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Confluence link in Jira Version's Summary/description
Asked by Karanvir Singh:

How can i put a confluence page link in version summary or description. We have specifications of a version in a confluence page and we want to put up a link of that in a version under a jira project .


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Karanvir, you can use the "*More \> Link* " into the issue view and select *Confluence Page* the documentation for that can be [reviewed here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Linking+Issues#LinkingIssues-CreatingalinktoaConfluencepage)*.* Note that [Application Links](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Adding+an+Application+Link) must be setup between the applications, and this will work from JIRA 4.0 and up.

Hope this helps.


Tags: jira

version
Table of contents indents differently depending on following heading
Asked by Tom Dickson:

I have the following storage:

```
&lt;ac:structured-macro ac:name="panel"&gt;  &lt;ac:rich-text-body&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;      &lt;ac:structured-macro ac:name="toc"&gt;        &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="minLevel"&gt;2&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;      &lt;/ac:structured-macro&gt;    &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;List of Figures&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;      &lt;ac:structured-macro ac:name="toc"&gt;        &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="maxLevel"&gt;6&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;        &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="minLevel"&gt;6&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;        &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="exclude"&gt;Table.*.&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;      &lt;/ac:structured-macro&gt;    &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/ac:rich-text-body&gt;&lt;/ac:structured-macro&gt;&lt;ac:structured-macro ac:name="numberedheadings"&gt;  &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="skip-headings"&gt;h6&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;  &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="start-numbering-with"&gt;1&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;  &lt;ac:parameter ac:name="start-numbering-at"&gt;h2&lt;/ac:parameter&gt;  &lt;ac:rich-text-body&gt;    &lt;h2&gt;Works&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;h6&gt;Figure&lt;/h6&gt;    &lt;h2&gt;Fails&lt;/h2&gt;    &lt;h6&gt;Figure&lt;/h6&gt;    &lt;h3&gt;Because of this&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;/ac:rich-text-body&gt;&lt;/ac:structured-macro&gt;
```

When displayed, the second "Figure" indents way more than the first, because of the \<h3\> following it. If you change the \<h3\> to an \<h2\> it looks as expected.

Is there a way I can get this to display correctly in the table of contents? My goal is to use Heading 6 for a List of Figures. I'm using 5.4.4.


Answers:
author: Branno
body: There is a bug report for this issue at [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34534)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34534>. The only current workaround for this issue would be to use a different heading after the h6. In my testing all headings are affected by this except for h1 and only by following a heading with the heading that came before it (in your case an h2) or with the same heading (h6 followed by h6) will prevent it from moving right.

Cheers,

Stephen Brannen \| Confluence Support
sql macro and wiki outpput
Asked by NelsonC:

Hi,

I created a macro in a plugin which returns a vm with some html, and when i try to use the sql macro and pass the wiki markup ; it returns the vm as a string and not the rendered html.

Im using confluence 5.3.4 and sql 6.30

Regards

Nelson


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: See this question: [](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/questions/77005157.)<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/questions/77005157>. I don't think I can help you any further.


author: NelsonC
body: Any update?

Thanks


author: NelsonC
body: Sql macro is able to render another macros by passing the wiki markup and selecting output as wiki ,so

I created a macro in a plugin (not user macro) and pass the wiki markup to the sql macro as

```
concat('{transition-deal:Status=Pursue|Text=No|pageId=',pageId,'}' ) as Actions
```

```

```

```
the sql macro output the following
```

```
<button title='Pursue' class='aui-button' onclick='dealTransitionConfirmation('Pursue', '/plugins/change-status/pursue-deal.action?pageId=27459751', 'Exploring')'><span class='aui-icon aui-icon-small Pursue' style='background-size: 16px !important;'></span> </button>
```

```
?
```

```
my macro extends BaseMacro and implements Macro.
```

```
it returns VelocityUtils.getRenderedTemplate("/vm/Btn.vm", contextMap);
```

```

```

```
Thanks
```


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I don't understand your question. Can you post more details including markup?
JIRA Macro for Confluence, Copy, paste does not work like before
Asked by Nari Man:

I just upgraded JIRA Macros plugin in Confluence. I lost the ability to copy and paste JIRA links and JIRA filter links into Confluence pages. Now the link stays as a link and does not convert to the ticket number and status.

[![](http://jira.dev.lithium.com/images/icons/issuetypes/documentation.png)TST-151](http://jira.dev.lithium.com/browse/TST-151) - testing123 (![](http://jira.dev.lithium.com/images/icons/statuses/open.png) Open)

[](https://jira.dev.lithium.com/browse/TST-151)<https://jira.mydomain.com/browse/TST-151>

Conf version is 5.1.1

JIRA Macro version is 5.0

Anyone knows what is going on? This is very annoying for the users.


