youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is there a "list" that is editable, and similar to Sharepoint lists?
Asked by Melissa Ritts:

I'm looking to move some lists from sharepoint over to Confluence, but I need to keep the functionality in order to that. I need the users to be able to add new entries into the list without having access to "edit" the page itself. Is this possible? (Excel won't work for this)


Answers:
author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: Dear Melissa, hi!

You could try to use "Include page macro".

Namely use could have a space for user with edit permissons and store and edit lists there.

Into another space use "Include page macro" to show this list.

Best regards,

Vasiliy.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can't add a page property macro in a new template page
Asked by Gilbert Louis:

Hi,

New to index pages but created a successful trial example with new pages - with a page property macro inserted and then created the index page.

ALL good there.

So decided to go to the next level and create a new template page for users to create a new page from that template which will be listed on the index page.

I can create the new template page with the content and layout I want but for some reason I can't add a page property macro section to it so it shows in the index page... Why??? when I can add that macro to a new page but not in the template.

When I call the macro with { it gives me the list of macros and I select the page property one then save... but nothing happens... ?

Gilbert

As a temp solution I create the page property macro in a normal page ... copy and paste it in the template page...


Answers:
author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hello [@Gilbert Louis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1458395),

That's weird, I do have Page properties macros on templates I've created:

![existingtemplate.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/40983iAA4154500D0A117C/image-dimensions/459x232?v=v2 "existingtemplate.PNG")

But when I create a new template and add a Page properties macro, I reproduce your issue: nothing happens, the macro isn't added to the page. Looking at my browser console, I get a 404 error:

```
https://mysitename.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/tinymce/1/macro/placeholder 404
```

So it looks like a bug - have you created a support ticket yet? I'll create one on my side.

Hope this helps!

- Manon

comments: author: Gilbert Louis
body: Hi [@Manon Soubies-Camy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1215212)no I didn't create a jira for this issue but I since found another related thread here

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Page-Templates-amp-Macros/qaq-p/963719>

which has a jira created. So I voted for it.

Interestingly it has the same workaround so looks like I'm not the only one with this issue


author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Thanks for the update [@Gilbert Louis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1458395) - I've also voted for this issue.


author: Marie Drahorad
body: Try creating a test page and place the macros you need on the test page... go into view source and copy the source markup. Then create a template and go into view source and paste the source you copied. Save the template and you should be fine.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

macro

template
Can't enable Remote API even though plugin already enabled
Asked by Seve Ponce de Leon:

I've gone to Confluence Administration \> Further Configuration but the checkbox for Remote API is disabled. At the top of the page, it tells me "Some features are installed as plugins, and must be enabled or disabled from the [plugin administration page](https://confluence.pmatechnologies.com/plugins/servlet/upm)."

That's great, but when I go to the plugin admin page, I browsed for system add ons and found the Remote API 19/19 modules already enabled.

HELP!?


Answers:
author: Sreenivasaraju P
body: Hi [@Seve Ponce de Leon](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1112048),

Looks like you haven't clicked the edit button on the right. You can update details by clicking edit button on right side![confluence1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/40969i0A48DDDE1D73E4CE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence1.png")

comments: author: Seve Ponce de Leon
body: Thank you tons, I must have had a case of tunnel vision!!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Cyrillic text when exporting to PDF
Asked by OIT PKRV:

Hello!

I have a problem when exporting to PDF text with Cyrillic (russian symbols).

After export I have empty place instead of cyrillic symbols.

How can I solve this problem?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi there,

You might want to use a unicode font which contains all needed characters. Have you tried the workaround described [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-pdf-in-another-language-175473.html )?

Alternatively you could have a look at our [Scroll PDF Exporter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview), which is [more powerful than the built-in PDF export functionality](https://www.k15t.com/blog/2018/10/amplify-your-confluence-exports-scroll-pdf-exporter-vs-confluence-s-native-exporter).

Cheers,  
Nils


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence 6.12.1 can search for text in attached emails?
Asked by Andrea Boerio:

Hi,

I'm quite new to Confluence, so maybe this is a silly question.

I have attached emails (.msg) to some Confluence pages.

I've tried to search for some text which I know is included in those email bodies, but I don't find them with the Confluence.

Is there something I might be doing in the wrong way?

Thanks, Andrea


Answers:
author: Sreenivasaraju P
body: Hi [@Andrea Boerio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1271568),

Confluence support searching content of certain file types. Please refer

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/search-139528.html>

some more info

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Sql-query-to-search-the-contents-of-all-attachments-including/qaq-p/822743>

comments: author: Andrea Boerio
body: Thank you [@Sreenivasaraju P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853354), I had actually read the first page, but it's not clear to me what they mean when they say

"...The full search allows you to search all content in all spaces (site and personal), mail, personal profiles, attachments and space descriptions, or filter the results to show only what you're after.

The search will also look at the content of the following types of attachments:

* Word
* Text
* PowerPoint

<!-- -->

* Excel
* PDF
* HTML

..."

they write you can search in "... mails, ..., attachments..." which sounds like mail AND attachments.

I actually have emails that ARE attachments (still don't know how to handle emails other than attach them to a page, eg to a meeting note page for reference).


Tags: confluence-server

server
The user directories do not change when LDAP changes.It changes when I execute "Rebuild Index".
Asked by zhangyifei:

The user directories of my confluence come from LDAP.It should be updated in real time when the information of LDAP changes. But now it is not.It is updated when I execute "Rebuild Index" on the webpage which is "admin/search-indexes.action".


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello,

Connecting Confluence with an LDAP directory is a great way to have central control of users and access. There are some things that need to be considered when configuring LDAP.

By default, LDAP synchronization will occur every 60 minutes. This means from the last sync that takes place it will be another 60 minutes from there before the sync is completed. There is also another option to enable incremental synchronization which would allow you to only sync differences from your last full sync. You are able to configure these settings within your LDAP settings.
> **Enable Incremental Synchronization**
>
> Enable incremental synchronization if you only want changes since the last synchronization to be queried when synchronizing a directory.
>
> Please be aware that when using this option, the user account configured for synchronization must have read access to:
>
> * The uSNChanged attribute of all users and groups in the directory that need to be synchronized.
> * The objects and attributes in the Active Directory deleted objects container.
>
> If at least one of these conditions is not met, you may end up with users who are added to (or deleted from) the Active Directory not being respectively added (or deleted) in the application.
>
> This setting is only available if the directory type is set to "Microsoft Active Directory".
>
> **Synchronization Interval (minutes)**
>
> Synchronization is the process by which the application updates its internal store of user data to agree with the data on the directory server. The application will send a request to your directory server every x minutes, where 'x' is the number specified here. The default value is 60 minutes.

Source document: [Connecting to an LDAP Directory](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/connecting-to-an-ldap-directory-229838241.html)

As far as your user directories being out of sync, can you please provide a further example as to what you're seeing not synchronized from LDAP to Confluence when you make a change in LDAP? Included screenshots will help to see where you're not seeing the data synchronized.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers
For confluence, label suggestions while adding the labels are not working for few spaces/pages.
Asked by Sid:

For confluence, label suggestions/ auto complete while adding the labels are not working for few spaces/pages as expected. But works perfectly fine in different spaces.


Answers:
author: Sid
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-label-autocomplete-does-not-work-in-a-certain-page-829068847.html>

this helped me


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to include page with hierarchy from one space to another?
Asked by Yathi:

I want to include pages with hierarchy from one space to another space. Right now I am using include page macro which includes only the page that's being references. I wanted to include the page referenced and all the underlying pages from the referenced pages. Any help is highly appreciated.


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Page macros will not cause the page to move. Only having the pages be descendants of the page being moved will cause them to move.

comments: author: Yathi
body: So I don't have solution for what I am looking for then?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a configuration or addon to enable viewers to hover over a heading to get a link?
Asked by Joe Catera:

For instance, many of GitHub READMEs include this feature. Each heading gets an anchor, and the viewer can hover over the heading to copy the link. The customer support engineers at my company would like an easier way to provide links to customers than viewing the page source and finding the \`id\` of the section that they want to link to.

Here's an example of a GitHub page w/ this feature: [https://github.com/Appdynamics/AppDynamics.DEXTER/wiki](https://github.com/Appdynamics/AppDynamics.DEXTER/wiki "Follow link")

I haven't found any addons or even read any information about this being possible. The only thing I can think of is to update the Doc Theme template, but I'm hoping there is a simpler solution.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Joe,

You might be able to use the following add-ons for this purpose:

* [Tooltip Add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=tooltip)

If you want to suggest it as a feature as well, you can do so from [jira.atlassian.com](https://jira.atlassian.com).

