youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
"$currentDate" & "$currentUser"
Asked by Anastasia Sugak:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Create a Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=296093779)*

Why are variables "currentDate" and "currentUser" working only in the template "Meeting notes"? When I create my own templates it doesn't work!


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Anastasia, those variables are part of the meeting notes blueprint, and are unfortunately not available in an ordinary template. You can comment or watch the suggestion here <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-30567>.

You can add your own variables to a template, but they do not automatically populate with information from Confluence, but instead provide a popup for the user creating the page to fill in.

comments: author: John Le
body: There is an option for "Title of page to be created" macro and you can use @currentDate. This will populate the page with custom title and current date.


author: Rolf Schweingruber
body: Can you explain, where to find this option and how to use? I seem not to be able to use it, when I create a new template.

Thanks


author: Jaye Bass
body: > Title of page to be created

Is in the Create From Template edit screen. It does not show up on the template.

The basic flow is

1. Insert a Page Properties macro in your template
2. Create a new page and add Create From Template macro
3. Edit the Create From Template macro
4. Then in the "Title of page to be created" text field add @currentDate


author: Doug Kirchgesler
body: That works assuming someone goes to the page and clicks the button macro you've created, but how do you enter the current date if they just click the blue Create button and then manually select the template?


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
Export Confluence Pages through REST API
Asked by James Crowley:

Hello,

I am looking for a method to export pages through a REST API, but I can't seem to find any documentation. Do the REST APIs contain a method for exporting pages?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Timothy
body: The feature probably does not exist anymore since Confluence's SOAP / XML-RPC has been deperciated. Have you tried this (<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-pdf>)?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to change the text-align property of the HTML table cells that the Office Excel macro produces?
Asked by Bob Sovers:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Office Excel Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=375849173)*

When I use the Office Excel macro, the entire HTML table uses a CSS that has the text-align property set to justify. Is there a way to override this CSS?


Answers:
author: Bob Sovers
body: OK.. I added a HTML macro with the contents:

\<style\>

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-0 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-1 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-2 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-3 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-4 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-5 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-6 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-7 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-8 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-9 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-10 {text-align:left !important;}

table.offconn-192 tr td.oc-11 {text-align:left !important;}

\</style\>


author: Mario G?nter
body: Hi Bob,

you should be able to extend CSS by format-templates:

[https://jira.yourdomain.tld/admin/viewstylesheet.action](https://confluence.team-con.de/admin/viewstylesheet.action)

with the right class it could be possible to overwrite styles (keep in mind the !important declaration)

Cheers,

Mario


Tags: ms-excel
Why are images imported into draw.io plugin blurry?
Asked by Wade Koehn:

So much detail is lost that the image is almost unusable.


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Hold the Ctrl key while dragging. We have to be careful with large images in terms of bandwidth, so just avoid anything huge.


Tags: addon-com.mxgraph.confluence.plugins.diagramly

cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to list all comments/annotations associated with an image on the actual confluence page?
Asked by Daniel Herman:


Answers:
author: Andrii Tkachenko [BeastieHut]
body: Hello!

You can refer to <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1219786> plugin to form the table of comments (version and inline) for attachments of pages (current of some other page), including images.

Thank you


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: In the newer version of Confluence we do have in-line comment as you can see here:  

<https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/whats-new/inline-comments>

All of the comments are there. Unless you're using an old version of Confluence.  
Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: Dean Thrasher
body: The comments list becomes visible once you click on the image. But I think the OP was asking for a way to display the comments next to the image on the confluence page itself. Sometimes that little "has comments" icon is hard to see.


author: Daniel Herman
body: Exactly. Is there a macro available that can accomplish this?
How do I change the confluence administrator?
Asked by Richard Wallace:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The administrator rights for Confluence cloud are two layers. You won't get the higher layer, that's reserved for Atlassian support, but the application admin right is controlled by "global permissions" - that names a group, or set of groups for admins. If a user is in one of those groups, they have application admin rights. So look in there, and then add the user you want to have admin in there. You can then get them to remove you (you said change in the question, so I assume that's the end goal)

Milo gave you the answer for Space administrator


author: Milo Test
body: You can give any user or group administrator rights by selecting the Administrator checkboxes. This can be done on the site and/or the space level.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Paying $100/month for 25 users but pop-up message says we have 2000 users available.
Asked by Marina Kliger:

I received the following pop-up message today: "You're currently only using 23 of 2000 of your available Confluence user accounts. Help us understand why." But we are signed up for 25 users at $100/month. Can we have 2000 users without paying more?


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

You can send an email to our sales team. sales at Atlassian dot com

They should be the right person to ask it.  

Cheers,  
WZ


author: Timothy
body: You probably don't have 2000 users. You can always try to create the 26th user and see what happens. It should thrown an error.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
mail servers
Asked by Eric Davenport:

Hello,

When I attempt to setup a mail server in my new Confluence Cloud account, I am unable to see the mail server configuration on the site configuration page. I am a global administrator and cannot seem to locate the configuration, please help


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Silva
body: Hey Eric, please make sure this settings applies to Confluence Cloud. For example, some configurations are Server Only:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf51/configuring-a-server-for-outgoing-mail-336169677.html>

"*The information on this page [does not apply](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand) to Confluence OnDemand."*

Cheers, Rodrigo Silva

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, you can't change mail servers on Cloud


author: Eric Davenport
body: What led me to this was that I cannot share a Confluence page via email, the "Share" button is greyed out. That led me to the article that describes how to configure the mail servers. How would I go about remedying the "share" button being greyed out?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ahh, right. It should be enabled on Cloud automatically as Atlassian set up a mail server by default for you. I'd raise this with <https://support.atlassian.com>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Error: Could not add the following entity to the directory
Asked by Gregory Kneller:

I have problems with synchronisation Confluence with Crowd. Confluence accepts only part of groups, for the rest of them it writes in log:

```
 WARN [scheduler_Worker-4] [atlassian.crowd.directory.DbCachingRemoteChangeOperations] logFailures Could not add the following entity to the directory [ Crowd Internal Directory ]: Some-Group-Name
```

There is no "{" in the group names, only alphanumeric, spaces, "-" or "_".

When I create new copy of crowd directory and activate it instead of the existing one, the set of groups affected by the issue, is a little bit different.


Answers:
author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi Gregory,

It seems you're affected by this bug:

[CWD-4290](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-4290)

The workaround is to synchronize the directory again.

Please take a look and let me know in case of any problems.

Cheers,

Bruno

comments: author: Gregory Kneller
body: Well, CWD-4290 is not exactly the issue, but trailing spaces - yes! We have 2 groups with trailing spaces. When the group were removed, confluence has synced all groups


author: Gregory Kneller
body: Jira does not care


Tags: confluence-administration

crowd-integration
rebuilt link betwween jira against confluence
Asked by david:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Linking to Another Application](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=701435554)*

Hi,

We have a JIRA server with confluence server in same server making a Sandbox enviroment. Confluence gets the permissions and users from jira. The problem is when we try to restore JIRA with backup from PRODUCTION eviroment, because we cannot login into confluence but we can login in jira.

We've tried fix the problem restoring the applicaction link but nothing, also we've tried making a user in confluence manually, but seems like users still linked with repository JIRA users .

Is there somebody that knows how we can rebuilt this trust relationship between JIRA and confluence after restore a backup from other enviroment?

Thank you son much.

Best, David


Answers:
author: David Toledo
body: Hi,

you could review this link:

[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Restoring+Passwords+To+Recover+Admin+User+Rights#](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Restoring+Passwords+To+Recover+Admin+User+Rights)


author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi David, troubleshooting application links can be really tricky. I'd recommend contacting our support team directly for help on this one.


Tags: application-link
Quick Nav disabled
Asked by Mohamed Patel:

When using the search option we get the message 'Quick Nav disabled'. How can we resolve this?


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hello Mohamed Patel,

Can you go under the Manage Add-ons page of your instance, select *All add-ons* on the dropbox and search for the plugin called Confluence Quicknav, then make sure that all its modules are enabled?

If everything looks right there, please attach a screenshot to this topic showing the problem so we can better understand what's happening there.

Eduardo
unable to add new calendar, all buttons are grayed
Asked by eric brunel:

2015-11-04_11h10_09.jpg

2015-11-04_11h10_16.jpg

2015-11-04_11h10_27.jpg  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/unable-to-add-new-calendar-all-buttons-are-grayed/qaq-p/6248?attachment-id=12260){#link_11917bd9ea5d6e}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/1042/1/2015-11-04_11h10_09.jpg){#display_11917bd9ea5d6e_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/unable-to-add-new-calendar-all-buttons-are-grayed/qaq-p/6248?attachment-id=12261){#link_11917bd9ea5d6e_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/1042/2/2015-11-04_11h10_16.jpg){#display_11917bd9ea5d6e_2}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/unable-to-add-new-calendar-all-buttons-are-grayed/qaq-p/6248?attachment-id=12262){#link_11917bd9ea5d6e_1}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/1042/3/2015-11-04_11h10_27.jpg){#display_11917bd9ea5d6e_4}


Answers:
author: eric brunel
body: finally, it was a plugin activation. The plugin was here but not activated. It is a bit disturbing to have a menu entry in the sidebar to access calendar configuration even if plugin is not activated.


author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Eric,

Could you please raise a support ticket (support.atlassian.com) so we can further investigate what is happening? Perhaps a restart might be necessary.

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can I stretch the panel background to match the height of the section?
Asked by Matthias Klaer:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Panel Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=701435068)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Steve Behnke [DiscoverEquip.com]
body: Can I ask if you're using Confluence Cloud or if you have a hosted version? This will affect my answer.


Tags: panel
How to disable the "watch page" keyboard shortcut
Asked by Davin Studer:

We have found that many of our users are inadvertently watching the home page of the wiki. It turns out this is because many of them come to the home page and then attempt to search for something else. However, if they are not in the search box and start their search with "w" then they start watching the page. There is a small popup (bottom right corner of the page ... Confluence 5.5.6) to tell them they are now watching the page, but many are not seeing it. Is there a way that we can override the "w" shortcut key to have it not watch pages. I would rather not have to disable all shortcut keys to achieve this. I would be open to a JavaScript/config file tweaking/coding solution to remap it if necessary ... or if it's even possible.


Answers:
author: Alex Yasurek
body: Hi,

I think you can disable the shortcut in the watch button plugin. Go to manage add-ons, then select system add-ons and look for "Confluence Watch Button". Click the + button to show the 3 modules and the last one is the keyboard shortcut. Try disabling it.

comments: author: Steve Behnke [DiscoverEquip.com]
body: Amazing tip! Kudos to Atlassian for using modules correctly.


author: Davin Studer
body: That's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you much sir.


Tags: confluence-administration
how to use the same images on different pages
Asked by ISI Automation:

Hello,

is there any possibility to attach one image and use it on different pages?


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: Hi,

that is a standard function and works just as you described it: You attach the image to one page and use it on multiple others.

Technically, you must extend the image path by adding the name of the page where the image is.

But confluence allows you do that automatically. Just add the image as always and then use the search tab to find and include images from other pages and spaces.

There are lots of descriptions for this depending on your version.

Here is the description from <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf56/confluence-user-s-guide/creating-content/using-the-editor/displaying-images> as an example:

### Inserting an image attached to a different page {#toc-hId-1449084452}

You can display an image that is attached to a different page of the same Confluence site, if you know the name of the image.

**To display an image attached to a different page:**

1. Go to **Insert** \> **Files and Images** and choose the **Search on other pages**.
2. Enter the name of the image.
3. Choose whether to search the current space or **All Spaces** and choose **Search**.
4. Select the required image from the search results and choose **Insert**.

Alternatively, you can cut and paste the image from another page (the image will still be attached to the original page).

comments: author: Nick Jenkins
body: Does anyone know where this option has gone in the new Confluence Cloud UI?

I can't find it.


author: Eugene Kovalchuk
body: Same question...


author: Helen Griffith
body: Pretty sure it's gone. One of the many very useful (essential) features that have been removed lately...


author: Rudolf Arada
body: Yeap, its gone and only offers Giphy or upload from somewhere - but I really need to re-use the image off an existing/updated Glify diagram :( Thanks.


author: Matthias Loepfe
body: Same here!


author: Jonas Andersson
body: Yes, by creating a html tag and reference the src to the location of the image:

```
{html}&lt;img src="https://your.confluence.address/confluence/download/attachments/28910447/image2015-9-29.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1443528236000&amp;api=v2"&gt;{html}
```

This requires Bob Swift html add-on.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Or do it correctly and use the built-in function as Steffen says. To use the html tags, you have to enable a potentially dangerous set of macros. There's no need to mess around with them, images from other pages/spaces is supported natively and safely.


author: Paddy AXACOM
body: To add an existing Gliffy diagram, just choose the Gliffy macro from the list. Then search for existing digram's and select "Link to original diagram". This worked for me.

![Edit_-_AXACOM_-_AXACOM_-_AXACOM_DOCS.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/117558i50438FC891E1B876/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Edit_-_AXACOM_-_AXACOM_-_AXACOM_DOCS.png")


Tags: attachment

image

page
Issues with multiple "page include" macros on the same page?
Asked by Phil Gochenour:

We have recently migrated from an OnDemand instance of Confluence to a server instance, and we are having significant issues with pages that have multiple "include page" macros on them (it seems that three is okay, four are not). When we try to access the migrated pages that have four macros on them, they refuse to load and our instance essentially crashes. I also created a new page that had multiple page includes, and after creating and saving the page after I added the third macro, I edited the page again, added the fourth one, and the page began to churn when it saved, and now will not load when the link to it is clicked. These pages behaved as expected in the OnDemand instance, and we are running on the latest version of Confluence Server that's available.


