youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
how to paste tab-delimited text into a table
Asked by Kai:

With the new editor, which is in many respects a lot worse than the old one, I don't seem to be able to convert tab-delimited text to tables, no matter whether I copy-paste it in an existing table or into a blank space and attempting to convert it later .

What's happening here? Does Atlassian really want to dumb us down to their extremely low new standards where you have only one - excrutiatingly cumbersome - way to do things?


Answers:
author: Andrew Wilkinson
body: Pasting into Excel or Google Sheets and then copying that into the Jira editor seems to work quite well for me, but it seems clunky to have to do it that way.

comments: author: anish.patel
body: what a tip, this works great!  


author: mm4rt1n3z
body: Best tip ever!


author: Jim Ryan
body: We are having the same problem. Atlassian continuously removes functionality that used to exist and was very useful in favor of "pretty" interfaces that are simple but can't do anything.

But hey, at least they didn't mark this question as "SOLVED" by saying they're not going to fix it!

On the other hand, they're not going to fix it.

comments: author: Sergey Trinogin
body: Couple years has gone. No good news...


author: Robert Maciasz
body: only 4, look at [this](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-11740)


author: Audrey Shull
body: My team is also searching for a way to do this. We have found a few paths to do it, but it is extremely cumbersome and requires using Excel or Word or some other intervening step.


author: Matt Brauer
body: This is why I despise Confluence.

comments: author: jeffrey.wright
body: * me
* too


Tags: cloud
I cant't search the restricted Space or Page as an Administrator in the searchbox
Asked by Milad:

Hi,

I am the admin I have all the related rights to view or edit. But when I search for restricted page or space or even the content of those, It doesn't show me up anything.

I also went over all stuff in Global Permission and space tools, but couldn't find something.

Am I missing something or it is not possible to search the restricted pages for admin which seems not logical to me? :)

Thank you for you help in advance.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Admin rights give you the power to administrate the system.

They are not "can see everything". If a page is restricted to groups A, B and C, then people in those groups can see (and search) them, but not admins because admins are not on the "allowed" list.

As an admin, you can go into a space and see the list of restricted pages and change those restrictions.

comments: author: Milad
body: [@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781454) Thank you for your reply.

I'm also in the group who can Edit amd View the restricted pages. I can also go through the every restricted page that I made and see the content, but when I search those pages, It doesn't show me anything in the search box.

Thanks


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hmm, that's not how it is working for me - if I can view something that is restricted, it turns up in the search.


author: Milad
body: Exactly! That is the problem that I don't understand.


Tags: administration

confluence-server

edit

page

restriction

view
Workflow to restrict page view / edit to only published ones
Asked by Dylan:

Dear experts,

We are currently evaluating Comala Document management to only make available "published" document to normal users (not administrators).

The goal is:

1. To restrict a page when it's created by the author only (view and edit)
2. To use a classic and simple workflow of "Draft" \<--\> "Published"
3. A "Published" page that is edited automatically goes back to "Draft"
4. Normal users are only able to see "Published" pages

The issue is with 3. since we are able to hide a page that is freshly created but if there is one page "Published" then edited (back to "Draft" state), it is hidden to every non-admin users.

The expected behavior would be to constantly display the "Published" versions of a page. If it is edited, the Draft page can be viewed and edited by the author (and admins) but the normal users can still view the previous "Published" one.

* **Is there a way, through the Comala workflow to have this behavior ?**

Thank you for your answers.

Dylan


Answers:
author: James Conway
body: Hi [@Dylan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3826371) ,

Comala Document Management has [same-space publishing](https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CDML/Same-space+publishing)' that does exactly what you describe.

If we can help you any further with your evaluations, please do not hesitate to reach out to our sales team at <https://support.comalatech.com/>

Kind regards

James  
Senior Product Manager

comments: author: Adnan Vilic
body: is this also possible for cloud?


author: James Conway
body: Hi [@Adnan Vilic](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3671328)

Confluence Cloud is a different platform with different capabilities, for this reason Comala Document Management Cloud does not have same-space publishing.

You may want to consider [Comala Publishing for Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/143/comala-publishing?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) which provides between-space publishing to allow you to keep your draft space page content separate from finished work in a public space. It integrates with Comala Document Management to automatically publish documents to the target space when they reach the final state.

For more information our documentation is available here: here: <https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CPCL/Comala+Publishing+for+Cloud>

You can try Comala Publishing for Cloud free from the Atlassian Marketplace for 30 days. If you have any questions you can reach out to our Customer Success team at <https://support.comalatech.com>

All the best

James  
Senior Product Manager


Tags: comala

confluence-server

document-management

publish

server

workflow
I have an image with multiple texts that I want to link separately.
Asked by abhinav srivastava:

Hi,

I have one image in confluence which has multiple texts. I am looking to link each text to different page in confluence. There are topics and subtopics in each image. But when I am trying to edit the link by clicking on image it is updating link for whole image instead of targeting each subtopic in that image. I have attached relevant screenshot. Please let me know how to resolve this issue.![Confluence.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104185i84BF04E554E97A6C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence.PNG")


Answers:
author: Andreas Purde
body: The [ImageMap](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/253/scroll-imagemap-for-confluence) macro can do this. In case the image is an SVG also [SVG Out](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1213030/svg-out) can achieve this.


author: Zoi Raskou
body: Unfortunately this is not possible in Confluence. The picture is considered one object and the text is just part of it.

A very interesting feature though, so if you do find a way around it I would love to hear it.
Does confluence provide a log of a role-rights-management
Asked by MA:

Hello,

is there any way (via plug-in or in basic confluence) to log, which user had any role or rights on any site at any given time/periode? For Example its possible to know, who was able to read or edit a specific site 6 months ago or during december of 2019?

Thanks for your help.


Answers:
author: Zoi Raskou
body: Out of the box no. There are marketplace apps that can give you the report but I don't think they can report on changes before their installation.

Another complexity in this is that each space has their own permissions which are not recorded anywhere but the space.

comments: author: MA
body: Thank you so far.

I assumed that if there is an app it would only report after the installation, so it must be installed before confluence can be used by anyone.

Can you elaborate on the space issue?

Thats the core of my question. Each Space and each Site must log which user has / had which role and rights. And furthermore the app should only be editable by the highest type of admin (confluenceadmin), so that no spaceadmin can manipulate the reports or deactivate the app on there spaces.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to reference using tiny URL, Sub-headings of my main page to sub-headings of another main page
Asked by Anand Rajaraman:

In Conf Cloud, I have my main page A with sub-heading and content inside them in space1 . From the same space, I want my content linked to another sub-heading in page B. How do I do this through Tiny URL instead of hard links/normal links.


Answers:
author: Anand Rajaraman
body: The answer is "navigation from one sub-heading of a page to another sub-heading of a page is working using tiny URL by adding an "/#" followed immediately by the sub-heading title to another page"


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
One time pop for Confluence users
Asked by Srinath Reddy Pinappu:

I want to display a pop up message box when users login so we can announce various news items such we add new plugins or any other new features added to the confluence.


Answers:
author: Krzysztof Daukszewicz [CoreSoft Labs]
body: Hi, it won't be one-time without using a Marketplace App (like[this one for Jira](ttps://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220355/announcement-feeds-in-app-messaging)).  

Here's how you can do it - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-add-a-site-wide-banner-165609599.html>

The other alternatives are as the colleague above said - sidebar, header, footer on the dashboard welcome section.

comments: author: Srinath Reddy Pinappu
body: [@Krzysztof Daukszewicz \[CoreSoft Labs\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1441233) Thank you!Currently we are using Banner for other notifications but this one we wanted to have as a pop message.


author: repi
body: [@Srinath Reddy Pinappu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3810220)

This is not the standard functionality of confluenece.  
However, you can place your message on the dashboard at the top right.  
It is also possible to display information in the sidebar, header or footer via Wiki Markup.

comments: author: Srinath Reddy Pinappu
body: [@repi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/302600) - Thank you ! But in this case we need to configure for each space right ?
Going directly from Table of Contents to Editing a chosen location
Asked by Marc Miller:

I have a Table of Contents for most of my Confluence pages.

I want to to to the Table of Contents, select a section, go directly to it, and start editing.

However, now when I find that I can view the chosen section of the page using this approach, but if I want to edit I am forced back to the top of the page and have to scroll down. I have a lot of material on my pages and that results in a lot of scrolling.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello [@Marc Miller](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3734125) !

As I understand, you need to create a Table of Contents that lead directly to the desired section in edit mode.

I can tell you that this is ++*not available for Confluence Table of Contents macro natively.*++

I was trying some alternatives and found out that emoticons do have IDs (data-emoji-id).

Having this information at hand, was able to create an anchor that leads directly into that emoticon position.

