youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
request could not be processed because a required security token was not present in the request
Asked by tousifs:

whenever trying to import word document as a page in confluence it's throwing below error in browser "**Your request could not be processed because a required security token was not present in the request. You may need to re-submit the form or reload the page**".

action name : importword.action.

please let me know is it related with security or any other configuration's.


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Take a look here, <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Form+Token+Handling>

It explains the reasoning behind this security tokens and how to handle them
template variable not working in Meeting Notes Blueprint
Asked by Ye Zhang:

We were following this link

[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Blueprints#](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Blueprints)

and try to add some new template variable (List). After saving the template, we tried to create a page. But we did not get to choose the value of the variable, and it directly went to the Editor, with a blank space in place of the template variable.

We then created a stand alone User Template and used template variable without any problem.

Our question is that it appears that new template variable does not work in Meeting Notes Blue Print. The link we gave above described that we can add Page Properties Macro but any newly created template variable does not render as a form field in Meeting Notes Blue Print. Did we do something wrong?


Answers:
author: mlassin
body: I'm having the same problem with our Cloud instance.


author: Paul Deschambault
body: +1 on this issue.I'm having the same problem.


author: Sandra M?ller
body: Hey!We've got the same problem, too. I just tried to add a priority list to the product requirements blueprint template but that didn't work. Adding any other macro worked perfectly fine, just the variables don't want to work for some reason.


author: Wolfgang Neider
body: Hey!I've got the same problem. Would be kind if somebody could help us!
remove add on
Asked by MCIVERDK:

Does anyone know how to remove an Add On from Atlassian Marketplace?


Answers:
author: Gorka Puente _Appfire_
body: Hi,

Atlassian archives some add-ons automatically

<https://developer.atlassian.com/market/programs-and-features/add-on-archiving>

For your case, you can file an issue here

<https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/>

for doing so.

Regards


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to alternate row colors in a table?
Asked by barbarat:

Sometimes it's hard to read a lot of data in a table. Is there a way to alternate the row color to something like default white and a really light grey?


Answers:
author: Ale? La?ar
body: For that the best way could be apply CSS to global. Insert this:

```
table.confluenceTable td.confluenceTd.highlight-grey {	background-color: #909090;}
```


author: Alexej Geldt
body: we have created our own UI plugin, which basically overwrites some of the default CSS.

cheap but powerfull. Might work for you too.

comments: author: Meghan Arad
body: **Here's how...UPVOTE to get more traction on this feature request:**

[Select columns or rows in a table to apply formatting](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-33572 "Select columns or rows in a table to apply formatting")


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: You can use the [Table Plus Macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/Table+Plus+Macro). See [Styling Table Rows](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/Styling+Table+Rows).

comments: author: Sam Mingolelli
body: I realize this would work, but it feels wrong to me that the creator or the commercial product would be blatantly advertising it.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I disagree, I think most people on this forum appreciate ideas for solving their problems with whatever is available (built-in, free, or commercial) and they can choose to ignore commercial solutions if they want. More-over a lot of people who already own the add-on find out about features they may not be aware of.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Unfortunately, confluence cloud doesn't allow you to set custom CSS. But, if you want to at least see it in your browser, you could run the following command in your javascript console:

```
$("tr:nth-child(even)").css({"background": "rgb(250,250,250)"});
```

comments: author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Actually, Confluence Cloud now sort of lets you set CSS globally. If you change the Global/Space Look and Feel, you can insert the following in the header/footer:

```
{css}.confluenceTable tr:nth-child(2n+3) {background: rgb(250,250,250)}{css}
```

This will also work in Confluence Server if you have the [Content Formatting Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.contentFormattingMacros/server/overview) installed.


Tags: cloud

colour

table
How do I remove a tab from our navigation bar?
Asked by Anderson:

We have a tab listed for a major company event that occurred last year. Since the content is outdated, we'd like to remove the tab from our navigation bar. Currently, no spaces are linked to it but we can seem to get rid of the wording. Does anyone know how?


