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How to upload existing directory strucuture to Confluence
Asked by Aru Cadambi:

I want perform a one time task to upload legency documents to confluence. How do I do that?


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: You could try using WebDAV <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-a-webdav-client-to-work-with-pages-200704169.html>
Is the Page Tree available in the Confluence SaaS?
Asked by Matthew Wozniak:

Since moving to the Confluence SaaS service, I do not see the ability to enable the Page Tree hierarchy on the left-nav section of the system. I see there is a Page Tree Macro option, but I wanted to ask if there is a means of enabling this old layout option in the current SaaS service. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: Confluence Cloud has a new UI.

From <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/new-navigation-and-a-new-look-for-confluence-881536766.html#NewnavigationandanewlookforConfluence-faq>
>
> #### Where's the page tree I used to see in the sidebar? {#toc-hId-1371617861}
>
> When you're in a space, click **Pages** in the sidebar to reveal the page tree (or the ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/files/881536766/923436148/1/1498774355725/Pages+icon.png) icon if the sidebar's collapsed). If you'd like to see the page tree when you're viewing a page, expand the sidebar and you can see them side by side.
Retrieving security for a page via REST API's
Asked by Brian Mueller:

Hi,

I'm trying to write some code to index the different pages / sites within Confluence. Using the rest api's seems like the most logical path. As part of this, I need to be able to do the following:

1. Find out all users / groups who are either allowed to view the page or not allowed to view

2. Be able to identify when the security for a page has changed, to then flag the page for re-indexation

I'd like to use the REST API's to do this, but I don't see any way for either of these tasks, based off the documentation / examples.

Thanks in advance!

Brian


Answers:
author: Ron Elazar
body: as for part 1 :

use page restrictions api : (GET)

#### [\<server\>/rest/api/content/\<page_id\>/restriction/byOperation](http://localhost:8090/rest/api/content/7965952/restriction/byOperation) {#toc-hId-1371732097}

replace \<server\> \& \<page_id\> with your values
Access Confluence Knowledge Base from Service Desk Help Center shows empty window!?
Asked by Markus Raab:

I have a problem and no idea how to solve it. If I try to search for knowledge base articles from JIRA Service Desk I can find them, but if I want to open them I only get a white popup window without any content.

What could be the reason for that?

![emptycontent.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8279i6C8609A2DDC3794E/image-dimensions/637x386?v=v2 "emptycontent.png")


Answers:
author: Markus Raab
body: Found myself a first hint to the solution:

<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options>

JIRA Service Desk = service.companyname.com

Confluence Knowledge Base = community.companyname.com

But I am still confused. Is it not possible to enable the full access to the Confluence knowledge base articles from Service Desk's Help Center in a secure way?

Obviously I need to change something on the server which increases vulnerability.


Tags: jira-service-desk
user not login in confluence
Asked by Laurent Smits:

Good day I have a issue  
when a user want to login to confluence in our server(<https://doc.mycompany.com>)  
only show a message:  
"Sorry, there was an error during authentication - please try again."

<br />

the last change was name url (doc.server.com next doc.mycompany.com).

Also in jira show the message 'STATUS UNAVAILABLE' in config jira/integration/application link/

thank you

<br />


Answers:
author: MoroSystems Support
body: Hi Laurent,  
Causes may be more, please send a log from Confluence when the user attempts to login and a JIRA log when STATUS UNAVAIBLE appears?

When changing the name, it is also necessary to edit the server.xml file and the Base URL in the case of SSL. There may also be a mistake elsewhere.

Thank you

Pavel

MoroSystems support


author: Gregory Van Den Ham
body: I presume confluence is using jira's user directory? You'll need to relink the directory. Some documentation is [here for jira](https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver071/allowing-connections-to-jira-for-user-management-802592340.html) and [here for confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/connecting-to-crowd-or-jira-for-user-management-229838465.html#ConnectingtoCrowdorJIRAforUserManagement-jira).


Tags: jira
Links to Confluence when exporting to PDF/Word
Asked by Dave Tanner:

I have noticed that when I export a Confluene page to PDF/Word the links that get exported are not direct paths and will not work. For example the current path to Confluence is [https://confluence.\<company\>.com/]()....... When exporting the path seen in the exported document is file:///c:\\pages\\view.page..... This is because when I export and save it I am assuming this is the path to my desktop. How do I get it to keep the true path vs the redirected path when I export?


Answers:
author: Prime Air BOSS DevOps
body: I'm having this problem and it seems like it's a known issue that's marked Won't Fix?

