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How to show child page links on parent pages?
Asked by Srinivas Patruni:

How to show child page links on parent pages in Confluence 5.4.2?


Answers:
author: Michael Brinson
body: I'd also like to know if there is somewhere in the settings where we can set the action.childrenNotShown value to true or false. In my case, I want to set it to false so that the parent pages in a space do NOT display children pages by default.


author: Davin Studer
body: Are you looking for the Children Display macro?

comments: author: Srinivas Patruni
body: yes.. I want it to be added as default for all pages..


author: Srinivas Patruni
body: On the page layout I found the following code snippet in the view section. How to make the condition (#if (!$action.childrenNotShown)) to true in order to render children?

#if (!$action.childrenNotShown)

#renderChildren()

#end


author: Darren Johnston
body: this will change display children (so if not shown then show them) I think it must be disabled by default  
#if ($action.childrenNotShown)  
#renderChildren()  
#end
Task due date format
Asked by Chris McCoy:

When entering task due dates in Confluence how can you adjust the date format to match the date format in the Confluence general settings?

Example: use MM-DD-YYYY instead of DD-MM-YYYY


Answers:
author: Chris McCoy
body: Nothing yet.


author: mhendricks
body: Any solution to this problem? We would also like our due dates to be in US format, as we have set in our Confluence General Configuration settings.


author: Wayne Wong
body: Hi Chris,

You can localise the formats that Confluence uses to display dates and times within the web interface. The settings use the syntax of Java's SimpleDateFormat class, as described in this document: [Java SimpleDateFormat](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html).

There are three time and date format settings:

* Time format: Used when displaying only the time of day. For example, when a blog post is published. Example of configuration: `h:mm a`
* Date time format: Used when displaying both the date and the time of day. For example, in historical versions of pages. Example of configuration: `MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm`
* Date format: Used when displaying only the date. For example, the creation and most recent modification dates of pages. Example of configuration: `MMM dd, yyyy`

**To change the time and date formats:**

1. Choose the**cog icon** ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/157679812/Cog.png?version=1&modificationDate=1361250253653&api=v2), then choose **General Configuration**under Confluence Administration.

2. Choose**General Configuration**in the left-hand panel.
3. Choose**Edit**.
4. Enter the values for**Time Format** ,**Date Time Format** and**Date Format**, to suit your requirements.
5. Choose**Save.**

Hope this help.

Regards,

Wayne Wong

comments: author: Chris McCoy
body: Wayne,

The display of the task due date (once entered) is following the General Configuration settings.

I guess a better explanation of my problem is that the mask used to input the date doesn't follow the Gen Config settings. As seen in the pictures, the mask is set to dd-mm-yy so we are typing the wrong dates because my team is expecting mm-dd-yy (as set in Gen Config).

![](../../upfiles/Screen_Shot_2014-07-02_at_11.01.52_AM.png)

![](../../upfiles/Screen_Shot_2014-07-02_at_11.02.14_AM.png)


author: Sylvain Giasson
body: I posted a comment about that in the following issue: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-35168>


Tags: confluence-administration

task
I just opened a free trial account, how do I make some one else the admin in addition to me (who is admin by default)
Asked by Hila H:

I just opened a free trial account, how do I make some one else the admin in addition to me (who is admin by default)?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Go to user management and add the other user(s) to the jira-administrator group you are in.

comments: author: Hila H
body: Thank you very much!
Zen Full width macro only works for admin users
Asked by Jonathan Simonoff:

We need to use the full page width for content, so are using the full-width macro in the header to get rid of the left and right columns, as suggested in [](/questions/271558/using-full-width-macro-in-master-page-layout)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/271558/using-full-width-macro-in-master-page-layout>.

To my dismay, I just discovered that though the effect works well for me, for users who are not admins or are not logged in, it doesn't work at all -- the page renders with the left column.

Help! If this can't be fixed we will have to give up on Zen. (We do want to move to your newer plugin, but we need to upgrade Confluence first, and I'm not sure that will happen soon enough.)


Answers:
author: Kelli Hoyt
body: OK, thanks, Jonathan. We'll continue the discussion on your support ticket, and will post final solution here.


author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: The header is in the same space as the content, so I think it can't be that. Also, there are no restrictions on .zen.header, either. FWIW, I tried going to .zen.header as a non-admin user, and I can view it, too.


author: Kelli Hoyt
body: Hi Jonathan,

Jumping in here - have you checked your user permissions on the space that houses that header? Look in your Zen Space Settings ... perhaps a utility space?

Suspecting that your users may not have permissions to view that space, which would mean the macro would not render.

We'll start there!  
Let us know...

