youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Are breadcrumbs available in Confluence Cloud?
Asked by Ryan Bates:

Trying out Confluence Cloud. I've used OnPrem Confluence Server for about 2 years now. First thing I noticed is that the breadcrumb trail at the top of each page appears to be missing in Cloud. Is this by design?


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: When navigating a space, there should be a breadcrumb?

It appears the above the page title.

However, it doesn't appear on the space's home page ("overview" page).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Unable to complete changes to database required by latest Confluence update.
Asked by Mike Sheehan:

The latest Confluence update requires changes to the "Collate" parameter in my postgres (9.4) database. The Atlassian instructions for making this change are "not" correct. They require "config.sh" to reside in the install directory, which it doesn't. config.sh is required to connect Confluence to the "new" database.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The Atlassian instructions work perfectly for me, and config.sh is where they say it is.

Could you explain why you have installed Confluence and moved the config.sh file?


Tags: confluence-server

server
I want to update a page via POSTMAN
Asked by Leeooos:

hi, i want to update my confluence page created via postman.

i get the below details from the website

in the below what is ID? is that the page ID? which we get from **Page Information**

curl -u admin:admin -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"id":"3604482","type":"page", "title":"new page","space":{"key":"TST"},"body":{"storage":{"value": "\<p\>This is the updated text for the new page\</p\>","representation":"storage"}}, "version":{"number":2}}' http://localhost:8080/confluence/rest/api/content/3604482 \| python -mjson.tool


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Leeooos](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3490863) ,

yes: 3604482 is the page ID of the page you want to update. Don't forget to increase the version number by one (current page version = 2, then new version = 3).

For what is that "python "mjson.tool"? The curl request doesn't require this.

So long

Thomas

comments: author: Leeooos
body: thank you Thomas.


author: Leeooos
body: when i tried to put a content with the below command

{"id":"169052728","type":"page",  
"title":"NewPage","space":{"key":"TST"},"body":{"storage":{"value":  
"\<p\>This is the updated text for the new page\</p\>","representation":"storage"}},  
"version":{"number":2}}

i get the folllowing response. can you please help on this

{  
"statusCode": 400,  
"data": {  
"authorized": true,  
"valid": false,  
"errors": \[  
{  
"message": {  
"key": "You can't change an existing page's space.",  
"args": \[\]  
}  
}  
\],  
"successful": false  
},  
"message": "Could not update Content of type : class com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page with id 169052728"  
}{  
"statusCode": 400,  
"data": {  
"authorized": true,  
"valid": false,  
"errors": \[  
{  
"message": {  
"key": "You can't change an existing page's space.",  
"args": \[\]  
}  
}  
\],  
"successful": false  
},  
"message": "Could not update Content of type : class com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page with id 169052728"  
}


author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Leeooos](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3490863) ,

I have no clue about this error message, but in your request there is the parent page missing. This is not documented and was one year ago required to create and update pages.

```
{"id":"169052728","type":"page",
"title":"NewPage", "ancestors": ["id":"<the parent page id>"],"space":{"key":"TST"},"body":{"storage":{"value":
"<p>This is the updated text for the new page</p>","representation":"storage"}},
"version":{"number":2}}
```

No guarantee, but for me this worked.

So long

Thomas
Expanding section when clicking on table of contents link.
Asked by Vlad Mnatsakanyan:

I would like to wrap certain verbose sections in the expand tag and when a user clicks the link to that section in the table of contents then the section will automatically expand.

Is this possible to do in confluence? If so, can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Vlad,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. Thank you for sharing your idea with us!

There's a feature request at the moment to determine the default expand/collapse behavior with the Expand Macro:

* [CONFCLOUD-27077](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-27077) *Option to display expand macro expanded/collapsed on page load*

I've commented there on the Atlassian side to express that you'd like this feature when visiting the section either using an anchor or the Table of Contents macro.

Please also vote on the feature and you will be automatically added to the list of watchers.

Thank you again for your suggestion!

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Craig Brown
body: I have the exact same request. I went to the link provided and commented "+1". Is that all that's needed?


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Craig,

Although I've seen people comment "+1" in the past on our bugs and feature requests, I don't believe that does anything specific, other than subscribe you to the thread since you've made a comment.

You'll need to click **Vote for this issue** on the feature request in Jira in order to add your vote:

![CleanShot 2020-07-28 at 12.33.55.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104586i578E7BBB1878B647/image-dimensions/332x241?v=v2 "CleanShot 2020-07-28 at 12.33.55.png")

If the "Vote for this issue" link is greyed out, look at the the top right-hand corner of the page in Jira. if it says **Log in**, you'll need to login in order to add your vote.

Let me know if you have any trouble.

Shannon


author: Craig Brown
body: Ah. That makes sense. Seen and done now. Thank you


author: Shannon S
body: You're welcome, Craig!

Take care, and have a pleasant rest of your week.

Shannon
Is Confluence needed for Kanban
Asked by Richard_Cunliffe:

We are Primarily JIRA users and are in the process of moving to using Kanbans. we currently subscribe to both JIRA and Confluence. Do we need Confluence in order to use Kanbans?


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Richard_Cunliffe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/714093) ,

no you don't. Kanban boards are realized by agile boards. You already have what you need.

See this [article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/using-your-kanban-backlog-856846180.html).

So long

Thomas


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira

jira-cloud
Is there a way to deactivate the Task in JIRA?
Asked by Purusharth Mahay:

Is there a way to deactivate the Task in JIRA?


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Purusharth Mahay](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3496314) ,

you tagged this question as Confluence. So I assume you mistakenly did this and instead Jira-Server is the right tag.

You can deactivate the task by modifying this issue type in the issue type scheme assigned to the project you currently use.

See more [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/associating-issue-types-with-projects-938847092.html).

So long

Thomas
Confluence space migrate
Asked by CHILLAMCHARLA VARUN:

Hi,

I need to migrate confluence space from one instance to another instance. Total space include child link and everything. the export and import is to get the entire Space, not just one page.can any one help.

thanks.


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

Export to XML the full space and then import the export.

Kindly read this KB on how to export a space:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-139475.html>

In this KB you can find how to import the space:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/import-a-confluence-space-724765531.html>

comments: author: CHILLAMCHARLA VARUN
body: Thanks for quick response. I need total space migration not single page?


author: Alexey Matveev
body: If you want to migrate a single page, then it is simpler to do it manually


author: CHILLAMCHARLA VARUN
body: Thanks. In One Space we have no.of pages so i need to export manually every page? or how i can export total 1 space including no.of pages, links, attachments \& all?


author: Alexey Matveev
body: If you want to export the whole space with all attachments, link and pages, then read the KB articles I gave you.

Basically you need to go to Space Tools -\> Content tools -\> Export. Choose Full export xml.


author: CHILLAMCHARLA VARUN
body: Thanks got it and am migrating from 5.10.8 ( one instance) to 5.8.18 (another instance) it will be problem anything while exporting and importing?


author: Alexey Matveev
body: I have not done migration from the versions you have. I believe you should try it. But I think it should be ok


author: CHILLAMCHARLA VARUN
body: Thanks for quick response.


author: CHILLAMCHARLA VARUN
body: Basically you need to go to Space Tools -\> Content tools -\> Export. Choose Full export xml.

for import i need to follow same as above step?

thanks.


Tags: jira
How can you link to an uploaded file from a different page?
Asked by Caroline Milburn:

I've uploaded a number of files to a shared area on our wiki but I want to be able to link to these files from a number of other pages. I don't want to have to upload a new file on each page and have to keep them all up to date, so how can I just link from multiple other pages back to the uploaded file on the one page where we are keeping our shared files?


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: [@Caroline Milburn](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3500927) just checking - are you using Confluence hosted on your own sever or Confluence Cloud?


author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi Caroline,

you can easily link to attachments on other pages. When you open the dialog "Insert files and images" (CTRL + M on OSX) the third point is "Search on other pages".

Best, Max
Confluence - Jira Chart Macro, Two Dimensional chart incorrect display sorting options
Asked by Matt:

When using the Jira Chart macro within Confluence and selecting "Two Dimensional" the options displayed under "Display Options" for x-axis \& y-axis are not sorted in any particular manner. Is there a way to sort these options or is this a known bug.

![confluence_jira_chart_macro_bug.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/60958i9706B44548E4F95D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence_jira_chart_macro_bug.png")


Answers:
author: Matt
body: Well, if anyone else stumbles upon this... <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58662>

comments: author: Chedva Haber
body: Thank you


Tags: chart

confluence-server

jira

server
Companion app and multiple saves does not allow upload
Asked by Miguel Rodriguez:

Before companion app I used edit with office in the past and I could open my Excel file, and as I updated values during the day I saved in Excel which also save the latest version of the file in Confluence; this is useful to keep the latest changes accessible to the team. Since we upgraded now we have to use companion app. I open my spreadsheet with companion app, make some edits, and save in Excel. however it does not update my Confluence copy live as used to do. So now I have to go to the browser, and the companion app basically tells me that the file was changed and prompts me to upload. it. So far an extra annoying step, but the problem comes after. I leave my Excel open and do more changes. If I save in Excel nothing is saved to Confluence :-(. If I go to the browser there is no dialog with upload available anymore. So I have to go tot my Windows $HOME .atlassiancompanion and find the latest version and upload to Confliuence. The alternative is when I saved the first time, close Excel, and go back to confluence and after I update open with companion app again.

Am I doing something wrong? How can I keep editing the same file during the day or for several days and force updates to the copy in confluence without having to close excel as I did in the past?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Miguel Rodriguez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1132915)

100% with you! That is really annoying. I have the same problem and no solution for that. With the companion app, I can only save once, has to close the application and open it again from confluence.

If someone has a solution, I'm interessted to hear.


Tags: companion-app

edit

ms-excel

multiple
Ouch! We can't load the PDF error message
Asked by B-CH:

I have the problem that I can no longer view or open already uploaded or newly uploaded PDFs. There is always the error message "Ouch! We can't load the PDF error message ". I've seen that this problem has already been asked once or twice, but I haven't found a solution anywhere. I'm working with Confluence version 6.15.6.

What I have already tried: Other browsers and refresh the browser.  
Unfortunately nothing worked.

It would be nice if I could solve the problem.


Answers:
author: Glen Cochrane
body: This is the workaround that consistently works for our team.

1. In the issue, scroll down to History tab.
2. Find the entry where the PDF was attached.
3. Click that link which successfully downloads the PDF.
4. You can then scroll back up to the attachment and click to successfully view in hte browser if preferred.
5. ?

comments: author: B-CH
body: Thanks for your Answer. It worked! :-) Best part ist step 5, i like.

Best Regards


author: Zachary Alvarez
body: Where is the history tab? Has this been moved or renamed since 2020?


author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@B-CH](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/523405) ,

please tell us what the log says in the moment of an upload.

So long

Thomas

comments: author: B-CH
body: Hello  
Sorry, the incident solved itself by an update and a clean restart. Probably it was just a temporary problem.  
Thanks anyway for the quick answer.
Diagrams in confluence
Asked by Baveena:

How can I draw a diagram in Confluence without a paid plug-in?


Answers:
author: Shakti
body: Baveena, You would have to create diagrams outside of confluence using tools like visio and save it as a png/jpeg/GIF etc. Post that you could insert them within confluence page.

However, If you want to create flowcharts, org charts, and similar type drawings using a text drawing language, take a look at PlantUML.
Confluence Wiki - Publishing spaces
Asked by Kamal:

Hi,

Do I need a separate plugin to publish Confluence Wiki spaces? And if yes, how much does it cost?

Thanks and regards,

Kamal


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Kamal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3500781) - do you mean create a new [space in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-space-139463.html)? That has something to do with your permissions and depends you and your company is handling that.

Maybe you can become a bit more specific to get better help.

comments: author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Or do you mean a certain template/blueprint by Confluence Wiki?


author: Kamal
body: Hi [@Fabienne Gerhard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/971720)

Thank you for your message.

I do have permissions to create a space in Confluence. In the created space, I can created pages and I am able to publish them. This space and its pages are visible to the internal team.

To make the space available to outside of the internal team (i.e. outside of the company), we need to publish the space, right? If we have to do that, do we need a plugin?

Thanks and regards,

Kamal


author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Kamal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3500781)

oh ok - this has something to do with permissions and how your company is handling that.

First of all you have to check if your system gave permissions for anonymous users in your [global permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html).

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61061i292B641EF27C8E35/image-dimensions/532x134?v=v2 "image.png")

Than you have to give access to the space for anonymous users to the mentioned space you mentioned - for details also see [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/assign-space-permissions-139460.html).

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61063iC6135859C45ECA4E/image-dimensions/506x145?v=v2 "image.png")

But be careful - all new sites created in this page are will have the same permission rights!


author: Kamal
body: Hi [@Fabienne Gerhard](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/971720),

Thanks. Your response answers my query.