The problems are:
> 1. *I need to reload the page after clicking the link*
> 2. *It only worked in Firefox*

Here is how I did it

> 1. *Created a page*
> 2. *Placed an emoticon in it* *![Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.36.34.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104454i8A46D5CF75B29590/image-dimensions/451x227?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.36.34.png")*
> 3. *Clicked to "Inspect element"
>    ![Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.36.49.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104455iAA82DEFE2A2F744B/image-dimensions/281x108?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.36.49.png")*
> 4. *Copied the ID
>    ![Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.37.06.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104456i5EF2DCB55A501010/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.37.06.png")*
> 5. *Added this ID after the edit link with #
>    ![Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.37.43.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104457iA25A45069FD4D0CB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.37.43.png")*
> 6. *Added a Bulleted list
>    ![Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.38.34.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104458i90E3A0E765AC2D5F/image-dimensions/454x143?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.38.34.png")*
> 7. *Added the link inside this list*
> 8. *Edited the display link of the text
>    ![Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.38.43.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104459i55232EBAA897892F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2020-07-27 at 13.38.43.png")*
> 9. *Published the page*

I understand this is not a user friendly approach, but I was also unable to find a third-party plugin that offered this functionality.

Let us hear from you!


Tags: cloud
How can I embed a Blog in a block on a page?
Asked by Rebecca Brooks:

Hi,

I would like to have a blog within a page. I see an option to have blogs in a space, but not as part of a page. Has anyone found a way to do this?

Thanks,

Rebecca


Answers:
author: Krzysztof Daukszewicz [CoreSoft Labs]
body: If you're looking for blog roll, then go for Blog Posts macro <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blog-posts-macro-139470.html>  

For individual posts see the post above.

comments: author: Rebecca Brooks
body: Thanks!


author: Thomas Bowskill
body: Hi [@Rebecca Brooks](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2811468)

You could consider having the [Blog Post macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blog-posts-macro-139470.html) on the page, and use [labels](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/use-labels-to-organize-your-content/) to identify the unique posts you want to show on the page. Alternatively, you could use the [Include Page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/include-page-macro-139514.html) macro to source the content of a blog into a page (but that's manual for each blog, so not really a great idea).

But ultimately, your blogs are part of the Space, so if you are stuck within that space, what you need to do is use things like the macro and labels to filter down to the relevant content.

Hope that helps.

comments: author: Rebecca Brooks
body: Thanks


Tags: blog

confluence-server

server
Jira Issue cannot find new Confluence page during in-line search; You don't have an application link
Asked by erin_quick-laughlin:

To Recreate:

1. Confirm Jira and Confluence is already linked (we have been using this in Cloud for more than a year now)
2. Confirm your new Confluence page eixsts (e.g. "Survey Whiteboard")
3. From existing Jira issue, click Link Confluence Page (drop down from Link Issue)
4. Search for your new page ("Survey Whiteboard")
5. Note that type-ahead does not find it, and hitting enter will yield this error: "You don't have an application link set up for that Confluence site."

We've confirmed the order of events above - and made sure to refresh the Jira page to try and pickup and last minute sync.

It seems there is either a synchronizing lag, or something needs to push from Confluence to Jira when a new Confluence page is created.

Here's the funny thing: If we add the Jira ticket to the confluence page, the link then appears in the Jira issue, and it shows up in other tickets inline search / type-ahead. So we know that something is being updated, but only when we link the issue from Confluence.


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi Erin,

If you are still having issues, I would recommend that you open a support ticket with [atlassian support.](https://support.atlassian.com/)

Regards


Tags: application-link

cloud

link
How to get rankings directly from Confluence search results?
Asked by Nix Y.:

Hi, our team is working on a federated search project that needs to combine search results from different sources and rank them.

I used "rest/api/content/search?cql=text\~computer" to get the search results of searching computer on Confluence but can't find any information of ranking/score in the search results.

I tried to get an understanding of the ranking mechanism using "explain.action?queryString=computer" and extract the score from it, but this website only returns an HTML page instead of an JSON object and there's only 10 results in it. Also, "explain.action" doesn't support CQL so it's not helpful.

Is there a way to retrieve rankings from Confluence CQL search results as an JSON object without a limit of 10 results?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Robby Holtmann_IntraFind Software AG_
body: Hi Nix,

i couldn?t help with your API question, but maybe this solution will help you: [iFinder Conflunce Search](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220508/ifinder-confluence-search?hosting=server&tab=overview) is in the Marketplace and its an Enterprise Search technology integrated into Confluence with the option to connect further sources (like file share, jira, o365,...) in that search. . Let me know if you have further questions in that case or if you need further information.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Export Confluence
Asked by Joshua Smith:

What are my options with Exporting content from Confluence Cloud?

I am looking to export data in any form for easy handling of a migration from Confluence to Sharepoint.

Edit\* Confluence Cloud


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Atlassian have no reason to create a route for people to leave their platform, and the community, while a bit more open-minded, probably don't either.

