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Having issues with Calendars for Confluence
Asked by Jake McAllister:

My organization has just recently started using Calenders for Confluence but I've had a user come to me not being able to add calendars for them to watch. The calendars they are attempting to add to their watch list show up under "Popular calendars" but when I tried to go search for them and add them individually they wouldn't show up. The user and I tried adding them as a group from Popular Calendars, adding them one by one from Popular Calendars, and then searching for them individually at which point they didn't show up. Does this sound like a specific user issue or something else?


Answers:
author: AhmadDanial
body: Hi, Jake.

Since you mentioned about not able to even search and add the calendars individually, I would check with the owner of the Calendar if it was **restricted** from certain users / groups including the **permissions** mentioned in the [Restrict a Calendar](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/restrict-a-calendar-660737259.html) documentation.
> If a calendar contains sensitive information, or shouldn't be edited by just anyone, you can restrict viewing and/or editing of it. Restrictions in Team Calendars work in much the same way they do in Confluence -- allowing you to restrict content to single users or [Confluence groups](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Groups+Overview#GlobalGroupsOverview-Updatinggroups).
>
> Calendars also respect the [view permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/space-permissions-overview-724764760.html) of their related space. When you create a calendar in a space, or add a related space to an existing calendar, only people with permission to view the space will be able to see the calendar.

Therefore, can you please confirm that could be the possible case that we are facing here? Thanks.

comments: author: Jake McAllister
body: I don't believe the calendars would be restricted from the users, the person trying to access the calendars is in the groups with access to the pages where the calendars were made. He can navigate to the spaces to view the calendars he wants but he wanted to add them to his so he could see them all in one place.


author: AhmadDanial
body: Hello, Jake.

While **space** permission might not be an issue, can we just double check on the Calendar **restrictions** itself? For example:

![Screen Shot 2018-10-11 at 13.07.10.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34652i4C0399302AA4DBD2/image-dimensions/501x274?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-10-11 at 13.07.10.png")

In this case, we can restrict viewing and editing to specific users / groups. Can you please check and get back to me on this?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Get current page title value in the page
Asked by Jonathan Huet:

Hi,

Is there is a way to get the page title inside a page, please?

The goal is to replicate the value of the page title in a consistent way through the whole page.

I already saw those entries in the community portal:

* <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Get-Page-Title-in-template/qaq-p/435016>
* <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Bob-Swift-questions/How-do-I-get-the-current-page-title-in-my-page-without-a-line/qaq-p/707961> (that mentions the above question)

But all of them works for the Server version, not for the Cloud version.

Thanks for the help


Answers:
author: oliver.peacey
body: Hi did you find a solution for this?


author: Henrik Tilly
body: Where you able to find a solution to this ?!


Tags: confluence-cloud
Links/clickable boxes
Asked by Hanna Wedeen:

One my confluence space I would like to have 9 boxes that are clickable - meaning if I click on one of them a new page opens up. How do I do this??

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Kimberly Giere
body: Hi Hanna.

While in edit mode on a page, click on the + icon, select Other Macros. Select Create from Template.

This is a very flexible macro you'll have to play with. However, you can use it to create buttons to share a link to an existing page, create a new page from a template, and a couple other features.

comments: author: Kimberly Giere
body: Oh, and if you just want to insert a link to another page or space:

While in edit mode, select the link icon. The pop up wizard will allow you to either paste in a link, or walk you through linking to another page or file.
Include/append pages by page label
Asked by Jonathan Huet:

Hi,

Is there a way to include in a page all the pages that:

* OR have a specific label?
* OR is the child page of the current page?

The goal is to include automatically all the pages in the page without specifying explicitly each page to be included with the 'Include page' macro .

Thanks for the help.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Well you will need to write a user macro. Fortunately, someone has already created an include child pages macro. The code is here:

<https://github.com/unidwell/confluence-include-child-pages-macro>

comments: author: Jonathan Huet
body: Thanks for the response!

But the 'User Macros' are only available for the Server version of Confluence and not for the Cloud one.

I also found this plugin that fits perfectly with what I need, but it is also only for the Server version:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210755/include-content-by-label-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210755/include-content-by-label-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Do you have please, another way to achieve it?

Thanks


author: Bill Bailey
body: Wasn't clear which version you had as the tag said both. I have not tried this yet, but you maybe able to install a user macro as a plugin. So the process would be:

1. Spin up a local development instance of Confluence server
2. Create and test the user macro
3. Package the user macro as plugin. See [user-macro-module](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/user-macro-module/)
4. Install the plugin in your cloud instance.

