youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Confluence January 9th UI Changes - request for roll-back
Asked by Rainer Sudh?lter:

It came as a surprise to us, but with Confluence's latest UI Changes (dated January 9th, read here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/latest-changes-in-confluence-cloud-875410618.html>), user experience dropped to a new all-time low. We hardly cannot work with Confluence any longer, your "**One sidebar to rule them all** " approach only adds more clutter to the UI and the sidebar you need to navigate only shows up when you click into on of the pages.

Confluence is a wiki system, you constantly need to navigate within pages, so the pages sidebar is a MUST for every interaction. Nobody needs a bloated page like this here, it offers no information nor value for my daily tasks: [Screen+Shot+2017-03-07+at+1.16.50+pm.png](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/files/875410618/875410620/1/1488854837447/Screen+Shot+2017-03-07+at+1.16.50+pm.png)

Moreover, you write:

*"There is no opt-out for this feature, but if it is causing you significant disruptions, please let us know at [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com/) and we can explore additional options to assist you."*

It would have been a clever move to test this significant UI change with selected users or make it an option, instead you assumed what would be best for all of your users.

How do you plan to solve this, what are our options here?

Best,

Raine


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, Cloud IS effectively where they test UI change with selected users. I'm afraid you signed up for this when you chose Cloud.

It's unlikely you will get a roll-back, but as the message says, report it to support.atlassian.com and add your voice to the noise about it. (Here at Answers, we're end-users like you, not Atlassian - they do look, and respond here, but it's informal. They do formal support over at support.atlassian.com )


author: Martin Sauter
body: We too are very frustrated about the recent UI changes. Working with Confluence has become so much slower, and there is so much screen space wasted for irrelevant things. We used Confluence for almost everything in our company -- now our most important tool is crippled.

I'd be happy to explain this in detail if a member of the Atlassian UI team wants to contact me.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Please do raise this with support.atlassian.com - that's the best chance of getting a response from Atlassian.


author: Martin Sauter
body: I already did. Currently I'm focusing on the performance (\>10 sec page loading time instead of 3 sec). I'm currently waiting for an answer.


author: Martin Sauter
body: So far the answers I got from Atlassian support were: There is no problem, we don't see performance issues, this is normal behaviour etc.

Absolutely frustrating.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can I disable the space logo?
Asked by NM:

I don't need a space logo on top of the left navigation panel. How can I disable it, please?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You can't "turn it off." You can try making a solid color "logo" that matches the color of the sidebar and use that as the space logo.

comments: author: NM
body: That still kills my vertical space in the left-navigation panel. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")

Is there no way at all to remove that? How about CSS?


author: NM
body: Does that work for Confluence version 5.7?


author: Sandy Johnson
body: If you go under Space Administration for the space in question, there is a menu option called "Change Space Logo". There you can turn off the logo or add your own.


Tags: disable

logo

side-bar

space
Is there a way to see if a confluence page has been deleted and by whom?
Asked by Simon Hiscocks:

As above

Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: If this has already happened and you want to know about a specific page, then you could try asking Support to check if the logs they can access have more detail about who deleted it.

But if this is a general request about knowing who has deleted a page, then this should be possible using a custom webhook that is triggered when a page is deleted. You can actually track all changes to pages, blogs, attachments and comments if needed. However, you need to maintain the system to log the data generated by this process.


author: Sandy Johnson
body: Simon:

You might consider restricting the delete function to only space admin. We do that and it works well.

Thanks, Sandy

comments: author: James Dellow
body: I agree - it can be worth considering this, even if deleted content ends up in the trash first it avoids confusion. In my experience there are very few occasions that content in a wiki needs to be deleted anyway.


author: Simon Hiscocks
body: Good idea Sandy, currently all users have access to the delete function but we have advised them to move pages that are no longer relevant into an 'Archive' section so this very much a good suggestion to put forward.

Thank you.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Simon,

a space administrator can see deleted pages in the recycle bin of the space. But It is not logged, who deleted the page.

If a page is deleted from the recycle bin, there is no way to see, if that page existed before.

comments: author: Simon Hiscocks
body: Thanks for your help!


author: Andrii Tkachenko [BeastieHut]
body: Hello!

Please refer to <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1220751> plugin that can help you track pages deletion in Confluence.

