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How to reference another form in an IFTTT rule
Asked by Ilcin:

Hi!

currently I'm working on a form where a student can register for an alternate exam. They choose the exam from a fixed database, which have empty slots for emails. The students Email is then updated/uploaded into the fixed database.

If I have 7 E-Mail slots (mail1, mail2, mail3, ...), I need 7 IFTTT rules making sure that the right E-mail slot in the fixed database is selected and no e-mail is in the list twice.

For one module in my fixed database this works just fine, however when I have two or more modules, the right email slot (e.g mail3) is updated for **every module** in the list. I only want the Email added to the right module the student actually applies for.

I tried referencing the right module id with entryId=\[entry.selectModuleEOM.moduleEOM.id\] but it doesn't work.  
The "Filter to apply before update" field does not work for me, since I would need to reference the page and form where the database is stored to match it with my \[entry.selectModuleEOM.moduleEOM.id\] but I don't know how to do that - or even if it is possible.

Is there a way to reference and match the data, so I can update my list correctly?  
Or is there another way to make a (dynamic) dropdown, where I add the value from one another form to a database?

Thanks in advance!  
Ilcin

Edit:

(I think I need to tag [@Alex Medved _ConfiForms_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781630) here, you helped me out a lot with complex forms)


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: I am sorry, I don't understand the design you have and the question... Just cannot put this all together: modules, emails, sets of IFTTTs... and then some kind of dynamic dropdown!?

Could you provide some screenshots? Or open a ticket with us at <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/VERTUNA/Support+Request+Form>

comments: author: Ilcin
body: Hi Alex,

I wanted to post the storage format to clarify what I want to do, but it seems to exceed the character limit size.   
I don't have a dynamic dropdown, I'm trying to create one with the options I'm given.

Is there another way I can send you the storage format?


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Open the support ticket and wait for the reply - we can communicate through email. I appreciate if you create a simplified version to illustrate the problem


author: Ilcin
body: I opened a support ticket just like you said and tried to describe my problem again, thank you!


Tags: confiforms

ifttt
Not able to upload mp4 video in Confluence.
Asked by Harshitha Aj:

I am trying to upload the mp4 video in confluence directly through attachment but I am not able to play the video which I am uploaded. Please find the image of the error message below.

![2019-07-29 14_01_33-Microsoft Edge.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61715iFF4DD02ED04FE6D8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-07-29 14_01_33-Microsoft Edge.png")

If I try to upload using insert files \& image, I am getting error which is displayed in the below image.![2019-07-29 13_52_55-Microsoft Edge.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61716i87F5EDDDE6D12066/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-07-29 13_52_55-Microsoft Edge.png")


Answers:
author: Florian Wehner
body: Might be a proxy server issue. See [this thread.](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Unable-to-upload-mp4-file-gt-100mb/qaq-p/777896)


author: Teodora V
body: Hi [@Harshitha Aj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3508622)   

You need the HTML macro, and you're admins need to enable it in the add-on section.   

Meanwhile, check the detailed step-by-step Confluence multimedia documentation [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/multimedia-macro-228622735.html). :)

comments: author: Florian Wehner
body: This is not correct. I have the same issue. \*.mp4 files fail uploading.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to merge content between different page versions in Confluence?
Asked by Kamil Beer:

Hello,

we work on three versions of an application at once. We document these versions on one page that we would like to version (either as separate pages or the same page). In V1 page, the oldest version, we may change a picture and we need to see the picture in V3 also. But this updating is quite hard to accomplish.

I have already tried Scroll Versions - when we edit the V3 page and then in V1 page we add a picture, it is not automatically inherited into V3 page, as V3 was changed from V1. Merging would rewrite all the new content in V3.

I have also tried Page Branching for Confluence, which allows me to update a branch (branching from a page), but does not allow for multiple branches (a branch of a branch). The use case here would be sort of an infinite branching as versioning...

It would be best if we could choose the parts to merge.

Do you know of such an add-on or a methodology to allow for this type of version control and updating?


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi [@Kamil Beer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1184912)

do I understand correctly that you would like the content in v3 to be the new one, while an image should always be inherited from v1?

If all the content should be inherited again from v1, then you could remove the changes in v3 with Scroll Versions so that the page starts inheriting again.

Cheers,  
Roman.


author: Stephen Ward
body: [@Kamil Beer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1184912) - Did you ever find an answer to this question? I have the same use case and have not found a solution.

comments: author: Kamil Beer
body: I haven't, sadly...


Tags: confluence-server

merge

server

update

version
How do I ensure that the formatting stays the same when exporting to PDF
Asked by Jacob Issac:

I have used sections and columns within sections for arranging content. I like the layout. But when I export it to PDF, the image sizes are different and content is disarranged.

Please advice.


Answers:
author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Jacob,

Could you elaborate a bit more on the problem you're facing in the exported PDF?

Are you seeing the problem that the content of your section and column macros is placed underneath each other in the exported file?

Using our [Scroll PDF Exporter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) you can define that section and column macros are preserved in the exported file in the [export settings](https://help.k15t.com/scroll-pdf-exporter/latest/define-template-settings-165941728.html).

However, if you do not want to go for a commercial app, an alternative could also be to use the [Confluence Page Layout](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-layouts-columns-and-sections-275188613.html) functionality instead of section \& column macros, this is supported by both the default PDF Exporter and our Scroll PDF Exporter and the creation of the page is a bit easier, as you can simple choose between the page layouts, and do not need to put in percentages like in the column macros (of course that also means you have a bit less flexibility, but you might wanna give that a try).

I hope this helps. If you want to try out Scroll PDF Exporter, please do so via the [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). Free trial licenses are available for Confluence Server and Confluence Cloud.

If there are questions during the evaluation, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via [support@k15t.com](mailto:support@k15t.com).

Cheers,  
Nils


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Jacob,

Thank you for asking this. In Confluence Cloud it's possible to [Customize Exports to PDF](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/customize-exports-to-pdf-724764825.html). This would be one way you can get your PDF to look the way you want.

In addition, you could use an add-on, such as [the add-ons you'd find on Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=PDF%20export).

If, while using the PDF export feature, you encounter any issues, please do [report them to Support](https://support.atlassian.com/contact).

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud
Macro to display a list of space names with space keys for a site.
Asked by Carolyn Phillips:

Hi,

Wondering how to write a macro that will display a list of space names with their keys for a site.

I have seen the option for displaying a table of users and spaces but have been unsuccessful at adapting it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Carolyn


Answers:
author: Carolyn Phillips
body: Looks like I have a solution with some help from a colleague and another script I found on here.

## Macro title: Space Details

## Macro has a body: N

## Body processing: Selected body processing option

## Output: Selected output option

##

## Developed by: Andrew Frayling

## Modified by: Mike Marriott and Carolyn Phillips

## Date created: 21/03/2012

## Date modified: 30/07/2019

## Installed by: Carolyn Phillips

## Macro to display a list of spaces with their keys

## @noparams

#set($containerManagerClass = $content.class.forName('com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager'))

#set($getInstanceMethod = $containerManagerClass.getDeclaredMethod('getInstance',null))

#set($containerManager = $getInstanceMethod.invoke(null,null))

#set($containerContext = $containerManager.containerContext)

#set($spaces = $spaceManager.getAllSpaces())

\<table class="confluenceTable"\>

\<tr\>

\<th class="confluenceTh"\>Spaces\</th\>\<th class="confluenceTh"\>Space Key\</th\>

\</tr\>

<br />

#foreach($spacer in $spaces)

\<tr\>

\<td class="confluenceTd"\>$spacer.name\</td\>  
\<td class="confluenceTd"\>\<a href="$req.contextPath/display/$spacer.key"\>$spacer.key\</a\>\</td\>

\</tr\>

#end

<br />

\</table\>


Tags: confluence-server

key

server

space

user-macro
How do I create global template in confluence?
Asked by Nivedita:

Would like to create common template that can be used across spaces. Need to know if I have access to create global template.


Answers:
author: shetty
body: You need to be confluence admin for this

If you are admin then go to Homepage of confluence \> settings \> you will find

Global Templates and Blueprints under configuration {#toc-hId--1412738600}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

![110.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61704iDDB3380DB1BD5CAD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "110.JPG")

click on add global page template \& save it.

![109.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61702iCC1315895AD04764/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "109.JPG")

later try creating page Select template list availble from the options

![108.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61701iCE7A40E010433D92/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "108.JPG")


author: Nivedita
body: Thank you :-)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
restrictions for pages and its child pages .
Asked by Sekhar Chandra:

Hi,

I had a situation in confluence space where it has 50+ pages. Among these, one page has 20 child pages and with no restrictions. We have 20 users working on that Space.

