youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Electrical consumption of a hard disk
Asked by hilltina:

Good morning all  

I will create a NAS from a server.  
There should be 10 or 15 disk in it.  

as I must sizer at best and it is a machine that will turn 24/24 (with the cons that goes with) I must know if the current power supply is sufficient.  

so my question is this  
on average how much can we estimate the consumption of a disk  
3.5 "  
2.5 "mechanical  
2.5 "SSD  

thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This does not really have anything to do with Confluence, you would be better off asking in hardware fora.

But, as it's something I've looked at before:

You'll find most hard drives consume between 15W and 30W when highly active. So your NAS should have a supply capable of delivering 450W (15 disks at 30W each).

If you swap to SSDs, they need a lot less, I don't think I've seen one that needs more than 2W while heavily loaded.
Confluence Server Error when Saving
Asked by Josh Jordan:

When I attempt to edit or publish changes on a confluence page i'm getting the following errors below.

![Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 10.09.03 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71966i63D93C0CB88DF17E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 10.09.03 AM.png")![Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 10.09.54 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71967i4BAFB3A3553BEB56/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 10.09.54 AM.png")![Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 9.54.58 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71968i25CFA21F9A170A57/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-11-07 at 9.54.58 AM.png")


Answers:
author: Rory Apperson
body: Same. Cannot edit pages, spinning wait cursors.

comments: author: Rory Apperson
body: Wait, it just started working again.


author: Adrian G. Simmons
body: Experiencing similar situation -- looking for way to submit ticket.


author: Arthur van de Langenberg
body: Same issues here. Cannot edit any reports. Status hangs on connecting.


author: Arthur van de Langenberg
body: The connectivity is back now.


author: Beth Whittle
body: Same here. Another outage? :(

comments: author: Josh Jordan
body: Not seeing one on the status page

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


author: Beth Whittle
body: I don't necessarily trust that page - it took them a long time to update it when there was a big outage in NA in October...


author: Beth Whittle
body: I take it back - seems to be working again!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Hide element based on group membership and pageid.
Asked by Henrik Juel Petersen:

Hi,

I am trying to find a way to add an if statement to the "main layout" of a space, under site layouts, that checks if a user is a part of a group 'xxx' and if the current pageid == 'yyy'  
I am able to do this through a user macro, that I can add to a page - I would just prefer not having to add that user macro to EVERY page I'd like this functionality on.

<br />

The problem is, when I add the pageid part of the usermacro to the "mainlayout" then it dont do anything.  

<br />

Anyone has an idea of how to solve this?  

Thanks!  

<br />

Look and feel - Layout - Main layout:

This if statement is working:  
#if(${action.authenticatedUser} \&\& ${userAccessor.hasMembership('xxx', ${action.authenticatedUser.name})})  
\<script type="text/javascript"\>  
AJS.toInit(function(){  
AJS.$('#quick-create-page-button').remove();  
AJS.$('#create-page-button').remove();  
});  
\</script\>  
#else  
#end

<br />

User macro that works as intended:  
## @@noparam  
#if(${action.authenticatedUser} \&\& ${userAccessor.hasMembership('xxx', ${action.authenticatedUser.name})} \&\& $content.getId() == 'yyy' \|\| $content.getId() == 'yyyy')  
\<script type="text/javascript"\>  
AJS.toInit(function(){  
AJS.$('#quick-create-page-button').remove();  
AJS.$('#create-page-button').remove();  
});  
\</script\>  
#else  
#end


Answers:
author: Aleksandr Zuevich
body: Hi [@Henrik Juel Petersen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3526621) ,

I suppose this is because decorator macro doesn't include $content object.

But I think you can use something like the next script:

```
#if(${action.authenticatedUser} && ${userAccessor.hasMembership('xxx', ${action.authenticatedUser.name})})
<script type="text/javascript">
AJS.toInit(function(){
if (AJS.Meta.get('page-id') == 'yyy' || AJS.Meta.get('page-id') == 'yyyy') {
AJS.$('#quick-create-page-button').remove();
AJS.$('#create-page-button').remove();
}
});
</script>
#else
#end
```

comments: author: Henrik Juel Petersen
body: Hi [@Aleksandr Zuevich](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/671242)   

I solved this, by keeping it in the macro, but adding the macro in the "page layout" under content layouts.

Added this line within the "page-metadata-banner" tag:

$helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{hidecreatebtnontitleandgroup}")

Up till now i haven't found a scenario, where it dosnt fix what I wanted it too.

Thanks for the input :)

/Henrik


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is it possible automate pages in Confluence?
Asked by vladimir.radenovic:

So i need to have a page in confluence that displays all the report automatically. The idea is confluence to detects when someone creates report from template and automatically add it there, without changing template. Thx in advance


Answers:
author: Robert Reiner _smartics_
body: One solution could be the [Content by Label Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-by-label-macro-145566.html). It lists all pages with a given label.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Problem with new version page on confluence
Asked by Karan Kumar:

I am using latest version page on confluence and getting following problems.

Problem 1: After creating gliffy diagram it is not visible on confluence page and even after searching the same diagram saved earlier is not visible. Also if I create another diagram and save it with the same name then Gliffy shows the diagram with the same name is already esists. Also sometimes later it actually shows that diagram, this case is very strange.

Problem 2: When I insert a table in confluence page and merge header cells then I am unable to resize lower/data columns. This feature was available in previous version page.


Answers:
author: John Almeida
body: Hi Karan,

Thanks for posting. Can you please reach out to our support team [here](https://support.gliffy.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)?

If you can provide your hosting as well as the exact steps you took to run into this problem, we can help troubleshoot. Many times this comes down to permissioning and page settings, but I don't want to rule anything out.
Link to Jira Issue not converted to Issue Macro in certain Spaces
Asked by Roman Holdener:

Our Jira and Confluence instances are propperly connected in the general settings and all the necessary plugins are active and up to date. We do have multiple spaces in Confluence. In most of the spaces, when we paste a link to a Jira issue, it converts to a Jira Issue Macro. In one space tough, this doesn't work anymore. When dropping a link to Jira it simply converts to a hyperlink. Adding an issue by using the macros gui still works. I need to say that in this particular space there are already a lot of issues linked. Is there any limitation of linked issues by space or does anyone have another explonation for this? There are many threads treating similar issues but in most cases I found, Jira links are not converted at all. This case is different, as the conversion works for most of our spaces, but simply one specific space faces this problem.

Thanks in advance for your reply.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Roman,

Thank you for contacting us about this. There are a few things you can try for this first.

1. Try [Rebuild the Confluence content indices](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-rebuild-the-content-indexes-from-scratch-on-confluence-server-110035351.html) and see if that helps.
2. Check the application link for the Jira server, and ensure that the connection URL is the same as the application URL.
3. Verify if all users are experiencing this, across all browsers.
4. Finally, if that doesn't work, try to recreate the Jira application link and see if that fixes the issue.

Let me know how it goes or if you run into any trouble.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Roman Holdener
body: Hi Shannon

Thanks a lot for your reply. Due to much workload, I hadn't gotten the chance to give you feedback yet.

Rebuilding the index didn't change anything, but I figured out that the problem does not reproduce in Internet Explorer, it seems to bee an issue in Chrome. I Will now wait for the next Chrome release to see, if the issue will bi fixed.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi [@Roman Holdener](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3561378),

Thank you for letting me know that. If the issue is resolved with the update of Chrome, please let me know.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

jira

server
Is it possible to create one guest user account to be used by several employees
Asked by Thomas Wieter:

Dear All,

I already reviewed the other posts in this community about guest users but feel that they don't quite answer my questions, so I would appreciate very much your feedback some questions.

Our future set-up will be that we have one organization with a core project team of 20 employees who will be able to create and manage pages in Confluence Cloud and all have a named license and for whom we pay license fees.

Then we will have an extended project team of 80 employees who shall have only viewing rights (no editing, no commenting etc.) for these pages and for which we do not require named licences and for who we do not want to pay license fees.

Is it possible to create one guest user account which can be used by all of those 80 employees together?

How do I create this one guest user account officially in confluence?

Note: I do not want to publish my confluence sites to the whole world via anonymous access

Thank you for your help,

Thomas


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: From a technical perspective you probably could indeed make one account and share the credentials with 80 people. However I would expect this to not be compliant with Atlassian terms of usage.

If you don't want to create accounts for those 80 users you could create a script/app that copies the desired pages into a location outside of your instance where they can access them. You could even go as far as writing an app that allows to access these pages via an own view inside Confluence. You'd just need to find a user friendly way to protect them with a password or similar. Maybe there's even something like that on the marketplace already.

However if there's no app and you don't want to build something yourself you won't really have a choice other than creating these accounts I think.

comments: author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: After a quick look on the marketplace I suggest checking out [this app by Old Street Solutions](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220562/external-share-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). Sounds exactly like what you need.


author: Thomas Wieter
body: Super, that's exactly what I need and it eliminates the compliance issue.

Thank you!


Tags: confluence-cloud
Unable to locate option to choose and export multiple confluence pages into PDF or Word
Asked by Mohak S:

Like mentioned, the functionality to export pages to PDF is not under **Space settings**for me. I'd like to know if as a user I can do it? If yes, How? Or if the admin can only grant access permission? If yes, what are the steps?


Answers:
author: Marc
body: [@Mohak S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3333464)Just visit the page you want to export to PDF. Then click on the three dots in the top-right and select "Export to PDF".

comments: author: Mohak S
body: [@Marc](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3231964) I'm looking to export pages in bulk. Exporting each page is a particularly painful task, right?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
unable to add a new child page
Asked by Carl Sankey:

when i select the + i the URL changes, but nothing else.

Help

I have tried Chrome, Edge and IE 11

Cheers

<br />

Carl


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: [@Carl Sankey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3626938) , is it possible that pop-ups are being blocked in your browsers?

Also, are you using Confluence Free, Standard, or Premium?


author: Shannon S
body: Hi [@Carl Sankey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3626938),

I agree with [@Darryl St_ Pierre](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1757592) in that it seems like it might be something in your browser which is blocking you from creating a page, or an incompatibility.

I recommend that you get in touch with your Confluence site admin and report this to them. They will be able to help you test this locally, and they're able to report the issue to our [Cloud Support team](https://support.atlassian.com/contact) in the event that it's affecting your overall Cloud site.

If you were able to resolve the issue in the meantime, could you please let us know how you were able to do so?

Regards,

Shannon


author: Marc
body: [@Carl Sankey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3626938)when you select the + next to a page name, you are prompted to select / Create a page template. After doing this, a page is opened. Just click into the page where you want to write, type some text and save.

comments: author: Carl Sankey
body: Nothing happens, I do not get the Select / Create page template option.


Tags: confluence-cloud
Auto generated page ID for a new confluence pages
Asked by Vivek r:

I am defining my space page template. Need to define variable for auto-generated ID. Expectation - When user will try to create a page by using my custom template, column should reflect auto-generated unique ID.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence does this by design. Could you explain what you are really looking for?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there any way to google analytics real-time reports into confluence page?
Asked by Parth Kadia:

I want to display my google analytics real-time reports into my confluence page.

I have tried the [Google Analytics in Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216936/google-analytics-in-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)plugin but it analyzes my confluence page data into google analytics. But I want to an opposite connection, for example, I want to display my [WWW.XYZ.COM](http://WWW.XYZ.COM) website google analytics real-time data reports into my confluence page.

It is possible? if possible then let me know the solution with steps for how to display google analytics real-time reports into a confluence page.

Please help me ASAP.

Thanks,  
Parth


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@Parth Kadia](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3587639),

This sounds like the perfect use case for our app [PocketQuery](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211199/pocketquery-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)! The idea behind PocketQuery is to connect to external datasources (such as SQL databases or REST APIs) and display data inside a Confluence page via a macro. Since Google Analytics has a REST API PocketQuery is perfect for this job. There is even a [blogpost about this exact use case](https://www.scandio.de/blog/en/2018/12/google-analytics-pq-in-confluence).

The great thing about PocketQuery is, you can not only use it for your Google Analytics integration but for every case where you have some external data outside of Confluence and want to display it inside a page. If you have concrete questions about setting up your query don't hesitate to [raise a support ticket](https://help.scandio.de/servicedesk/customer/portal/5). :)

Best regards,  
Sven

comments: author: Parth Kadia
body: Is there any free plugin available in confluence or any other way available in confluence ?


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Not that I am aware of.

Maybe you could use a user macro and code something yourself in JavaScript. But this would mean exposing your credentials to your users.
Why can't anonymous users with View All access see the Blog entries?
Asked by Eirik Wulff:

We have a Confluence site with anonymous access enabled. Everyone can see all pages, but if they click the Blog link, nothing shows up. An anonymous user can access blog entries by direct link, but the blog submenu just doesn't show for those users.

Is there anyway to fix this? ASAP?


Answers:
author: Eirik Wulff
body: We found a temporary solution by making a separate page and using the 'last blog entries' macro, but the blog menu item should probably be fixed.

comments: author: Dara
body: Thank you for sharing the workaround! Weird issue indeed.


author: Dara
body: My first thought is that this might be a security thing. Would make sense really that there are some restrictions in access for anonymous users. I can't really find any information on this anywhere really. I would suggest raising a ticket with Atlassian, they might have some more internal information on this, or simply not be aware that it is an issue. If they do choose to treat this like a bug (or a feature request), post the link to the ticket here afterwards, then others who want can also vote on it ;).

comments: author: Eirik Wulff
body: Good idea! I just created a ticket with Atlassian to report the issue. If it ends up in the JIRA, I will link it up below.


author: Eirik Wulff
body: The issue has been added to the existing case concerning the same on API calls: [CONFCLOUD-68102](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68102)


Tags: confluence-cloud
Is there anyway i can create a template for a set of pages i would like to export to PDF?
Asked by Jason Teo:

Hi all,

There is a set of documents in confluence i would like to export to PDF as and when i need it. But currently i would have to manually go to the space tool - content tool - export and manual select the 50 over pages to export to PDF. Is there anyway i can create template so I do not have to manually select the 50 plus pages everytime i need them?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Jason,

Thank you for raising this question with us.

When applying PDF customization to a specific set of pages in Confluence, you either need to export the entire space or a selected set of pages, which is what you are doing.

Perhaps it might be easier for you if you split the space, so that only the 50 pages should be in one space by themselves? Then you can apply the formatting changes and not need to select pages individually.

An alternative solution might also be for you to try using [a PDF Export Macro from Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=pdf%20export). Many of these add-ons offer further configuration options, so please have a look and give them a try!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-server

server
Search with multiple terms
Asked by Timothy Chu:

The multi-word search doesn't seem to work. I am always getting the terms "OR"d, when I want them "AND"ed.

This is when I even I explicitly type AND.

My actual search term:

sequence AND measures

I get 141 results. "Sequence" by itself only gives me 9, so I'd expect no more than 9 by searching "sequence AND measures"

Tim


Answers:
author: Timothy Chu
body: Also, if I click on "Switch to the old experience", the query then runs properly (this coincidentally is the same search result as the search widget that works above). So this seems to be a bug i the "new" experience.


author: Brant Schroeder
body: Timothy,

Your search structure is correct and should work and can be confirmed in Atlassian's documentation. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-search-syntax-724765423.html>

Have you tried "sequence" AND "measures" to see if that makes a difference?

comments: author: Timothy Chu
body: No difference, though I have found a second search interface where it \*does\* work.

**The one where it doesn't work:**

If I do the search from the magnifying glass on the left, it does **not** work.

The results would appear with a URL of this form:

\<domain\>/wiki/search?text=sequence%20AND%20measures\&search_id=acdcdc47-fdf8-43e3-bdf7-f3300725cc75

**Where it does work:**

If I do the search from a search bar widget embedded on my confluence page, it does work:

\<domain\>/wiki/dosearchsite.action?cql=siteSearch+\~+%22sequence+AND+measures%22\&queryString=sequence+AND+measures\&search_id=07ebfac9-e445-4ab2-afd1-dd559b705507


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can't create and edit a new page since the latest update
Asked by Andi Mastrosavas:

Since the latest update to pages I have been unable to create a new page and edit it. The page just remains completely inactive. I can edit existing pages that were created using the older version, but I cannot create a new blank page. Even when I try to create a new template, the template loads and is completely uneditable.

This means I cannot do any new documentation in Confluence, which is effecting productivity.

Things I have tried:

1. Updating my browser
2. Clearing my cache
3. Logging out and logging back into my account


Answers:
author: Paul Mata
body: [@Andi Mastrosavas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2465207) have you tried clearing the Confluence cache? I have had issues before similar to what you are describing and it took clearing the cache (not the browser) to resolve the issues.

[Documentation on cache statistics](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/cache-statistics-150472.html)


author: Andi Mastrosavas
body: And just as inexplicably, today I can no longer edit newly created pages with **any** browser.

Anyone else solved this problem?

I literally can't move forward with documentation...


author: Andi Mastrosavas
body: Chrome, latest version. I tried to use Safari per your suggestion and it worked. Not only did it work on Safari but then when I went back to Confluence on Chrome I was then able to edit. In explicable, but thanks!


author: Brant Schroeder
body: Andi,

Have you tried a new browser? This is usually caused by cache so I am surprised that clearing it did not fix the issue. What browser are you using?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Change date format of date lozenge
Asked by imthenachoman:

Is it possible to change the data format in a date lozenge without changing the language?

Right now U see "04 Nov 2019" and I want to change it to yyyy-mm-dd so I see "2019-11-04".

Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello [@imthenachoman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3562338),

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

At this time, changing the language is the only way to modify the date format. We have a feature request below:

* [CONFSERVER-35168](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-35168) *Date Lozenge Date Format and Sorting*

Please vote on the request and you will be added automatically to the list of watchers and receive updates if there are any changes.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: imthenachoman
body: Wow. Such a basic feature and its not implemented? And that feature request was implemented in 2014 -- 5 years ago.

Thank you. I will vote but I'm not holding my breath.


Tags: confluence-server

server