Thank you,

Andrey Tkachenko from [BeastieHut](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/1216206/beastiehut)

comments: author: James Dellow
body: Is this available for Cloud?


author: Andrii Tkachenko [BeastieHut]
body: [@James Dellow](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502478) the development for Confluence Cloud is in progress for now.


author: Brett Rivers
body: ask support


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
is there a way to clone a page from another confluence instance?
Asked by Bar T:

Since our company has merged, we have several Confluence instances. Instead of copying the same data in two different locations, is there a way to copy the contents of one page onto another (if I provide my credentials)?

Example: Our cloud Confluence to copy the data from a server Confluence instance at the end of the day so both sites are showing the same status for a program?


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: This would require custom development of some sort.

Also have a look <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.cli/cloud/overview>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira-administration
How do most people collect view page statistics?
Asked by Katie Milham:


Answers:
author: Azwandi _ServiceRocket_
body: Hi all, we want to help solve content delivery and completion tracking in Confluence, so we built an add-on called Knowledge Pathways for Confluence (<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.servicerocket.confluence.pathways/server/overview>).

![Screen Shot 2017-04-26 at 11.48.42 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/656i18498B094868EEB1/image-dimensions/358x204?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2017-04-26 at 11.48.42 AM.png")

There's a common need to see what pages are viewed (popularity) but we also value the needs of ensuring the right page is viewed by the right people (and be able to track them). I'd recommend to give it a try.


author: Per L?fgren (Qlik)
body: We started with Google Analytics. Now we use Qlik Sense. We collect visitor statistic from Google Analytics. Comments, likes, content type, permission etc from the Confluence database and more user information from the Active Directory and HR system (Workday). Then we display and analyse it all in Qlik Sense.

//Per


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The view tracker add-on, or embedding (something like) google analytics.

comments: author: Katie Milham
body: Thanks Nic! We've been looking at View Tracker...do you know of any videos that show how the macro works? Is it a solid user experience? Does it only measure a rolling 90-days? Is it necessary to have the reporting add-on to report on metrics?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I've not seen videos for it, but it's been easy to use in my experience - the docs guide you through it quite easily. The reporting add-on is not **necessary**, but it lets you do a lot more with the data.

I don't know about the 90 day thing.
Cannot change space logo (icon)
Asked by Atflex:

Hi,

I would like to change the logo (icon) of my space. I followed the following steps:

**o change the space logo:**

1. From the space home, hover over the current space logo and click the ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/872264483/Screen%20Shot%202017-01-31%20at%204.04.50%20pm.png?version=1&modificationDate=1485841866396&api=v2)edit icon.
2. Drag and drop an image into the **Space avatar** field, or hit **Browse** to upload one from your computer.
3. Drag and resize the image until you're happy with the preview, then choose **Save**   

   This does not work, I do not get an edit icon, not with Chrome, Not with IE, Not with firefox. Is there any other way to change this? I am a space admin, the space is created by me (and I am also a site admin)**.**


Answers:
author: Sam Hall
body: Try this:

* Go to Space home.
* Go to **Space tools** menu (at bottom left of screen).
* Choose **Configure sidebar**.
* Now you should see see the edit icon (small pen) next to your space logo.
* Click on the pen icon, or the space logo/name to edit the Space name / avatar.

Hope this helps.

Let me know of any problems and I'll see if I can help more.

Sam


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Alexander,

select "Space Tools" on the lower left corner and klick on "Configure sidebar".

Then click the pencil right benath the space logo.

That should do what you want.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I add a cell to a table
Asked by FoxRaynard:


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: To add to Thomas, you can't just add a cell (and you can't do it to any table in any software program either). You have to add a column or row, then merge cells as necessary to give the appearance of an added cell.

comments: author: ?ukasz Szafirski _ Shiji
body: I do not quite get it, if I can remove individual cell from the table why cannot I add it back?


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Checkout <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf57/working-with-tables-701434777.html#WorkingwithTables-Whatyoucandowithyourtableintheeditor>

comments: author: ?ukasz Szafirski _ Shiji
body: Link is dead


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Use the table-menu (visible when you select the table in edit mode) - there you find the usual "add row" and "add column" buttons.
Moving pages without administrator rights
Asked by Anna Antretter:

About two weeks ago, we moved our Confluence to a new server. Since then, the user has been able to move pages. - even without admin rights! We as admins have not changed any permissions.

Space permissions:

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Global permissions:

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Is this a new function in Confluence or can we change this again, because we would like to keep that only admins can move pages.

We use version 5.9.4

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Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Anna,

from Confluence documentation (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/move-and-reorder-pages-792498724.html>):

To move a page, you need the following permissions:

* 'Add' permission on the page you're moving, and
* 'View' permission on the page's parent page. If you're moving the page to a different parent, you need 'View' permission on the new parent.

