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contents cell Excel into Confluence Page
Asked by Leen_Van_Brandt:

How do I include the contents of specific cells on specific locations in my Confluence page


Answers:
author: Leen_Van_Brandt
body: What I would like to do is the following:

we will have to make several reports that will contain the same information at certain locations.

For example paragraphs 2, 4, 10 and 11 are other paragraphs in other reports but contain exactly the same information. However, the reports are specific for every product we manufacture, so the information contained in those paragraphs is also specific per product.

We have more than hundred products, each with, let's say, 10 of those paragraphs.

We wanted to do this with the excerpt + Excerpt include function. But then we have to create several hundreds of pages with just a sentence or a few words.

I was wondering if there might be a better way.

Basing on an excel was one of the ideas, but maybe Confluence offers other possibilities to implement this?

The ConfiDoc: I searched how to install it but didn't find it.

Kind regards,

and Thanks !

comments: author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Leen_Van_Brandt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2951474)

Okay, I see. With this use case, I'm not pretty sure that ConfiDoc is the right plugin to fulfill your wishes :)

With [ConfiDoc](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212211/confidoc-viewer-for-sql-xml-json-csv?hosting=server&tab=overview) you cannot directly connect to an excel, but perhaps it would be an option to set the paragraphs in a SQL-DB or an XML. Documentation for ConfiDoc ist [here](http://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIDOC/ConfiDoc%20Plugin%20for%20Confluence)

I like the excerpts way. Perhaps this plugin is better for you, there you can set up multiple excerpts per page. [MultiExcerpt](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/169/multiexcerpt?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). This plugin I do not know :)

And here you find [how to install confluence plugins.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/upm/installing-add-ons-273875715.html) Make sure you are administrator of the confluence. Otherwise, you can't install plugins.


author: Leen_Van_Brandt
body: Dear Dominic,

I tried it out and it seems that MultiExcerpt is what we need, thank you!

Also thank you for the links to how-to-install confluence plugins!


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Leen_Van_Brandt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2951474)

What exactly do you want to try?

A good plugin is ConfiDoc. With this you can include, transform, aggregate and show the content from different sources in Confluence. But Excel is not supported --\> CSV is.

You have to app link the source in confluence.

Perhaps this would be a good solution
Confluence Email Notification Character Hidden/Wrong Color
Asked by changmle:

Hi,   
In all of the Confluence email notifications, the first character from the second link is missing from viewing. We can only see the full word when we highlight the word and paste on Notepad. Anyone know how to solve this bug?

Confluence version: 6.10.1

![ConfluenceEmail.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/50082iCC70341800181B31/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ConfluenceEmail.png")


Answers:
author: Stan Ry
body: Hi [@changmle](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2270364)

Yup that's a general bug and it's valid not only for Deutsch but for other languages too. When displayed in Microsoft Outlook, the TD element that wraps the second link draws incorrectly. I think Atlassian has to correct their layout to make it compatible with Outlook.

The first character in the second link gets overlayed by the previous HTML element. This could've been fixed by editing left padding inherited from body.

It seems to be only reproduced when viewing emails in Outlook. If you save the notification email as an HTML file and then open it in Chrome, you'll see the second link is displayed correctly.

By the way the first character of Like button displayed underneath the commentary in the notification message (if it notifies you about a new page outline comment) is also displayed incorrectly: the previous element overlaps the TD element that contains the Like word.

comments: author: changmle
body: Thank you for the prompt reply and clear explanation.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Why should I upgrade?
Asked by CARLOS SILVA LEON:

Hi

I have confluence version 3.4 server. I am thinking in renovate the support and upgrade the version. What are the main advantages

Thank in advance


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You lose a nice simple text-based markup, but you will gain:

* An editor closer to WYSIWYG
* Speed
* Security (3.x should not be allowed on the internet, it leaks too much personal data. For security you need to be on 6.12 at a minimum, and that jumps to 6.13 in a few weeks - please, go to 6.15 asap)
* Closer integration with the rest of the Atlassian stack
* Collaborative editing
* Being supported

There's a load more, but I'm not going to read 8 years of release notes for the less important points. You absolutely should upgrade, do it as soon as you can.

comments: author: Carlos_Silva_Leon
body: Thank you. In the current version, do you can program the publication of a page?


author: Kat Warner
body: Security fixes, performance improvements, and functionality improvements. You could also be on a version of Confluence that is supported by Atlassian.

What is holding you back from upgrading? The main advantages to you and your organisation depend on why you are on such and old version and how you use Confluence.
Connect confluence server via identity providers
Asked by Lina Nakache:

Hi,

Today we use confluence cloud and we need to activate SSO via OKTA.

But to do so we must verify the user domain, this is not possible for us.

the question is, if we will use confluence server, will we also need to verify domain for our users?