I cannot speak for anyone else in the community, but I can tell you that I have no idea of what might be suitable for importing into Sharepoint, because I acquired a distaste for it years ago when I had to use it for a couple of projects. I will summarise my experience as "Sharepoint is where documents go to die" (My horror story about that four years ago involves a client who have just asked us to help them move the last handful off SP so they can kill it completely)

In an Atlassian community, asking for help with leaving is not going to get you much. I think this might be better asked in a Sharepoint forum.

comments: author: Joshua Smith
body: Not looking to leave, just looking to migrate content.


author: Joshua Smith
body: Also, to add to the sharepoint import we have the information needed.

Just need to know what the exporting processes are available for Confluence.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There are simply not a lot of exports from Confluence. It's a system that does not expect us to want to move to inferior ones and hence sees no reason to enable downgrades.

Your export routes are word, pdf, xml or parsing a backup. None of these will work well for Sharepoint, mainly because it is bad at handling them.


author: Liam Q
body: What if you want to move to a system that lets you highlight text?


author: Liam Q
body: From what I can see, the only way to export is page by page, exporting to Word or PDF. It would be great if this was a feature.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

export

sharepoint
section layout
Asked by Manny Cruz:

Hello, I just wanted to ask why am I unable to create a section? I only have the ability to choose from 2 , 3 and 4 sections.


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Manny Cruz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4025279)

In the cloud version in the new editor, you don't need to create a section for the entire page.  
You simply place the content outside of a 2, 3 or 4 section.


Tags: cloud
Is it possible to restrict editing privileges on specific sections of Confluence to specific users?
Asked by Gabriel Morris:

I just discovered Confluence. I've never actually used it.

I'd like to know if what I have in mind is possible. I have a global team spread out over 20 countries.

I'd like to create a space on Confluence with 20 sections, with a section for each country.

The purpose is for each country team to be able to update the others on what they're doing.

**I'd like each country to only have permission to edit its section. They would not be able to edit any part of the document besides their section.**

**Is this possible?**


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Gabriel Morris](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4025208)

Yes, that is possible. You should create a separate space for each team / country. Each team then only has read / write rights in its own space. In the remaining space only read rights.

In the confluence cloud version as the free version, however, the rights cannot be set as differentiated.  
In the server version and the other cloud versions with product plan higher than free, this is possible.

comments: author: Gabriel Morris
body: [@zp repo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1752456)

Thank you so much for the clear, concise, and helpful response.

Much appreciated!
Edi??o Colaborativa
Asked by Marc?lia Nascimento:

Quero permitir a edi??o colaborativa, entretanto quando clico em configura??o geral do confluence n?o tem o menu "edi??o colaborativa". O que acontece?


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Marc?lia Nascimento](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3984773)

In the cloud, collaborative editing is turned on by default. What do you want to turn on there?

Na nuvem, a edi??o colaborativa ? ativada por padr?o. O que voc? quer ativar l??

comments: author: Marc?lia Nascimento
body: Obrigada


Tags: cloud
Unable to edit existing Confluence pages
Asked by Edith Murphy:

Unable to edit existing Confluence pages. However, some pages we are able to edit. Appears to be a bug.


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Edith Murphy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1459516)

There will be some pages with different rights?

comments: author: Edith Murphy
body: I think it was a bug that's now resolved as I'm now able to edit the page in question.


Tags: atlassian-support

cloud
Error trying to export to Word
Asked by Shae Peterson:

I am trying to simply export a confluence page to Word and am receiving the following error.

"Sorry, can not check export state, download is unavailable!  
Reason: error"

![Error.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104145i2924962604017244/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Error.PNG")

In the past, I was able to complete this function on the same pages without issue. I have tried on multiple browsers on multiple different PC's.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Shae,

I haven't seen that particular error before, and it does look a bit different than a usual Confluence error. Have you confirmed that all other users are also encountering this error?

I would recommend reporting this to your Confluence site admin so they can have a look at this for you. If they determine this to be an issue across all users, they can [report the issue to Confluence Support](http://support.atlassian.com/contact) and we can take a look for you.

Thank you,

Shannon


Tags: cloud
setMacroJsOverride for macro with no parameters
Asked by robert_egan_305:

I have a macro with no parameters. All the content is in the body.

In the past I have called setMacroJsOverride to define an 'opener' callback. I still want to do that with this macro, except it seems the editor does not call the opener when the macro has no parameters.

What callback should I define instead of 'opener'?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: What if you add a dummy parameter to your macro? Does it work then?

comments: author: robert_egan_305
body: Yes. I decided to add a parameter called "description" and make it required. Which was probably a good idea anyway, considering how poorly developers document their content :)


author: Yusuf TAMBAG
body: Just put empty parameter tag like \<parameters/\> inside macro definition, parameter is not required but parameters tag is.