To move a page into a different space, you also need:

* 'Delete' permission on the space you're moving from, and
* 'Add' permission on the space you're moving to.

If the page has restrictions, and you want to keep the page restrictions in the new location, you'll also need 'Restrict' permission on the space you're moving to. Alternatively, remove the page restrictions before performing the move.

comments: author: Perry Tancredi
body: To add to this, in order to move a restricted page you need:

* 'Restrictions' permissions on the page, and
* 'Can View and Edit' rights added on the page you're moving explicitly, even if it looks like you already have that with elevated permissions


Tags: confluence-administration

permission
All Updates on the Dashboard not updating...using Confluence Version 5.5.4 with java version 1.7.0_80.Tried Indexing, but only worked for 3 -4 days.
Asked by Amit_Saha:

All Updates on the Dashboard not updating...using Confluence Version 5.5.4 with java version 1.7.0_80.Tried Indexing, but only worked for 3 -4 days.Any suggestions...


Answers:
author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: It seems that some updates are made without indexing.

Try to investigate event listeners and postfunctions.
csv table export macro caching options
Asked by Martin Berins:

CSV table export macro plugin seems to be caching the output table - i.e. exporting from the same page in a certain time interval gives me the same output file although the page contents has already changed. I cannot seem to find any caching options to disable this or change the timing. I also tried to tick the volatile table checkbox on and off but that did not change it.

Plugin version 1.1.3

Confluence version 5.10.1

Could someone please advise?


Answers:
author: Fabian Welz
body: From what I read, you need the "volatile" option, and maybe it would help to put the export-csv plugin at the outermost position so that it encloses everything?

The plugin uses the confluence cache to save the data and make it faster. If you set it to "volatile" it won't be saving it in caches. But it does not use a temp file.

You also could try to flush the cache of the plugin on the cache managment site

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/cache-statistics-150472.html>

comments: author: Martin Berins
body: Fabian, thank you very much for your caching comment. Although I am pretty convinced it did not work when I raised the case (back then I suggested I tried it on and off), it seems to be doing better now with the volatile setting ticked.


author: Martin Berins
body: Fabian, the problem definitely occurs with larger tables, say, several thousand rows.

The usage is as follows:  
1) the page contains the run self-service plugin, which allows for selection of a country

2) inside the 'run' plugin (1) there is the 'export csv' plugin

3) inside the 'export csv' plugin (2) there is a sql-query plugin, which returns rows for the selected country

4) i run the page for one country, click 'export', it exports the file for the selected country.

5) i then re-run the page with a different country selected, the report shows the correct contents on the screen, but when I click 'export' the exported file still contains the data from step (4), even if I re-logon to a new browser session, and even if I change the browser from chrome to Firefox.

Could it have something to do with the plugin trying and failing to overwrite some temp file?


author: Fabian Welz
body: Can you describe how you are using the table, so that it changes but the csv doesnt?

I have to say, the plugin only exports everything as it is on page load, so maybe you are pressing some sort of filter-option in the browser after the page load?


author: Martin Berins
body: Fabian, I am afraid it is rather dynamic content generated by the 'SQL query' plugin, all of which is also wrapped inside 'Run Self-service reports' plugin. So, in a sense, the structure is as follows: \<run\>\<export\>\<sql-query\>results table\</sql-query\>\</export\>\</run\>. Please let me know if something is not clear.


author: Fabian Welz
body: Are there other plugins involved or just a plain old table?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Martin,

As a workaround you can export table to CSV using [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/server/overview) macro.
Gliffy diagram shows vertical scroll in confluence
Asked by Jaejoon Jung:

I use confluence on-demand with gliffy plugin.

I see the vertical scroll bar in gliffy diagram always. I set original size at gliffy properties, but it does not work.

When I resize browser width smaller, diagram change into full size.

I want to see full size diagram in default. What can I do for this problem?

Is it bug?

Additionally I use mac and chrome and safari browser.


Answers:
author: Luke Witmer
body: This is fixed now for me.

comments: author: AnnWorley
body: It looks like a new version of Gliffy came out Friday, 4/21/2017, so perhaps that fixed it:

[Gliffy Diagrams for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.gliffy.integration.confluence/cloud/versionhistory)


author: Luke Witmer
body: Same here. I have included a screenshot of the issue. Also on a mac in any browser.