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi

Where exactly this tab is located? May be you can share the screenshot? As it might be something in site layout, but also might be something else.
What is the difference between a collaboration software such a confluence and a KM portal such as LifeRay?
Asked by Matthew:

Hello,

What is the difference between a collaboration software such a confluence and a KM portal such as LifeRay?

Thank you,

Matt


Answers:
author: Fred Bunting
body: Well, I visited the Liferay web-site and almost stopped when I read this:
> Liferay Portal is an enterprise web platform for building business solutions that deliver immediate results and long-term value.

Argh.

But if I may hazard my own general (and probably incorrect) opinion, while a KM system can be used as a collaborative platform, it is really designed for organizations where people serve more specialized roles w.r.t. the production of information -- like writers, editors, illustrators, curators, reviewers/approvers, graphic designers, or navigation/UX designers. KM databases are more deliberately constructed, with project-management, production managers, etc., and as such requires more dedicated human resources.

By contrast, a true collaboration platform, like Confluence, instead evolved from the *wiki* concept, where everybody is not only allowed, but encouraged to contribute to the creation of a general knowledge base. There are few divisions as far as roles in the contribution of information -- everybody is a potential writer, editor, illustrator, etc. The resulting Knowledge Base (if that is what is being constructed) grows more organically, as almost an outgrowth of the other functions being performed by its participants.

But I don't believe there is a hard distinction. A collaborative platform like Confluence can certainly be used as a KM platform ... and a KM portal like Liferay can certainly be used as a collaboration platform.
space key in page URL
Asked by Jeanne Howe:

W have some pages in our Confluence instance that do not have the space key in the page URL. As a result, some of the Confluence macros can not be used with these pages.

What causes a page NOT to have the space key as part of the URL?

Example:

regular page url - https://(baseURL)/display/CON/C15+2015+Delivery

other page url - https://(baseurl)/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=63866104


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi JT,

That is caused by having special characters in the page title. There is more information in this article:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+Page+URL%27s+Contain+pageId+Instead+of+The+Page+Title>

{quote}

Page titles without special characters will create a URL like: <http://localhost:8080/display/support/Page+Title>

Adding any special characters to the title will cause the pageId to be used instead: <http://localhost:8080/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1900546>  
{quote}  
Thanks,  
Ann

comments: author: Xing Guo
body: Hi Ann,

Thanks for your help,

If I want to get spaceKey and title when URL  
like: xxxxxxxxxx/display/"spaceKey"/"title"  

Can I usually substring this URL to get them safely?


Tags: confluence-administration
Copy-paste table
Asked by jim baker:

I've noticed that when I copy a table on Confluence in Chrome, then paste it elsewhere on the same page, the pasted copy looks fine in the "editor" view of the page, but then in the view after I've saved it, the top row of the table moves to the bottom row.


Answers:
author: jim baker
body: Our tech support fellow is unable to determine the version, either, but he thinks it's set to upgrade automatically. Our footer looks like this: Powered by Atlassian \| Terms of Use \| Answers \| Maintenance Schedule


author: jim baker
body: Might be customized, just says powered by atlassian, and a couple other links. Emailed local admin to ask version.


author: AnnWorley
body: No problem - it should say the version at the bottom of the page like this page says, "Powered by Atlassian Confluence 5.5.4, Team Collaboration Software" Unless it has been customized to exclude this.


author: jim baker
body: Not sure how to tell. I'm a user, not an admin. Maybe can't see it?


author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Jim,We just tested in Confluence 5.6.5 and were not able to reproduce the top row moving to the bottom.What version of Confluence is this occurring in?Thanks,Ann


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Custmizing the global dashboard in confluence
Asked by Vijay Krishna B:

Hi,

I want to show a customized layout for my dashboard.There is some issues with redirection plugin in our wiki.

So I included the required layout(page) in global layout.Everything goes fine.

I need a help about this

1.I wanted to change the name of "Dashboard" to some thing else

2.In the "navigation bar" I want to show "Edit ,Share , Add(page,Blog post,comment ,attachment) ,Tools" items.

