youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Need to create a table with drop downs and filtering capability
Asked by Amber Lieberherr:

I am hoping someone can help. We are in a big need to be able to create tables with drop downs and filtering capability. I have tried a few add ins such as Easy Dropdown Menu and Table Filter and Charts for Confluence. Issue is they both work great independently. If I have my table inside the Table Filter the drop downs stop working. I then tried Spreadsheets for Confluence. You cannot do drop downs in there.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!!


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Amber,

Table Filter and Charts is fully compatible with Handy Status macro (Handy Macros app). And it will become fully compatible with Easy Dropdown Menu soon. But this is true for Confluence Server and Data Center. Confluence Cloud has a problem with compatibility between 3rd party macros.

comments: author: Amber Lieberherr
body: Thanks so much for the info


author: Laura Campbell _Seibert Media_
body: Hello [@Amber Lieberherr](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2335516)   

Elements Spreadsheet for Confluence has just released drop-down lists (and filters are also a feature), and you can see what it looks like here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-Integrations/Drop-down-lists-filters-custom-colors-and-more-in-Confluence/ba-p/1253949>

<br />

You can try it for free for 30 days to see if it meets your needs:

<br />

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212486/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Display all attachments in a Space
Asked by Kirk Portas:

I have an "All Documents" page to capture any stray attachments in Space that may receive heavy use.

The "Space Attachments" macro that allows for this is marked for deprecation.

Space Attachments Doc: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/space-attachments-macro-724765282.html>

The recommended future approach is to "Add a label to all the pages with attachments, then use a [content by label macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/content-by-label-macro-724765178.html)".

This suggestion doesn't even try to perform the same function, labeling is an entirely different concept. If users upload Attachments that are not labelled, what is a catchall way to list attachments (and not just list labeled items)?

Deprecation Detail: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/we-re-cleaning-up-the-macro-browser-946028471.html>

I'm hoping that this working functionality won't be deleted without an alternative provided.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Roma Bubyakin
body: Hi [@Kirk Portas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1759737)

You can take a look [here](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Re-Substitute-for-Space-Attachment-Macro/qaq-p/2654985/comment-id/295963#M295963)


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: The easiest way to see all attachments is to go to the ["space tools"](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/administer-a-space-792498663.html) for the space in question (you will need to be a space admin.) From there, select the "Content tools" menu item, then "Attachments." You can see all attachments in the space here. You have some [management control](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/manage-files-792499024.html)over attachments here, as well.

comments: author: DSell
body: [@Dave Theodore \[Coyote Creek Consulting\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853538) Can the list somehow be exported to a csv file?


Tags: attachment

cloud

confluence-cloud

macro
Can I make a Confluence page display every image within a specific network directory?
Asked by Charisma Riley:

I would like to create some Confluence pages display our company-approved graphical elements. Only thing is, I would like it to pull whatever is in a specific directory and display it, without being told each item explicitly. There are just way too many elements to display one-by-one. Is this a native feature in Confluence Cloud, by any chance? And if so, how do I make it work? Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Mihai Schwarz
body: Hi [@Charisma Riley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1901166)- check this Bob Swift has a script that can help you with what you need (hopefully still works as it is from 2013). Link: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Displaying-images-from-a-directory-location-in-Confluence/qaq-p/395221>

comments: author: Charisma Riley
body: [@Mihai Schwarz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853676) Unfortunately, I'm looking for a native solution, not a third-party solution. I am guessing that there isn't one. Thanks for trying to help.


author: Mihai Schwarz
body: [@Charisma Riley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1901166)there is no native way to do this, unless you upload all the files as attachments.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence: How do I hide the Created By user on a page?
Asked by Shelley Richardson:

With turnover in the company, we don't really want to keep people's names at the top of pages just because they originally created them. How do we hide or turn that off? It's so prevalent and unnecessary and annoying! Please help?


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Shelley,

Unfortunately, this customization level is not something that can be achieved in the Atlassian Cloud platform.

Here we have created a feature that correctly addressed this matter:  
\* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-37711>

*Please feel free to vote on it to increase its popularity and add yourself as a watcher in order to receive any latest updates from the developer and feedback from other users that are facing the same issue.*

For more information on how Atlassian implements new features and improvement please see the following document:

* <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy>

<br />

<br />

Kind Regard  
Suren Raj

comments: author: Shelley Richardson
body: Thanks, that is really helpful. I have voted and commented on the feature and hoping for the best!!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I display the menu bar in my browser - doesn't work in either chrome or edge
Asked by Graham Bartram:

I'm using JIRA on a new laptop for the 1st time. All I can see is the centre panel, and not the menu bar which I have down the side on my old laptop


Answers:
author: Scott Theus
body: Hi [@Graham Bartram](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2723022),

I've attached a screen shot for you...I'm assuming your menu bar looks like this. If so, hover your mouse over the edge of an area where there are no icons for menu items until you get an arrow. Click and drag in that spot to pull the menu bar out.

