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Confiforms - Using Smart Dropdown to pass choice to JIRA but getting ID instead of option choice
Asked by Erin Smith:

Hi,

I'm using Confiforms to create an intake form in Confluence to create JIRA issues. One of the fields is a Smart Dropdown field referencing a Confiform Table on another page (sub-page of the main page).

The dropdown correctly shows the options and allows you to select the product. The Stored Data of the form correctly records the product selected, but when it is passed to JIRA in the JSON code it passes the Confiform generated Row ID 8693080a-bec3-4c8c-9708-337f50b24ede

Is there a Virtual Function or other code I need to put on the end of the variable when passing it through JSON? Currently this is the code: \[entry.ImpactedProducts.escapeJSON\]

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: You will need to have the actual codes your JIRA expects stored in the form which your ImpactedProducts field references.

This way you will need to change the reference to your smart field to actually take that other field from a target form

\[entry.ImpactedProducts.\<HERE_GOES_THE_FIELD_NAME_OF_THE_FIELD_IN_REFERENCED_FORM_WHICH_HOLDS_THE_ID_YOUR_JIRA_UNDERSTANDS\>\]

Having your \[entry.ImpactedProducts\] get's you actually the internal ID (UUID) of the record referenced (from that other form your smart field takes the values from)


author: Davin Studer
body: It should look like this...

\[entry.ImpactedProducts.{fieldnamefromsmartform}.escapeJSON\]

So using the below screen shot as an example if the field in the smart form you were connecting to was called **thing** your entry text would look like this...

\[entry.ImpactedProducts.thing.escapeJSON\]

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9140i638BBC839141B910/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Tags: confiforms

jira

select-list
Cannot view visio files in confluence
Asked by sn:

hi,

users of confluence 5.10 server.

we use visio for most of our technical documents and I understand that Confluence doesn't have the ability to view these files.

is there a workaround for this ( without a plug-in?)

I looked at the lucid chart, idrawings and bob swift plug-ins.

any input on the support and best plug-in is much appreciated.

thanks !


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: No plugin-free workaround as yet, but we have an issue open for it [Ability to embed visio files in Confluence.](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Viewing-Visio-in-Confluence/qaq-p/401954)

There are several suggestions on this thread: [Viewing Visio in Confluence?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Viewing-Visio-in-Confluence/qaq-p/401954)
Add reply to exicting comment, using the REST API
Asked by Peter Bunde Hansen:

Given the ID of a comment, how can I use the REST API to add a reply to it?


Answers:
author: Jeremy M
body: Dear Peter,

You can find a detailed example here: [https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-a...](https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-add-comment)

Friendly Regards,

Jeremy Mooiman
Are there any work around for importing to Confluence Cloud from an older version of Confluence?
Asked by Melissa Gray:

My part of a company has been sold. We purchased JIRA Cloud and would like to import our portion of Confluence to Cloud. The problem is that the old company is running Confluence v5.6.3. I can import the pages, but the attachments will not import. Does anyone have any ideas of a plugin or workaround?

Unfortunately, having the old company upgrade Confluence is not an option.

Thanks!

Melissa


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Melissa,

The workaround in this case would be to:

1. Install a 2nd Confluence Server instance as 5.6.3
2. Import the spaces to that.
3. Upgrade that 2nd instance to the latest version of Confluence.
4. Migrate the spaces from that 2nd copy of Confluence to the Cloud Confluence.  

This would then not require you to upgrade your current Confluence instance. You can do this with an Evaluation license so there will be no need to purchase anything.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Confluence Overview over all edited&created pages in a space within a certain time range
Asked by Fabian Matthias:

Hello,

i need a overview over all edited\&created pages in a space within a certain time range. It would be great if it would be possible to add a filter to this overview, e.g. to filter the results for a given month. Especially it would be useful to "group" pages, which has been edited many times within given time range. Thus when Page A has been updated on 13.10 and 14.10 it should only be displayed once, if i select time range "October".

I already tried to modify the macros "Recently Uploaded", "Activity Stream" and "Recently Updated Dashboard", but none of them are the correct one.

