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How can I edit the Home page?
Asked by Alison Frane:

I am trying to figure out how Confluence works to see if it is the right... software?... platform? ...for us to move our company wiki to.

There is this "Home" page, with a left sidebar with only five links in it: 1) go to personal space, 2) Overview 3) Recent 4) Starred, and 5) Drafts.

Of these five, one is redundant, since "Overview" links to the Home page I'm on. I was sincerely hoping that the "site tree" would appear in that left sidebar, since I can't figure out how to access something that shows me the entire site tree, or how to get to pages I've created which I don't know what space they're in (or if I want to move them to a different space, which I gather can be done within the site tree by dragging and dropping?)  

How can I edit this "Home" page so that it is useful for everyone who wants to look at the company wiki?  

For example, I'd like it to show all of the Spaces somewhere on the page. I can see that each of those Spaces will have its own "site tree" in the left sidebar. It would be nice if everyone could simply see all the top level spaces without having them hidden under a drop-down.

Also, I think I can nest pages (though it's not clear how to do that) but can one nest Spaces?

Thanks for your help!  
Alison  
Looney Labs


Answers:
author: Andy Gladstone
body: [@Alison Frane](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4765069) if you want to customize your home page more than the out of the box site home page is set up for, you can designate a specific page in your instance to act as the home page for all visitors.

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/configure-the-site-homepage/>

You can use [@Ash Pitt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4180469)'s tip on that page to display specific pages within the site, or customize the page with whatever macros and content you feel will be most relevant to your users.

comments: author: Alison Frane
body: Thanks! This is great!


author: Ash Pitt
body: Hey [@Alison Frane](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4765069)

This is a good place to start for confluence best practices <https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/guides/get-started/best-practices>

If you want to access the entire site tree from within a page, use the "Children display" macro. That's a good one to automatically show the hierarchy. <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-children-display-macro/>

As far as moving the hierarchy, if you have the appropriate access, you should be able to easily drag and drop them as well.

Hope that helps!

Ash


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
A long-running task can neither be stopped nor be deleted
Asked by Henry Burkhardt:

Hi Community

I installed an App and it got stuck. Although described here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-remove-long-running-tasks-1014672667.html> a long-running tasks can neither be stopped nor be deleted over the REST API. Besides the described browser console I also tried postman.

The options of the given endpoint are describing a DELETE method but it returns a "403 Forbidden"

```
<method id="clearOngoingTasks" name="DELETE">
  <response>
    <representation mediaType="*/*"/>
  </response>
</method>
```

Any suggestions how I can stop those tasks?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: That article is for server. In cloud I would refer you to [Atlassian Support](https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/).

comments: author: Henry Burkhardt
body: Hi [@Jack Brickey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853369)

thank you for your reply. The way I read the article it clearly says that it is for cloud:

![Screenshot_20220224_002301.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/185105i946208C63759DF07/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot_20220224_002301.jpg")

Besides that the given REST endpoint works for the cloud instance for GET. It is just that the described DELETE does not work. Usually the problem solves itself after about 1 hour. I don't think Atlassian's support can beat that. Nonetheless a way to solve it myself would be handy.

Henry


author: Jack Brickey
body: Yes I see. Interesting the breadcrumbs indicate Server version 7.16.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation

rest

rest-api
what are macros?
Asked by Alison Frane:

I'm suddenly seeing references to "macros" in Confluence questions. Is there some kind of guide to macros?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: They are control strings you insert into the body of a page, which then render something more clever than simple text when the page is refreshed. It could be as simple as a panel or a lozenge around a bit of text, all the way through to complex things like reading a list of issues from Jira and displaying them in place.

There are loads of them in Confluence, you can insert them from the formatting menu, or just type in a / and look through the auto-fill menu that pops out.


author: Josh Costella
body: Hi [@Alison Frane](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4765069)

Here is a great place to start: <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/what-are-macros/>

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/extend-the-functionality-of-confluence-cloud/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why does the content disappear after opening edit
Asked by hailing bi:

I updated the content using Python, but couldn't edit it


Answers:
author: Pramodh M
body: Hi [@hailing bi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4769599)

Welcome to the Community!!

Try this API let me know the feedback

<https://atlassian-python-api.readthedocs.io/confluence.html>

May I know what error you are getting?

Thanks,  
Pramodh


Tags: confluence-server

server
Alguien sabe como poder hacer un import en confluences a un configform que tambien actualice datos?
Asked by Pablo de Dios:

tengo 1500 registros y quiero hacer un import solo con la columna que quiero actualizar


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hola [@Pablo de Dios](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4769700)

Bienvenido a la comunidad!

