youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Can the enforcement of adding labels to set-up on a Confluence template?
Asked by Curt Holley:

I'm wanting to use the Page Properties Report to filter and visualise summaries of the templates. Yes, I know I can add labels to the template, but what I am hoping to achieve is prompting the user of the template to add relevant labels during creation.

Can this be done? Perhaps via a variable??

Any other ideas??


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Curt Holley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3527535) - I'm facing a pretty similar problem.

My first step was putting a self written user macro from [@Stephen Deutsch](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781490) I found in [this post](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-add-labels-to-the-current-page-in-a-self-written-user/qaq-p/49491) in my templates, to make it easier for users to add labels.

But this won't work for you as you're using cloud, as it was discussed already several times. Or maybe I missed something. There are others here that are more into cloud. I will watch this topic as it is really interesting and I really hope that you find a good solution.

comments: author: Curt Holley
body: Thanks [@Fabienne Gerhard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/971720)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to run a internal knowledge base and a public online manual in one confluence?
Asked by Andre Scheidtmann:

The access to the internal knowledge base should be limit to a small number of users.

The public online manual should be available to everyone. And the public online manual should be avaiable via its own domain like manual.company.com

Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Andre Scheidtmann
body: Thanks a lot.

Is it also possible to make the "public manual" space available over other domain like manual.company.com?

comments: author: Elifcan Cakmak
body: No, I'm afraid that's not possible. Regards. Elifcan


author: Andre Scheidtmann
body: Ok. How have you set up your own documentation at [https://confluence.atlassian.com/alldoc with a custom domain?](https://confluence.atlassian.com/alldoc)


author: Elifcan Cakmak
body: What do you mean? I couldn't understand the question.


author: Andre Scheidtmann
body: Sorry for my misleading question. I just want to know how you set up your own confluence with urls like this: <https://support.atlassian.com/jira-service-desk-cloud/resources/>

In our confluence the urls look like [https://confluence.company.com/display/HAN](https://confluence.mauve.de/display/HAN)


author: Elifcan Cakmak
body: Hello, yes that's the default behaviour of confluence. it goes:**$base_url/display/$space_key**

That's how our URLS look like, too.

URL that you sent is Atlassian's own service desk resources. I don't know if they are actually confluence pages or not.


author: Elifcan Cakmak
body: Hello,

You can grant anonymous access to a space on your confluence. Check out this document:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/setting-up-public-access-156.html>

Regards.

Elifcan


Tags: new-to-confluence
The width of the table that appears on the instant page is not as expected.
Asked by ???:

Hi, We are using cloud version of Confluence.

We are trying to make a manual out of Confluence and provide it to our customers.

The general form of the manual we are going to provide will be text on the right side of the photo on the left.

That's why I chose the Table function between the Layout and Table functions of Confluence. (The Layout function could not adjust the width as desired.)

However, when you write as shown in the picture below, the width that was just right is strange on the instant page.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/68001i9BAAB13A2FE9C801/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/68002iF764F13D98DFFD8F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Stan Ry
body: Hi, could you please check to see if you are using fixed width or relative width for the table?

Tables with fixed width (that scale to the specified row with) are the instances of the following class:

```
<table class="fixed-table wrapped">?
```

However relative tables (that scale to the text within cells) have the following code:

```
<table class="wrapped relative-table" style="width: 100.0%;">
```

Specifying 100.0% width will scale the table to the page width, however specifying

```
<table class="wrapped relative-table" style="width: 99.0%;">
```

will scale table width to its content.

Alternatively, relative tables can be marked as

```
<table class="wrapped">
```

but I can't comment on differences with

```
<table class="wrapped relative-table">
```


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Upgrading Confluence and JIRA server after license expires
Asked by lee rosenberg:

Our JIRA and Confluence server licenses are expiring soon and we would like to upgrade to the latest possible versions but do not plan on continuing maintenance for the next few years.

Do we need to complete the upgrades prior to the license expiration? Or can we do the upgrade after the license has expired? (assuming we are upgrading to a version that was released prior to our license expiration date)


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, you've understood it perfectly.

You can only upgrade a licenced Atlassian system to a version released before the end of your current licence.

Imagine your current licence ends today (1st October 2019). If you upgrade next week, you can go to any version of the system that is currently download-able, because they came out before the end. If Atlassian releases a new version tomorrow, you will **not** be able to use that version without getting a new licence.


Tags: confluence-server

jira

server
Is there a to call AJS.MacroBrowser.setMacroJsOverride() outside a plugin?
Asked by Alex Yasurek:

I am wondering if there is a way to call AJS.MacroBrowser.setMacroJsOverride() outside of a plugin? For example, calling AJS.MacroBrowser.setMacroJsOverride("my-macro", {opener: .....}) from the customHTML page or adding it to one of the pages in the Layouts section?

