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How to create a list with Jira Tasks and Subtasks in one table/list in Confluence
Asked by Juliane Schick:

I would like to create a list in Confluence with Jira tasks and subtasks, so that all are displayed in one table, is this possible? so that is clear which subtask (with status) relates wo which parent task and vice versa. could someone tell me, if this is possible and how to do that?

thanks.


Answers:
author: Mike
body: I don't believe this is possible out-of-box, however a paid add-on looks like it might accomplish what your looking for: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217026/stagil-jira-issue-table-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217026/stagil-jira-issue-table-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Pages with inherited view restrictions appear in search results. How can this be prevented?
Asked by Herold Peijs:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/search-139528.html> clearly states that restricted pages are excluded from search results. This does not seem to apply for pages with inherited view restrictions. Does this work-as-designed?


Answers:
author: Henk Jan Borghuis
body: To elaborate a bit on the above....

The exact use case is the following:

- We have a space (A) which is restricted to a certain user group (B).

- Person (C) is part of that user group.

- Page (D) in that space has view restrictions

- Person (C) does not have the right to view the page (D)

- Person (C) is not able to view the content of that page (D)

- Person (C) does see the page in the search results

**Expected outcome**

The expected outcome is that the page (D) would not show up in the search results when person (C) performs a search.

**Current outcome**

Person (C) does see the page in the search results


Tags: confluence-server

server
Highlight mention of current user in editor
Asked by Raphael R:

Hello Atlassian Community,

wherever my own, currently logged in user is mentioned on a Confluence page, the [@username](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1677494) will be displayed with a blue background, whereas every other name is shown in the default grey.

However, when I switch into edit mode, this distinction gets lost (the \<a\> element loses the class "current-user-link"), making it harder to find my own mentions and tasks on a long page.

Is there a way to get the current-user mention highlighted consistently in both modes?

View mode:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104766i5E37BE006F0F4BAE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Edit mode:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104768iC9ECECE73DB142B4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Cheers

Raphael


Answers:
author: Raphael R
body: Thank you Stephen for the suggestion!

But I've found out how to change the behaivor to exactly how I want it:

I've simply added these lines to the global stylesheet (\<confluence\>/admin/editstylesheet.action):

```
#tinymce.wiki-content a.user-mention.current-user-mention {
background-color: #0052CC;
color: #FFFFFF !important ;
}
```

Note: we're using Confluence 6.15 and this class name may change in the future. But I'm happy for now :)

Cheers,

Raphael

comments: author: Ste Wright
body: Awesome :) - thanks for sharing, this will be useful for others users who find this question!

Ste


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Raphael R](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/846128)

Not that I know of.

A simple alternative is to just use find on your web browser - usually activated by Ctrl+F / Cmd+F - to search for and highlight your username in edit mode.

Sometimes this utilises the Confluence finder - to utilise the browser version, you can usually click on the browser's bookmarks / navigation bar then use the keyboard shortcut above.

Ste
How could we change the database to our own SQL-Server?
Asked by Tobias W?lfing:

We had the trial version of Confluence, bought a license for our own server and how could we transfer all data from the trial version database to our own database on our SQL-server?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You have not explicitly said which database you have in your trial version. A trial could use any database you choose, but a lot of us will use the "embedded" one which requires no set up (but is utterly unsuitable for long-term or production use)

If you chose to use a SQL-Server for the trial, then you can just dump and restore the existing database.

If, as I guess you probably did, use the "embedded" database (or any other really), you'll want to do a migration. See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-to-another-database-148867.html>
How to improve the use of Scroll-translation? Usage of Scroll-Add-on & Publishing Space problematic!
Asked by Kristin Beck:

Good morning everyone.

our company uses Confluence on premise and its Scroll-Add-on ("Scroll Translations") to have the English and German language available. In order to publish documents for our customers, we make use of a Publishing Space. Thus, we edit in one space and publish in another.

In both spaces, German is the default language. When we "publish" a page for the first time via a workflow (mark-up) to the Publishing Space, the German title appears on the English confluence page. Hence, we assume that the default language always appears first as title when one published a page.   

For our company, this generates a lot of overhead and manual corrections, since we always have to adjust the title on the English Confluence page first, rewrite it from German to English.

We really hope that the Atlassian community provide help with regards to this functionality. How can we ensure that the default language (German) is not displayed as the title on the English language when we publish a page?

