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Prompt user to add labels before creating new page from template
Asked by lenny.vaknine:

Hi Everyone

I have created a new template based on the built in **How-To** template, however I have two issues I am unable to solve.

1. Under "Related Articles" how do I have it show other articles of interest in the same way the How-to article does ( I believe its based on labels)

2. How do I add a prompt for users to manually enter in lables as they are creating pages from this template?

Both of these work out of the box with the "How-To" template / blueprint.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Lenny,

Welcome to Atlassian Community! It's nice to meet you.

1. The Related Articles is indeed based on labels. See [Use Labels to Organize Your Content](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-labels-to-organize-your-content-724764874.html) for more details.
2. When you create a template, you're able to add default labels to the template so that they will be applied when you create a page from that template. Otherwise, it's not possible to prompt people to add their own labels. My recommendation would be to use the Instructional Text in the template to let your team know this. That text won't appear in the page that is created from the template, it's only there to help your team fill out the template as required.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud
Unable to edit or otherwise interact with/click on anything on a Confluence page except for sidebar
Asked by Vanessa Capito:

Has anyone else run into this problem? I published a new page and I can't click on or interact with anything on it at all---I can't edit it, I'm not able to click on any element of the page at all. It's like the page is locked down (though the icon says otherwise).

The only thing I'm able to interact with is the sidebar. Is there a way to delete this page besides the usual way of having to do so from the page itself?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Vanessa,

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

Could you tell me, do you happen to be on Confluence Cloud? Are the toolbars greyed out, preventing you from using them?

I think you are possibly affected by the following bug:

* [CONFCLOUD-68168](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68168) *Edit functions are grayed out in Confluence Cloud for certain users*

In the event that WSS fails, Confluence falls back to WS (non-secure WebSocket). In the new editor, the fall back does not happen, because it's not supported to edit with non-secure WebSockets. If your company's network doesn't support secure WebSocket connections, you might be running into this problem.

If that is the case with you, try the following workaround:

* Use Firefox with a manual proxy when editing in Confluence.
* Contact your organization's IT/network team to allow **WSS connections**

![](https://getsupport.atlassian.com/images/icons/emoticons/information.png) I would also recommend you try the same action while using Incognito mode, so we can rule out any browser extensions causing the issue. I've heard some reports from other customers that this was the case for them.

If you are affected by the above bug, it is currently in **High Priority** , and currently it's *In progress* of being fixed.

If you are not affected by this issue, could you show me a screenshot of how the problem looks to you? Are your colleagues having the same issue? Can you confirm which browser you are using?

Thank you for your help!

Take care,

Shannon
Am I able to embed an Excel file AND make it editable from Confluence?
Asked by Casey Bowlby:

I am trying to create a page with a spreadsheet can be edited by my entire team. I'm not having any luck finding an answer to this. Is it possible to have a living, breathing, editable Excel spreadsheet on a Confluence page?


Answers:
author: Shardul Juyal {Addteq}
body: Hi [@Casey Bowlby](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3729425)

You can also try [Excellentable for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211672/excellentable-spreadsheet-for-confluence) which will allow collaborative editing of the spreadsheet as well, which a collaborative team might need.


author: Laura Campbell _Seibert Media_
body: Hi [@Casey Bowlby](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3729425) ,

If you want a spreadsheet on your Confluence page that is living and breathing (nice image!) you will need to use a Confluence macro/app. You can embed Excel files on Confluence, but to edit them, you will need to use Atlassian companion (or another solution) which helps you open the file in Excel, make edits, and then updates the file on Confluence. The obviously does not meet your need to be editable from Confluence.

There are a number of spreadsheet apps on the Atlassian Marketplace you might want to try. My team makes [Elements Spreadsheet](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212486/), which includes concurrent editing protections to make sure no one overwrites the changes a colleague makes.

Hope you find an app that meets your needs.

Laura


Tags: confluence-server

server
Apply Restrictions on XL files
Asked by adil_khan:

Just wondering if we can only restrict XL files permission on specific pages in confluence?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Attachments follow the restrictions of their containing page, so no, you can't do this directly.

What you might do is use the attachments macro to show your files on one page (unrestricted), but point it to pull the attachment list from another page which is more limited, so they can't change them.


Tags: confluence-server

server
I didn't relize that Confluence is nearly 1,000 years old!
Asked by Bill Bailey:

I saw this in my log analyzer today. I was shocked to see that this question has been around for nearly a 1000 years!??!?