I know I can call this within a plugin but that's not what I am looking to do. When I try calling it from the customHTML section or a layout page it says: TypeError: Cannot read property 'setMacroJsOverride' of undefined.

Is this something that is just not possible or is there another JS call that does something similar that can be used outside a plugin?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Alex,

Thank you for contacting us about this. It looks like you're looking for help developing something for Confluence. I recommend that you also raise a thread from our [Developer Community](https://developer.atlassian.com/resources) regarding this.

The reason is that this Community is meant more for end-users, whereas the members of our Developer Community have more experience with developing for Confluence. They will likely be able to help you with your question.

Let me know if you have any trouble!

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Alex Yasurek
body: Ahh sorry about that, I will post it there. Thanks


Tags: atl-dev

confluence-app

confluence-development

confluence-server

javascript

macro

server
Button to Edit Current Page
Asked by Taylor Roche:

Hello I have developed a set of templates that we are using to manage programs within my organization. When a new program is kicked-off we create a new Confluence page for it using the template.

The template is pretty complex with lots of child pages and extensive use of the Excerpt Macro. Consequently, knowing where to go to edit content isn't always intuitive for new users since what they see on the screen may just be an included excerpt from a different page.

What I would like to do is include an "Edit Content" button/link in each of the Root Content Pages so that when users want to edit the content they don't need to navigate down to the root page via the page tree...instead this button will take them directly to the edit page for the content.

What I would like is a Button or other means that allows the user to "Edit Current Page" and navigates them to the Edit screen for the page that is hosting the link "Edit Current Page" button.

I am familiar with copying the hyperlink while in edit mode and using this address to provide the user with link to the edit view of a page. However, here's the challenge. Since I distribute a template across the company for new programs I don't want to have to go in and update the "Edit Content" Hyperlink for every page every time we use the template to create a support a new program.

I hope this makes sense. Does anyone know of a means to create a generic button that would provide the functionality of navigating the user to the Edit view of the current page?

Than you!


Answers:
author: John Arrowwood
body: I have a very similar need. Is there a solution yet?

comments: author: Taylor Roche
body: No solution found on my end yet....still editing hyperlinks.


Tags: questions-for-confluence
Confluence Storage Format - Cloud
Asked by Eric Henderlight:

Hello,

I'd like to be able to view and edit the Confluence Storage Format on my pages. Particularly, I'm interested in seeing the syntax for the Page Properties Macro in Confluence Storage Format. I have a connection to a 3rd party app that allows me to create pages using this language and I'd like to create them with Page Properties enabled.

I saw a free app that lets you view storage format for pages but it's only enabled on Confluence Server and not on the Cloud. Is there a way around this?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Eric,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to have you.

**Viewing Storage Format** is a feature built into both Confluence Server and Cloud. You can do this from the menu below, provided you are the admin. It does not require an add-on to work:

![Screenshot 2019-10-03 at 12.51.05.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/68209i3C829165BD7746A6/image-dimensions/201x428?v=v2 "Screenshot 2019-10-03 at 12.51.05.png")

I suspect you might be referring to the add-on called [Confluence Source Editor](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210722/confluence-source-editor?hosting=server&tab=overview), which is only available for Server. There's another add-on called [Source Editor for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215664/source-editor-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview), which allows you to edit the Confluence source XHTML directly from within the browser. It is available for both Cloud and Server.

I hope that clarifies things for you, but let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Sidebar Modifications
Asked by Mike Bailoux:

Hello,

We are using the the Confluence cloud platform.

Is there a way to modify the content and layout on a space sidebar with the cloud app?

The only thing I can find related to the sidebar is under the Space Settings -\> Sidebar Configuration. The only options are to enable/disable the Overview and Blog.

I was trying to sort the 'Pages' list and rename it from 'Pages to something else.

Thanks,

Mike


Answers:
author: Scott Theus
body: Hi [@Mike Bailoux](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/959529) ,

There are several things you can do to customize the look and feel of Confluence, both at the Space level and the Site level. If you are a site admin you can go into Administration, select Confluence, and adjust the settings. You've already found the Space settings.

Here is some documentation on what you can do with the side bar:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/new-navigation-and-a-new-look-for-confluence-881536766.html#NewnavigationandanewlookforConfluence-SidebarsFTW!>

Unfortunately, I am not aware of any way to change "Pages" something else, but then again...I've never tried.