Hope this works for you,

-Scott

![menubar1.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/45721i39879D1B766D79B5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "menubar1.JPG")

comments: author: Graham Bartram
body: Cheers Scott - but unfortunately that doesn't help me as I don't see what you're seeing.

![JIRA screen.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/45840iDF372B86588157CC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "JIRA screen.jpg")
How to make read-only access for authorized users without licensing
Asked by Alexander Goldberg:

We are using Confluence for the big Univercity and we have limited number of licenses. We need to make access for the bigger number of users to Confluence than licences we have. There is a lot of restricted information, we can't use "anonymous access". Our users will not see information every day - may be 2-3 times per week. How we can fix read-only access for the authorized users but don't include them to licenses?


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: If a user logs in to Confluence, they need a license. If you present the content anonymously, no license is needed. This is how the application works. You could either secure Confluence and have users connect via VPN or some similar technology in order to gain access, then make content anonymous. You could also create a generic login and give that to the wide audience, but that kind of defeats the spirit of the license agreement. Your other option is to buy a larger license.

comments: author: Alexander Goldberg
body: Thanks for the soon answer!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence WebDav problem with long path access
Asked by Tomasz Bryla:

Hello, I have a problem with viewing Confluence content using WebDav. I do not see the content of subpages when the path to this content is longer than 255 characters. I know that this is probably a limitation of Windows. Confluence is installed on Windows, users use Windows. Is it possible to circumvent this problem? I set the value to 1 in the file Computer \\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ SYSTEM \\ CurrentControlSet \\ Control \\ FileSystem \\ LongPathsEnabled but it did not help


Answers:
author: Tom Murphy
body: Long path tool can solve your problem easily. It can delete, copy, move, and bulk rename long path files or locked files easily. Try it, It is very useful.


author: Diego
body: Hello there Tomasz!

You are right when you point out to this being a **Windows Limitation** . The workaround found here seems to be **applicable to Windows 10:**

**[260 character Explorer path length limit](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fc85630e-5684-4df6-ad2f-5a128de3deef/260-character-explorer-path-length-limit?forum=windowsgeneraldevelopmentissues)**

There is also an explanation on how this came to be within Windows here:

**[Why does the 260 character path length limit exist in Windows?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1880321/why-does-the-260-character-path-length-limit-exist-in-windows)**

And an official page from Microsoft about this subject:

**[Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/fileio/naming-a-file)**

Let us know your thoughts!


Tags: confluence-server

server
A way to search in more than one space, but not in all
Asked by Henning van Ackeren:

Hi,

with the search macros and on search results page, one can either search in _one_ space, or in a limited set of spaces, defined by @personal, @favourite etc.

However I'd like to have a macro to search in a set of spaces, defined as a list of spaces in the macro configuration, or by providing a space category.

I expect to improve the search results quality significantly, when e.g. searching only in spaces with the category "marketing" or so.

Is there an add-on that provides such a macro? Or is it easy to create a user macro for that?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Henning van Ackeren
body: Thanks Shannon.

The CQL works fine, and it can be added to some macros that have cql parameters, e.g. the search results macro or contentByLabel you linked to.

However, the livesearch macro does not have a cql parameter, but only a "space key' parameter which only accepts one space.

Maybe it would work to wrap the livesearch macro into a user macro that adds some SQL to what the user has entered?

comments: author: Shannon S
body: That might be possible, but unfortunately I'm not too familiar with writing User Macros myself.

Hoping that someone here will be able to provide more details on that!  

Regards,

Shannon


author: Shannon S
body: Henning,

There's a feature request to be able to do this in LiveSearch macro, which might be of interest to you:

* [CONFSERVER-41238](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-41238) *Restrict a live search macro to more than one space*

There are a few workarounds listed there on how to search for more than one space using CQL, and I believe you could apply that logic to this macro:

* [Search Results Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/search-results-macro-139511.html)

I believe that just shows search results for the parameters you provide it, but there's also discussion on a thread below on how to use CQL in a User Macro:

* [Solved: Confluence User Macro - Execute search query](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-User-Macro-Execute-search-query/qaq-p/606130)

Can you have a look there and let me know if you have any questions about it?