Thanks

Lina


Answers:
author: Christian Reichert (resolution)
body: Hi Lina,

no that is not necessary on server. There is much more flexibility.

However, SAML Support doesn't come out of the Box on Server. You'll need an additional plugin to do that.

Here is an example of what's available in the marketplace: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=SAML%20>

Full disclosure: I work for resolution a marketplace vendor and the first search result.

Cheers,

Chris


Tags: confluence-server

developer
How to delete a Confluence page with Scriptrunner
Asked by Ahmed Zeb:

Hi,

I am new to Scriptrunner and want a script that could delete a specific page in the confluence space. Thanks


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Would the built-in page-tree delete be useful?

<https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/latest/confluence/builtin-scripts.html#_delete_page_tree>

comments: author: Ahmed Zeb
body: Thanks [@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781454) , but I need script runner code for this. Also please see if you could help answer my other queries also.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I think you need ContentEntityManager.removeContentEntity( contentEntity )


Tags: scriptrunner
Add-ons Pricing on Cloud Development Instances
Asked by Miguel S?nchez Villaf?n:

So I want to develop a few add-ons for confluence and signed up for a free Development Cloud instance BUT, the billing part of the instance says I will have to pay $10 for Jira Service Desk, although in the terms of it said that there was chance for a single user to use it so I'm confused on how billing actually works on development instances that don't have a billing method set, especially with add-ons for Atlassian products and for Atlassian products themselves (Like Service Desk and Team Calendars for Confluence), Does anybody know how pricing for add-ons and apps work on a Development Cloud Instance?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Miguel!

Thank you for reaching out. I'm happy to clarify this for you.

A Cloud Development instance needs to maintain the following number of users per product in order to have a $0 charge:

* Jira Core: 5 users free
* Jira Software: 5 users free
* Confluence: 5 users free
* Jira Service Desk: 1 agent free

Can you check and verify that you do not have more users added to the instance than this? Once it goes over the number of free users allotted, then you begin to be charged the normal amount.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atl-ca

atl-dev

jira-service-desk
I am using source mode. As i am new with this software, whenever i introduced a pipe juction .
Asked by Bishal Gautam:

As i am using source modelling softwater, Whenever I introduced a pipe junction in my model, i can make only one connection that is either with supply or the next pipe junction. But i need to make connection in both supply point and next pipe junction as well. I will be really thankful to you if you can help me out.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain what this has to do with Confluence?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence craching on startup due to synchrony
Asked by drewhubley:

I have an instance of confluence (6.15.1) running in a virtual environment. The instance starts up normally 90% of the time but sometimes the application crashes when starting synchrony.The logs look like a normal start up then stop after the line indicating synchrony has started. The server can be started by running the confluence-start.sh script which deletes a stale PID and proceeds normally.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: drewhubley
body: It was an intermittent issue due to memory.

Thanks


author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

Do you have some indicators in the logs ?

Usually, it can be out of memory issue.

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov


Tags: confluence-server

server
Make Filter in my Account
Asked by Ruhul Amin:

how to configure web mail to permitted send me mail who are add this list.


Answers:
author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Ruhul!

This is a forum for end users of Confluence, and is not specific to your company or its IT department. While we hope you get your web mail configured, you'll need to ask someone at your company to help with that.

Good luck!
How to stop email notifications from Confluence?
Asked by ameyd@vmware.com:

Hi

I have a problem, Confluence keeps sending me unwanted notification emails and it is filling my mail box, Please help me how do I stop this I have already turned off the auto-watch feature and all features under email setting is un-checked but I still keep getting them.

Also not using any third party plugins.

Please help.


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [ameyd@vmware.com](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2953736) ,

Have you ever checked other configurations in Email Settings?

![1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/50050iFCBAD5B7E254CB7E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "1.png")

In addition to the above, you need to stop watching the space or page in your personal settings.

![2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/50051iAB27608E7B37AF60/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2.png")

comments: author: Jared Brenner
body: The free [No Email Storm](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/42684/no-email-storm?hosting=server&tab=overview) app may also be useful here.
How do I move a column in a table?
Asked by Andrew Webster:

I've created a table full of data. I now realize I need to have the columns in reverse order. However, I've tried creating a new column and copying/cutting and pasting data into it - but only the first (top) cell gets copied.

It's going to be a night mare to copy/paste cell by cell.

Help!

Can we get a copy/cut/paste COLUMN that works the same way as copy/cut/paste ROW please?