![Screenshot_2020-01-29 Troubleshooting and support tools - MarketCom Wiki.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/81039i440C64E3FD56BCF6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_2020-01-29 Troubleshooting and support tools - MarketCom Wiki.png")

On a serious note, has any one seen something like this before in their log file? My system date is correct, but I did just do a minor version upgrade to CentOs.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Bill,

Thank you for raising this. It's been a long time but definitely not 1000 years! :D

I believe I have tracked down this issue, and it's been reported here:

* [ATST-994](https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/ATST-994) *ATST Log Analyzer showing incorrect Last Occurrence dates*

There's no workaround at this time, but it was created the day before you raised the issue here, so I hope to see some updates in the near future.

Take care, and let me know if you have any questions about that.

Shannon

comments: author: Bill Bailey
body: Interesting. I thought it was some artifact of the OS upgrade. I will take look at the issue record.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Connect to Confluence via ODBC
Asked by john_duchock:

I need to connect to our confluence database for a simple data extraction, however it seems that this is not possible without using a paid third-party middleware.

Is there an ODBC driver for Confluence that customers can download in order to connect to the Confluence database for reporting purposes such as Crystal Reports or MS Excel? The goal is to retrieve data one time for a single report...


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@john_duchock](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3731645),

what type of database is your Confluence running on? (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) You should be able to connect directly to your database using a client for your DBMS.

Cheers,  
Sven

comments: author: john_duchock
body: I am unable to find anyone in our company that can answer that question. Is there a .CFG file on the confluence server that can help me answer that question?


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: This article should help you find it: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-find-confluence-s-database-connection-parameters-779172320.html>


author: john_duchock
body: I was looking for a client side ODBC driver, but i guess this will have to do.

Any idea where i can get the jdbc driver JAR file?


author: john_duchock
body: nevermind.... i found what i needed. I just didn't read the entire XML before i responded.

Thanks Sven !


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Well, depends on what DBMS you're actually using! ;)

But really, depending on your OS, you should probably use a client like HeidiSQL oder DBeaver instead, especially if you're planning for this to just be a one-time thing.


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Ah, alright, didn't see your second answer before I wrote my last comment. If you think the question is answered you can mark it as resolved.

Cheers! :)


author: john_duchock
body: Aye, the problem is now on our end. It seems that when Atlassian worked with us to do the install years ago, it was basically a "drop and run" and we have no documentation or internal resources that can shed light on how this was configured. As a result, i only have connection to the BKUP database and no one knows the DB schema well enough to find the data that i need...

I am finding it may be a better approach to hire a temp to copy/paste the data from the Confluence pages rather than to additional days trying to reverse engineer this installation...

I will be glad when Atlassian is out of our business environment as it is entirely unsupportable...and i expect to find the same result with Jira as well ....


Tags: server
If I archive a space, does it remove task assignments for that space from users tasks?
Asked by Jay White:

I have a space that is no longer being used, but that needs to be kept for possible use in the future. Users no longer want to see tasks from this space in their action items on their task page. If I archive the space, will this remove the action items for the space from the users task page?


Answers:
author: Mario Abud
body: Hi [@Jay White](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3731454) , once you archive the space the tasks will disappear in their task page, once you activate the space again they will appear in their task page

Regards


Tags: new-to-confluence
Cannot change background color of entire row
Asked by Ali Malik:

Hi,

I am unable to change the background color of an entire row.

1. I highlight entire rows.

2. Click to change color.

3. Changes does not have any effect.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Ali Malik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3731379)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Alternate-colors-for-tables/qaq-p/1448964>

Cheers


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to preset Uploaded Pictures to be shown as Link
Asked by Patrick Mota:

Hi there,

is there any chance to insert pictures per drag and drop to a page and show them as link instead of a small preview?

Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Nicolai Sibler
body: Hi Patrick,

you will need to do this manually in three steps:

1. Delete the pasted picture from the editor
2. Write any word (title/description)
3. Link the word to the attached picture

Hope that helps.

Best regards,

Nicolai


Tags: confluence-server

server
Left bracket for links no longer works in new editor
Asked by dave.purrington:

In articles using the new editor, the left bracket does not initiate the linking behavior. Furthermore, when I try to insert a link with either the toolbar or cmd+k, the box only shows recently-visited articles, not the full corpus. That means I must've loaded the page I want to link to prior to opening the article for edit.