Could you please help me ?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Hi Fabian,

If you are running Confluence Cloud, then I would recommend the following app: [Space Timeline](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/space-timeline/cloud/overview)

Otherwise it would probably be possible to do something for Server using either a user macro or use Scriptrunner to do a CQL search.
PDF Export with a picture in title page
Asked by farwardin:

Hello,

I want to use predefined export to PDF of some pages as administrator and I've defined title page in space adminstration under "Look and Feel -\> PDF Stylesheet under title pages like example in:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf64/advanced-pdf-export-customizations-936510557.html#AdvancedPDFExportCustomizations-headerfooter>

HTML - PDF Layout: Header Section as below:

\<div class="fsTitlePage"\>  
\<img src="/download/attachments/590719/titlepage.png" /\>  
\<div class="fsTitle"\>Planning for Confluence 4.0\</div\>  
\</div\>

In the past was it okay, but after update to [Atlassian Confluence](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence) 6.4.0

it is no more possible !!!

Is anything changed in Confluence for CSS ?

BR

Thanks for answer


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@farwardin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/195268)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-139475.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customize-exports-to-pdf-190480945.html>

Cheers


Tags: pdf
Adding videos to a page and have voting option for each video
Asked by Sara Ljung:

Anyone has a brilliant idea to help out with the following:

I would like to add several videos to a page in confluence and promote employees to upload their own videos. I would like to get the voting option available for each one of the videos and make an internal competition.

Any great ideas?


Answers:
author: Antony Martin
body: Hi Sara,

Maybe a bit late, but I've been using this add-on for Cloud and works very well. I use it in my team also for internal competitions.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/votes-for-confluence-cloud/cloud/overview>

Cheers!


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Sara,

you could use the [Multivote for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.tngtech.confluence.plugin.multivote/server/overview) app for that (if you are using Confluence Server). It is for free and we are using it also for voting. It works fine.

comments: author: Sara Ljung
body: Thank you Thomas,

Forgot to mention that we are on cloud solution..


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: There are apps for polls and voting also on Cloud:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud\&product=confluence\&query=polls](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=polls)

But I can't recommend any of these, because I don't know them. You have to try.


Tags: video
Adding Confluence Search to a web site as widget or tool
Asked by Yaacov Weingarten:

We have a Confluence Documentation site. In addition we have a Support site that is not in Confluence. We would like to add a search widget to the Support site (similar to the Question field on this page) that would do a "live" search for related topics in our Documentation site as the user types in his support issue.

Are there any quick and easy tools out there to create this?


Answers:
author: Bal?zs V?gs?
body: I was thinking of implementing something similar. I will prototype a pure JS widget which makes async requests to the Confluence API, see <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-server-rest-api/>

A request to the following URL will yield results in JSON format:

[https://your-instance.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/search?cql=space=Docs%20and%20type=page%20and%20text\~create](https://your-instance.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/search?cql=space=Docs%20and%20type=page%20and%20text~create)

comments: author: Matt Kepple
body: This would be ideal. How did it go?


Tags: search
Where is the Plugin .jar file get Stored in Fisheye Application
Asked by Sachin Dhamale:

Hi,

I want to know plugin location of fisheye application and confluence application.

Where exactly .jar file of plugin get stored?

Thanks

Sachin


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: In the data directory under plugins.You might want to explain why you want to know this. It's of no use to you unless you're debugging a broken upgrade or have an issue where you might want to clear the cache.

comments: author: Sachin Dhamale
body: Hi Nic,

In went to home dir of fisheye and in that i found plugins folder.

In the plugins folder there are three folder.

1. Bundled

2. config

3, user

Can you please give me the exact path.?

Actually we need to find out third party plugin licence cost.

Thanks

Sachin


Tags: fisheye-crucible

fisheye-crucible-administration

fisheye-development

jira
Question about MS SQL Server Collate option.
Asked by JongBum Lee:

Dear All.

<br />

I am having difficulty confluence upgrading.

I am currently using version 5.5.2, but this time I want to upgrade to version 6.3.4.

I have used SQL SERVER 2012 and used COLLATE setting as Korean_WanSung_CI_AS, but it will not go to the next phase when it is upgraded with SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS.

Is there any way to use the collate setting as Korean_Winsung_CI_AS as it is?

Please let me know how it can upgrade version and change collate at the same time.

Best Regards.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm afraid not. Confluence now needs that collation setting, it can't work with other ones.

comments: author: JongBum Lee
body: Thank you for your answer.

So, Confluence does not support other collate besides "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS" in MS SQL SERVER?


Tags: confluence-administration
Ssl error: java.net.UnknownHostException:https
Asked by Vrieling Webmaster:

Hi,  

Specs:  
Server 2016  
Java (32bit) Version 8 Update 151  

We installed Atlassian Confluence on premises and would like to communicate to it using SSL.  
Atlassian has a nice [manual](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/running-confluence-over-ssl-or-https-161203.html?_ga=2.126100168.496354548.1509898400-953636154.1489054928) that we carried out.  
We have a wildcard certificate (Comodo) that we wanted to use for this.  

