youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Can I rename an existing database?
Asked by Rick Elkins:

Hello,

I have 2 separate server installations that I split. One is now work and one is home. To restore data, I made the databases used on both instances the same - confluence.

I would now like to rename the database I am using on the home server to something like ConfluenceHome.  

I use PostgreSQL database for both instances.  

What is the process for renaming the database?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Stop Confluence, use the database tools to change the name, edit the confluence connection settings in \<confluence home\>/confluence.cfg.xml to change the database name it connects to, and restart confluence.

comments: author: Rick Elkins
body: Nic - thanks for the response. I cannot believe I have not accepted your answer. I am doing so now. Sorry this is so late - and thanks for the help!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Subscribe Slack channels to Confluence pages-I do not find an option to enable slack notifications
Asked by Kartheek Reddy Jinna (CONT):

#### To subscribe to a page or post: {#toc-hId-1460301724}

1. Open the page that you would like to create a subscription for.
2. Click ![Actions menu icon](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/files/724764616/724764617/1/1427771566359/ellipsis.png) \> **Slack Notifications**.
3. Click **Add subscription**.
4. Choose the Slack workspace and channel to connect to your page or blog post. If your workspace isn't on the list, select **Add new workspace**and follow the prompts to connect it.
5. Choose the notifications you want to send to the Slack channel.

To subscribe to a page in a Slack channel, type `/confluence connect <page-url>` into the chat window. A subscription added via Slack will by default send notifications for all available event triggers.

Our confluence page does not have the option " Slack Notifications".

Can you please let us know how do we activate the option.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Kartheek!

If you are un **Confluence Cloud**, you should be able to check if the add-on is enabled:
> 1. Go to **Settings \> Manage add-ons**.
> 2. Select **System** from the drop-down.
>
> 3. Select **Slack Notifications** from the displayed apps and click **Configure**.
> 4. Check if the toggle is on

Further, could you clarify if the documentation that you checked is this:

**[Confluence Cloud for Slack](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-for-slack-956709523.html)**

If you are on server, you might need to use one of the **third-party software** available:

**[Slack Connector for Confluence Server](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215438/slack-connector-for-confluence-server?hosting=server&tab=overview)**

**[Slack For Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215055/slack-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)**

Let us know your thoughts!

comments: author: Kartheek Reddy Jinna (CONT)
body: Hello Diego, Apologize for the late reply. I will research the link you provided and reach out to the owner of the space and see if we could do that. Thank you.


author: Diego
body: Thanks for letting us know [@Kartheek Reddy Jinna (CONT)](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2620872) !

Looking forward to your reply.


Tags: atl-int

slack
Google Sheets Macro not working with Team Drive Sheet
Asked by Santiago Perez:

I'm trying to use the **Google Sheet Macro** in a page with a Google Sheet in a **Team Drive** and I'm able to select it when the google file browser shows up but when I select the file I want I get the following message in the attached image. I have access to the file from google drive. I've tried deleting all cookies, and different browsers, all the same result.

![GoogleSheetsMacro.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/43666i972648F05202BC41/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "GoogleSheetsMacro.PNG")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Santiago,

Do you own the document you are trying to insert? If not the same occur with any other Google Sheet document that you do own?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Santiago Perez
body: Yes I have admin access in the google team drive. Also I have the "Findable in search results" option enabled.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Santiago,

Sorry, I was asking if you're the physical owner of this document. Did you create it? I remember an issue in the past where this was occurring when a user wasn't the owner of the document, and I want to see if this is related.

Could you also confirm my other question, does this occur with all other Google documents?

Shannon


author: Raphael Bousquet
body: Hi Shannon,

An important detail to know about Google Team Drive is that the ownership scheme has changed compared to Google Drive. The Team Drive now owns the files, not the user. You still grant permissions for users to access the files, but the owner is the Team Drive itself.

Other products we use had to adjust their tool to the "new" Team Drive API because of the ownership change.

I hope Atlassian can do the same.

Thank you!


author: Shannon S
body: Raphael,

Thank you for clarifying, I hadn't heard of the Team Drive feature before.

I found out that there's a bug reported below:

* [CONFCLOUD-55650](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-55650) *Unable to see embedded google docs in a confluence page in case the contents are stored in Team Drives*

I've included your feedback regarding the API change on the Atlassian side of the comments. Please feel free to watch the case and vote on it to help keep track of the number of users who run into this issue while using Team Drive.

The workaround at this time would be to move the file out of Team Drive and into a personal drive.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Daniel Serodio
body: Thanks for the explanation and the link to the bug report Shannon. As I just commented on the bug, this limitation makes this feature almost useless :(


author: Shannon S
body: Thank you for the feedback on the bug, Daniel! It definitely helps to know how people are using this feature and how such a bug impacts everyone.

