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Mentions in restricted confluence pages
Asked by Nahuel Sotelo:

What happen when I mention other Confluence users in a page that is restricted to them (viewing and editing). They receive a notification or nothing happen?

I know that this behaviour is a bit counter intuitive but I like to use mentions in my personal pages if, for example, I need to remember to schedule a meeting with someone in the future but I don't want to spam people with notifications.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Jason B
body: Hi Nahuel,

You're safe! Confluence checks to see if users have permissions to view a page/space before it sends them notifications. If the user can't see the page, they won't get notified that they were tagged on it.

comments: author: Nahuel Sotelo
body: Thanks for the reply Jason!


author: Peter Dina Hofmann
body: How about this:

I'd like to set up a Project page, first as a restricted page and mention all members. And when the Project starts I would set the page to 'open'.

Do all mentioned users get the notification then?

thx.
Content by Label macro only shows the first 500 pages, is there anyway too see the rest of the pages
Asked by Ahmed Nahzan:

According to the documentation, the maximum number of pages the macro content by label can display on a page is 500. However, there is no next page button at the bottom to view the rest of the pages. Is there anyway to do that?


Answers:
author: Damien Tan
body: hey [@Ahmed Nahzan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1187826)

I guess so far there is no way to increase the limit to more than 500 as of now cuz I've found the suggestion that is still under *Gathering Interest* status here:

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-43631>
Collabora Code
Asked by Matthias Michel:

Ist es m?glich Collabora Code anzubinden um Office Dateien aus dem Anhang direkt zu bearbeiten?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Matthias,

I'll go ahead and answer you in English since this is an English-language forum.

I'm not familiar with Collabora Code and I wasn't able to find an Confluence add-on that deals with this. Can you help us to understand how this relates to Confluence?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Matthias Michel
body: Collabora is an online office tool to edit and save office documents (excel and word, etc.). If I attach a document at Confluence I would be able to edit and save this attachment.


author: Shannon S
body: Matthias,

Thank you for letting me know that. I'm not aware of a way to use that within Confluence, but [Confluence does have the same feature.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/edit-office-files-170494553.html)

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Shannon


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atlassian-marketplace
Link-While-You-Write Function in Confluence
Asked by Christopher Schneider:

Scenario:

1. I am writing in Confluence a meeting note.

2. While I am writing I want to use a shortcut like // or @ to create a Jira entry (like an epic or stroy) for a requirement or task that I am specifying in Confluence.

3. Goal: Link-While-You-Write functionality:

Document in confluence and assign epics or stories in Jira to entries made in Confluence.

If such a functionality does not exist, how do you generate Jira entries from Confluence entries?

I don't want to work in Jira and then link to Confluence...much to complicated to back-trace the requirements I once wrote...

Thank you for any suggestion!

Chris


Answers:
author: JanR
body: I don't know of any addon providing the suggested function, however, what could work for you:

Create a table, one column should to, and add a row per Jira issue you want to create, just write down the issue title in every row. Save the page. Mark the text in the first row. Move the mouse pointer over the marked text, the inline comment \& Jira logo should pop up just above the marked text. Select the Jira icon. You can now select the project \& issue type, and select to create an issue from every table row...

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-jira-applications-and-confluence-together-427623543.html#UseJiraapplicationsandConfluencetogether-CreateissuesfrominsideConfluence>


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link
My onsite email query to confluence administrator not working, any tips?
Asked by Jarvin Li:

Hi there!

I've already set up my SMTP server, but for some reason my onsite query isn't sending to the designated email.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Lei Wang
body: Hi,

It is difficult to guess where the problem is without any logs.

But I think you could try to troubleshoot the mail issue by following this article: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/mail-troubleshooting-180847235.html>
If I change my global template would it affect my current spaces that used the same template?
Asked by Jarvin Li:

Hi there!

I currently have a few spaces that use the global template but they have already edited these spaces for their needs. If I edit my global template and implement them, would my current spaces with their own edits to their pages from the global template be changed as well?


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Jarvin Li](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1185897),

if you use a template, its just taken for the initial create. A copy is made with another name. So changing the original template will not change the copies.

So long

Thomas

comments: author: Jarvin Li
body: deleted
Where does the data from Confluence Chat go to?
Asked by Jarvin Li:

Hi there!

I am wondering where does my chat history, would I be able to download them?

Is there a way to auto-delete them after an X amount of days/weeks/months?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What do you mean by "Confluence Chat"?

comments: author: Jarvin Li
body: Hi Nic,

What I mean by 'Confluence Chat' is the built in chat of Confluence (linked below).

