youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
What happens after Confluence Server EOL?
Asked by Jan:

We were wondering what working on our Instance with Confluence 7.13.7 would look like after the EOL date. We assume that all functions (read, edit, create, delete..) will be working as usual but without fixes and updates, also for security issues. The security issues would probably not be a big deal as our instance is not accessible via internet.   

We hope that the server will still be working fine, as we might need some more weeks to migrate content after the EOL. And we have decided not to switch to DC or Cloud.


Answers:
author: Ravina
body: Hi [@Jan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/680405)

As you already mentioned the EOL version are without fixes and updates, security issues and the important one is Atlassian will not provide any support in case your instance face some issues which affect the functionality or facing any error, they provide support if Confluence version is in supported list. Also same applies to third party plugins as some plugins lock there functionalities if license is expired.

Also, check you database as well if you are not using local database as cloud providers are also has EOL for databases and if you not updated till end of date they will update it by default from their end and may be that could affect your version.

You can apply the DC licenses to your Confluence without requiring any migration or any other infra level changes like (Shared storage, Load Balancer, etc) as using Jira DC license for server instance is running Confluence DC instance with only single node and same applies to third party plugins as well just you need to check if all the plugins have DC compatible version or not and if you have any custom plugins check that if working as expected in lower instance after changing the Confluence application to DC one.

Check the below document for more details :

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/end-of-support-announcements-for-confluence-210239673.html>

Thanks

Ravina


author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hey [@Jan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/680405)

Plenty of official resources are available by Atlassian outlining and explaining the whole end-of-life topic for server licenses, just like [Server end of support FAQs](https://www.atlassian.com/migration/assess/journey-to-cloud#learn-about-options) and [Journey to Cloud](https://www.atlassian.com/blog/announcements/journey-to-cloud).

You can continuously use Confluence, but like you said, without any updates and support. That will also apply to third-party apps you're currently using. They will likely stop working when the license runs out, but that's a bit, depending on the vendor.

Best, Max


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Removing new topic button
Asked by Ahmet Ka?maz:

I have a page in my space and noticed that anonymous users are not able to create page in the page by my restrictions. This aligns with my objective, but my page has forum macro and users can "creating page" thing by also clicking new topic button. I need to remove it or how could I prevent the user from creating a page by doing this?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Ahmet Ka?maz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5228957) Welcome to the Atlassian community

Can you share a screenshot of the issue so I can see if I can recreate the issue. Also when they click the button are they able to create a page?
Create Offers & Bills in Confluence
Asked by Magdalena Stalder:

Hello Community,

is there a way to create offers \& bills in Confluence or does Atlassian have a product for creating those? We would like to do our accounting with Jira or another Atlassian product, but I can't find a suiting product.

Thanks for your help.


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas
body: I think Jira can be configured for a CRM system. You need to create a custom issue type ("Invoice"), add custom fields ("Customer address", "VAT", etc.) and apply a workflow (Sent -\> Paid -\> Done, etc.). It is not built for that purpose, but with some configuration it can be used that way.

If you use Insight objects to model your customers, then it is even easier. (We actually do this for our consulting projects and it works pretty well. But, it is true, that we don't have to invoice 100 of those projects per month, so our scale is small.)

comments: author: Magdalena Stalder
body: That could be a possibility, i have to check with the accounting team, if that would be an solution. Thank you for the answer.


author: Charlie Misonne
body: Hi Magdalena,

Atlassian does not have a product that was made to create offers and bills.

Of course you can get creative by creating a new issue type in Jira and add the fields that you would need for those items. In Confluence you could create a page template with placeholders.  
In Jira you could also use assets (CMDB) to do it in a more structured manner.

It depends on the amount of offers/ bills you are going to create but on the long run I would recommend a specialized solution.

comments: author: Magdalena Stalder
body: Thank you for that quick reply, well then i have to look for another solution.


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New Issue with Floating Table of Contents for Confluence plug in
Asked by Cheryl Inwood:

Has anyone noticed a new issue with this plugin? The table has started floating in the centre of the screen, instead of on the left hand side. This obscures the page text and makes the plugin unusable. Grateful for any hints to fix this! ![TOC.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/262843i2C151AF71A3DE382/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "TOC.png")

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1228689/floating-table-of-contents-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=support](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1228689/floating-table-of-contents-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=support)


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: You should definitely report this defect to the app developers via this email address:  
help@grovr.co.uk

They can fix it, the community cannot.

comments: author: Cheryl Inwood
body: Thanks, I'll try that.


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confluence-cloud
Bug on the display of Balsamiq Wireframes
Asked by Manu:

There is a bug in the display of Balsamiq within a confluence document.

Only the 1/2 of the screen size is occupied by Balsamiq.

