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Enterprise notification plugin no descendent watch option
Asked by Tom Austin:

Just installed the Enterprise notification plugin from [Adaptavist](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/81) previously had the Descendant Notification Plugin, now we do not get the option to watch page deescendants; ![](http://www.adaptavist.com/doco/download/attachments/5144615/Screen%20Shot%202013-03-05%20at%2011.01.16.png?version=2&modificationDate=1363262149000&api=v2&effects=drop-shadow)

Has anyone experiened this issue?

We are running confluence 5.1.2


Answers:
author: Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren
body: Hi Tom,

I just got the solution from Adaptavist!

You will need to rebuild the Enterprise Notification index when you upgrade from the Descendant Notification Plugin. This information was missing in their documentation but will be added.

excerpt from Adaptavist Support:

It's recommended and necessary to perform a rebuild of the plugin information. This is for to get the previous data from Descendant Notification if you had installed. You can do that from the Enterprise Notifications option located in the Administration section of the Confluence Admin.

Hope this will help!

// Svante


author: Svante Gustafsson Bj?rkegren
body: I see exactly the same behavior. Installed it an hour ago :-(

Running 5.1.5

I am also using RefinedWiki Original Theme so my menus are customized. Thought that could be the issue but if you are using plain Confluence it is probably something else!


Tags: confluence-administration
Using Groups within Groups in AD User Directory
Asked by Matt Uebel:

As part of my Confluence implementation I have created AD Security Groups to control access to Confluence.

I have attempted to add other groups to a Confluence Security group so that I don't have to worry about maintening individual members. However, these members in the subgroup don't actually end up as users in Confluence.  

Is my failed scheme possible in principle? What configuration is necessary to have subgroups contribute to my confluence group membership?


Answers:
author: Bruna Griebeler
body: Hi Matt,  

Well Confluence imports the groups and subgroups when you have the \*nested groups\* option set as true on your Directory Configuration. However after imported, these groups will not be nested anymore, they will be in the same level or hierarchy when imported.  
Please check here about nested groups: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF42/Managing+Nested+Groups>


Tags: active-directory

confluence-administration

group

user-directory
Space Deletion Permissions?
Asked by Matt Uebel:

How are Space Deletion Permissions controlled?


Answers:
author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi Matt,

I'm not sure if this is the information you are looking for, but only space administrators can delete spaces. There are more details about space admin permissions in this [page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Administrators+and+their+Permissions).

I hope it helps


author: Steve Thornhill
body: Look in the Confluence admin section (for version 5x it will show as a cog icon near your profile pic, top right ), all the permissions settings are listed under the user \& security section.

You'll need admin access to view/modify the settings.


Tags: confluence-administration

space
Recover Personal Space?
Asked by Matt Uebel:

Is it possible to recover a Personal Space that was deleted?


Answers:
author: Steve Thornhill
body: I've not seen any "easy" way to do this.

You could restore from a recent backup. I'd personally try to restore to another install (temporary one) so you don't lose anything current and then extract the data you need from there.

(Or even delete everything except what you need from the temporary one, then export it so you can re-import into the original - but that might be a lot of work)


Tags: confluence-administration

personal-space

restore
Hide Page Tree
Asked by minesh patel:

Hi,

Is there any way that you can hide the pagetree permanently on a page? So nobody can see it when they go to the page. I know how to do for the space. Thanks.


Answers:
author: minesh patel
body: The question was about hiding the page tree on a page in a space. To do this, you first have to assign a label to page. Then in the space admin section, you put **{builder-hide:mode=view\| label= .......\|context=page}** in the content area of where the page tree is located.


author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Have to echo Hanis here. Can you give us a snapshot of the content you want to hide. Pagetree can mean a number of things


author: hsuhailah
body: To confirm, were you referring to the child pages list in a page? If that's the case, this thread may help: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/47875/how-to-remove-hide-child-pages](/questions/47875/how-to-remove-hide-child-pages)


Tags: confluence-administration
OnDemand License
Asked by Lars:

Hello, i bought an Atlassian Confluence OnDemand License. I guess the trial is over but i still cant see the license at my.atlassian. I rly want to purchase the plugin Gliffy.


