youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
attachment gadget
Asked by JONATHAN BOHLMANN:

On my home page of the space, we have inserted 4 attachment gadgets. Each of these gadgets points to a different page. We did this as we wanted the ability to upload attachments to multiple pages w/o the need to click on each page. When we upload (drag/drop) an attachment into one of the attachment gadgets, the expected result would be the attachment would be added to the page that the attachment is pointing to. The behavior we saw was uploaded to the page I was on. Is this default behavior?


Answers:
author: Andrea Carl
body: Yes, you attach to a page not to a macro.


author: Laurent Corbi?re
body: It won't work with the drag and drop. Use the "browse for files" button
How to create space for the team in confluence
Asked by piyush pelagade:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You need to contact your administrators.

They can give you the global right to "create space" without making you an administrator.


author: piyush pelagade
body: Thanks for that! By any chance you know how to get those rights? or whom to contact for those rights?


author: Andrea Carl
body: You must be a Confluence admin. Spaces-\>create space.


Tags: confluence-administration
Copy tables of one page into another page
Asked by Corinna F?hring:

Hello, i have to copy some copies of one page into another page. I do not want to set up the whole tables again. But it does not work via copy paste and inluce excerpt makro..what do I have to consider- e.g. it copies only the content of the table not the whole table itsself.....


Answers:
author: Andrea Carl
body: What version of Confluence do you have? You should be able to copy and paste tables - works for me.


author: Corinna F?hring
body: I do have Confluence Version 5.9.2


Tags: confluence-administration
Create Calendar: Invalid Space Key
Asked by Daniel Fasko:

Hi,

I'm not able to create calendar anymore: I'm getting error message "Invalid Space Key" for all existing spaces.

Any idea how to fix this?

Confluence 5.9.4

Thank you \& Best regards,

Daniel


Answers:
author: Daniel Fasko
body: Search Index rebuild fixed this issue:

General configuration =\> Administration =\> Content Indexing =\> Search Indexes =\> Rebuild


Tags: confluence-administration
Deny user profile access for group
Asked by vboerner:

Hi, i have an external group that should not see the userprofiles (activities, update).

I disabled the global-permission-option to view the personal space, but the external user can see ohter users pictures and profiles (activities). How can i disable that?

(![information](/html/@4DF2F60CA30FBCA0CD7B960B5D0F871B/images/emoticons/information.png "information") i do not want to generally disable profile viewing via custom html)

thanks

(Version 5.9.9)


Answers:
author: vboerner
body: could someone please comment on this? is there an option or am i the only one having the need for this?

thank you


Tags: confluence-administration
Edit Site layout option is not available in current cloud version
Asked by Vivek Bohra:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [How to Restrict Users from Accessing People Directory or Search Users from Quick Search](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=688883545)*

What are the other options available for hide people directory from certain users?


Answers:
author: Nursihah Amir
body: Answered [here.](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/38735674/if-i-do-not-want-certain-users-and-users-of-a-group-not-able-to-see-people-directory-and-not-able-to-search-for-people.-how-to-do-that)


Tags: cloud
If I do not want certain users and users of a group not able to see people directory and not able to search for people. How to do that?
Asked by Vivek Bohra:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Search the People Directory](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765425)*

If I do not want certain users and users of a group not able to see people directory and not able to search for people. How to do that?

I have given access to some external users. I do not want them to see people directory of all internal users of confluence.


Answers:
author: Nursihah Amir
body: It is not possible to disable the people directory for certain groups of users for Confluence Cloud. You can request for support - <https://support.atlassian.com/servicedesk/customer/portal/23> to remove the link all together if there is a privacy concern.


Tags: cloud

people-directory

search
Style Macro (Import) doesn't seem to work now.
Asked by Shino K:

Style Macro (Import) seems like imported to the page, but not correctly applied.  
It was working up until a few days ago.  
I changed nothing this few weeks... just the look of stylized parts of a page is changed recently. And so realized the macro isn't working correctly now.

