youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Create a "create blog-post" Button in Confluence Cloud or create a user-macro
Asked by Kathrin:

Hi there,

we are using Confluence Cloud and I'd like to insert a button onto a page to create a new blogpost. I have already read the solution for confluence server (create a user makro). But is it possible to create a user makro for creating a blogpost button in confluence cloud?

Or are there any other solutions?

Thank you in advance!

Cheers

Kathrin


Answers:
author: Minh Tran
body: [@Kathrin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1191782)

I don't think you can create user macro in Confluence Cloud. Please see the list of restricted functions here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html>

I think you can try to use HTML Macro for Confluence Cloud for putting the Create blog post button on your page <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.confluence.html.HtmlMacro/cloud/overview>

comments: author: Kathrin
body: [@Minh Tran](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/732683) Thank you so much!


author: Minh Tran
body: Hopefully it helps you [@Kathrin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1191782)

Feel free to share with us your solution when you make it


author: Annina Chrystal
body: In the legacy editor on Confluence Cloud, I linked an image to the hyperlink of the +Create dialog box i.e. \<[https://yoursitename.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KEY/overview?createDialog=true](https://yoursitename.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KEY/overview?createDialog=true?)\>

It's a little clunky but it works.

comments: author: Jen
body: Hi Annina,

YOur link is dead to me... wondering if you could add a screenshot?


author: Annina Chrystal
body: Hi Jen

Yeah it's a fake link - you need to replace "yoursitename" with your confluence site's name.

With the menu update and the new Create button this method may not work anymore, but see how you go.

Annina


Tags: blog

confluence-cloud

user-macro
Fetch Just One field from a particular issue from JIRA and not put it in table in a Page
Asked by mayank agarwal:

I want to fetch a single field from a particular issue which is present in a particular project and put it as a text instead of a table. Please help me how can i do that?


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, mayank.

<br />

Can we know which field you would like to display as single field?  

<br />

comments: author: mayank agarwal
body: Suppose we want to fetch the Summary of a particular issue and show it as a simple text instead of Table. So how can we do that?


author: Suren Raj
body: I'm afraid it's not possible, we have feature request regarding this:

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-35826>

You also may refer to below link, it might give some ideas:

\* <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-display-Jira-Issue-field-values-in-Confluence-page/qaq-p/227374>
Can the Page View plugin affect our system performance?
Asked by Martin James:

We're thinking about purchasing the [Page View](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.elitesoftsp.confluence.page.tracking.plugins/server/overview) plugin to track all our traffic but I'm concerned this will quickly put a strain on our system performance based on how much data it will capture into the database.

Can someone advice?


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Martin.  

The plugin might affect the performance of the page if the macro load big amount of content to one page. We would suggest you to use the free trial to review it before you buy it.


author: Minh Tran
body: [@mybucket2018](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/684169) From my own experience, the page view tracker will need to add extra information for a page depending on what it will provide. However it will be proportional to the number of pages you will have in your confluence instance. Those are often stored in database

What these kind of addons may cause is to slow down your Confluence instance because it needs to track all traffic from your users in order to calculate the page view, user, ...

Yeah, you can take [@Suren Raj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510277) 's advice to use a trial version first and see


author: Sloan
body: Hi [@mybucket2018](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/684169)

From past experience add-ons like Page View or Viewtracker do not use much disk space, they usually store their tracked data in the database. And it is not much since I assume it only contains the user, time, etc.

But [@Suren Raj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510277)'s suggestion is very good. Evaluate and test the add-on and it's macros before using it productive.

The add-on might have impact on loading times. But it should be minimal.

Regards  
Niklas


author: Martin James
body: Thanks for your answers.

I shall give this a try.
New IIS Reverse Proxy setup - Site now in infinite loop?
Asked by Luke Santillo:

For all intents and purposes, my site is at URL wiki.acme.com.

My server is running Server 2012 R2 with IIS 8.5 and I have Confluence 6.3.1, I Have followed [THIS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/proxying-atlassian-server-applications-with-microsoft-internet-information-services-iis-833931378.html?_ga=2.55037032.2122201709.1522903283-1425357742.1487195144) guide to help me setup.

I Can access Confluence internally using https://localhost/wiki without any sort of issue.

Server XML:

\> Context is set as "/wiki"

\> proxyName="wiki.acme.com"

\> proxyPort = "443"

\> scheme = "https"

Application Request routing was enabled and Reverse rewrite host in response headers has been disabled.