<br />

We look forward to hearing from anyone who can help us out.


Answers:
author: David _K15t_
body: Hi [@Kristin Beck](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3794061)

this is David from K15t, glad to hear you're using Scroll Translations!

Regarding the page title problem you're experiencing, this is definitely not something that's expected. Page titles in non-default languages get some special treatment in order to make sure they are always in the same language as the content, especially when published.

I am positive that this is a problem that can be solved and it would be very helpful to get some more details on how exactly you are publishing the content. I also think this is best handled by our product support, so if you'd provide those details [here](https://k15t.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) or in an email to support@k15t.com, this is going to be the quickest way to a solution.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Cheers,

David

comments: author: Kristin Beck
body: Hi David,

thanks for reaching out so quickly, I wasn't expecting that! I have opened a ticket accordingly with K15t today in the morning.

That indeed gives me hope to hear that.   

I will send an e-mail to your support mailbox and also refer to the support request I have opened with your company today.

Kind regards,

Kristin


Tags: bug

confluence-server

scroll-translations

server
Can I import a Google Docs page into Confluence space?
Asked by Ver?nica Nese:

Hi, Im trying to import an extenal page (google docs) into a Space in Confluence.   
I can only find the option of importing a word doc.


Answers:
author: Riya Ray
body: Hi Vero,

Hope you are doing well.   

I understand that you are trying to import a google doc into a Space in Confluence but are unable to. Currently, there is no feature in Confluence to import Google doc files. However, I did look into Atlassian Marketplace and found a few apps that could be helpful. Please check them out [here](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=google%20docs) to see if any of them works for you!

Cheers,

Riya Ray


Tags: cloud
date-picker contains Null at the end
Asked by BE Admins:

After an upgrade to confluence 7.4.1 occurs an issue with date-picker.  
Editing a confluence document and after writing "//" the date-picker appeared and looked as in attached screenshot.

![DatePickerContainsNullAtTheEnd.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104747i6397C51F8FA3DB96/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "DatePickerContainsNullAtTheEnd.JPG")

How this issue could be resolved?

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Christian Fischer
body: Hi BE Admins,

please follow this Issue  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/projects/CONFSERVER/issues/CONFSERVER-59310>

Cheers

Christian
Does anyone know any search result highlighter app for Conf. Cloud?
Asked by Ionut:

Hi guys,

Does anyone know a similar app with [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219953/highlight-search-result-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219953/highlight-search-result-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) but for the Cloud?

I could't find any on market, I need it for a Knowledge base.

Thanks,

Ionut


Answers:
author: Ang?lica Luz
body: Hello [@Ionut](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3709540),

Thank you for reaching out to Atlassian Community!

Searching for similar add-ons, I found two that might help you:

* [Content Tools for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221973/content-tools-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* [Smart Terms for Confluence - Glossary](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219677/smart-terms-for-confluence-glossary?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

If none of this helps, I would suggest that you contact [their support](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/1211675/codecentric-ag) to ask if they have a feature request or plans to develop that add-on for Cloud as well.

Regards,  
Ang?lica

comments: author: Ionut
body: Thank you [@Ang?lica Luz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/986290) ,

This is exactly what I was looking for.

Have a lovely day,

Ionut


Tags: cloud
Can't embed excel or pdf on page
Asked by Keith De Silva:

I can upload a file onto a page but after publishing the page, if I try to then use the Office Excel or PDF macro, after selecting the page and the excel (or pdf), nothing happens. I can't insert / save the macro, I can't even see a preview. Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Ang?lica Luz
body: Hello Keith,

Thank you for reaching out to Atlassian Community!

Just to make sure that we are on the same page, I would like to know if this is happening when you add the PDF or Excel on a page and then try to add these files on a macro on another page.

If that's the case, both issues were reported as a bug:

* [Office Excel macro doesn't work with non-current pages](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-70020)
* [Can't insert pdf attachment in pdf macro](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67859)

Please, read the description of each bug to make sure that it's the same issue. If so, click on "This affects my team" and also watch to receive updates.

If it's not, please, let us know more details about the steps you are following.

Regards,  
Ang?lica


Tags: cloud
Can we migrate web application to confluence ?
Asked by Sneha Gole:

i want to migrate other web application which is in php to confluence. is it possible?