Does anybody know what's happening?

nostyleapplied.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Style-Macro-Import-doesn-t-seem-to-work-now/qaq-p/331286?attachment-id=4251){#link_1186e99afba1ac}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/55895/1/nostyleapplied.png){#display_1186e99afba1ac_0}


Answers:
author: Andrea Carl
body: Cloud was recently upgraded (my instance on May 10th) that has rendered the Adaptavist Content macros incompatible. My iframe macro is not working either. I have reached out to Adaptavist and was informed the content macros in Cloud are managed by Atlassian.

Please vote for the issue I just created.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-41681>

comments: author: Shino K
body: I voted! It's quite a serious issue.


author: AlexG
body: +1


author: Alejandro Garc?a P?rez
body: I am in the same situation.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

macro

style
how do i change the base url
Asked by Garrey Learmonth:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: On Cloud, you don't. The base url should always be the url you access Confluence on. On Cloud servers, the base url is locked to the url of the service and hence there's no need for you to change the base url, because that would just break your site. The url for your service cannot (yet) be changed (I don't know if Atlassian are planning to allow changes any time soon, but if they do, you can be certain that the base url will remain locked to it)

If you need to change the account url, then you have to set up a new Cloud service with a new url and then migrate your data to it,

comments: author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: There is a KB article about this: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/changing-the-cloud-instance-url-address-or-migrating-to-a-new-cloud-instance-691011835.html> :smile:


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence - Shrink Table Column (5.9.7)
Asked by Stephen Kairys:

**Confluence 5.9.7/Win10/Chrome**

In the following table, I would like to shrink both columns to eliminate the whitespace to the right of the headers and left of the data. Can it be done, preferably w/o a plug-in? Thanks!HowToResizeTableColumns.PNG

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Shrink-Table-Column-5-9-7/qaq-p/303056?attachment-id=4238){#link_1186e9dea4a280}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/51167/1/HowToResizeTableColumns.PNG){#display_1186e9dea4a280_0}


Answers:
author: Andrea Carl
body: Confluence 6.0 will allow for respositioning of column widths similiar to Excel.

comments: author: Stephen Kairys
body: Thank you. When is Release Date?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

table
Is there a way to disable in-line Comments on Wiki pages?
Asked by Tom Regner:

We need the ability to disable the in-line Comments "feature" in Confluence for signed-off, approved documents that are used for compliance. People are messing with the docs themselves, and this is deadly for official procedures that are in daily use. This "feature" should be locked out when the doc is restricted to certain editors!! Those with read-only access should be restricted to making comments in the **Comments** field at the bottom of the wiki page and not be allowed to make in-line Comments of this sort. It confuses and counfounds the Operations people using the Procedures, and renders the doc NOT IN COMPLIANCE when auditors come calling. This is a serious liability.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Here is a user macro which you can use to prevent those with read-only access from making inline comments:

```
## @noparams#if(!$permissionHelper.canEdit($userAccessor.getUserIfAvailable($req.remoteUser),$content))&lt;style&gt; button[data-key*=inline-comment] { visibility:hidden; } &lt;/style&gt;#end
```

You can make sure it gets put on every page by saving it as a user macro and including a reference to the macro in wiki markup format (i.e. {mymacro}) in either the header or footer textbox in the Header, Footer, Sidebar part of the Look and Feel section in the Space options (for one space) or the global options (for all spaces).

comments: author: Tobias Twardon
body: Hi Stephen,

thank you for this trick.  
Unfortunately this will leave you will some empty space in the bubble:

image2017-1-17 15:27:47.png

If you are changing your code to `display:none` it should look normal:

```
## @noparams#if(!$permissionHelper.canEdit($userAccessor.getUserIfAvailable($req.remoteUser),$content))&lt;style&gt; button[data-key*=inline-comment] { display:none !important;} &lt;/style&gt;#end
```

We are currently using just the inner part `<style>...</style>` in the Confluence user defined CSS-Section.

