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We use Confluence, Stash, Jira, and Bamboo. We are interested in integrating an open source document management tool like Alfresco. Is there a way to integrate something like Alfresco with he Atlassian products?
Asked by Ravinder Kapoor:

We use Confluence, Stash, Jira, and Bamboo. We are interested in integrating an open source document management tool (checking documents in and out, tracking document versions, custom workflows, etc.) like Alfresco. Is there a way to integrate something like Alfresco with the Atlassian products?


Answers:
author: Elizabeth
body: \> Is there a way to integrate something like Alfresco with the Atlassian products?

Yes there is, Ravinder.

AppFusions' [Alfresco to Confluence](https://www.appfusions.com/display/CONFALF/Home), [JIRA](https://www.appfusions.com/display/ALFJRA/Home) and [Crowd](https://www.appfusions.com/display/ALFCWD/Home) integrations were first developed in 2010 and have been supported and sustained since. They also do packaged integrations between Atlassian products and Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive (Office365), IBM Connections and Sametime, Jive Software and others.

Contact them at [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com) for evaluations.

You can also ask if they will port the Alfresco integrations to Bamboo and Stash (though maybe the use cases on those would be a little different).


author: Elizabeth
body: Yes, see below comment about AppFusions' integrations.


author: Ravinder Kapoor
body: Thanks for your response. Three questions. (1) Does Atlassian have a document control solution built into your product line? Or is it able to be purchased. (2) Do you know of integration of Atlassian with ANY other open source product? (3) Is there any documentation on how to interface with the APIs you mentioned? Thanks


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: It really depends on the level of integration you need. Atlassian products have well defined APIs (both internal and remote) that enables most integrations and you will find a ton of integrations out there already.

You will have define the requirements clearly and check the feasibility one by one.

comments: author: Ravinder Kapoor
body: Thanks for your response. Three questions. (1) Does Atlassian have a document control solution built into your product line? Or is it able to be purchased. (2) Do you know of integration of Atlassian with ANY other open source product? (3) Is there any documentation on how to interface with the APIs you mentioned? Thanks.


author: Elizabeth
body: Yes, see below comment about AppFusions' integrations.
When will Confluence 5.7.1 be released?
Asked by Chris Childs:


Answers:
author: Lukas Knoch -Rumpelcoders-
body: You can also look at https[://jira.atlassian.com/projects/CONF/versions/50804](https://jira.atlassian.com/projects/CONF/versions/50804) to get a clue.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: When it's ready.

Atlassian don't give specific dates until they are happy that something is ready to ship (usually only a few days before). You are going to have to guesstimate it from the activity you can see in public - the version of OnDemand Confluence is a useful indicator, Atlassian blogs, the age and complexity of the early access versions available for download and so-on.


Tags: confluence-administration
Embedded video(s) always autoplays - regardless of options
Asked by Elizabeth Bedwell:

When embedding any format of video into a Confluence (5.6.6) page the video always auto plays, even when the macro selection has been set otherwise. Have used the view code plugin to see and change the variable in source code of the page but when saved the video still autoplays even if set to false.

This is especially problematic with pages that contain multiple videos for comparison and review purposes.

Is anyone else having this issue or have any other solutions for it?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hey Elizabeth,

May I ask if this happens with any browser you try? If not, can you specify which browser are you using?

In case that happens only when using Google Chrome, you might be facing this bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33678>

I hope it helps.

Eduardo


author: Erik Beauchesne
body: My bug reports are scaring our dev team who are greeted with loud audio upon opening just about any issue in JIRA. The thumbnail speeds up triage but the developers are spooked and won't come out from under the bed unless I stop marking up my bug video attachments with thumbnails. Surely there's got to be a better way!


author: ssmola
body: [@Attlassian Team](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/869193)This is super annoying. The built in option to control the autoplay behaviour is useless. Please fix this! Thanks.


author: Erik Seidel
body: Hello

same here, regardless which browser our customers are going to use (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge, Opera, Safari.....)

**@\[deleted\]: there are no barriers to reproduce - first mentioned 2015....mmmh..we got 2018 so please fix it now, thx in advance.**

Cheers,

Erik


author: Eli Jacobson
body: Hi Eduardo,

I am having a very similar issue. I have added a video and the "autoplay" button is not checked, and it still autoplays in both Google Chrome (Version 55.0.2883.95 (64-bit) and Firefox (Version 51.0.1 (64-bit)

In Safari, it says the plug-in is missing.

Here is the page that my video is embedded on: <https://kb.brandeis.edu/display/LTS/Getting+Started+with+Zoom>[](https://kb.brandeis.edu/display/LTS/Getting+Started+with+Zoom)  
Any help would be appreciated!


author: Raven Moore
body: Has this been fixed? I am having a similar issue as well


author: Elizabeth Bedwell
body: Hi Eduardo,

Apologies I forgot to add that information, yes I am using Chrome: Version 40.0.2214.115 m and it is auto playing regardless of settings. I have followed and added my vote to that bug report.

I have since also tried the same page with the .mp4 attached and embedded in the following:

Opera: Version: 27.0.1689.76  
Explorer: Version: 11.0.9600.17633  
Firefox: Version: 36.0

And it is working as intended.

Thank you for your answer.

Cheers,  
Liz


author: dfranklin
body: Yep still a problem with Jira cloud too. Video attachments in the Description and if you have that column in your JQL query, no matter how far down it is on the list, it will auto play. Annoying AF.


Tags: multimedia
How assign external email in mentions
Asked by John Crea:

I would like to mention (using @) a third-party supplier in my tasks, and allow them to receive notifications via email. Third-party = email address of someone outside my own company.


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: You could create a Confluence user for that company and give it permission only to content relevant to them.

In other case, I believe you can share the page with any email address.


author: John Crea
body: Thanks, Alex. I will explore \& come back if I have further questions.
How can I show multiple Page Properties Macros from one page in one Page Properties Report Macro?
Asked by Daniel Triebsch:

Hi,  

I have three pages with each of these pages between 2 and 5 Page Properties Macros.  
Now I want to show some on a fourth page using Page Properties Report Macro.  

Unfortunately it only shows one of the Page Properties Macros from each of the three pages.  

What can I do to see all Page Properties Macros in Page Properties Report Macro?  

Cheers  
Daniel


Answers:
author: Daniel Triebsch
body: Yes, they are having IDs


author: Evelin
body: There is an open bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34141>


author: Evelin
body: Hi, I have the same problem. I created a page with n page property macros and like to view them all on some other page by a page property report. But the table that is created by the report does only collect the data from the first page property macro and ignores the rest of them. I tested it with Page Property ID as as without. No difference - just one line in the page property report table.


author: Benn Ingersoll
body: Do your Page Properties macros have IDs or did you leave that blank?


Tags: confluence-administration

page-property
When I create a Documentation space and use Theme Press, I receive a system error
Asked by Robbie Lee:

When I create a documentation space and use Theme Press, I receive a system error


Answers:
author: Robbie Lee
body: Due to an issue in Confluence, you cannot create a Documentation space when Theme Press is installed. (See [CONF-35611](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-35611) and [CONF-33246](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33246).) To workaround this issue:

1. Disable Theme Press
2. Create the Documentation space.
3. Edit the homepage of the space. (Open the rich text editor for the page.)
4. Save the page.
5. Enable Theme Press.

The edit and save actions remove non-standard characters in the homepage.


Tags: theme-press
Atlassian Glossary Add On for Confluence V 5.6.5
Asked by Mary Sorani:

I have the trial version installed and come across two problems:

1) It does not work or appear when in Documentation Theme

2) One of the features is to highlight words that are in the current glossary, this also does not work.

Please let me know if there is something that I can do to get these features to work. We are looking to upgrade to 5.7 soon but for now it would be great to get his working.


Answers:
author: Daniel Wester
body: Not sure which add-on you're talking about, but if it's this one <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/fr.spectrumgroupe.confluence.plugins.glossary> your best bet would be to contact the vendor at <http://lab.spectrumgroupe.fr/jira/browse/BPGLOS> . While they might be monitoring Answers - that's probably the fastest approach.


Tags: glossary
Issues with Excel Attachment Viewer Macro
Asked by Michael Biwer:

I am having the following issues with the Viewing of Excel Documents in Confluence via the provided macro.

* No automatic update.
* Cell border do not display properly. ie. sometimes the borders show and sometimes they do not.
* No way to turn off the confluence email updates that are trigger for when the document is edited.

I was wondering if there were any solution's to these issues or if they were currently being worked on.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Also, if you can post a screenshot of how the Excel sheets are showing up, it can help to get us to the answer.


author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: What version of confluence are you current on?What browser are you currently using?Do you have this issue in other browsers?
Why I cannot share with Confluence-users
Asked by Consu:

Hello, I wanted to ask you guys if it is normal that I cannot use the group Confluence-users to share a page or a question. I can share with a group without a problem, but not with Confluence-users. It says that that group doesn't exists, which is clearly false...

A bad feature or my local issue?

thanks for the help!