Is there any way to get back the prior editor behavior, or is there a new way to get different behavior? It's a lot of new friction in the editing process. When links are hard to create, it's a pretty fundamental problem in driving content creation.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@dave.purrington](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2563987),

In the new editor the **"/"** shortcut has replaced **"{"** and **"\["**. Of course the cmd/ctrl+k shortcut still works as well. You are right that you can only search for recently viewed pages in the menu that opens when you insert a link.

Regarding whether you can get back the old editor: As Atlassian is continuing to roll out the new editor, the only workaround I currently know of is to duplicate an old page, that still have the old editor, and rename the duplicate.

Cheers,  
Sven

comments: author: dave.purrington
body: I'm not looking to get back to the old editor, necessarily. I just want to be able to create links to articles that are not in my recent history. Knowing the name of the article should be enough.

This change is definitely a step backwards from the prior capability. Very frustrating.


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: You're not alone with that feeling. You should probably check out the[Confluence Cloud Editor Roadmap](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-editor-roadmap-967314556.html) to see what other differences there are. The new editor is quite different from the old one.

There you will also find that this is indeed intentional and that a fix for this is in the "long-term backlog":

![temp.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/81044iB947F54128D792E8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "temp.png")

This is the corresponding ticket that you can vote on: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65363>


author: dave.purrington
body: That's a shame. It's "In Progress", is unassigned, and "Long Term Backlog." No idea what that combination means.

Fingers crossed they'll fix this soon. Do not want a Wordpress-like editor that obscures basic behavior. Gimme the markup.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why do Jira macros in confluence do not load w/out a refresh in Confluence when used inside macros
Asked by Matt Marino:

We have observed that some JIRA integration macros do not load without a refresh in confluence when used inside the "SP horizontal / vertical nav item" macros but they load fine when directly used on a page.

**JIRA Macros that have problems:**

-Two Dimensional Filter Statistics

- Sprint Burndown Gadget

- Sprint Health Gadget![Jira Confluence Gadget.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/80966i334968E9BA85D7FE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Jira Confluence Gadget.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Matt,

Thank you for bringing this up. I'm not really familiar with the "SP horizontal / vertical nav item" macros that you're referring to. What do they do exactly and is this functionality provided by an add-on from a vendor on [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/)? For example: There are a few add-ons that come up when I search ['vertical nav'.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=vertical+nav)

If that's the case, then I would recommend contacting the vendor of the add-on directly, and let them know your Confluence and add-on versions, and they can tell you if it's a known bug or if there's a fix for it.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Take care!

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-server
Disabling the Like Plugin in Confluence not possible
Asked by Jonas Brandt:

I want to disable the Confluence Like Plugin in Confluence 7.2.1, but I can't.

In earlier versions there was a button to click "disable" or "uninstall" but these buttons are not there anymore.

![Confluence_Like_Plugin.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/80963i36A0695859AA9B4E/image-dimensions/739x205?v=v2 "Confluence_Like_Plugin.png")


Answers:
author: Jack Nolddor [Sweet Bananas]
body: What about to add the following code into the Global CSS (see [**Styling Confluence with CSS**](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html))

```
#likes-section{display:none;}
```

or **[Announcement Banner for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/1213300/sweet-bananas)**?

```
<style>#likes-section{display:none;}</style> 
```

Regards

comments: author: Jonas Brandt
body: Yes that works, thank you.


author: Jack Nolddor [Sweet Bananas]
body: You're welcome :D


Tags: app

confluence-server

like

server
How to add apostrophe to a button text?
Asked by Antoine Le Brasseur:

I am trying to put an apostrophe in a ''Create from template'' Macro Button text, but it doesn't appear on the Button. (See photo under)

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?  

Thanks

![Apostrophe.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/80958i87DDE8E816EDD685/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Apostrophe.PNG")


Answers:
author: Jack Nolddor [Sweet Bananas]
body: Simply use two single apostrophe:

```
Cr?er una note d''it?ration
```

Regards

comments: author: Antoine Le Brasseur
body: Thank you!


author: Jack Nolddor [Sweet Bananas]
body: You're welcome :)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence Cloud - Reorder pages alphabetically in a Space not working
Asked by cim:

Hi!

I'm trying to reorder pages within a Space, through the "Space Settings", "Content Tools" and "Reorder Pages" menu.

I click the "A-Z" icon next to the page and subpages I want reordered.

In the menu, the listing is updated alphabetically, but the actual page tree in the Space is not updated to reflect the proposed sorting.

Any clues as to how I can overcome this issue? We've gone into the super manual maneuver of manually alphabetically reordering pages for now (by drag and dropping in the page tree), but in the long run that will eat up too much time and not be worth the time.