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.chat/server/overview>

Thanks!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That is an add-on, not a built-in function. I don't know that add-on I'm afraid, so I can't help you


author: Jarvin Li
body: I see, thank you anyway!
Mentions overview
Asked by Vincent Krul:

Is it possible to get an overview of all mentions, a little similar to the overview of tasks? Especially handy when being mentioned in remarks, so I do not have to go through all documentation finding out where I was mentioned (since e-mail function is not working properly, I am not informed at all).


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Vincent,

I just answered a similar question to this yesterday:

* [How to get a list of user mentions in Confluence](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-get-a-list-of-user-mentions-in-Confluence/qaq-p/728354)

Can you review that and let me know if you have any questions?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Thomas Reyskens
body: Nope, doesn't work anymore


author: Vincent Krul
body: Thanks [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046)!

Although already ++very++ handy, so not be ungrateful, I am still looking for a feature in which I can create an overview of mentions, where it is also possible to filter out mentions in comments, where the comment \<\> resolved.   
The mean reason is that the only way (as far as I know) the a person is being mentioned in a comment, is by receiving an e-mail notification. Since mentioning is being used for reviewing, there are sometimes a lot of those e-mails. There is a considerate delay between the mention and the e-mail and it gets piled up under the daily amount of e-mail.

Kind regards,

Vincent Krul

comments: author: Shannon S
body: Vincent,

In that post I linked, in addition to the workaround, there's a feature request that I mentioned. You can vote on this and comment there with your usage case.

Thank you for your understanding!

Regards,

Shannon


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overview
What is the server requirements for Confluence 6.1?
Asked by Jarvin Li:

Good day!  

I'm interested about my server requirements, I've seen the documentation regarding server requirements, ( <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/server-hardware-requirements-guide-30736403.html> ) but I am wondering on how can I be sure that my server is good enough?

The reason I am asking is that I am receiving frequent issues where my site is not responsive or takes a while to load. The issue I believe is on server side because I test other sites for while my Confluence site takes a while to load and the other sites load faster.

Below are some details that may shed some light into my issue.

|------------------------|----------------------------|
| **Operating System**   | Windows Server 2012 R2 6.3 |
| **OS Architecture**    | amd64                      |
| **Application Server** | Apache Tomcat/8.0.41       |
| **Servlet Version**    | 3.1                        |
| **Java Version**       | 1.8.0_112                  |

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Shankar Asam {Appfire}
body: I believe you need to provide more info on your system resources. Like how much physical memory you have and how much you have allocated for JAVA heap and number of CPU's on the host and types of HDD /SSD drives you have and also type of server you use (virtual vs physical) and the number of concurrent users accessing the confluence at peak hours and number of user base , spaces, plugins etc. performance tuning is altogether a big topic but you should keep enough resources before going for further tuning

comments: author: Jarvin Li
body: Hi Shankar!

1. Allocated for Java heap - 4096 mb  
Used 3001  
Unused 1094  
2. number of CPU's - 1  
3. types of HDD/SDD drives - I can't find out  
4. virtual server  
5. Peak user count - 50  
6. user base - 500  
7. spaces - 12/16  
8. plugins - 249

Hope these details will help.  

Thanks!
Customizing confluence
Asked by Allen Chun:

Is there a way wherein I can create a child page using a form in a dialog? and retrieve the data in the parent page?

I would like to clone the same thing as the add on "Ideation" but there are limitations.   

On the parent page there will be a "Create Idea" button and it will show the form inside a dialog. The form contains Title, Status (Dropdown), Members (dropdown selection of groups) and description  

Once the child page has been create I would like to display the data of children pages in a single table   

Title, Status, Created By, Date Created, Status, Members and number of likes.  

I tried Confiforms but confiforms not creating a page. I'm thinking of start coding this but I don't know how to start   

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: A Confluence Blueprint plugin is what you're seeking I'd think.

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blueprints-323982376.html>
* <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-blueprints/>


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Feature Request: Set DEFAULT option for Notify Watchers
Asked by Abi Bellamkonda:

This has been marked as solved when it is not. It has been 2 years and the problem remains. <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-we-turn-off-the-notify-watchers-by-default-for-OnDemand/qaq-p/167946>

I am a user, I am not concerned if it's on Demand or not, its technology problem. The comment with most votes says it all. You are making users thinking and be careful. Page-wise remembering is NOT the solution.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Abi,

The answer that was accepted is that it is not possible to set a default option in Cloud for this setting.

We do have a feature request that I found for this that is still open and includes suggesting a default option, that you're welcome to vote on and comment with your usage case:

* [CONFCLOUD-33546](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-33546)

Thank you for your understanding!