Answers:
author: Consu
body: hello, just following up on this. It is a bug, already open on <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33616>  
If more people experience the same, please vote for this one!

comments: author: C
body: is this causes by having multiple directories? We have an internal Confluence directory where the Confluence-user group is stored, we later switched to use JIRA (external managed directory) to manage our confluence users. the groups that are missing seem to be groups located in Confluence local user database.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Consuelo,

AFAIK this should work as with any other group. May I know which is the Confluence version that you are trying to perform this action? have you tried with another version or in another instance for this behavior?

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Consu
body: Hello Rorigo, thanks for the answer. I am using 5.6.5.I cannot actually test on other versions, I have only this one :-/How do you suggest I can troubleshoot this?


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: HI Consuelo,

If you can copy this Confluence to a test server and perform an upgrade there to the latest version, that would be my advice. I suspect there is a problem with the current instance and upgrading might help. Also, try to mention confluence-administrator local group and check if that works.

Cheers!


Tags: confluence-administration

group

share
Team Calendar does not work on dashboard with Licence Key
Asked by Tony Montana:

This image with trial key

Trial.png

With licence key everything works except dashboard upcoming events.  

**What to do?**  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Team-Calendar-does-not-work-on-dashboard-with-Licence-Key/qaq-p/39780?attachment-id=6450){#link_1188cf3a424676}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/6665/1/Trial.png){#display_1188cf3a424676_0}


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Viktar,

This is not a common behavior for sure. Is this the latest Confluence and Team calendar versions?

I recommend to upgrade team calendar to the latest version and make sure to be using the same license type and number of users as Confluence is using.

Also check if this do replicate in a staging environment which should show if this is a problem with the application or something environmental.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence Upgrade 5.6.6 to 5.7 fails
Asked by Michael Gstach:

After upgrading Confluence from 5.6.6 to 5.7 we're getting the message

confluence error.JPG

Any idea what's happening?

Regards

Johannes.

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Upgrade-5-6-6-to-5-7-fails/qaq-p/407737?attachment-id=5883){#link_1188cf23febded}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/68999/1/confluence%20error.JPG){#display_1188cf23febded_0}


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Johannes,

The Atlassian-confluence.log files should have a more detailed information on the upgrade failure. If you are unable to pinpoint the reason why the upgrade failed in the logs, I suggest to get in touch with the Atlassian support so we can investigate the root cause.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, it means your upgrade has failed and you need to revert to the backup you took before you ran the upgrade.

Preserve the log files before you roll back - you will want to read them to find out why the upgrade failed.

comments: author: Michael Gstach
body: In which Directory will I find the respective log file?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Unless you have reconfigured it, you will find it under the "home directory" you set for confluence, beneath /logsShould be called atlassian-confluence.log


author: Michael Gstach
body: I can find these SEVERE errors in a log-file: wrong JDBC-Driver?SEVERE: The web application \[\] registered the JDBC driver \[org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver\] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.Feb 26, 2015 4:19:44 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesJdbcSEVERE: The web application \[\] registered the JDBC driver \[org.postgresql.Driver\] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.Feb 26, 2015 4:19:44 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesJdbcSEVERE: The web application \[\] registered the JDBC driver \[net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver\] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.Feb 26, 2015 4:19:44 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesThreadsSEVERE: The web application \[\] appears to have started a thread named \[Statistics Thread-__DEFAULT__-1\] but has failed to stop it. This is very likely to create a memory leak.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hmm, well, that is a problem, but it's an issue as the server is shutting down - you need to concentrate on the upgrade errors.


Tags: confluence-administration
An extra fee for JIRA integration?!
Asked by Pietros:

Using JIRA Agile for a long time, I requested Confluence and my company finally approved that. It got installed but when I asked about JIRA integration, I was told it is not free and would require additional fee. I do not understand - in the Confluence pricing I can see JIRA integration included in all packages.

What could be the problem here?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: If you already have JIRA \& JIRA Agile, you do not need to pay for anything else. The integration itself is free.

comments: author: Pietros
body: Thanks, I thought so. I asked for clarification. We bought the one we can host, not a cloud solution.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That's wrong - the application links are built in, you just need to configure them to talk to each other.

Unless. Are you on "Cloud"?


Tags: licence
automate confluence database backups on windows
Asked by Chris Lakey:

Hi,

We need to automate our backups of the Postgres Database for our confluence installation.

We can already perform a manual backup but we are prompted for the database password each time.

The script content used is below

SET PGPASSFILE=D:\\PostgresqlBack\\bin\\pgpass.conf   
"C:\\Program Files\\PostgreSQL\\9.1\\bin\\pg_dumpall.exe" -U postgres \> D:\\PostgresqlBack\\postgres_db.out

Can you advise how I might achieve this please?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Chris,

I've investigated a bit and it seems that you would need to create a file in your environment of .pgpass type where the pg_dump will run as.