Fingers crossed that we can see a fix on this soon.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

google

sheet
Dashboard for Comala workflow
Asked by Naren:

Hi there

I have a 20+ pages with different comala workflow statuses, Is there a way to create a dashboard that displays status of various pages.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Mike Rink
body: Hi [@Naren](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1350706), are the pages in a single space? You could use the Workflow activity report for that: [https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Workflow+Report+Macro+-+States.](https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Workflow+Report+Macro+-+States.?)

If that doesn't work out, you may find Service Rocket's Reporting app useful for building a dashboard of statuses.


author: Jonas Uhlen
body: You can put the page status macro in a (hidden) page properties macro and use the page property report to create a dashboard that displays status of various pages aswell.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-properties-macro-184550024.html>

<https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Page+Status+Macro>


author: Bill Bailey
body: In past (back three years ago for another company), I used the [reporting-for-confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/186/reporting-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) to create top-level management dashboards. I had reports showing each individual page, who the owner was, its status, when it was last edited, etc. I even used it to create a pie chart breaking down the over status of pages (management loves pie charts).

The reporting plug is powerful. The only issue I had was figuring out the correct key chains for some of the values.


Tags: comala-workflows
How do I remove a user's access to a space/document
Asked by Andreas Georgiou:

Hi everyone,

Wondering if you can help me. This issue seems to be really complicated, I might be going about it the wrong way, so any guidance would be so appreciated.

There are certain spaces/documents on confluence which I want to restric one sepcific user from accessing (viewing). However, I can't seem to find how.

I go to spaces and go to restrictions, but this doesn't seem to have any options to stop a user from seeing this area?

![MNM Confluence.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/43662iB744FB0BE6435CE5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "MNM Confluence.png")

Am I missing something?

Thank you.

OP


Answers:
author: Tyler Brown
body: Hey Andreas,

Permissions in Confluence don't work on the concept of exclusion.

If you want to exclude one user from accessing the content you will need either:

* Provide all other users access to the Spaces on a per-user basis
* Create a group with all of your users and give that group access to the content

With either option you'll have some work to do (depending on how large your org is).

Hope this helps,

Tyler

comments: author: Andreas Georgiou
body: Thank you Tyler! I'll give this a go.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

restriction
How do I setup a grid landing page for blogs like https://www.atlassian.com/blog does?
Asked by Nicky Ayoub:

Hello,

I was asked a question from a colleague on if it's possible to use a table rather than a list for a confluence blocg page. Since I don't know I thought I would ask the experts here.

How do I setup a grid landing page for blogs like <https://www.atlassian.com/blog> does?

Any Ideas or links to plugins are welcome.

Thanks

Nicky


Answers:
author: Tobias Anstett _K15t_
body: Hi [@Nicky Ayoub](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/742779),

As you also asked for apps ;) You could use [Scroll Viewport](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211636/scroll-viewport-for-confluence) to create an alternative link and view for your landing page.

A real life example can be seen here: <https://www.k15t.com/blog>

Best, Tobias

comments: author: Nicky Ayoub
body: Thanks Tobias,

We are looking at the plugin.

Nicky


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to change file name when editing using Companion App
Asked by Krista Lilly:

I downloaded the Atlassian Companion app to edit a Word document. That worked, and it's reloaded, but how do I change/update the file name?


Answers:
author: Krista Lilly
body: Click Attachments to the right on the drop-down menu, then select Properties to the right of the Handbook and rename it in the File Name field.


Tags: atlassian-support

edit

questions-for-confluence
I am trying to remove users from groups but the action can not be completed.
Asked by Stephen Dowding:

I am trying to remove users from groups but the action can not be completed.

* Could not remove user 'nnnn' as a member of group 'nnnn'. Check your server logs for more information.

I have tried in the Group Members screen, and also from the User \> Edit User Groups screen. The same error message displays.

I am working in Confluence 6.7.0 (on premise).

I have full Confluence-administrator permissions.


Answers:
author: Yoga Reddy {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Stephen Dowding](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2425698)

Please let us know where you are managing your user groups to login into Confluence.

<br />

If you are managing your confluence User management by using LDAP(User Directories) In that case, you need to remove the user membership in your LDAP.

If you are managing your confluence User management by using JIRA(User Directories) In that case, you need to remove the user membership in your LDAP.

If you are using Confluence internal directory, then you can remove the users directly from the Confluence.

