Not able to copy comments in Confluence
Asked by Gaurav Arora _Wipro Id_:

Hello,

I am trying to copy a Page containing several child pages from one space(target) to another(source).

The copy process was completed but the comments for two of the pages weren't there in the target space.

I have already tried removing the page restriction from the tree altogether.

Also, I have all the permissions for both the spaces.

Kindly inform what I am doing wrong here.

If it helps, the Confluence version is 6.6.8


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello, [@Gaurav Arora _Wipro Id_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2111412) !

Copying pages is a procedure that is integral to the Confluence experience. With this in mind, we have created some documentation on this here:
> * ***[Copy a page - Confluence server](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/copy-a-page-139013.html#CopyaPage-What'sincludedwhenyoucopyapage?)***

An excerpt from that page:
>
> ### What's included when you copy a page? {#toc-hId-1088290976}
>
> Here's some more info on what's included when you copy a page.  
> Single pagePage and its child pages
>
> |------------------------------------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
> | Page contents (text, macros)       | Yes | Yes                                                                                                               |
> | Attached files and images          | Yes | Optional - if you choose not to include attachments, you may see 'unknown-attachment' errors on the copied pages. |
> | Comments                           | No  | No                                                                                                                |
> | Labels                             | Yes | Optional                                                                                                          |
> | Restrictions                       | No  | Optional - you may not be able to change this option if you don't have appropriate 'Restrict' space permissions.  |
> | Watchers                           | No  | No                                                                                                                |
> | Saved for later info               | No  | No                                                                                                                |
> | History                            | No  | No                                                                                                                |
> | Child pages with view restrictions | -   | Yes - if you have permission to see the child pages. No - if you do not have permission to see the child pages.   |

Checking the table, we can see that *++comments are not expected to be included with page copy.++*

Let us hear from you Gaurav!

comments: author: Gaurav Arora _Wipro Id_
body: My bad, I may have missed the part in the documentation.

Thank you for your reply.


author: Diego
body: Thanks for getting back to us, Gaurav. Glad to know this has helped you.

Come share with the community again!


author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

When copying a page, comments will not be included as described in [Copy a Page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf66/copy-a-page-943961677.html) guide. This likely in place because pages could be copied for different reasons, such as to create a template, for personal reference, or expand page in a new location, so comments are only relevant to the original page. Page history is also no copied.

Comments and page history are included if the page is [moved](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/move-and-reorder-pages-146407727.html) instead of copied.

Regards,

Igor

comments: author: Gaurav Arora _Wipro Id_
body: My bad, I may have missed the part in the documentation for Copy a page.

Thank you for the confirmation.


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