This will disallow creating new comments all together, as we have just migrated to [Talk](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.talk.confluence-talk-plugin).

Best regards,  
Tobias


Tags: confluence-administration
brikit for confluence cloud
Asked by Andrea Mock:

Will there be a brikit for the confluence cloud?


Answers:
author: Kirk Fahlberg
body: + 1 This would be a great offering.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: I can't speak for Brikit, but I can tell you that a theming solution is being developed for Atlassian Connect (the plugin system for Confluence Cloud) and indications seem to show that Brikit is involved in the process. So I think the chances are high.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Searching in Confluence site does not return updated topics
Asked by Camille Marshall:

I recently renamed quite a bit of topics to follow a standard naming convention. I edited each page and updated the title, then saved.

Users are searching for key words, such a virtual switch, and it is returning the old topic name with a message that this topic was recently renamed message.

Is there something I should do to update my search? It is not returning the newly renamed topics, but the old ones...


Answers:
author: Lucas Simon
body: Hello Camille,

In Confluence there is a process called "re-indexing content" that might help you with this behaviour which the "How to" is decribed below:

* Go to the \*Confluence Admin\* page.
* In the left panel, search for the \*Content Indexing\* page.
* Click on the \*Rebuild\* button.

Please be aware that it can take a while to complete considering the side of your instance.

Best Regards,

Lucas Simon   
Confluence/Crowd Support  
Atlassian
space feedback application
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Dear Partners,

How can we setup when user click some assigned space , it will show another web site page together ?The another web site page content is feedback form. Thank you.


Answers:
author: Henry Thomas
body: Hi, Hsu Yao Chang!

To insert HTML element in your Confluence space you need to:

1. Login as your Confluence Admin, go to manage add-ons
2. Enable all the modules of the Confluence HTML Macros
3. Insert the Include HTML Macro when you are creating/editing a page  
   A. Go To Insert More Content \> Other macros  
   B. Search for HTML macro  
   C. Paste the following code inside the macro, replace <http://www.atlassian.com/> with your target website
4. Save the page

By the way, to organize your feedback form I can recommend you to try Customer Case:  
<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/customer-case-for-jira/cloud/overview>

With this is add-on for JIRA you can create your own feedback/support forums on individual pages with personal domain names. Then you can turn users' feedback into issues for JIRA projects.  

Hope it helps you!   
Regards.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Add a link for feedback into the page?

I suspect you want something more than that, but I'm not sure what you are looking for.

comments: author: Hsu Yao Chang
body: Dear Nic Brough,

We would like to show another web page when user click assigned space home as shown as below, how can we do it ? Thank you.

feedback page.jpg  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/space-feedback-application/qaq-p/131662?attachment-id=3929){#link_1186ea51b2b782}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/21864/1/feedback%20page.jpg){#display_1186ea51b2b782_0}


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, so you want a popup instead of going to a new page, but I'm still unclear on quite where you want the link to be placed. Can you not just put a hyperlink in the body?


author: Hsu Yao Chang
body: If possible we wish can show a popup web page in some space home page. We think user can click the page content directly . Thank you.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm sorry, but the coffee is not working for me today, and I am not grasping what you are saying. Where, exactly, do you want to click to get the popup?


Tags: confluence-administration
If it is possible to shorten a scheduled job?
Asked by Feng Linjie:

I'm testing to update confluence version from V5.5.7 to V5.9.9

during process I always need to wait for more than 30Mins to get service ready(or hang on)

after check I find this job in log:

```
waitForBooleanValue Waiting to find if plugin dependent upgrades are complete. Maximum wait time will be 1800 seconds.
```

if it is possible to shorten this pending time?  


Answers:
author: xiaobo ding
body: Do you solve this problem? I encounter the same issue..