<br />

Here is a useful Atlassian article for [Removing Users from a Group](https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/removing-users-from-a-group-193790166.html)

Thanks

Yoga


Tags: confluence-server

server
What is this box called? (Circled in Red)
Asked by Josh Ong:

Hello! I'm currently creating a document on Atlassian Confluence, and i'm trying to create a box similiar to the one as shown in the picture.

The purpose of the box is for me to put in a content page, so that the person reading my document can easily refer to each section by clicking on the text in the box. And this box will follow the person reading my document as he scrolls.

I believe this has something to do with macros, and thus i'd like to know what the box is called so that i can google more on how to create it![Untitled.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/43647iB3B0CA2B4F3D4102/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Untitled.png")


Answers:
author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Josh,

The best way to describe that element would be "sticky". I don't know of a quick easy-to-use macro that replicates this, but I found a thread about the topic here: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-create-a-sticky-informational-banner-in-Edit-mode/qaq-p/878487>

Good luck!

EDIT: I had success using the Div and CSS Stylesheet macros, but they require the "Content Formatting for Confluence" plugin by Adaptavist. The panel in the screenshot below scrolls with the page, and with the z-index value set so high it is always on top of the other elements (so they'll stay behind it when it scrolls through them).

![sticky.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/43972iF034D2CF8AEDFBE2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "sticky.PNG")


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd guess that is text wrapped in a {panel} macro


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
New confluence (cloud) editor doesn't work on our enterprise network.
Asked by MattD:

Only recently noticed because more people are using confluence, but neither blogs nor meeting notes work, both of these use the new editor.

You can create the document and update the title but you can't writing anything in the main body. This works on machines not connected to our corporate network, so anyone found they needed to beg corporate security to open something for this thing to work or had to beg enterprise IT to tweak something in citrix desktop/windows server?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Matthew,

You'll want to confirm that the IP ranges and domains used for Cloud are all open on your network.

* [Atlassian Cloud IP Ranges and Domains](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/atlassian-cloud-ip-ranges-and-domains-744721662.html)

Once you can confirm these ranges and domains are open, you can test the feature again. You may need to use Developer Tools in your browser to see if there are any other parts of Cloud that your network is blocking.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: MattD
body: Thanks, I'll try and get someone in the ivory tower to check the filters.


author: Shannon S
body: Thank you for the update, Matthew! Good luck, and let me know if they have any questions for us!

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Installation failed. The app defined an unknown module (blueprints).
Asked by Aleksandr Zuevich:

Hi,

I'm trying to create Blueprint atlassian-connect add-on. So I took example from [here](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/multi-page-blueprints-with-confluence-connect/#review-the-atlassian-connect-descriptor) but took "Installation failed. The app defined an unknown module (blueprints)." error when uploading my app to my Confluence cloud instance.

I'd appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks in advance.