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Joe Catera
body: Thanks, Shannon, for getting back to me. I'm using the Tooltip macro, but it doesn't create heading links that can be copied. Also, I would like links should be autogenerated for each heading as is done in Github Wiki pages.


author: Shannon S
body: Joe,

Personally, I'm not aware of any add-ons like that. I have tagged the Marketplace collection in case our community is aware of any solutions for you.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace
I cannot add the Table of Contents Macro to a Confluence template I'm making
Asked by Norm Bagley:

After reviewing the following article <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/table-of-contents-macro-182682099.html> and after knowing that I've created a TOC in a template before, I'm thinking this feels like a bug.

I am NOT able to create a TOC in a template at all. After selecting "TOC" macro, and then --\> Okay, nothing appears or happens.

I've also noticed that I cant add a children display macro within a template or other macros.

I'm using cloud atlassian.

Thanks,

Norm Bagley


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Norm,

It appears that you ran into this bug, which has since been resolved as of last week.

* [CONFCLOUD-65196](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65196) *Unable to Add Macros to Page Templates*

Can you give that another try and confirm with me if the issue is now resolved for you?

Regards,

Shannon
Can I disable likes without erasing the history?
Asked by Susan Ostreicher:

I'd like to disable the like button to encourage users to provide feedback through a different channel. However, I'd like to have the option to enable likes in the future and still see who liked which pages before it was disabled. Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Susan!  
If you are running **Confluence Server** , you can disable the **Confluence Like Plugin**:
> 1- Click the Cog Icon  
> 2- Select Add-ons  
> 3- Search for Confluence Like Plugin  
> 4- Disable the plugin

You will be able to enable this plugin again in the future if need be. To check the likes for a given page, you will need to enable the plugin first.

For **Confluence Cloud** you can **hide the like feature** by inserting this:

```
{style}#likes-section{display:none;}{style}
```

by going into the **General Configuration** , finding the **Sidebar, Header, and Footer** link and copying this text there.

<br />

Hope this helps you out!

comments: author: Susan Ostreicher
body: Thanks, Diego. To clarify, are you saying that when I enable the plugin again, the likes from before it was disabled will still be visible?


author: Diego
body: Hello Susan!

Yes, I have tested disabling and enabling the plugin and the Likes were present after that!


author: Susan Ostreicher
body: Perfect, that's what I needed to know. Thank you!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Which user has default Global Templates permission in Confluence
Asked by Pradeep Mishra:

Which user has default Global Templates permission in Confluence


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there!  
Pradeep, by default users who have the Confluence Administrator permission can access the Global Templates. This is described here:

**[Global templates and Sace templates](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-templates-296093785.html#PageTemplates-Globaltemplatesandspacetemplates)**

Also, here you can check definitions about Global Permissions:

**[Global Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html)**

Let us know if this helps you out!
How can i get labels to show up on Shared Links list page?
Asked by Mike.Gallers@regions.com:

Our team started using the Shared Links list page. its great, but just wondering if there is a way to surface the first few labels for each link on the list page. When we edit the widget, we can type in column names, and check boxes to show number of likes and number of comments, but column list isnt a picklist, just a manual type, and we tried "Label" and "Labels" and neither of those work.


Answers:
author: soumaya mauthoor
body: There is a work-around but it's a bit of a faf:

1) Add a row to the table in the Details section of each shared link page

2) Give that row the same title e.g. Topic, Topics etc...

3) Type the same values that you have for the labels

4) Add this column to the Page Properties Report widget on the Shared Links page


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I change the default section when adding a section to a page?
Asked by Jason Baehne:

Right now when I choose to add a section it is defaulted to the centered section and I constantly change from that to full page width. So my work flow on creating a new page looks like this.

1. create new page
2. go to page layout
3. add new section
   1. a single column section is created (the centered one)
4. change section type to full width ( or some other option)
5. then do actual work.

I basically want to cut out step 4. So that when I choose to add new sections it's always a full width section.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jason,

Is this on Confluence Cloud or Server?

If so, we have a feature request on Cloud to be able to set a default:

* [CONFCLOUD-58782](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58782)

If this is the version you are working with please vote on the request and comment there with your usage case.