Answers:
author: Michael Kuhl _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Sneha Gole](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3406542) - Yes it possible. If the format of the exported pages are HTML, Wiki Markup, or plain text then they can be directly imported.
"A long running task has been initiated by another user..."
Asked by Chris Sedgwick:

Manage Apps cannot be used, error message given is;

![2020-07-29 16_02_16-Manage apps - Confluence.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104738i8EE40F5A5944F95C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2020-07-29 16_02_16-Manage apps - Confluence.png")

Similar issue described here;

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/A-long-running-task-has-been-initiated-by-another-user-Message/qaq-p/1334238>


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Chris,

Thank you for reporting this to us. I've submitted this internally so we can get that long-running task deleted for you.

Have a look in your email and there you can find a link to the ticket in our support portal. Could you please approve access to your site so we can delete that long-running task for you? You can do this via the support portal.

Take care,

Shannon


Tags: cloud
How do you nest/reorder pages under the same subtitle/folder?
Asked by Taylor Ong:

I can no longer nest/reorder pages. This is a feature that worked for me until your update. Now when I try, I get an error bubble (screenshot below). This is how I organize and group pages. I have attempted to search confluence and I have clicked the "Reorder pages" link from the error message but that seems to put me on an endless loop without no solutions. Thanks!

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104726i8AF0C1A687CEF931/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Sachin
body: Hello [@Taylor Ong](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3991135) , if you are a space admin you can reorder your pages from your space settings --\> content tools --\> Reorder Pages --\> From here you can reoder/move any page by dragging it to a new position in the tree.  

If you want to goto a specific page in the page tree. On your page **...** --\> View in Hierarchy --\> takes you to the page tree under content tools.

comments: author: Taylor Ong
body: I didn't realize you now needed to be a space admin to edit. Thanks! That worked for me.


Tags: cloud
Rest API retrieving duplicate content in the pages requested.
Asked by Dan Kauppi:

When using REST API for confluence to retrieve information there are duplicates when implementing pagination. When I implemented start and limit parameters from 0 to 1000 i get a list size of 250. When I do the query from 500 to 1000 i get a list size of 750. I am using CQL and search query in the REST API.


Answers:
author: Du?an Hude?ek
body: I encountered same problem. For me if I have have X records and set limit to N then I will get X / N duplicate records.

I found this link <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/REST-API-returns-some-duplicate-pages-for-content-page-queries/qaq-p/972332>

Still I coudn't found in documentation that ordering is required to avoid duplicate records.

I also do not know how to do ordering if I do not use search but standard endpoints such **/rest/api/group/\<GROUP_NAME\>/member?next=true\&limit=10\&start=10**


Tags: cloud

rest-api
Global template
Asked by cathy.c:

I have added a template and followed instructions as per <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/promote-a-template/>

But the template I created is not in the list. Please send further (details instructions on this) including who has authority to do this, as I have been provided with admin access, but note I cannot access Document Approval tab within the Space Settings.

This is super urgent, thanks guys, Cathy


Answers:
author: Carla Ann Rowland
body: Hi Cathy, If you are the space administrator you can create space templates and they will appear at the bottom of the template list unless you promote them. A space template will only appear in the space you created it. I tested on my Confluence cloud and it did promote my "short" list of templates to see first and it was listed within that group alphabetically.

Double check your settings in Global Admin.

Confluence System admins have rights to create Global Templates Note If you created a Global template you cannot promote it it will be at the end of the global template list.

Are you on a free instance of Confluence cloud? I cannot find the Document approval setting you are mentioned in your question


author: Sachin
body: hello [@cathy.c](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3806640) , a space admin can [create a template](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-a-template/)  

. After you create your template you can goto space settings --\> content tools --\> User created templates

![Screenshot_10.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104715i8C69426BDD5FF778/image-dimensions/625x200?v=v2 "Screenshot_10.png")

Once you promote your newly created template it will be displayed on the top of your create dialog as shown in below screenshot.  
![Screenshot_11.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104716i80BF25369D3B1ABA/image-dimensions/503x283?v=v2 "Screenshot_11.png")


Tags: cloud
create Space
Asked by Bing Liu:

Hi there,

how to create a space for project?


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hello [@Bing Liu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4031085) ,

Welcome to the community.

