youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Confluence Click here for the dashboard
Asked by Ryan Deyer:

I changed the default Home to point to a space homepage rather than the system dashboard (via Admin \> General Configuration \> Further Configuration). That works great. My issue is when a user goes to Confluence and is already logged in, they get a message that says:

*You are currently logged in as xxx. Click here for the dashboard. To log in as another user, you must first log out.*

Since the only thing they can click is the 'click here for the dashboard', they still end up back at the dashboard I am trying to get them away from.

If I knew how to edit that message I would remove the dashboard link and would just point them back to site space homepage I have setup.

Any thoughts?


Answers:
author: Ryan Deyer
body: The issue was definitely on the OneLogin side. Have it working now after resetting up the link.


author: Ryan Deyer
body: Thanks for assisting. I'll bring this info to our system admins to have them review the link setup in OneLogin.


author: Milo Test
body: We use a different SSO, but a search of the OneLogin configuration shows a number of steps, step 7 of which looks like it points directly to the dashboard. There might me something that needs to be rejiggered when you change the default home page:

<https://onelogin.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204620834-Configuring-SAML-for-Confluence>


author: Ryan Deyer
body: We use OneLogin. So a user goes to OneLogin and clicks a link for confluence. I checked and the URL in OneLogin is in the <https://ourconfluencesite.com.> The first time a user goes to the site it directs them correctly to the configured homepage. If they go back through OneLogin again though, it recognizes them as logged in and is sending them to that page where they click into the dashboard.


author: Milo Test
body: Going to your main site address should take users to the configured home page:  
https://yourConfluenceSite.com

Users should only see the "You are currently logged in ..." screen if they go to the **Login** screen:  
https://yourConfluenceSite.com/logout.action

And just for completeness, your users will go to the dashboard if they go to:  
https://yourConfluenceSite.com/wiki/dashboard.action

If your users are getting to Confluence via a link (emailed or residing on your intranet, etc.), make sure it just points to the link like the first example above.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to show multiple links under a dialog box
Asked by Madhan kumar:

Hello There,

Please let me know following is feasible in confluence:

My requirement: I have different confluence pages and grouping them under one confluence page. Being said that, lets say user clicks on link, I would like to show multiple links in a dialog box and user has an option to chose the required page. (Basically, I am trying to avoid creating multiple sub-pages, would like to show in dialog box or any other similar options). Any pointers would be helpful.

Thanks much,

Madhan


Answers:
author: Madhan kumar
body: Thank you, Milo. Let me research Excerpt macro options.


author: Milo Test
body: While not a dialog box so to speak, you could use the Expand and Page Tree macros to create a link that expands to list all the child pages. Instead of the Page Tree macro, you could just populate the Expand macro with whatever pages you wanted.

One nice thing about the Page Tree macro, is that you can use the Excerpt macro on each child page to mark a part of the page that would be displayed as a short description of the page in the expand list.
How to have multiple Blog Posts on the same page
Asked by Anders Mynster S?rensen:

Do you know how to make two separate blog post "areas" on the same page or do any of you have a macro for this purpose?

It should work as two separate blogs, on the same page. So when adding a blog for topic A or B it will not appear under the same area, but in two different - e.g. two separate columns.

Thank you very much.


Answers:
author: TomC
body: Alternatively, check out the [Blog Posts Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Blog+Posts+Macro). I'm not as familiar with the Content by Label macro that @Nils Bier (K15t Software) suggests but I believe they will both serve your purpose.

Rather than using Confluence Query Language (CQL), which may be preferable to some users, the Blog Posts macro has a defined set of parameter fields to choose from including time frame, labels and authors.

Instead of placing different blog posts on the same page - which certainly can be accomplished with the Blog Posts Macro as well, and is the best choice for some use cases - we use it also to separate blogposts (perhaps because they have different authors or are on different categories of subject matter) on different pages in the same space.

So, you have options!


author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Anders,

have you tried using the [Content by Label Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Content+by+Label+Macro)? Since Confluence 5.8 you can define define to display pages (or blog post) with a certain label (using CQL).

