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Creating links with an image in Confluence using Markdown
Asked by Mark Thornhill:

Hello

I would like to link to another Confluence page using an image, using Markdown. We use the Markdown add-on.

I'm sure it's possible, but not sure how.

Has anyone done this?

Thank you

Mark


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority
body: Are you using: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.plugins.confluence.markdown.confluence-markdown-macro/server/overview> ?

Take a look at <https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2133/whats-the-recommended-syntax-for-an-image-with-a-link>

comments: author: Mark Thornhill
body: Hello

I actually use the Bob Swift Markdown, but I'll have a look, I'm sure it can't be too different.

Thank you
JIRA Core account 'already linked' when correcting OAuth as prompted
Asked by Stuart May:

A Page and Issue are linked on JIRA Core and Confluence, but the link fails to work.

I am prompted to correct OAuth Config Error.

I correct the OAuth so they match (arrows are green) and try to save the changes.

The page fails to Save due to the account 'already having a link'... the JIRA Cloud Application link \& address is highlighted red.

I can't find anyway round it and only one instance of each Application so no idea how they could be linked any other way.

thanks


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority
body: Go into your profile and remove the oauth connection from there. I think that may work around this.

comments: author: Stuart May
body: Thanks... I get this in JIRA Core:

Authorised Applications {#toc-hId-1765686465}
---------------------------------------------

No applications are using your account to access JIRA data

...and this in Confluence:

Authorised Applications {#toc-hId--786470496}
---------------------------------------------

The following applications are using your account to access Confluence data

*No applications are authorised*

Can't say I understand the implications of either!


Tags: confluence-cloud

jira-administration
Can I create a page able to collect all tasks throughout the entire space?
Asked by Roberta Cinus:

I know you can create a page in which you can collect all tasks assigned to a specific person, and I have been able to do it my personal space. But we would like to create a page able to collect all tasks (assigned to different people) throughout the entire space. Is it possible? Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Roberta,

The [Task Report Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/task-report-macro-590260009.html) can be used to create a list of tasks. You can filter by space, page, user, label, created date and more.

**To add the Content Report Table macro to a page:**

1. From the editor toolbar, choose **![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/182682276/939519670/1/1508908877474/insert-macro-icon.png)** (**Insert)** \> **Other Macros**
2. Find and select the required macro
3. You can also enter by typing {task and Task Report should show up.

I hope this helps!

Kind regards,

Shannon


author: Roberta Cinus
body: thank you Shannon, all sorted
Move a file to another page with pageid
Asked by Yvonne Flesch:

Hi,

I hope you can help me with my problem: I want to move a file from one page to another one. But this page has a special sign in its name, so i can't use the name. I have only a pageid but no clue what to do with it.

None of my ideas worked yet. Which way ist the right one zu insert the pageid and move my attachment?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I was not able to use a pageID as a destination page while moving an attachment using the attachment properties, either.

What did work for me, was to literally paste the friendly title from the page. When the page was in a different space I used the space key and a colon in front of the page title and that worked as well.

```
KEY:attachment destination page title with special characters
```

If you still have trouble please let me know what version of Confluence you are using so I can test on your version.

A workaround would be to download the attachment, navigate to the destination page and upload it there.

comments: author: Yvonne Flesch
body: Thank you for your answer.

I tried to copy the page title, but it didn't worked.

Yes at the moment we use this workaround. But I'm not very happy with it.

We use Confluence 5.10.8. The special character is a "\&".


author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Yvonne,

I just tried on Confluence 5.10.8 and was able to move the attachment using the page title. Here is a screenshot of what I entered:

![Screen Shot 2017-11-22 at 11.33.03 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9887i3762BB17AE394AF8/image-dimensions/716x453?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2017-11-22 at 11.33.03 AM.png")

Please:

* Let me know the result when you enter the destination page title and choose "Save". Do you see an error message in the browser?
* Try with multiple browsers just to make sure it's not a browser issue.

Thanks!


author: Yvonne Flesch
body: Hi Ann,

yes I get a error message: The page don't exist.

I tried it once again in our testarea and there copy worked. So I think it is a special problem with the page I tried before.

I can't use another browser, we have only IE11 and not allowed to use another one.


author: AnnWorley
body: If the message is that the page doesn't exist, perhaps the page is in another space. If you wish to move the attachment to a page in a different space, add the space key before the page name, for example, DOC:My Destination Page.
Version control
Asked by Klaus Vogel:

I'd like to insert version control into confluence. This should work for changed documents and all other changes, what the user can see.

If we made some changes on a document, then the user will have the possible to see the current and the older versions.

A college informed me about the plugin "Copy Spaces", which will not work for new confluence version. So I'd like to ask which plugin is useable and not so expensive.

Thank you.

Klaus


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority
body: Confluence has version control built in. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-history-and-page-comparison-views-139379.html>

comments: author: Klaus Vogel
body: Thank you Boris for your information, but I would see the changes in word or excel document.

Do you know that this will be possible?

When I change the Excel file and save the screen, then confluence create automatically a new version. When I compare the current and previous version then I cannot see the changes inside the excel file.

I think this will be very complicate?

By the way, is it possiblt to omit the version the for each change?

Thanks a lot.

Klaus


author: Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority
body: Not possible as far as I know.


author: Davin Studer
body: So, the [Copy Space](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace/server/overview) add-on does indeed work with the newest version of Confluence. I use it all the time. Just because it says it is incompatible doesn't mean it won't work. It simply means that the developer has not certified that it does indeed work with your version. You can download the add-on from the [version page](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace/versions) and manually upload it through the UPM. Another option to consider would be to look into [Scroll Versions](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions/server/overview).

comments: author: Klaus Vogel
body: Hi Davin,

Ok I will try. But what is the big advantage of Copy Space add-on and the internal version control?


author: roman
body: Hi Klaus. As Davin mentioned in his comment [Scroll Versions](https://www.k15t.com/software/scroll-versions) would be the way to go to achieve what you want.

Feel free to check out a small video about how Scroll Versions works: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptaP1m1MGvY>.

Cheers,  
Roman.


Tags: version
Comments and 10 minute window email notification can this be changed
Asked by Jaime Romaguera:

Hi, I understand that when you make a comment it does not send an email notification immediately, but process it as email notification inside a 10-minute window. Can this window be configured to be example 5 minutes?

Thanks for any advice

Regards

Jaime


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi Jaime!

Mail notification based on the few momnets:

1. Mail queue on JIRA side

2. Mail on first SMTP/ mailrelay side

3. other systems.

For understanding and optimizing please, use this instruction

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/notification-mail-slow-to-arrive-or-having-huge-delay-397803670.html>

Hope it helps for you.

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov
Confluence restore only attachements folder
Asked by kattner@efr.de:

Hello,

my confluence server is crashed.

Is it possible to make a restore only with the attechements folder??

Without any other datas of home directory, no entities.xml or exportDescriptor.properties--\> only attachements folder!

Thank you for your help


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Just to expand on why Jeremy is asking about your use case:

A backup of Confluence needs to take the database (either as an xml backup, found in \<confluence home\>/export) or as a standard database backup, plus the attachments.

If you don't have either type of database backup, then you can't restore your Confluence, because there's nothing to restore from.

comments: author: Jeremy M
body: Exactly, [@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781454) :-).


author: Jeremy M
body: Dear Kattner,

No, you cannot restore Confluence with just the Attachment folder. These Attachments need to go somewhere. What exactly is your use case?

Kind Regards,

Jeremy


Tags: backup
Confusion around Portfolio compatibility / version numbers
Asked by Mark Hanson:

We are at Confluence 5.10 and want to upgrade JIRA from 7.3 to latest version,. Does anyone know the link to version compatibility?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Mark,

We usually recommend that both apps have the same major AppLink version. You can compare these versions from the [Application links version matrix](https://confluence.atlassian.com/applinks/application-links-version-matrix-779174762.html). You can check your version by going to the System Information page in your instances.

Additionally, by checking the information on using [Jira Applications and Confluence together](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF510/Use+JIRA+applications+and+Confluence+together), you will be able to tell which features are or are not available to you.

You may also be aware that Confluence 5.10 will reach [end of life](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/atlassian-support-end-of-life-policy-201851003.html) in the beginning of June, so you may want to consider upgrading in the near future.

I hope this helps but let us know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Shannon
Can someone point me to a table of which versions of JIRA are compatible with which of Confluence?
Asked by Mark Hanson:

We are at Confluence 5.10 and want to upgrade JIRA from 7.3 to latest version,. Does anyone know the link to version compatibility?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Mark,

In addition to what Nic said, you'll want to make sure your AppLinks version is the same major version. You can use this table to compare:

* [Application Links Version Matrix](https://confluence.atlassian.com/applinks/application-links-version-matrix-779174762.html)

You can use the table from [Use Jira applications and Confluence together](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF510/Use+JIRA+applications+and+Confluence+together) to see what features will be available to you, depending on your versions

I hope this helps!

Kind regards,

Shannon


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence 5.10 and above will work fine with Jira 5+

comments: author: Mark Hanson
body: Thanks.
Saving an answer in draft?
Asked by Ralph Herzig:

We would like to use the Question functionality in the Confluence Cloud but have a need to save an answer in "draft" state before it becomes visible to a wider audience. Has anyone addressed this workflow?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I have not been able to find a plugin or think of a convenient workaround for the requirement of saving a draft or unpublished version of an answer to a Questions for Confluence question.

It sounds like the answers need to be reviewed before being seen by a wider audience. I created a suggestion ticket for the development team: [As a user I would like to be able to share a draft of an answer to a Question](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58337)

Please comment and vote on the ticket to emphasize your specific use case. Doing so will also add you to notifications for it so you will be informed of any progress.


Tags: questions-for-confluence
Dashboard sidebar in space
Asked by Stefan Bogdan Cimpeanu:

Hello,

We plan to set as default for all users a certain space page that encompasses our company much better than what the default Confluence dashboard does.

However, if we do that, apparently we can't find a way to preserve the user dashboard sidebar functionality ("My Work", "My Spaces").

Is there a way we can bring those components in a project sidebar?

Cheers,

Bogdan


Answers:
author: Udo Wieg?rtner
body: Hi Bogdan,

did you find any solutions? I have the same issue.

Udo


Tags: confluence-app
What type of material do you store in a Bitbucket wiki vs Confluence spaces?
Asked by gbh2930:

We have had Bitbucket for a while now and storing development team info in its wiki, but have just recently started with Confluence which has Software Project spaces and also Documentation spaces for managing technical documentation.

So when software teams use both Bitbucket and Confluence, is there any standard practice or guidance or advice for what type of material should be kept in the Bitbucket wiki vs the Confluence spaces? I am not sure what should be in the Bitbucket wiki.

is there any accepted logical division of material between the two product's wikis? Or should software teams normally keep ALL material in the Confluence spaces?

What is the recommended or normal practice?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Since a Bitbucket wiki is associated with a repository, I recommend limiting the content to information specific to that repository.

Confluence is a good place to store information that pertains to multiple repositories, or any miscellaneous data that you want to grant access to.

There are no hard and fast guidelines or best practices published. I would be interested in hearing how you decide to handle this for your use case, in order to give a hint to the next person looking for similar guidelines.


Tags: bitbucket
How to include Page labels in Printed page
Asked by Casey Maynard:

I have several labels that I want to be printed as part of a page.

I cannot seem to figure out how to use any of the 'label' macros that limit only the labels listed on the page that I am printing.


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Casey Maynard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1140025)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-by-label-macro-145566.html>

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Print-a-list-of-labelled-content/qaq-p/818067>

Cheers
Cannot find whitlist to add URL.
Asked by Victoria Westergren:

Cannot find location of whitelist to add URL using version 6.3 server. Can anyone tell me where to find this?


Answers:
author: RianS
body: You can try looking under the Confluence General Administration Pages, in the Users \& Security section of the sidebar there is a "Whitelist" option.

comments: author: Victoria Westergren
body: That topic does not show under my 'Users \& Security' section.


author: RianS
body: What options do you see under that section? On two of my Confluence Server instances, 5.9.x and 6.4 the section appears.


author: Victoria Westergren
body: Discovered that I do not have permissions to update whitelist. Another user is able to access.
Auto add dates from Wiki page into a Calendar
Asked by Kate Rummel:

We have created a table on a wiki page with several columns about events, including start and end dates. We would like to be able to view this information in the table as well as in a calendar format.

**Is there any way to auto-create calendar entries based on the rows in the table** so we do not need to duplicate our efforts?

As the dates are in often in flux, we have a great opportunity for error if we rely on manually updating both the wiki and calendar.

Thank you for your help!


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: Kate, why don't you revert the problem?

You can manage the events in [Team Calendar](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/team-calendars) which allows both calendar-view and list-view.

comments: author: Kate Rummel
body: Thank you for that suggestion. I'll see if we are able to customize the list view to reveal all of the data that we need in that other format.
Confluence 6.4.0 to 6.5.0 upgrade error question
Asked by Dustin Shapero:

Tried upgrade from Confluence 6.4.0 to 6.5.0 and it wouldn't even start so I reverted back to 6.4.0 and copied over the backups. When I reverted it gave an error that the database build number (7502) didn't match the home directory build number. Because of this error I ran the 6.5.0 upgrade again since 7502 is that build number. This time it started but I received the same error. Confluence will not start because the build number in the home directory \[7400\] doesn't match the build number in the database \[7502\]. Anyone know where to change the build number in the home directory or why the upgrade install didn't change it when ran?


Answers:
author: Dustin Shapero
body: Please ignore, I found the documentation: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-will-not-start-up-because-the-build-number-in-the-home-directory-doesn-t-match-the-build-number-in-the-database-after-upgrade-376834096.html>
How do I add the current date to a confluence page that is exported to a PDF?
Asked by John Blatner:

If I export confluence content to a PDF file, is there a way to stamp the current date or date and time on the bottom of the page in the PDF file. This way, if someone prints some content from Confluence using the PDF export feature and then someone else prints the same content on a later date, the newest printing can be identified.


Answers:
author: RianS
body: There's an old post about this topic, you can find it here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions/Insert-current-date-into-Confluence-page/qaq-p/313517>

Hopefully this answers your question. It really depends on whether you have access to the Admin configuration of Confluence.
Unable to tag people using @ symbol while editing a page in Confluence cloud Mobile App
Asked by Anil Bondada:

when using the Confluence cloud mobile app the ability to tag people using the @ symbol seems to be an unavailable function with the page is in edit mode. However, you can tag people in the comments.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Anil,

Thank you for reaching out to us! User mentions are not yet one of the supported macros in the mobile app but I created a feature request below for this:

* [CONFCLOUD-58291](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58291)

This is part of a bigger request, [CONFCLOUD-57844](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-57844), that asks to increase the number of features available in the mobile version.

Going forward, should you run into any other missing features that you need, please use the Shake to send feedback feature, which can be enabled from the Settings menu. This way it will send feedback directly to our developers of the app.

Take care!

Kind regards,

Shannon
Adding custom information (metadata) to Confluence Spaces
Asked by Scott Savarese:

I'm looking to add metadata to my spaces. In particular I want to add an owner. I know that Spaces don't have an "owner" It is really just who has admin access to the Space and there can be more than one of those. So I was thinking about using the Description field. Maybe add a line in it that says "Owner: myuser". Then in my custom macros, I'd use Velocity languange to split out the field and the value and display it.

What are people's thoughts on this? Is there a better way to do this? What do other people do?


Answers:
author: Giao Ton
body: Hi Scott,

Can you please show me where the Description field is ? I'm looking for it but haven't found one. Thanks. Giao

comments: author: Robert Reiner _smartics_
body: You can find the description for a space by clicking on the cog icon (lower left) which opens the "Space tools" (Confluence server).

In the "Overview" (click first item on the Space tools menu), then on the tab "Space Details" click on "Edit Space Details" to change the description.

You need to have sufficient privileges to access the space tools.

Here is more information:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeval/confluence-evaluator-resources/confluence-how-do-i-access-space-tools>
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/navigating-to-space-tools-379879932.html>
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/edit-space-details-792498668.html>


author: Colm Maguire
body: So if the user is admin of the space is already known by the system, what advantage do you get in adding an owner to the meta data ?


Tags: space
Extremely Slow Confluence API Return for children of Page with large number of children
Asked by Ashley Kubatko:

I'm creating a simple script which recursively travels through my space and edits some content. The script is working completely fine, but when I hit a specific page (which has thousands of children pages,) the REST API can't handle the request. I attempted to add the limit and do some number of children at a time, but it did not make the request any faster.

I have yet to get the request to return anything at all, after letting it churn for minutes with a return limit of 10.

Here is an example call I made to the API:

/rest/api/content/search?cql=parent=5799687\&limit=10

If the parent page has a smaller number of children (say 100-500,) this call works fine and I get a response almost instantly.

Am I going about this the wrong way? Thank you!


Answers:
author: Anton Chemlev - Toolstrek -
body: It seems to me that you hit some limits. Start from here - <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions/Confluence-REST-API-rate-limit/qaq-p/459911>


Tags: developer

performance

rest-api