Tags: confluence-administration
I am generating release notes in confluence from Jenkins but everytime I am getting error "JIRA Issues Macro: Unable to locate JIRA server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration" . Any answers
Asked by Jyotiprakash Nayak:

issue .PNGac-macro.PNG  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-am-generating-release-notes-in-confluence-from-Jenkins-but/qaq-p/255169?attachment-id=5902){#link_1186ea85dc82bb}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/43233/1/ac-macro.PNG){#display_1186ea85dc82bb_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-am-generating-release-notes-in-confluence-from-Jenkins-but/qaq-p/255169?attachment-id=5903){#link_1186ea85dc82bb_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/43233/2/issue%20.PNG){#display_1186ea85dc82bb_2}


Answers:
author: Andre Lehmann
body: Do you have an active and working application-link to jira? did the URL change?

comments: author: Jyotiprakash Nayak
body: 1\>Scenario is that We are working on a assignment right now, It has active and working application link and there is no noticeable URL Change .

I am running the script from jenkins , as a result of which It does create a child page on my Confluence Space with the structure "Epic, Task,Sub-task,Bug) , but it doesnot render the values \[ it shows the macro error \]

1.PNG

2\>When I go to edit option of the generated macros , It had the generated query

2.PNG

3\>On pressing "ENTER" in the query box , it renders the value

3.PNG  

4\>The following information (macro) is created after clicking on "SAVE"

41.PNG

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

**Q\> Why does it not render these on the first process**

<br />


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Migrating from cloud to server - are there any known issues for MS SQL Server ?
Asked by Dave Jarvis:

Migrating from cloud to server - are there any known issues for MS SQL Server ?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The Cloud migration doesn't really matter, but have a look through

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-sql-server-9258.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/known-issues-for-sql-server-119669.html>

The thing people seem to trip over most often is the collation, so check that carefully :smile:


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Chinese font problem, when exporting PDF
Asked by Brian Cheong:

When I export page and document to PDF, the Chinese character invisible on the PDF. I suppose you do not support Chinese font? As my team is in China and I want my team use confluence for many work, I hope you can suppose the Chinese font. Please let me know if you can help me


Answers:
author: Nursihah Amir
body: You'll need to raise a support ticket [here](https://support.atlassian.com/servicedesk/customer/portal/23) and attach the necessary font for that language.

More info - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/create-a-pdf-in-another-language-724764828.html>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Do we have to use a server version of Confluence to let access our partners without paying for them ?
Asked by Ludovic MOTTINI:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Add, edit and remove users](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=744721624)*

We have Confluence in the cloud and have partners who need to get access to private pages. Do we have any other solution rather than installing a server version and manage access by ourself ? In fact, we are also paying for partners in the server version. At least, it is cheaper.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: If it's only read access that they require, then it might be easier/cheaper to use the Instant Websites addon: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/instant-websites/overview> and then figure out how to hide those pages behind a login.


author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: Even people that just read content are users of the system. In Atlassian's model, yes, they count as paid users. Wether that be in Server or Cloud. If the cost of running and administering your own Server instance is less than the cost of paying for the extra users then you can migrate your data across.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation

user-management
Can I watch a template so I know it is updated?
Asked by Jeremy Schrecengost:

Our company has multiple admin who maintain our temples.

I would like to be able to watch and get notifications when a template has been modified. This will help verify it was modified correctly and ensure any cascaded info is also updated. (I do not want the watcher to be added to the page created by the template)


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

We have no solution with the standard confluence templates. But with our Page Tree Creator Add-on you can have the template functionality based on standard confluence pages and therefore you can use the watch function on the page. Check it out under the following links:

[Link to our Live Examples.](https://focuspro.eps.ch/display/PEPSMarktExample/Marketplace+Examples)

[Marketplace link to the Page Tree Creator Add-on.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.PageTreeCreator/server/overview)

Regards,  
Stephan


Tags: confluence-administration
Is it possible to have Bamboo, Crowd, JIRA, Fisheye, Stash/Bitbucket, and Confluence share a single Oracle database (with seperate schemas)?
Asked by Jackie Brennan:

I have been tasked with migrating Bamboo, Crowd, JIRA, Fisheye, Stash/Bitbucket, and Confluence from MS SQL server to Oracle 11.2. My plan is to have one database with multiple schemas. Is this a recognized approach? Is there any documentation that can outline specific order or tasks that need to be accomplished prior to the migration?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The nice easy answer - yes.