Puedes clarificar a que te refieres con registros? Es una table?

Saludos

comments: author: Pablo de Dios
body: Tengo un formulario que lo uso para una etapa 2 de mi flujo, osea despu?s de que ya existe la informaci?n.

mi pregunta es si por medio del API de Import se puede hacer update de la informaci?n del configform que ya existe.
tree page page sequence
Asked by Anderson Hsu:

How does tree pages sequence order? Does it by character? Thanks a lot.

![4PhgHhxBuI.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/184566i8EF5D34BD2A916F0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "4PhgHhxBuI.png")


Answers:
author: kuldeep Singh
body: [@Anderson Hsu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/626040) ,

Hi,

Page tree in confluence works on the basis of created sequence, This is not shorted on the basis of character.

However if you have any issue in the page tree you can re-order the pages,

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/move-and-reorder-pages-146407727.html>

Hope this answer your question.

Thanks.


author: Srinatha T
body: Hi [@Anderson Hsu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/626040) ,

Welcome to Atlassian community.

The pages are organised and displayed hierarchically in the page tree. Whichever page is created first that will be on top of the page tree and so on. You can always re-arrange pages as per your requirement.

You might want to go through the below URL which has all the steps to organise pages

[Move, copy and hide pages](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/move-copy-and-hide-pages/)

I hope that answers your question.

Have a nice day. Take care.

Thanks,

Srinath T

comments: author: Anderson Hsu
body: Thanks. In what condition , page sequence can not adjust? Because I try in lab environment, it's ok, but it fail in production.


author: Srinatha T
body: [@Anderson Hsu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/626040) , Did you go through the knowledge base article I attached. It has info like how to re-arrange the pages. Can you give more info like what action is working fine in prod and what is not working in test. ?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Custom XML export based on tags
Asked by Technische Redaktion:

Is it possible to configure custom XML exports such that tags or labels are given to all articles to be exported? I know the export function under Space tools \> Content Tools \> Export, where you can select al the articles to be exported by ticking the corresponding checkbox. However, for returning exports this would be pretty cumbersome to select the correct articles every time we want to start an export.

Is there any way to save an export configuration for later re-use or mark all articles with a tag/label and say "Export everything with label XYZ"?


Answers:
author: Vishwas
body: Hey [@Technische Redaktion](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4769301) Welcome to Atlassian Community !

Unfortunately this is not possible as of now in confluence.

Please take a look at this post similar question <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-export-labeled-pages-only/qaq-p/1019541>

comments: author: Technische Redaktion
body: Thank you for the quick response!

I checked out the linked article. It seems that the proposed solution is not suitable for us. I guess we'll just have to configure our export manually each time, if Confluence does not offer this option out-of-the-box as of now.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Did the "Minor change" checkbox disappear in Confluence 7.x ?
Asked by Adrien Ragot _Requirement Yogi_:

Hi,

Confluence Data Center used to have a "Minor change" checkbox next to the Save button of the editor, which would just **edit the last revision** without sending notifications. That is, the change wouldn't be logged at all in the history.

Now it just has a "Notify watchers", but, whether you tick it or not, it **always** creates a version in the history.

Did the "minor change" feature disappear, somewhere between C6.13 and C7.13? Is it completely impossible now, to edit the last revision of the page?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Pramodh M
body: Hi [@Adrien Ragot _Requirement Yogi_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/227009)

The feature you are referring to is deprecated and replaced completely with Notify watchers options

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-8276>

You have an option to either disable notify watchers or enable it

Let me know if you have any queries

Thanks

comments: author: Adrien Ragot _Requirement Yogi_
body: Hi Pramodh,

I guess my question is, is there any way, after 2015, to modify the latest version of a page without creating a new version?

Before 2015, when one ticked "Minor change", it would just modify the last revision without creating a new version.

Thank you


author: Pramodh M
body: **The answer is No** we do not have an option to do that


Tags: confluence-server

server
Filter issues in confluence with time tracking %
Asked by pjan:

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to display jira issues and knowing the time tracking percentage and add an observations field (which we could enter some text) for each issue, using the confluence.

Does someone know if it is possible?

Tks


Answers:
author: Srinatha T
body: Hi [@pjan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4769154) ,

Thank you for writing to Atlassian community.

First you will have to integrate Jira into confluence. Below URL will help you with that.

[Integrating jira and confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/integrating-jira-and-confluence-2825.html)

Once integration is done. For improved displaying objects from Jira, you might have to install the app "Jira Issues Macro". All the steps are documented in the below URL. Kindly go through the same.

[Use jira applications and confluence together](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-jira-applications-and-confluence-together-427623543.html)

I hope the above information helps. Have a nice day. Take care.

Thanks,

Srinath T

comments: author: pjan
body: Hi [@Srinatha T](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4686256),

I already tried to use the jira issues macro, but in the display option I can't find an option for the time spent percentage (like in big picture). Also, can I add a new column with a text field?

I would like to do something like this![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/184710i31340F14787D7BEB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Thanks for the help


author: pjan
body: Hi [@Srinatha T](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4686256) ,

It is possible to do something like the example I mentioned with a jira filter or exist another plugin that does it?

Thanks


author: Srinatha T
body: Hi [@pjan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4769154) ,

Sorry i could not test this. Its been really busy day. I will have to test this myself. A quick look into the market place, I found the following macro

* [Progress bar for confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222785/progress-bar-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

Check if the above helps. Else I will test tomorrow and keep you posted.

Thanks,

Srinath T


Tags: confluence-server

server
Saving searches in Confluence
Asked by Chris Johnson:

Hi

Is it possible to create a "virtual" page / node in the tree hierarchy of Confluence that displays all the pages under it that meet that search criteria?

I have a page that could live under multiple nodes in the hierarchy, but don't want to maintain multiple copies of the page. Is it possible to add multiple labels to the page, and then the same page could appear under multiple nodes in Confluence, based on the label that each node is configured to show?

For example, the "Scrambled eggs" page could have labels "eggs", "milk" and "butter". I want my page to appear under nodes in the hierarchy for each of the ingredients (3 times) instead of one place. Is this possible using "labels", or some other functionality in Confluence?

Many thanks


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: It sounds like the [Content By Label macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-content-by-label-macro/) might help.

If your Confluence pages are all correctly labelled, then add the **Content By Label** macro to a page where you wish a list of these pages to be displayed.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Password policy for Cloud
Asked by Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_:

Hi all,

I know that this has already been asked, but I can't find a definite answer.

Is it necessary to have Atlassian Access to set pw policies?

If not, how can I do it?

Thanks

Matteo


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/641360) ,

there is a default policy that you can figure out at the following URL <https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/understand-authentication-policies/>

if you need to have a personal customization of your password policy please read the following article <https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/manage-your-password-policy/>

Hope this helps,

Fabio


author: Dirk Ronsmans
body: Hi [@Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/641360) ,

Going by <https://support.atlassian.com/user-management/docs/verify-a-domain-to-manage-accounts/>

<https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/understand-authentication-policies/>

It seems that claiming the accounts (by verifying your domain and making them managed accounts) should be sufficient for pw policy.

If you however wish to have MFA or SSO or multiple policies then you require Atlassian Access.

A single policy comes with the managed accounts


author: Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_
body: [@Dirk Ronsmans](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/124602) [@Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781528) Thanks for the links, but I'm probably missing something. I can't find the setting to verify a domain, see pic below.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/184571i2CDEA5C85894B6D9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

comments: author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/641360) ,

you need to have **organization admin** privileges to do that. Try to access the following URL [admin.atlassian.com](http://admin.atlassian.com/). If you can't access, please ask to an Organization Admin to do that.

Hope this helps,

Fabio


author: Dirk Ronsmans
body: Hi [@Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/641360) ,

Like [@Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781528) says you need to be org admin.

In case you are you should see on the top bar where you see the menu in the screenshot an option for "Directory"

Clicking on that will give you the option for managed accounts and a prompt for to verify domain.

Or on that same screen the "Domains" option will also allow you to verify the domain and provide you with the instructions to do so.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Show support line always on page top
Asked by Ignazio:

Hi,

I would like to show a line on page top (anyway if user is scrolling the page) asking "Do you need Help? Follow me on LINK" (just as always showing the title row on an infinite table).

The user may stop displaying that line clicking on "x" (like closing a web page) or click on "LINK" which would open a predefined Help Desk web page (better a new tab) showing the user what to do depending on subject he would need help on.

This usually happens on web side which implemented a chat help desk. I do not want to implement a chat, but only show a web page where all contact are available to ask for help.

Would that be possible on confluence? Does anyone have an idea how to do that?

I thank in advance for any hints.  
Regards, Ignazio


Answers:
author: Pramodh M
body: [@Ignazio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4695237)

You can add the Sitewide banner using the guide below

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-add-a-site-wide-banner-165609599.html>

Let me know if you have any queries

Thanks

comments: author: Ignazio
body: Hi Pramodh M,

thanks for your quick answer, but looking to your link explaination it seems to me you would need admin privileges ".. 1.Go to **Confluence Admin** .."

I am a regular user, who writes technical and user instructions without any specific privileges. My target was to direct users facing difficulties to subject specific helpdesks.

Is my suspicion correct?

Regard, Ignazio


author: Nicolai Sibler
body: Hi [@Ignazio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4695237) ,

your suspicion is correct. You have to talk to the admins.

(Side note: Just imagine you were an admin of a Confluence (or any other) site. Would it be acceptable for you if "regular users" could implement site-wide technical functions like banners, menues, pop-ups?)

Kind regards,

Nicolai


author: Ignazio
body: Hi [@Nicolai Sibler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2649119) ,

thank for your remark. I agree with you. In effect I was looking for a way like a local table title row mechanism and I was advised on a banner.

I will continue my search.

Regards, Ignazio


author: Nicolai Sibler
body: Hi [@Ignazio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4695237) ,

as you mention a table title row:

The Table Filter and Charts Plugin has a function to freeze N rows of a given table. With this plugin installed in your instance, you may put your link in the header row and frreze the row in the macro configuration. Of course this only works if you put the entire page content in the table cell(s) below.

(Side Note: [@Pramodh M](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3691224) 's suggestion was the closest to your requirement, quick and easy to fulfill for an admin. There may be other solutions which need more efforts - and also can be done by admins only. Good luck with your search!)

Kind regards,

Nicolai


Tags: confluence-server

server
I can't edit exsting calendars
Asked by yckwon:

Events have not been edited or added in the calendar since last week.

The calendar menu seems to have disappeared too.

Do you know the cause or solution for this situation?

![20220221_172317.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/184459iC6C0131EC1D9A898/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "20220221_172317.png")


Answers:
author: kuldeep Singh
body: [@yckwon](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4768672)

Hi,

Welcome to Atlassian Community !

Are you using Jira cloud or Jira server and which calendar plugin are you using?

Please answer the above question, so that we can understand your issue better.

Thanks.

comments: author: yckwon
body: Hi.

I don't know what is the cloud and jira server. How to check it?

Even looking through the internal menu, I can't figure out which plugin it is. It is a space calendar.


author: kuldeep Singh
body: Hi,

I think the issue with your browser, if you're using any other browser except Google chrome.

If you're using the Google chrome as your browser for Confluence, please try this in "Incognito mode" or Safe mode, Sometimes this error is occurring due to browsers cache and history.

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-add-and-edit-calendars/>

Thanks.


author: yckwon
body: Thank you for answer.

I have used Chrome browser and I've tried using secret mode, but I get the same problem.

Maybe the issue has something to do with the calendar disappearing from the sidebar?

Originally there was a calendar menu in the sidebar, but from the time the error occurred, the menu was gone.

I want to know if separate permission or subscription is required to use the calendar.


author: kuldeep Singh
body: Hi,

The Calendar available in the Confluence cloud is only available in the premium plans of Confluence,

<https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing>

![Calendar.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/184650i40CBF6B9E540E59E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Calendar.PNG")

However, if you're not using the Premium confluence plan, then you can use other plugin available in the Atlassian marketplace,

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=team%20calendar>

Thanks.


author: yckwon
body: [@kuldeep Singh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3734099)

Thank you! It helped a lot.


Tags: calendar

confluence-cloud
Confluence calendar issue
Asked by Aswathi D:

The team calendar is empty for me. All other team members see the calendar entries, only for me it is blank.

I can see the error at the bottom : You haven't created or subscribed to any calendars

How to solve this issue ? How can I see my calendars?


Answers:
author: kuldeep Singh
body: Hi [@Aswathi D](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4742823) ,

Please follow the below steps,

Go to the calendar that you have created in Confluence, and click the ellipses button. In the new window that opens, click Embed. This will give you the URL for your calendar. Copy and paste that URL into Notepad (or something similar that will let you view the entire link).

The ID that you will need is everything after ... calendar/ and before ?calendarName=

For example:

https://{companyname}.atlassian.net/wiki/display/{space}/calendar/{HERE IS THE CALENDARID}?calendarName={calendarname}

[https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Team-Calendars-for-Confluence/can-t-see-calendar-in-Confluence-even-after-adding-team-calendar/qaq-p/1156400#:\~:text=My%20screen%20looks%20just%20like,the%20bottom%20of%20the%20calendar.\&text=Go%20to%20the%20calendar%20that,the%20URL%20for%20your%20calendar](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Team-Calendars-for-Confluence/can-t-see-calendar-in-Confluence-even-after-adding-team-calendar/qaq-p/1156400#:~:text=My%20screen%20looks%20just%20like,the%20bottom%20of%20the%20calendar.&text=Go%20to%20the%20calendar%20that,the%20URL%20for%20your%20calendar).

Thanks.


Tags: confluence-server

server