I try to reload the page and open other project, nothing works.

Any idea about how to solve this ?

![bugBalsamiq.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/262832i12EFFF2451E45CEF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "bugBalsamiq.png")


Answers:
author: Virgin Pereira
body: Hi Manu, and sorry for the trouble.  

We're seeing the issue and looking into it. I'll get back to you as soon as I have more details to share. Thanks for the report!

comments: author: David Benson
body: We're seeing it also on draw.io, all full size conf dialog macros are affected. The full screen calcuation seems wrong. We reported as <https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/34/ECOHELP-20053>


author: Virgin Pereira
body: Thanks, David. We've reported it as well, and it affects multiple apps indeed. Let's hope for a quick fix!


author: Virgin Pereira
body: [@Manu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2954137) I just wanted to let you know that Atlassian has released a fix for the issue, and the editor should now work as expected.  

There's still an ongoing issue with our configuration dialog, but we're working with them on fixing it as well.  

Sorry again for the hassle!


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confluence-cloud
How to use virtual functions when "Update ConfiForms entries by filter"
Asked by Ralf Weidauer:

I set up a IFTTT integration rule when modifying one form to Update ConfiForms entries by filter in a second form.

What I actually want to do is append a certain value to some field in the second form.

What I tried (amongst various other, really ridicolous things) is

somefield=somefield.append(certain value)

in the macros "Parameters to set on the entry"-parameter.

What it did was exactly what I typed, the new value "somefield.append(certain value)" but not appending the certain value to the old value of somefield.

I must be confusing syntax here, but I do not know what is wrong.


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi

When you want a field value you refer to it by \[entry.field_name\] notation

```

somefield=[entry.somefield]certain value
```

or in case if you want to update the value using the value of the record you are updating.. and that is triggered from another form then it would be something like

```

somefield=[entry.id.asEntryRef(entry.somefield)]certain value
```

Alex

comments: author: Ralf Weidauer
body: Now this is great. Thanks a lot. Exactly what I needed!


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server
edit draw.io embedded diagram displaying cropped screen (half screen)
Asked by Vinh La:

when trying to edit an embedded draw.io diag from confluence , it opens up the diagram in a half the screen size, not full screen.

unsure how to fix this.

is it related to version compatibilities between confluence and draw.io?


Answers:
author: Bastian -drawio Diagrams-
body: Hi Vinh. Thanks for contacting us. Atlassian released a new Confluence Cloud version yesterday. Probably the settings changed slightly, causing our editor to behave this way. We are working on a fix already, you can follow the status on Github, see <https://github.com/jgraph/drawio/issues/3665>

Take care,  
Bastian from the draw.io customer support team


author: Marija Radovic
body: Hi [@Vinh La](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5241829)

Atlassian fixed the issue so everything is back to normal.

Kind regards,

Marija


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confluence-cloud

draw.io
How to separate administrators in one environment
Asked by yusuke yaginuma:

In one JIRA/Confluence environment,  
Would it be possible to separate the administrators of the "A space" and "B space"?

Example: "A space" global authority can interact only in "A space". In that case, it is not possible to interfere with "B Space".  
??The global authority of "B space" can interact only in "B space". In that case, it is not possible to interfere with "A Space".

We apologize for the inconvenience, but thank you in advance.


Answers:
author: Ai Hirama
body: Thanks for joining the Community! I decided to send you a reply in Japanese, but feel free to let me know if you prefer English communication.

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Confluence???????????????????????????????

Confluence?????????????Confluence???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[???????????](https://support.atlassian.com/ja/confluence-cloud/docs/assign-space-permissions/)

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confluence-cloud
Unable to export confluence page to pdf. 401 error
Asked by Rory Galvin:

Hi All,

I'm trying to export a confluence page to a pdf.

Its partly exporting the information.

I embedded a Jira roadmap in the confluence doc and it wont include this. I get a 401 error - see attached.

Any ideas?

Thank![Screen Shot 2023-06-12 at 19.08.51.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/262778iA015290803C1D0E1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2023-06-12 at 19.08.51.png")


Answers:
author: Dan Breyen
body: Hi Rory, looking in Atlassian's Jira (jira.atlassian.com) I found these issues that look similar to your issue: [CONFCLOUD-68625](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68625) [CONFCLOUD-74841](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-74841) [CONFCLOUD-70048](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-70048) [CONFCLOUD-68608](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68608)

I would recommend voting for and watching them for further updates.

Hope that helps.


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confluence-cloud
How do you consolidate the width a of 1-column table?
Asked by Linda Zhou:

Hi,

This seems like an easy issue to solve, but for the life of me, I am unable to resize the width of a 1-column table I created on a Confluence page.

