youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Color Scheme Field Doesn't Update
Asked by Jonathan Smith:

Hello,

While evaluating Confluence 6.14.3, noticed '**Search Field Background'** in Color Scheme settings does not update when the value is changed.

* Changing the field in 6.6.1 works fine.

Is this a bug or am I missing something?

![a.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58710i39BCBFD331F46C9C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "a.jpg")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Jonathan,

Thank you for pointing this out! I've looked into it, and this is a bug that was reported for version 6.14.0 and was resolved in 6.15.1:

* [CONFSERVER-57826](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57826) *Color Scheme Settings for Search Box in Confluence 6.14.0 does not take effect*

Once you upgrade to 6.15.1, the issue should be resolved.

I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any trouble with that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046)

We just upgraded UAT to the latest version for this fix and the security fix.

![a.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/59025i291319769904DD35/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "a.jpg")

Thanks again!

- Jon


author: Shannon S
body: Jon,

Great that it's working! Thank you for confirming that with me. :)

Take care, and have a nice weekend.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046)

The search field **text** still does not apply the color changes in 6.15.6: It only changes the color of the magnifying glass.

Please reopen [CONFSERVER-57826](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57826?_ga=2.1948209.1052515106.1561388147-102110789.1554469941) or open a new bug please.

![a.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/59105iA92BE5F5E643EC20/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "a.jpg")

comments: author: Shannon S
body: Hello Jonathan,

Thank you for reporting that. I believe these feature requests might apply to that field text:

* [CONFSERVER-58419](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58419) *Color scheme for "Search" text*
* [CONFSERVER-58418](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58418) *Apply color scheme value for Search Field Text onto new Search UI.*

Please do vote on both and watch in order to be updated of any changes.

Thank you again!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

developer
How can I track down all present modifications of a Confluence server by a user?
Asked by admin admin:

So, I am trying to delete a user 'user' but I receive the following error:  
{

The following error(s) occurred:

* This user can not be deleted

\<\< Return to view user: user

user can not be deleted because he or she has authored content in one or more spaces.

#### The user has edited pages in the following spaces: {#toc-hId--714294542}

* Space A
* Space B

}

I've reviewed spaces A and B extensively, and this user does not have any content they own any longer that I can locate.

As my confluence site is extensive, I want to know how I can search for this content explicitly, to find it and alter it appropriately to another user.


Answers:
author: Daniel Wong
body: Hi Shane,

There's a couple of ways you can search for content from a user you want to remove (although removing users is not recommended by Atlassian).

Most of these suggestions are taken from previously answered questions on this Community site: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-it-possible-to-find-all-pages-created-or-edited-by-a-specific/qaq-p/73567>

1. Site Search
   1. Go to your site search.
   2. Look in the left hand bar. Press "Add a filter".
   3. Select "Creator" and enter the user's name.
2. Use the Content by User macro
3. SQL - Refer to this KB for the SQL to use: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-i-remove-a-user-who-has-content-created-133693980.html>

Hopefully one of these methods will help you.

You mentioned that space A and B has no content by the user you are searching, it's possible the pages are restricted or in the Space's Trash. Try looking in those locations in case that's your blocker.

comments: author: admin admin
body: With GDPR in mind, legally speaking, I felt it wise to remove referral to past employees, as they may make a reference they wish to defend and/or acquire in the future, and this avoids implications with regards to ownership in various jurisdictions.  

Thanks for your help. I had not identified that there was a filter in search allowing for creator, this will facilitate similar resolutions in the future.  

The step I took was to review each page independently reviewing the creator, which is a very manual way to do what you provided.

Thanks
Problem with granting global permissions in Confluence for Anonymous user
Asked by Svilen Videv:

Hi Guys,

Maybe it is well known issue but not for me.

I have Confluence Server Starter license for 10 user.

I have Confluence server installed on premise

I'm trying to grant access for Anonymous user in Confluence global permission.

I see message - Anonymous users are not included in your license count.

What kind of license I should have to be able to allow Anonymous user access my spaces.

I wouldn't like to test with next level without confirmation, which is 1'900 USD per year.

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This is not the clearest of messages, and a lot of us misunderstood it.

When it says "Anonymous users are not included in your license count", it means "Anonymous users will not count towards your use of licences".

You have 10 licences, so you can have up to 10 people who can log into Confluence, and as many anonymous users as you like - they don't consume a licence.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Tracking/Summary of Improvements (Kaizens) in Confluence
Asked by Jerry Ward:

Fundamental to Scrum is continuous improvement. Improvements, or Kaizen are generally identified in the sprint retrospective and hopefully implemented in subsequent sprints.