More information can be found in this link:

<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2893954/how-to-pass-in-password-to-pg-dump>

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
What's the limit of total attached files?
Asked by Yuki Matsukura:

I'm considering to start using Confluence on cloud.

I wonder there is no description about total amount of files to upload.

Does anyone know the limit and how can I check the current file size?


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: Limit of size of an instance is 25GB as per [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=321848676). You can also find more details in [Atlassian Cloud Storage Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Atlassian+Cloud+Storage+Policy).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to insert predefined text in a page by clicking a button or something similar?
Asked by JBO:

I'm creating a bunch of pages from a template, and wish for the users of the individual pages to be able to insert some predefined text according to their choice. Is there a way to do this?


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hey JBO,

I'm not sure you can you can insert any text instead of links, but you can try the *Shortcut Links* functionality: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Shortcut+Links>

In case that doesn't work, you might want to create a user macro instead: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Writing+User+Macros>

I hope it helps :smile:

Eduardo
How to see all pages a user has edited?
Asked by Randy McElroy:

I want to be able to see a list of pages a user has edited. I know how to see ones they created, that is not what I want. I can go to their profile, but it only show the last 10 pages they changed. I want to see all of them. This used to work, I don't know which upgrade may have broken it.


Answers:
author: Kay Brown
body: Hi Randy,

Do you have the Reporting plugin? If so, I can tell you how to create a modification report.

Kay

comments: author: Randy McElroy
body: We do not have the Reporting plugin and we are not purchasing it. This used to be available natively.


Tags: confluence-administration
Automatic Re-Indexing in Confluence
Asked by Pedro Olmo Rueda:

Hello Atlassian,

I need automatic indexing Confluence, for indexing every day.

It possible?

Regards


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's nothing built-in that will let you do this.

The reason is quite simple - you should not need to do this. The index is updated by every page update automatically, and should only require a rebuild if something goes wrong. The Confluence systems I work with often go without reindexing for months, it only happens when they undergo an upgrade or a new plugin requires it.

So, I think the question is "Why do you think you need to reindex regularly"? Because it's suggesting that you have something that is breaking your system.

comments: author: Pedro Olmo Rueda
body: Hi Nic,

My problem is that do not update plugins in my confluence page.

This plugins are: Contributors and activity stream.

<br />

Regards

<br />


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm not sure I understand the problem. What does "do not update plugins in my confluence page" mean?If you're looking at the contributors and activity stream macros, they will show updates as soon as you refresh a page. Unless something in your indexing is broken - in which case we need to fix that, not try to plaster over the cracks by reindexing. Have a look in your log, check Admin -\> Indexing to see the states of the cache.


author: Pedro Olmo Rueda
body: Good morning Nic,The problem is that the macros doesn\`t update. I need that the macros update without having to re-index.If I re-index, the macros will updates.Regards


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you be clear about this - do you mean that the reported content of the macros does not update when you refresh the pages?And again, can you look in your log, and check Admin -\> Indexing to see the states of the cache.


author: Pedro Olmo Rueda
body: Hi Nic,The problem is: QUEUE IS CURRENTLY IDLE.How do I can activate?Regards


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That just means that all the items that need indexing have been indexed - the index is not doing any work.A global re-index at this point would do absolutely nothing to the index.So we need to look at what is going wrong during the "index when page is saved" side. What does your log file say?


author: Pedro Olmo Rueda
body: Hi Nic,Can I sent my Log file?Regards


author: Leena Bakshi
body: Pedro, did you find the way to automate your confluence reindexing?


Tags: confluence-administration
upload a folder ->sub folders and documents
Asked by Victor Prasad:

Hello,

Am I able to upload a folder and subfoldes and documents.

I want to preserve the hierarchy.

Thanks,

V


Answers:
author: Chander Inguva
body: Hey Victor,

I think you cannot do that way. Confluence only supports attaching a single file which can be of any extension.

Regards

Chander Inguva


author: Victor Prasad
body: Thanks Chander!

As I am getting a more familiar with Confluence, I see it is page based, not folder. So your answer makes sense!
Is it possible to use variables in confluence.cfg.xml?
Asked by Tom Jackson:

I would like to use a variable for my DB name. In other config files (e.g. server.xml) you can use JVM variables (JAVA_OPTS) to parameterize settings. Is the same thing possible with confluence.cfg.xml? I've tried to use the usual ${variable.name} template pattern to no avail.


Answers:
author: Daniel Wester
body: No. But you can set up the reference to the database as a jndi configuration which you can then configure in the server.xml .


Tags: confluence-administration