![Screenshot 2023-06-12 at 5.26.11 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/262769iED1341DF8A8D82BA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2023-06-12 at 5.26.11 PM.png")

I tried created a secondary column and deleting that column in hopes of the table to resize. No dice.

Anyone else struggling with this?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Barbara Szczesniak
body: [@Linda Zhou](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5241558) A way that I have worked around this issue is to use a layout and put the single-column table inside that. Select a 2-column, 3-column, or one of the sidebar layouts, and then put your table in the section that best fits the size you want.

I use a 3-column layout with single cell tables to look like cards on the page.

I also use layouts for places where I want an image to the right of steps. You don't need to apply the layout to your whole page---just insert them where you want them on the page.

comments: author: Trudy Claspill
body: Clever!


author: Trudy Claspill
body: Hello [@Linda Zhou](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5241558)

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

Options for setting the column width are constrained by the width of the table. And options for setting the width of the table are limited.

There is a change request about that here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67748>


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confluence-cloud
Table Transformer changing zeros to blanks
Asked by Scott Gillespie:

I have a Table Excerpt Include with various table values, including zeroes. When I put this through Table Transformer, the zero value cells are blank. My testing suggests this is due to my use of FORMATWIKI in Transformer. I use that to set column widths, conditional text colors, etc. When I remove the FORMATWIKI and just place the regular or calculated value, then zeros appear.

Is there any way to retain zeros for display in this situation? I did find reference to using IFNULL to display zero instead of a blank, but IFNULL would need to be applied to every field impacted. I wondered if there is another setting or "all inclusive" approach that would achieve the same result.


Answers:
author: Katerina Rudkovskaya [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi [@Scott Gillespie](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1024139),  

The original FORMATWIKI function shouldn't change nulls to empty cells. I mean that if you have "0" in your column, then SQL queries  

SELECT  
FORMATWIKI("{cell:textColor=green\|align=left\|width=200px}", 'Column name', "{cell}")  
AS 'Column name'  
FROM T\*

<br />

or  

SELECT  
FORMATWIKI("{cell:textColor=green\|align=left\|width=200px}" + 'Column name' + "{cell}")  
AS 'Column name'  
FROM T\*  

just change the color of this "0" and change the width of the column.  

![Tue 8-1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/263013i85BBF64EE0716FF6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Tue 8-1.png")  

So, please refer to [our support](https://jsd.stiltsoft.com/servicedesk/customer/portal/2). Attach the page storage format of each page with the Table Excerpt macro inserted and of your master page with the Table Excerpt Include and Table Transformer macros. We'll recreate them and see what data is pulled via the Table Excerpt Include macro and how you try to transform it.


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I am not able to see the add calendar option in Team calendar | Seems view is strange
Asked by Sarabjeet Singh:

![Team calendar.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/262743iF0EAFAB61EE21BE5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Team calendar.PNG")


Answers:
author: Trudy Claspill
body: Hello [@Sarabjeet Singh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5241465)

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

You cannot create a brand new calendar from within that macro. That macro is for incorporating the display of an existing calendar.

Please refer to this documentation for more information about creating Team Calendars:

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-add-and-edit-calendars/>


author: Benjamin
body: Hi [@Sarabjeet Singh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5241465) ,

Might due to calendar restrictions and permissions.

See article below:

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/restrict-a-calendar/>

-Ben

comments: author: Sarabjeet Singh
body: there is a different organization page not sure if this is what we call it but there am able to add the calendar and the navigation view is different too.


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confluence-cloud
"Visual filter" as Live Filtration Default
Asked by Rafael Gaudeoso Vilarinho:

Hello!

I'm creating a table on mi confluence where I'm using Live Filtration instead of macro to filter so it's cleaner and because of the number of columns (11, so it'd be too many macros).

I'm having an issue on some Columns where the content of the rows have an image and a number as caption, because the filter type of the Live Filtration turns into a "Dropdown type" filter ignoring the images on the row. Is there a way to set as Default the "Visual filter" on Live Filtration, so even if there are text on the rows together with the images i can filter by the image?

![visual 1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/262734i0A153CF0794154A1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "visual 1.png")

Image 1: the Live Filtration when there is no text in the rows

![tesxt 1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/262733iDF0A14631B76F1C9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "tesxt 1.png")

Image 2: The Live Filtration When there is text in the rows, I'd like those to be Visual Filter so I can filter for the icons


Answers:
author: Katerina Rudkovskaya [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi [@Rafael Gaudeoso Vilarinho](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5241411),  

The behavior of the macro is correct. If you have only emoticons (icons) in your cells, then you are presented with a visual filter. Emoticons+text are recognized as strings, so you are given a dropdown filter to use.

<br />

Seems that the only workaround here may be to use a separate column for your text captions.

comments: author: Rafael Gaudeoso Vilarinho
body: Not feasible to get a separate column for text because id have to create one text column for each icon one, so 11 new columns.

The question here is not if the macro is working correctly, but if there is any way of changing it to visual filter instead of Dropdown type


author: Katerina Rudkovskaya [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi [@Rafael Gaudeoso Vilarinho](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5241411),  

In addition to my previous answer, please note that you can choose the type of filter yourself in the Table Filter macrobrowser and set the visual filter for the required columns manually (for filters in header as well, I used panel view just for the screenshot).  

![Wed 6-1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/263103i4FF3768B3A04ACD8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Wed 6-1.png")![Wed 6-2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/263104iB73E53842B791885/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Wed 6-2.png")  

But, of course, it can't be done while your table is not wrapped in the macro (you've mentioned that you want to use Live Filtration -- so I understood that you use filters in headers without saving the changes and your table is not wrapped in the Table Filter macro, you just filter on the fly and move on).


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Site wont't be build
Asked by Tobias Wortmann:

I am new on Confluence.  
I would like to make my first own Site. After I selected the domain name there is an animation wit the text that my site is getting build up. Even after 30min. there is no site.  
There is a text that it is taking more time than usually an I will receive an E-Mail when my page is finished but is it possible that this took so long ?  

I need to start my work ...  

Thanks for all your help


Answers:
author: Dave Menconi
body: [@Tobias Wortmann](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5241303) did you get this to work? I dare say other new people would love to hear the outcome! I'm a bit curious myself...


Tags: cloud
How do I get ToC Exclude Headings to work in Cloud?
Asked by Mads Trier:

ToC Exclude Headings does not work for me.

I have two headings I would like to exclude:

*** ** * ** ***

Introduction

Table of Contents

*** ** * ** ***

Using the ToC macro, I've modified the 'exclude headings' parameter a million times. I can barely tell you what works and what doesn't, because it seems to be doing so at complete random.

I have tried using the \| from server version, which doesn't seem to work, but is listed on the documentation page: <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-table-of-contents-macro/>

I have tried using , with spaces on both sides, one on either side and no spaces - none of them consistently work.

I tried renaming the headline to just 'Table' to see if there was an issure there, and it worked once, but when I went to correct it back to the right name, it stopped working. I tried reverting it to one-word and now it no longer works. Along the way, the 'Introduction' header seems to appear and disappear seemingly at random. At one point I had that as the only exclusion and it didn't even work. Then I removed all exclusions and 'Introduction' disappeared from the table.

Anyone have any idea what is going on with this macro?


Answers:
author: Mads Trier
body: I think I've solved it by doing 2 things:

a. I've noticed that the change doesn't always follow through, so after publishing, I go back to edit and publish again and then it changes.

b. Using the syntax from this posts answer by Ryan Canfield, it seems to work! <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Exclude-multiple-headings-in-table-of-contents/qaq-p/1904617>


author: Mads Trier
body: I tried adding a second ToC Macro and sucessfully excluded "Introduction" with the parameter

"Introduction,"

Then I went back to edit the original ToC - and did not touch the new ToC - and when I published the new ToC stopped excluding Introduction. Is the macro just broken?


author: Mads Trier
body: I tried using parentheses in the parameter

(Introduction,Table)

And that worked!

Then I changed the headline again, along with the parameter

(Introduction,Table of Contents)

And that did not work.  
Then I changed it back to

(Introduction,Table)

and now that also does not work.

This is absurd.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Cannot Edit Confluence Space
Asked by Lucas Ilowski:

Space has no restrictions.

I was able to edit previously , now I cannot.


Answers:
author: Deepak Jain
body: Hi [@Lucas Ilowski](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5238063) ,

Thank you for posting on community.  
Could check if you have enough permissions (Specially edit permission) on your confluence space. Ask any space admin to share permission screenshot of your account.

Thank !!

comments: author: Lucas Ilowski
body: As per below it shows I can edit..

But i am still not able to..

What is the next action I should take?

Thanks!![image.png](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=cdc1e3a4c8&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1768567046149363952&th=188b365bb331d8f0&view=fimg&fur=ip&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8ENgL8M32T07tNYNTpgRsEBGBfXNDiw1ksARag_DkS1atSyxnaqa3WgcV8fTqolwdAI6Af95kFxj238WhgFaL4TTNBLL45foyBpVs-KDUYKYXRXzBxeY-2eFM&disp=emb&realattid=ii_litw1a280)


author: Deepak Jain
body: Hi [@Lucas Ilowski](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5238063) ,

I'm not able to see screenshot.

Could you please ask an administrator if you have edit page permission on your space ?

Thanks !


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confluence-cloud