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Importing Google Sites and Docs to Confluence
Asked by David Beebe:

I've had a Google Doc embedded into a page for abut a year using the 'publish to the web' technique and it has worked great. Today, I made some changes to the Google Doc and checked to see if those changes were updated automatically on my page. The page did not show the doc. I tried relinking it with no success.

Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi David,

I did some testing, and I saw similar behavior. I noticed [The Widget Connector documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/widget-connector-macro-724765314.html) actually recommends using the free [Google Drive macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/google-drive-macros-737182322.html) for linking Google documents.

I tried this out, and was able to successfully show a Google doc on a Confluence page in the Google Drive macro. Note that the Google drive macro accepts the actual URL of the document (from the browser bar when you're viewing the doc), and *not* the "Publish to web" URL.

I hope this helps!  
-Zak


author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi David!

I'm not familiar with any native methods to show Google Docs in Confluence. Could you please let us know what macro or other technique you are using to link the Confluence page to a Google Doc?

Thanks!  
Zak

comments: author: David Beebe
body: I'm using the Widget Connector:

<br />

It works correctly with two Google Sheets I have connected and used to work fine with the now-problematic Google Doc.

![widget_connector.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28330iAF04BE90BDBF228F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "widget_connector.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I get a specific event from a group calendar in Confluence to also be on my Outlook calendar?
Asked by Kevin Craighead:

I don't want to just view the entire group calendar, just specific events to be on my Outlook calendar. I know the obvious answer is to just re-create them in Outlook, however looking for a way to systematically identify various events in the confluence calendar to sync up to my Outlook calendar.


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

There is no way on Team Calendars to only send certain event types when accessed by Outlook. So your best bet is to add your team calendar to outlook either via CalDav with 2 way sync, or via iCal with view only and then filter by event type on outlook.

If all you need is just events recreated and never updated, you can just export TC into ical file and then import it into outlook, change view to list and remove what you don't need.

You can find more info here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-team-calendars-from-microsoft-outlook-251005307.html>

Let me know if you have any questions

Igor


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I make a Jira link open in a separate tab/window?
Asked by Karen Hayden:

When using the JIRA Issue/filter macro to display jira issues on a Confluence page, how to, when user selects the Jira issue link, open the Jira issue in a new tab/window?

I know of the "How to force links to open in a new window" documentation, but will that work on Jira issue links too?

I really don't want to change all links, just the link from Confluence for Jira issues. Any options for this?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: No, there's no option for this.

comments: author: Karen Hayden
body: I was hoping! But I suspected there wasn't.
In the current version of Confluence Cloud, I'm unable to add ANY JIRA Macro to my page
Asked by Tyler Newman:

I'm trying to insert a JIRA Macro into a Confluence page. there's nothing special about the page, and I have Admin view/edit privs.

Steps to Reproduce:

1) In the Confluence page, select the "Insert More Content" button.

2) Select "JIRA Issue/Filter"

3) Click "Select Macro"

4) Select "Issue Statistics"

5) Configure the JIRA gadget with the proper attributes.

6) Click "Save". The gadget looks as it should in the preview window.

7) Click "Insert".

Expected result: The gadget should be inserted in the page at the desired location.

Actual result: The gadget is not shown.

I've tried: switching to a new browser, different attributes in the gadget, altogether different gadgets, etc. and NOTHING works. This is ruining my day.  

Anyone have any thoughts? I've trawled through the forums, but all the questions similar to mine are very old, and usually involve older versions of Confluence. I'm stumped.

Edit: I can insert Pie Charts and they work, but that's not what I'm looking to do. I have a specific need for seeing the Issue Statistics arranged by Priority.


Answers:
author: Emily Errico
body: Sounds like a bug. Have you opened a support ticket?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Page tree not updated after moving a page to a different space
Asked by Jing Jiang:

Hi, I found out that after I move a page or re-organize the page structure, the updated structure doesn't show in the Page Tree in the left panel, it can only be seen in ht eView in Hierarchy. Can you fix this bug?

Out dated one:![Capture.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28115iD550C3710F0AF328/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.JPG")

Correct one: ![Capture1.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28116i27AF8C55F0D99784/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture1.JPG")


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi!

Please try reindexing from the UI first as described in [Content Index Administration](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-index-administration-148844.html) because:
> The content index, also called the search index, supports Confluence's search functionality. It is also used for a number of related functions such as building email threads in the mail archive, the [space activity](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/view-space-activity-2818381.html) feature, and lists of recently-updated content.