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
NBIA data retriever won't run
Asked by Gamaliel Isaac:

Error messages are

Error Invoking Method

Failed to Start JVM

I was able to find advice online but it sounds like the authors of the program have to follow it and not me. <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33285108/error-invoking-method-failed-to-launch-jvm>


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You'll need to explain what this has to do with Confluence?
Page on Confluence with Closed tickets
Asked by Simon Podboraczynski:

Hello Everyone,

I would like to create a page in Confluence that would display only closed JIRA tickets from various project boards (for our reporting purposes, it would be even better if we could create sub pages for months so that we can refer back and see what has been done in a given month).

Do you know how I could go about this? I'm not an advanced JIRA user or a developer so apologies if this has been already answered. If you have any other suggestions regarding JIRA tickets and project management I'm open for learning!

Thanks,

Simon


Answers:
author: Mihai Schwarz
body: Hi [@Simon Podboraczynski](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1548847)  

In Confluence you can use macros to display different kind of information. For your situation you can use the JIRA macro to display the closed ticket on a specific page.

Article link: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/jira-issues-macro-139380.html>

Have fun!

comments: author: Simon Podboraczynski
body: I think that's exactly what I need! Many thanks Mihai


Tags: confluence-server

jira

jira-server

server
Cant create space using H2 database
Asked by Lyod Michael Parato:

I using H2 database and I cant find the tables i need to drop. if someone can help me on this please thank you.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Creating a space is not something you do in the database, and you certainly don't need (or want) to drop any tables.

To create a space in confluence, log in as a user who has "create space" permission and click "create space".

If you think that is wrong, could you explain what you are actually trying to do in this dev/test system and why?

comments: author: Lyod Michael Parato
body: ![Screen Shot.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/45686iE52FE110442036EC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot.png")

I got this message when I log in and create a space and I found a solution : <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Unknown-server-error-when-trying-to-create-a-space/qaq-p/903634> but when I run my H2.jar and log in I cant find the table.


author: Lyod Michael Parato
body: Hi I made it i use a wrong database and i found the right one thank you.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to migrate a single page from one Confluence server to another?
Asked by Sascha Ziemann:

I have an old Confluence installation and a new one. I want to copy some but not all of the old pages to the new Confluence server. How can I do that?


Answers:
author: Tarun Sapra
body: Hello [@Sascha Ziemann](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2450983)

Just take a \*custom\* space export from the old confluence having the pages which are of your interest and restore the space. After that you can move the desired page under the new space and delete the imported space.

This is an easy approach as space restore is supported out of the box in confluence

comments: author: Zak Laughton
body: +1 to this. For steps and documentation for this process, see the **Export multiple pages to HTML, XML, or PDF** section of [Export Content to Word, PDF, HTML and XML](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-139475.html#ExportContenttoWord,PDF,HTMLandXML-ExportmultiplepagestoHTML,XML,orPDF).


author: Sascha Ziemann
body: Can not find the place where to import a space.


author: Zak Laughton
body: [@Sascha Ziemann](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2450983)

You should be able to restore a space from the **Backup and Restore** page at ![cog](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/46093i0D99BB560A036681/image-dimensions/14x14?v=v2 "cog") \> **General Configuration** \> **Backup and Restore** . For more information, see [Restoring a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-space-152036.html).

(NOTE: This will require Confluence admin privileges.)


author: Bill Bailey
body: Or, you do it the dumb way, and edit the page on one server, copy and then paste into the new server (I often use the Source Editor instead). Then you just have to bring the attachments across. Quick, easy, and doesn't require admin rights.


Tags: confluence-server

export

import

server
Customize height and width from table column
Asked by serc:

Hello,  
there is a solution without using HTML for tables. Whenever I create one, it is extremely sprained and unreadable when exported to a PDF.  
A possibility to adjust the width and height of each column would be great.


Answers:
author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Serc,

The PDF export feature in Confluence isn't very robust. You may want to check out the Marketplace - there are several apps there that offer better PDF exporting.

Good luck!


author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Hi [@serc](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2379213)!

Try to use this:

![fixed.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/45669iBA50D5BE13EAF377/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "fixed.jpg")

comments: author: serc
body: this doesnt work, same problem with the fixed width
Confluence JIRA issues filter macro - how to find all the existing queries (SQL or script)
Asked by Mihai Mihai:

Hello,

We recently had a change in the options of one field in JIRA. Let's say that for field X, option 'abc' became 'xyz abc' .

Filters using that option cannot find any results anymore.

I would like to mass update the confluence filters.

I know that in JIRA, filters are stored in the 'searchrequest' table.

Where does Confluence store the searches done in the JIRA issue filter macros?

Also, if instead of SQL anyone has another idea using groovy, as we have scriptrunner for Confluence installed, that would be great too.

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Mihai,

The queries used in Jira macros in Confluence are actually stored in the macro on the page itself. You can see the raw data if you go to ![ellipsis](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/45922i3E22D925454BC344/image-dimensions/24x13?v=v2 "ellipsis") \> **View Storage format**.

Here's an example of the storage format of a page that holds just a Jira Filter macro:

```
<p><ac:structured-macro ac:name="jira" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="1815ea5a-5b7b-4996-a2b8-ce4d67009107"><ac:parameter ac:name="server">Your Company JIRA</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name="columns">key,summary,type,created,updated,due,assignee,reporter,priority,status,resolution</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name="maximumIssues">20</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name="jqlQuery">reporter = currentUser() AND created &lt; '2019-01-01' </ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name="serverId">bee9410a-b73f-38d9-9ded-f2af8cc4937f</ac:parameter></ac:structured-macro></p>
```

If you want to find this in the database, its held with the rest of the page content in the BODYCONTENT table.

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak

comments: author: Mihai Mihai
body: Hi Zak,

Thank you, it does help indeed!


Tags: confluence-server

filter

groovy

macro

script

script-listener

scriptrunner

server

sql
Select privacy while create space
Asked by matthiaskailabch:

Hi,

I found this on the Atlassian blog. Is it still possible? Can I change some permissions in it? like only internal or external groups cansee this space

![Bildschirmfoto 2019-02-14 um 08.53.52.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/45654i406CCFF4BA55EE4A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Bildschirmfoto 2019-02-14 um 08.53.52.png")


Answers:
author: Nadine Sch?tt
body: Hello [@matthiaskailabch](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2641163)

I can still see this option in server version 6.9.1.

Once you have created the space you can select Space tools \> Permissions to configure space permissions for groups and individual users. However, this works in a way that you have to add groups to enable them to view the space rather than remove groups (unless you have lots of groups added by default) or add view restrictions .


Tags: confluence-server

server
Create custom space blueprint for Confluence Cloud?
Asked by Wilson M_:

Is there a way to create a space blueprint for Confluence Cloud? If not, is it on the roadmap?


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Wilson M_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2122369),

This is an existing feature that space administrators can maintain templates.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blueprints-and-user-created-templates-724764985.html>

![template.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/45617iD9C4C73BECCCBA72/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "template.png")

comments: author: Martin Lindenlauf
body: This is about *page* templates, not *space* templates.  
I think [@Wilson M_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2122369) asked for space blueprints (like the given "documentation space" / "team space" / "knowledge base space" templates).


Tags: confluence-cloud
Add headers and footers to individual pages
Asked by Joselle Varela:

Hi,

Can you please let me know how to add headers and footers to individual pages? I'm trying to transform our MS Word templates to Confluence pages, which can be easily exported/printed to share with external parties. Each template has a different header/footer depending on the product name or team, so having a standard header/footer is not going to work for us. Thank you!


Answers:
author: r_karaivanov
body: It should be possible when exporting a whole space.

See the documentation on customizing PDF exports, it contains a section about the headers and footers:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/customize-exports-to-pdf-724764825.html>

comments: author: Frank Clay
body: Hello---this may have changed in Q3 2023, when Atlassian made some changes so that PDFs render more correctly, per a notice on the link that you posted. Do you happen to have an update on this, by chance? I'm in the medical device community and want to use Confluence to generate our docs that do tracing from configuration items through story and ultimately through test. I want to be able to export that document so that it is ready for document control. TIA.


author: Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_
body: Hi,

Not that I am aware of.

We recommend to our MedTech customers to either have a "header" and "footer" pages and bring the info in with the "include page" or "include excerpt" macros, or go with something like Scroll PDF exporter which has everything.

Matteo


author: Frank Clay
body: Thanks mate!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
The Thread limit health check has failed in your system
Asked by reva vaidya:

Hello,   
I'm getting these below errors  
The Thread limit health check has failed in your system

\&

The application links health check has failed in your system  

Please give solutions as early as possible


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Start at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/health-check-thread-limit-858578685.html>


Tags: atlassian-support