Regards,

Kamal


author: Simon Gatto
body: Hello [@Kamal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3500781) , I'm a bit late to the party on this one, but I wanted to mention there is also an App option that would allow you to publish individual Confluence pages (or copy/publish entire spaces) from one space to another. You can find the Publishing app on the Atlassian Marketplace [here.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/143/comala-publishing?hosting=server&tab=overview)

If you have any questions about the tool, feel free to get in touch with us anytime.
Free Confluence plug-in
Asked by Anas Ibrahim:

is there any free plug-in like Surveys and votes :

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/195/survey-and-vote-macros?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/195/survey-and-vote-macros?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Regards,

Anas,


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Anas Ibrahim](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2347033) ,

we also use the free app Multivote:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210786/multivote-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1210786/multivote-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)


author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

You can try this one :)

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/181/ratings-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/181/ratings-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview)


Tags: confluence-server

server
I want to create a hierarchical view of my space as My Space > PageTree > Page
Asked by archana:

I want to create the structure as

My Space \> Page Tree \> Page for this I need to change the theme as per the process

1. Go to the space you want to edit the Tree.
2. Click browser -\> Space admin

3. Look and Feel -\> Themes

4. Go into documentation theme configuration

5. Un-select Page Tree

6. Add something similar to the following to navigation

But when I go to my Themes, it shows the below error

Choose New Theme {#toc-hId--1413568750}
---------------------------------------

To change the default theme of this Confluence site, select one below:

No themes could be found. If you have a theme plugin installed, ensure that it is correctly placed in the Application Server classpath, and that its theme module is enabled in the plugin configuration.

Kindly help


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I am not sure there is a question here. If there is, there are probably two though.

First, you are talking about a tree structure in Confluence. It does have a tree (formed by metadata on pages), so that you can nest pages, and have parent/child/grandchild type relationships and structure. You can see these in the "reorder pages" space admin option, in the sidebar, and in page-tree macros. I am not sure what you are asking about these trees though.

Second, you talk about themes. A theme (heavily) customises the layout and view of Confluence. Confluence now only comes with one theme. You appear to be trying to swap to another one, but to do that, you need to have installed other themes. "No themes could be found" is telling you that you have not installed any yet. Have a look in the marketplace for themes, there are many, as well as theme engines, which are one app giving you many customisable (in the UI) themes.

There is a relationship between theme and the page tree in the side-bar - some themes, including the built-in one, allow you to turn the tree in the side-bar off if you want.

Hopefully, that explains enough to cover your question. If it does not, could you explain what the actual question is in more detail?
Confluence Calendars - Automatic Refresh of the Today
Asked by Jiri Pik:

Would it be please possible for the Confluence Team Calendars to automatically refresh to highlight the current day when they are left in a tab overnight?


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Jiri Pik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1105340) ,

I think you have to create a news suggestion for this as <https://jira.atlassian.com>

So long

Thomas


Tags: confluence-server

server

team-calendars-for-confluence
Missing images when exporting to pdf (Confluence 6.14.1)
Asked by Kuan Yong Wong:

The exported PDF has only some of the images missing and the document is only about 5-7 A4 pages long.

The following log entry was found in atlassian-confluence.log:

2019-07-19 15:00:56,330 WARN \[https-jsse-nio2-8443-exec-25\] \[confluence.extra.flyingpdf.ConfluenceExportUserAgent\] getImageResource Could not retrieve image resource [http://confluence.klass.dev:8443/download/attachments/3047480/image2019-2-28_11-15-27.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1551323728275\&api=v2](http://confluence.klass.dev:8443/download/attachments/3047480/image2019-2-28_11-15-27.png?version=1&modificationDate=1551323728275&api=v2) during Confluence export  
-- url: /spaces/flyingpdf/pdfpageexport.action \| page: 3047480 \| traceId: b9e5badf523b4011 \| userName: kuanyong.wong \| referer: <https://confluence.klass.dev/display/stuff> \| action: pdfpageexport

Any idea where to start figuring out what the problem is?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Kuan Yong Wong,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

For the images that are missing, do they have any special formatting? Are they all aligned some way, such as centered on the page? Are they in a table? Created in a specific application?

Try to determine if there's a shared detail between all the missing images; it will help us to determine why they aren't showing up.

Thank you!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Truncated author name in Confluence email notification
Asked by Abs Toribio:

Our Confluence email notification shows a truncated author name in the email, which is bad formatting. Is there a way to resolve this?

Example of truncated author name in email notif:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/60911i6737A20E4D1F2C57/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Abraham Toribio
body: Anyone from Atlassian support? I've posted this issue several months now and it still persist!


Tags: email

notification

questions-for-confluence
Adding a drop down menu to the Logo / Site Title in the menu bar?
Asked by NW:

Anyone know how I would go about adding a drop down menu when you hover over (or click) the logo/site title in the top left corner?

I thought I had read something days ago where you could copy/paste some code somewhere to add a drop down there that listed the Dashboard. I've been unable to find it again.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A click on the log takes you to the dashboard already. Changing the icon into a menu requires coding in the core of Confluence.


Tags: confluence-server

server