My Rewrite URL Is : http://localhost:8090/wiki/{R1}

I Have triple checked the guide and cannot find where I am going wrong. whilst the site works locally is If browse using the localhost address, if I try accessing the site locally I get:

From Chrome:

The URL Changes to - [https://wiki.acme.com/wiki/login.action?os_destination=%2Findex.action\&permissionViolation=true](https://wiki.acme.com/wiki/login.action?os_destination=%2Findex.action&permissionViolation=true)

The error I am presented with:

This page isn't working {#toc-hId-1793447804}
---------------------------------------------

**wiki.acme.com** redirected you too many times.

* [Try clearing your cookies](https://support.google.com/chrome?p=rl_error&hl=en-US).

ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Luke,

Have you seen this article?

* [Proxying Atlassian server applications with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/proxying-atlassian-server-applications-with-microsoft-internet-information-services-iis-833931378.html)

This thread may help as well:

* [Solved: Confluence reverse proxy configuration](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-with-Reverse-Proxy-IIS-and-SSL/qaq-p/627602)

Let us know if you continue to have any issues.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-support
How do I add a Create Blog button to a page?
Asked by Olivia Barker:

I'm trying to add a Blog Button to a confluence (refined wiki) page. I've tried creating a user macro and inputting code supplied in a couple of other answers to the same question but it didn't work. Ideally, I'd love to add an automatic label to all blog posts too.


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, [@Olivia Barker](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1206405),

You may check out the following link:

* <https://mraddon.blog/2016/04/13/confluence-trick-put-a-button-to-create-a-blog-entry/>

Hope it helps.

comments: author: Olivia Barker
body: Turns out the coding is correct but I need the below add-on to add my label to the html code.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ch.bitvoodoo.confluence.plugins.label-fixer/server/overview>

Thanks for your help though Suren!


author: Matt C. Wilson
body: ```
This worked perfectly for me!? If you want to try, replace the CAPS text in the steps below with your own values

1. Went to my personal space overview:
? ? ?https://SITE_NAME.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/~SPACE_NUMBER/overview
2. Copy SPACE_NUMBER to the clipboard.
3. Delete everything starting with /spaces to the end of the url.
4. Replace what you deleted with /pages/createblogpost.action?spaceKey=SPACE_NUMBER

That new URL can now be bookmarked as a "Create new blog post" shortcut.
```


author: Camilla Zehetbauer
body: Hi everyone,

just wanted to add for anyone still searching for a solution:

Just go to the space for which you want to create the "Create a Blog"-button. Right-click on the little plus symbol besides "Blog" in the left side menu of that space and choose "Copy Link Location".

You can now add this link to a picture of your choice to create a button or you can just add the link to the page of you choosing --\> Clicking on the link will create a new blog in the chosen space.


author: louisdj
body: Hi, please take a look at the answer in this thread: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-I-add-a-Create-Blog-button-to-a-page/qaq-p/148683>

comments: author: Olivia Barker
body: Hi Louise,

I've already tried the above and also the below and it doesn't seem to work.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions/How-can-I-create-a-blog-button/qaq-p/586394>

I must admit, I'm inexperienced at coding. Do I need to edit these in any way? I have just copy and pasted.


Tags: refined-wiki
How to Call Pivot Table Macro from a User macro and pass parameters to Pivot Table Macro
Asked by mayank agarwal:

I want to create a user macro which automates the work of Pivot Table with fixed parameters.


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

Try the following:

* Create a new page.
* Add Pivot Table macro with a dummy table that have expected columns.
* Set Pivot Table macro as you need.
* Save the page.
* Open window with page storage format. You can view the Confluence storage format for a given page by choosing ... \> **View Storage Format**.
* Copy this storage format, remove the dummy table and use it inside your user macro.
Install Synchrony in a cluster
Asked by Lessandro:

Hi all,

I'm trying to install Synchrony standalone in a cluster (linux Rhel), but I'm not sure why it isn't starting.

I'm not sure, but do I need to setup some file beyond *start-synchrony.sh* because if I run netstat -l nothing is binding to 8091 port

Where can I see the logs?

I'm following these docs:

[https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-synchrony-for-data-center-858772125.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-synchrony-for-data-center-858772125.html?)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/run-synchrony-standalone-as-a-service-on-linux-933081078.html>

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Lessandro
body: Hello!

Does someone has an update?

comments: author: sarath sasi
body: There are lot of reasons for synchrony not ,starting.All parameters in startup script should be accurate.


author: Minh Tran
body: [@Lessandro](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1199179) What version of confluence are you using?

comments: author: Lessandro
body: 6.8.0


Tags: synchrony
Need to post links to local Figma files
Asked by Paul R:

From inside a Confluence document, I would like to link to a Figma design document and open it in the Figma desktop app.

When I use the Figma URI and publish the page, it goes dead.

However, this should work because I can open desktop SourceTree branches directly from Confluence.

It appears Atlassian is sanitizing figma:// links for security. If so, please don't!


Answers:
author: Minh Tran
body: What version of Confluence are you using [@Paul R](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1170843)?

comments: author: Paul R
body: I believe this is the answer?

### 1000.0.0-8cbd21afb27 {#toc-hId-1596934295}


author: Minh Tran
body: Ohh you are using Confluence Cloud.

As far as i know, Confluence only whitelists most of popular protocols that are safe to customers.

For figma:// protocol, i can't recall it. I suggest you to file a ticket for our support team at to do further troubleshooting if that protocol is sanitised or not

<https://getsupport.atlassian.com>


author: Paul R
body: ok thanks
Session expired message for Confluence
Asked by Godswill Enyoisi:

Hello,

Hope you are well! When I click on th elink to create a new page I keep getting Your session has expired. Please [reload](https://willexcelglobal.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PD/pages/4096001/WillExcelGlobal+comedyreloaded+project) the page to try again.

Please see screenshot for more info![Confluence session has expired.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18719iCFEFF91EBCE363C6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence session has expired.PNG")

Br,

Godswill


Answers:
author: Minh Tran
body: [@Godswill Enyoisi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1206353) I suggest you to contact with our support team for further troubleshooting here at <https://getsupport.atlassian.com>

We will help you troubleshoot and find out the problem


author: Godswill Enyoisi
body: Yes its still happening and I am the admin.


author: Minh Tran
body: Is that still happening? Does that happen to only you or also other users?


author: Godswill Enyoisi
body: [@Minh Tran](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/732683), thanks for your reply. I did not leave my browser for a while, I even tried logout and re login again and the error keep displaying


author: Minh Tran
body: [@Godswill Enyoisi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1206353) What version of Confluence are you using?

Did you leave your browser for a while and you saw the below error message? If yes, that is correct behavior because the length of a session is limited time to ensure security

So you could refresh the page and log in again

After that, you should be able to create a new page (i assume that you have permissions to create page)
Page properties report sort options
Asked by Bar T:

We're using the page properties to show summaries across programs. What's the best way to sort by program priority?


Answers:
author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: In your page properties table have one section for priority. Choose a numerical system of priority (i.e 1-5) or alphabetical system of priority (i.e a,b,c).

When you go to your page properties report you can sort the heading priority and it should do so in alphabetical order.

Unfortunately if you use normal priority levels like 'high', 'medium', 'low', it will appear.

high

low

medium

Hope this helps.


Tags: macro

report
Is there a way to report on pages with broken links in confluence Cloud ?
Asked by Stewart Tayles:

When documents have been migrated from our previous system, images have been imported as links to the original website, even with a copy and paste.

Unfortunately the original website is password protected, so these images links are broken when the next person veiws these pages.

To save us from checking every page a report would be wonderful.


Answers:
author: Minh Tran
body: [@Stewart Tayles](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/40475) Do you know the pattern of the previous system? Let 's say: [http://xyz.com/wiki/.../img.jpg](http://xyz.com/wiki/.../img.jpg?)

Are you able to export the whole site to xml export file? I think you can base on the above pattern to search and replace the images with the prefix from the previous system url

Then you should be able to import the whole export back and it should fix your problem

I think this page is useful for you <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-to-another-database-148867.html>


Tags: confluence-cloud

developer
Missing drafts from Confluence
Asked by Ron Jacob:

One of the users in my team is not able to see his drafts.

