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How to dynamically create content on pages based on table data
Asked by MJM:

I have such a simple problem and have no idea how to solve this in Confluence.

I have a page (Page A) with a table

ID Name Phone

111 John Smith 111-222-3333

112 Mary Smith 111-222-4444

I have other pages (Page B and Page C) where at the top of the page I would like to enter the ID from the table above, and have the Name and Phone number of that associated record shown on that specific page. So basically 3 pages. A is the table of person records, and the other 2 pages (B and C) would be the detail pages for that record, created dynamically based on a static entry of the ID at the top of those pages.

Is any of this possible? Thanks.


Answers:
author: Sayed Bares [ServiceRocket]
body: Hi MJM,

Your use cases is exactly what Scaffolding and Reporting is used for.

In Page A, you can make use of [table data](https://docs.servicerocket.com/scaffolding/user-guide/basic-tutorials/creating-a-dynamic-table) macro to create a dynamic table and then in Page B and Page C you can make use of [Reporting](https://docs.servicerocket.com/reporting) to query the results from Page A.

Page A:

Source:

![Page 1 Source.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63240iE97C31E3F6813B13/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Page 1 Source.png")

Result:

![Page A 1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63241iC3D699656E7BB578/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Page A 1.png")

Page B \& C:

Source:

![Page B.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63242i078F45A71441FB4E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Page B.png")

Result:

I will be more than happy to prepare a demo for your use case, If you are interested please create a support ticket in [here](https://success.servicerocket.com/support/servicedesk/customer/portal/3/create/45)

comments: author: gk_b
body: Thanks for your response. I am mainly looking for built-in capability without any add-on


author: James Dellow
body: If you split up the table, then you might be able to make use of the Content by Label macro (e.g. use a label for each ID) or the Page Properties and Page Properties Report macros.

There are some CRM solutions in the marketplace that might solve for your example specifically <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=crm>

But also have a look at the Reporting for Confluence app by ServiceRocket [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/186/reporting-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/186/reporting-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

There are probably other ways to do this using just built-in functionality or making it easier to use the built-in macros for your use case, but that would be more complex to answer than I can here.

comments: author: gk_b
body: Thanks for your response. I am mainly looking for built-in capability without any add-on


author: James Dellow
body: Thanks, I understand. Unfortunately, solving this with out the box features and capabilities is beyond the scope of what can be answered here.
Can't remove site-admin group from user
Asked by Toby Willcock:

Hi,

I'm an admin for our Confluence cloud instance along with a couple of other admin users. We are all part of the site-admins group. One of the admins has left the organisation and I can't remove them from the site-admin group or revoke their site access. I keep getting an error that I don't have permission to remove site access for the user.


Answers:
author: Toby Willcock
body: The user I couldn't remove was an Org Admin. I created a support request and the Atlassian team did some behind the scenes permissions changes to make me the Org Admin instead.


author: Shavneel Deo
body: Hi Toby,

I had the same issue.

Fix:

- Go to <https://admin.atlassian.com/> and sign-in if prompted.

- Click on your Organization name.

- Click on Settings \>\> Administrators.

- Remove the User.

- Go back to User Management and you'll be able to Revoke Site Access for this user.

Hope this helps.

comments: author: Toby Willcock
body: Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I don't have any Organization settings available, only site settings.


author: Shavneel Deo
body: No worries, sorry couldn't be of much help there.

Looks like your Admin would be the go-to person.

Cheers.


author: frank_brennan
body: I am an Org admin and I'm trying to remove Confluence from 2 site admins, but all options for JSW, JSM \& Confluence are grayed out. I want to leave them access to JSM \& JSW. Is there a way I can remove their Confluence?
confluence on windows without iis
Asked by richardmh:

For days and days I've been moving an instance of Confluence 3.1.1 standalone which has run perfectly for 10 years on a win2k3 server to a win server 16 because the host wants to close down the old one (for obvious reasons).

So, in my long struggle I've got it to run as a service on localhost:8080 but seem to be totally defeated connecting to iis 10

I'm sure I'm not far off, it all seems to be connecting but isapi_redirect.log is reporting 'No host matches server name' and returning a 400 and for the moment I'm stumped.

To be quite honest, I'm a bit tired of this now, the server is only going to run this one thing, so I was wondering if it is possible to simply uninstall iis entirely and just run confluence on tomcat natively on port 80 ?

Is this as simple as changing port="8080" to port="80" in server.xml?

Could be marvellous if it was...

Thanks

Richard


Answers:
author: richardmh
body: Cracked it!

Actually didn't do what I proposed above, instead tried ARR, bing-bang-bong it works!

This method does not require multiple configuration files (uriworkermap.properties, workers.properties, regkeys), IIS configurations and DLL files.

Excerpt from Microsoft:

*"Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) for IIS 7 and above is a proxy-based routing module that forwards HTTP requests to content servers based on HTTP headers, server variables, and load balance algorithms. ARR relies on the URL rewrite module to inspect incoming HTTP requests to make the routing decisions. Therefore, the URL rewrite module is required to enable ARR features."*

Richard


Tags: confluence-server

server

tomcat

windows
Autocomplete "[", "{", "!" doesn't work in Confluence Cloud
Asked by Gena Minevich:

Autocomplete of "\[", "{", "!" doesn't work.

When I type one of them and start typing text, nothing happens.

However, "@" works fine.

I'm using the Cloud version of Confluence.

In settings the Autocomplete in Enabled.

I'm Confluence admin.

Please help


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Gena,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's great to have you!

In the [New Confluence Cloud Editor](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html), the trigger key is **/**, whereas it used to be **{**. **@** should still trigger mentions.

If you want to insert a link, instead of **\[** , you can **type /link** or **CMD+K** (macOS) **CTRL+K** (Windows).

You will know if you are on the new editor if your **Publish** button is in the top right-hand corner instead of the bottom left-hand corner.

Can you give that a try and let me know if it works for you?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Gena Minevich
body: Hey Shannon

CTRL+K is exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you!


author: Shannon S
body: Happy to help, Gena!

Take care. :)

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: auto-complete

cloud

confluence-cloud
hard link in confluence
Asked by Erez Inchy:

Hi,  

We are using Confluence Cloud.  

Is it possible to create a (symbolic?) link to another page that displays the content of the first page?  

In other words, let's say I have Page1, and I want to create Page2 that displays the same content of Page1 (possibly in another space), so that once Page1 is updated Page2 immediately reflects the change.  

Is that possible?  

Thanks,  
Erez.


Answers:
author: Bastian Stehmann
body: Hi [@Erez Inchy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1230735) ,

I think the page include macro will do what you need.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/include-page-macro-139514.html>
Trying to edit the grey helper text in global template
Asked by Gar Lee:

![Screenshot from 2019-08-10 13-12-40.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/62945i6DEF0B605EBECFAC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot from 2019-08-10 13-12-40.png")

I want to edit and add helper text to this global template but can't figure out how. Can anyone chime in?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Gar Lee,

Happy to help!

In the new Confluence Cloud editor, the **Instructional Text** got renamed to **Placeholder Text**. You can find this under the insert (+) menu.

See the following thread for an example of how that looks:

* [Solved: Adding Instructional Text onto a New template using new style editor](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Adding-Instructional-Text-onto-a-New-template-using-new-style/qaq-p/1018770)

Let me know if you have any trouble or questions.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Copying a Table
Asked by Mike Doughty:

How can you copy and paste a table within a page?

I have a table and when I try to copy it and paste it further down the page, it just pastes in the text and I lose the table format etc.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Just highlight the entire table, then Ctrl+C then go to where you want the table and Ctrl+V (works at least in FireFox which seems to handle tables better than Chrome).


author: Yoga Reddy {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Mike Doughty](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3522142)   

* 1 : Create single cell table
* 2 : Unformat header (remove header row)
* 3 : Select all rows in source table
* 4 : Copy rows (CTRL SHIFT C)
* 5 : Place cursor in destination table
* 6 : Paste rows (CTRL SHIFT V)
* 7 : Delete last empty row in destination table  

  Please let us know if you still facing the issue
Unable to insert some elements into page
Asked by Matteo Cavalli:

Hi there, i've just installed a starter licensed confluence on our datacente (linux based) as explained on atlassian website (db and app server on different vm)

Actually we'r populating it with some data, but i've notice that using a simple editor, in every kind of page/post, i'm unable to inser some elements:

- TOC

- Other Macros

Clicking on it simple made nothing; actually i'm in remote working but when in office all it's right. Confluence has a public (temporary) access on 80 port, starting from a redirect from 8090 to 80.

Can someone help me to troubleshoot this?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Pavel Junek
body: Hi,

Do you use a web server or proxy? If everything works in the office, there may be a problem other than Confluence itself.

Pavel

comments: author: Matteo Cavalli
body: Hi, thank for your replay.

Actually i'm not using any kind of proxy, just a firewall to allow incoming connections.

I've redirect all 8090 port requests to 80 port, but actually i've opened only 80.

Maybe i should open the other one?

Thanks
Confluence Cloud : new format / layout
Asked by Peter Kidson:

How do you turn it off ?


Answers:
author: Yoga Reddy {Appfire}
body: Hi [@Peter Kidson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1535294)   

Please refer the following Link if you are looking if you are looking for turn off new new editor.  

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-turn-off-New-UI-for-issues-Solution/qaq-p/1037299>  

<br />

Thanks

Yoga
Confluence Cloud Templates On Confluence Server
Asked by Jiri Pik:

Is there any way to get these templates for Confluence Server, e.g. <https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/templates/marketing-plan>?


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Jiri,

The template you linked has an option at the bottom to download to PDF. From this PDF you can copy and paste it into a Customer Confluence Template. Here is the guide to creating a template within Confluence; [Create a Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-template-296093779.html).

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Greg Hammond
body: I'm trying to load some of your templates from the website, and using the one above as a test. I cannot locate a 'download to PDF' option on the page linked. What am I missing?


author: Christopher_Langlands
body: Also the same for me, no option for 'download to PDF'. I guess self hosted users are stuck without support for these new templates ?


author: Greg Hammond
body: [@Stephen Sifers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2145523)

Please see our comments above ... thoughts?


author: Teng-Kiat Lee
body: I think I figured this out. I'm also a newbie.

1. Sign up for a free Cloud Confluence account.
2. Once you're logged into the Cloud account,create a page with the template you want to use.
3. Save/Publish the page.
4. On that page, click on the (...) and select "Advanced details", and under that select "View Source".
5. Use your mouse to select the whole page of content and Ctrl-C to copy it.
6. Back on your data-center Confluence, go create a new template.
7. Paste the whole chunk you just copied from the Cloud version into this new template.
8. Save it and now you have a template that has all the macros correctly copied over from the Cloud version.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence Cloud - How to check the default timezone of my organization?
Asked by Alok Gupta:

We have created a Confluence cloud organization. In the Confluence cloud setting, it allows configuring the time format by not time zone. Is it possible to know the default timezone of this org?

/

Alok


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Alok Gupta](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3522002) ,

As far as I know, it should not be set at the moment. You can vote in the post below.

[Allow Confluence timezone to be set as a global preference](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-16057)

Or go to the Account preferences tab to manage your time zone.

![QQ??20190810173752.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/62940iB8B7AF486A0118CB/image-dimensions/943x453?v=v2 "QQ??20190810173752.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Need Nested List (Tree) in Page Expanded by Default
Asked by Eman:

I have used the Expand macro to create a nested list (tree) in the body of a page, with each child node having its own expand macro for its children. There may be several levels of child nodes for each parent node.