Each project that these teams work on could also have its own space, which could be linked to the team spaces using labels.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf70/create-a-space-976756108.html>

BTW, you get Jira Software and Confluence or any of the Atlassian developer tools working together by creating an application link between them. See how to do that below.

[Link Atlassian applications to work together](https://confluence.atlassian.com/applinks/link-atlassian-applications-to-work-together-785449117.html?_ga=2.50372201.1791144308.1595813050-1478559027.1570682324)

![TIM??20200729092801.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/104717iFD89F8B2D400C0EA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "TIM??20200729092801.png")


author: Carla Ann Rowland
body: Are you asking how to link JIRA and confluence? Go to <https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/guides/expand-confluence/confluence-and-jira-service-desk>

Jira after that link is established can have data shared. The project team needs a space created and then their project data is displayed on confluence pages via filters:

1) created in JIRA is best and called in the JIRA Confluence macro

or

2) created thru the JIRA macro in confluence.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Create an entire space and pages from a space template
Asked by Fausto Moretti:

In the same way, templates can be used to create a predefined page and content, what are the odds, a space template can be created to minimize the time to replicate the structure.

for instance, I want to concentrate the information from sales, support, professional services, implementation, etc. each single department in one space. but this structure and information templates will be replicated for each customer.

By creating only one space and multiple pages (one per customer) and bulleted pages inside (for each department); will make the space hard to maintain because at the end multiple people could concurrently edit one or more pages (each person associated with a department and/or to a customer -can you imagine the combination- will access at same time -but online collaboration is not currently available- as each user can publish its own version and overwrite another concurrent user changes).

If i want to replicate the standard structure for new customers (e.g. customer 1 has everything set and I want to include now the information for customer 2); the only way I currently found to accomplish this task is by copying and pasting pages individually, then editing content; or with a sort of macro which makes things a little complicated. (at least for non technical people, like for instance, non-developers).

The intention of this request is to avoid copying and pasting each single page, then editing each page to remove or change the information, etc. because it will complicate things and made this a hard work to follow up on; With a space template, spaces and internal space pages will be preformatted and only the content will be written in a cleaner way than modifying and removing previous content.

Thanks in advance for your observations, suggestions but overall to consider this as a product enhancement if it is not possible yet to be done in confluence (as it is in MS sharepoint).

JIC: I have already looked into:  
<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/pre-format-your-content-with-templates/>  
and   
<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-I-create-a-number-of-page-layout-teamplates-within-the-same/qaq-p/454629>


Answers:
author: Stephan Sutter
body: Hi [@Fausto Moretti](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4031054)

Maybe our Space- and/or Page Tree Creator App for Confluence could be a solution for your requirement. You can find the [Space Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214324/space-tree-creator-blueprint-template?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) and the [Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214062/page-tree-creator-blueprint-template?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) on the Atlassian marketplace.

Regards,  
Stephan (PM at EPS Software Engineering AG, the vendor of the Space- and Page Tree Creator)

comments: author: Fausto Moretti
body: Is this the only option?... because I can guess, will be cheaper to migrate the content to our current MS license using sharepoint instead; as MS sharepoint already have this implemented.


Tags: cloud
UNdo Redo buttons
Asked by Terry Harvey:

When you make an editing error, where is the undo button?


Answers:
author: Sachin
body: Hello [@Terry Harvey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4030941) , looks like Atlassian is working on this one - [CONFCLOUD-58034](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58034)   

> ### Workaround {#toc-hId-1171227229}
>
*
  > Use keyboard shortcuts:
  > * **Undo** --- PC: Ctrl+Z, Mac: ?+Z
  > * **Redo** --- PC: Ctrl+Y, Mac: ?+ Y or Shift+?+Z
*
  > Right-click in the editor and select "Undo"
*
  > (Mac only) Select "Undo" from the Edit menu


Tags: cloud
Is it possible to have authenticated public access?
Asked by Breanna Fitzgerald:

I've been looking through quite a few help articles and I'm not sure if what I'm looking for has already been documented.

We're trying to determine if it's possible to host our documentation on Confluence Cloud, but make it so users must authenticate before gaining access. So far it seems that our only options are to allow completely anonymous access, or require customers to be licensed (not possible).

Is it possible to require customers to authenticate before getting access to the articles, and not have them consume a license?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Nope. You gotta pay to play :)

comments: author: Breanna Fitzgerald
body: That's what we suspected. Rats. Thanks!


Tags: cloud