Answers:
author: Aleksandr Zuevich
body: Hi Andrew,

There are buttons in panel like Cut table column, Copy table column and Paste table column:

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/50049i7D0F82D92629DD50/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")

comments: author: Andrew Webster
body: Ah. Totally missed that. Late Friday brain-fog. Thanks for pointing it out!


author: Stan Ry
body: Working with tables in Confluence (as well in many other HTML editors) lefts something to be desired, so if you happen to mess with merging multicolumn tables, you could copy them from Confluence to any editor such as Word first, edit tables there, save finished document as a HTML and then copy HTML into Confluence editor's window. Just open saved HTML in browser, then Ctrl+A \| Ctrl+C to copy table from the HTML file, and then paste layout into the Confluence editor's window.


author: Laura Baumgartner
body: How would we do the same thing with the new Confluence editor UX? Those buttons no longer exist.


author: Aleksandr Zuevich
body: Hi [@Laura Baumgartner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3677887) ,

I suppose you're talking about Confluence Cloud while this question is about Confluence Server. Anyway, you can select the whole column, cut it (Ctrl+X), then press + sign to add new column where you need, and paste (Ctrl+V).


author: Cody Coonradt
body: Thank you for this!!!


author: Frank Schr?der
body: This breaks all the links in the table since only the part until the first \`\&\` is copied.

Being able to set the font size on a per-table basis would also be a great feature.


author: Frank Schr?der
body: Note that this means that Confluence **silently discards your content**.


Tags: column

confluence-server

copy

move

paste

server

table
Comparing issues submitted vs unsubmitted
Asked by Kevin Decker:

Hi everyone! I have a scenario that I'm looking for some ideas on. We have a group of users, around 600 or so, that are required to submit an issue in JSD that moves on through approvals etc. In a perfect world everyone would fill it out but we know that's not true so I was looking to leverage Confluence or maybe even JSD to display all users that **have not** submitted an issue in JSD under X project, Y request type. All of our users are synced from our active directory just as a note. Appreciate any help!


Answers:
author: Kevin Decker
body: Essentially what I'm looking to do is list a group of 'customers' and see who has an open issue \& who does not, similar to looking at it the JSD customers tab


author: EwaBo
body: I think you can just JQL JIRA for Request Type field - if it's empty that should mean they created a ticket in JIRA directly, not using SD portal.

project = X and "Request Type" = empty

It worked for me!

Thanks, Ewa


Tags: confluence-server

jira-service-desk

jira-service-desk-server

server

table
I have view/edit rights to a page, however I cannot see the "Edit" button.
Asked by Thomas M Gaukin Jr:

I have view/edit rights on several different pages, and on some of the pages I cannot see the "Edit" button to actually edit the page.


Answers:
author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Thomas M Gaukin Jr](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2952470)

You noted that you can see edit on **some** of the pages so your space permissions are probably OK.

Go to the pages where you can't see the edit button, then go to those parent pages to see if those have view only restrictions. That might give us a hint at what is going on.

- Jonathan
I have edit and view privilege on a restricted space but I cannot edit content on the site
Asked by Linda Esdon:

edit and view privileg on sapce but I cannot edit pages and I can only create a blog - do you know what i can do to increase privileges so I can use the site?


Answers:
author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi Linda,

do you have access to the space permissions or what makes you so sure about the permissions you got already? From what you are telling I assume you don't have the Add Pages permission (which implies editing as well). Are you a space administrator or do you know the space administrator of that space or a system administrator of your Confluence instance?

Best, Max

comments: author: Linda Esdon
body: I just looked at it with the space admin and I can see on the restrictions button that my user id has edit and view privilege (just added after creating the space), so that might be the issue. I don't know how to see what privilege i have on the confluence - i have my home and I can add pages and other object types there.


author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi Linda,

just so I don't confuse things here. On that page you can see the page restrictions and view and edit restrictions list you as user - "XYZ can view and edit"? But what I was talking about are space permissions, so one level above page restrictions. You have your personal space where all of that works, correct? There you can have a look at the space permissions. Just head over to the Space Tools. But each space has its own settings applied to it - there you have to check what's possible for your user / user group.

Best, Max


author: Linda Esdon
body: Changing the space permissions resolved the problem - as per your post. Thank you!
How do I change alignment in a table
Asked by Paul Carver:

I'm creating a table and I want every cell in the table to contain center aligned text. I can center text in one cell using the menu bar but when I select the whole table and click the center align button it does not change the alignment.


Answers:
author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi Paul,

you're right with your observation that you have to change formatting options for each cell individually in cloud. As I am constantly switching between Confluence Cloud and Server instances this difference between both platforms always gets me... :/

Best, Max

comments: author: Paul Carver
body: Well, it's hard to consider that anything other than catastrophically broken, but I guess it is what it is.


author: Gareth
body: Its still painfully broken :)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Page properties report Macro reading other macros
Asked by Mark Watkins:

Within the Edit 'Page properties report' Macro, I've managed to get the macro to pick up the Columns I need and the page title but I am unable to import any more data.

Could this be because the data on the 'Page Properties' macro is another macro called 'Status'? Does the data need to be plain text or should it be able to read other macros on the page?

Any help will be very grateful.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there!

Mark, the Status macro should be rendered in your Page Properties Report. Just remember that you need to use the first column as the name for the values that will be shown under the Page Properties Report Macro.

My page with the Page Properties look like this:

![Screen Shot 2019-04-02 at 11.41.44.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/50277i920E840BBB493AE7/image-dimensions/361x319?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2019-04-02 at 11.41.44.png")

Having the table inside the Page Properties macro is essential for it to work.

Now, the page which contains the Page Properties Report Macro looks like this:

![Screen Shot 2019-04-02 at 11.41.38.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/50280iD6FD65789A364930/image-dimensions/551x116?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2019-04-02 at 11.41.38.png")

Could you clarify some points for us? Here they are:
> 1. What exactly is shown when you try to add a status macro in your page properties?
> 2. Has this worked at some point?
> 3. Can you provide us some screenshots of the behaviour?

Just take care to not disclose any sensitive information with the screenshots. Community is open and everyone can see! If possible, send us screenshots of:
> * Page with Page Properties
> * Page with Page Properties Report
> * Setting of the Page Properties Report

Looking forward to your reply!

Edit:

You can find more information about both macros here:

**[Page Properties Macro - Confluence Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/page-properties-macro-724765240.html)**

[**Page Properties Report - Confluence Cloud**](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/page-properties-report-macro-724765250.html)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

macro

wiki
Does RSS Feed Builder support RSS 2.0?
Asked by Edgar Derksen:

In an Confluence Release note:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/release-notes-2-0-137155.html>

there is a description on how to create an RSS 2.0 feed. We are using Version 6.8.1 and I want to create a RSS-2.0-feed using the RSS feed builder. Is this feature still available? If available, how can I access the feature? In the wizard within Feed builder in our version I do not see the option. Is there a url-parameter to set feed-format to RSS 2.0?


Answers:
author: Guido Sch?pp
body: Hi Edgar,

I was interested in that topic, too. So I asked Atlassian support and they came up with with this solution: There is a parameter **rssType** which should be set to the value **rss** to get a feed in RSS 2.0 formatting.

So simply add **\&rssType=rss** at the end of the feed URL. Works fine with Confluence 7.4.1.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Delete or Restore Previous Version of page
Asked by David Means:

I have a page that will not render. Hence, I cannot access the normal or default menu of commands for that given page in order to delete or restore it to a prior version.

How do I restore a previous version or delete a page when the given page will not render?


Answers:
author: Thomas B
body: Hi [@David Means](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2007188) ,

1. Navigate to the page you want to restore
2. Click the three dots
3. Click Page History \> Select the v.## you want to restore
4. Select Restore OR Delete on the right side
5. Your page is now restored

![page-history.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/50024i11C3939298A489B3/image-dimensions/415x609?v=v2 "page-history.PNG")

Thanks!

comments: author: Thomas B
body: [@David Means](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2007188) just realized your page won't even render... so this will not resolve your issue but found this: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/cannot-edit-page-editing-or-deleting-a-page-that-won-t-render-167608440.html>


author: David Means
body: That's the ticket, thank you!! For whatever reason, I couldn't find that help page, and secondly, directly accessing the edit URL never occurred to me. Problem is fixed!
Re-import pages into Confluence
Asked by Schups:

One of our users tested Confluence in our test environment. He wants to move some of the pages he created (with great detail) to the production server.

Under "Space Tools" \> "Export" he chooses "XML" - where the label/description clearly states "XML exports can be reimported in Confluence". He then chooses "Custom Export" and selects the desired pages. Finally, then he obtains a zip file.

Unfortunately we cannot find any way to re-import these pages on the same Space in the productive server (error: "A Space with the same key already exists").

This does not make any sense. Since we are able to export individual pages, we should be able to reimport them too. Moreover, the description of the export mode clearly states that the zip can be reimported...

Any advice?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there, thanks for reaching out!

The XML export is indeed designed to be later imported into another Confluence instance. However, what happens when you select one or more pages, what happens is that you are creating a Space Export which contains the selected pages.

Now, when you export a Space, even if you select a single page, information such as Space name and key are exported with it. So, when Confluence tries to restore it, the application identifies that there is already another space with that same key/name and does not complete the export.

A workaround to that would be:
> 1. Go to the test instance
> 2. Rename the space
> 3. Change the space key
> 4. Create the XML export
> 5. Import that into production

Most likely, what is happening is that you do have a space that has the same key in your destination and Confluence refuses to import due to this.

We can check further information on XML export and import here:

**[Export Content to Word, PDF, HTML and XML](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-139475.html)**

[**Restoring a Space**](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-space-152036.html)

Looking forward to your reply!