Simply create multiple content by label macros on your page and define the type (e.g. blog) and the wanted labels to be displayed.

Hope that helps.

Best,  
Nils
Generate a list of users and their groups in Confluence
Asked by lazy boy:

Hi Everyone,

I am looking to generate a list of all the users and show their group membership and display this on a Confluence page. (E.g. Joe Bloggs, confluence-users, Developer)

Is this possible with a user macro?

Thanks for the help,

m.w


Answers:
author: Nicolas Casel
body: @Milo Grika ,

To which macro do you refer exactly? Is it the '[User Limit Manager](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.wittified.confluence.user-deactivator/server/overview)'?

Thanks in advance,

comments: author: Milo Test
body: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.extra.userlister/versions#b1522>


author: Nicolas Casel
body: Thank you.In the meantime, I've found the 'User List' macro, native to Confluence. By entering a group name as criteria, it displays the name, firstname, userid and email of all its members:<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF58/User+list+Macro>


author: Milo Test
body: You can also use the User List macro to display the users, grouped by security group.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: You can use [Scripting for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SCRP/Scripting+for+Confluence). And there is a specific example for groups/users. After installing, use **Insert markup** on the following. More information at [Script - user by group (beanshell)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=8749072)

```
{beanshell:output=wiki|script=#https://bitbucket.org/bob_swift/examples/raw/tip/confluence/beanshell/userByGroup.bsh|groupName=confluence-administrators}{beanshell}
```
How can I display Due Date in Confluence "Create task in jira" screen?
Asked by Hector Partidas:

When trying to create tasks in Confluence on JIRA from requirements or meetings, I get the following message:

* Can not create issue for row 1 with error: Due Date: Due Date is required
* Can not create issue for row 2 with error: Due Date: Due Date is required
* ...
* Can not create issue for row *N* with error: Due Date: Due Date is required

And so on.

I've checked the screens configuration in JIRA but it never updates anything on Confluence. How can I enable the Due Date on a task?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Hector Partidas
body: Hi Guilherme,

We're on 5.9 as we're using On Demand.


author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey hector,   
If you are using a Confluence's version below the 5.5, the task's due date option using // don't work.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a plan to introduce delete functionality to the Roadmap Planner macro?
Asked by Yulia Gillen:


Answers:
author: Robert Duffer
body: removed comment


author: Nick
body: In Chrome allow popups/notifications by clicking the padlock/info next to the URL then selecting allow

![Screen Shot 2019-01-15 at 17.33.01.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/42494iCE4C6B34E086981E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-01-15 at 17.33.01.png")


author: Skype: Mariasov
body: In Chrome, pop up windows for editing are hidden under main roadmap window, try other browser...


author: Yulia Gillen
body: Milo, does version 11.1 of the plugin allow for deletes of swimlanes and bars?

comments: author: Milo Test
body: I don't see anything like that in the version history:<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-roadmap-plugin/versions>You might want to open a support ticket with Atlassian:<https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa>


author: Milo Test
body: As long as you have Edit permissions, you should be able to edit swimlanes and bars.

I guess, first, make sure you are running 12.2.8 of the plugin, and that all 22 modules are enabled.

comments: author: Tiina Pajulampi
body: Hi Milo, how do I see what version of the macro I'm using? I tried to edit the markers in both Chrome and Firefox, and neither one provides edit or delete. I added this roadmap a couple of months ago, so would think it's the correct or newer version.


author: Yulia Gillen
body: I don't see this functionality. Is there a versioning variance?


author: Milo Test
body: When you edit the planner and select a bar you get the option to delete it:

image2015-8-3 13:3:51.png

When you select the title of a swimlane, you also get the option to delete it:

image2015-8-3 13:6:2.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-plan-to-introduce-delete-functionality-to-the-Roadmap/qaq-p/162370?attachment-id=6323){#link_11881fc4ac232b}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/27195/1/image2015-8-3%2013%3A3%3A51.png){#display_11881fc4ac232b_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-plan-to-introduce-delete-functionality-to-the-Roadmap/qaq-p/162370?attachment-id=6324){#link_11881fc4ac232b_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/27195/2/image2015-8-3%2013%3A6%3A2.png){#display_11881fc4ac232b_2}


author: Yulia Gillen
body: Hi Milo, I am not seeing a reference to a 'bar' in our implementation of the plugin. I see options to Add Themes and Add Columns only. Can you delete an added column or an added theme?


author: Milo Test
body: It's easy to delete the entire roadmap or a specific bar. Is there specific functionality that you are looking for?

comments: author: Helen Ioffe
body: how do you delete a bar or a lane.. i did no see that as an option


Tags: confluence-roadmap-plugin
How can I add hideelements in decorator?
Asked by tolga ulas:

Can you please give an example?


Answers:
author: Felix Grund (Scandio)
body: Hi Tolga,  

The issue here is that the method renderConfluenceMacro is only working with old Wiki Markup macros or user macros. So this won't work with the HideElements macro. But you can achieve what you want with [this workaround](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/185606/rendering-a-xhtml-macro-in-the-standard-page-layout-page.vmd)  

You create a page with a HideElements macro like you want it on all pages. Then you go to "Tools \> View storage format" and copy the related \<ac:structured-macro...\>...\</ac:structured-macro\>. You can remove a few things and create code like this in your user macro:

```
&lt;ac:structured-macro ac:name="hideelements-macro"&gt; &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="title"&gt;true&lt;/ac:parameter&gt; &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="space-logo"&gt;true&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;&lt;/ac:structured-macro&gt;
```

<br />

Then you render your user macro in your decorator like this:

```
$helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{your-user-macro-name}")
```

<br />

I know this is not the cleanest way, but it's the only thing that I think works without further development. Let me know if you need further help on this!  

Regards, Felix


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence XML backup fails with 'java.io.IOException No space left on device' Due to Disk Space
Asked by WilliamD:

While doing an XML backup, we got a ['java.io.IOException No space left on device' Due to Disk Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/%27java.io.IOException+No+space+left+on+device%27+Due+to+Disk+Space). from writing to the root partition. The Confluence Home directory partition has plenty of room. Once the root was expanded the backup completed fine.

* What is XML backup writing to the root partition while it's executing?
* In the future is there a way to have this i/o directed to another volume? -root partitions are typically small.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The operating system may have used a bit too much /tmp or other working space while supporting the JVM, and Confluence (well, the Tomcat running Confluence) will chew up space on the installation directory too (typically under /opt if it's a default installation

There's no way of knowing what filled up your disk without a full analysis of what is on the root partition and what was happening during the xml backup. Once you know what it was, then you can probably work out a way to relocate it.


Tags: backup

confluence-administration
Are there any plans to make the Composition add-on available for Atlasssian Cloud?
Asked by Chris Walk:

I love Atlasssian Cloud, but I love the Composition add-on from ServiceRocket even more.

Are there any plans to make the Composition add-on from ServiceRocket available for Atlasssian Cloud?

Why is this add-on not available? Was this an Atlasssian decision or a ServiceRocket decision.

Not being able to use this add-on has me reconsidering my investment in Atlasssian Cloud. I'd like to know the direction and timing so that I can make the best decision here.

Thanks,

A happy (and yet frustrated) customer


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Unlikely.

I can't speak for who makes the decision - Atlassian Cloud need to commit to supporting a type 2 addon on Cloud, and ServiceRocket would have to jump through all the hoops to persuade Atlassian to support it. I have no idea about that conversation!

But, at this year's AtlasCamp, Atlassian made it quite clear that Connect addons are the future, and there was a strong implication that no more "type 2" addons are going to be added to Cloud. At a glance, Composition (like the addons I've written) relies too much on parts of the API that are not (**yet**) available to Connect addons. I do not know if ServiceRocket are intending to make a Connect version of Composition though.