Answers:
author: Ang?lica Luz
body: Hello Cim,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Testing using the details you provided, I wasn't able to replicate the same issue.

* When did this issue start?
* Are you the only user facing this issue?
* Have you tested using another browser?
* Please clear the browser cache and cookies to check if it will order the pages correctly.
* If the issue persists, please open the developer tools on your browser to check if it shows any other error.
* Is it happening on all spaces?

Regards,  
Ang?lica


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

page

reorder
Confluence wiki - response table
Asked by FRED STIBLING:

Hello,

I've created a form with several criteria. For each criteria, I have a dropdown list where the user can select 3 levels: low, medium, high.

In parallel, I've created a response table with a graph related to this table.

Everything works correctly but I'd like to draw a graph, that could be interactive if the user change something in his evaluation.

In the responses table configuration, the checkboxes are ticked for the following parameters:

*Single Submission: Allow only a single submission to this form (per user)*

*Submission Override: If single submission is enabled, allow users to override their previous submission on resubmitting the form*

In my case, I want that the user can submit several times the form but not to store all his submission in the response table.

If someone could help me to find a solution (also by using others macros), it will be very useful for me.

Fred


Answers:
author: Natalie Paramonova [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi Fred,

You can have a look at the [Chart From Table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TFAC/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro) macro that supports dynamic tables for building charts (the chart is automatically updated after updating a source table). The macro is included in the [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) app, you can also find other macros ([Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Filter+macro), [Table Transformer](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Transformer+macro)) useful for your case.

I can give more information if you share more details about the source table and the graph you built.


Tags: atlassian-marketplace
Adding comment section to custom content
Asked by Yves Noirjean:

I am trying to develop an app which has some custom content, following this tutorial: <https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/custom-content-with-confluence-connect/>

I would like my custom content page to also include the comment section I get at the bottom of standard pages. Is that possible or do I have to build my own UI for comments?


Answers:
author: Darryl St_ Pierre
body: Hi [@Yves Noirjean](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3730999) ,

This is not specifically an answer to your question, but some information and a suggestion.

To the best of my knowledge all pages, except for space Home pages, automatically get (inherit?) a comments section. If you've already done some work and found that this does not automatically get added, I apologize.

I'm not sure if you're aware, but there is a separate Developer Community site: <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/> with its own area to ask questions. It may be a better forum for your question.

All that said, I encourage others to chime in if more information is available.

Darryl


Tags: app

confluence-cloud
Search for XYZ but not XYZs
Asked by Jack D_ Leach:

Confluence server, not sure the version, whatever the latest is at time of writing.

I'm trying to search across projects for pending review pages. I'm trying to include "Review" but not "Reviews".

I've tried:

Review NOT Reviews (no results)  
"Review" NOT Reviews (no results)  
"Review" -Reviews (no results)  
Review (results include Reviews, no good)

The actual search I need is a bit more complex, but I thought if I could figure out how the above works, I could maybe get the rest from there.

What I really need is:

There's two formats in the title:  
2020-01-01 Review  
2020-01-01 Review (L)

The date is variable. I want the version without (L). This almost works, expect it includes Reviews as well:

Review NOT (L)

If I can get "Reviews" (parent page) removed from the results of the above, I'd have what I need! Thanks


Answers:
author: Jack D_ Leach
body: As usual, just after posting the question I figure it out. After 45 minutes of trying:

title:/.\*Review.\*/ NOT /.\*Reviews.\*/ NOT (L)


Tags: confluence-server

server
I can't connect Jira - and bad interface page
Asked by Sobhy Admin:

Hi gentlemen,

I have Jira Software on Linux Server. It is working good. Its MySQL DB is installed on other Linux Server.

Today, I installed Confluence on the same Jira Server. And created its MySQL DB on the same Jira's MySQL DB server. It means the applications (Jira and Confluence) are in the same server, while all DBs are in other server.

I finished Confluence installation and connected successfully to the DB.

While continuing the wizard, it asked me to manage users by Confluence or to Link with Jira. I choose the second option 'Link with Jira', then I filled all the required fields. But I got the attached error.

![Capture.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/80932i6D45F87EBAFA92FE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.JPG")

I tried many times, but it got the same result.

So, i selected the first option, which is let Confluence manage user, it works but I got bad interface page, as below.

![Capture2.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/80934iC3F217ABCA7AA38C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture2.JPG")

Kindly solve this issue to me. Specially linking Jira users with Confluence.

Best regards


Answers:
author: Sobhy Admin
body: Hi,

I solved it.


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server