![Picture1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/553iBA2160D2CDC18EFF/image-dimensions/314x375?v=v2 "Picture1.png")


author: Krzysztof Zaucha
body: It seems that there is no solution for this issue.


author: Tony van der Koelen
body: I have the same issue, also on Macbook using Chrome, Firefox and Safari.


Tags: addon-com.gliffy.integration.confluence

confluence-app

confluence-cloud

gliffy
How to integrate Jira with Confluence
Asked by saitama0333:

We want to sync JIRA users with confluence, same login of JIRA should work with Jira, without asking to login again.

We have also checked for crowd, can you also help with configuring Crowd, to sync JIRA \& Confluence.  


Answers:
author: Fr?d?ric Tardieu
body: Hi,

You can delegate authentication to JIRA, so that Confluence will use already set up authentication scheme from JIRA, see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/connecting-to-crowd-or-jira-for-user-management-229838465.html> (see Connecting Confluence to JIRA applications for User Management chapter),

F.
How to enable notification in Confluence
Asked by Tomas Strida:

Hi,

we have a table in confluence with information about expiration dates of our certificates.

I would like to get e-mail notification when the expiry date is getting close.

How can I achieve that?

Thank you for any answer.

Tomas


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You could create regular Confluence tasks and use the [Task Reminder for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.scandio.confluence.plugins.task-reminder/server/overview) add on. That's one way to do it.


author: Niclas Sandstroem
body: Hi Tomas start by looking around answers on the subject.

One example is <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/316541>

But I don't know if I would recommend using Confluence for this but rather some form of CMDB that you represent in Confluence.

Good luck!
I don't see "Space Tools" on the sidebar?
Asked by Eva Folsom:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Exporting Confluence Pages and Spaces to HTML](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658736966)*

I'm trying to export a page in my personal space, for which I am an administrator. This article says to click "Space Tools" from the sidebar. Am I looking in the wrong place? Anyone have a screenshot?

Here's what I'm seeing.

image2017-3-3 15:39:26.png  
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Answers:
author: Niclas Sandstroem
body: You should be able to export the page without reaching space tools. But to answer the question in Confluence 6 it's available for me in the footer as seen in screenshot.

Screen Shot 2017-03-04 at 13.54.39.png

Can you reach it by URL directly? [https://confluence.comain.com/spaces/viewspacesummary.action?key=\~Niclas](https://confluence.domain.com/spaces/viewspacesummary.action?key=~Niclas)

When you click on the page you want to export it should give you the key you need to adapt the above URL.

Example how to export page directly:

Screen Shot 2017-03-04 at 14.08.00.png  
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comments: author: Eva Folsom
body: Thanks. I did need space tools, because I wanted to export to HTML, which I don't see in the standard menu. But it was right there in the footer, as you point out. Tx!


author: Niclas Sandstroem
body: Your welcome!


Tags: documentation
How to display the pages in the same order as in the hierarchy?
Asked by Dharmesh Barot:

Hello!

I want to display the pages using page properties report macro and sort them in the same order as in the page hierarchy.

How can I do that?

Thanks!

Dharmesh


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: A manual sorting does not seem to be possible.

You can add a Page Properties macro to each page with an "order" row and put the order number in it. Then add that column to the Page Properties Report macro and have the default sort use that column.

comments: author: Paz
body: Super savvy workaround. Thanks for sharing.


author: ryder
body: Did you get in worked. For me this did not work, also the numbers get sorted lexical instead of numerical.


author: Dharmesh Barot
body: Thanks Milo!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

page-property
Why is the {center} macro unknown in Confluence 6 with all Content Formatting for Confluence modules enabled?
Asked by Dan Moran:


Answers:
author: Assen Antonov
body: The content center macro is paid now and that most likely the cause for your problem. I got to the same point recently and had to drop a lot of formatting because of it. The ability to center content well in a page is definitely not worth the price they are asking.


author: Dan Moran
body: HI Niclas!

Thanks for your reply - I do have the Center Content macro and it works just fine. The problem is that we upgraded from Confluence 3.5.7 to 6.0.3, and there are macros such as center - entered in wiki markup in 3.5.7 - that 6.0.3 doesn't recognize. Same thing with all of my anchors entered in 3.5.7 - 6.0.3 doesn't call them unknown, but they don't work either.

Dan


author: Niclas Sandstroem
body: Hi!

Do you have the plugin installed? <https://www.adaptavist.com/doco/display/CFP/Center+Content>

I don't have Confluence 6 to check in but I'm using the latest version in 5.10.8