So, we created a keystore, imported the certificate (.crt) and pointed the server configfile to it:  

    <Connector port="8443" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"                   maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25"                   protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol"                   enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true"                   acceptCount="100" scheme="https" secure="true"                   clientAuth="false" sslProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" SSLEnabled="true"                   URIEncoding="UTF-8" keystorePass="password"				   keystoreFile="D:\somepath\atlassian"				   />

Than we downloaded the root and intermediate certificates from Comodo and imported them in the cacerts store.  
After that we restarted the Atlassian Confluence service.  

We connect to Confluence using this url: https://app##.domain.local:8443  

When we use Chrome we get an: ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH error  
When we use Firefox we get a: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP error.  

We used a nifty tool to import the certificates: KeyStore Explorer.  
This little tool has also an option: Examine SSL.  
It gives us this error:  

![Confluence_SSL_Error.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8872iBA6A9C9B5B029E48/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence_SSL_Error.jpg")

What are we doing wrong and how can we fix this ?  
Any help is appreciated !  

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Eduard M
body: Hello,

Possibly the following would help, if you use the conversion process to include both crt and private key in generating a PKCS12:

1. Convert the existing cert to a PKCS12 using OpenSSL. A password is required when asked or the 2nd step will complain.

   openssl pkcs12 -export -in \[my_certificate.crt\] -inkey \[my_key.key\] -out \[keystore.p12\] -name \[new_alias\] -CAfile \[my_ca_bundle.crt\] -caname root
2. Convert the PKCS12 to a Java Keystore File.

   keytool -importkeystore -deststorepass \[new_keystore_pass\] -destkeypass \[new_key_pass\] -destkeystore \[keystore.jks\] -srckeystore \[keystore.p12\] -srcstoretype PKCS12 -srcstorepass \[pass_used_in_p12_keystore\] -alias \[alias_used_in_p12_keystore\]

comments: author: Vrieling Webmaster
body: Hi Eduard,

That did the trick.

Thanks !


Tags: ssl
I cannot set language to English
Asked by Paetur Mortensen:

Since your update, I get Confluence in Danish, and even some menu points in Finnish. I want it in English.

But there does not seem to be a way to change language. When I go to profile settings, I don't get an option to switch language, it only says "autodiscover from browser language (beta)" or something like that.


Answers:
author: Juri_Reinsalu
body: A more mild version is to tweak how the language is selected. Check this page: [https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/choosing-a-default-language-214860191.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/choosing-a-default-language-214860191.html?)

And my guess is that this property: confluence.browser.language.enabled should be of special interest for you.


author: Juri_Reinsalu
body: Had similar problem with my customer with Estonian.

My answer is - if you don't care about Danish, then just go to add-ons, all add-ons. Find Danish language pack, and disable it.

Juri Reinsalu, Ignite OU


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

language
Missing feature in confluence cloud: Product requirements | blueprint
Asked by Vivek KC:

My firm uses confluence cloud. I wanted to create a project requirements, blue print - however I see the macro/plugin/option is missing.

Would this be a license limitation or some error?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Vivek KC
body: Thanks for responding.

Verified all plug-ins are enabled.

Then on a detailed look, found this option is not given directly under macros, but rather a template to choose from under 'create from template' macro (drop down list).

So - thanks again, this helps.


author: Christo Mastoroudes _Adaptavist_
body: Hi,

The admin has the ability to disable blueprints.

If the answer solves your question please mark it as accepted so that other people with the same issue can benefit from it.

![Screen Shot 2017-11-06 at 14.49.07.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8882iFFEF6168E135B969/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-11-06 at 14.49.07.png")
Password registered in browser
Asked by Magnus Hivert:

How can i block the user password from being stored through the browser (such as Google smart lock). It does not seem very secure.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This is a function of your browser, not Confluence.

There are some javascript and html tricks which attempt to ask a browser not to store it, but they are easy to ignore, \*really\* annoy your users, and often don't work properly, so Atlassian have not bothered to implement them.

comments: author: Magnus Hivert
body: Right. So as long as Confluence is being handled in a browser, I will never be able to set up the kind of security needed for FDA compliance regarding electronic signatures?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: FDA compliance does not need you to prevent users storing passwords. If that were the case, then you would not be able to find a single web-based system that complies, and there are plenty that do.