Thanks in advance.

Vijay


Answers:
author: Vijay Krishna B
body: In Global layout.I replaced the below content with #if ($mode == "dashboard") #parse ("/decorators/includes/dashboard-navigation.vm") #requireResourcesForContext("dashboard") #rssautodiscovery($action.rssDescriptor) #permitSearchEngines() \<div class="dashboard-group left"\> \<div class="dashboard-item welcome-message"\> $action.welcomeMessage \</div\> #dashboard_renderGlobalActions("dashboardActionsId", \["system.dashboard"\] ) #foreach ($webPanel in $webInterfaceManager.getDisplayableWebPanels("atl.dashboard.left", {})) \<div class="dashboard-item"\> $!webPanel.getHtml($req.getParameterMap()) \</div\> #end \</div\>## left \<div class="dashboard-group right"\> $helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{recently-updated-dashboard:showProfilePic=true}") \</div\>## right #elseReplaced the above with this #if ($mode == "dashboard") #parse ("/decorators/includes/dashboard-navigation.vm") #requireResourcesForContext("dashboard") #rssautodiscovery($action.rssDescriptor) #permitSearchEngines() $helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{include:blogecommunity:Gli Strumenti Web 2.0 per la Conoscenza Diffusa}") #elseIn place of "#parse ("/decorators/includes/dashboard-navigation.vm")" I added "#parse ("/decorators/includes/content-navigation.vm")" .But it is not showing all the menu list.


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Vijay, could you post the markup from the current modified file to this to allow people to assist using what is already in place?


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there any way to convert checkbox to emoticons like we see while adding acess to users via admin page
Asked by Amit Lohia:

Can i configure a checkbox so that once checkbox is filled it shows ![](https://confluence.aviva.co.uk/s/en_GB/5510/701ab0bfc8a95d65a5559a923f8ed8badd272d36.12/_/images/icons/emoticons/check.png) and if not then ![](https://confluence.aviva.co.uk/s/en_GB/5510/701ab0bfc8a95d65a5559a923f8ed8badd272d36.12/_/images/icons/emoticons/error.png)

this is already happening in Space permission page, Just wanted to know if this is possible on my customize page ?


Answers:
author: Amit Lohia
body: How do i convert status macro to some graphical as i mentioned in my main query.,,, It is already working in admin page of confluence..

Thanks of other option which i tried but i was looking to be more graphical with cross or tick signs.

Thanks


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Amit, the closest from that would be using the [Confluence Task Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Tasks) which can be checked upon completion. It does also integrate with the workbox notifications.

Alternatively, there is the [Status Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Status+Macro) which can work as a traffic light item in the page for actionable items.


Tags: blueprint

checkbox

emoji
Import draw.io diagram
Asked by Alexander Mazur:

I have created a diagram using web site [draw.io](http://draw.io), saved it locally and now I cannot import it to confluence using draw.io plugin. No errors, no diagram appears..


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: From draw.io for Confluence 5.0 (end of April release date), compressed diagrams created online will also open in the plugin.


author: mp14
body: Import from xml is not working for me too, but you can actually just select all objects in diagram from [draw.io](http://diagram.io), copy them and paste in another tab with confluence [draw.io](http://draw.io) plugin. Works great.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Alexander,

you have to export the file in draw.io Plain (xml) - Format on the website draw.io

Save it in this format and import the xml-file in Confluence draw.io-plugin.

This works fine for me.

Cheers

Thomas


Tags: draw.io
confluence mail send timeout
Asked by Moon Express:

I have JIRA (6.3.1) and Confluence (5.6.5) running on the same host. I am using gmail for my email server (smtp.gmail.com:465 with TLS enabled). Sending email from JIRA works fine, but Confluence generates the error below. I don't think this is an issue with the mail server or the network since the exact same settings work for JIRA from the same machine. Is there something else that could be causing this?

An error has occurred with sending the test email:  
com.atlassian.mail.MailException: javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception reading response;  
nested exception is:  
[java.net](http://java.net).SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out  
at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxSMTPMailServer.doSendWithMessageIdSupport(JmxSMTPMailServer.java:143)


Answers:
author: Moon Express
body: I was able to solve this problem by adding a JNDI mail resource as described here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+Up+a+Mail+Session+for+the+Confluence+Distribution>

Configuring the mail server using the Confluence UI did not work.

comments: author: Steven Barmoy
body: Thanks! I had the exact same issue and that worked for me too!


author: Fabian Lang
body: Maybe this is a bit late, but i was facing the exact same issue and found this article.

The solution for me was to change the port to 587 and it worked.

comments: author: Phu
body: Thank you. I changed the port from 456 to 587, and it worked for me as well.


author: CSW GmbH
body: Worked for me too.... Thanks!


author: king flight
body: You save my day. Thanks!


author: Bob Ho
body: +1, 587 worked pretty well, thanks dude.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to refer to Confluence's own database from SQL add on?
Asked by Mikhail T:

When defining a data-source profile for the just installed "SQL for Confluence" plugin, I'd like a short-cut to be able to refer to the Confluence's own database-connection. Ideally, I'd have shortcuts for each component too. For example, the below construct copies everything from Confluence's own DB-settings overwriting only the username:

dbDriver=@confluenceDbDriver@ \| dbUrl=@confluenceDbUrl \| dbUser=confluence-ro \| ...

Is something like this possible, or should I file a feature request?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: No, that is not currently possible, you would need to use the same database setup information as any other database you want to access. Normally, I would set up a application data source for Confluence main access and then use that or duplicate to a different named data source so you could isolate the 2 uses. Feel free to write up an improvement request.


Tags: addon-com.playsql.playsql-plugin

addon-org.swift.confluence.sql
only 2 percent permgen free
Asked by Jens Rapp:

Hi,

we're running Confluence 5.4 Standalone on a RHEL 5 x86_64 (kernel 2.6.18-238.5.1.el5) with an external Oracle DB and our permgen space uses 250 mb out of 256.

Is this correct and healthy? As far as I know, 256MB is plenty for a normal permgen space.

Sincerily,

Jens Rapp

Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund

Germany


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: Hello.

I recommend you to increase the size of permgen as per [How to Fix Out of Memory Errors by Increasing Available Memory](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Fix+Out+of+Memory+Errors+by+Increasing+Available+Memory). I suggest you to use a small increase (-XX:MaxPermSize=384m) not to have too much unused memory allocated.

Kind regards,  
Alex.


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: PermGen is used to store classes and usually quite static in size, but as you install new plugins it might grow. As plugins are OSGI modules and loaded dynamically.

6MB is very little... I suggest to increase it.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence displays UnknownUser<username> after migrating users from Delegated Directory to Confluence Internal Directory
Asked by Karanam Subbarao:

hello all, I have implemented Custom authenticator for Confluence. As part of this I'm migrating all users from Delegated LDAP Directory to Confleunce Internal Directory. I see a vague U**nknown User\<username\>** in all pages for all users..

I have executed following SQL Statements to migrate from LDAP Directory to Internal Directoru

`SELECT` `id ``FROM` `CWD_DIRECTORY;`

UPDATE cwd_user SET directory_id = \<destinationid\> WHERE directory_id = \<sourceid\>;  

UPDATE cwd_group SET directory_id = \<destinationid\> WHERE directory_id = \<sourceid\>;  

// UPDATE FOR CONFLUENCE USERS AND ADMINISTRATORS  
UPDATE cwd_membership SET parent_id= \<destinationid\> WHERE parent_id= \<sourceid\>;  

UPDATE cwd_group_attribute SET directory_id = \<destinationid\> WHERE directory_id = \<sourceid\>;  

UPDATE cwd_user_attribute SET directory_id = \<destinationid\> WHERE directory_id = \<sourceid\>;

I have re-indexed the confluence But I still see the same issue

Any ideas/thoughts to fix the UnknownUser\<username\>

|---|
|   |


Answers:
author: Leena Bakshi
body: did we ever get this resolve? facing the exact same issue


author: Phillip Ponzer [Cprime]
body: May want to take a look at this question:

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/319872>


author: Karanam Subbarao
body: Sorry it is my mistake. It is not directory_id in cwd_membership but is parent_id .


author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Karanam,

Could you please explain why you modified the value in `cwd_membersip` table? Because the mentioned table does not contain directory_id in it? Also, could you please let us know if you are able to confirm that the users has been migrated once you access their profile from:

Confluence Administrators Menu \>\> Users \>\>

Finally, is any users that has tried to login from LDAP still describe as unknowned users?
Confluence JIRA issues macro error
Asked by Kay Hauser:

When I use the Confluence JIRA issues macro to insert a list of JIRA issues in Confluence I always get the following error message:

"Error on line 89. The element type "link" must be terminated by matching end-tag "\</link\>" .\<br/\>class java.io.IOException"

Depending on the URL I use the error message names other end-tags.

Having read the documentation <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF43/JIRA+Issues+Macro> I assume that either I use the wrong URLs since I just copy\&paste them from the browser or the Confluence JIRA Trusted communication is not set up properly. Bad thing is, the documentation does not match our versions (which are Confluence 4.3.7, JIRA 6.2.7) and therefore I am actually going nowhere...


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Kay

The above error seems to indicate that the URL used might be incorrect. When you get the search result from JIRA side, please try to click View \>\> XML. Please copy the URL provided as describe [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF43/JIRA+Issues+Macro#JIRAIssuesMacro-displayingalistofjiraissues) and see if it helps.

Hope it helps.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra


Tags: jira
Confluence: cannot edit Office 2013 files with Windows 7 and IE 10
Asked by Jens Rapp:

Hello,

We're actually using Confluence 5.4. Our client pc's use Windows 7 x64 (or will do soon) with IE 10. In this constellation, we didn't manage to edit attached word files.

Since we can't upgrade to IE 11 (same with office package) we need another solution to fix this.

Please help!

Sincerily,

Jens Rapp

Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund

Germany


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Jens,

Just want to double, may I know if you have reviewed our knowledge base article here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Troubleshooting+Read-Only+problems+in+the+Office+Connector>

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra
integrating jira and confluence
Asked by mydogspot:

I just installed a new instance of confluence and wanted to try to integrate it with our existing JIRA installation; however, the documentation looks like I need to configure confluence to talk to JIRA while I'm doing the initial install? Can anyone point me to documentation that will walk me through integration after both JIRA and confluence are already up and running?


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Take a look here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Integrating+JIRA+and+Confluence>

Basically you need to setup application links between JIRA and Confluence.


author: srinivasp
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA063/Linking+to+Another+Application>


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence Blog Post Macro does not post 2015 entries...
Asked by Niels ten Oever:

We have the Blog Post macro embedded on our site's home page. It does not retrieve/show the most recent posts. Cut-off for posts seems to be December 2014. I see a [post](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/49824/recent-blog-entries-not-appearing-in-blog-posts-macro) proposing that the solution is to rebuild Content Indices. Can anyone confirm before we start the process? What is the reason for the error and solution?


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Niels,

Recently we seen many of our customer experiencing an issue describe in our knowledge base article mentioned below:

[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Index+not+working+due+to+'journal+state+store+is+corrupt'+error](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Index+not+working+due+to+)

It might be related with the change of the year, but we are not sure yet. Please review your `atlassian-confluence.log` which is located in `<CONF_HOME_Dir>/logs`/. If you see the mentioned stack trace, please apply the provided solution and see if it helps.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra


author: Niels ten Oever
body: Thanks. Will do


author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Niels,

Symptoms such as you describe do call for a reindex since the search index controls RSS feeds, searching, Recently Updated, the People Directory, Space Activity, and other components in Confluence.

This article gives some reasons why the index may fail:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Searching+and+Indexing+Troubleshooting>

If reindexing in the UI doesn't work, please try reindexing from scratch:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Rebuild+the+Content+Indices+from+Scratch>

Good luck!

Ann