I can't actually add a lot - you're running a database service, you'll set up a **separate** database schema for each application, and as long as the hardware can handle the load, it's all fine. You don't need to do anything special or different.  

For migration, follow the guide for each application in turn - it doesn't matter that they'll all end up in the same service.


author: Erika Whittome
body: I agree you can have separate schemas in an Oracle database. You can separate the workload to an extent if the database administrator can set up separate "services" as well. This will mean you have a different database connect string to the one database for each application you want in there.


author: Jackie Brennan
body: That's great to know, Thank you
Documentation of "//" macro and others like it
Asked by efavreau:

Typing "//" brings up a type of date picker macro, but I can't find documentation on it. Further, what other handy gems like that exist? Is there documentation and/or examples of these?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Documentation-of-quot-quot-macro-and-others-like-it/qaq-p/3338?attachment-id=7210){#link_1186eafedb7c22}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/525/1/image2016-5-10%2015%3A22%3A21.png){#display_1186eafedb7c22_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Documentation-of-quot-quot-macro-and-others-like-it/qaq-p/3338?attachment-id=7211){#link_1186eafedb7c22_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/525/2/keyboard%20shortcuts.png){#display_1186eafedb7c22_2}


Answers:
author: TomC
body: Documentation on Confluence's keyboard shortcuts is available here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/keyboard-shortcuts-139456.html>

Good luck!

comments: author: efavreau
body: "//" isn't listed there. Nor is there documentation on how to configure any of the ones listed.


author: TomC
body: See this screenshot from that page of documentation for where the Date Autocomplete shortcut is listed - ***click 'Editor Autoformatting' on the left nav panel to find it:***

keyboard shortcuts.png

I don't believe any of the shortcuts are configurable.
I am experiencing this bug CONF-41534, please help fix
Asked by zerolennon:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hard to work with no description, no symptoms and not even a link to the bug report. And the bug report doesn't have anything more than an error report and a comment that support fixed it.

I'd raise this with <https://support.atlassian.com> - there's not enough information here for us to help


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I make the viewtracker appear in every new blank page that's created in Conluence?
Asked by Dan Conroy:

The viewtracker macro is very useful - but only if you remember to put it on the page when you create it.

How can I make sure that every newly created blank page in Confluence has the viewtracker macro added by default (without using a template), regardless of which user is creating the document?

Thanks for your help,

Dan


Answers:
author: Titta Lampela
body: I have added viewtracker to the sidebar, which is visible on every page. This way it always calculates the visit of the page, that is currently open.

We're using Confluence Server and RefinedWiki.


author: Sloan
body: I am so sorry there has been no answer earlier. :(

No one has to stumble upon this question without an answer anymore!

There are multiple ways to archive your goal:

1. With Viewtracker 5 we shipped an auto tracking feature. If it is enabled the Viewtracker macro is no longer needed on every individual page. Check out our [Administrator's Guide](https://wiki.bitvoodoo.ch/display/BVVIEWTRACKER/Administrator%27s+Guide).
2. Put Viewtracker on every page. [See this FAQ entry: How can I include the Viewtracker macro on every page?](https://wiki.bitvoodoo.ch/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=46760794)
3. Work with templates (I knowww you didn't exciply wanted this, but it is a solution). ;)

Cheers  
Nick


author: Dan Conroy
body: Anyone? :smile:


Tags: confluence-administration

macro

page

viewtracker