grey box showing the title and size as shown on left.

I prefer the thumbnail image over the grey box. Hoping the new editor has this feature and I just don't know how to do it yet.

![confluence-horz.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72290iC52FC9090E3FFE17/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence-horz.jpg")


Answers:
author: alexander.minin
body: We are also extremely lacking this function in the new cloud editing experience, along with the ability to drag-n-drop and resize the attachments.

Are there plans to restore this functionality for the new editing experience?


author: Thomas ?hrbom
body: I agree that this is very annoying. With the new editor we also lost the ability to choose to display the thumbnail image in different sizes, and to me the most important option we've lost -\> just display the attachment as a link (see [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-38610) and [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65302) for logged issues)! Now we're stuck with ugly grey boxes no matter what.

Another side effect is that we can no longer add attachments in lists (bulleted or numbered); see issue [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-64564).


author: alexander.minin
body: My current findings which could hopefully helpful workaround for all who's missing some function in "new editing experience':

if you were using old confluence with old experience and then migrated your spaces and pages to the new one, all migrated pages remain under the "old experience"! Moreover, if you'd then clone your migrated pages in your new confluence, those clones will also be with old experience :)

of you need more details, just shout


author: Dara
body: I believe this is the same issue as raised [here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Attachments-Macro-In-Confluence-Not-Showing-Thumbnail-Preview/qaq-p/607586), right? In any case, it is a known bug that the attachment thumbnails are not displaying on the page itself. There is a [ticket](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-40609?_ga=2.95906271.2128859099.1573198617-1712400248.1568012946) running for this. I would suggest adding your vote ;).

There have been some bugs in transferring to the new editor, this is probably just be one of those unintended side effects. I do suspect the priority of changing this will be relatively low, due to the aforementioned bugs they're dealing with.

Also, for further info: Atlassian has a full list of differences between the two editors [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-editor-roadmap-967314556.html?_ga=2.248737031.1045539927.1571380284-1712400248.1568012946), including links to tickets that have been raised over these issues.

Sorry I can't help you solve it, but I hope this helps information-wise!


Tags: confluence-cloud
$error when moving page to new parent page
Asked by lori.fegely:

I am trying to move a page and sub-pages to a different parent page.

When I do, I receive the following, which appears to be an error for each sub-page I have under the page i'm trying to move. How do I resolve?

"The following error(s) occurred:

* $error
* $error
* $error
* $error
* $error
* $error


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi Lori,

First I would check that the pages you are moving do not have the same titles as existing pages in the new space.

I would also check if this occurs for other pages you are trying to move. If they work for other pages, most likely there are some issues with the current page. Look at plugins/macros that are being used.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to remove transition button on edit view?
Asked by Jeremy Price:

I have a "Awaiting status" status that I allow all statuses to go to within the workflow by using the "Allow all statuses to transition to this one" option.

That works no problem. However when I'm in the "Awaiting status" status on the ticket, is there an option that allows me to remove the transition button from the Edit view![Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 9.54.24 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72001i262C8599DBBFE92A/image-dimensions/337x211?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 9.54.24 AM.png")![Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 9.56.48 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72003iED96CF099DB0A9DA/image-dimensions/513x151?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 9.56.48 AM.png")


Answers:
author: Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Jeremy Price](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/981152) ,

With default configuration you can hide self transition for global transitions in workflow and already suggestion ticket is with Atlassian. Please refer the same for your reference.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-41021>

Workaround:

1. Remove global transition and add individual transition from each status to Awaiting Action

2. With the help of Condition from [JSU Automation Suite for Jira workflow](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/5048/jsu-automation-suite-for-jira-workflows?hosting=server&tab=overview) app you will be hide the self transition.

![Screenshot 2019-11-08 at 12.19.02 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72019i7E3832F7EC8669BE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2019-11-08 at 12.19.02 AM.png")![Screenshot 2019-11-08 at 12.18.49 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72020iCA53BBE56B75C23D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2019-11-08 at 12.18.49 AM.png")Thanks,

Avinash


author: Leo
body: Hi [@Jeremy Price](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/981152) ,

Along with [@Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3491119) workaround

if you are using ScriptRunner you can do the same through it
> Condition --\> Script condition --\> Simple Script Condition

```
issue.getStatus().getName != "Awaiting status"
```

BR,

Leo


Tags: confluence-server

jira

jira-server

server

workflow
Confluence Page to Multiple Jira Epics
Asked by Michael Clinton:

A client of mine is going back to writing old school BRDs at the business level to organize their thoughts.

We have some decent processes in place to convert pieces into Epics in JIRA.

I am wondering if there is a way to house the entire BRD in one confluence page, and then have INDIVIDUAL line items in the text converted into Epics?


Answers:
author: Ravi Sagar _Sparxsys_
body: Hi [@Michael Clinton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3526426)

In Confluence you can use the Product requirements template to create a page with a table and then you can convert that into Jira issues.

Take a look at this [page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blog/2015/08/how-to-document-product-requirements-in-confluence). It might solve your problem.

Ravi

comments: author: Michael Clinton
body: I definitely see that I can convert to stories, as expected. But what about Epics?


author: Michael Clinton
body: Nevermind, I see you can pick from the different issue types.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do you make an expand macro stay collapsed in a template?
Asked by Mary Wiger:

I have created a template with 3 expand macros for the 3 sections I want to present. Not all users will need all sections. I want them to expand and complete only the section they need.

I have a Create from Template macro on the home page. When a user clicks on it, the page is created but all the sections are expanded out.

Is it possible to have the page created from a template with the sections collapsed?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Dia
body: When a page is created from a template, the macros on the template will be automatically show as they would if you manually added them on a new page.

When a page is in edit mode, the expand macro is always expanded or open. You can only toggle when the page is in view mode.

I hope this makes sense!

comments: author: Mary Wiger
body: Thank you, it does make sense. I was hoping there was something that would allow me to override it. Thanks again.


author: Don Hamp
body: I agree with Mary that there should be parameter on Expand macro that when page is in Edit mode all the expands default to collapsed state. Also the expand macro is alittle bit blocky/fat... if you have many of them on a page (for example a table with expands in each row of a table) the boarder and heading take up alot of room.
any way to disable tip/suggestion when adding a checkbox
Asked by Jacob Lindvall:

When adding a checkbox, is there any way to disable the tip text that is automatically inserted? For example, you add a checkbox and text next to it says "Type your task here, using "@" to assign to a user and "//" to select a due date".

This is annoying enough to me that I am posting it here, I just want to add a checkbox, and sometimes I don't want any text next to it so then I have to delete that text. Sometimes I like to add a column to a table that is nothing but checkboxes and in the next column type the project or task or whatever.


Answers:
author: Dia
body: I am not aware of any way to disable it.

and the longer answer......IMHO

I think the tip text is there to remind the user to create a 'proper' or 'complete' task.

The thought there may be that you don't want random tasks that need to get done with no one being responsible for it, or no due date for it to be completed. They could potentially hang out there in eternity and never get done - no one would know they exist.

If you are new to Confluence: The [Task Report macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf613/task-report-macro-964960931.html) will not work if you create tasks as you stated above (adding a checkbox in a table). If you aren't familiar with this macro, I would encourage you to check it out. It's a great way to have an overview of tasks in your space.

Interesting idea about creating a checkbox in a table, though! I just tried that, and when clicking the task list icon (with the cursor in the cell of the table), it added only the checkbox - without the tip text. I could see where that might be of use...


Tags: administration

cloud

confluence-cloud

tool-tip
Is it possible to just add a link to a google doc without displaying the actual doc?
Asked by Damon Gaylor:

I love having the ability to display a google doc in Confluence, but really most of the time I want to just have a link so the user can chose to view the google doc. With the new editor, I can't figure out a way to do this. Is it possible?


Answers:
author: Damon Gaylor
body: I figured this out. If you just want to display the link then use the link option (cntrl+k) and it will not use the google macro

comments: author: cruel
body: Thank you!


author: Boris Dionne
body: Thanks


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

google
Cannot edit content
Asked by Rory Apperson:

None of the pages on my site are allowing us to edit them. There's just a spinning wait cursor.


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: As I mentioned in another post, there were issues yesterday between 15:17 UTC to 16:14 UTC. I expect that is what you were experiencing. <https://confluence.status.atlassian.com/incidents/3pz6m98tmz0l>


author: Dara
body: Okay, I am going to sound very much like every IT help-desk every, but I simply cannot get an idea of what is going on here without some more information:

* You say 'us', do you mean all your colleagues have this issue?
* Since when is this happening?
* Have you tried renewing the page? or logging in and out?
* Have you tried using a different browser?

