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Confluence - Create Jira issue from Confluence Page with required fields (ex: Epic, Billing project)
Asked by Anil Kumar:

I looked at the following confluence page to <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-jira-applications-and-confluence-together-427623543.html> for creating the Jira issues from Confluence. But my project needs epic and some other mandatory fields to be filled in.

Was wondering is the Create Issue field can be configured to show different fields.

Thanks,

Anil


Answers:
author: Fabian Hu?l
body: Hi,

we released [Viable Issues](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220378/viable-issues?hosting=server&tab=overview) for server versions. The app adds the functionality to create Jira issues from an AUI button in Confluence.

Reference to our [Marketplace documentation](https://hagen-management.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AMD/overview).

Regards,  
Fabian


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: This is one of the limitations of issue creations in Jira from other linked Atlassian tools. This problem is not limited to Confluence. It is also present in Fisheye/Crucible and Bitbucket.

There is no way around making the fields not required in the Field Configuration(s) used on the Project. If those fields need to be required, I suggest taking a look at the [Jira Misc Workflow Extensions](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.innovalog.jmwe.jira-misc-workflow-extensions/cloud/overview) App, which adds some Workflow Validators that you can use to require fields during the workflow transition. Unfortunately, it doesn't put a nice red asterisk next to the field like the Field Configuration Scheme does, but I would expect you can make the workflow do what you need with this App. It's a great App that does all kinds of useful things, so it's money well spent, and it's available for Cloud, Server and Data Center and JSD.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Script Runner can do the same, and put the "required field red asterisk" on screen too, for all but Cloud installs.

(Yes, I work with the Script Runner team, I still owe them a pint for the "put warning on screen" code)


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: \^ Like


author: Anil Kumar
body: Okie.. thanks for your input guys.. sorry if i misdirected with my question on required fields, i was actually looking to see if we can add more fields like Epic, Billing project, etc to Create Issue window that pops up so that I can assign my created issue to a right epic.

is this window configurable to add more fields..


author: Evanna McMahon
body: Hi Anil,

Did you figure this out ? How to add more fields in the Create Issue window ?

Thanks

Evanna
In edit mode, the table and data are unavailable and do not appear
Asked by PTS IT Service:

On more than one occurrence, I have created a page containing a table of information. Previously, additionally data has been entered into the table over time through edit. I am attempting to update more data to my table but when I click edit, the table no longer appears, only the heading of my page. When I close out, the table does appear again, but not in edit mode.


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

Please, check whether you are viewing a draft in the page edit mode. Maybe someone removed contents of the page and it was saved as a draft.

If it is not a draft, then open browser console (press F12) and look for errors.


Tags: edit

table
Where can I find a list with all Confluence CSS elements ?
Asked by ramih:

I want to modify many aspects of my Confluence L\&F using CSS.

I know how to change header styles, but what about things like:

background page color

L\&F of macros like Info, Note, Tip and panel (e.g. frame color and width)

Sidebar navigation - fonts, background color etc.

etc.

Is there anywhere with a comprehensive list of these items?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: I have some short listings, but the most accurate way to determining element tags and class names is to use the Inspect Element feature in Firefox (or Inspect in Chrome). Just select the element you are interested in, right-click and select Inspect Element/Inspect.
Which ojdbc driver should I use?
Asked by Jonnada Kiran:

We are using linux Red hat 7 64 bit and jdk 1.8.X for our confluence node. We are trying to connect to sword data source in server.xml using connection string. We are using ojdbc thin now. But, It is not working properly. So, which oracle jdbc driver is recommended for our system. Any sort of help is appreciated. Thanks.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Jonnada,

Please see this doc for the Oracle database driver instructions and also a link to download the driver:[Database JDBC Drivers](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-jdbc-drivers-171742.html)

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Jonnada Kiran
body: Hi Ann. I posted one more question regarding missing banners. Can you help me with that ?


Tags: jdbc

oracle
I imported a space and does not show in the space list.
Asked by Stephen Caggiano:

I imported a space and does not show in the space list, but the space does show up in the list of spaces on the "Space Permissions" page.

I can also reach the space directly from the URL.


Answers:
author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: Hi Stephen,

Check that you have permissions to the space. Or run a content re-indexing.

comments: author: Stephen Caggiano
body: Thanks. but...

I can get to the space and edit it through the URL, so I have permissions.

This is a Atlassian cloud hosted instance, so I don't think I can run indexing?
Having trouble getting RSS Feed to work
Asked by Alexandra Huang:

I am trying to add an RSS feed to a Slack channel (I have successfully done so in the past for other RSS feeds) but for some reason I keep getting the error that the feed I am using is not a valid feed URL :(

The RSS url is made from a private oAuth Confluence site... it does require authentication (as it should) and I made SURE my log in was correct... any ideas on what I could do? We authenticate to Confluence using our GSuite credentials.

![Screen Shot 2018-01-24 at 10.23.02 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13223iB025F67989EB77EF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-01-24 at 10.23.02 AM.png")

![Screen Shot 2018-01-24 at 10.23.17 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13222iEA68D1865D1C28E8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-01-24 at 10.23.17 AM.png")![Screen Shot 2018-01-24 at 10.24.21 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13224i239CA447873CC555/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-01-24 at 10.24.21 AM.png")


Answers:
author: Alexandra Huang
body: I got an explanation from Slack support:
> So here's the issue. That link that you sent requires that the user be logged into Atlassian and is not using Basic Authentication which is what those RSS Authentication fields support. You can check this by browsing to that Confluence RSS page from within an incognito/private browser window.
>
> Basic Authentication does not use site login credentials, but instead, it's a simple modal popup window that requires credentials just to access that page.You can see an example of Basic Authentication on the following page where the Username and Password values should both be "guest".  
>
> <https://jigsaw.w3.org/HTTP/Basic/>  
>
> I'm sorry that I don't have better news for you on getting past the required Atlassian login to access the Confluence RSS feed pages. You may want to check with Atlassian to find out if they support generating RSS feeds that use Basic Authentication instead.

So sad...


author: Derrick L
body: For anyone running into this issue, the username is your email, and the password is the API token in the Authentication issue.

<https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-account/docs/manage-api-tokens-for-your-atlassian-account/>

comments: author: Welisson Luiz de Oliveira
body: It worked here, thank you very much!!


author: Amanda Stockwell
body: We're seeing something similar, and I have a hunch that it's related to the fact Confluence has their own application (paid) to post to slack. Sad that they'd cut users off like this


Tags: rss

blog

slack
Random embedded images missing from Confluence documents (after update?)
Asked by boris11:

We've noticed that a handful of random images have gone missing from our Confluence documents. The image shows up with a broken link icon. When clicking the image, it takes you to a blank overlay with the following URL at the top:

http://server:8080/download/attachments/8618173/image2017-4-19%2014%3A33%3A11.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1492630391352\&api=v2

Is there a way to recover images?


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Check the file permissions on the Confluence home directory. It's probably easiest to just change ownership on the entire home directory structure to be owned by the user that Confluence runs as. If Confluence was running with a privileged user at some point in its life and now is running as an unprivileged user, you may see this sort of behavior.

If that isn't it, I'd recommend opening an Atlassian Support issue. Attachments don't just disappear during an upgrade normally, so something bad may have happened.
Unable to access confluence pages over the network
Asked by Dave Mallick:

Unable to access pages over the overwork. Pages are accessible from the server (locally) using server name or localhost.

The server can be pinged and RDP-access works fine.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Dave,

I understand you installed Confluence and cannot access it with a browser from another computer. (I am assuming it is a new install and it is Windows because you mentioned RDP and a local browser where most Linux servers do not have browsers locally. Please let me know if these assumptions are accurate)

Confluence can be reached on a browser on the server itself. You tested network connectivity to the server with ping and RDP.

Please let me know a little more:

* What URL are you using to access Confluence? (IP or host name, http or https)
* What do you see in the browser when Confluence cannot be accessed?

Please try/check:

* Please make sure the port you are using for Confluence is open on the Windows Firewall on the server. The default is port 8090. (Ping and RDP use different ports than Confluence.)
* It is common with Windows to proxy 8090 to port 80 or 443 using IIS, as described in [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) If your team has a proxy in front of the server, please make sure it is set up as in the doc.
* If you are using a hostname in the URL please make sure the hostname can be resolved from your computer, by running: **nslookup \<hostname\>** at the command line from your computer.
* I have seen cases where virus protection on a server prevented connecting to Confluence. Please disable virus protection temporarily to see if that helps.

In most of the cases I have worked on, the Windows Firewall was causing the issue. I look forward to hearing what you find.

Thanks,

Ann
How to improve rendering the DOM performance on IE11
Asked by Sayed:

I am rendering big array of data in table element in my Confluence plugin  
The plugin allow the user to filter the data, and when a filter used an Ajax request will be send with the filter to the back-end to get the new data.

Replacing the old tbody tag with new one which's represents the new data takes about 19 seconds on IE11, while it takes about 350 ms on Chrome.

The length of the array of data is about 1700.


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

did you tried to see LESS compiler side?


Tags: atl-dev

server
How To search for specific Sourcecode?
Asked by paul enggruber:

Hello,

In Confluence I want to search for a specific part of the source Code of my page.

In fact I want to check IF this is part of my source Code:

```
<tr>  
    <th> USER </th>  
    <td>       
 <div class="content-wrapper">   
       <p>         
   <br/>        
  </p>      
  </div>     
 </td>   
 </tr>
```

Source Code that Looks like this should not be detected :

```
<tr>?
???? <th> USER </th>??
??? <td>??????
? <div class="content-wrapper">?????
???? <p>?????
?????? <ac:link>??????
??????? <ri:user ri:userkey="xxxx"/>?????
?????? </ac:link>??
??????? </p>??????
? </div>???
?? </td> 
</tr>???
```

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: I was going to suggest the Confluence Source Editor, but I found out that it doesn't support multi-line searches.

I think your best bet would be to click the "View Storage Format" option on the ??? menu and search that using something like Notepad++ that supports Regular Expression search. Then you could just search for something like

```
<th>\s*USER\s*<\/th>\s*<td>\s*<div class="content-wrapper">\s*<p>\s*<br\/>\s*<\/p>
```

If you want to replace it with something else, you could do a search and replace and use the technique I wrote in this answer to change the source code:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Editing-Source-Code-in-Confluence/qaq-p/129384>

However, this would only work for one page. If you want to do the search on multiple pages, then you might consider using the [Confluence CLI](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.cli/server/overview) app, which I believe also supports regex search.

comments: author: paul enggruber
body: Hello Stephen,

Thanks a lot for your Reply. Unfortunately, due to my bad description it is not applicable to my problem.

My aim is to Display all pages that have this "string of Code" in its source Code.

Best,

Paul
Cloud-theme on Confluence Server
Asked by Laurens Boekhorst:

I have recently installed Confluence Server, but I think that the Confluence Cloud-theme looks vastly more attractive. Are there any plans of updating Confluence Server with the Cloud-theme?


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Hi Laurens,

Although the functionality of the Server version is not changing yet, the color theme will be brought to Confluence Server starting with version 6.7:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-6-7-0-beta-release-notes-940683370.html#Confluence6.7.0-betareleasenotes-Confluencegetsafresh,newlook>

comments: author: Laurens Boekhorst
body: Hi Stephen,

Thanks for the quick reply, that's awesome to hear! Guess I will patiently wait for the release :-)
Aws workmail
Asked by kammoun:

I'm configuring confluence 6.5.1 with AWS workmail with IMAP. Workmail doesn't support STARTTLS and i guess confluence is enabling this option by default this is way i get this ERROR msg:

An error has occurred with sending the test email:  
com.atlassian.mail.MailException: javax.mail.MessagingException: Exception reading response;  
nested exception is:  
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out  
at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxSMTPMailServer.doSendWithMessageIdSupport(JmxSMTPMailServer.java:120)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxSMTPMailServer.send(JmxSMTPMailServer.java:79)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.admin.actions.mail.SendTestEmailAction.execute(SendTestEmailAction.java:57)  
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168)  
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)


Answers:
author: kammoun
body: Problem solved by using JNDI and disabling STARTTLS option

     mail.smtp.starttls.enable="false"

Follow this link to solve the issue: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/setting-up-a-mail-session-for-the-confluence-distribution-6328.html>


Tags: aws
ma?aza eklemek istiyorum ekleyemiyorum
Asked by Sami Tem?r:

?oklu ma?aza sistemi kullanmak istiyorum ancak ekleyemiyorum yard?mc? olursan?z sevinirim.

ilginiz i?in te?ekk?r ederim.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Sami,

Community is an English language forum, so I would recommend if you let us know your question in English so we can help you.

I tried to translate your question using Google Translate, but it seems you're asking about adding a new store? Confluence isn't a store software, so I'm afraid I have misread your question.

Can you please clarify it is what you need?

Regards,

Shannon
Is there a way to limit Character count of String type in user macros?
Asked by alana fernando:

I want to limit Character count of String input type in a user macro i am creating. Is there a way to do this?

thank you in-advance for your time and attention.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: How is the string getting input? Do you mean in the macro options or do you have a text box on the page?

comments: author: alana fernando
body: through Macro options


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any way to limit the macro options, but you could introduce an error message in the macro itself if the input is too long.


author: alana fernando
body: Is there a known code to display an error message?