If that doesn't work, please try [How to Rebuild the Content Indexes From Scratch on Confluence Server](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-rebuild-the-content-indexes-from-scratch-on-confluence-server-110035351.html)

I look forward to hearing whether the page tree updates as expected after you reindex.

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: confluence-server

server
Editing the group permissions do not modify the existing space permissions
Asked by sn:

Hi all,

Confluence 5.10 server users. we plan to upgrade very soon but i have a question for now. we did not provide "Delete" page permission to all our users initially since it will allow them to delete other user pages.

Now that our users are familiar with the tool, we would like them to have the option of moving pages between spaces. i changed the "Confluence-users" group permission but the changes are not reflected to already existing spaces. i can see the new spaces being created with the new permissions.

For now, i'm modifying the group permission in each space as a work around but we have almost 80+spaces and that is not efficient way.

Is this expected ? is this feature available in a later version ?

thanks!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: It sounds like you edited the default space permissions? Those permissions are applied when you create a space only. They are not reapplied to existing spaces. Unfortunately you will probably need to manually make the change.

comments: author: sn
body: Exactly ! i did edit the default space permissions. bummer ! it would be very helpful to bulk change the permissions at group level and have them applied to all spaces ( like JIRA ).

is there a feature request for this ? i would like to vote on it.

thanks for the quick response Davin !


author: bhangad singh
body: Got my resolutions too. thanks a lot [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467)


Tags: confluence-administration

confluence-server
How to use confluence webpage to find labels?
Asked by Andy:

Does anyone know if its possible to use confluence to find a label in a user story, epic or task for instance and save that search? Then come back on another search session and edit the labels to do a new search and then save that search session?

At this time I was looking at the content by label macro and it looks like it has a static searching. You have to put in the label you want when you create the macro. If you want to change the label your searching for you have to go into edit mode and change it every time you want a different search.

I dont seem to find any other macro to have a dynamic search?

I dont have to use confluence to do this but I would like to so that I can do reporting since that is my ideal situation. What do other people out there do in this situation?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You can search for specific labels using search syntax. Example is below. This will give you urls like the second example below that you could save off wherever you want.

```
labelText:stuff
```

```
?https://{your_server}/dosearchsite.action?queryString=labelText%3Astuff
```

comments: author: Andy
body: Thank you for the reply. I will try it. I guess the only search capability in confluence is static label search strings using the content by label macro?


Tags: jira
Export to PDF feature gone in 6.7.1
Asked by Evy Liz?rraga:

We've recently upgraded from 5 to 6.7.1 and we no longer see the Export to PDF feature on a page. We do have the Export to Word feature, however.

We'd really benefit from exporting to PDF.

Was this feature removed or is there a way to activate it in 6.7.1?


Answers:
author: Evy Liz?rraga
body: I found the answer to this and figured the answer could be beneficial for other admins, so here you go!

The newer versions of Confluence have this feature disabled by default now. In order to export to PDFs, you have to re-enable the add-on called "Confluence PDF Export". Once that's enabled, you will see the option to export to PDF from the Tools menu.

Hope this is helpful.

comments: author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: Very thoughtful of you - thanks .


Tags: confluence-server

pdf

server
SAML SSO Support
Asked by Marius Pintea:

Currently I am investigating SAML SSO solutions. Since there are also Confluence/JIRA in the environment, I just checked whether there is a way to integrate SAML with JIRA and/or Confluence.

What I see now is a bit "frustrating". If I understand the situation right, there is a SAML integration available from ATLASSIAN which deeply integrates in the products.

But it's only available for Data Center customers. I cannot understand why customers of the "Server" products - which usually pay also lot's of money for the software - cannot participate on that feature. They have to buy additional Add-Ons since of using integrated features.

Can anyone explain me this approach?

Thanks, Martin


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You are correct that the data center versions support SAML and the server version does not. Honestly, the only reason I can see why they would do this for data center and not server is monetary. They believe that that feature necessitates the higher tier. Now, you and I may disagree, but that I imagine would be their reasoning. Most products have features that are only included in higher level tiers. Maybe someday they will change that position, but till then a third party add-on is the only way to go.


author: informatikus
body: [@Marius Pintea](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1354027)i'm not in any way connected to Atlassian but i've got an idea on this: Once they offer this feature within JIRA Software, they would have to support it. They would have to support **many** more environments. In some environments it might be not this easy supporting SAML as a way to authenticate users. Environments differ and there are situations which are pretty hard to predict.

I've got some experience with the guys from Kantega for example (greetings to you guys) and they've been able to solve issues the M\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Premier Support wasn't able to solve on its own. I called them for an issue M\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* was working on for about 2 weeks, they stepped in the day afterwards and solved it within 30 minutes. Turned out the issue was related to DC configuration.

Things in life aren't free and support is worth more than money in many cases.

Atlassian currently leaves many fields (SAML in JIRA Software is one of them) to consulting companies focusing on this topic instead of trying to solve this on their own. Instead, they invest the money on continue developing the core. Seems to be the right strategy.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I set table column widths
Asked by Vickie Mullins:

I have four columns, the fourth of which was added after the fact and is now more narrow than the first three. How do I make them all the same width. I'm not a programmer.


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Vickie Mullins](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1709898),

edit the page, click on the table colums and select fixed width:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28092iC8D86CB7FC400C0E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Then adjust the table columns manually.


author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Vickie Mullins](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1709898)

On newer versions of Confluence Server, table fixed width is an option. If you are on Cloud, you already have this option.

If you see Fixed Width when clicking in the table, follow [@Thomas Schlegel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781483)'s response and then drag the walls of the cell to the desired width.

* **You will be eyeballing the column width**.
* To set an **exact width**, you would have to go into the code and say \<td width="200px"\> or \<td width="20%"\>etc..


Tags: atl-gruland
What is the difference between an anchor and a link?
Asked by Maybritt Streit:

Hello,

what exactly is the difference in using an achnor instead of a normal link?

Because i am writing a dictionary about the makros our company is using and i need to explain to our employees what the difference between the two is. I think it is easier to use a normal link then to create an achnor and i don't see any reason to use the difficult one, if the two are so similar...

Thanks for your help!


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Maybritt Streit](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1700612),

you set an anchor to a special position on the target page. Think about a very long page with quite a few topics. Maybe you will point your users to a special paragraph. Then you can set an anchor at the beginning of that paragraph and link to that anchor. If your users then click on the link to the anchor, the page opens and jumps directly to the anchor.

A regular link always opens a page from the beginning, first line on top.

comments: author: Maybritt Streit
body: Hey [@Thomas Schlegel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781483),

thank you for the help! Now for me it is clear what the difference exactly is, i hope my colleagues will unterstand it,too. :)


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: You're welcome, [@Maybritt Streit](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1700612),

if you think, your question is answered, please accept the answer with the checksign.

Other users with similar questions can find answers more easy if they are accepted.

Thank you


Tags: anchor

confluence-server

link

server
Bulk import Word documents as confluence page
Asked by Licenties Lannoo:

Hi

We're looking to start using Confluence to move from a bunch of Word documents to a more central wiki like platform. We have 500+ Word documents that I'd like to import as pages but this would take me all week using the import Word document that only allows one document at a time. Is it possible to bulk import multiple Word documents as a page? I'm not looking to have them as attachments.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Charles Andrus
body: The multi-file import plugin performs bulk importing of word documents now: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1223239>

comments: author: Neethu Varghese
body: I've tried it, but was not able to install at all!!


author: skazar
body: Hello [@Licenties Lannoo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1697231) ,  
This subject still hasn't become really old, so I've let myself to describe my way to solve the problem;

I had same issue and I found a solution - but it may be a little complex:

1. webDAV - it gives feature of creating multiple pages at once (with attachments in it, if u like. In this case: you do :) )  
2. custom script: converting files to confluence-pages

Ad. 1. webDAV  
<https://uvacollab.screenstepslive.com/s/help/m/sitetools/l/611578-how-do-i-set-up-webdav-for-windows-10-or-8>  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-a-webdav-client-to-work-with-pages-200704169.html>

Ad. 2. script  
I have created JS-script (node.js app, if you like), which takes all the files you want import to Confluence and convert it to confluence-proper catalogs-structure.  
All you need to do later is to move that catalog to Confluence via webDAV (which for me takes something around 5-20 secondss per original file) and the work is done.

In new pages created this way, The script adds view-word-macro, which displays attached word file directly - in the page via browser. (This macro lets you to edit attached file directly in microsoft-word as well)  

Described solution doesn\`t touch the issue of deciding for every single page if it should be imported as one or many-self-nested pages. Every file is imported as one.   
Script can be easily adjusted for handling files with duplicated file/page-name, as well.

comments: author: Steve M
body: Can you share your JS-script?


author: skazar
body: Sure,  
<https://github.com/Sazar24/confluence-docs-importer>


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Licenties Lannoo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1697231),

I'm not aware of a bulk import for word documents but I also don't think, that it would make sense.