Answers:
author: pschaff01
body: Hi Lars

This request can actually be directed directly to our Sales Engineering Department either via email ([sales@atlassian.com](mailto:sales@atlassian.com)) or via phone during local business hours in San Francisco, USA on +1 415 701 1110, Amsterdam, Netherlands on +31 20 796 0060 or Sydney, Australia on +61 2 9262 1443.

Regards,

Pietro Schaff


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Getting error on simpleania image slider plug-in Error rendering macro 'imageslider' : null
Asked by Colm Byrne:

Getting the following error after installing this on Confluence 4.0

Error rendering macro 'imageslider' : null

I restarted our Confluence and the error is still showing.

Any ideas?


Answers:
author: Remo Siegwart
body: Sadly, the Image Slider plugin is only compatible with Confluence 4.2 or higher, as indicated on the marketplace: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.simplenia.confluence.plugins.imageslider>  
Please upgrade to a newer version of Confluence to use the plugin.  
Sorry for the bad news.


Tags: confluence-administration
When will Team Calendars be availible for the current Confluence version?
Asked by Kemal Bajramovic:

I'm preparing a RFQ for procurement of Confluence for up to 25 users, download version and I currently own a starter licence. I also want to buy several add-ons, [TeamCalendar](https://www.atlassian.com/software/team-calendars/overview) for Confluence 25 users among others.

I' wanted to install the trial version but this add-on is not availible in the *Find New Add-ons* form.

Does it mean that Team Calendars are not supported by the latest Confluence version 5.2.3?

![](../../upfiles/No_Team_Calendars.png)


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Kemal,  

Don't worry, is just a matter to us to update Atlassian's Marketplace. I'm going to run this task today, and it should fix today, at least.  
You can still run Team calendars 3.2.4 on Confluence 5.2.3 because is compatible.

I hope this helps.

WZ


author: Kemal Bajramovic
body: Got it, thanks!


author: Steve Thornhill
body: As the newest Confluence version was posted on the 13th I'd give them a few days to add all the updates if it is not yet showing.

You could use one of the previous versions of the software (I'm running 5.1) on demo systems with Team Calendars, if you need to show a proof of concept and then upgrade later on as long as there is nothing extra in the release notes you need from 5.2


Tags: confluence-administration
Search no longer favours labels
Asked by RPT Admin:

I read this section of the release notes for 5.2 with dismay: "[the search results no longer favours labels](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+5.2+Release+Notes)". This is going to make it much harder for me to optimise my page for specific search results.

For example, let's say I have a page about "blue_widgets". In my organisation. "blue_widgets" and "red_widgets" are two separate products, so they have separate wiki pages. But the products are related, so I have added "blue_widgets" as a label on the "red_widgets" page and vice versa.

Old result: a search for "blue_widgets" returns both pages, with the "red_widgets" page ranked below the "blue_widgets" page. That's the behaviour I expect. New result: the "red_widgets" page doesn't appear in the results at all.

My workaround is to add a heading using the related terms to the page itself. Something along the lines "red_widgets: see also blue_widgets". But that means editing dozens of pages which I have already optimised for the old search. Does anyone have a more elegant workaround? Or is there a page where I can vote for search to be reverted to the old functionality?

<br />


Answers:
author: Mick Davidson
body: For more on this see: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/200557/labels-in-search-confluence-5-2-3](/questions/200557/labels-in-search-confluence-5-2-3)

comments: author: RPT Admin
body: Duplicate thread - please follow the link in Mick's post for discussion.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
What has happened to logininfo in 5.2?
Asked by Erkki_Aalto:

Instead of clear text username the table logininfo now has some kind of hex code. How is it created? We need to get the last login date of a user with a script for administrative purposes.


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Erkki,  

Yes, we don't have LOGININFO table on newer versions of Confluence. Now we have user_mapping, that has a better structure and I gotta say that in the future, we're planning to let the user rename an username, so we need such table that supports it.  

Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: Steve Dowey
body: Hi William, so how do we now get user information as to their last login in onDemand? It was there before, now its gone.

Steve


author: Erkki_Aalto
body: Stupid me. There seems to be a new table user_mapping where the clear text username can be found.


Tags: confluence-administration
substring() in User Macro?
Asked by Guenter Huber:

I d like to e.g. make version numbers dynamic dependent on space.

Currently they are only semi-dynamic with

```
#if ($space.key=="MY55")5.5#elseif ($space.key=="MY50")5#else &lt;MacroError_VersionNotDefined&gt;#end
```

With a substring() func this could be dynamic!  
Takers?  
Thanks  
G.


Answers:
author: Guenter Huber
body: As I neither get a professional answer here nor on the Velocity mailing list (at least not yet and you are bugging me to close the case) the workaround I see is via a variable;

```
## @noparams#set($len = $space.key.length() - 2)$space.key.substring($len)
```


author: Guenter Huber
body: Thanks, Eddie  
for the pointers to Velocity and Java.  
They helped me iron out most kinks.  
Here is code that actually works:

```
## @noparams#set($len = $space.key.length() - 2)\$space.key.length(): $len &lt;br&gt;\$space.key.substring(\$len): $space.Key.substring($len)
```

It contains some nice Velocity features like escaped $s, etc.

What cost me a lot of time is

```
$space.Key.substring($space.key.length() - 2)
```

I have no idea why this construct doesn t work, while the variable as argument does.


author: EddieW
body: User macros are coded in Velocity, that means both velocity specific and java methods will work.

#set($ver = $spaceKey.substring($spaceKey.length-2,2))

$ver

will be 55 or 50 depending.

See more methods to manipulate a Java String <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html>


Tags: sub-string
Install Confluence against MS Azure SQL
Asked by Guenter SolyMar:

Hi!

Yes I know, Azure SQL is not official supported by Confluence and i am in big trouble trying to run it against Azure SQL. A lot of strange errors are appearing after setup routine created tables in Azure SQL. Anyone with experience in that case?

thx.


Answers:
author: Thomas K
body: Sorry for bringing up the old thread, but if someone is interested.

Did a test installation. Jira 7.2.2 installation with Azure SQL Server database V12 went fine.  
So we need "only" the supported state of Atlassian. Support the idea here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-35444>


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Guenter,   

May I ask you, if you're running the proper driver for **Azure SQL**? Don't forget, if you're using a different database driver, for example for MSSQL, you can face issues.

The driver should be placed in the following path:

<Confluence installation>`/confluence/WEB-INF/lib`

I hope this helps.  

Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: Guenter SolyMar
body: I use the MS SQLJDBC Driver 4.0 and of course I placed it in the suggested path. Is it not possible for you Atlassian guys to setup a Azure evaluation account and run a short test with SQL Azure? I am wondering if using this DB is exotic or will become mainstream in the near future...


author: Daniel Borcherding
body: I don't seem to be able to locate a version of the 4.0 Driver with support for Azure SQL.

I did a bit of google jockeying and found the following. 3.0 driver with support for Azure SQL.

<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19847>

Would you mind including a link to the driver you downloaded?


author: Guenter SolyMar
body: Here you ll find it: <http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=11774>


author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi Guenter,

I don't have access to an Azure SQL, but perhps you can post the errors you're getting here and I can see if I can help with anything.

Cheers

comments: author: Guenter SolyMar
body: Please see my comment on Williams answer. It is just about minutes to setup a Azure evaluation account and see what happens. The strange is, that confluence tables are created but the ongoing setup process crashes...


Tags: azure

ms-sql
Confluence 5 editor slow to render?
Asked by Eric Koepfle:

Hello,  

While I evaluate upgrading our 3.5 to 5.1, I have noticed the new editor takes forever to \~render. I turned off all the user plugins, and it still sometimes takes 10 seconds to configure itself and fill the frame.  