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: You could probably do something like this:

```
#if ($paraminput.length() > 10)
<div class="aui-message aui-message-error">
 <p class="title">
 <strong>Error</strong>
 </p>
 <p>Macro parameter "input" must be 10 characters or less!</p>
</div>
#else
    ... rest of code ...
#end
```

This example is taken from AUI, the Atlassian User Interface guidelines:

<https://docs.atlassian.com/aui/7.6.2/docs/messages.html>


author: alana fernando
body: Thanks [@Stephen Deutsch](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781490)
Where is the 'Trash' option on new Confluence?
Asked by matt.hunt:

Online help guide says -

Space Tools \> Content Tools \> Trash

But I see no 'Trash' option here? I am trying to restore a deleted requirements page.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: According to the documentation, you must be a space admin in order to restore pages (and probably to see the "Trash" tab):

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/delete-or-restore-a-page-139429.html#DeleteorRestoreaPage-Restoredeletedpages>

comments: author: Cristian ?lvarez
body: Good!, thanks.


author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi Matt,

the menu is in the same place in the space administration:

![2018-01-25_07h54_30.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13288i6AB44F7D102FD12A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2018-01-25_07h54_30.png")

But as Stephen pointed out, you have to be an administrator of that space / need the "Admin" permission for that space.

Max

comments: author: Murad Magomedov
body: Hello! I\`m Admin and I cant find Space Tools. I have vertical panel on left side. And I dont know how to switch it for upside like on your screenshot.


author: Jennifer
body: I have the vertical panel too.

If you go to the created Space, then click "Space Settings," the horizontal bar with the "Content Tools" tab will show up.

![Capture.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/57827i276AF5E8EF65E75D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.JPG")
How to allow reading access to help desk users ?
Asked by Abderahmen ElKamel:

Hello,

I want to grant read-only access to users who are only posting ticket in our service desk project.

I don't want to make my confluence space public ( allow anonymous access) but just allow to users who have accounts in service desk to view articles.

Is this possible?

If no, is there any alternative.

Regards,


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi there,

It is possible in Cloud!

Have a look at [Serving customers with a knowledge base](https://confluence.atlassian.com/servicedeskcloud/serving-customers-with-a-knowledge-base-732528995.html).

When setting the **Viewing access**, you can use the following:

|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Everyone with access to your service desk | Users who don't have a Confluence license can read knowledge base articles via the customer portal or a link for free. | This option is best if you want your team to write articles and share them with customers. |

Can you review that article there and let me know if you have any questions?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Abderahmen ElKamel
body: Hi shannon,

Thanks for your reply, i resolved that by linking the confluence space to the service desk.

Regards,

Abderahmen.


author: Shannon S
body: Great to hear you were able to resolve your issue.

Take care, and have a pleasant rest of your week!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: read-only
Information missing when exporting PDF in Confluence
Asked by Yousaf:

Hello,

when I export a page in Confluence with the PDF exporter, some parts go missing.

These parts only appear when editing the page. They dont even show up in the normal page while viewing.

What could be the problem? Something to do with the macros or html/CSS?

Thanks in advance ;-)


Answers:
author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Yousaf,

Can you somehow further describe what type of content is missing? Is it a specific macro you're using on the page?

If it's macro content, it might be that the exporter does not have access to the data displayed in the macro, if it's loaded dynamically but not written into the storage format of the actual page?

Best,  
Nils

comments: author: Yousaf
body: Hello Nils,

here?s an example:

in the index there are 4 things written:

- Intro

- Part A

- Part B

- Part C

But in the actual document there is only Intro, Part A and Part B. Part C does not show. And when I edit the page, Part C does appear just normal.

Now when I export this page, everything is exported.

I?m using normal macros like index and landscape macro for the wide pages.

Thanks


Tags: export

pdf
Removing old data from Sidebar
Asked by Snorre Selmer:

I'm trying to update a Confluence installation, and on the last step of the upgrade-test now.

My problem is this:

On the old Space, there are some elements "hard-coded" into the sidebar. There is a tree view, a search-box and some shortcuts. All these elements can be implemented directly using the sidebar editor, and I assume that is best for future "upgradability".

The issue is now that even though I've reset all the Layouts to default, the old data is still there! Where else can I look to find these elements?

I've attached a picture to show what I'm looking at. The elements encircled in red are the old (redundant/hard-coded) stuff, the elements encircled in green are what I want to be left with (plus some shortcuts).

![Capture.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/13170iF16A8C72FF717EC4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Answers:
author: Snorre Selmer
body: I found the solution at last. I had been looking in the Confluence Look \& Feel, but this was in the Space Look \& Feel, a page-reference in the sidebar-field. Once I removed the reference, the sidebar behaved as expected.

I believe part of the problem lay in how the database was transitioned over from Oracle 11 to Oracle 12, causing this page-reference to not appear in the Look \& Feel section. (I discovered this solution on a new test-environment that had used a different approach to transition to Oracle 12.)