Tags: addon-net.customware.confluence.plugin.composition

cloud

confluence-cloud

servicerocket
Is there a way to have a Confluence Doc show Computers in an Active Directory OU?
Asked by Shane Johnson:

I'm looking for a way to have a Confluence Doc that keeps an updated list of computers in a few Active Directory OUs that we have.

I was hoping there was a plugin that could do this, but if there isn't would it be possible to do an LDAP query, write the data to a file, and then have Confluence periodically read the file and check for updates?

If there isn't a scheduled service like that would it be possible to have the LDAP query overwrite a file that is set up to display inside of the confluence page?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: This is a bit out of my wheelhouse, I only mention it to help you begin the journey.

Here is Atlassian's help pages on the REST API:  
<https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-rest-api>

A quick googling did produce some information specific to PowerShell + REST API that might get you started:  
[https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant\&ion=1\&espv=2\&ie=UTF-8#q=powershell+REST+api](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=powershell+REST+api)

Here is a non-REST solution for PowerShell to Confluence:  
<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/156809>


author: Shane Johnson
body: How do you mean? I can create output files thorough PowerShell fairly easily. Are you saying that the REST API can be set up to read that file?

How would I bring that into a specific Confluence Doc?


author: Milo Test
body: If you can find another program or code that does what you want, see if it has REST support and use the REST API in Confluence to read in and display the output.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence 5.4.5 to 5.4.7
Asked by Stefan Hett:

Hi, looking at the issue tracker I see that there are listed Confluence versions 5.4.5, 5.4.6, and 5.4.7: <https://jira.atlassian.com/issues?jql=project = CONF AND fixVersion IN (5.4.5, 5.4.6, 5.4.7) ORDER BY votes DESC, key DESC>

As far as I'm aware however the last dot release of 5.4 is 5.4.4. (see: <https://de.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives>)

Does anybody know what these (unreleased?) versions are about? If these were just internal releases, does that mean that Confluence 5.5 contains the fixes listed in JIRA for these versions?


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Stefan,

Sometimes happens of a version contains several bugs or a critical one that Atlassian remove this from the download page. It is rare to happens, but some times occurs. Usually, these kind of bugs are fixed on the next version (on this case Confluence 5.5).

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki

comments: author: Stefan Hett
body: Thanks for the reply. I wouldn't have assumed that in this case this might be possible (since normally when this happens there was always a following point release fixing these issues), but I guess u're right.
how to migrating media wiki to confluence
Asked by rabia marzhiya:

Hi All,

I would like to know if there is a way to migrate media wiki to confluence 5.7 version. As I know the UWC doesnot support for this version.


Answers:
author: rabia marzhiya
body: Hi Paulo Thanks for your reply. I would like to know if I run that php script what would be my output?

Could you please give some details on the steps that needs to be done.


author: Paulo Hennig
body: Hello Rabia,

Yes, the UWC no longer support this Confluence version. For that, You could try the convert the HTML to Confluence following this link: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/HTML+To+Confluence+Converter>
Which wiki type has the best support UWC?
Asked by Sorin Sbarnea (Citrix):

As the UWC tools seem to be very incompletely and unstable, I am considering using a different approach on converting different wikis to Confluence, by concerting them first to a wiki format the has a better support in UWC.

The question is which one it would be? Obviously not MoinMoin, maybe MediaWiki one?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: As Confluence can import HTML, it would be worth a test to just export some pages as HTML and import them into Confluence to see how much rejiggering needs to be done.


Tags: universal-wiki-converter
Setting Global Permissions on Confluence
Asked by Amy:

Hi there

I have set the global permissions for a group to include admin permissions, however this is not being applied to existing spaces. Or more to the point, it worked for a while and then reverted the user permissions in the spaces, but not in the global permissions.

Is there a way to ensure that the user retains their admin permissions, and that those permissions be applied to all existing spaces?