Regards,  
Shannon


Tags: notification

watcher
Updated a roadmap on a published page but the edits aren't reflected
Asked by Allan Franco:

I created a public page which includes a roadmap.

However, every time I try and update the roadmap, the changes are never reflected after publishing. I tried removing the roadmap, creating a new one but the page still won't update and still shows the old version.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so what was your solution?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Allan,

Could you confirm with us your Confluence version?

When you edit the roadmap, do you see the updates in the preview, and just not on the published page, or neither?

Could you confirm if you have also completed [clearing the indexes from scratch](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-rebuild-the-content-indexes-from-scratch-on-confluence-server-110035351.html), and if all users see the old roadmap (to confirm it isn't cached on your network)?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Shannon
404 not found after server reboot. Confluence 3.5
Asked by rgisbac:

The linux server was rebooted.

Tomcat start/restarts successfully browsers receiving 404 erro page


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi there,

Have a look at your log at \<Confluence_Home\>logs/atlassian-confluence.log   
(The \<confluence_home\> directory is the path defined in the following file: \<confluence_install\>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties)

Search for **Starting Confluence**, scroll down past the initial startup messages, which include system info and a list of plugins. Look for entries that start with ERROR.

Then, do the same with the \<Confluence_Install\>/logs/catalina.out.

Provide us those details here, and we will be able to assist you better.

Regards,

Shannon
Export confluence page
Asked by Karen Song:

Hi there,

I'm using a macro to report the unfinished task and I need to export the document to send to colleagues. I don't mind which format. However, the issue goes over 1 page and there is no way to export the second page.

Help!

Thanks,

Karen


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Karen,

This is a known issue, and unfortunately it does not appear that there is a workaround for this at the moment.

The bug is reported here:

* [CONFSERVER-40585](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-40585)

Please vote on the bug and watch it in case there are any updates.

If another user has a workaround for this, they will be able to let you know on this thread.

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Karen Song
body: Thanks Shannon


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Which app does the public use to access public pages of a company?
Asked by MV BMX:

I need to share an app with viewers that does not require them to sign in to see pages that have public access.


Answers:
author: Lei Wang
body: Hi,

You can enable public access to a Confluence space, you must grant the following permissions to anonymous users:

* The site-wide 'can use' permission, as described above.
* The relevant space permissions. If you want a space to be publicly accessible, the anonymous user must have at least the **'View Space'** permission. To set space permissions, choose **Browse \> Space Admin \> Permissions**.

For more details, please refer to <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/setting-up-public-access-156.html>


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how do I run a confluence report on the CONTENT of a task?
Asked by Sara Williamson:

i want all @\[deleted\] tasks that have the word "add"


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Sara,

You can use [Task Report](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/task-report-macro-590260009.html) macro with *Assigned to* parameter set to *@\[deleted\].* Then you can wrap Task Report macro with [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) macro, set [Free text](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Free+Text+Filters) filter for *description* column to show tasks with word "add".

comments: author: Sara Williamson
body: Thanks Andrey,

That seems to be exactly what I am looking for. I do not see a Table Filter macro in my list of macros. Does that mean I would have to purchase an add-on, or is it just hidden somewhere? Is there any way to do this without the add-on?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Table Filter macro is a part of the paid add-on called Table Filter and Charts. As far as I know Table Filter macro is the only way to filter tasks with some keywords.


author: Sara Williamson
body: Thanks so much.
Unable to import a space with no error.
Asked by John Kellar:

I have been attempting to import a space that was exported from another Confluence cloud instance and continually receive an error. I additionally, exported a new space I just created and attempted to import that with the same result. I cannot find any clear error to indicate the reason for the issue, but I know it isn't a version problem clearly. Thoughts?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: John,

Could you let us know what error message you're getting? Does this occur with and without attachments?

Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: John Kellar
body: So initially I did not receive this error, but now it is resulting in the following:

***Could not locate exportDescriptor.properties in Media Services***

Note: There is an exportDescriptor.properties file in the zip file.


author: Shannon S
body: John,

Could you tell me if you unzipped the export at any point and re-zipped it? It seems that a lot of Cloud users are having this issue in macOS due to the way that it zips files.

If you can, please show me the content of the zip and its directories. All files should be at the root, including exportDescriptor.properties

Thank you!

Shannon


author: John Kellar
body: That was the issue. Thank you very much for the assistance.


author: Shannon S
body: No problem, John! Thank you for confirming.

Take care and have a pleasant weekend.

Shannon


author: Rhys Taylor
body: Hi John, Shannon,

What was the solution here - good to see you resolved it... somehow?

Cheers. Rhys


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Rhys,

The issue here was that the zip was unzipped and re-zipped on macOS. You'll want to make sure that you have the original download and don't re-zip it using Finder. If you need to, you can use Terminal for that.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Rhys Taylor
body: Thanks, Shannon,

Yeah, thanks for the tips. It was a case of zipping the folder, that Finder created when unzipping, along with the other files, creating another layer so they were not at the root of the zip file.

So to correct it, zip the files and attachments together directly, not the folder they sit in.

Cheers. Rhys


author: Shannon S
body: Both that can occur and also the addition of hidden files that tend to cause problems, so we always recommend zipping the files directly and using Terminal to avoid any issues.  

Glad you were able to sort it out!

Take care,

Shannon
Categories and attributes for docs
Asked by LaVon Kellerman:

We currently use Confluence as our document repository system (in it's infancy!) and I can use some assistance with Document categories and attributes for input documents as specified for best practices. Do you have a listing of these or someplace I can view them to see how they will fit our needs?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@LaVon Kellerman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1187705)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/servicemanagementserver0416/adding-attributes-to-object-types-1062242234.html>

<https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/add-assign-and-delete-project-categories/>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/servicemanagementserver0420/working-with-object-types-1095772203.html>

Cheers


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how to do confluence a 2 factor authentictaion with fortigate
Asked by Sam:

how to do confluence a 2 factor authentictaion with fortigate


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Sam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1187690)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLYxYlbuupk>

<https://www.miniorange.com/two-factor-authentication-for-fortinet>

Cheers
Search against dynamic content
Asked by Abraham Tom:

Is there a way to search on pages that are fed in by REST API call.

I have a data dictionary that queries via REST my metastore; which is neat.

But I have discovered that the default search on Confluence will not find any of the content from the REST call.


Answers:
author: Huy Le
body: I am not sure if I understand you correctly.

But if you want to make some custom data searchable then the easiest way is to store it as custom content property of some existing content (page, blogpost, comment) then the property will be automatically indexed and become searchable in REST. See <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/content-properties-in-the-rest-api/> for more detail.

There is more complicated way to store data that is independent from any existing content objects but then you need to create an extractor to get it indexed so it become searchable. See <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/extractor-module/> for more detail.


Tags: search
Vertical Header for Tables
Asked by Casey Maynard:

In the script below, I have been able to generate vertical headers. But unfortunately, I am encountering a few issues that I cannot seem to resolve

Issue 1 - If I merge any of the cells the vertical text goes away for all the headers

Issue 2 - I would prefer to only have a few of the headers have vertical text, so I would like to determine how to configure the script to allow me to set which columns use the vertical text setting

Issue 3 - How to bottom justify the vertical text, because if you have header text that has multiple lines I would like the text to 'wrap' and then bottom justify

Issue 4 - How do I remove the text 'pixels\|default=100 pixels\|default=30' that is above the table

I found this User Macro in another forum

## Macro: rotate-table-headers  
## Macro title: A macro for rotating all the headers in a table  
## Macro has a body: Y  
## Body processing: n/a  
## Output: HTML  
##  
## Developed by: David Simpson \<david@davidsimpson.me\>  
## Edited by: Eric Maras \<ericmaras@gmail.com\>  
## Date created: 2017-06-27

## @param height:title=Height\|type=int\|required=true\|desc=Header height in  
pixels\|default=100  
## @param width:title=Width\|type=int\|required=true\|desc=Header width in  
pixels\|default=30

#set( $Integer = 0 )  
#set( $height = $Integer.parseInt($paramheight) )  
#set( $width = $Integer.parseInt($paramwidth) )  
#set( $shift = $height - $width )

\<style\>  
/\*\* @see: <http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/text-rotation/> \*/  
.rotate-headers th div.tablesorter-header-inner {  
-webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);  
-moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);  
-ms-transform: rotate(-90deg);  
-o-transform: rotate(-90deg);  
transform: translate(0px, ${shift}px) rotate(270deg);  
width: ${width}px;  
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=3); /\*  
Internet Explorer \*/  
}  
.rotate-headers th {  
height: ${height}px;  
white-space: nowrap;  
}  
.rotate-headers th \> div {  
transform: translate(0px, ${shift}px) rotate(270deg);  
width: ${width}px;  
}  
\</style\>

\<div class="rotate-headers"\>$body\</div\>


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: FYI: Here's a link to the "other forum":  
[https://superuser.com/questions/741451/how-do-i-create-vertical-table-headings-in-confuence](https://superuser.com/questions/741451/how-do-i-create-vertical-table-headings-in-confuence?)


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user-macro