Here is my *atlassian-connect.json*:

```
{
  "key": "confluence-multipage-blueprint-example",
  "name": "Confluence Multi-page Blueprint Example",
  "description": "Create multiple pages with control over the structure",
  "vendor": {
    "name": "Atlassian Labs",
    "url": "https://www.atlassian.com"
  },
  "baseUrl": "${addon.base-url}",
  "links": {
    "self": "http://localhost:3000/atlassian-connect.json",
    "homepage": "http://localhost:3000/atlassian-connect.json"
  },
  "authentication": {
    "type": "jwt"
  },
  "lifecycle": {
    "installed": "/installed",
    "uninstalled": "/uninstalled"
  },
  "scopes": [
    "READ",
    "WRITE"
  ],
  "modules": {
    "blueprints": [
      {
        "template": {
          "url": "/blueprint.xml"
        },
        "createResult": "edit",
        "key": "remote-blueprint",
        "name": {
          "value": "Simple Remote Blueprint"
        }
      }
    ],
    "webhooks": [
      {
        "event": "blueprint_page_created",
        "url": "/created"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```


Answers:
author: Aleksandr Zuevich
body: I've posted the topic at the Atlassian Developer Community and there is a solution: <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/installation-failed-the-app-defined-an-unknown-module-blueprints/26614>.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Planned changes in Confluence 7.0 - Create a Template
Asked by Martin James:

I've seen there is now a [Planned changes in Confluence 7.0](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/planned-changes-in-confluence-7-0-962338802.html) page which provides detail about some of the different Atlassian Macros.

Will the [Create a Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-from-template-macro-317196995.html) macro have any updates?

For me this is a key feature that is vital to our company. It helps us to set the standard for each space on where things need to go.

The things it is lacking but should 100% be available:

* Set the location for a template to be created (by page)
* Set predefine labels
* Add some extra values @parent@, @pageid@@
* Switch of template options if this macro is presented on the page.

We have to sometimes create 3 or 4 templates exactly the same just because we don't have these options.

I'm aware there is the [Create Page for ScriptRunner Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/157/create-page-for-scriptrunner-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview), however the vendor requires you to buy a second plugin to use this tool, we are not willing to do.

I would like to hear everyone's thoughts on this.


Answers:
author: Ada Chen
body: Hi [@mybucket2018](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/684169) - I'm Ada, the Confluence Server and Data Center Product Marketing Manager.

You've got good eyes! The planned changes page is, as Tobias said, meant to highlight breaking changes for admins and Marketplace vendors ahead of time. At this time, we are not planning any breaking changes to the Create a Template macro.

With regards to your suggestions, I'd recommend voting on feature requests on jira.atlassian.com (our public issue tracker). There are already tickets for 2 of your suggestions:

CONFSERVER-29581: Create from template macro should ask on which location the page will be created

CONFSERVER-57778: I want to specify labels for the page created by the Create from Template macro

Our PM team tries to respond to all requests, and they always appreciate more feedback.

Cheers!


author: Tobias Anstett _K15t_
body: Hi [@mybucket2018](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/684169),

I think only Atlassian staff will be able to answer your question.

In general "planning changes" pages highlight the changes a admin or also app vendors should be aware of as "this breaks something" - either by means of users searching for a feature which is no longer available or app vendors have to change code because of changing API etc.

You are basically asking for a new features -- some of these I really would love to see as well :)

Best, Tobias


Tags: app

confluence-server

macro

update
how do I stay in place on a page when I go into editor mode?
Asked by Ryan Sommer:

Hello!

When I go into editing mode (by pressing 'e') confluence always jumps to the top of the page and I need to scroll down and find the actual spot.

This is especially annoying on large pages and when I only want to correct a typo.

Atlassian says that this behavior has been changed with version 5.9 and I use version 6.6.2 so it should have been corrected.

Can anyone help me here please? Is there a setting or is it a bug?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Ryan Sommer
body: After writing atlassian support I was told that the problem relates to firefox and chrome browsers.

I tried editing with safari browser and it works as it should. I will use safari now when I want to do some editing. Until the bug is fixed for the other browsers that is.

comments: author: Andreas
body: With Safari it does not work for me. Add your vote here for Confluence Server <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57520> and here for Confluence Cloud <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68857> to get the bug being fixed.


author: Rahav
body: [@atlassian](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3939016) This worked well for a long time, I believe starting in 2022 or earlier in Chrome. It is now broken, following one of your recent releases. What did you do, and can you fix it?


author: roman
body: [@Ryan Sommer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2617983),

this feature works non-consistently for me as well. In 6.14 it doesn't work for me, while on 6.13 it works on some pages.

Third-party apps could also prevent this feature from working correctly.

You could try a third-party app to help with long pages: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/33286/inplace-editor-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/33286/inplace-editor-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview).

Roman.

comments: author: Ryan Sommer
body: Thank you for answering and the tip for the plugin. Am I seeing it right that it costs money after 30 days?


author: roman
body: [@Ryan Sommer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2617983),

yes, that app is a paid add-on. You can do a 30 day trial to test it before purchase.

Roman.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
show page layout on PDF export
Asked by Dustin:

Hello all,  

i need my global set page layout to be shown at my PDF exports. It seems like my custom input is in some kind of "header" or "footer" which is not shown at PDF exports, any idea how to fix?

BR

Dustin


Answers:
author: Sloan
body: Hi Dustin, welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Did you follow this documentation?

* [Customize Exports to PDF](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customize-exports-to-pdf-190480945.html)

What did you add to the PDF stylesheet?

Cheers  
Nick

comments: author: Dustin
body: Hi Niklas,  

Thanks for your answer!

I did, but my CSS skills are horrible and I couldn?t manage to insert a Macro there. I don?t know how to call it (like where it?s saved) :(  
Any help is much appreciated.

for further information I?m trying to add the 'Change History' Macro.

Thanks in advance!

Dustin
How do I configure the tomcat port settings
Asked by King Alysterian Lion:

I recently deployed a confluence server to AWS this is the 4th time I am deploying the server. I continuously get an error after installation that the base URL and ports have not been configured in tomcat. Then the server stops working. However, I did not have this problem with Jira. Can you please help.


Answers:
author: Francesc_Arb?
body: Hi [@King Alysterian Lion](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2587582),

could you please show us the error log message?


author: Sid
body: Hi [@King Alysterian Lion](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2587582),

You can change the ports in \<installastion\>/conf/server.xml file.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/change-listen-port-for-confluence-165823.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server