Regards

Amy


Answers:
author: Attila Gaspar _META-INF_
body: Hi Amy,

At this moment I do not know possibilities to bulk change Confluence permission, but watch this addon at Marketplace:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/hu.metainf.plugin.confluence.ultimate-permission-manager>

Now this addon can "only" show the effective permission on Confluence on one summarized page, but manage permission is among of the "coming soon features".  

BR: Attila


author: Amy
body: Dear Paula

I am looking for a way to change permissions on all our spaces at once (we have over 30). Is this possible?

Regards

Amy


author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Amy,

If you have administrator permisssion on Confluence, you can do the following to access spaces you don't have access to:

1. Choose the**cog icon** ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/157679812/Cog.png?version=1&modificationDate=1361250253653&api=v2), then choose **General Configuration** under Confluence Administration
2. Choose **Space Permissions** under Users \& Security in the sidebar
3. Locate the space in the Individual Spaces list and choose **Manage Permissions**

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira


Tags: confluence-administration
reporting capability in confluence
Asked by Ravi Warrier:

What Confluence tools are available for reporting on e.g. number of articles on a certain topic?


Answers:
author: Siddheshwar mhetre
body: Hi,

[Reporting](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.reporting) plugin is available in atlassian marketplace which provides the ability for powerful and flexible reporting on data from Confluence.

You can generate a report as a tabular format.

Also you can create a user macro to display the number of articles in a page.


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I find out to which spaces a users has access?
Asked by Patrick_Vanhoof:

Not only on the user basis, but also via the groups the user belongs to. And if possible, which rights he has on the particular spaces.

Is this a query on the database? If so, can someone give me the SQL to be executed?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads {unmonitored account}
body: SQL queries for you:

```
SELECT spacename, permtype, permgroupname from spacepermissionsjoin spaces on spaces.spaceid = spacepermissions.spaceidwhere permgroupname = 'GROUP_NAME'
```

```
select spacename, permtype, lower_username from spacepermissionsjoin spaces on spaces.spaceid = spacepermissions.spaceidjoin user_mapping on spacepermissions.permusername = user_mapping.user_keywhere lower_username = 'jdoe'
```

And the honker that you're looking for (username is the only value you need to update and it's on the bottom line for your convenience - note that there are **two** places on that line you need to update it):

```
SELECT spacename, permtype, permgroupname, lower_username from spacepermissionsLEFT JOIN spaces on spaces.spaceid = spacepermissions.spaceidLEFT JOIN user_mapping on spacepermissions.permusername = user_mapping.user_keywhere (permgroupname IN (select GROUP_NAME from cwd_user u, cwd_group g, cwd_membership m where m.child_user_id = u.id AND m.parent_id = g.id ANDlower_user_name = 'jdoe') OR user_mapping.lower_username = 'jdoe')
```


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: This doesn't answer all of your question, but, it is a good way to see and manage overall permissions across your site - [getSpacePermissionList](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Example+output+with+augments#Exampleoutputwithaugments-getSpacePermissionList). This is part of [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP).

comments: author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: I'll have a look at it, thanks.


author: Fynn K
body: You can just do it in Confluence.   
1.Click on the Confluence-Administration Button   
2. User Management   
3. Type in the name of the user   
4. Click Search  
5. Click on the Name  
6. Groups should be shown in the list  

Edit: This is just for the groups, that the user belongs to

comments: author: Patrick_Vanhoof
body: Fynn, then I know to which groups the user belongs, but not to which spaces the user has access, and which rights he has on these spaces.


Tags: confluence-administration
Create Page Macro
Asked by MichelleW:

Our company recently upgraded to 5.8.6 in our DEV environment and it turns out that the create-page macro has no compatible versions. Is there another macro that is the equivalent that can be used in place of the create-page macro?


Answers:
author: Kay Brown
body: Try the add-page macro. It is provided with the ServiceRocket Linking plugin.

Regards,

Kay

comments: author: MichelleW
body: Thanks Kay...I will give that a try.


Tags: addon-com.adaptavist.confluence.createpage