I think you need to look again at what the compliance rules are.


author: Magnus Hivert
body: Ok. Just figured that if you need to re-enter your password for approvals (which is required for FDA compliance) the intent was to make sure it is you who approved it and not someone happening to pass by your computer and clicking a button (with stored credentials). Maybe my interpretation is wrong.
Space structure
Asked by Magnus Hivert:

Hello,

We're setting up Confluence using Comala Workflow and Metadata for confluence in our company. Confluence suggests creating spaces based on Teams, projects or departments. Comala Workflow suggests creating spaces with documents/pages sharing the same workflow (for example, creating a single space for all technical reports).

Which structure would you prefer (assuming you have strict workflow and review processes in your company)?


Answers:
author: Tschela
body: Found a nice article about that topic: <https://www.foreach.be/blog/defining-efficient-documentation-structure>


Tags: structure

workflow
Will Content ReIndexing Cause Confluence to be Inaccessible?
Asked by A:

Hi Everyone,

Planning to re-index Confluence as the search bar does not show results expected (example, searching for a username).

Was reading the user guides for Confluence but it doesn't mention if Confluence will become inaccessible if re-index happens. Although, some paragraphs say Confluence might become slow, under certain conditions.

Will re-index of Confluence content be done as background re-index or will it totally lock Confluence while re-index happens?

Confluence version is 6.3.4.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's done in the background. Yes, it can make Confluence slow while it runs, but it doesn't need to lock it so you can carry on using it.

comments: author: A
body: Thank you. Confluence re-indexed.
all I want to do is change the default landing page in Confluence
Asked by Antigone K:

I need the old style ... one that shows USEFUL things like the branding, a search box, a list of favorite spaces.

The users don't give a flying eff about their or other people's activities ... they want to actually DO stuff, and this crap gets in their way.

how the heck do I fix this mess?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Antigone,

By branding, I assume you mean the site logo, icon, and title. If I am incorrect in my assumption, please let me know, but you can still change this. Have a look at [Changing the Site Logo](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/changing-the-site-logo-724765495.html):

***To change the site logo:***

1. *Click **Settings** in the Confluence sidebar*

2. *Choose **Site Logo and Favicon***
3. *Click **Browse** to upload a new logo*
4. *Choose **Show Logo Only** or **Show Logo and Title** depending on whether you wish the Site Title to display*
5. *Hit **Save***

The search is also still in the sidebar. You can see it in the top left-hand corner. A tip: you can type / to quickly bring up your search. Here's how it appears in my instance so you can have a look:

![Screen Shot 2017-11-06 at 3.47.37 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8885i46D28FC1997927BF/image-dimensions/375x222?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2017-11-06 at 3.47.37 PM.png")

Lastly, to [set a site homepage](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/configuring-the-site-homepage-724765517.html), you can determine where Confluence lands by default, and if you add a space to [My Spaces](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/organize-your-space-827106212.html#OrganizeyourSpace-myspacesMySpaces), it will appear on the sidebar as your favorite spaces.

I hope this helps, but do let me know if you have any trouble.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
How to retrieve pages with my macro plugin?
Asked by Elier Delgado:

Hello,

I'm developing a macro plugin and need to retrieve pages (via the REST API) that contains my macro and the macro's content too.

My plan was to tag the pages with a content property from the macro when it is present in a page and later find those pages using CQL.

I was able to create content properties via the REST API and find those pages too.

However, I just find out that properties set by a macro are not visible to the REST API :(

Please, could you suggest a way to do what I need to?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Christo Mastoroudes _Adaptavist_
body: Hi,

Have you considered adding a label to the page when your macro is rendered? You should be able to grab all the pages with this specific label via a rest call.

comments: author: Elier Delgado
body: Hi Christo, I was afraid that people would remove the label but now that you mentioned I think it might work.

The macro render will get executed right after if the label is removed so it could almost guarantee that the label will be added back.

Unless the label is removed via REST but I think is good enough for what I need.

Thanks! I will let you know.


author: Christo Mastoroudes _Adaptavist_
body: It is possible that someone could remove the label from the page, but it will be added back the next time your macro renders, which will happen each time the page is visited or refreshed.

Instead of making it seem like magic to the user you could listen for the event that removes the label and display a message to the user explaining that some functionality relies on the label and prevent its removal.

This won't prevent an admin using a app like ScriptRunner to remove or rename all the labels on all the pages though. So I think it will depend on how critical the functionality you are trying to implement is.


author: Elier Delgado
body: I will rely on labels until something more safe come out.

Thanks for your help!


Tags: rest-api