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Max number of groups in Confluence.
Asked by SergioC:

What is the maximum number of groups that can be taken into Confluence? Are there any limitations?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hey Sergio,

As stated by the guys above, there should be no limit of groups/users/pages for Confluence instances. Just bear in mind that according to the number of content that we implement in the instance, we can find some performance issues, since it would make the size of the instance to increase.

Given that, do you have in mind what would be the number of groups that you want to implement?

Wish you the best,   
Giuliano Tenedini  
Confluence/Crowd Support


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Sergio,  

We do not have a max number of groups in Confluence, you can add how much you would like.  

Cheers,  
WZ


author: Ale? La?ar
body: Hi Sergio,

we have AD groups and there are hunderds groups :smile:

But Atlassian recommendation is this: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/User+Management+Limitations+and+Recommendations>

But we have a really a lot of groups and without problems.

Regards, Ale?
Confluence CLI Tool, selecting pages by date, then export as PDF
Asked by Christopher Lederer:

Hey

There is a couple of example out how to export pages as pdf's via CLI

Now I would like to know if I can create a list via getPageList and select only for pages created after a certain date.

Is that possible?

thanks


Answers:
author: John Paz
body: Here is part of the solution...

While getPageList seems like the best route, I just couldn't get it working right away. But getContentList seemed promising, and sure enough I was able to get it to generate a list of pages modified within the LASTDAY, and I even made it export the list as a comma-separated .txt file (something which isn't even listed as an option for this action, very exciting!).

```
confluence --action getContentList --search "type:page" --space HOME --searchTypes "page" --searchModified "LASTDAY" --outputFormat 2 --file "target/output/atlassiancli/getContentList.txt"
```

With all that said, however, I was not able to turn this list into an exported PDF of the actual pages, which was OP's original goal. So if anyone wants to take this solution a bit further I'd would love nothing more!

I may tinker with this a bit more later, but for now I'm a bit stumped.

comments: author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: If the problem is exporting ALL the pages selected to one PDF, then that is not currently supported by the remote APIs as far as I am aware currently.


author: John Paz
body: So I've mastered how to get CLI to spit out a list of pages within a specified date range, even got it to export it as a .txt file (that could be used as a .csv file, with heading information included and comma-separated).But getting the exportPage function to export from a file source doesn't seem to be possible as of yet.I can dream up another combination of solutions, but I wonder if you need to adjust your approach a bit or use some other addons. For instance, this would be much easier to accomplish using ServiceRocket's Reporting plugin. You could even use a simpler solution with content reporting macros (or other built-in, free macros) to generate a report.You would need a very complex solution to achieve this with the current requirements, with exporting the actual pages themselves being the biggest blocker.In any case I'll post my partial solution as an answer and see if someone else from the community might be able to weigh in and provide some insight.


author: Christopher Lederer
body: pages themselves - so I would use PageList with date and only export those pages that have a recent created or modified datethanks c.


author: John Paz
body: Are you trying to export the list of pages, or the pages themselves?


Tags: cli

confluence-administration
How to embed a an Agile Sprint Burndown Chart of a past sprint?
Asked by Nauman Mithani:

I can add the Agile Sprint Burndown Chart of the current sprint in a Confluence document easily enough.

However, how do I add one for a past sprint?


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Nauman, you may use the "daysprevious" field in the insert macro pane to include information from a different period to the graph. It may be worth checking the other possibilities of the macro at its [dedicated page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/JIRA+Chart+Macro#JIRAChartMacro-Notes).


Tags: burndown

chart

cloud

confluence-cloud

jira

macro

sprint
Can I show week numbers in the Confluence calendar?
Asked by Lyset den Blijker:

Hello,  
Users in our company would like to see week numbers in the calendar in Confluence. Is that possible?

Thanks and best regards,

Lyset den Blijker


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Lyset, currently that is not present, nevertheless we have created an improvement request documenting this here - <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-2617>.

Please feel free to adapt to your usage case, and post your comments to the request thread.


author: Lyset den Blijker
body: Hi Guilherme, where/how should I mark this as accepted?


