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Team Calendar: Arbitrary entry in "Who" field
Asked by Lukasz Skalka:

In Team Calendars, Is it possible to decouple the "Who" field from actual users of the system?

We have a calendar summing up activities by external contractors, and we would like to specify their company names in the "Who" field.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Lukasz, currently there isn't such feature for TC, nevertheless it can be raised as a suggestion into our bug tracker for the [specific project](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL/?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:issues-panel).
Support for Plant UML Plugin
Asked by Rahul Aich [Nagra]:

Hi All

I want to raise a support issue on [](https://avono-support.atlassian.net)<https://avono-support.atlassian.net>

but unfortunately cant see the create issue button, can anyone help me pls.

Can anyone help me pls?

Rahul


Answers:
author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: It seems you don't have create permission even after the registration)

Normally the link is [](https://avono-support.atlassian.net/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa)[https://avono-support.atlassian.net/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa](https://avono-support.atlassian.net/secure/CreateIssue%21default.jspa)

I would recommend you to leave a comment here:

[](https://avono-support.atlassian.net/wiki/display/PUML/Confluence+PlantUML+Plugin)<https://avono-support.atlassian.net/wiki/display/PUML/Confluence+PlantUML+Plugin> with the info that you cannot create support ticket after registration.


Tags: confluence-administration
User migration on confluence
Asked by Rahul Aich [Nagra]:

I have a problem with user migration on confluence and i need your opinion.

I have around 500 users on confluence with internal directory and i want to migrate these users to delegated LDAP authentication.

Another issue i have is that these 500 users have usernames which are different from their corresponding LDAP usernames, so even if i change the directory type to delegated, they wont be able to authenticate against the LDAP.

What do you recommend?

Rahul


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Rahul,

You could setup a test instance and try follwoing the steps in mentioned in below post:

[](/questions/298928/migrate-users-to-new-user-directory-confluence-5-4-4)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/298928/migrate-users-to-new-user-directory-confluence-5-4-4>

Just bear in mind that to follow above steps the names would need to be exact the same, which I believe is a small price to pay to do the migration.

There also one thing we could try to migrate the proper permissions from one user however you would still need to follow above procedure.

Let me know if the above helps.

Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Confluence Support Engineer


Tags: confluence-administration
Migrating users between directories
Asked by Rahul Aich [Nagra]:

HI Guys

I am aware that JIRA provides an out of box feature to migrate users between user directories (such as from internal directory to LDAP).

I want to do the same thing but in confluence. Is it possible?

Out of box? with plugins? any workaround?

Which version of confluence will support this if it is achievable out of box?

Rahul


Answers:
author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: Please look into [](/questions/298928/migrate-users-to-new-user-directory-confluence-5-4-4)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/298928/migrate-users-to-new-user-directory-confluence-5-4-4> for details, here is the list of 20 bullets how to do that in confluence written by atlassian team.

And as I see [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25630)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25630> this feature request is still open


Tags: confluence-administration

user-directory
Rebuild the Content Indices from Scratch (urgent please)
Asked by Bernardo San Juan:

Hi, can someone take care of this: [](https://support.atlassian.com/servicedesk/customer/jst/problem-report-105976)<https://support.atlassian.com/servicedesk/customer/jst/problem-report-105976>

Need to Rebuild the Content Indices from Scratch ASAP as possible before everybody starts working


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: We are not Atlassian support.

Atlassian people are here, but they may not see this, and it's certainly not a place that will get any attention just because you post a follow up. You need to escalate your support request within the Cloud/OnDemand service desk, not ask end users who have no access to your systems to chase it.

<br />

Now, having said that... We might be able to help if you can explain the problem to us. (Bear in mind we can't see your service desk report, so the link you've given is no good - you need to repeat it here in public so we can look at it)


author: Giuliano C.
body: Hey Bernardo,

As we could see, the ticket was raised with an L1 priority and the engineers are already taking a look at this. In cases with urgency like this one, this is definitely what we recommend you, since according to our SLA: [https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Support/Support+Response+SLA's](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Support/Support+Response+SLA%27s)it should be back to you in one hour.

Unfortunately, through the answers forum, we cannot help you based on the support ticket, as it's an open forum.

Wish you the best,

Giuliano Tenedini

Confluence/Crowd Support

comments: author: Bernardo San Juan
body: Thks guys, it was just desperation mode. Issue is being taken care

Cheers


author: Bernardo San Juan
body: Sorry to use this channel but its urgent and I am not getting any reply in the ticket.

Thanks


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence 5.5.4 disappeared from Downloads?
Asked by Davet:

Please do not tell me that there has been a major bug found with 5.5.4 and it has been reverted to 5.5.3 two weeks after putting it into production :((

Hopefully this is just a download website snaffoo?


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Davet,

Bad news for you. Take a look at

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+5.5.4+Release+Notes)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+5.5.4+Release+Notes>
> Confluence 5.5.4 introduced an issue that may impact some third party plugins and is no longer available for download. You can find out more about the issue here [:bug:CONF-34595](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34595?src=confmacro) OPEN .
>
> If you are currently running Confluence 5.5.4 and your plugins are all working as expected, you are not affected by this bug and can continue to use Confluence 5.5.4.
>
> If you are on Confluence 5.5.4 and are experiencing issues with your plugins, please contact [Support](http://support.atlassian.com/).

comments: author: Davet
body: Fair dinkum...it is not like Atlassian dont have the resources to test before releasing. They are becoming more like Microsoft every day i.e. quality is not permitted to diminish profits :(

It may be my luck day because i think I fit into the second category

If you are currently running Confluence 5.5.4 and your plugins are all working as expected, you are not affected by this bug and can continue to use Confluence 5.5.4

Phew!! It has been running like a dream without a single glitch

That little paragraph was definitely not there when I read it thoroughly before testing and installing.

Reminder to self - DO NOT UPGRADE TOO SOON (this is not the first time this has happened)

Thanks for the swift and correct reply Bhushan


Tags: confluence-administration
Is it possible to store/save data in confluence database using spring web application?
Asked by Rajesh Singh:

Hello,

**Is there any ways to store/save data into conflunce database using spring web application?**

**And get those store/save data in spring web application OR confluence application.**

If yes, what are different ways?


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Rajesh,

Atlassian applications use active objects to store data. Take a look at

<https://developer.atlassian.com/display/DOCS/Active+Objects>

comments: author: Rajesh Singh
body: Thanks Bhushan!!

The reference URL you mentioned is about **plugin data storage component.**

**And I think it will work only for plugin develoment to confluence.**

**Any thoughts about the API or REST API or other API which provides ways to call from web application ( say spring web application) to save/store data in confluence database?**

<br />


author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: You can develop REST API module that will store that data into active objects. The plugin should be installed on confluence instance.


author: Rajesh Singh
body: Thanks Alexey!

**Is it possible to expose that REST API to external application, in my case - spring web application?**

Cheers,

Rajesh


author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Yes. Take a look at

<https://developer.atlassian.com/display/DOCS/REST+Plugin+Module>


author: Rajesh Singh
body: Thanks Bhushan!!
I want to import an excel document with multiple tabs(pages) and use the excel Macros, how would I do this and display all of the tabs?
Asked by jacobsr7:

I have built a document showing all of our contracts, I have them separeted by vendor on their own page. When I import the file all I see if the first page, how can I get all the pages to be displayed.

Thanks in advance

Ron


Answers:
author: Michael Bond
body: I'm trying to do the same thing and I'm using the Office Excel connector. It does not give an option for having multiple worksheets (tabs) visible and they don't show up in the Confluence view. Is there a solution?

comments: author: Michael Bond
body: Also, I have links to the other sheets (tabs) on the main worksheet and these links do not work in Confluence, I get a page not found error as if its looking for a separate Confluence page, not a worksheet within the excel file.


author: Jaime S
body: Hi, Ron.

You will probably be able to do this with Office Connector:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+the+Office+Connector)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+the+Office+Connector>

I think you can attach a file to one page and display it in many with different configurations.

I hope it was helpful.

Kind regards.

Jaime Kirch da Silveira.


Tags: child-page

ms-excel
Variables in links in custom templates
Asked by Lois Bennett:

I have just updated my confluence server from 2.10.3 to 5.5.4. Yeah it was time. So after hours of that process I am now in the process of trying to make new templates for all the things I used to have templates for. One of the things I was doing in the old version was using variables to define links in the the newly created page. In fact the only thing I was using the variables for. This was so I could have daily log pages that had links to yesterday and tomorrow and other similar useful links.

This is not working for me can anyone help?

Pece and joy,

Lois Bennett


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: I think you would have to do this with a blueprint rather than just a template.


Tags: template
confluence questions
Asked by Chag:

does the person asking a confluence questions counts as user in the license?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: A user is someone who has the "can use" permission set. This is set in Confluence Global Permissions. It can be assigned to groups or to users directly.


author: Mick Davidson
body: Does that mean that an anonymous user has to be a registered user and therefore one seat on the licence?

comments: author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: As the workaround - you can create a public user (put the login and password on the dashboard) with limited permissions - and call him anonumous. So that will be only 1 user that can count into your licnence - but you will be open to spam / improper usage / etc and will not know who did that. So you should think about security for such approach.


author: Chag
body: see that was my initial though. I will have customer's asking questions and looking at information but, do not want to count as license as they might just come in ask a question and leave and probably not come back again. Will it work if a person gets a license ask a question delete their account and let another use that same # of the license?


author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: As of [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/QUESTIONS/Permissions)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/QUESTIONS/Permissions>

Anonimous users can veiw, but not ask, vote or answer on questions


author: Chag
body: so what happens for user unamous ? can they ask questions?


Tags: confluence-administration

moderators
Create Task in latest version of Confluence
Asked by Rodolfo Romero:

The latest version of Confluence changed the way Tasks can be created. I don't seem to find how to do this anymore.


Answers:
author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: Please check [](http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/04/introducing-confluence-5-5-tasks-work/)<http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/04/introducing-confluence-5-5-tasks-work/>this link - I think there is needed information

comments: author: Rodolfo Romero
body: Thanks for your time Alexey but unfortunately that doesn't show how to create a simple task that is not associated to a page in Confluence. Before the latest version of Confluence came out, we were able to create tasks without the need of creating a page first. Although the new functionality is very welcome, we still need to track tasks quickly, without needing to go to a particular Confluence page to add them there.


author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: As for the documentation [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Working+with+Tasks)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Working+with+Tasks>and [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Tasks)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Tasks>- you should create task at a page now. So seems the current tasks should be linked to the page, sorry.


author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: Also I see [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF54/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF54/Managing+Tasks+in+Confluence>- this page isn't availibe for the latest version - so old functionality seems to be removed.


Tags: task
Delete multiple Confluence Groups at once
Asked by Sean Savoy:

Our instance of Confluence is pointed at an external LDAP directory that contains several hundred LDAP groups. We are using the auto-provisioning feature that provisions/creates a new user account in Confluence when the user successfully authenticates against the external directory. Along with the user accounts, all the users' LDAP groups are imported into Confluence as well.

All well and good, as this is the user provisioning solution we want. However, in hindsight it's clear that we chose the wrong LDAP directory and now have several hundred LDAP Groups that clutter the management interface. Going forward we have implemented a Group filter (LDAP query) in Confluence that will ensure we only import the LDAP groups we want. But we still need to delete all the excess Confluence Groups. Is there a way to delete multiple groups at once instead of going one-by-one through the admin user interface?

We would certainly appreciate any thoughts. Thank you.


Answers:
author: Timothy
body: I'm not sure whether this will work or not. But make sure you have not allowed Confluence to edit the LDAP. You can then use Confluence CLI (<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Confluence+Command+Line+Interface>) to delete them all at a go.

comments: author: Sean Savoy
body: The Confluence Command Line Interface add-on appears to be a solid option, however I do not have any information at this time about whether CLI supports the specific "mass delete" functionality we are interested in. I have passed the CLI option along to the team managing our instance of Confluence, but for now we have decided not to pursue this inquiry further.Timothy, thank you for the lead. Perhaps in the future, we will dive back in and take a deeper look.


Tags: confluence-administration
What have you done to customize your default Confluence dashboard?
Asked by Stephen Hayden:

We're considering overriding the default dashboard with one that calls out specific content like department-specific blogs and updates to things like our bistro menu in addition to leading people to hubs within the tool better. Was wondering what others have done to improve the experience on the first page many of our users see every day.


Answers:
author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: 1. If you want to do that with your own forces - please look into [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+the+Confluence+Dashboard)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+the+Confluence+Dashboard>

2. Look into two solutions:

[](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.simplenia.confluence.plugins.customdashboards)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.simplenia.confluence.plugins.customdashboards>- that is for dashboards

[](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.refinedwiki.confluence.plugins.theme.original)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.refinedwiki.confluence.plugins.theme.original>- that plugin completely changes the confluence interface.

As for my experience - our clients often happy with the refined wiki interface.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to add a user specific task report to confluence dashboard
Asked by Reto Eggenberger:

Hi all,

I would love to integrate a task report for the logged in user on top of the update stream (like the ad hoc workflow tasks).

In the comments of [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+the+Confluence+Dashboard)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+the+Confluence+Dashboard> there is a way you should be able to do this with global layout. But velocity is not my strongest discipline ...

Does anybody know how I would do that in conflunence 5.5.3?

Thanks for any hints on that.

Greetings

Reto E.


Answers:
author: Reto Eggenberger
body: We have implemented it like follows:

```
&lt;div class="dashboard-group right wiki-content"&gt;                    $helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{mytasks}")                    &lt;a href="http://confluence/plugins/inlinetasks/mytasks.action"&gt;Show all my tasks&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;                    $helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{recently-updated-dashboard:showProfilePic=true}")                &lt;/div&gt;## right
```

Works, but:

* Only the first tasks appear.
* Dates doesn't get highlight if near due date.
* You can't tick the check boxes.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Please [read this comment on /DOC/Customising the Confluence Dashboard](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+the+Confluence+Dashboard?focusedCommentId=212173063#comment-212173063 "Richard Smith - Comment") by Richard Smith.

It be massivly easier and sustainable to create page in Confluenece and then Include it in the Confluence GUI. What I don't know how to do is show the tasks of the current viewer of the dashboard.

comments: author: Reto Eggenberger
body: Since there is the tasks page in the user menu, I thougt there might be an easy way to include this function in the dashboard.


Tags: confluence-administration
Disable Create Button and People Directory Link for confluence user but show for adminstrators
Asked by Asch. S.:

hi,   
iam new and got a confluence question.  
my confluence header got the Button Create and the link to the People Directory. My problem is, that i dont find a way to disable the button and the link for the group confluence - user. Only the group confluence - administrator should be able to create new pages and take a look in the People Directory.   

I am using confluence version 5.5.3.

Over global permission i denied the permission for confluence user for creating new Sites, but the button is still there.


Answers:
author: Asch. S.
body: ok i found i solution for hiding the people directory. In /confluence/template/includes is a menu-macros.vm. This file will set and rendered the left side of the header. In this file i could prevent to render the people directory.


author: Asch. S.
body: Thanks for your reply.

The tip with removing all add permissions for all existing spaces works fine. Thanks a lot.

But i cannot hide the people directory. [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Hiding+the+People+Directory)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Hiding+the+People+Directory>just work for the group anonymous or for all. See the first two comments. Do you have another idea?


author: Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_
body: Do disable create button - you should remove group from all add permissions for all existing spaces (see [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Permissions+Overview)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Permissions+Overview>for details) and disable create space and create personal space permission (see [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+Overview)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+Overview>)

As for people directory - see [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Hiding+the+People+Directory)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Hiding+the+People+Directory>
Prioritise Tasks
Asked by Alex Mclean:

Hi

Under confluence I have generated a list of tasks and assigned them to myself. according to the help pages I should be able to reorder them by clicking and dragging, but that does not seem to work for me.

Regards

Al


Answers:
author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Alex,

I don't think that there is a way to move tasks around. As you can see the [documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Working+with+Tasks)does not mention it.

Which helper did you use?

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence remember me doesn't work
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

we cleared all cookies and restarted Firefox. Then we logged in to Confluence with "remember me" enabled). The permanent login cookie is still there and Confluence again prompts for a login.

We have version 5.4.3

Could you please help?  
Thanks,

Rumi

<br />


Answers:
author: Joachim Ooi
body: Hi Rumi,

How about trying to completely clear all your caches, cookies, and history? This should be a problem with the browser. Hope this link would be useful to you - <https://kb.iu.edu/d/ahic>

comments: author: Rumceisz
body: I don't think that this is browser releated. I already cleared all caches for the last test - it didn't help. I even created a complete new Firefox profile. It also doesn't work with Internet Explorer instead of Firefox, and it also doesn't work for any of my colleagues.

I can see the permanent login cookie. It remains in place even after I restart the browser. So from the cookie perspective everything is fine. However, this permanent login cookie is somehow discarded by Confluence. For JIRA the same cookie type is used and works fine...


Tags: confluence-administration
How can i set content index without attachment in confluence?
Asked by linqiang:

How can i set content index without attachment in confluence?

Because many attachements are pictures, i think those picuture are unuseful during search index, or by this i can optimize my content index process.

thanks.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You can follow this to disbale indexing of PDF anf MS Office attachments.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/gYCIAw>

Not sure yu can do anything about images. However, when you search you can specify to only return page and not attachments. You could also use the search syntax to exclude attachments of a certain type for the results ... such as below.

MySearchTerm NOT (type:attachment AND (filename:png or filename:jpg or filename:gif))

comments: author: linqiang
body: thanks for your info.

the reason which i won't index image is that i want to optimize the process of content index.

but anyway, you offer me so much.

thanks a lot.


author: Davin Studer
body: Feel free to mark it as answered if this answered your question. :)


Tags: index