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-26052>
Custom Confluence REST API ,removing version number from path
Asked by Praveen:

Followed [Developing a Rest Service Plugin](https://developer.atlassian.com/docs/atlassian-platform-common-components/rest-api-development/developing-a-rest-service-plugin) and adjusted @path annotation to create restapi of url: ***base_url/rest/myrestresource/1.0/***

I would like to remove the version no and have a REST API of url ***base_url/rest/myrestresource/***

Any input would be helpful.


Answers:
author: Praveen
body: Fixed, found this in documentation

[Rest Plugin module](https://developer.atlassian.com/docs/atlassian-platform-common-components/rest-api-development/rest-plugin-module)

Version:This is the version of the REST API. This is not the same thing as the plugin version. Different versions of the same API can be provided by different plugins. Version numbers follow the same pattern as OSGi versions, i.e. `major.minor.micro.qualifier` where `major`, `minor` and `micro` are integers. If version is `none`, then the REST API will not contain a version number in its URL.

comments: author: AnnWorley
body: Thanks for following up to help the next person who runs into the issue.


Tags: jira

rest-api
How can I search the file without showing the html code after transferring the file to global temp?
Asked by Kirsten Lemana:

When I start searching field name to a specific files, I only got 3 results instead of 300 files. These files has a macro live templates, hide if and html. So then I searched the rest of the files, the description appeared is the code of HTML. Below the macro has table of the files, and after we put the macros we delete it.


Answers:
author: Gregor Kasmann_Actonic
body: Please provide your search query example.

comments: author: Kirsten Lemana
body: ![Search issue.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8298i743BAFB2AEED2B74/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Search issue.PNG")![Macro.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8299iE63D73A3E7540FCC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Macro.PNG")


author: Kirsten Lemana
body: In that screenshot when we search a file, code appeared in the descriptions.
need a group picker for Confluence
Asked by Mordechai Cikk:

Hi Confluencians,

Looking for a way to allow users to pick a user group that will then be saved in a Confluence Metadata field.

Anyone with experiance accessing user groups from within Confluence?

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mordechai


Answers:
author: Mordechai Cikk
body: Answering my own question . Metadata for Confluence has this option.
How can I see what role I have in Confluence ?
Asked by Iuliana Burgi Jurj:

Hello,

I am a new user with Confluence. Just started today.

We will use it as a wiki within my company so I am getting to know the tool.

I am navigating in the tool but I can not seem to see what role I have.

I would need to know because I should be Administrator, but I have my doubts.

I went into \`\`My Profile\`\` sectio and looked in all options, but I do not see it.

Can someone guide me on this ?


Answers:
author: Peter DeWitt
body: [@Iuliana Burgi Jurj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1159135), if you are a Confluence Administrator there will be a small gear by your avatar (upper right-hand corner). Clicking on that gear will give you a drop-down with a section entitled Confluence Administration.

.pd


author: Gregor Kasmann_Actonic
body: Confluence have 3 types of permissions:

Page restrictions - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html>

Space permissions - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html>

Global permissions - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html>

And you cannot see all your permissions on one page.

comments: author: Iuliana Burgi Jurj
body: Hello Gregor,

Thank you very much for your the information.

I understand the difference between the 3 types of permissions you mention.

But this brings me to another question: What is the difference between an \`\`administrator\`\` \& a \`\`site administrator\`\` ? From what I see in the settings the rights allocated t these permissions are exactly the same.

Thank you for your answer.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A site adminstrator looks after the Cloud site as a whole. They usually get included as Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket admins as well, as the role is often "look after the atlassian stack we've got", but you could in theory remove that, so they only have access to maintain users of the site (of course, with that access, they could still make themselves admins)


Tags: role

user
Cant find "Custom Color Scheme" under "Look and feel " in confluence
Asked by Remya T:

As per the documentation, [https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/edit-a-space-s-color-scheme-139486.html, I](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/edit-a-space-s-color-scheme-139486.html,?I) being a space admin tried to change the customize the default theme of the confluence. But as in the above documentation, I can't find the "Custom Color Scheme" under "Look and feel ". I am using confluence cloud. Under "Look and feel" I can find only 1.Thems 2.Header and footer 3.Pdf layout 4.Pdf style sheets


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Remya,

custom space color themes are not supported anymore.

You can find more information here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blog/2017/08/custom-space-color-schemes-are-going-away>
Possible to add labels to content within a page?
Asked by Kurt Van de Vel:

Goodmorning,

I know it's possible to add labels on a page level. Is it Possible to add labels to content within a page?

I basically have a number of pages with a lot of content. the different content entries need to be labelled so they can be found back.

Thanks,

KVDV


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: As Gregor mentioned, you can't label single parts of your page.