I would like the tree to be expanded for all nodes by default when the page is first loaded, but the default seems to be for the tree to be collapsed. This is annoying for users when there are several levels of nested child nodes and they need to click on each one to expand all of them each time they navigate to this page.

For example, a simple representation of the tree might look like this:

\> Level 1

.....\> Level 1.1

...........\> Level 1.1.1

...........\> Level 1.1.2

\> Level 2

.....\> Level 2.1

..........\> Level 2.1.1

..........\> Level 2.1.2

Unfortunately, the default display will be:

\> Level 1

Am I missing something and there is a way to do this using built-in Confluence functionality? I prefer not to purchase a plugin just to have what seems should be a common feature of the macro, e.g. a setting to expand the node by default.

Thanks for any help that you can provide!


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: As you can see from this issue, [CONFSERVER-27077](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-27077), it has been requested some 7 years ago, and is NOT under consideration.

comments: author: Eman
body: Thank you for the reply, Bill. It seems that Jenny Millman updated that issue February 2018 to indicate this, but also stated that it would be re-reviewed after a year. Apparently, it has not, or the decision was to maintain the status quo. Unfortunate.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to remove a non-expired license from confluence?
Asked by Adriana Gonzalez:

Hello. I decommissioned an instance of confluence because it was not working. Now we have applied the license to the one that is working. How do I remove the license from the old instance?


Answers:
author: Pavel Junek
body: Hi,

I probably don't fully understand your situation and what you want to do. If you have replaced an old expired license with a new one, what license do you want to remove?

Thanks, Pavel

comments: author: Adriana Gonzalez
body: Hi Pavel,

I have two running instances of Confluence at the moment because we kept having redirect errors on one so we brought a new instance of confluence. Unfortunately, I had already licensed the first one and now I have applied that same license to the second one. My question is how do I remove the license from the first instance of confluence?


author: Pavel Junek
body: Hi [@Adriana Gonzalez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3338790),

aha, thanks for your explanation.

The easiest way to exchange your production license for another is to generate a trial version of Confluence (<https://my.atlassian.com>) and upload that license there (Confluence Administration -\> Licence details).

The trial license expires in a month.

Pavel


author: Adriana Gonzalez
body: Thanks, Pavel. I will have to try that.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Table Filter not loading the table
Asked by Catherine Foster:

Hello. I am using the Table Filter macro in a Confluence page. At times, the entire macro / table doesn't load to the page. Totally missing. The issue occurs sporadically, but is occurring frequently enough to render the macro as an unusable solution for a page I need to share with my entire company.

I have been unable to find any defects reporting this issue. I am on a cloud version of Confluence. Anyone else ever experienced this problem?


Answers:
author: Georg Konle
body: I have the same issues and already submitted a ticket to StiltSoft. If you have a solution, please share it.


author: Natalie Paramonova [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi Catherine,

Could you please [submit a ticket](https://stiltsoft.customercase.com/forums/support-requests/ideas/create?category=Table%2BFilter%2Band%2BCharts%2Bfor%2BConfluence) in our support portal and attach the browser console log file?

Thank you!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to increase the number of tasks displayed in the Task Report macro to ALL?
Asked by Gillian Rourke:

I have someone who wants to be able to export the page to pdf, but who wants all tasks to be included on the page - not just page 1. Therefore, is it possible to increase the limit of tasks to be displayed? Current selection is 10, 20 or 40 - I want to be able to display all.


Answers:
author: Michael Kuhl _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Gillian Rourke](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1356839) - You cannot show more than 40 tasks per macro, but if there is a way to segment the tasks using [filter parameters](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/task-report-macro-724765319.html#TaskReportMacro-Parameters) such as by assignee, status, label, etc then you can put multiple macros on one page with each one being for different filter criteria. You are still stuck at 40 max, but it might be enough for each criteria for which you insert a Task Report Macro.

comments: author: Michael Kornatzki
body: Well, i am looking also for a solution to set the parameter to "no limit" because we use the tablefilter-Marco and it looks and works horrible if one has more than 40 tasks.