For every document, you have to decide whether it makes sense to import the document as one single page or create subpages by chapter. Some docs are very small, others so big that you'll get a very long page which is hard to read.

Also, you might get into trouble with same-named pages by bulk importing docs.

Importing Word documents is a great feature, but from my experience, you'll always have to look at the new pages, add some kind of navigational structure or at least a table of contents or a child-macro to the new pages. So, I would do that one by one.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Background color change for grey area below footer
Asked by Janne M?nnist?:

I'm changing the background to all-white and I found out how to do it for everything else than this grey box below footer. Any ideas how to solver

![Confluence_color_01.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28074iFF097BE2D2D0AE1A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence_color_01.png")

Body {background-color: #ffffff;} in stylesheet works when I'm at space tools. ![Confluence_color_02.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28075i4C19B00C08E0BBA8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence_color_02.png")


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: I think you need to style full-height-container.

```
#full-height-container {background-color: #ffffff;}
```

comments: author: Janne M?nnist?
body: Doesn't seem to work.

![Confluence_color_03.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28167iB429542C6E32AD93/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence_color_03.png")


Tags: confluence-server

server
Change email notification time
Asked by Pratheek Muriki:

How do I change the Day and Time when the email notification should be triggered. By default, it gets triggered on Thursday 1 PM in the user's configured time zone. I want to change this to Friday. Can this be done ?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Unfortunately, you cannot change the timing for emails in the cloud environment.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

email

space
Confluence Data migration from one server to another
Asked by Ganesh_Perumal:

I have space in Confluence Server A , now planning to have another server B for which i would be administrator and want to include that space.

But i am not administrator for Server A.

So want to know what information need to get from Server A and how to include in Server B.

Need help in this regard


Answers:
author: Steve Thornhill
body: Are you the space admin for your space in Server A, or do you have the export permissions to it.

If so you can export via any of the available methods and import the data into Server B

comments: author: Ganesh_Perumal
body: Thanks for input , i will check on this and revert soon.


author: Ganesh_Perumal
body: I see only Export to pdf and export to word for a given page but not for space. If you can guide with steps will be helpful. And how to confirm if i am Space Admin or not ?


author: Ganesh_Perumal
body: Solved with Back and Restore Option , used XML method and could get all the files including attachment
Is there any mechanism to add more colors other than the ones available for text and fill in tables?
Asked by Priyanka Ravindra Chavan:

While adding data on Confluence currently I don't see the RGB Option available

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28071i17FC704753F3B8BC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: If you are wanting to have a standardized table color scheme then you should probably do it differently. I would create a user macro that you can wrap around you tables that would apply the automatic styling. Something like this ...

**Macro Title:**   
corporate_table

**Macro Name:**   
Corporate Table

**Macro Body Processing:**   
Rendered

**Temlpate:**

```
## Developed by: Davin Studer## Date created: 07/30/2018## @noparams<style type="text/css">########################################################################################## Below CDATA fixes issue with greather than and less than symbols being escaped out ##########################################################################################/*<![CDATA[*/div.corp-table table.confluenceTable thead th {background-color: rgb(72,218,204);}/*]]>*/</style><div class="corp-table">$!body</div>
```


author: Priyanka Ravindra Chavan
body: ![Column Name code.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28173iB0A994F7D6073D93/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Column Name code.png")Thanks for the answer... It really helped a lot

One more thing if you could guide me with

I have written the below code for adding color scheme in tables as per my org standards but is it possible to make that default across all pages under my Workspace hierarchy


author: Davin Studer
body: You are correct there is no RGB option. But if you get the [Confluence Source Editor](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210722/confluence-source-editor?hosting=server&tab=overview) you could set the color then open the source and change the RGB to what you want it to be.

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28103i5AF300D103BD4ECF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")
Marketplace Addon - Change the Installation Instruction?
Asked by Michael Griffel:

I'm the developer of a marketplace plugin and I want to change the installation instructions here:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/41025/plantuml-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=installation](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/41025/plantuml-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=installation)

The plugin requires additional software that must be installed on the Confluence Server.

How can I change the installation instructions in the marketplace?


Answers:
author: Timothy
body: There is a Service Desk for Marketplace Vendors for questions like this. I cannot remember the link.

* <https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/9>


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-server

server