Just another remark (maybe you know it already): you can also label attachments.


author: Gregor Kasmann_Actonic
body: No, it is not possible.

But you can add labels to a few pages and then inlude them to a main page using 'Include Page' Macro. So you will have different pieces of content, each with its own labels and all of them will be shown on one page.

comments: author: Sandy Johnson
body: Gregor

If I'm searching on that label, won't it take me to the include page rather than the destination which is where I think Kurt want's to find the content.

Sandy
How to display the author of macro content in a user macro
Asked by adavison:

G'day,

I am trying to build a confluence page to assemble a number of report items into a weekly report.

I've written a Macro to get the reports into a standard format, and want to be able to capture the author of the content in the macro and display this.

Using $content.getLastModifier() or $content.getCreator() yeild the author of the page, not the person who added the macro content to the page.

Is this even possible?

Thanks

Andrew


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@adavison](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/682255) ,

it is very hard to put in place. You should retrieve page history and retrieve when that portion of page has been added to the page itself. My suggestion is to add a parameter to the macro itself where the creator can put the username.

Fabio
Removing completed tasks from project board
Asked by stepheb:

I am using the project management functionality from JIRA to organise a small team of customer facing individuals. The concept is to use as a simple workflow board and to track things from a To Do backlog right through to Done; we have added in blocked and on hold for issues we cannot move or we are pausing on (some debate as to whether one column would have sufficed!) I have an issue now with packaging up a 'version' to move tickets from the done status to not show on the board. In our agile boards this isnt an issue and is the way we work with the development teams but I cannot seem to get it to work in a similar fashion for my needs. Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Gregor Kasmann_Actonic
body: Please have a look at this question <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Clear-close-tasks-from-business-board/qaq-p/659454>
Is there an Invite to Confluence link or button
Asked by dave:

I know about the invite to Confluence tab in the management section. But you have to be an Admin to get there. So that wont work for me.

Yes, there is a link as well, but that only has options to add a default mailto:.

Is there a way to add a button (non-jira) or a link that will pop up your email to send an invite with a custom subject and body to the email?


Answers:
author: dave
body: I figured it out.

Created a macro with the email template I needed. Works perfect. Added a little more code so it wouldn't open a new tab in your browser before the outlook email popped up.

The email has links and everything I need this way. And no extra cost for an add-on.
Customize attachment limit by file type
Asked by Michelle Vincent:

I would like to be able to set different attachment limits based on file types. Photos of even 3 mb can slow page load types yet necessary files are often much larger. Currently our attachment limit is set at 5 mb. This does nothing to stop users from uploading many large images to a blogpost but does stop them from uploading needed files for collaboration.

Is there a ticket for something like this or a plugin? All I can find is limiting what type of files can be uploaded which isn't what I am looking for.


Answers:
author: Gregor Kasmann_Actonic
body: It is not possible out of the box, but seems like may be implemented thru API:

<https://developer.atlassian.com/docs/getting-started/plugin-modules/servlet-filter-plugin-module?_ga=2.259091018.1545005343.1508746524-971217003.1491992739>

comments: author: Michelle Vincent
body: thank you, we will look into that


Tags: confluence-app

server
why is this community not powered by confluence?
Asked by Jill Solovey:

I noticed that this online community is not powered by Confluence. I wonder why? seems like this is a confluence common use case?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Jill,

That is a good question. We formerly used Confluence with the [Questions for Confluence](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/questions) add-on for our Community. Now, as our Confluence Product manager explains on this other post, [What is the future of Questions for Confluence?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/What-is-the-future-of-Questions-for-Confluence/qaq-p/460467):
> ...the decision to move Atlassian Community to a new platform was the result of the broadening requirements of the Community. That is, the need for the Community site to encompass more than Q\&A, and also to offer things like user-generated articles, product-specific landing pages and topical themes, which aren't currently part of the feature set of Questions.

Please let us know any follow up questions or anything we can help with.

Thanks,

Ann
Is it possible to create Nav and Sub-Nav structures for Confluence Pages?
Asked by Chad Connelly:

Hi,

Rather than linking a bunch of departmental pages together (eg: Strategy, Creative, Accounting and Development), is it possible to create a client page /project page, then create Nav and Sub-Nav page structures on the same page?

The current methodology is to create individual pages (per department), then link them to the main client page. This creates a ton of various client /departmental versions and displays all of these different pages in search results. Too many pages are hard to maintain. Too many pages are overwhelming in search results. Too many pages are hard for any new team member, employee or partner to ramp up on the projects, and related documentation.

Ideally, there should be one client page /project page and all related content should fall out of that specific page. One search result. One page for new team members to ramp up on. One page to maintain. Simple and clean.

If anyone knows how to do this, I'd really appreciate your help.

Thank you in advance.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, it is possible. It sounds like you simply need to change your author's guidelines on what they are writing, and maybe provide templates for your on client/project.

Don't overdo it though, if you make massive pages, humans learn to ignore them.

comments: author: Chad Connelly
body: Thanks for the feedback, Nic. Any links you can point me to for instructions on the setup or said pages?
Is it possible to display contents of an excel spreadsheet based on a drop down search in Confluence
Asked by Pat Lalonde:

We're wanting to import an excel spreadsheet with the content of the spreadsheet being displayed based on product and release selection via a drop box. Is this doable?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Pat,

This isn't possible in native Confluence, but it seems that you may be able to use the 3rd party [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/server/overview) add-on to do something similar.

I would recommend trialling the add-on to see if it can meet your needs.

Let us know if you have any questions about it.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Looking for examples of user intuitive Confluence Landing/Index pages
Asked by Merrill Oates DA Admin_Own:

Our user base is expanding with mostly non-technical users who want to simply and easily find content in Confluence.

I am looking for examples of Landing/Home/Index pages that would more intuitively help users find content in the growing number of Spaces and content areas. -- There must be examples out there of how other organizations have created a more welcoming orientation for new users to Confluence content.

Ideally, these would have the capability of (at least partially) self-updating as new content is added, rather than being all manually maintained.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Merrill,

We use [Scroll Viewport](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-viewport/server/overview) here at Atlassian for our documentation pages in order to make them more simple. Perhaps a different theme such as this would help you accomplish what you require?

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Using self-hosted Confluence w/o user as domain members
Asked by BILL COLLIER:

We want to use self-hosted Confluence.

We have Windows Small Business Server but use it more like a peer-to-peer network. So each PC's properties/identity usually shows them as a member of "Workgroup" as opposed to being a member of our domain.  

While I'd like to tighten up our processes and security and really get everyone logged in to the domain, I'm not sure how quickly that will happen.

Can we use self-hosted Confluence with this configuration?


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Yes, you can use Confluence internal directory to create users, see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-user-directories-229838212.html> for more information.

comments: author: BILL COLLIER
body: Thanks for the quick response!
creating & updating user accounts
Asked by Dawn McIntosh:

We tried to create a new account today. It would not allow us to give the account the proper name. It automatically sticks the e-mail address into the name box. All our other user accounts have the proper name in them (first name last name). Did something change and if so, why? We even tried to update the account to change what was in the name box and it would not allow us to do that. Why???


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Dawn McIntosh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/213284)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://support.atlassian.com/user-management/docs/make-changes-to-a-managed-user-account/>

<https://support.atlassian.com/user-management/docs/create-and-update-groups/>

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215121/user-updater-for-confluence?tab=overview\&hosting=server](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215121/user-updater-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=server)

Cheers
Confluence Bug in updated field under space tools --> content tools?
Asked by Steve Solun:

Dear Dev team,

Correct me if I am wrong but I think I have found a bug in your software when I go to Space Tools ---\> Content Tools ---\> Templates.

I am attaching a screenshot, where the date is wrong. If it is a bug please fix it, if not please explain to me what it is it?![Confluence Bug.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8223i0E14CCCDF99F66F7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence Bug.PNG")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Steve,

It looks like you might have set minutes somewhere instead of months.

Have a look at [Configuring Time and Date Formats](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-time-and-date-formats-150144.html) and be sure that you're using capital Ms for your months and not lowercase Ms, which signifies minutes.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Steve Solun
body: Atlassian customer service helped me to figure it out.

Thanks a lot Shannon :) Great company with great customer service!


author: Shannon S
body: Glad we could help, Steve! :)

Take care and have a pleasant week.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


Tags: bug

template
Cant edit confluence spaces/pages after migration to a new server
Asked by Adis Zilic:

Hello there,  

i migrated our confluence server (6.4.3) to a new one, at first all looked fine but if i want to edit a space/page, message appears "site loads longer than..." cant edit any space even as confluence admin. i deleted index and journal folder, rebuilt indexes, same thing. At new server the directorys for all confluence data are different then on the old server. Of course i changed home directory in config. Are there any other config files i have to change paths? Has anyone an idea what i can do? Sorry for my bad english.

Greetings from germany


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A quick test - could you turn off collaborative editing (in the admin menu) and try editing again?

If you can now edit (with the old style editor), then there's something wrong with your Synchrony setup.

If you still cannot edit, then we'll need to start looking at the logs.