Is there some secret to getting this to work more quickly? I have been profiling the javascript, and there doesn't seem to be a smoking gun. Everything loads from the server quickly, and then it just hangs/churns/ with a half rendered editor for several seconds.


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey guys,  

I heard some users having the same problem, and they were able to fix it, by upgrading to the latest version available that is 5.2.3, maybe you guys would like to give it a try.  

I hope this helps.  

Cheers,

<br />

WZ

comments: author: Eric Koepfle
body: thanks, i am trying that...  

<https://support.atlassian.com/browse/CSP-107586>   

:(


author: Eric Koepfle
body: Once I got through most of my upgrade issues, it does seem to help


author: Rainer P?hlmann
body: Just to confirm this behaviour:

I updated 5.1.3 to 5.1.5 (because of the Confluence security advisory) last night. Now user are complaing about "empty" editor page.

In fact, it sometimes takes up to 15 sec. for the editor to render and finally display the content. This behaviour is independant from the amount of data existing on the page. It also happens on pages just containing a single line of text.

Any confirmation/comment/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


Tags: javascript

tiny-mce
how do you get a plugin accepted for Confluence OnDemand?
Asked by Nathan Dunn:

How do you get a plugin accepted for Confluence OnDemand? I have a plugin that should work well within the OnDemand structure, but it is not an option. It points me to here:

<https://developer.atlassian.com/display/AC/Selling+on+the+Atlassian+Marketplace>

Is it that it has to be a "Connect" add-on?

Thanks,

Nathan


Answers:
author: Dave Meyer
body: Hi Nathan,

Going forward, the only way to offer commercial add-ons for OnDemand instances is by using the Connect framework. We're still in early development on the platform, and the Connect team is going to great lengths to collaborate with developers as we build out the platform. The Connect specific mailing list is: <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/atlassian-connect-dev>

Cheers,

Dave


author: m
body: Atlassian selects the add-ons that are available in the OnDemand space. You should join and particpate in the Marketplace forum if you think your add-on is a good candidate.

[](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/atlassian-marketplace "Marketplace forum")[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/atlassian-marketplace\</a\<\>\>](https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/atlassian-marketplace%3C/a)
[](https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/atlassian-marketplace%3C/a)


author: Nathan Dunn
body: Thanks. It looks like I need to make mine a "Connect" add-on first and then apply.

comments: author: rich
body: If you need more info that's not found here: <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/AC>

Join the Connect Google Group: [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/atlassian-connect-dev](https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/atlassian-connect-dev)


author: BillA
body: That's correct.


author: Dave
body: It does have to be a "Connect" add-on as well


Tags: cloud

confluence-app

confluence-cloud
Does confluence On Demand support drafts?
Asked by Avner:

Hi - from what I can see it does not, as I don't see draft save messages in the editor. If its not there, when will it be added? I think this is a very important feature for a wiki editor.

thanks!


Answers:
author: BernardoA
body: I believe this documentation may help you:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Working+with+Drafts>

Bernardo


author: BillA
body: Hi Av, as Bernardo indicates, Confluence has always have autsave draft functionality. In Confluence 5.0 we introduced a new "responsive design" on the editor in order to maximize screen real estate when your browser is minimzed. (see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+5.0+Release+Notes#Confluence5.0ReleaseNotes-Editorimprovements>) As such, the "draft saved" confirmation is hidden (to save space) in the mimized mode which may be what you're experiencing.

comments: author: Avner
body: Thanks Bill - that would explain it!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Jira & Confluences Installation classes & education
Asked by KP11:

Are there any good classes for Installing JIRA? I saw the Atlassian University courses and they are basic. We have a lot if questions on upgrades. The previous installer is gone and installed JIRA manually. We want to install the plain vanilla versions with our custom plugins. We need spcific classes on the DB side and to verify why our server was setup in its current way.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not in the way you're hoping for.

If you follow the standard "here's how to install Jira and Confluence" documentation, you will end up with systems that work fine. They do assume a basic level of knowledge about the Operating System and Databases you are going to be using, and they make a handful of specific "if you are doing X with this config, then you need to do Y to make it work well".

But beyond that, if you've got config, tweaks, libraries or whatever that are not off-the-shelf, then you've done them for your own reasons, which we can't help you with.

Classic example - I built a test system on three RHEL 6 servers I'd been handed by our infrastructure team. I used our internal RPMs to install Java and the database server, then did Jira and Confluence as per installation docs. This all works absolutely fine.

But, when translated to live, the database needs some tweaks to enable the correct replication for backup, there's some SSL related tweaks as it's (sort of) public, some rsync and more database settings for failover/disaster-recovery. But all of those changes are because \*we\* need to do \*our\* things in \*our\* way. There is a good chance that some or all of them are utterly useless for other sites.

So, I'm afraid the answer to "why was our server set up this way" is "if it differs from the Atlassian documented setup, then it was done for your reasons and we can't possibly know why".  

If I was in your position, I'd try building a test system from the docs, from scratch. Then compare all the differences with Live and investigate them.
Import Mockups to go into Confluence OnDemand
Asked by abarnes_cox:

Hi,

How can I import "mockups to go" (community mockup elements) / project or site assets into Balsamiq for Confluence OnDemand?

Assuming that Mockups to go isn't yet supported in the OnDemand version is there a recommended process of importing them into a new mockup?

Thanks

Alex


Answers:
author: Leon Barnard
body: Hi Alex,

Leon from Balsamiq here.

There are two ways to import Balsamiq mockups into Confluence. In both cases, start by downloading the .bmml file from Mockups To Go (click on the "Download BMML" link).

The easiest way is to copy the Mockup XML and then import it into a new Mockup in Confluence. Start by either opening the .bmml file in the Desktop version and selecting File \> Export Mockup XML or by opening it in a text editor and copying the text. Then, create a new, blank mockup in Confluence and paste in the copied text by going to "Mockups \> Import Mockup XML..."

Alternatively, you could upload the .bmml file directly to Confluence as an attachment, add the prefix "mockup_" to the file name, and then use the Mockups macro in your Confluence page (e.g., {mockup:mockup name}). After you do this you'll have to edit the mockup, make a minor change and save it in order to generate the PNG image for the preview, however. This is a few more steps than the first method I suggested.

You can read a bit more about this [here](http://support.balsamiq.com/customer/portal/articles/721932) and [here](http://community.balsamiq.com/balsamiq/topics/how_to_import_a_bmml_file_e_g_ipad_template_into_confluence_no_desktop_version_installed). Also, feel free to email [support@balsamiq.com](mailto:support@balsamiq.com) with any questions.

Hope this helps,

- Leon

comments: author: abarnes_cox
body: Thank you for the suggestion I will certainly give that a try.

I take it that the elegant method of importing assets so that all users have access to community Mockups To Go is not yet support in the OnDemand version? This is a big shame, is there an ETA for when this feature will be available?

To clarify these are the steps I was reading, <http://support.balsamiq.com/customer/portal/articles/131430:>

```
1) Browse the library of controls on the site.2) Once you find what you need, simply download the BMML file.3) Save the file to one of your assets folders to use as a Symbols library, Symbols are re-usable components that you can customize. See the instructions further down the page ("Where to Save BMML Files") if you need creating assets folders.
```

Thanks


author: James Ballard
body: This would be a great feature to be included. Is it still being planned - we have noticed the Google plugin has this support now.


author: Leon Barnard
body: Hi Alex,

You're correct, the Symbols feature is not supported in any of our plugin versions yet. We are currently developing the ability to use Symbols in Confluence, but I don't have an ETA for you at this time.

- Leon


Tags: balsamiq

cloud

confluence-cloud