youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Add Row Count to Roll Up Page
Asked by Molly Brandau:

Our individual teams create Roster pages (custom template) that show various data points about their team - contact info, location, etc. We add a 'Roster' label to those pages that feeds into a Roster Roll Up page (list view of all teams).

I was wondering if there's a macro (or some other functionality) I could add to the Roll Up page that would show total row count? I'd like to easily see how many teams we have across our org via the Roster Roll Up, but couldn't find a way to do this.

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Molly,

[Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) macro has an option to output the [total row](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Look+of+the+Table+and+Filtration+Pane#ManagingLookoftheTableandFiltrationPane-OutputtingTotalsforcolumns) that can show number of rows (count option).

comments: author: Molly Brandau
body: This worked perfectly, thanks Andrey! Still pretty new to Confluence (enough to be dangerous) so trying to take baby steps. Appreciate your help!


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Molly,

This isn't a built-in functionality of Confluence, but I am aware of a few 3rd-party add-ons that work with tables and could do something similar to this.

Have a look here at our [Confluence Cloud add-ons for Tables.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=table) I haven't personally used any of these add-ons, so I am including your question in the Marketplace collection, in the event that our Community might be able to suggest a specific add-on for you.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

cloud

confluence-cloud
Has anyone managed to configure Confluence behind https apache reverse proxy and if yes please help
Asked by Mai Saleh:

Has anyone managed to configure Confluence behind https apache reverse proxy and if yes please help


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Many times.

Start at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/proxy-and-https-setup-for-confluence-950286281.html> and let us know if you get stuck

comments: author: Mai Saleh
body: also please advise where to configure the context-path

as for example our link will be

https://proxy/confluence

i believe /confluence needs some sort of configuration too is it in same file


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I would look at the installation document and search for the word "context".

To be blunt, we're not here to read this stuff to you, there is perfectly good documentation that answers all of what you have asked so far. By all means ask if you get stuck, but please at least try to read it first.

If you do get stuck, please explain where - for example, the docs tell you where to configure the context path already. What makes you think that is wrong and what have you done differently to what the doc says?


author: Mai Saleh
body: Ok all is fine and working now thanks :)
An iframe doesn't show anymore
Asked by Motti Tadmor:

We used to have an iframe that displays a page from another server inside a Confluence page, and it worked without any issue.

We moved the hosting page to another server and the iframe no longer shows, we thought we need to whitelist the new server or something, but cannot find the settings mentioned here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-whitelist-381255821.html?_ga=2.40740645.644039475.1546898569-1814977191.1546447638>

How can we re-configure this iframe to show the desired page?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Tobias Anstett _K15t_
body: Hi [@Motti Tadmor](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1203813),

This issue is most likely related to the same-origin policy. My gut feeling is that the old server was configured differently - e.g. CORS was enabled / setup.

You can check if this is the issue by checking the network tab of your browsers console. You should see the iframe request failing with a reason. If it is something with same-origin or CORS you should follow up with the articles below to understand the issue in more detail and eventually fix it.

- <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Same-origin_policy>

- <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS>

Best, Tobias


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Page properties report macros sorting
Asked by Puggy Patel:

Hello,

I am using a page properties report macro on one of my pages, I would like to change the order of the columns.

Currently it is sorting the columns in alphabetical order, how can I custom order them?


Answers:
author: Puggy Patel
body: Nevermind, I figured it out.

Just have to type the columns in the order we want them in the page properties report Options \> Columsn to show separated by commas


Tags: confluence-server

server
Does Atlassian maintain their own servers?
Asked by Nathan Meffert:

Our parent company is very concerned about security of Atlassian servers. Does Atlassian maintain their own servers, or do they outsource?

If they maintain their own, what security measures are taken for theft, natural disasters, other emergency situations?

If they don't, how can they guarantee security on third-party servers?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hello [@Nathan Meffert](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1084579),

Atlassian use AWS to host their Cloud services:

* [Cloud hosting infrastructure](https://www.atlassian.com/trust/reliability/infrastructure)
* <Security practices>
* [Atlassian Cloud security](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeval/other-atlassian-evaluator-resources/atlassian-cloud-security)
* [Data storage FAQ](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/data-storage-faq-873871367.html)

Hope this helps!

- Manon

comments: author: Nathan Meffert
body: That does help. Thanks for the response.


Tags: security

server
can we restrict a confluence-administrator from accessing a Space without adding him explicitly
Asked by rajesh uyyala:

Hi,

We have a situation here, we have some secured document client spaces for which, we dont want confluence administrators even though they have admin access defined in Global permissions.

I added page restrictions to the those admins but they still can see those spaces, is there way to restrict? please help.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Rajesh,

you can't hide anything from a Confluence administrator. Even if you restrict the pages, your admin will be able to break any lock if he wants to.

You have to trust your admins.

comments: author: rajesh uyyala
body: Hi Thomas,

Thanks for the reply!

Do the admins require to do something for accessing the restricted pages or they have access to the restricted pages by default?

At least, we need to find a way to audit.

thanks.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: They have access to the pages. If you create a space and a page like this:

* the admin has no permission for the space
* the page is restricted to anyone else but not the admin

then:

* the admin can watch the page if he knows the exact url
* the admin can see the space and therefore see the page names
* he can't find the page with a regular search

There's an audit log, but it doesn't record information related to pages (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/audit-log-829076528.html>)


author: rajesh uyyala
body: Thanks for the information!


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to create a todo list
Asked by corinne goodman:

I would like to create a taks list with colums task type,status , date, designation, who, when etc... and be able to filter on the colum

is that possible and how ?

thanks a lot

Corinne


Answers:
author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@corinne goodman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1594678),

You can keep the track of the things that need to get done with the help of the tasks. With the ability to give each task an assignee and due date, and plenty of ways to see your tasks, you can make sure nothing slips through the cracks. You can view [this page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-assign-and-view-tasks-590260030.html) which contains information on "Adding, Assigning, and View the Tasks".

Alternatively, you can view these apps, if they suit your requirement.

* [TodoMe for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217636/todome-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)
* [ToDo List for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217710/todo-list-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Thanks,  
Amith Mathur

comments: author: corinne goodman
body: thanks a lot for your support :)


author: corinne goodman
body: Hello Amith

Not sure how to mark an item in the task list as completed

I just tag the box in front of the item but it still show the item in my

to do

can you help ?

thanks

corinne
Confluence does not anymore, has anyone else seen this?
Asked by neal_ala:

It is running locally on a windows server.

The service is running, I do not find errors in the logfiles.

It was working last week.

We get ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED when trying to access it via a webpage, but nothing on the server indicates a problem that I can see.

I cannot get help from support because we have a starter license.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Connection refused happens when

1. The service is not running
2. The service is running, but has failed
3. A proxy is not connecting (you hit the proxy, the proxy goes to Confluence)
4. There's something blocking it on your network (unlikely, as this usually gives you a different error)

In cases 2 and 3, there will be an error in the logs telling you what is wrong. I would start with the Confluence application log in confluence-home/log/atlassian-confluence.log, then a look at confluence-install/log/catalina.out, and then look at the proxy logs next (if you have one)

comments: author: neal_ala
body: The service is running, at least windows services indicates that. If I try to stop and restart the service, windows acts like it cannot stop the service. I have to manually kill the process, then windows recognizes it as stopped. Re-starting the process, then looking at the logs, I get no indication of errors, just some warnings and info messages. I checked the log you mentioned and while it had errors from serveral days ago when all of the servers rebooted, I see no errors after starting up the service. I also checked the logfiles for tomcat as well (catalina, stdout etc). It seems tome as though the service may be crashing. But windows still thinks its running. I base this on the fact that once I start the service and try to browse to it, the browser indicates connecting then waiting for server... but spins continuously. After some period of time has gone by I try and refresh the browser, then get connection refused. I see the same behavoir when running abrowser as localhost on the server that confluence is on. I would think there would be some sort of error to indicate what the problem is, but have yet to find it. Thank you for your previous suggestions, and any help would sure be appreciated.


author: neal_ala
body: Turns out that confluence needs to hit external websites as it starts up and initializes everything including the plugins. I found this article: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-is-unable-to-startup-due-to-marketplace-connectivity-issues-939939190.html> which helped me because it showed me something missing in the atalssian-confluence.log file. So the fix was to configure a proxy for the tomcat instance that starts up confluence, once I did that it was able to start up completely. Thanks gain for your input.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Archiving (or collapsing) comments on confluence page
Asked by MT:

I am looking for a way to archive or collapse answered comments on a confluence page. Our users ask questions on a dedicated confluence page but they are adding up quickly. In order to keep the page uncluttered, I would like to be able to collapse or better yet archive the questions that have already been answered. The archived questions should still be accessible. How can this be done? I don't see the comments section in the source code of the page...