Regards,

Shannon
Remove A-Z header from label list macro
Asked by Ian Gresel:

Hi, I'm trying to use the labels list macro to display certain labels we are looking for (alpha, beta, etc). The macro though has the A-Z header. Is there a way to remove this?![Screen Shot 2018-12-20 at 10.23.47 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/40882i72DE829A9D159CD9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-12-20 at 10.23.47 AM.png")


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Ian and welcome to the Community,

Using the Label List Macro can be extremely value to finding the content and labels you need. With this said, the A-Z header is present to show the labels Alpha Numerically. As you extend the use of labels these headers will be broken out into additional headers. Please see the screenshot below:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41025i10D61659EAA03C61/image-dimensions/155x150?v=v2 "image.png")

Along with this, if you did want to remove the headers all together, you would have to apply a CSS stylesheet to your space. A CSS stylesheet to remove these headers would look something like this:

```
?.labelsAlphaKey?{??
display:?none;??
}??
```

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41026iD1A0DC6EE1718E2E/image-dimensions/138x118?v=v2 "image.png")

How do I add a CSS stylesheet you may ask? Simple, follow this guide: [Styling Confluence with CSS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html)(Please note that CSS stylesheets only apply to Confluence server and are not available for Confluence Cloud.)

I hope this clarifies your options with using the Label List Macro.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: atl-adm

confluence-server

server
Confluence service will not start
Asked by Steve Tokatlyan:

Confluence could not be started. A service specific error occurred: 1


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Steve,

I haven't personally seen this message before, but there are a few tips on how to get around it when it occurs in Jira. You might be able to use this information from a discussion to help in Confluence:

* [Jira not starting giving error 1](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Jira-not-starting-giving-error-1/qaq-p/4070)

Otherwise, I would recommend you check your [Confluence server logs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/working-with-confluence-logs-108364721.html) for more details.

If you still have issues, let us know

1. your Confluence version
2. JAVA version
3. Database version
4. What kind of server you'er running Confluence on
5. How you're starting Confluence
6. When this last worked, if you did any upgrades recently
7. Any errors you found in the error log regarding this.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence complaining about Base URL when behind a reverse proxy
Asked by Ben Abecassis:

So, I have configured Confluence and JIRA for reverse proxies, and I have JIRA working properly; however, confluence continues to complain that the BASE URL is incorrect. The reverse proxy for both is configured identically and my server.xml file has the following config

\<Connector port="8080" relaxedPathChars="\[\]\|" relaxedQueryChars="\[\]\|{}\^\&#x5c;\&#x60;\&quot;\&lt;\&gt;"  
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" connectionTimeout="20000" enableLookups="false"  
maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" protocol="HTTP/1.1" useBodyEncodingForURI="true" redirectPort="8443"  
acceptCount="100" disableUploadTimeout="true" bindOnInit="false" secure="true" scheme="https"  
proxyName="removed.mydomain.com" proxyPort="443"/\>

The proxy points to this connector on port 8080


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Ben Abecassis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/176545),

you're using HTTPS, so did you update the base url from "<http://jira.mydomain.com>" to "http**S**://jira.mydomain.com" ?

I guess it should be something like that, as your configuration seems OK to me.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Alexis


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What is the full base url, what is the proxy line or lines, and what is the context in the server.xml ? Can the server reach itself on the base url?

Feel free to replace the names with removed.my.domain.com as you did before, we're interested in structure and content, not the actual strings involved!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Does atlassian support documentation in other languages?
Asked by Alexa:

Can one upload documentation in a different language to a Confluence page? Japanese, for example?


Answers:
author: Ryan Fish
body: [@Alexa](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2466929)

There are a few [translations](https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira064/jira-documentation-in-other-languages-720417104.html) in Spanish, Dutch and Japanese

<br />

<br />

Enjoy  
Ryan


author: David _K15t_
body: Hey Alexa,

the Confluence App [Scroll Translations](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211616/scroll-translations-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) add multi-language support for Confluence pages, which includes in-Confluence translations and integrations with translation management tools, which lets one 'upload' a different language as a translation for an entire space.

Cheers,

David


Tags: atlassian-support

cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation

language

language-ja
How to create a template for pages, with format for headings
Asked by Montse Arevalo:

Hello,

I would like to know if it is possible to create "format" templates for pages in Confluence.

I would like that all the headings in my Space have different colours, but they are black by default.

Is it possible to change this?

Thank in advance and best regards,

Montse


Answers:
author: Ryan Fish
body: [@Montse Arevalo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2467531)

You can create global (to your project) schemes and templates using Space tools located at the bottom left of your page.

Space tools/ [Look and Feel](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/changing-the-look-and-feel-of-confluence-147534.html): to change themes, colors, and layouts

Spacetools/ [Content tools](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-templates-296093785.html): to add or modify templates

Ryan