Answers:
author: Nari Man
body: I figured out that it has to do with how application links are done using http vs https.

comments: author: Steven F Behnke
body: Thanks for posting your own answer!


Tags: confluence-administration
Reference content on another page
Asked by Jason Friedman:

I know about the SQL plugins that allow Confluence to display info from a database.

Does anyone know of a plugin or other feature that would allow Confluence to similarly display info from another Confluence page, for example a table in a Confluence page? The idea would be to have a Confluence page storing table-like information, then to display some of that info, perhaps summarized or otherwise altered, on another Confluence page.

I guess the question maybe comes down to whether info in Confluence pages, especially tables, can be individually referenced, or only at the full-page level.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Have you tried

* the "include" macro (does a whole page include, which can be brilliant if you split up your tables and text into very small pages to be reused many times)
* the "excerpt" macro (you tag part of a page, then say "include excerpt from page x" on another page to pull the tagged bit in)
* the "multi-excerpt" macro (as excerpt, but allows you to put more than one tag on a single page)
Change numbered bullet style?
Asked by KC_Baltz:

Is there a way to customize the numbered bullets? Confluence by default has three levels of ident as

1.

a.

i.

I've been asked to provide support for:

1.

1.1

1.1.1

Is this possible and can it be done in the On Demand version of Confluence?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Please inspect my picture below. Is this what you are looking for? I am not sure if this can be done on Atlassian OnDemand.

![](../../upfiles/Screen_Shot_2014-08-08_at_1.48.38_PM.png)

This is CSS styling code. Normally this should go in your CSS style sheet but as an AOD subscriber you do not have access to the style sheet as per AOD restricted functions. If you can use the HTML macro, you would be able to paste this css there as well.

```
<style type="text/css">ol {    counter-reset: item;}ol li {    display: block;    position: relative;}ol li:before {    content: counters(item, ".")".";    counter-increment: item;    position: absolute;    margin-right: 100%;    right: 10px; /* space between number and text */}</style>

```

<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4098195/can-ordered-list-produce-result-that-looks-like-1-1-1-2-1-3-instead-of-just-1>

comments: author: KC_Baltz
body: That works with the HTML macro, but it has some obvious downsides including having to manually add it and having it not be visible while you're editing. I'll +1 your answer for now, but I'm hoping there's a way to do this globally.

I'm quickly becoming disillusioned with the OnDemand versions...


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I apologize for the incomplete answer. I work typically with self-hosted versions of Atlassian products so that's where my mind rests. I'll continue to think about this a bit but without being able to edit the stylesheet or the source file itself I don't see a great way to add this everywhere.

As you said this won't help with viewing the code in the editior, but if pasting it in every page is getting old you could add it to a template. Everytime you select your template this would be included automatically.

You may be able to go to your Atlassian Rep and ask them if this is possible, since you know exactly what you want modified now (the global css) although I don't see them having the ability to make this change for you either.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why does my calendar not show up in the confluence team calendars macro Add Existing Calendar search?
Asked by Scott Ortel:

I have a fresh install of Confluence 5.5.3 (postgresql db) and team calendars v4.2.13. I just added a new space called "XX Team". I then added a new calendar called "XX Team" and indicated that it was tied to the "XX Team" space. I then try to add the "XX Team" calendar to the "XX Team" space home page, but it does not show up in the "Add Existing Calendar" search popup no matter what I type. And, it does not show up in the favorite calendars either. There are not view or edit restrictions. I am doing everything as the same user. Thanks.


Answers:
author: Scott Ortel
body: It seems to work now. Thanks!


author: Scott Ortel
body: Thanks for the suggestion. I rebuilt the indexes but the problem persists.


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Could you try go to Confluence Admin \> Content Indexing and rebuild the search indexes?  
If it still fails after that let me know :).  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Confluence Support Engineer
Web sequence diagrams plugin for confluence
Asked by Rahul Aich [Nagra]:

Hi

I want to draw web sequence diagrams on confluence.

Can anyone suggest me any good plugins which can allow me to do this?

Rahul


Answers:
author: Jo?o Santos
body: This is what you're looking for:

<http://www.websequencediagrams.com/confluence/>

BTW, you can use the website as a standalone tool and just import the PNG into Confluence in case you can't get the plugin installed.


author: Davin Studer
body: I would recommend [Gliffy](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.gliffy.integration.confluence) or [Draw.io](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.mxgraph.confluence.plugins.diagramly) both are actively developed. Draw.io is a little cheaper, but works just fine. Gliffy has been around longer, but costs more.

comments: author: Rahul Aich [Nagra]
body: Thanks Davin, this helps. Both i found superb plugins.

Rahul


author: Xiao Peng
body: A latest plugin is ZenUML sequence diagram- <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.zenuml.confluence-addon/cloud/overview> . Similar to PlantUML, the image is rendered from TEXT. The advantage is that it is rendered directly IN BROWSER. So there is no network delay involved. It is not just faster, it is instant :)

You can try it out at <https://www.zenuml.com> before installing the plugin.

![Screen Shot 2018-01-03 at 10.34.31 am.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/12416i393733F302312A62/image-dimensions/549x303?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-01-03 at 10.34.31 am.png")


author: Andrew Grant
body: Other possible plugins are [PlantUML](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.griffel.confluence.plugins.plant-uml) or [confluence-sequence-diagrams](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.oharagroup.confluence.plugins.confluence-sequence-diagrams).

The benefit of these plugins are that the resulting image is rendered directly from text. This means if an edit is needed, it can be done as quickly as typing the changes. This is a lot faster and more efficient than using a vector based drawing tool to manually modify the image to make some space and then carefully draw in lines and text to represent the new sequences added.


Tags: confluence-administration

sequence
Confluence: How to manage screenshots for different customers (customized css) in one documentation page?
Asked by Tom:

**Our Scenario:**

* 1 Space each product
* There are many pages with documentation for products.
* We use screenshots to visualize workflows. Our software is customized for different customers in layout.

**The Question is:**

How can we to manage screenshots for different customers (different screenshots at 1 place) in one documentation page?


Answers:
author: Tom
body: Hint from Atlassian: Versions of Attachments - I ll try it soon.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: This will be a variation of this code implemented in the Layouts of your Confluence install.

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Display+Different+Appearance+for+Different+Users+Using+Confluence+Layouts)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Display+Different+Appearance+for+Different+Users+Using+Confluence+Layouts>

Expect to see a follow up from me on this answer, I am actually very interested in this as well.
Confluence .DTD - Document Type Definition
Asked by Guenter Huber:

Hi,  
our translation lab would like to have a Confluence.DTD to automate some XML handling.  
Where is this hidden?

And: [](http://www.atlassian.com/schema/confluence/4/ac/)[www.atlassian.com/schema/confluence/4/ac/](http://www.atlassian.com/schema/confluence/4/ac/)renders a 404 after changing from HTTP to HTTPS!?  
Shouldn t that be accessible? And where are the ac, ri XMLNS definitions?

Thanks for any insight!  
G.


Answers:
author: Guenter Huber
body: A very [similar question](/questions/41644/need-information-about-the-used-dtd-schema-used-by-confluence) dates back to March 2012 and was answered in November 2012 (!!! Guess this was worthless then for the inquirer!), pointing the [the work of Graham Hannington](http://www.amnet.net.au/%7Eghannington/confluence/docs/index.html).

Apparently **in two years nobody cared to update the documentation** with that important information!


Tags: dtd

xml
Copy/paste from Confluence to Word breaks images sometimes
Asked by Atte Oksman:

I know this is a long shot but since I'm out of ideas I feel I have to at least ask if some of you have encountered something similar.

When some of our users copy and paste content **from** Confluence pages to Word, the images get broken. The steps they take are:

1. Select (with mouse) an area of a page including image(s).
2. Copy the selection (either Ctrl-C or right click -\> Copy).
3. Paste the selection in to an empty Word document.

For them, everything else gets copied except the images. The thing is, I can't reproduce this behaviour on my computer coherently. The images are broken for me also occasionally (\<5 % of times) but generally it works just fine. I haven't been able to find any difference in my computer and theirs. It fails/works in latest Chrome and Firefox and IE 10. We use Office 365 (Word 2012).


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Atte, turns out the shot is not that long, there is a logged ocurrence for this scenario, [CONF-32637](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-32637). The user who created the report, Florian, also provided a workaround:

* Start\>Insert\>Insert Content\>device-independet bitmap

Hope this helps.

comments: author: Atte Oksman
body: Thanks for the info! I tried searching for an issue, but apparently failed miserably... :)


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hi Atte, you mean that the following link did not work?

- <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-32637>


author: Atte Oksman
body: No, it worked just fine. I tried finding an issue before posting this question, but couldn't find any.


author: xpt
body: With my MS Word 2016, everything else gets copied except the images every time!

Is it only me?


author: Lucy
body: the issue happens to Word 2016 on my win10 computer too up to 2020.


Tags: confluence-administration
JAVA_HOME points to JRE or JDK directory? - conflicting doco
Asked by Steve Nyhof:

Hi I am installing the zip version of Confluence for the first time and there are two conflicting settings for JAVA_HOME on two linked Atlassian web pages:

On this page:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Installing+Java+for+Confluence)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Installing+Java+for+Confluence>

the example is (under Windows):

* `C:\Program Files\Java\JDK7`

However on this page:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+the+JAVA_HOME+Variable+in+Windows)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+the+JAVA_HOME+Variable+in+Windows>

the example is:

* C:\\Progra\~1\\Java\\jre6

The first example implies that JAVA_HOME should be set to the JDK directory, but the second example shows it set to the JRE directory.

Which is right?

It would be good if the documentation was updated to help future installers.

Regards Steve


Answers:
author: Joachim Ooi
body: Pointing to JDK works at least for me. Stick to that. :)


author: Guenter Huber
body: Joachim,  
I don t like "blackbox" answers.

Every JDK contains a JRE (directory).

So, point to the JDK1.x.x(\\bin) or the JDK1.x.x\\JRE(\\bin), depending if you just need a JRE (mostly) or a JDK.

One black niche: Some JVM installations have Jxx\\Client, some Jxx\\Server, some both (Jxx meaning both, JDK or JRE) for start- or runtime optimization.  
Presence seems random.  
Even one of our lead Java devs couldn t finally say what the fallback would be if -server is specified and the dir is missing.

Another thing is that the 64 bit rev 67 JDK install explicitly installed a separate JRE in addition to the jdk1.7.0_67\\jre that was there anyway. \<sigh\>

**But I guess your answer is: I think every Confluence installation comes with a private JRE in Atlassian\\Confluence!**

Greetings  
G.


Tags: install

java_home
Word export: limitation to export picture
Asked by Cedric DEVAUX:

Hi all,  

I have an article with 170 pictures (operational procedure) when I export the article from Confluence to Word, first 50 pictures in the Word document and the rest don't appear.  

I have a red cross with the following message: "Unable to display the linked picture.  
The file may have been moved, renamed or deleted.  
Make sure link points to the file and the correct location."  

I did several test with different articles, all pictures appears in Confluence (screenshot 1) whereas they don't appears in Word (screenshot2).

**screenshot 1 from Confluence**

![screenshot 1](http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/202012screenshot1.png)

**screenshot 2 from Ms Word**

**![screenshot 2](http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/957985screenshot2.png)**

<br />

<br />

I can use a workaround, split original article in several articles.  

I didn't find articles in Confluence Knowledge or in this portal about this issue.  

Do we have limitation to export picture from Confluence to Word?  

If yes, Do we have a solution?  

Thank you for your help.  

Cedric


Answers:
author: Olga OZ
body: Hi!

What about an answer?

I have the same problem.

comments: author: Sandy Johnson
body: Do you get the same problem if you export to PDF instead of Word?


author: Andy Willaert
body: Hi Cedric,

did you get an answer ?

same problem here.

andy


author: Cedric DEVAUX
body: No idea?


author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Cedric,

have you already had a look at [Scroll Office](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-office)?

I've just tested to export a page with 60 images to Word using Scroll Office and everything worked fine.

Besides Scroll Office offers multiple advanced export settings and options. You can have multiple templates within your system or space, you can add static pages, TOC, and much more.

Please feel free to contact us via [](mailto:support@k15t.com)[support@k15t.com](mailto:support@k15t.com), if you have any further questions.

Cheers,  
Nils

comments: author: Cedric DEVAUX
body: Hi Nils,

Thank you for your answer, I haven't test Scroll Office yet.

For the moment, I wait a official answer by Atlassian to know if we have a limitation to export picture from Confluence to MS Word.

Regards,

Cedric.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confleunce All Updates tab on Daskboard
Asked by KP11:

The Confluence ALL UPDATES tab on the dashboard only shows a few pages of updates even with the -/+ sign button it shows a weeks data. The POPULAR tab goes back 6 months. Is there a way to get more pages of updates or search for updates? Search Updates history? Confluence 4.3.3.

Also we noticed we can't turn off the JIRA activity stream in the activity gadget. It never saves with the box unchecked


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hi there, the [Recently Updated Dashboard macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Recently+Updated+Dashboard+Macro) differs from the Recently Updated macro - the later yields more results. Please consider that one for added information.

comments: author: KP11
body: It still does not work on 4.3.3. Is it only for newer version of Confluence?


Tags: dashboard
Confluence Database Location, Local Vs External
Asked by Jason Anderson:

Hello,

My organization would like to install Confluence and the Confluence DB on the same server. However, Confluence documentation recommends an "External" database for Confluence production systems. It is unclear whether this means "external" from the embedded HSQLDB that is bundled with Conflunece, or "external" from the entire Confluence machine. Given we provide sufficent system resources for both entities to reside on the same machine, is this a safe configuration?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi Jason, you can install the database server in the same machine if it has enough hardware resources, it's just not recommended using embedded HSQLDB.

Cheers

comments: author: Jason Anderson
body: Great, that's what I expected, but we wanted to be sure.Thanks for the hasty response!


Tags: database