Answers:
author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi Phil,

There could be several different reasons for the crash. I'd advise raising a support ticket, and our Support Engineers will be able to assist you in a more comprehensive manner, analyzing your logs and identifying the culprit.

Thanks,

Bruno
Trying to create Calendar, selects Add New, but cannot type in the calendar heading. Anyone else with this problem?
Asked by Karl ?yri:

What am I doing wrong?

Karl


Answers:
author: Suresh Iyer
body: Same issue here as well. I have tried Firefox, Chrome, Edge. I am on Win 10.

The name field is not editable. Hence, not able to create the calendar.

image2015-12-3 22:58:1.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Trying-to-create-Calendar-selects-Add-New-but-cannot-type-in-the/qaq-p/82758?attachment-id=3069){#link_11917c56b6f8b1}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/13948/1/image2015-12-3%2022%3A58%3A1.png){#display_11917c56b6f8b1_0}


author: Carsten Piske
body: We are experiencing the exact same issue. It doesn't work on FireFox or Chrome.


author: Steve Behnke [DiscoverEquip.com]
body: Could you please show a screenshot? This either should be your browser or a problem with your instance. We can figure it out! :)


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I maintain whitespace (CRLF and Spaces) when pasting into Confluence?
Asked by Clint Mundt:

I have tried "info", "no format" and "code" block all with varying results but none that actually maintain the formatting that I am pulling directly from a .txt file.

The problem is CRLF on a separate line or leading spaces in a line.


Answers:
author: Clint Mundt
body: Bruno, this does not fix the problem. Posting into a code block still results in CRLF on blank lines being removed.


author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi Clint,

This is probably related to the following bug:

[CONF-28582](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28582)

Can you check?

Thanks,

Bruno


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
draw.io "Legacy macro - do not use"
Asked by LouisB:

When I want to edit previously created draw.io components, there's a warning message "Legacy macro - do not use" at the top of the draw.io macro.

legacymacro.png

How can I convert this component to a "new" [draw.io](http://draw.io) macro?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/draw-io-quot-Legacy-macro-do-not-use-quot/qaq-p/42695?attachment-id=11426){#link_1187c07a9e19d8}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/7223/1/legacymacro.png){#display_1187c07a9e19d8_0}


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: The wording is a bit misleading, actually. We have to leave the macro in, but it's shown in the macro options list. We need something that doesn't cause people to add this macro.

It's OK to have the macro, as long as you don't want to ever migrate to Confluence Server. If you don't, then you don't need to worry.


author: LouisB
body: I am not able to edit my component. I was expecting that the "legacy macro" was the issue.

drawioloading.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/draw-io-quot-Legacy-macro-do-not-use-quot/qaq-p/42695?attachment-id=8563){#link_1187c082c7a1f3}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/7225/1/drawioloading.png){#display_1187c082c7a1f3_0}

comments: author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: We'll take a look and come back to you.


author: LouisB
body: thanks


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: I don't see anything that would cause this, you might have some caching going on. Could you try editing the diagram again please? If that doesn't work, try clearing the browser cache first, then editing.


author: LouisB
body: After several attempts, I was able to edit work. No need to clear cache or anything.Thanks for the help


Tags: addon-com.mxgraph.confluence.plugins.diagramly

cloud

confluence-cloud
Is the documentation theme still a thing?
Asked by Scott Stevson:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Apply a Theme to a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139535)*

I recall in the 5.5 docs that there were plans to merge the documentation theme with the default theme. Is this still the plan?


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Scott,

I'm one of the tech writers on the Confluence team. The documentation theme is indeed still a thing, but we do have plans to remove it in Confluence 6.0. You can read about the change here [End of Support Announcements for Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/End+of+Support+Announcements+for+Confluence#EndofSupportAnnouncementsforConfluence-features201507).

We're making some much loved parts of the doc theme available in the default theme (such as the ability to add custom content to the sidebar, and to have a header and footer in your space), and will also be providing plenty of information and assistance to help you move from the documentation theme to the default theme when the time comes.

comments: author: Scott Stevson
body: Thanks @Rachel Robins! I appreciate you and @Eduardo Mallmann following up. My team recently considered dividing our space into "Team", "Docs", and "KB" sections so your answer is very helpful. We're rethinking our plan.


author: Mallmann
body: Hello Scott,

Yes, that's still true: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf55/confluence-user-s-guide/organising-content/working-with-pages/using-the-documentation-theme>

Here's the JIRA ticket for this plan: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-38256>

Eduardo


Tags: confluence-administration

theme