-Scott

comments: author: Mike Bailoux
body: Hey Scott,

Thanks for the reply. I can't seem to locate the following to be able to edit the sidebar.

**"Choose what content lives in your space sidebar:** Hover over the bottom right of the space sidebar, and click on the pencil icon that appears to start customizing your sidebar:"

The only pencil icon I discover, is next to the 'Space Shortcuts' to modify that list.

Is there something that I need to enable in the admin settings, to be able to modify the space sidebar?

BTW, yes I am a site admin

Thanks


author: Scott Theus
body: Hmmm...I don't have that on my sidebar either, and I'm the site admin and the space admin. If I hover over one of the pages it gives me the ability to drag/drop a page to change the order, but that's about it.

There are a number of requests for Atlassian to give admins more abilities to customize the sidebar, this one looks like the most recent: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67236>

-Scott


author: Mike Bailoux
body: Ok, thanks for the feedback. If I hear anything other than what we currently know, I'll let you know


author: David Kraljic
body: I'm tryin to add a macro to a space sidebar. Is that possible?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Will the site administration global permission give me access to restricted content?
Asked by Carlos Garcia Navarro:

Hi there,

I thought I knew this but I'm a little confused now, and was hoping the Community can help me confirm the right behavior. If I have the site administrator global permission, do I get "automatically" access to restricted content in the site? Or do I need to add myself to the confluence-administrators groups in order to access the restricted content? Thanks


Answers:
author: Michael Kuhl _Appfire_
body: Hi Carlos - You have [Confluence admin rights as a site admin](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/global-permissions-overview-724765488.html) if your Confluence instance uses default permission settings. To (re)gain permission on a space by space basis you can [Recover Space Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/assign-space-permissions-724764762.html#AssignSpacePermissions-managepermManageandrecoverspaceadminpermissions).

comments: author: Carlos Garcia Navarro
body: Hi Michael, Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure this addresses my question. More specifically, I'd like to know if by being a Confluence site administrator I get access to restricted content. I know that if I'm part of confluence-administrators group then I can access restricted content, but you could have the Confluence Administrator or Site Administrator global and not being part of that group. Any more hints? Thanks!


author: Michael Kuhl _Appfire_
body: Being a Confluence administrator doesn't give you access to restricted content. You can grant yourself access to restricted spaces, but not to restricted pages and their descendants. Page restrictions are set by user or group. So, one can be a member of a group having site admin rights, but not a member of a group having access to certain restricted content. That said, if you have space admin for the page you can adjust the restrictions to include you.


author: Carlos Garcia Navarro
body: Thanks, Michael. I thought that if you belong to the confluence-administrators group you get access to restricted access regardless of space permissions or what other groups you may belong. Isn't that right?


author: Michael Kuhl _Appfire_
body: Hi Carlos - I corrected part of my answer above. A space admin cannot see the content, but they can grant themselves access to it. See [this page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html#PageRestrictions-Viewallrestrictedpagesinaspace) for details.
> **Space Admin and System Administrator access to restricted pages**   
> Users with 'Admin' permissions in a space, or users with the System Administrator global permission can remove restrictions from pages, even if the page restriction prevents them from viewing the page. Go to **Space Administration** \> **Restricted Pages** .


author: Carlos Garcia Navarro
body: Thanks, Michael.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
@currentDate does not work in the 'Create from Template' Macro
Asked by David Ives:

Hi All,

I have successfully used the @currentDate command in the 'Title of page to be created' field for the 'Create from Template' Macro however it has stopped working recently.

Is this an issue that has affected other people?

thanks,

Tim


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello David,

Thank you for reporting this to us. There appears to be a known bug about this below:

* [CONFCLOUD-67305](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67305) *Title set on Create From Template macro doesn't work*

At this time, there is no workaround. I recommend that you vote on the bug so you will automatically be added to the list of watchers. You'll receive updates in the future if that changes.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Access revoked
Asked by Yushita Mody:

Hi Team, my access to confluence has been revoked and thus am not able to access document links shared by the team. Can you please let me know what should be done to ensure the access is restored?

Cheers, Yushita


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You will need to get in touch with your site administrators and ask them to fix your access, either by adding you back into groups you were removed from, or to investigate the permissions in Confluence that are now blocking you.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I see the file name in the attachments list on a page?
Asked by Rory Apperson:

I'm looking at the list of attachments for a page. Where is the file name? I know I can click into "properties" and see it, but that takes me away from the page with the list, and when I go back, it has reset to the top of the list so I'm worried about deleting the wrong attachment.   

![2019-10-01_10-23-29.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67938i7BF81BFF2D90FF1D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-10-01_10-23-29.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Rory,

Thank you for contacting us. In general, there's a first column before the **Size** Column called **Name** and it will display the name of the file:

![Screenshot 2019-10-07 at 15.09.14.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/68604i4F92FF50376E7E0D/image-dimensions/472x259?v=v2 "Screenshot 2019-10-07 at 15.09.14.png")

Yours seems to be missing a column, but I am not really sure why.

1. What version of Confluence are you on?
2. Do you see the same view for every page's attachments list?
3. Are other users able to replicate this?
4. Do you have any add-ons enabled in your browser that might be altering the way it's displayed?

You may want to raise a support ticket [directly with the Cloud team](https://support.atlassian.com/contact) if you're on the Cloud version of Confluence. They'll be able to have a look directly at your instance and let you know if there's a problem.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Rory Apperson
body: Hi Shannon, thanks for the reply. Other pages do in fact have that column, and now so does the one above! I guess it was a temporary problem.

-Rory


author: Shannon S
body: Rory,

Thank you for confirming! Very strange indeed. I know we had an incident in Cloud yesterday which is since resolved. That may have prevented portions of your page from loading. If you're on Cloud, it's a good guess that this is what caused it.

If you encounter the issue again, please do let us know!

Regards,

Shannon
metadata variable approveddate does not give the correct approval date
Asked by Jan Verheyden:

Confluence 6.4.1

When I use the metadata variable approveddate I don't get the date of the final page approval?

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ``` ||ID| {pageid}  ||||Current Status|{pagestatus} by {get-metadata:approvedby} on {get-metadata:approveddate} | ``` |


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Jan,

Thank you for contacting us.

Could you tell me exactly what you're trying to do here? Is this in a User Macro that you're writing, or are you trying to develop an add-on for Confluence?

If you're trying to develop an add-on, I would recommend trying your question at the [Atlassian Developer Community](https://developer.atlassian.com/resources) which is more catered to users seeking help with their development queries.

Regards,

Shannon
How to get list of users and their restrictions working on a specific page in confluence?
Asked by Ishant Garg:

There is no direct api endpoint to fetch this info ? I have tried some permutations of api endpoints but failed everytime.


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: HI [@Ishant Garg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3579587)

Did you try the following endpoint?

```
GET /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/restriction
```

<https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v1/api-group-content-restrictions/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
page edit bottom toolbar not bound to bottom of page
Asked by Matt Curran:

When editing a page in Confluence, the bottom toolbar is not bound to the bottom of the page. This makes it hard to read contents when editing.

Only appears to affect some pages. Seems to only affect Chrome (I'm on v77). Firefox and Safari on Mac are fine.

Confluence 5.9.7

Any fixes thanks in advance

![Screen Shot 2019-09-27 at 14.20.27.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/67887iB79F607F617A03CE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-09-27 at 14.20.27.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Matthew,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

Confluence 5.9.7 reached [End of Life](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/atlassian-support-end-of-life-policy-201851003.html) on 24 November, 2017. I would recommend upgrading your instance to the latest, and see if the problem persists.

In addition, we had a few security vulnerabilities this past spring, so we recommend that you perform this upgrade as soon as possible to prevent your instance from being compromised. For more information, have a look at [Confluence CVEs and Common Questions](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Confluence-CVEs-and-common-questions/ba-p/1062634).

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is it possible to send notifications with the triggering users email instead of noreply?
Asked by CodingSpiderFox:

Let's say I create a confluence page, then someone edits it.

I get an email notification from "Alice (Confluence) \<noreply@confluence.mycompany.com\>"

Now I reply to that email message in Outlook and forget that that sender of the original message was not the users personal email addresss.

A day later I get a notification from the Exchange server that the mail could not be sent.

Now the important message didn't reach my colleague in time.

Is there a way that Confluence uses the personal email address of the user as "From" field instead of "noreply@confluence.mycompany.com" ?

I guess same applies for JIRA.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello [@CodingSpiderFox](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1128613),

Thank you for contacting us about this. At this time, it's not possible to reply to Confluence threads via email. We have a feature request for this below:

* [CONFSERVER-5002](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-5002) *Comment on page via email*

In addition, the sender information has confused other users in the past, so we have a request about this as well below:

* [CONFSERVER-22983](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-22983) *Mail server gives misleading information on From Name and From Address*

I recommend voting on the features you wish to implement, and you'll automatically be added to the list of watchers and receive updates in the future.

As a workaround, there might be something you're able to do with the add-on [Email to Page](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.plugins.confluence.send-email-to-page). I haven't used it myself, so I can't speak for its capabilities, so I would recommend giving it a try.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server