If this issue still persists, and it is company-wide, I would definitely send in a ticket to Atlassian! We as the community are here to help you figure stuff out, obviously, but for bugs and incidents like this the Atlassian help-desk is really the only one that can fix it.

Hope to hear from you with an update :). Not being able to edit really sucks..

comments: author: Rory Apperson
body: It turns out it was a site outage that affected lots of customers including us (my whole team).


Tags: confluence-cloud
Unable to save page edits
Asked by Uriel Mondrowicz:

Getting a spinning wheel and an error popup:

"Unable to communicate with server. Saving is not possible at the moment."

Confluence status page shows no issues:

<https://confluence.status.atlassian.com/>


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: Not sure of the timing on this, but there were issues yesterday "Between 15:17 UTC to 16:14 UTC". That may be what you were experiencing.

comments: author: Uriel Mondrowicz
body: Right, issue was fixed by itself.

That was definitely not a local problem as there are several other complaints about the same issue during the same period of time from other users in the forums.

![Screenshot_1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/72441i2EAC1E1DD0AA4A74/image-dimensions/591x201?v=v2 "Screenshot_1.png")


author: StephanieC
body: As Kate mentioned above, I see this when I fail to save a page before disconnecting from ethernet connection and connecting to VPN or vice-versa. Sometimes it is a lag in our network connectivity. We run Confluence Server, so our issue is usually local.


author: Sara Allam
body: Same here, our team faces this error and similar ones many times while trying to publish the pages. It happens frequently and one time we had to make a copy from the page in order to edit and publish.

This happens after the new confluence update.


author: Kate Willemain
body: My 2 cents about a local cause for this problem - this happens to me frequently when connected to a VPN. I have learned to disconnect from the VPN when I expect to be heavily using Confluence.


author: Dara
body: That is a very annoying error indeed.. Have had a few times myself (renewing the page usually solves it for me, even while you're editing all your content is saved every few seconds anyway). Sadly 'Unable to communicate with server' can mean a lot of things, especially on Cloud, seeing as there are many factors that can cause such communication problems.

If there weren't any status issues according to Atlassian, it might have been a more local problem for you. Did your colleagues have the same problem? Are you still having the problem now? My guess would be some kind of hitch on your computers connection, or the local network maybe?

Of course Atlassian is also not perfect. If you encounter such issues and you can be sure it's not a local issue, definitely just send in a ticket!


Tags: confluence-cloud
Modify Activity feed
Asked by vladimir.radenovic:

:   Hello,

    Under Activity Feed where are  
    -\> all updates  
    -\> popular,  
    I would like to add one more one more column which will fetch all the news regarding reports that are using specific template.  
    ![Screenshot 2019-11-07 at 16.10.16.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71970iD69F392E0288CAF4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2019-11-07 at 16.10.16.png")

    Is that possible?  
    Thx


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Vladimir,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to have you!

It's not possible to modify the results of the Activity Feed.

I did notice that you raised the same request with the Support team, and they have shared the following feature request for your requirement:

* [CONFCLOUD-27952](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-27952) *Ability to customize the Dashboard Activity Stream like the Activity Stream macro/gadget*

My recommendation would be to apply a label to the existing template so that pages created with this template in the future can be easily collected. [Per Blueprints and User Created Templates \> Create your own template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blueprints-and-user-created-templates-724764985.html#BlueprintsandUserCreatedTemplates-Createyourowntemplatetemplate_types) under **Labels**:
> Choose the ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/files/724764985/937893530/1/1505441784609/label.png) at the top of the page to add labels to your template. These labels will be added to all the pages that get created with this template.

You can use this information to organize your content in the future in a page in Confluence, such as using the Content by Label macro. See [Use Labels to Organize your Content](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-labels-to-organize-your-content-724764874.html) for more details.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Log to confluence using email instead username?
Asked by Julian from AF:

Hello,

we synchronize the AD for loggin. Is it possible to use email address instead email to login?

I replaced User Name Attribute : sAMAccountName by mail but not working.

Thank you !


Answers:
author: Julian from AF
body: Solved

We had a problem with the User Object Filter: , it's excepting the mail attributes.


Tags: confluence-server

server