An easy solution would be to set the tasks to unlimited like one can do with (<https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Tasks>)

I didn't use it but it looks like a hack for the default field


Tags: confluence-server

macro

server

task-report-macro
Including files in PlantUML
Asked by David Roberts:

I want to include files stored in confluence in my PlantUML code.

I can include files from github: as in

@startuml  

!includeurl <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RicardoNiepel/C4-PlantUML/master/C4_Container.puml>  

Container_Boundary('ll','lll')  

@enduml

I have files loaded as attachments to pages. How do I find the URL??

The attachments page lists them, if I select and right click I get

https://\<space\>/wiki/download/attachments/1402339539/\<file\>?api=v2

I just want to link to the file ....

Thanks


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hey David,

I think you've found how to get the address of the attachment already! Just as you noted, from the Attachments page you just right-click the attachment you want to link and copy the hyperlink.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/63152i69014915ED190633/image-dimensions/591x200?v=v2 "image.png")

You can strip the "?api=v2" from the end of the URL if the system you're trying to use expects to see .jpg or .png at the end of a URL. It's not required to display the file.

What you might be running into is a permissions problem. Confluence will protect your attachments from unauthorized users if the space/page are not set for anonymous access. PlantUML or another service trying to load that URL from an unauthenticated source might be hitting the login screen (and throwing an error because the login screen isn't an attachment). If you want to set the entire space as public, you can [read about how to do that here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/make-a-space-public-827106208.html). Setting the space (and subsequently, the individual page you're on) to public will allow any user/system to access the content without having to sign in.

Hope that helps explain things!  
Daniel
How to extend macro property panel for my plugin in latest version of confluence?
Asked by Benit Dhotekar:

Hi,

I have come across this documentation - <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/extending-the-macro-property-panel/>

which is valid for legacy version.

Does it also apply for the latest version or is there a new document available(I couldn't find one)?

My plugin is based on velocity template.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Michael Kuhl _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Benit Dhotekar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1092460) you might get an answer more quickly over at the [Atlassian Developer Community](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/c/Confluence).


Tags: confluence-app

confluence-server

server
Confluence down??? (On cloud)
Asked by Rojan Koc:

Hi,   

Does anyone experience site-problems with Confluence right now. Having issues logging into Confluence-page from the Jira panel.   

<br />


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Rojan Koc](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2042565) ,

Below you'll find status information for each of Atlassian's products and services.

<https://status.atlassian.com/>

![TIM??20190809170220.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/62880iF05E7BD087AF6DB3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "TIM??20190809170220.png")

comments: author: Rojan Koc
body: Thanks guys.....   

It works a little bit now, but still slow speed.


author: Urs_Hegi
body: yes, same problem here...


author: Rumeau Guillaume
body: Hello, yes, we have the same experience.

There is an open issue : <https://confluence.status.atlassian.com/incidents/8wwdgdjxbqq8>
Image not clear on confluence page but clear when downloaded
Asked by Sai Pravesh:

Hi All,

I have uploaded a huge image (exported from draw.io), the resolution is 8076x12003. I set the display size to 2048px which is pretty clear on the edit screen.

Once the page is published, the image preview looks really small and when clicked and zoomed in the text is all blurred but when downloaded it has full clarity.

So my question is why on the confluence page is the clarity blurred? and is there a to have full image clarity to preview without a need to download it.


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: There's probably a resize going on when you upload it. What about either

1) Use the draw.io viewer in the plugin to show it on the page or

2) Use SVG export from draw.io?

comments: author: Sai Pravesh
body: Hi David,

Thanks for replying, I did think about purchasing the plugin but its not approved for my team. Regarding SVG - it does not have a preview option and still forces user to download it. This does not work when I have to export the confluence page so I can't use that.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud