youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
CQL Macro - When will this be available for the Server Edition?
Asked by Kim Zvik:

Hello,

I would like to use this for a hosted server. I see this is only for this cloud. When will it be available for the server?

Kim


Answers:
author: Rafael Franco
body: [ScriptRunner for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.onresolve.confluence.groovy.groovyrunner/server/overview) has a CQL Macro built on


author: P?ter Ipacs
body: It would be good to have this macro for a hosted server also....

Search Results macro isn't configurable, which properties should show in the list.

Other problem: by Search Results macro - case sensitivity for space key, labels, etc... It would be good, to have case insensitive search (also).

.. btw, by our Company there is not allowed to use/write custom macros. Only Atlassian-bundled, supported ones.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: I wasn't sure if there was much demand for the CQL Search macro on Server, and I know that Atlassian has an internal CQL macro that they never seemed to release, although I thought they might that has similar functionality.

Seeing as it's mostly just HTML/Javascript, I don't see that there's any reason why I couldn't release it for server, although creating server plugins is a little more work and I don't have much time.

Perhaps if the search results macro does not meet your needs (although as Davin said, most of the functionality can be reproduced with the search results macro, you just have to know the syntax), and if some other people wish to see it on Server then I could work on it.

I kinda wish they would just release Atlassian Connect for Server so that people wouldn't have to backport stuff from Cloud -\> Server...


author: Davin Studer
body: You can get similar functionality using the search results macro. Is there something specifically that the CQL macro has that you cannot get with the search results macro?


Tags: server
create a form on my wiki which enters data into a fillable pdf... am i dreaming?
Asked by dan f.:

Hello,

first some background: My university is making the switch to confluence, and i'm trying to test the limits to its powers. we have to go through some pretty tedious inventory procedures, and i'd like to build a wiki page that removes alot of redundant work.

on the wiki page i want a few fields. so a person can type, say, the make, model, and serial number of an object then press "submit" the data would then be moved over to a fillable PDF (we MUST use the fillable pdf as a requirement of a different department) in the correct fields. someone else who has similar data to enter should be able to enter it in the same way, where their data would then be recorded in the PDF on the line below (it's kind of an excel sheet) rather than saving over the previous person's work. the filled PDF would then need to be made available to administrators.

the skinny:

how do i make a fillable, submittable field on a wiki page?

how do i direct the submitted data to be entered onto a fillable PDF template?

how do i ensure the entered data goes into the right places on the PDF, and when more data is entered it goes into the NEXT right place on the pdf (the next row down)?

how do i make the wiki start filling out a new pdf when all the fields have been filled?

how do i make the pdf available so it can be downloaded and printed by an admin(or any user)?

thank you for your time and thoughtful responses!


Answers:
author: Midori
body: I'm not sure if Confluence is the right tool for this, and I don't think this is doable at all.

**JIRA, obviously, supports strongly typed custom fields, input forms via [Issue Collector](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Using+the+Issue+Collector) that can be embedded to external websites and powerful PDF exports with the [PDF View Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.jira.plugin.pdfview)** ([samples](http://www.midori-global.com/products/jira-pdf-view-plugin/)). You could even integrate them by embedding the form to Confluence, and by emailing the PDF documents to the user with the [PDF Automation Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.jira.plugin.pdfautomation), so that it gives an experience that keeps JIRA in the background, but the created issues are reportable, trackable, configurable and have real workflow.


author: Milo Test
body: If you're dreaming, we're sharing the same dream!

One potential avenue is that both Confluence and Acrobat can speak JavaScript and data should be able to be sent between them with a SOAP request.

How we get there is for someone smarter than me though.


Tags: forms

pdf
How can I insert reference to page title within a text box?
Asked by Dave Blaine:

I'm editing a page that represents a meeting. There's a panel at top of page with a space for "meeting title." Normally people just type in text. But I've noticed that the title of the page is invariably the same as the "meeting title." So I want to insert a macro to fetch the page title and insert it into the text.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: At least on the server version, you could do this easily with a user macro. Just insert a user macro with the following information:

Screenshot from 2015-08-08 22:15:10.png

```
## @noparams$content.title
```

Note: if you want everybody to see it, just leave it as "Visible to all users in the Macro Browser".

Then just insert it as you would any other macro in the box where you normally type the title.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-insert-reference-to-page-title-within-a-text-box/qaq-p/181614?attachment-id=8303){#link_11881b0680087b}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/30411/1/Screenshot%20from%202015-08-08%2022%3A15%3A10.png){#display_11881b0680087b_0}
Confluence installed on linux server with Jira & Stash
Asked by Lorenzo Iannazzo:

Seems like Confluence hangs on a weekly basis and requires a service restart - what would cause this issue? Logs do not indicated anything out of the normal. The standalone Linux server is also hosing JIRA and STASH. The other applications do not require reboot just Confluence. This is also a virtual server.


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Lorenzo,

If you are not finding anything on Confluence logs, try to check the Linux logs to see if you find something new (OOM)? You can start on /var/log/messages

Another idea is trying to check database logs. But, it's weird that Confluence is freezing with no error logs.

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki


author: Lorenzo Iannazzo
body: Hi Mike,

I'm running 5.8.4 - seems about every two weeks as well. I have to restart the Confluence Service and it works fine afterwards. I just do the service this way the other applications are not affected.


author: Mike Rathwell
body: What version of Confluence are you running? I've had some in the past that just... did that and have one right now that I think will go away with an upgrade (Confluence 5.8.5). Nothing in the logs. Just seems to get tired and stop taking requests. Tomcat is still running but not taking any CPU. Have to bounce tomcat to get it to come back and is about (for me) every 2 weeks it does that.


Tags: confluence-administration
weirdness in toolbar in Confluence 5.8.5
Asked by Jennifer Weber:

We've created a clone site where we are testing updating to Confluence 5.8.5 and getting all of our add-ons updated as well. For the most part everything seems to be working swell, but there is an icon in my toolbar now that looks like it is being cut off - it's to the right of the icon for notifications.

toolbar.JPG

Anybody seem this before and any ideas how to solve?

Thanks so much!  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/weirdness-in-toolbar-in-Confluence-5-8-5/qaq-p/250330?attachment-id=12470){#link_1191d72adf20b5}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/42349/1/toolbar.JPG){#display_1191d72adf20b5_0}


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey Jennifer,

It looks like the Zen Theme is having some problem to render its icons. You could uninstall it and install it again and see if it fixed. Or contact the Zen Theme's Team Support.


Tags: confluence-administration
Heading text disappears in background color macro
Asked by Hank Hwang:

When I try to format the top line text as a heading in the background color macro the text disappears. But it works fine in other places. Why do I get this problem?

**EDIT:** As shown by the picture below, the GET and horizontal line are in the editor but missing in the preview

Screen Shot 2015-08-06 at 12.54.38 PM.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Heading-text-disappears-in-background-color-macro/qaq-p/376198?attachment-id=4671){#link_11881b3f6cf124}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/63604/1/Screen%20Shot%202015-08-06%20at%2012.54.38%20PM.png){#display_11881b3f6cf124_0}


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: I notice that there is no scroll bar on the right, even though there is definitely more text than can be displayed.

What browser/version are you using?

comments: author: Hank Hwang
body: I added a screenshot


author: Hank Hwang
body: I'm using Chrome 44.0.2403.130


author: Milo Test
body: Alright, I was able to replicate your problem in our cloud instance (though my scroll bar still shows), but it doesn't happen in our 5.7.4 server instance.I'm going to chalk this up to an issue with the latest version of Confluence, and you should probably create a bug ticket.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
confluence not displaying single quote correctly
Asked by Ed Gaile:

I am using the Bob Swift Run macro in confluence which pulls a drop down list of contact names from a database as part of the form. When contact names are inserted into the database with a single like Ed O'Gaile, it looks fine in the table. However when Confluence pulls the data and you hit the drop down list to select a contact name, the name displays as Ed O\&#39;Gaile. The db tables are created with charset utf8 and confluences charset is also utf8.

I am sure this is something right under my nose, but am banging my head on trying to get the drop down list to display the ' instead of \&#39;


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey Ed,

I guess you are troubleshooting just right your application(yeaaah :smile:).  
Can you check your database's collation?

```
SELECT object_name(object_id) as TableName, name as ColumnName, collation_nameFROM sys.columnsWHERE collation_name &lt;&gt; 'SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS'AND object_name(object_id) NOT LIKE 'sys%'AND object_name(object_id) NOT LIKE 'queue%'AND object_name(object_id) NOT LIKE 'file%'AND object_name(object_id) NOT LIKE 'spt%'AND object_name(object_id) NOT LIKE 'MSrep%'
```

They need to be utf8 as well :smile:.

Note: This query is for SQL Server, I hope it's the one you are using(crossing my fingers).

<br />

Cheers buddy!

comments: author: Ed Gaile
body: Thanks Guilherme. I did check the schemas default character set and collation and they are utf8 and utf8_general_ci respectively.


Tags: run
How to stop sending notification email when Administrator logins as different user?
Asked by Patrick Suteja:

I was trying to upload user profile picture by going through "User Management" -\> Select the User -\> "Login As User". Whenever I do this, it will send email to the user saying the admin has login to be the user.

1. Is there a way to disable that notification email for that particular task i.e. "Login As User"?
2. If not, what is the best way for Administrator to upload user profile picture in Confluence?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You could use the CLI method: <https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-addUserPicture>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I added Atlassian Cards. How do I access it? Is there a macro?
Asked by Suresh Parsuram:


Answers:
author: Suresh Parsuram
body: Hi Nic,

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/atlassian-cards>

Nevermind. Figured out how to enable it.

Doesn't seem to be very useful since it shows very little content - and nothing that really pertains to the actual page. This is what I got for google.com:  

image2015-8-5 16:39:42.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-added-Atlassian-Cards-How-do-I-access-it-Is-there-a-macro/qaq-p/129764?attachment-id=11710){#link_11881bb3ffb386}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/21526/1/image2015-8-5%2016%3A39%3A42.png){#display_11881bb3ffb386_0}

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Thanks. It's quite hard to guess what addons people are talking about when they're new or little used. Anyway, seems like you've solve it now!


author: sreuter
body: Hey @Suresh Parsuram,unfortunately, the appearance and usefulness of the cards highly depend on the actual link/webpage you are using it for. Did you also try it with some other pages back then?I'd love to hear what your expectations where when installing this plugin and how you think it could be improved.Cheers,Sascha


author: Shawn C
body: From the Video on the [Agile Cards for JIRA](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.spartez.scrumprint.scrumplugin) page, it looks like an option for "Agile Cards" is added under "Export" and "More":

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-Z8xseSNo>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What do you mean by "Atlassian Cards"? Which addon is that?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
i have the corporate web server on one machine and confluence on another, how do i link the confluence so when i go to the main site http://example.com/wiki it displays the confluence login on the other machine
Asked by SystemsA:

i have the corporate web server on one machine and confluence on another, how do i link the confluence so when i go to the main site <http://example.com/wiki> it displays the confluence login on the other machine and the end user is never aware of the existance of a separate machine from browsing?

on the confluence machine under apache i'm using proxypass as follows:

ProxyRequests Off  

ProxyPass / [http://wiki.example.com:8090/](http://rmwiki.electric-cloud.com:8090/)  
ProxyPassReverse / [http://wiki.example.com:8090/](http://rmwiki.electric-cloud.com:8090/)  
ProxyPreserveHost On  
SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1  
SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1  

and that works fine for browsing on the confluence machine.

on the corp web server apache config i have:

ProxyRequests Off  
ProxyPass /wiki/ [http://wiki.example.com/](http://rmwiki.electric-cloud.com/)  
ProxyPassReverse /wiki/ [http://wiki.example.com/](http://rmwiki.electric-cloud.com/)  
ProxyPreserveHost On  
SetEnv force-proxy-request-1.0 1  
SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1  

and this does not work, i get a very strange url returned when i try to browse to http;//example.com/wiki/

[http://example.com/login.action?os_destination=%2Findex.action\&permissionViolation=true](http://example.com/login.action?os_destination=%2Findex.action&permissionViolation=true)

and /wiki/ has been removed...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The corporate server should be set up to proxy the connection to Confluence.

This is a very common thing to do, and the standard docs are for Apache - see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Running+Confluence+behind+Apache> (They're easy to translate to most other web servers, with the exception of IIS which is a bit more painful because it's not a great system, but still possible)

comments: author: SystemsA
body: hi nic, did you see my additional comments? i did try following the document you referenced.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, you added them after I posted the answer.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: But, comparing this with one I've got working here, a couple of points:Your corporate server is missing the port number - you really do want to proxy directly to the confluence system, not via another proxy.You're missing the ProxyHTMLURLMap required when you're not proxying the same paths


author: SystemsA
body: ah, ok so remove the proxy on the confluence server, and direct the proxy on the corporate server to the port on the confluence server like i did in the confluence config.. what do i need on the proxyhtmlurlmap command?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm not exactly sure, as I haven't worked out your exact config from the question. Have a look in the example configurations (and explanations) of the Apache settings under the link I gave earlier


Tags: confluence-administration
Creating tabs and frames in confluence
Asked by Adam Nedelman:

Hi,

I would like to add tabs and frames to a confluence page to make it more... website style. There is a Web UI Functionality that looks like its available for Server, but not for Cloud.

Attaching a screen of what i'm trying to create. Notice the top tabs and contextual links on the left.

confluence website.png

Here are the UI Web Modules: <https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-plugin-guide/confluence-plugin-module-types/web-ui-modules>

Is there any way to do this on Cloud without the UI modules? I have tried tables, and columns, but i cannot link to cells; i really need FRAMES and TABS.

Here is the response from Support:
>
> ```
> Thank you for contacting Atlassian Cloud Support, I will be glad to help you out with this issue. I understand you want to make use of the?Web UI Functionality?to customize Confluence and JIRA.
> ```
>
> ```
> In most cases customization is out of the scope of support per our?Support Offerings?and is considered a?restricted function?in Cloud environments. We can definitely try to guide you in the correct direction. To try and get a better understanding of the inquiry, can you please answer the following questions:
> ```
>
> 1.
>
>    ```
>    Are you looking for some example .VMD/decorator files that you can use as explained in the guide mentioned above?
>    ```
>
> ```
> If so, these .vmd files can usually be found in standalone installations of JIRA/Confluence as they are the ones that the default themes use.
> ```
>
> ```
> For example, the following location houses some for Confluence:
> ```
>
> ```
> <Confluence Home Directory>/confluence/decorators
> ```
>
> ```
> Do note that you would have to download the?Confluence server version, extract and go to the path referenced above to look at these .VMD files with velocity examples. I was not able to find a specific module that we provide for download, but the guide mentioned above mentions these default vmd files as examples.
> ```

Any insights are welcome.

Thanks,  
Adam  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Creating-tabs-and-frames-in-confluence/qaq-p/124209?attachment-id=357){#link_11881ca9c11ddf}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/20663/1/confluence%20website.png){#display_11881ca9c11ddf_0}


Answers:
author: Adam Nedelman
body: Thank you, Davin. Looks like Server is on our roadmap for 2015. X-Fingers.


author: Davin Studer
body: Unfortunately, there are a limited number of add-ons that you can get with the cloud offering. Currently all of the add-ons that add this functionality are only available for the self-hosted version.


Tags: cloud

frame

tab

user-interface
Can not see a space I copied in Confluence
Asked by Prawal GUPTA:

I have this problem. I have copied a space using a an Add On. I am unable to manage permissions on this space (or for that matter even see this space in Spaces main menu) even though I am an Admin.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Sometimes view permissions can make a space invisible, even from a site admin.

Go image2015-8-5 13:52:57.png --\> General configuration --\> Space Permissions (under USERS \& SECURITY) and see if it is listed there, and adjust permissions accordingly.

There were times, however, that I had to have Atlassian support grant me access to spaces in Cloud. The problem hasn't happened since we moved to Server.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-not-see-a-space-I-copied-in-Confluence/qaq-p/26935?attachment-id=7437){#link_11881cc5d543a5}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/4516/1/image2015-8-5%2013%3A52%3A57.png){#display_11881cc5d543a5_0}


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
IE will not save wiki pages
Asked by Arvind Shukla:

IE will not save wiki pages. What is Solution. We are using IE11. I checked IE compatible mode and still not saving.


Answers:
author: lavitz slambert
body: That is your problem, you are using **Confluence 3** series and as you can see below IE 11 is not supported with that version:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF31/Supported+Platforms>

IE 11 was falling to work on the confluence version range of 5.0\~5.3 so is no surprise you are getting this error ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad").

At this point I strongly recommend you to plan a Confluence upgrade to version 5.4 ( you need to go to 3.5.7 - \> 5.0.3 and then 5.4.\*).

Thanks and Regards,  
Lavitz - the guy that uses Confluence on Windows as a Hobby!


author: lavitz slambert
body: Ok, based on that is not permission as you can open the page in edit mode. Which Confluence version you are using?  
Thanks and Regards,  
Lavitz - the guy that uses Confluence on Windows as a Hobby!


author: lavitz slambert
body: Mind send us a screenshot of what output you get when you hit save?

* Is it an error?
* The pages just refresh and no changes are saved?
* Do you see the save button after you click edit or you are not even able to click on edit?
* Does it works in other browsers (FireFox/Chrome)?

The more clues you give us the netter we will be able to assist you :smile:.

Thanks and Regards,  
Lavitz - the guy that uses Confluence on Windows as a Hobby!


author: Milo Test
body: I'm going to assume you mean that after making an edit, when you try to save, you're presented with an error. That is probably a permissions issue, either space permissions, or page restrictions.


author: Arvind Shukla
body: The pages just refresh and no changes are saved in IE . but works fine in chrome and mozila.

Confluence Version - 3.0.2


author: Arvind Shukla
body: The pages just refresh and no changes are saved in IE . but works fine in chrome and mozila.