Question is, 5 users of 20 should have access to view and edit only for a single page and its child page and restricted to the remaining pages. Whereas the other 15 users must have access to all the 50+ pages and their child pages.

How to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Chandra.


Answers:
author: Andrew
body: Hi [@Sekhar Chandra](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2916286) ,

You can use restriction page and modify inheritance page, also I recommend split users through groups.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html>

B.R.

comments: author: Sekhar Chandra
body: Hi [@Andrew](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1638182)

When using restrictions only these 5 user are able to view that page but what about rest of the 15 users?

15 users must have access to 50+ pages and 5 users are only allowed to view one page among the 50+ pages.

Thanks for the answer.


author: Sekhar Chandra
body: Can you explain in detail.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: As per the document [@Andrew](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1638182) pointed to - take the 50 pages in a space which allows your 15 users to see them, and restrict the one page to the 5 users you need to limit it to. Try clicking "restrictions" while in edit mode on the page, it's reasonably intuitive.
Are Confluences listed in Google Searches?
Asked by Michael Arndt:

And if they are is there a way to disable them? I want to have a Confluence space which is public but I don't want it listed in search engines.


Answers:
author: Kris G _Alacriz_
body: I am afraid if this cannot be done in Cloud. Please contact Atlassian directly so that they can guide.

Thanks,  
Kris


author: DPKJ
body: If you are using server/data-center version, 'robot.txt' is best solution to keep search engines away.

You can find more details here - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Prevent+Search+Engine+Indexing+Using+Robots+Text+file>

comments: author: Michael Arndt
body: I'm using Cloud


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to determine if a confluence page was created using a template?
Asked by Craig Heath:

Hi,

Background:

We have a lot of Spaces within out Confluence environment, used for a variety of different purposes.

There are quite a few pages scattered across these Spaces that are what we call "Communities Of Practice". Another term for them would Guilds.

Its been proposed that we move all these COP pages to a new Space so people can find them more easily.

We use Live Templates in some places, which presented its own challenges when moving the COP pages, as the Live Templates are not moved with the rest.

But the other challenge we have is the normal out-of-the-box Confluence templates that have been used to create pages, many of which (the templates) have been hand-written.

I can move the pages that were created using a template happily, and they keep working (unlike the Live Template pages), but sooner or later someone complains as their starting template for a new page is not present in the new space.

So the question - is it possible to tell that a given page in Confluence was created from a template, and if so, which template it was? If I know the name I can preempt the problem by cloning that template and putting it in the new Space.

The only other option that I'm aware of is to promote all our templates to Global, so they are visible in all spaces, but our Confluence admin has rejected that suggestion partly due to volumes, and also because of duplicate Template names (I believe).

Thanks.

P.S. This Confluence support page (

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-page-from-a-template-296093793.html>)

says in the notes that "Once a page has been added using a template, the template is no longer linked to the page.".

If that is actually the case then I expect that I can't determine that a page started from a template, but I thought I'd ask to be sure.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Your instinct is correct, once a template has been used, there's no way to know that it was the starting point of a particular page.

There are some human tricks, but they're manual and far from fool-proof:

* For more complex templates, most authors won't move away from it much, so you can usually tell. Plus if someone likes a page built from a template, but doesn't know about a template, they may well copy the page, so in a sense, it was still from the template.
* Include something in the template, like a footer section or label, that identifies the template. Your humans are very unlikely to remove it.
* If you are willing to fiddle with logs, you should be able to see when people hit the "create from x" part, but there's no guarantee they'll complete the page


Tags: confluence-server

server
Como bloquear download de arquivos?
Asked by Fabiana Araujo Garcia:

Gostaria de impedir que o user fa?a download de arquivos anexos das p?ginas, para controle interno.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Fabiana and welcome to the Community!

If you're wanting to prevent users from downloading content within Confluence then you'll need to revoke access altogether. The reason for this is, if the user can view the content then nothing prevents them from taking a screenshot, exporting the page via HTML or printing the page to PDF. Same will apply to attachments. You can present users from editing and uploading attachments, but if the user has read access then they already have the page and document.

An additional option to still allow the user to view some content would be to restrict any pages which have attachments. The restriction would only allow specific users/groups to view the content and anyone outside that restriction would not see the content.

Further resources to review on this would be as follows:

* [Space Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/space-permissions-overview-724764760.html)
* [Permissions and Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/permissions-and-restrictions-724765432.html)
* [Add or Remove Page Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/add-or-remove-page-restrictions-724764891.html)

I hope this information proves helpful.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

Translated to Portuguese:

Ol? Fabiana e bem vindo ? Comunidade!  
Se voc? deseja impedir que os usu?rios fa?am o download de conte?do no Confluence, ser? necess?rio revogar o acesso todos juntos. A raz?o para isso ? que, se o usu?rio puder visualizar o conte?do, nada impede que ele tire uma captura de tela, exporte a p?gina via HTML ou imprima a p?gina em PDF. O mesmo se aplica aos anexos. Voc? pode apresentar aos usu?rios a edi??o e o upload de anexos, mas se o usu?rio tiver acesso de leitura, eles j? ter?o a p?gina e o documento.  
Uma op??o adicional para permitir que o usu?rio visualize algum conte?do seria restringir as p?ginas que possuem anexos. A restri??o s? permitiria que usu?rios / grupos espec?ficos visualizassem o conte?do, e qualquer pessoa fora dessa restri??o n?o veria o conte?do.  
Outros recursos para analisar sobre isso seriam os seguintes

* [Space Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/space-permissions-overview-724764760.html)
* [Permissions and Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/permissions-and-restrictions-724765432.html)
* [Add or Remove Page Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/add-or-remove-page-restrictions-724764891.html)

Espero que esta informa??o seja ?til.


Tags: confluence-cloud
Can I make portions of my Confluence publically accessible and restrict others to users?
Asked by Michael Arndt:

Can I make portions of my Confluence publically accessible and restrict others to users?


Answers:
author: Muhammad Ramzan_Atlassian Certified Master_
body: yes its possible, If you want to make one space public and other spaces private then make that space with anonymous access .

If you want few pages inside one space public and few pages private, then make the whole space as anonymous and for those pages which you want private, apply the restrictions.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes. The most simple way to do it is by space - create some spaces that require "confluence users" to be able to use them, and others that are available to "anonymous". You can see the "anonymous" options in the space settings (but you will have to enable global anonymous access as well)
Can I create a shortcut to a specific article on an Android home screen?
Asked by Michael Arndt:

I would like to include a shortcut to a specific Confluence page on mobile devices. There's some important information that my field technicians need to access frequently and I want to create an easy method for them to access this information without having to navigate through the Confluence app. In my use case any additional clicks with likely cause adoption issues.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Michael,

You can most certainly bookmark a Confluence page and add it to an android screen (As long as the android device supports this). Additionally, your users will still need to authenticate to Confluence, unless you're using SAML/SSO authentication.

Depending on the mobile browser you use will determine how the bookmarked page will be added to your Android home screen.

Here is an article I found which explains a few ways to accomplish this. While we can warrant or confirm their methods will work on your devices, this will at least assist with explaining how to do this: <https://www.wikihow.com/Set-a-Bookmark-Shortcut-in-Your-Home-Screen-on-Android>. (This site did contain ads as it is a 3rd party reference used)

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can i auto-generate a confluence page with a macro (e.g. expansion) using REST API?
Asked by bachbui:

I want to generate a confluence page with a macro. I can do that easily with standard page. But can I include confluence macro on that page? Thanks.


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi [@bachbui](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2091098)

Our Page Tree Creator provides a REST API to generate pages based on templates. If you are interested in finding out how it works, please open a ticket on our [service desk](https://issue.eps.ch/servicedesk/customer/portal/3). The [Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214062/page-tree-creator-blueprint-creator?hosting=server&tab=overview) can be found on the Marketplace.

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


author: Ismael Jimoh
body: Hi [@bachbui](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2091098)

Have a look at Page Templates as you can create templates with macros and when creating your page, confirm if you can parse a template as one of the parameters.

Cheers.
I am going to store 300 server related details in Confluence. Once done, If i wanted to search for
Asked by Rahul:

If I want to search for any specific 6 servers from that list, Is there any query or code in Advanced search on confluence to retrieve the details related to that 6 servers?? Kindly advise me  


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A simple search will return a list of pages that match. You don't need queries or advanced searches, just put in what you're looking for (the data that matches what you've put on those 6 servers to group them together)