Thanks,  
Kelli


author: Robbie Lee
body: Hi Johnathan, please file a JIRA issue here: <https://brikit.atlassian.net>

comments: author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: I've filed that -- [](https://brikit.atlassian.net/browse/CC-507)<https://brikit.atlassian.net/browse/CC-507>.


Tags: addon-com.zenfoundation

zen
Drag and Drop text from one table cell to another
Asked by Rachael Filipe:

Is there a way to drag and drop general text from one table cell in Confluence to another cell? All documentation on drag and drop that I read refers to pictures and macros. What about moving general text around.


Answers:
author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: I am unable to drag and drop text within tables using a default table and table plus.

You can however drag and drop macros within tables, maybe store your text within a cell in the table in a macro and drag and drop that.

I know its a work around but it will work.
You have not been granted access to Confluence
Asked by Norman Tyring:

After giving a license to a new user to get access to Confluence on-demand, the new user is getting the following error message: "You have not been granted access to Confluence"

This new user has already been added to the confluence-users group as well as been given access to the application. Is there anything that's missing?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: You might be running into a recent bug we have as well. If you run out of ideas, please create a support ticket and we can correct the issue for you.

comments: author: Norman Tyring
body: Thank you!

Here's the support request: [**JST-96056**](https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JST-96056)


author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Something similar to this has been asked previously, check it out here:

[](/questions/276091/you-have-not-been-granted-access-to-confluence)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/276091/you-have-not-been-granted-access-to-confluence>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Table Plus number formatting
Asked by info@pcsgmbh.de:

Hi,

how can I format numbers and especially currency like 1.000,00 EUR. With a comma as a decimal separator.


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: See [Formatting Options for Numeric Columns](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/Formatting+Options+for+Numeric+Columns). You will need [release 6.4](Release%20Notes%206.4).

comments: author: info@pcsgmbh.de
body: Hello,

I've updated to 6.4. But I am still unable to format a columm like: Value "1000,23" or "1000.23" \> formatted value "1.000,23 EUR". What am I doing wrong? Please help me.

Regards, Bernhard


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I am sorry, I forgot we haven't added the internationalization documentation to that page yet. I just added an example - [Internationalization](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/Formatting+Options+for+Numeric+Columns#FormattingOptionsforNumericColumns-Internationalization).
Confluence heap dump fails
Asked by Stefan Ernst:

I cant pull a heap dump from Confluence using the correct process ID. It gives me the following error:

C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.7.0_55\\bin\>jmap -dump:format=b,file=heap.bin 1696  
1696: Insufficient memory or insufficient privileges to attach  
The -F option can be used when the target process is not responding

The service runs with logon option "Local user account", I started it myself. I'm not sure if tomcat runs as a different user.

Any ideas what could be the problem? Confluence runs from Drive D: with another JRE (default distribution)


Answers:
author: Stefan Ernst
body: It worked with the -F option after switching to a JDK that has the exact same minor version of the Confluence JRE.


Tags: confluence-administration

heap
Confluence OnDemand: On E-Mail Notification, only send the changed part and not the whole page?
Asked by Timo Rumland:

Hello,

we are using Confluence OnDemand. I watch a lot of pages in our confluence, some of them rather big (with several headlines, tables etc.). Everytime a user changes the page, I get an e-mail notification, which is great to stay informed.

Now my question is: Is it possible to configure Confluence NOT to send the whole page for a notification but instead just send the part of the page that has changed, for example the changed table, the changed section or headline?

(*It is hard to see the changed part, if only one word has been edited and Confluence sends the whole page in the email.*)

If not, is there an JIRA issue for this, I could not find any.

Thanks a lot for your help!


Answers:
author: Timo Rumland
body: After some more research, I can clearly answer my own question with 'no', there is no such feature.


author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: Confluence can show you the differences between the current and previous versions of the page in different colors, if you set Show changed content option. Further discussion on the email setting can be found here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Subscribing+to+Email+Notifications+of+Updates+to+Confluence+Content>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
inputting the date in cell
Asked by Joe Ryan:

I have created a table as a sign off document, Is there a macro for inputting the date into that cell so I can document the date someone signed off on the document.


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Hi Joe,

What do you mean with "so I can document the date"? Do you want to make it appear in a report or make calculations on it?

* Since Confluence 5.5, you can use the double-slash "//" to display a datepicker.
* You can use the [Page Properties Report](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Properties+Report+Macro) to summarize data coming from several pages (also look at the other Report macros),
* And more important, use [the Decisions blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Decisions+Blueprint). It summarizes the stakeholders, due dates and status and acts exacly as a sign-off page.

Cheers,

Adrien

comments: author: Joe Ryan
body: What I mean is there an option that when you check the check box a date is applied to the field or a cell in a table so I can monitor when people have read a document, and signed off that they have


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: [Ad Hoc Workflows](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow) manages page approvals. Please come back here to tell what you think after you've tried it, so we can spread the word!


Tags: calendar

date
How do you freeze the First Row and the First Column and apply scroll bars to a CSV Macro Table?
Asked by Pierre Legrand:

Is there a way to freeze the first row and first column on large tables so that when the user either scrolls down or to the right they don't lose sight of the row or column headings?


Answers:
author: Ken Chu
body: We just released a new version of our Open-Source-Add-On [Table Enhancer for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.tngtech.confluence.plugins.tableenhancer "Table Enhancer for Confluence"), which includes this feature. It works even in the editor.

comments: author: Ken Chu
body: Is there a plan to support the Cloud version?


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Not currently supported. Please [open an issue.](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/browse/TBL) A user has provided a css example for row freezing that needs to be documented as an example. Watch the [Advanced Tables for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL) space.


Tags: csv

macro

table
Confluence add sign-up link to top menu when using jira for user management
Asked by Federico Hernandez:

We are using Confluence as a Questions only site. We have delegated user management to our Jira instance. How can I add a link to the top menu in Confluence pointing to the sign-up page in Jira. Right now the users are surprised that they can't sign up.


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi Federico,

you can use an application navigator [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Application+Navigator+FAQ)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Application+Navigator+FAQ>

Another possible solution is to add a custoim html code here Confluence Administrator -\> Custom HTML.

Hope this helps,

Fabio

comments: author: Federico Hernandez
body: Thx. Went with the Custom HTML so far. Though I am now looking into a custom layout or plugin.


Tags: confluence-administration

questions-for-confluence
How to migrate confluence from on-premise 2.10.x to on demand 5.5 ?
Asked by Dawn Zhang:

Hi team,

Our company is currently on confluence version 2.10.x, and we are evaluating the demand version and exploring the best approach to migrate to the latest on demand version.

Tried to search for upgrade documentations but seems our case is pretty complicated and better addressed by the support team?

Would like to get experts' advise regarding whether we shall do a product upgrade or just a pure data migration.

Any suggestion regarding the feasibility and approach of migrating the whole site or selected space will be highly appreciated.

Thank you!

Dawn


Answers:
author: Dawn Zhang
body: Thank you Timothy for such quick response! That page is very helpful.

Seems we are too far behind and the upgrade would require multiple upgrades, in addition we are already out of license support period... so we are thinking we shall just buy a new on-demand instance and selectively do the data migration.

Not sure the difference of efforts/cost required for the two approaches:

a. upgrade our installed version to 5 and then migrate to OnDemand 5.5.

b. export data into on-demand confluence 5.5.

Could you please shed some light here?


author: Timothy
body: Read Step 1 ([](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence>). Once you've gotten yourself to Confluence 5, support should be able to migrate your content into OnDemand.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
System admin
Asked by Stefanie Hafey:

I just set up a trial of Confluence On Demand and set myself as the administrator. However, it did not set me as the system admin and it says I do not have system admin rights. How do I establish where those rights lie, and can a system admin be set up in our organization?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Full system admin rights are for OnDemand support only. You, as the owner, have most admin rights, but not all of them. If you have managed to accidentally downgrade yourself to a lesser user, you may need to contact support, but you will still not get the full sysad level of access

comments: author: Stefanie Hafey
body: Thank you very much!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Sorry, I should have asked the first time - what are you trying to do that you need system admin for? We might be able to help you work with OnDemand to get closer to what you need.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
migrating data from older confluence 3.5 to latest confluence 5.4
Asked by Jeff Minks:

We have 2 instances of Confluence, both using the WAR distro. We have 3.5.13 and 5.4.4. Is it possible to do a direct migration of the database? Or must we follow the regular upgrade path?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Jeff,

Unfortunately there's no way to migrate the data from one older confluence to a newer one. Doing this way will probably lead to data corruption since the database does not update the data and create new tables with this process.

I recommend to test the upgrade in a staging instance first to avoid problems directly with production.

First create a test environment using a exact same version as production, then test the upgrade there in order to check compatibility and possible issues that might arise.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence Notifications Should Fully Respect Page Restrictions
Asked by Trevor Hunt:

Confluence sends notifications for restricted pages to users watching a space. Any way to prevent this?