However how would one track these over time in more of a summary style? I know you could review the notes from each retro meeting, but that would be cumbersome.

I've started creating items in Jira for these improvements with the label Kaizen, but now I need a way to pull those into some kind of dashboard in confluence that would provide some kind of visual summary with the details listed out below.

Anyone with experience in this area I would love to hear what you are doing.


Answers:
author: Bartek_ Vojtech
body: Use this <https://www.easyagile.com>


author: Jerry Ward
body: We ended up creating a Kaizen issue type and will just track it that way.


author: James Bullock
body: Nice work.

**Tracking Process / Practice Changes:**I've always had a "process errors" category in issue systems I manage, provisioning process / practice changes that trace to multiple shipped issues. The 14th time you have to scramble because your deployed bundle missed that one thing, maybe automate your push from a manifest, baselined and under change control. (Yes, the basic benefits of the current hotness "DevOps" have been known for approximately ever.)

**Right Tool for the Right Job:**I'm not as sure about a "progress" dashboard in Confluence. I generally think of the tools roughly as:

* Jira (or some other workflow tool) supporting complex, high-volume, high-precision workflows;
* Trello (or some other Kanban) supporting WIP summary dashboard;
* Confluence (or some other rich KMS) supporting the fact set / source of truth.

**Improvement Dashboard and Results:** If how you do things is in your KMS, an improvement dashboard is a natural page to make, with a backlog of candidate improvements, some WIP, and an inventory of improvements you've made. With stack-level integration between Jira and Confluence, "how" changes in the one can link to relevant issues in the other.

There's some additional rationale for each of those choices, and in practice they work. Really it's an info system design problem, designing the info system for wrangling creating your info systems. Approached that way, you get tend to get designs that work better.


author: James Dellow
body: Have a look at the The Page Properties and Page Properties Report macros, which lets you generate simple report tables.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Older Confluence 5.2.3 database configuration
Asked by Raj:

I have been given responsibility to upgrade an older version of Confluence 5.2.3 to the latest version. I am still in the process of gathering all the facts. It is running on Windows Server 2008 R2 and using Tomcat 5. I presume it is using JDBC to connect to the local SQL server DB, but am not able to find it anywhere. Can somebody help? I looked in \<home-directory\>/conf/server.xml and it doesn't have any \<resource name\> tag as mentioned in Confluence documentation. As a result, I am not able to connect to the SQL Server DB. After this, I have to gather the steps necessary to upgrade to latest release. Any links or pointers on that will also help. Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Log in to the Confluence UI and access the Administration -\> General Configuration. Then, scroll toward the bottom of the page and click the "System Information" link on the left side panel. You'll find the database configuration information listed there. It's right below the red/green JVM memory graph.
Installation *from scratch* , first connect: "A system error has occurred ? our apologies! "
Asked by Volker Koenig:

### Cause {#toc-hId-1082655765}

com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:149)

caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set  
at com.atlassian.spring.container.SpringContainerContext.getComponent(SpringContainerContext.java:48)

#### Stack Trace:\[hide\] {#toc-hId-1773217239}

```
com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set	at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:149)	at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:112)	...
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set	at com.atlassian.spring.container.SpringContainerContext.getComponent(SpringContainerContext.java:48)	at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:33)	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.LazyComponentReference$Accessor.get(LazyComponentReference.java:42)	at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.Lazy$Strong.create(Lazy.java:85)	at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$Sync.run(LazyReference.java:325)	at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:143)	... 207 more
```


Answers:
author: Daniel Wong
body: Hi Volker,

Unfortunately there isn't enough information to figure out the exact issue you're running into with Confluence. However, a common issue that users face is Confluence not having write access to the Confluence Home folder.

Have a look at this KB article that explains common problems and resolutions you might face when starting up Confluence - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-does-not-start-due-to-spring-application-context-has-not-been-set-218278311.html>

comments: author: Volker Koenig
body: Hi Daniel, It is ok.

It turned out that my background postgres DB was not properly configured. After cleanup and reinstall with correct postgres DB everything worked fine.

Thanks for your effort!

Volker
Confluence error connection refused
Asked by FORFIRM ITALIA SRL:

Hello, we had old confluence and after the start(the VM was turned off for 2 months) it's doesn't start. I tried to update it to the last version, nothing.

So I created new VM, new DB, installed confluence, during configuration I connected it to our JIRA and later again "error connection refused" and I don't understand which is the problem.

Can you help me?

Best regards


Answers:
author: FORFIRM ITALIA SRL
body: Hello,

Thank you for your answer.

No firewalls, that's all on aws, and 2 months ago it's worked fine, but now old and new confluence don't work. Old confluence was connected with jira without problems.

Right here today's confluence log: <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ti30tmNkYrwk6Q2W5wxPBpxkpBJLR3-wxxlPI5xJxgw/edit?usp=sharing>


author: Shankar Asam {Appfire}
body: Hi,

As per the little details we have, it appears confluence was unable to connect to JIRA and throws a connection refused error. Are you trying to integrate JIRA with help of application links? Could you check if you have any firewalls that blocking this connectivity? what does the confluence logs says about this error?

thanks

comments: author: FORFIRM ITALIA SRL
body: Hello ,

I tried to install it without connection to JIRA, with different databases (postrgre, mysql) end it crashes after the page "Setup successfully"

Thanks


author: Shankar Asam {Appfire}
body: Hi,

Do you see any error while crashing the confluence? Do you have enough system resources allocated to VM as well as the confluence instance? Please also verify or increase JVM parameters in confluence to get better performance.

Thanks
Calling a macro from another macro
Asked by Frederic Fox:

Hi,

I am writing a macro which based on a condition it should "call" the HTML macro with a paramater.

The end goal (as I guess that there is another way to achieve what I need) is to create an open div.

Basically output shoud be \<div id = $paramX\>

however currently when i look at page source the div is automatically closed which i why I was looking at calling the HTML macro where having an open div is possible.

Many thanks for our help (i am totally new to all this macro stuff)


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: I would ask why you want an open div tag?

But you don't need to call the HTML macro. A simple user macro will work, where:

```
## @param divID:title=Div ID

<div id = $paramdivID>
```

No I am not sure what will happen you place the macro. I assume it will just close the div tag immediately (i.e., you won't be able to place any content inside the div).

What I suggest is a wrapper macro where you place to the content you want to wrap inside the macro. Your new macro would be:

```
## @param divID:title=Div ID

<div id = $paramdivID>$body</div>
```

This will work.

comments: author: Frederic Fox
body: Thanks this is exactly what I needed !!!!


author: Bill Bailey
body: Here is an article I wrote sometime back that talks about a more sophisticated wrapper macro, to give you more ideas:

[https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Getting-Started-with-User-Macros-Writing-a-Wrapper-Macro/ba-p/979571](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Getting-Started-with-User-Macros-Writing-a-Wrapper-Macro/ba-p/979571 "Getting-Started-with-User-Macros-Writing-a-Wrapper-Macro")
Why can't I edit the Page Tree Macro in the new UI?
Asked by DEspanol:

When I select the Page Tree macro, the modifications I make are not saved.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there [@DEspanol](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1596524)!  
As I understand, after you apply changes to the*Page Tree macro* the changes are not persisted. Is that correct?  
We have a similar issue with the actual page tree element in the spaces, You can check the article about it here:
> * ++***[Reorder pages not persistent](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/reorder-pages-not-persistent-938858494.html)***++

However, I am not sure about a few things. Could you clarify the following for us:
> 1. *Are you using Confluence Server or Cloud?*
> 2. *How did you try to apply those changes to the page tree?*
> 3. *What kind of changes were you trying to apply?*

<br />

Looking forward to your reply Dick!
Creating macros using html
Asked by Surendra kumar G P:

Hi,

I would like to create an expand macro using html.

Whatever is present in the below url . the same thing i would like to represent using html.

url : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/html-include-macro-169120653.html>

Thanks

Surendra


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: You can place the HTML Include macro inside of an expand macro. Would that not work?


Tags: confluence-server

server
How i can past a sql server query inside wiki page confluence
Asked by imahamoud:

hello

need help

I m trying to past a sql query code inside my wiki page, but unfortunately i get somes error when i save modification.

i used a sql bloc, but nothing.

how i can fixe this? anyone has got this befoe.

tx a lot

ibr


Answers:
author: Andr? K_
body: Hi [@imahamoud](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3394003) ,

I guess you use the code macro from confluence to paste SQL code into.  
What kind of error message to you get?

best  
Andr?

comments: author: imahamoud
body: I used the SQL code macro but I get this error before saving

An error occurred while processing the request
jira macro icon enlarged
Asked by Meech:

after Confluence upgrade to version 6.15.2 we noticed that jira macro (with displayed option is Total issue count) are extremely large in edit mode. Is this a bug or is a new changes to the plugin?

Anyone noticed the same issue here?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Michelle!

Looking through our reports, I have found this:
> * ++***[Decrease Jira Issue Filter macro size](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57831)***++

This behaviour is expected in most recent versions of Confluence, which is the reason as to why the Feature Suggestion was created. The best course of action, would be to vote and watch the report.

Voting and watching have their value! You can check more about Atlassian policy on new features implementation here:
> * ++***[Implementation of New Features Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html)***++

Let us hear from you [@Meech](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/604606) ! Looking forward to your reply.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Alternative for HTML Macro
Asked by RC Pili:

How can we achieve the same functionality of HTML Macro feature in a safer way? Do you have any alternative for this one? We have disabled this feature due to some security reasons and we are looking for some workaround/alternatives here. Please help us.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Well depends how you are using the HTML macro, but I would hazard that a user macro with some CSS is probably they way to go. I have been an admin for Confluence for 6+ years and never saw a use for the HTML macro.


Tags: confluence-server

server
I am a site admin and want to remove a space; But i cannot do that!
Asked by Tidus Fung:

I am a site admin and want to remove a space; But i cannot do that!

I found that the admin for the space is only: Formal users. I have no idea why it comes up that result and I can't remove it now. What I can do ?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Well you can edit the permissions for the space, and then add yourself and give yourself all the permissions you want. ;-)

comments: author: Tidus Fung
body: ![1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58759iE440F5749CBD6696/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "1.png")![2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58760iB87E2DFEF532C274/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2.png")


author: Tidus Fung
body: However, i am not able to edit the permission rights since i am not the space admin anymore. :(


author: Bill Bailey
body: OK, yet another reason to not use cloud. You will have to find the space admin to give you permission.

And it says former user not formal user. Did this person leave the company? You may have to get Atlassian support to help you.


author: Tidus Fung
body: Hi Bill... Thanks loads, got it solved finally under space permission page!!!

I cam finally recover the permissions of that specific space now.

Cheers!


author: Theodore_Dalamagas
body: Hi all,

I have the same problem (cloud version). I created a space, but I cannot remove it. "Space settings"/"Overview" does not show me as administrator (it says "Former user", as with [@Tidus Fung](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3377590). There is no Edit permission button in space permission page for that space to be able to change anything.

Any help? [@Tidus Fung](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3377590) how did you manage to activate the edit permission button?

Best!

--

.Theo


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to get installed plugins using java in confluence?
Asked by Abdurashid Vakhobov:

I need to get installed plugins list in java preferably. I looked at several confluence packages but could not find any. Your help is appreciated.


Answers:
author: Santwana Sarangi {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Abdurashid Vakhobov](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3128516) ,

You can use PluginAccessor to get the installed plugin list. Please find the java doc as <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-plugins-core/2.8.0/atlassian-plugins-core/apidocs/com/atlassian/plugin/PluginAccessor.html>

Also, you need to include the respective dependency in your pom.xml and component-import for this package in the atlassian-plugin.xml.

Or you can use rest api to get the installed plugin details

<https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UPM/pages/6094960/UPM+REST+API>

For more information on the rest api, please check this link <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/List-of-user-installed-plugins/qaq-p/76276>

Hope this helps!

Thanks,

Santwana
Are there any Plug-ins to lock attached Excel File?
Asked by Philipp Zey:

Hi,

are there any Plug-Ins to lock an Excel-File, that is attached to a confluence page.

So if one user opens the file, it should be locked for all the other users, that they cant overwrite the changes.


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Check out [Lockpoint](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/36199/cenote-lockpoint-attachment-checkout?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview). Hopefully you are not on Cloud. :)

comments: author: Philipp Zey
body: Thank you, why is it not good to be on Cloud?


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: This particular App is not available on Cloud
What are the top ways you?d like to extend the Confluence editor?
Asked by jo:

Hi!

I'm Jo, a product manager at Atlassian. I'm exploring what type of **editor extensions** Confluence Cloud users want to build.

If you could build anything, how would you like to extend the Confluence editor?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Is there a similar effort for the server version?


author: jo
body: Hey Bill, thanks for your question! I'm currently just exploring the Cloud use cases for this specific type of integrations :)


Tags: app

cloud

confluence-cloud

editor
Changing color of table gridlines
Asked by lyndon zhao:

I would like to make the table dividers transparent.

I've tried changing the color scheme under "look and feel" but this does not seem to have an impact.

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@lyndon zhao](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3390231)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-you-get-rid-of-Confluence-table-gridlines/qaq-p/220493>

Cheers