Answers:
author: Irina_Bel_Stiltsoft_
body: Hi [@MT](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2458754) ,

[Talk - Advanced Inline Comments for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/978531/talk-advanced-inline-comments?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)app has the Archive feature that applies exactly in your case. When you archive a talk, it disappears from the comment sidebar but continues invisibly exist on the page. You can see the context once you need it (it is always at hand) or restore this discussion when you want to resume it.

![Talk archive.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/186238i6E6B8B8A1AEA1ED3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Talk archive.png")

With Confluence inline comments you can only delete or resolve comments. In both options, the comments are absent on the page.


author: Tobias Anstett _K15t_
body: Hi [@MT](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2458754),

I recently developed something similar on one of our 'H?cketse' events. For sure this is not in a state which can be used/shared but illustrates some ideas I had.

<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cG11Z7z6SiIoXZ4ECiG-HgSgkJwSoOXQ/view?usp=sharing>

I would love to discuss your requirements further with you to learn more and maybe come up with something which works for a broader audience.

Best, Tobias


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Milda,

See link below. Let me know if it solved your issue.

<https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/confluence/display/DESDM/questions/76287980/how-do-you-hide-comments-from-a-confluence-page>

victor

comments: author: MT
body: Thank you, Victor, but I do not see the option to select HTML macro. I also don't know how to modify the CSS file.


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Milda,

To insert the html macro (if using a mac), click Shirt + Left Calibrate ({). Type in the macro name. Then enter the code.

Victor


author: MT
body: Thanks. I tried Shift + Left Calibrate ({) and entered html but nothing came up. Is this the user macro that might not be enabled for us?


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Are you able to find any other macro using the same method?


author: MT
body: yes


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Milda,

If you type in HTML and nothing comes up, then i don't know what the issue is.

Victor


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questions-for-confluence
How do I label a thumbnail?
Asked by John Aseff:

I am trying to find a way to label a thumbnail so I can see at a glance what the document/attachment is. I'm new to Confluence so be gentle.


Answers:
author: Ryan Fish
body: [@John Aseff](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2525413)

We have all been there :), there a few options:

1. Edit page/ Select Image/ Properties/ Title. Creates label when mouse hovers-over the image
2. Go to page. Select ellipsis (...)/ Attachments/ Edit label column

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-labels-to-organize-your-content-724764874.html>

Hope this helps

Ryan

comments: author: John Aseff
body: Thanks Ryan


author: John Aseff
body: Thanks Ryan!
User template which asks to user some values before entering in the editing of page
Asked by Raffaele Gambelli:

Hi all,

I've configured a "knowledge base" space, I'm using Confluence 6.7.1, I've seen the troubleshooting template and I would like to create a custom template which behaves like that one, so:

1. Asks to user to insert label and a name
2. Use the content by label macro providing it with the labels inserted by user

I haven't found how to do it in any Confluence documentation, entering in editing of the troubleshooting template too it wasn't helpful to find a solution.

Thanks


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Raffaele,

Maybe our Space Tree Creator could be a solution for your requirement. The space template is based on normal Confluence pages and can have variables, which the user can fill in before the space gets created.

You can find the Space Tree Creator on the Marketplace.

Regards,  
Stephan (CEO of EPS Software Engineering AG, the vendor of the Space Tree Creator)


author: Diego
body: Hello there Raffaele!  
The Knowledge Base is a **Space Blueprint** . In Confluence Server you are **able to create new Space Blueprints**. For a little more information on this topic, we can refer here:

[**Space Blueprints**](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/space-blueprints/)

We also have a guide on how to build a Space Blueprint, a simple one for that matter:

[**Write a simple Confluence Space Blueprint**](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/write-a-simple-confluence-space-blueprint/)

Some **coding knowledge is needed** to develop new Space Blueprints. Adding new Blueprints is also **limited to the Instance Administrator** , you may need to reach to one if you are not an Administrator.   

Hope ours docs help you out!

comments: author: Raffaele Gambelli
body: Thanks [@Diego](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1188952), so are you stating that there is no chance except creating a new blueprint ex-novo?


author: Diego
body: Hi again Raffaele!

Since we can not edit **Space Blueprints** , the approach relies on**creating a new one** that **matches your needs**.


Tags: custom-field

template
I need access to several spaces
Asked by Gabriela Crnjak:

Hi everyone.

I need access to several spaces in Confluence for the connect Rollout Spaces for Denmark, Iceland, Serbia, Slovakia, Bosnia, Croatia, Check Republic, Eastland, Lettland, Montenegro, Cypress and South Africa. Or please tell me where to refer to.

Thank you very much.


Answers:
author: Sloan
body: Hi [@Gabriela Crnjak](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2525314) and welcome to the Atlassian Community.

I think you should address this request to a Confluence administrator of your organization.

If you are the administrator of your Confluence and you are having trouble setting permissions, can you elaborate what steps don't work for you?

Cheers  
Nick
Roadmap Confluence Mac how do I add/change text?
Asked by Marianne van Nouhuys:

I tried the macro Roadmap. I can add lanes and bars. I can move them around. To change text (Lane 1, Lane 2, Bar 1, Marker 2) into something useful I am suppost to select the item and edit the text. Nothing happens. Might it be the Mac?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello Marianne!

You should be able to edit the text in macOS. We are most likely being affected by the bug reported here:

**[Roadmap Planner bars not responsive on the first load - CONFCLOUD-65229](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65229)**

We can go ahead and try the following:
> 1. Access the **affected page**
> 2. Enter **edit mode**
> 3. After the editor loads, **reload the page**
> 4. Select the **Roadmap Macro**and click to edit
> 5. Try changing the desired text

The bug here describes that the macro is not responsive after the first editor page load. However, after reloading the page Roadmap Macro works as expected.

Let us know if this helps you out!

comments: author: Marianne van Nouhuys
body: It worked! :) Thanks!


author: Diego
body: Great to know Marianne!

If you ever need assistance again, come share with the Community.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Migrate Confluence content from 5.5 to 6.13
Asked by Bidhan Khatri:

We have a confluence installed on our production environment which is around 30G in size. Now I want to migrate only the confluence content, data, users from 5.5 to a new Linux server where I've installed confluence 6.13

Is there any proper way to accomplish this task? I've tried by taking a dump of confluence database tables and imported into a new server but didn't work as expected and shows error. We have been using MySQL on both servers.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No document tells you to take a database dump of a different version and dump it into a another one.

Either export the data and import it into a clean empty 6.13, or create a copy of the 5.5 install and use the installers to upgrade it.

comments: author: Bidhan Khatri
body: Because of huge data, it takes much time to export and in-between that process confluence service is interrupted. How can I solve this problem?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: One or a combination of:

* Plan it properly - do it when your users don't mind the down time
* Do it in pieces - export the spaces you need one or several at a time and import them
* Use a high-availability system - Confluence data centre


Tags: confluence-server

server
Visualize Confluence URL from subpages with Table Data macros
Asked by Ivo Ooghe:

I am using a Report Table to centralize tasks from various sub pages with Table Data macro's containing project tasks.

On every row of the report table I would like to have a link (URL) back to the original Confluence sub page.

That way, users can use the centralized task overview to plan their day and click through to the original project page to edit details.

While testing I have succeeded to use a Report Table with a Content Reporter with types = pages and scope = @self. When adding a Report Column with a Report Link with key = page:url this works, all on the same Confluence page.

The trouble starts when using a Report Table with an Expanding reporter with data = PrjTable and As = extTable with a Content Reporter with Spaces = @self, Types: page and Scope = Projects Overview \> descendents ("Scope Projects Overview" is the Confluence page name of the mother page that collects all table info from various projects).

I manage to fetch all of the data fields from the original Table Data of all of the sub pages.

However when using a Report Column with a Report Link with Key = expanded:extTable\>page:url stays blank!


Answers:
author: Ivo Ooghe
body: Using a Set Data macro in a Table Data with as Type content and as content the name of the child page itself, it is possible to have a link to the page in the source table on the child page.

However using the Expanding Reporter within the Report Table on the parent page, it seems to be impossible to retrieve data from any Set Data fields from Table Data macro's on child pages via Report info.

Is this a system limitation or would I be making syntax mistakes?


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