Answers:
author: Trevor Hunt
body: Looks like one of my users had a PEBKAC experience. After some extensive testing all is well in Atlassian land.


author: Davin Studer
body: It is supposed to ... in my environment it does anyway. Something is wonky if it is not respecting the restriction.


Tags: notification
get Gliffy for existing Confluence team
Asked by Kurt Jeske:

I'm new on a large team on Jira/Confluence. Want to install Gliffy. Do I need the admin?


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: If you Confluence installation does not have Gliffy installed, you need administrative access to add that to your installation. More about how to install add-ons can be reviewed under [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Installing+add-ons).

Since you mentioned you are new, you may like to review [how global permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+Overview) work.


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: If you Confluence installation does not have Gliffy installed, you need administrative access to add that to your installation. More about how to install add-ons can be reviewed under [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Installing+add-ons).

Since you mentioned you are new, you may like to review [how global permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+Overview) work.
Confluence simple page view
Asked by Piotr Maruszak:

I have space configured with PAge Tree display on the left handside of page.

I would like to show some pages in extrenal systems as iframes but witout space tree and top bar.

Just simple page.

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


Answers:
author: Piotr Maruszak
body: Wel this BKM was not really helpful and didn't solve my problem


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Piotr,

We have the below KB that describe some alteratives to achieve that end:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=330796984)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=330796984>

Hope it helps.

Thanks and Regards,

<br />

David\|Atlassian Support

<br />


author: Davin Studer
body: How would one get back to the full view if you don't have the top bar or left nav? You could get the [Content Formatting Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.contentFormattingMacros) which comes with a macro for CSS and another for iframes. Then just do a CSS "display: none;" on the top and left bars.

comments: author: Piotr Maruszak
body: I need this simple view to show one page content in iframe only. Document Theme is standard when visiting WIKI but iframe view we would like to have simple because it will be embedded inside some other complex page


Tags: page

view
Managing workflow
Asked by Helen Griffith:

I was hoping for some advice on how to use my Confluence spaces. Unfortunately we use Confluence OnDemand which makes what I'd like to do pretty tricky.

We have two main spaces. One is internal only. Here we create and update our technical documentation. The other is for customers. When we are happy with our documentation in the internal space, we copy that to the customer facing space. Unfortunately, other than using the CLI tool (which I've not yet got working and I'm a bit scared of!) I cannot copy multiple pages, so when I have a large update it's really really time consuming to copy and move a large number of pages from space 1 to space 2. And when it comes to updates, I'll need to copy the changed content and paste it over. Seriously?!?!

There must be other people who deal with this. Does anyone have a method that works for them and could potentially work for me?

Thanks so much in advance,

Helen


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [Confluence Command Line Interface](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP)should do what you want. [Open an issue](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/browse/CSOAP) with some details of what you are having problems with and we can get it working for you. Our external site is OnDemand, so we use it interally all the time for similar needs.

comments: author: Helen Griffith
body: Thanks Bob. If I'm not mistaken, the Confluence CLI is yours? I have downloaded this and tried it out but I don't think I have access to run the commands (and as I said before, I'm a little bit scared of it!). It's on my to do list to get this running... And hopefully it will indeed do what I need.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Yes. It is one of those things that if you invest a bit of time upfront to install and configure it for easy access to your installation, then it will provide solutions to various admin issues as they come up.


author: MJ
body: Hi Helen,  
Please have a look at [this](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Copy+or+Rename+a+Space+in+Confluence) page.  
Since you use OnDemand, the Copy Space plugin will not be available to you, however the ["Manually Clone Or Rename A Space"](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Copy+or+Rename+a+Space+in+Confluence) section might provide you with a better alternative than manually copying pages over all the time.

comments: author: Helen Griffith
body: Hi Mick,

Thanks for this. I'll take a proper look. It might work however, we won't want to copy the entire space as not all of it will be ready to copy at any time...

(Your first link "look at this page" just links to this page... Was there another link you meant to include?)

Helen


author: MJ
body: Yes, the link was intented to point to the same page as the second link, I inserted the wrong url there, I have corrected this. I just wanted to emphasize that there are multiple solutions, however one of them is not available to you since you use the OnDemand version of Confluence


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Jira/Confluence creation
Asked by Tim Schmidt:

Hey,

we want our users to be able to create a new space in confluence which should be linked automatically to a jira project with the same name (/spacekey). Those two should share the permissions you choose for your space.

Is this possible, can you create a jira procect via confluence or vice versa?

The users are all managed via crowd.

Cheers :)


Answers:
author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi Tim, this is currently possibly only in our OnDemand platform, however there's already an [improvement request](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-35640) opened to implement this feature on the downloaded version as weel.

I hope it helps.

Cheers