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hi Lyset, I see that you have posted a comment to the improvement request. Please mark this as accepted in order to help people with similar needs.


Tags: calendar
Links to applications in Confluence
Asked by Gianni Truzzi:

Confluence appears to greatly limit the type of URL links that can be specified, stripping them if they do not conform to http: protocol specifiers. It sometimes allows those of type file:, but its quite unpredictable whether or not it will accept those links.

We need our Confluence pages to use a broader range of protocol URLs, including those that invoke applications such as those that use the onenote: protocol to invoke Microsoft One Note. We also need to be able to address volume IDs in the file: protocol (e.g., file://E:\\Mypath).

Is there a way we can bypass Confluence's checks in order to specify whatever URL we need to?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You can put in the file protocol. It has to be on the web link panel.

image2014-10-6 11:21:56.png

Now, keep in mind that out of the box this will only work on IE, and only if your environment hasn't locked down the file protocol. There are [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/locallinks/jllpkdkcdjndhggodimiphkghogcpida) and [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/)(Options -\>Advanced-\>Trusted-\>Allow local links) extensions to enable the file protocol, but by default these browsers won't use the file protocol. Also, the file protocol will only work if the file is on every machine at the specified path, or the file is shared via a UNC path such as file://///server/path/to/file.doc ... yes, you need five slashes. The first three (**file:///** ) are the protocol. The next two are the beginning of the UNC path (**//server/path/to/file.doc**).  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Links-to-applications-in-Confluence/qaq-p/241421?attachment-id=6865){#link_11895ceee68b3f}  
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How can I show the Active Directory groups to which a user is a member on a page?
Asked by Cody Cotulla:

I want to show the active directory groups to which a user is a member on a Confluence page. Our Confluence 5.x instance is AD enabled.  

Any help is appreciated.  

Thanks,

Cody


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You could write a user macro for this fairly easily. The method would be...

$userAccessor.getGroupNamesForUserName()

<https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Confluence+Objects+Accessible+From+Velocity>

<https://docs.atlassian.com/com/atlassian/confluence/atlassian-confluence/latest/index.html?com/atlassian/confluence/user/UserAccessor.html>

comments: author: Ale? La?ar
body: And add it to foreach loop to get a elements of array :)


author: Tiago Comasseto
body: I don't know if there's a macro for this, but maybe using [SQL plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.sql). You can get this information directly from Confluence database.

I hope it helps.

Cheers


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence attachment save method
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Hello partner,

How to understand the confluence attachment of page to save path?We want to collect the knowledge of how to attachment save ?We want to management the disk usage of confluence server.Thank you for your kindly assistance.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You've tagged this question with "Cloud", where the question is pretty much irrelevant, as it's not your server and not up to you how the attachments work.

If you are referring to your own servers, then I'm not sure the question is that useful. What do you mean by "management the disk usage"? What specifically do you want to know about the way Confluence uses space for attachments and for what reason? I can tell you that when you attach a file, Confluence sticks it on the disk in a tree structure that suits it, and places a line in the database so it knows how to use the file, but even that isn't going to help you manage disks. (Unless you've got attachments in the database, in which case, it's large objects in a table)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to have a publicly accessible space that is password protected?
Asked by Will Sweet:

I want a public space for FAQs relating to a system we use across a relatively large and dispersed audience of people we work with. We cannot feasibly have a license for each user (they need read only access), however we don't want this information being found and shared publicly.

We wanted to have a general password we update and share across our network, but they don't need a full license. Or perhaps there are other ways of achieving the same level of security without creating an excessive number of read-only users?

Is this possible with either the server or on-demand versions?

Thanks,

Will


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Create one read-only user and have everyone login with that user.

comments: author: Will Sweet
body: Would multiple people be able to use this simultaneously without kicking each other out the system?


author: Davin Studer
body: Yeah it will work. You can test it. Just open two different web browsers(chrome and firefox for example) with the same user. Now, it's usually not as good idea to use one user for editing as there is no audit trail at that point, but read-only is probably pretty safe.


author: Will Sweet
body: Okay excellent - thank you very much!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

confluence-server

server
Confluence Attachment Management
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Dear partner,

We use confluence of version 4.2.3 . Would it be possible to limit the attachments of page? We want to some user only can view the attachments of page, but they can not download the attachments.Thank you.


Answers:
author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Hello Hsu -

Our Integrations with Box, Google Drive, Dropbox, Egnyte, and Alfresco allow you to embed files from those repositories (so acts like an attachment), and there is also an option to disallow downloading of the files.

In this way, your use case is met, and more, if you would like to evolve to this model. You can see a [whole set of videos on these here](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj3RRvf1WrpdQCzgqkO9CjUZyipY1z-EY).

There's more features than that, like allowing you to edit edit the files from within Confluence, and saving back to repo, extended search including the repos and Confluence, etc.

Email [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com) if you would like to evaluate these.


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: It seems that if you are at version 4.2.3 - you must be on the Confluence server, not cloud (since cloud SaaS version is later 5.6.X by now..)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If you can view an attachment, you are downloading it. That's how browsers work - they have to download content in order to show it to the user.
Restricting the top-right Search bar to be space-specific doesn't seem to work in 5.6
Asked by Howard Friedman:

We just upgraded from 4.3.1 to 5.6.3. Unfortunately the now-rounded Search bar does a full site search. We use the Documentation theme, and the "Limit search results to the current space" check box is selected. Curiously, a Search box appears in the left pane above the page tree only when this check box is not selected, the opposite of what I would expect. At least this left-panel search box is space restricted, but it would be nice to be able to get the space restriction applied to the Search box at the top right of the page instead. How do I do this?


Answers:
author: Howard Friedman
body: Thanks Geert,

I see now that is the case: "the top right search bar displays content from any space when you select it, based on your previously visited pages. If you actually search however, you only get results from the current space."

I do think it is misleading (more of a bug than a feature) to show content from any space when the search is supposed to be restricted to the current space, but I guess I can live with that :smile:  
Best regards,  
Howard


author: Geert Graat
body: Hi,

What you describe is correct: if the documentation theme is limited to search the current space, then you only see the top right search box. If that is not the case, then the top right search box can be used to search the entire confluence site, while a new search box appears in the sidebar which allows you to search the space. See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+the+Documentation+Theme#UsingtheDocumentationTheme-Searchingthespaceorthesite>.

Now, what I have seen is that when the documentation theme is limited to search the current space, the top right search bar displays content from any space when you select it, based on your previously visited pages. If you actually search however, you only get results from the current space.

I did not test this on the latest Confluence version, so it might just as well be a bug.

Regards,

Geert


Tags: confluence-administration
Advanced features of PDFs are 'stripped out' when I upload to a Wiki page
Asked by Lisa Hontschik:

I have a PDF that utilizes JavaScript to run correctly. (It is form that needs to be filled out by the user, then printed. Though I don't understand the technical reason why, the PDF uses JavaScript to prepare the print version. It is not possible to print the form any other way.)

The form works fine while simply residing on my hard drive.

When I upload the form to a Wiki page, then open or download the PDF again, the JavaScript is not functioning, thereby giving me print errors.

Is there something magical that happens to PDF attachments when they are uploaded to a Wiki? Is there something I can do (as a Confluence Admin) to make this work?

Please keep in mind I am not a developer but rather a documentation/knowledge management specialist. Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Lisa Hontschik
body: Thanks again.

The PDF works fine with the JavaScript before I upload it to the Wiki.

When I upload it to the Wiki, then download it again and try to use it, the JavaScript doesn't work.

Something happens to the PDF in the upload or download process, but I don't know what.


author: Davin Studer
body: Confluence does not edit the contents of PDF files during upload. My hunch would be that the PDF viewer you are using either does not support the features, or it has security set to not enable those features. Most good PDF viewers have the option to disable javascript.


author: Lisa Hontschik
body: Thanks for the reply, Davin.

I don't actually have an issue with the PDF reader. In fact, I'm not using the macro at all. The user downloads the PDF via an attachment link on the Wiki page. Somewhere between me uploading the PDF to the Wiki page and the user downloading it, the JavaScript features of the PDF are removed or disabled. That's the issue.


author: Davin Studer
body: The Confluence PDF viewer is pretty limited. It is not Acrobat Reader. It will only give you a subset of features that the acrobat format supports. It will render most PDF files pretty well, but it is not a perfect solution. If you need the PDF to be fully functional then the user will have to download it locally and open it with acrobat reader.


Tags: confluence-administration
How does "License only the users you need" work?
Asked by ResearchGate:

On the marketplace page, it mentions that you can "License only the users you need". How exactly does that work? I couldn't find any more information on that.


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hey guys,

I believe we have already answered this one for the plugins. However, in Confluence to allow less users to use the application, you need to remove the \*Can Use\* permissions under '\*Confluence Admin \> Global Permissions\*. This way, the license count is not exceeded.

You can get more information under the following DOC:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+Overview>

Cheers,

Giuliano


Tags: addon-com.mxgraph.confluence.plugins.diagramly

diagramly

draw.io
Confluence email notification only for active users?
Asked by Andreas Schaek:

We are working with Crowd, JIRA (25 users) and Confluence (10 users).

Only less than 10 users are creating pages in Confluence.

I can add a non-active user as an observer to a page, but it seems, that Confluence is not sending email notifications to this user. Is this an intended behaviour?

Regards,

Andreas Schaek


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

This seems to be true. According to [this page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Subscribing+to+Email+Notifications+of+Updates+to+Confluence+Content), it seems that confluence won't send notification to disabled users:

"Users that have been disabled by an administrator will not receive email notifications."

Regards,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Andreas Schaek
body: Thanks for the information.


Tags: confluence-administration
Help with setting up research ethics process
Asked by Charles Knight:

Hi there,

Completely new to Confluence - I need to set up a research ethics process that is like the following:

1) staff members upload some word files that outline their ethical approach to any research they are proposing

2) Members of the research committee discuss the documentation (only they should be able to see it)

3) They approve or send recommendations for changes?

Does that make sense?

Best,

Charles


Answers:
author: Gorka Puente _Appfire_
body: Hi Charles,

You can do that with Confluence, but in my opinion, a better approach would be:

1. Staff members create a common or individual pages with their ethical approach.
2. Members of the research committee discuss the **content**, with comments on the page (you can set restrictions on pages or spaces).
3. To approve or recommend changes, you can use the comments on the page, or move advanced mechanisms, like [workflows](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow)(@Roberto Dominguez \[Comalatech\] can help on this).

The idea is to move from files (word files) to content (confluence pages). And yes, it totally makes sense!

Gorka

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: I agree about creating real wiki pages instead of uploading word files. If you really need word files later on you can export the pages to word or pdf.The workflows add-on is pretty full featured, but another less feature filled option for page approval is the Page Approval add-on.<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.pageapproval>


author: Gorka Puente _Appfire_
body: Hi Davin,I didn't know that add-on! It looks really simple!Gorka


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I display the full-content of a blog post in an email update?
Asked by Seth Thuraisingham:

Currently when I write a blog post in a space and share it with others they only get the heading of the blog post in their email. Is it possible for the full content to be displayed in their email notification?


Answers:
author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: Hello Seth,

aren't they Confluence users, the ones you want to share your blog posts with?

If they are, you should convince them to watch your blog. Then they'll get notified with full content in the e-mail.  
If not, ... don't know.

Cheers,  
Kirstin


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

email
Getting started with Confluence cloud service
Asked by Tom Q. Le:

I've just signed up and paid for 10-users Confluence accounts (cloud service). How do get started and use? I would expect to have email explaining in details of how to get started...This is not a good start already. Please assist!


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hey Tom,

You should receive an email from Atlassian. However, if you haven't (maybe because of your email filters, etc), you will find a guide to get started here.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Getting+started+with+OnDemand>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Get+a+feel+for+Confluence>

Cheers

Bhushan


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud