youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How to get a minitoc in the exported pdf?
Asked by newcomer:

I am exporting a pdf, out from multiple confluence wiki pages. My requirement is to have a minitioc(for h1, h2, h3 etc.) at the top for each page in the exported pdf. Is this possible to generate, and how?

I don't want to update my wiki pages.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: Do you really mean "at the top for each page in the exported pdf"? That would not be possible.

If you mean "at the beginning of each of your wiki pages" that is possible. Just include the macro at the top of each of your wiki pages and set the "Minimum/Maximum Heading Level" to 1 and 3.


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello there, currently the TOC takes into consideration the entirety of the content in a given page. You can choose where to display the TOC using the *CSS Class Name* parameter, as described in [our doc](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Table+of+Contents+Macro), though this may need some experimenting with the content and CSS to achieve the desired output.

I did also find an request to improve the functioning of the styling aling this macro, which can be [reviewed here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33594).


Tags: pdf-export
Is Quandora available in Spanish?
Asked by Keith Kmett:

Just wanted to know if the plugin works in Spanish.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Keith, in case you are referring to [Quandora Question \& Answer for JIRA](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.quandora.atlassian) I believe that you can file this query through they support channel, after [this link](https://quandora.zendesk.com/anonymous_requests/new).

The addon is provided through [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com,)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com>, nevertheless the vendor should be in better position to answer this question.


Tags: language
Zen Foundation default brand changes on restarting Confluence
Asked by Cara DiMattia:

When we restart Confluence, the Zen brand set as the default switches - to the brand that appears first alphabetically in the list. Any reason why this happens?


Answers:
author: Robbie Lee
body: Hi Cara,

Will you file an issue here:

[](http://brikit.atlassian.net)<http://brikit.atlassian.net>

Thanks,

Robbie


Tags: addon-com.zenfoundation

confluence-administration
Confluence page fails to load/render with ~20 JIRA macros on the page
Asked by Antony Galdi:

We're tracking a number of specific, high-level, issues on a confluence page which loads/renders about 20 individual JIRA macros on the page - each linking to singular JIRA issues.

Some of these pages in confluence are throwing a timeout rendering (120sec).

App links are all functional and already have increased timeout values to 6x the default.

JIRA and Confluence both run on the same server.

What could be causing the increased latency and ultimately page render timeout? Havent found anything in the Conf. logs relating to the latency seen rendering these pages. DB connection pool size is showing to be well above current needs as well.


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Anthony,  

Actually this is a bug as you can see here:  
[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-30115)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-30115>  
Basically it is fixed in Confluence 5.2.2 and 5.3 onwards.   
I hope this helps.  
WZ.

comments: author: Antony Galdi
body: WZ, thanks for the quick reply.

Hmm... we're running Confuence 5.4.3 (sry, forgot to include that). JIRA Macro v. 5.3.3-m6.


Tags: confluence-administration
Automated tasks in Confluence?
Asked by Michael Schlueter:

Is there a way to automate tasks in Confluence? For example, I would like to have a simple "script" that moves a page from a to b, changes some page labels at the same time and so on.

Has anyone done this before?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [Confluence Command Line Interface](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) allows you to automate many Confluence use cases. If you need to schedule activity, then use it with your favorite job scheduler. My favorite job scheduler is Bamboo and there it is even easier to this type of thing using [CLI Plugin for Bamboo](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/BCLIP).

comments: author: Michael Schlueter
body: Thanks Bob. I will give it a try.


author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

You could do such things with the Power Scripts for Confluence add-on:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219507/power-scripts-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219507/power-scripts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

It is a free add-on. I've found Power Scripts for Confluence really handy for Confluence admins who want to automate their work and apply bulk actions to Confluence.

For example, if you want to move a page you could use the [clonePage](https://confluence.cprime.io/display/PSCONF/clonePage) and [deletePage](https://confluence.cprime.io/display/PSCONF/deletePage) methods.


author: Julia Levcovets
body: There is a way to automate task in Confluence - can be written as an add-on, probably there is no full available solution that would help you so long. If you need any help with it - feel free to contact with me!


Tags: confluence-administration
Task lists
Asked by Fabio Lanza:

Hi,

two questions:

1. I would like to have one task list with all pending tasks from other tasks lists. Is it possible?
2. I would like to have the same task list repeated in more than one page. Is it possible?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Fabio Lanza
body: We have confluence 5.3.4 can I get the Task Report Blueprint there? I could not find it. Thank you.


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Fabio, Confluence 5.5 allow you to improve the task management, as you can see in this [blog post](http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/04/introducing-confluence-5-5-tasks-work/), the new task features allows one to use task reports and visualize all tasks related to a certain project.

If you would like to repeat the list in different locations, you can use the Task Report Blueprint which collects all tasks that are related to a specific activity.

Hope this helps.
Moving a space to another space
Asked by Natalie Skowron:

Hi, does anyone know how to move a space that has already been created into another space?

thanks


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hello Natalie,

you can esaily move your root page to another space. Automatically, all the child pages will be moved as well.

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Moving+a+Page)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Moving+a+Page>

Hope this helps,

Fabio
See pages in a similar format that they are exported
Asked by Nicolas Alvarez:

Hello, when I export files the format is very different than the one that I see on confluence pages. For example, the width are different. I've noticed that the pages of the confluence documentation have fixed width, how can I do that?

Regards,


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Nicolas, you can use [CSS markup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Styling+Confluence+with+CSS) to edit Site Layouts, Content Layouts or the Export Layouts. Each of these items may have their specific settings for their display set with the markup, as described in [this page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+Space+Layouts) of our docs.
Permission Denied returned when accessing an attachment link even after a successful login
Asked by Alaine Pabayos:

We have some situations that needs us to share a link of an attachment to email.

We get the link by right-clicking on the link of the attachment file and pasting this link to an email.

However, we notice that when we directly click on the link in the email when not yet logged in, we get a Permission Denied error even after successfully logging in.

However, when we click the link again the second time, we can access the file again.

Is this an expected behavior? It doesn't seem right that even logging in successfully, the user gets a Permission Denied error.

Please advice. Thank you!


Answers:
author: salehparsa
body: Hi Alain,

I'm afraid to say that you've faced to a well known bug:

* **[CONF-29144](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-29144)**

As you can see in the bug report, fixed version is Confluence 5.5.

Regard,

Saleh

comments: author: Alaine Pabayos
body: Hi Saleh,

Thank you very much for your reply. This is noted.


author: salehparsa
body: You are most welcome
How can I create a report of pages not viewed for n months?
Asked by Martin Moser:

Is there any way to find out when a page was last viewed? What I would like to have is a report that lists all the pages that haven't been viewed for e.g. the last 24 months.

I would like to have this to determine outdated/unused content. I know seems to be part of the functionality of the commercial Archiving Plugin, but we don't want to use this because of a number of other concerns (not becasue of the license fee, that wouldn't be a problem).


Answers:
author: Midori
body: As you pointed out, **[Archiving Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.confluence.plugin.archiving)** **does exactly what you asked for** , with its [page view tracking](http://www.midori-global.com/products/confluence-archiving-plugin/documentation/page-view-tracking) feature.

What are the "other concerns" you mention? We are the developers of this plugin, and you are welcome to contact us by emailing to [info@midori-global.com](mailto:info@midori-global.com)

[](mailto:info@midori-global.com)I'm pretty sure we can work out the solution for you.


author: jing_hwa_cheok
body: Hi Martin,  

You might be interested in using google analytics with your Confluence to generate those report. Here's a blog on how to setup Confluence with google analytics [](http://davidsimpson.me/2009/03/18/tracking-atlassian-confluence-usage-with-google-analytics/)<http://davidsimpson.me/2009/03/18/tracking-atlassian-confluence-usage-with-google-analytics/>.

Alternatively, you can make use of [Go2Group Google Analytics plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.go2group.plugins.confluence-ga) to do the same thing with less configuration. However this plugin is not free.  

Hope this suggestion helps!  

comments: author: Martin Moser
body: How would that work? We are using GA, but GA typically shows what gets visited, not what doesn't AFAIK.


Tags: confluence-administration
configuring side bar and space tools option in confluence 5.1.3
Asked by Alwin Leltz:

Somehow, i can't find the space tools and configuring side bar (to add shortcut links) option in Confluence 5.1.3.

For the first part, i wonder if this is the same as the space admin option under the browse menu ?

For the second part, my situation:

- I am the space admin for the specific tool (via space permissions)

- I am not using the on demand version

- The global or documentation theme give the same results

greetings, Alwin.


Answers:
author: greg elofson
body: G, I am having the same difficulty. And the explanations I see peppered around the confluence support pages are generally of the same flavor" "did you do something to alter what should have been there by default?" The answer for everyone continues to be "no" i just got started and am in complete vanilla mode...I am using the onlne version. However, my several years of experience with Jira in the past, as the admin, was that the documentation for Jira online was always several versions behind that for the download version. Could this be the source of this persistent problem? There is no "cog" and there is no "source tools" and I have created spaces in blank and document and team and etc modes....still no stinkin space tools ;)


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Alwin, since Confluence 5 there have been some interface changes in the app, you may like to look at the bottom left of the page, where a cog icon now takes you to the side bar configuration among other options (see screenshot below).

Hope it helps!

![](http://i57.tinypic.com/2e15baw.png)

comments: author: Alwin Leltz
body: Thank you for answering me.

I don't see any icon at the left side of the page. Is it possible that this is a specific setting within our confluence environment ?


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hi Alwin, in case there is any Confluence interface styling, that could interfere with the display of that button. You can review were to look for them [after this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Changing+the+Look+and+Feel+of+Confluence). Also, when generating a [new log bundle](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Troubleshooting+Problems+and+Requesting+Technical+Support#TroubleshootingProblemsandRequestingTechnicalSupport-CreatingaSupportZipFileviatheConfluenceAdministrationConsole), it will include in the output a list of customized spaces and elements that can help to track down any live customizations.
Moving from Self Hosted version of Confluence to an On-demand version
Asked by Warwick Burton:

Hello, We run a self hosted confluence 4.2.1 and also a jira ondemand. Can you help us move the self hosted confluence instance to our ondemand account?

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Answers:
author: Warwick Burton
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Importing+a+Confluence+Site>
Confluence crashing once a day but the logs does not show anything
Asked by Shreyance Shaw:

Hi All,

Our confluence 5.3 instance goes down once a day, we are still trying to find out what is the reason but have not been able to do so.

When the application goes down, the service is still up and running, we have to restart the service in order to bring up the application.

Can someone let us know where we can start looking ?

We are using PostGres Database, which is installed on the same machine where Confluence is installed.

We have a memory of 8 GB RAM.

Thanks,

Shreyance


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Heya Shreyance,

Generally Confluence crashes could be related to many symptoms. In our case, it could be related to external plugins, customisations, content ocnsuming too much CPU or memory errors in the instance, which we may need to increase.

So, to first start taking a look at this, without the logs, you might been interested to take a look at the following article:

[Troubleshooting Confluence Hanging or Crashing](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Troubleshooting+Confluence+Hanging+or+Crashing)

After that, if you don't have any clues, please, feel free to raise a new ticket in our [Atlassian Support Channel](https://support.atlassian.com).

Hope it helps ya!

Cheers,

Giu
Confluence 5.3 instance + PostGres DB on one server or Confluence 5.3 + Post Gres DB on different servers which is better
Asked by Shreyance Shaw:

Hi,

Can someone lets us know which of the following configurations is recommended

1. Confluence 5.3 + PostGres DB (Backend for Confluence) on the Same Server

2. Confluence 5.3 + PostGres DB (Backend for Confluence) on different servers

<br />

Thanks,

Shreyance


Answers:
author: jing_hwa_cheok
body: Hi Shreyance,  

If your server can support and have enough resources for both Confluence and the database, it is definately better for them to be in the same server. This will reduce the network latency which should give you a better.

Regards,  
Jing Hwa

comments: author: Shreyance Shaw
body: Hi Jing Hwa,

Can you let us know the minimum requirements a VM should have to ensure that we have Confluence and DB together.

<br />

Thanks,  
Shreyance
How to share a page?
Asked by Ursula Hoult:

Hi, I have set up our wiki so users can only see certain Spaces.

However I have found a page in the middle of one Space that I need a group of users to see (even though they don't have permission to see the whole Space).

Can I use the Share option to make this one page available to them?

And if not, does anyone have a suggestion on the best way to make this page available, without making the whole Space available?


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Ursula, that page can be moved to a *space* where there aren't such restrictive permissions, and you may use the [Include Page Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Include+Page+Macro) in order to display it in that initially mentioned *space.*

Please post to this if you have further thoughts on the suggested route.


author: Gorka Puente _Appfire_
body: Hi @Ursula Hoult,

You can try [Comala Share It](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.keinoby.confluence.plugins.share-attachments). With this add-on you can share your pages and attachments with users without permission to access them. You generate a public link that can be shared (like in Dropbox), so you don't need to grant additional permissions.

Disclaimer: I work for Comalatech, the company behind Comala Share It.

Let us know what do you think!

Regards,

Gorka


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Remove 'Blank Page' option from the template menue
Asked by Naama Lev:

is it possible to remove the 'Blank Page' template from the template menue?

I want to be able to force users to use a standard company template for a page rather than starting with a truely blank page (obviously, once they edit the page they could remove the contents to have a blank page).

Is this possible?

Thanks

Naama


Answers:
author: Naama Lev
body: Hello again,

I have raised a support case and they created the relevan feature for me [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33745)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33745>

Thanks

Naama


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Namma, this has been [requested in the past](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3697), you can use the [promote template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Templates#WorkingwithTemplates-PromotingtemplatesintheCreatedialog) option to hide the other templates under a "*show more*" button.

comments: author: Naama Lev
body: Hello Guilherme,

Thank you for the reply, however i was looking for another feature.. i would like to remove the 'blamk page' out of the template menue

Thanks

Naama


author: Stephen Gilson
body: **This is not SOLVED.**


Tags: page

template
How do you create forms that send e-mails in the ondemand version of confluence
Asked by DeanR:

We are transitioning from on-prem to ondemand confluence and we have a number of froms built from wiki-markup(we've had confluence for a very long time).

The forms after being filled out, will then send an email to a group of folks to then take some action on.

How can I mimic this functionality in On-Demand confluence?

Thanks,

----Dean.


Answers:
author: BillA
body: You could use [wufoo](http://wufoo.com/) to create a form and embed the Wufoo form into Confluence using the [widget connector macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Widget+Connector+Macro). I just tried it and it worked. The only catch is that the url to the form started with https://so I had to remove the 's' and just use http://to get it to work.

comments: author: Bhanu Venkata
body: Perfect!!Thank you Bill. You just saved my day.


author: Rachel Letchumanan
body: This was exceptionally useful to me. Thank you!


author: DeanR
body: Does anybody know if this is something on Atlassian's roadmap to add in later versions of on-demand?


author: Davin Studer
body: To my knowledge there are no OnDemand add ons that can do this.

comments: author: DeanR
body: That's unfortunate, but I've been finding that same answer. I was hoping that somebody here could enlighten me with a solution I haven't seen yet.


author: DeanR
body: Also, we are using MailNG to accomplish this today in our on-prem version of confluence.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

forms

moderators
How do I run an inquiry in Confluence?
Asked by R Donato:

Hello,

I ran the Log Scanner and received the following error: [Import Failed Due To Duplicate Entry Error](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Import+Failed+Due+To+Duplicate+Entry+Error?utm_source=STP&utm_medium=logScan)

The Diagnosis is to run the following inquiry. How do I do that?

`select` `username ``from` `logininfo ``group` `by` `username ``having` `count``(username)>1;`

Any help is greatly appreciated!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You have to run that against the SQL databse. Also, the database is supposed to be setup to be case sensitive. Which means the username should actually be capitalized as the column is in all caps in the table definition.

select USERNAME from logininfo group by USERNAME having count(USERNAME)\>1;

comments: author: R Donato
body: Thanks, Davin! I'll ask an engineer to run it for me.


Tags: questions-for-confluence
Not all issue links are showing in Confluence
Asked by Colin Goudie:

With the new issue links that are displayed at the top of Confluence pages, is there anything that needs to be done to make sure ALL JIRA issues in the current page are shown? (Or are only links added after this feature was added, are added)

See screenshot of an example where 1 issue link is showing but there are more than 1 on the page.

![](http://i58.tinypic.com/ab5a3d.png)

In JIRA, the one not showing definitely DOESN'T have a link to Confluence (a mentioned in page link). So just wondering if there is a way for this to be auto added or not?

Cheers


Answers:
author: Alexander Bondarev
body: Hi , [@Colin Goudie](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781466) !

Sounds funny after 7 years, but I'll ask you: have you found a solution of this problem?)


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Colin,

Could you please go to *Confluence Admin \> Look and Feel* and verify the following:

* *Themes:*See which theme you're using, switch back to the default if you're not using it already.
* *Layouts*: See if you have any custom layout defined, if yes then make a backup and reset to default.
* *Stylesheet*: See if you have custom stylesheet, if yes then make a backup and reset to default.
* *Custom HTML*: See if you have any custom HTML defined, if yes then make a back up and reset to default.

Remove any ustomizations and see if the behaviour persist.

Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Atlassian Support

comments: author: Colin Goudie
body: Hey David, They are running default theme, no customisations anywhere. We tried resetting cache and clearing plugin caches but still the same results.

I'm wondering if it's really JIRA in that the issue links on that side for the issues that aren't visible in the top of the confluence page, don't have the 'mentioned in' link


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Are you using any theme plugins (sorry if this sounds dumb after your reply :p)?

Which is your Conflnce and JIRA version?  

And lastly when this behaviour starter, was after a database/application migrtion/upgrade?
Upgrade path for Confluence 5.0.3 to 5.5.1
Asked by R Donato:

Hello,

Can I upgrade directly from 5.0.3 \> 5.5.1? Or do I have to go from 5.0.3 \> 5.4.4 \> 5.5.1?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can go to 5.5.1 directly.

But, as always, test it properly on a dev/test system first.

comments: author: R Donato
body: Excellent! Thanks for the quick response, Nic. I do pretty exhaustive dev testing so being able to cut one or two jumps from the upgrade path really helps.

Thanks again!


author: Rachel Robins
body: Recommended upgrade paths for each version are provided on this page [Upgrading+Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence).

We also reading the upgrade notes for each version between (e.g. read 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 upgrade notes) so you will be aware of major changes or upgrade tasks that might affect your upgrade.

comments: author: R Donato
body: Good to know! Thanks, Rachel. I'll read those too.