Is there any way for System admin to see other user drafts ?

Recover them from database ?


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Ron.  

You can find the drafts under **Recently worked on** or by heading to your profile and clicking on **Drafts** (only drafts that you created show in your profile). Clicking on a draft will drop you straight into the editor so you can keep editing and/or publish.

You can check the following link if helps:  
\* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-recover-or-identify-a-lost-shared-draft-after-disabling-collaborative-editing-in-confluence-858769305.html>

\* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-drafts-work-on-confluence-938043306.html>


Tags: server
Locally installed Confluence won't launch because I have Jira on the same machine
Asked by Sandra Pried?te:

I installed locally Jira few weeks ago (Windows 64x).

And now I want to install Confluence on the same machine. But it doesn't launch.

Log says: "SEVERE \[main\] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stopServer Could not contact localhost:8000. Tomcat may not be running."

I understand that I can't have Confluence and Jira using a Single Tomcat Application Container. This is where my knowledge ends. I have no idea where to go next. Googled, but didn't find answer.

How do I install Confluence on the same machine where I have Jira. I am using PostgreSQL as database.


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Sandra.

We would like to know the following?

1. Did you receive any errors during the installation process?
2. Do you see any errors in your operating system logs?
3. Was the installation run as an Administrator?
4. Could you provide details on the steps taken to perform the installation?
5. Can you check if confluence and jira server port is the same? (Check server.xml file)

Cheers


author: Kurt Klinner
body: [@Sandra Pried?te](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1204430)

Hi Sandra,

can you share the confluence log file.

Are jira and confluence listening on different ports.

Is the sizing of the machine sufficient?

BR

Kurt
Preview of word/ppt/pdf is not working when added as link
Asked by Ron Jacob:

Confluence version 6.21

I am adding a word document (\*.docx) in a Confluence page as link. See pic below

I am not able to see the preview (blank screen) but able to download the file

![Capture14.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18688iC5641B990C8F698E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture14.png")


Answers:
author: Ron Jacob
body: This behavior is only in chrome, working in Edge, Mozilla,Safari
Multimedia macro
Asked by Madison Ott:

Hey - when i select the multimedia macro, i have no way of searching and selecting for a file but others on my teammate are able to do so. How can I fix this?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Madison,

Are your colleagues trying on the same page as you? What is the difference between the options they see and what you see? Please attach a screen shot from a teammate's computer where it works and one from your macro when you can't choose files. If a teammate logs into Confluence on your computer can they still choose multimedia files?

Looking forward to better understanding the functionality that is unavailable to you.

Thanks,

Ann
Moving Evaluation to Production
Asked by Prashant Singh:

We were evaluating Confluence and Jira for last one month. No we have bought the license and would like to move all our data from Evaluation server to Production server. Can somebody help us with that.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Apply your new licences to your evaluation services. They're now production. The evaluation and "production" software are no different, it's only what the applied licences let you do that changes.

If you did put your "evaluation" systems on servers you do not want to move to production, then have a look a the "migrating Jira/Confluence to a new server" docs in the documentation.

I've removed your telephone number, we're not support, and even if we were, Atlassian doesn't do telephone support until you've gone through a proper cycle of reading/fixing/retrying.


Tags: jira-software
Links to a header from another page
Asked by Seven Network:

We have two pages.

Page one

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Page two

Link to Page one heading 2

How do I make a link to page one heading two?

Also all headings and page titles are Cyrillic.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: You can use anchors to enable linking to specific locations on a page. You may use an anchor on Page 1, Heading 2 and link to the anchor from Page two. Please see this detailed guide: [Anchors](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/anchors-139442.html)


Tags: anchor

heading

link
Why doesn't Confluence like Excel / Word tables?
Asked by Julie Tholen:

I copied and pasted a formatted Word table onto a Confluence page and it almost had a hissy fit!! It held the basic table format, but the font went bonkers in some cases and one cell was totally hosed up, I couldn't even get my cursor in it. I ended up fiddling with the source code.

It was suggested that I try the copy and paste via Excel - yeah, that didn't work.

SO, now I had an analyst come up and ask if there was a way to get a 300 line Excel spreadsheet into Confluence.

HELP. Please, would someone explain how best to get Word / Excel tables into Confluence without them becoming all screwed up? I am obviously missing something (as I am in my 3rd week of using Confluence, that is NOT surprising at all)... Many thanks!!


Answers:
author: Jonathan Smith
body: Personal opinion: I advise users who have large or complicated Excel spreadsheets to save them in a file list instead of trying to recreate as an article. Large tables in Confluence can be slow to load in view or editing mode.

You can also display the spreadsheet using the {office excel macro (after importing the file onto the page), but you are essentially still working the source file instead of a Confluence table.

comments: author: Julie Tholen
body: Thanks very much!!! I used the PowerPoint macro and everyone was impressed with that. I will pass on the advise about the Excel FileList and macro ...


author: Karen Cheung
body: I have the same problem except my table/chart is a very simple 10 x 10 chart.  

Can you please further explains the steps of how to add those office excel macro?   
when I do copy and paste, it just lost all the chart formatting.

I really do not prefer to use it as a file list. Thank you.


author: Julie Tholen
body: Hi Karen,

As best as I can tell you upload the Excel spread to your space. Then go to the page that you want to display it on. Select the Insert More Content option (+V). Search for Excel in the macro field. Once selected it will ask you what Excel file you would like to display. Good luck! Let me know if it works for you.


author: Ellen de Groot
body: Hi Julie,

Do you also have a good suggestion for a Word Table? I would appreciate your help.


author: Julie Tholen
body: Well, it depends. Is the content of the table static? If yes, make it pretty in word and then do a screenshot and save the image, c\&p onto the page. Save the original table in case it needs to be updated.

If it is a table that has dynamic data, you will just have to use either a page trmplate that has a table built in or a table macro or the plan Jane confluence table option. Make friends with a code jockey that has admon rights.


Tags: ms-excel

ms-word

table