I don't know why this wouldn't work, but I have never tested this as a methodology. But this another reason I don't recommend the cloud version -- too restrictive. ;-)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
List decisions
Asked by Anders Ferrari:

Hi

When using the new decision-tag in meeting-notes, how can I list them on a separate page, like I do with the ToDo's?

I would really be able to just write meeting notes, and in the text add to-do's and decisions (using \<\>), quite unstructured during the meeting. Afterwards i want the to-do's and decisions to nicely arrange them-selfs on "list-pages".

I can do that with to-do's, is it possible to do that with decisions?

Best

/Anders


Answers:
author: Tracy Bartella-Metell
body: Hi Anders,

From what I've found this isn't an existing feature. There is another thread on the topic here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Meeting-notes-index-list-of-decisions/qaq-p/860755#U916831>

It's also not clear if this is on Atlassian's radar as a potential new feature. I'd suggest adding your comments to the other thread where the Atlassian Team Member commented to see if we can get their attention!

Best,

Tracy
How can I integrate atlassian-confluence.log file to Kibana?
Asked by Murat Sara?o?ullar?:

How can I integrate atlassian-confluence.log or atlassian-jira-log file into Kibana?


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi Murat,

I would start here:

<https://www.elastic.co/learn>

and

<https://www.elastic.co/guide/index.html>

\* Set up ELK Stack

\* Configure Filebeat on your Jira/Confluence server

\* Logstash

\* Kibana

This is not an Atlassian topic anymore. You will get better answers from Elastic.

Best

JP


Tags: jira

jira-service-desk
Where are drafts stored?
Asked by Kenny Stern:

A user created a draft that has not been published. Permissions have changed and he no longer has access to edit the draft. How do I find it so I can see what the permissions are.


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi Kenny,

is this a draft of a completely new page, that never has been published or unpublished changes of an already published page? I assume the last one, as you cannot restrict an unpublished draft. I also assume that you use Confluence 6 with collaborative editing switch on.

As drafts are shared between all users working on a page until one user publishes the page (Collaborative editing), it could be, that some other editor has published the draft. In this case the draft is gone (published).

If you or the user is sure that someone changed the restrictions of the page the user edited or the permissions of the space the page is stored in, the user should try to remember the title or some content of the page. You can then search for this content/page. Make sure that yourself has the right view the page.

There is no overview report on pages with unpublished drafts, sorry...

Best

JP
Confluence only for some Jira Cloud users?
Asked by Toni Kuutti:

Is it possible to buy Confluence license only for some of the Jira Cloud users or is the license required for all Jira Cloud users even though large part of the users won't need it?


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi Toni,

you can configure which users have access to Confluence and which not:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/manage-application-access-744721629.html>

and

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/manage-groups-744721627.html>

Hope this helps

Best

JP

comments: author: Toni Kuutti
body: Thank you for the answer JP!

Configuring the access is now clear and looks good. One more question though.

Lets say that our organization has 25 Jira Cloud users. We only need Confluence for 5 of those users.

If we configure access to only for those 5 are we still billed for all the 25 even though 20 out of 25 doesn't use or have have access to Confluence or do we only pay for the 5 users like 5 \* $5?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Change size of reset button on table filter macro
Asked by Teleperfomance Agent:

Hello, I have a table with info and use a table filter macro, to filter through the data. To reset it, there is a little reset button on the right-hand side. The question is whether it's possible to enlarge this icon, so it becomes easier for our users to click it. Thanks!


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello,

You can use HTML macro with custom CSS to enlarge the button and remove other buttons:

```
<style>div.tableFilterCbStyle .tf-btn-container button.filter-reset {    background: none !important;    height: 36px;    width: 32px;}div.tableFilterCbStyle .tf-btn-container button.filter-reset:after {    content: "\f1a7";    font-size: 32px;    margin-top: -16px;    color: inherit;    font-family: Atlassian Icons;    font-weight: 400;    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;    font-style: normal;    left: 0;    line-height: 1;    position: absolute;    text-indent: 0;    speak: none;    top: 50%;}div.tableFilterCbStyle button.disableLock,.tf-settings-wrapper {    display: none;}</style>
```

![2018-10-05_14h28_26.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34194i4538D736A07D2DA7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2018-10-05_14h28_26.png")![2018-10-05_14h29_10.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34195iB85F5117986428F5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2018-10-05_14h29_10.png")

comments: author: Teleperfomance Agent
body: Thank you!


Tags: table
Should I be able to insert a draw.io diagram into a Global Template?
Asked by Kimberly Betty:

I want to be able to insert the draw.io diagram macro into a Global Template, create a basic diagram and then allow adaptation of the draw.io diagram within pages using that template. I received an error when attempting to insert the macro into my Global Template (see attached).

Should this be possible?

![](https://eu-api.asm.skype.com/v1/objects/0-weu-d9-3c1a2d91c1c757add4de5bfccd577ac0/views/imgpsh_mobile_save)


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

If you are on Confluence Server our Page Tree Creator App could be a solution for you. For Cloud we planned to release our Page Tree Creator App in Q1 / 2019.

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

comments: author: Kimberly Betty
body: Great, thanks. I look forward to this!


author: Marija Radovic
body: Hi Kimberly,

At the moment, it's not possible to add a diagram so the best option is to create a diagram in a separate master page, then embed the diagram to other pages manually.

Hope this will help!

Regards,

Marija


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Contributors macro not showing contributors
Asked by Sourabh Jain:

I have created a new page in my personal space, and added macro contributor

After saving the page it's showing "**No contributors found for: authors, comments on selected page(s)**",

i have tried to change Contribution type field value to "authors, comments", added one comment on the doc myself but still showing the same message "**No contributors found for: authors, comments on selected page(s)** ".

Please look into it. Thanks


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi [@Sourabh Jain](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2082462)

This could be a problem related to the content index.

To rebuild the index:

* Go to **General Configuration**
* Search for the **Content Indexing**
* Click on **Rebuild**

Note: Only Confluence administrators can Rebuild the Index

Let me know if this helped.

Roman.
Can't install on production database
Asked by leonmaksim:

Debian, Postgresql 10

from Set u p your database step

Test connection is OK

Pressing NEXT couses nothing - just form refreshed. No messages at all. The same form every time.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Does the log file say what the system is doing?

comments: author: leonmaksim
body: No records in atlassian-confluence.log


author: leonmaksim
body: I tried the following steps:

1. Fill connection parameters in form Set up your database (part of installation)

2. Test connection is OK

3. Try NEXT button - form refreshed without a message

4. Check what files modified in last minute on server:

/opt/atlassian/confluence/logs/gc-2018-10-05_09-31-/var/log/auth.log  
/var/log/syslog  
/var/lib/postgresql/10/main/pg_wal/000000010000000200000013  
/tmp  
/tmp/hsperfdata_confluence/1629  

Looks like no log on server related to my last action...

Completely no idea what can I do. Please advise!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You appear to be getting a GC log, which implies a memory error. Have a look also at the \<confluence install\>/log/catalina.out file for memory faults.


author: leonmaksim
body: Tried under Windows - exactly the same behaviour.

May be it's a license issue?


author: leonmaksim
body: ... and all 'logs' under both 'Confluence' and 'Application Data/Confluence' have zero size.


author: leonmaksim
body: **catalina.out** has no errors at all. looks good. info and warning messages.


author: leonmaksim
body: i'm in stuck. how can i diagnose this situation? does some additional debugging options possible?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If you get the same on Windows and Linux, then there is something wrong with your process or download, as I'd expect them to fail very differently.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence thinks that another user created page
Asked by Patrik Ytterstr?m:

We have started to have trouble with our instance that Confluence thinks another user created a page created by someone else. The pages was created long time ago and uses Scroll version.


Answers:
author: AhmadDanial
body: Hi there, Patrik.

To help us understand the issue better, can you provide more context on the reason behind this matter? What do you mean by Confluence thinks that a specific page was created by another user instead of the original user?

Do see a variance of data on this page in reporting? Some screen shot(s) will be helpful too. Thanks.


Tags: confluence-server

server
is it possible to assign add on to one single project in JIRA? if yes, can you provide me the steps
Asked by Senthilkumar:

is it possible to assign add on to one single project in JIRA? if yes, can you provide me the steps?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Apps are installed globally.

Some have code that allows them to be used in only some projects, but that is up to the App, and it still needs to be installed and licenced globally.


Tags: app

jira
Creating dynamic links in templates
Asked by Matthew Eames:

Apologies if this has been answered before, but I can't find it. I'm creating a set of design templates. Within some of these generated pages I'd like to place a link that resolves to another page that will be created from another template but hasn't been yet. E.g. I create template "Parent Business Function - \<*variable* \>" which generates page "Parent Business Function - FooBar". I create another template that generates another page, "Child Business Function - \<*variable* \>" template and "Child Business Function - FooBar" page respectively. I need to write dynamic links into the parent template that automatically resolve to the child page.\<*variable*\> will be the same in both parent and child. Firstly - Is this possible? Secondly, getting wildly carried away, can I get the user to complete a set of variables, then generate a parent template and all its children in one go auto-setting all those dynamic links with that variable?

many thanks

Matthew


Answers:
author: Paul Fleer
body: I'm interested in something similar with templates, but always linking to a specific page of a certain name, and dynamically linking to the correct one within whatever space you create the template in.


Tags: confluence-server

link

server

variable
High CPU Usage Continuously. postgresql.jar
Asked by the22star:

I use confluence server in mac os.

postgresql java process is cpu use 12% always.

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_151.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java -classpath /Users/macmini/confluence/atlassian-confluence-6.11.0/temp/2.1.0-master-cdbe2074.jar:/Users/macmini/confluence/atlassian-confluence-6.11.0/confluence/WEB-INF/lib/postgresql-42.1.1.jar -Xss2048k -Xmx1g synchrony.core sql

System infomation

CPU : i7 4core cpu

RAM : 16G


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Kim Sung,

As you may already know, macOS is suitable only for evaluation purposes per our [Supported Platforms](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html) documentation.
> You can evaluate Confluence on macOS / OS X, but you can't install and run your production Confluence site on a Mac.

Can you just confirm with us what version of Postgres you're running, and your Confluence version?

In addition, you may want to have a look at [PostgreSQL Database Optimization](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/postgresql-database-optimization-663617802.html).

Lastly, are you experiencing any performance issues besides the higher CPU usage?

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I change what level imported pages are created at?
Asked by Tanner Sullie:

Recently we migrated our Atlassian apps (JIRA and Confluence) from a local server to the cloud. When I import documents from word, they used to import as a child of the page I started the import on. How they import on the same level or a level above.

Any advice for how to correct this?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: When you import Word, it will always try to import at root of the space OR you can specify a different root (under **Root page title:** ). You can also specify if it is to replace the current page you are on or not. So you can start an import wherever you want.

Now if you have a larger document, you can specify at what heading level you break child pages on. You could combine a lot of docs together, BUT you need to ensure that the headings are correctly formatted as headings in Word (not manually formatted to be larger). The import will use that hierarchy to split child pages on whatever level you picked (under **Split by heading:** ).

When I do a Word import, I create a clean version of the doc, deleting out title pages, ToCs, headers. footers, tracked changes are off, delete all comments, then go through it to ensure the headings are correctly formatted and that the hierarchy is correct -- will save you a lot of headaches later.


Tags: import

ms-word
center justify all highlighted cells in table
Asked by Scott Laronge:

I'd like to be able to highlight all cells in a table and choose center justified to have all cells be center justified.

When I highlight the cells in the table that I want, the cells become highlighted with a light blue color and the values in the top row of the selected table are also highlighted in a dark grey. The remainder of the highlighted cells are not highlighted in dark grey. When I select the center justify option from the editing ribbon up top only the top row becomes justified. I repeat this process until I've gone through all rows.

How can I do this easier?

![highlight.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34133i6BDB0338D37C3B5E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "highlight.png")![only top row.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34134iEB37D7F37DCCCF27/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "only top row.png")


Answers:
author: Jerry Grzadka
body: I have the same issue. When I select forty rows in the table only the first row will be justified. Is there any faster way to justify the whole column without justifying line by line?


author: Bill Bailey
body: Or, you can change it permanently for all tables in your space/site. Just update the CSS file (look and feel). Users can always manually override the setting. I uses this method to use our corporate colors for the heading row, set the font size larger and center all of them,

One other note, that the table highlighting works differently between Chrome and Firefox (or did). In Firefox, I can highlight a column, and change its formatting -- wasn't working in Chrome.


author: Sireesha Dugginapeddi [Appfire]
body: Hi [@Scott Laronge](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1490992)

Confluence tables by default are created with *Grey* headers (top row) and *No color/White* body (remaining) cells. You can change the background color/alignment for any/all the cells and set row or column headers as required.

To change the background color of any/all cells:

1. Select the cells you want to highlight. You see the **Change cell color**option active in the table ribbon to the right most end.
2. Select this option and set the color of your choice.

To change the text alignment of the any/all cells:

1. Select the cells you want to change the alignment of.
2. As you already know, select the center/right/left alignment option as required. This will set the alignment of all the selected cells.

To change the headers:

1. Select any cell in the table. You see the table ribbon activated.
2. Select one of the heading options - Heading row, Heading column.

**Note** : You can also unselect the default header row by using clicking the **Heading row** option again.

Hope this helps!

Thanks

Sireesha


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I can no longer edit documents in Confluence Cloud
Asked by Salvador (BA):

Please help. Now I'm unable to edit pages in Confluence. I tried with different browsers and no difference.


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: Salvador,

Did you find a solution to this problem? I just discovered we're having it also.

Darryl

comments: author: Salvador (BA)
body: Yes, it fixed itself. I didn't touch it for a few hours and started working again.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Salvador (BA)](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2067674),

with urgent problems, you should contact Atlassian Support directly:

<https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/>

Maybe it's a licensing problem.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud