youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.XrefTrailerResolver flood in log
Asked by Pavel Potcheptsov:

My log is flooded with

```
WARN [scheduler_Worker-1] [apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.XrefTrailerResolver] setStartxref Did not found XRef object at specified startxref position 12345
```

Is it possible to resolve this somehow? And what this warning means?


Answers:
author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: It seems that I was able to fix this by adding line

```
log4j.logger.org.apache.pdfbox=ERROR
```

to /confluence/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties and restarting Confluence.

To verify:

* upload pdf file to page and you will see such WARN in log
* make changes in log4j and try to upload another pdf file. Now there are no such WARNs in log


Tags: confluence-administration
Why are my links not working when I link a box in my diagram to an external link or confluence page when I publish?
Asked by Sally Diab:

I am trying to link text from within my diagram to external or confluence pages. When I publish, the image does not have any of the interactive features I want displayed in confluence including the links?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What "interactive features" are you expecting from a link?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Add custom style to the confluence editor
Asked by Michael Ruderer:

Hi,

i want to add custom styles to the predefined styles in the confluence editor.  
I?ve read a lot of other threads where the statement was that this is not possible.

Is there still no possibility to add those styles?

Example:

image2016-8-19 14:1:13.png

Regards,

Michael

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Add-custom-style-to-the-confluence-editor/qaq-p/194902?attachment-id=5399){#link_11867d4647076c}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/32793/1/image2016-8-19%2014%3A1%3A13.png){#display_11867d4647076c_0}


Answers:
author: Dan Buhler
body: Turns out in all my experimentation I couldn't use just plain javascript to add to the TinyMCE options. It appears that it needs to be done upon loading to modify the UI.


author: Bill Bailey
body: That is basically what I am saying. Just keep in mind, this is Confluence, so there are many parts of the menu you just don't have access to, or are not documented. :wink: So be prepared for some experimentation!


author: Dan Buhler
body: I've been wondering if I can do it with the TinyMCE API and just add javascript to the Confluence theme.

<https://www.tinymce.com/docs/api/tinymce/tinymce.formatter/>

This really shouldn't be so complicated. And macros that format text in-line in the TinyMCE editor should also be easier to build.


author: Bill Bailey
body: Possible? Yes. Easy? No. Confluence uses a version of TinyMCE, so it is possible to write a plugin for TinyMCE to add styles (basically adding references to classed HTML tags). The second part of the solution is easy -- adding custom CSS to Confluence.

The workaround is user macros. Not as elegant, but does get the job done. For example, I wrote some simple user macros years ago we use for formatting figure and table titles in Confluence (and when exported) -- a hole that has been in Confluence since the start.

Keep in mind, that the editor was designed by coders and not tech writers. :wink:

comments: author: Mattias Van doninck
body: Did anyone ever try writing a plugin to add styles? Did it work?


Tags: confluence-administration
Can I set up a group of users so that when I assign a task, or tag a stakeholder, the group is selected rather than having to type in all their names?
Asked by Joanna Razzell:


Answers:
author: Jonas Andersson
body: No, not really. An assignee always needs to be a user. What you can do if you have seats left in your license is to create a user that is associated with a DL email address. As a issue gets assigned to this user, the whole DL will be made aware, and who ever picks it up assigns the issue to himself. Not sure if this workaround helps you.

comments: author: Steven F Behnke
body: Seems pretty clear they're referring to Confluence Tasks, and not JIRA Issues.


author: WW
body: Confluence Tasks can only have users assigned to them, too, by using [@mention](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/732788).

I'm not aware of a way to assign a Confluence Task to a group.
How to make sure it opens expandaed ?
Asked by Jigar Shah:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Expand Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=792499106)*

I have inserted macro..I want to make sure some of these always open expanded. (because else people seems to ignore it)


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: If you need them to see it, dont put it in an expand in tbe first place.... Even if you could do tbat, If they want to ignore it, they will collapse it immediately i suggest you put your text into an Info or Warning macro

comments: author: Jigar Shah
body: Reason for using expand is as there are long text...and multiple such "section" . So while reading...If I keep long page...no "expand" user cant read...So while reading he will have option to collapse and read next section...so want to keep at least one section open by default.

Expand styling is not that intuitive ...most business tells us they didn't see expand on page.


Tags: documentation

expand
Why do I not see the Sidebar, Header and Footer option.
Asked by Matthew Gray:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Configure the Sidebar](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=317194694)*

Why do I not see the Sidebar, Header and Footer option. Is that due to my access or my companies setup of Confluence, or something else?


Answers:
author: Matthew Gray
body: Thanks for the answer.


author: Matthias Born
body: The feature you ask for comes with version 5.9.


author: Matthew Gray
body: ### 5.8.8 - is my version {#toc-hId-1478696761}

I am not the admin - just trying to figure this out myself.

I really wanted sticky headers in a table... which led me to change my space layout to the "Global Look and Feel" theme from the "Documentation Theme" theme.

That made me lose my space specific search which I really needed so now I am trying to add it back by adding the search to the sidebar.

Thanks...


author: Steven F Behnke
body: It's a relatively new feature -- What version of Confluence are you using?


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation

side-bar
I created a personal space, but when I click on my name from a profile macro, it navigates to the profile instead of my personal space.
Asked by Stacey Jenkins:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [User is Redirected to User Profile Instead of Personal Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=214335698)*

I created a personal space, but when I click on my name from a profile macro, it navigates to the profile instead of my personal space.

I definitely have view permission on my own space, so why am I not being directed to my personal space instead of user profile page?


Answers:
author: Tim H_
body: Here is the [bug report](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-43329).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation
Does Confluence cache gets flushed after restart?
Asked by knowshan:

Does Confluence cache gets flushed after server restart?

<https://CONFLUENCE-SERVER/admin/cache/showStatistics.action#fullView> .


Answers:
author: Marcel Woschek
body: Out of my experience it doesn't.

You can check it by yourself though. With this URL you can see all caches that contain items:

**\<Your `confluence-URL>/admin/cachecontents.jsp`**

Just try it after a restart. In my case the cache is not flushed.


Tags: confluence-administration
where are the export to pdfs saved
Asked by Frank Bisbiglia:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Export Content to Word, PDF, HTML and XML](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764824)*

I've exported Confluence files to pdf but do not know where Confluence is saving them


Answers:
author: calum robb
body: Look this guide <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-home-and-other-important-directories-590259707.html>


author: Rob Woodgate
body: Confluence saves exported PDFs to the Downloads folder that is specified for your browser. On a Windows machine that folder is defaulted to C:\\Users\\\[username\]\\Downloads, unless you've changed your browser settings to save downloads somewhere else.


author: Anurag Prakash
body: Looks like browser issue and you are not getting link to open the export.

Try Chrome or Mozilla for the export and I think that should be helpful. Please let me know if you have any other question.

Anurag


Tags: cloud

export

pdf
Copying an entire space in Confluence- including all child pages and page content
Asked by Rachael Voluck:

How do you copy an entire space in Confluence- including all child pages and page content? I want an exact replica of the space with all its content. (It is okay to not have comments included in the copy).


Answers:
author: Nancy Jaiswal
body: We have released a solution which can copy desired page tree or whole space to a new space.

Atlassian marketplace : ([Copy Page Hierarchy (Copy Space)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.hivestone.confluence.plugins.copypagehier/overview))

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.hivestone.confluence.plugins.copypagehier/server/overview>


author: Michael Faux
body: I've made a PowerShell script that does most of the work for [solution 3](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-copy-or-rename-a-space-in-confluence-169578.html#HowtocopyorrenameaspaceinConfluence-solution3).

Available on GitHub:

<https://gist.github.com/mfaux/481d53c80408334cbdc825f0f510b977>


author: Nicolas Werle _Decadis AG_
body: For this case we developed 'Space Admin for Confluence' which allows:

* copying pages and spaces (with attachements, childpages, comments, labels \& permissions)

<!-- -->

* ordering pages using drag \& drop

<!-- -->

* comparing pages

<!-- -->

* managing permissions

<!-- -->

* deleting page trees and much more

You'll find it here:   
<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.decadis.confluence.spaceadmin/server/overview>

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us directly.[](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.decadis.confluence.spaceadmin/server/overview)

Best regards  

Nicolas Werle  
Decadis AG


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) has the [copySpace](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-copySpace) action which would be a good solution if you wanted to do this in automation.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Atlassian recently marked this as **Fixed** in Confluence 6.0 so we'll have it natively soon! :smile:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-2814>


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Check out some of the solutions at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-copy-or-rename-a-space-in-confluence-169578.html>

I have used Copy Space, successfully, a few times.

comments: author: Rachael Voluck
body: @Jobin Kuruvilla \[Go2Group\] does Copy Space retain the content on each page and child page within the space that's being copied?


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: It includes pages but not history. Blog posts are not included.

You can see the details at <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace/server/overview>


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I give a group access to a page without access to the space?
Asked by Tim Kerns:

It looks like I can't easily give someone access to a page within a space without giving them access to the space as well. Is this true? What are people doing when you want to share a page across spaces without giving access to the space?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Yes, you need to first give them access to the space.

It is kind of tricky because you will then have to restrict the individual pages. If a page is not restricted, it becomes visible to everyone who has access to the page. The good thing is that the "view page" restrictions are inherited and so you can restrict a top level page to hide everything under it.

You can organize content into different hierarchies, some of them restricted at the top level page and some not.


Tags: confluence-administration
Page Properties Report : With Parent Filter
Asked by Jared Campbell:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Page Properties Report Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=186089616) Is it possible to setup a filter that is like In Space -\> Current space, but would be "With Parent .\> Current Page"? In other words, I'd the report macro on a page to query the Page Properties of all child pages beneath it.*


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Have you tried the **With parent** filter?

image2016-8-18 13:6:42.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Page-Properties-Report-With-Parent-Filter/qaq-p/170923?attachment-id=1489){#link_11903a04adf88b}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/176839/1/image2016-8-18%2013%3A6%3A42.png){#display_11903a04adf88b_0}

comments: author: Jared Campbell
body: Hi Milo,

Thanks for your response. The "with parent" filter works great, but unfortunately you have to *select* which parent. I have a template page where I've inserted the "Page Properties Report" macro that I would like to have automatically generate the report based one the page regardless of its title. It would be analogous to the "This Space" filter that automatically looks up the space that the page is contained within.

With this said, any additional thoughts?  

Jared


author: Milo Test
body: I'm pretty sure you could do something with Confiforms, as it can work with the generated page ID of the created page.


Tags: page-property
How to turn off colors in Code Block macro?
Asked by Colin Colwell:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Code Block Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139390)*

I'm dropping code examples into a doc page, using the Code Block Macro.

For example:  
`ST4={ ``"name"``:"COHERENCE_REMOTE_ENABLED``", "``value``":"``true``", "``type``":1, "``description``":"``", "``autoIncrementType``":0, "``export":``false` `}`  
In this case, True and False are automatically bold and blue in color. I only want black \& white text. With all the different options available in the macro, I've no idea what combination to use.  

How do I turn off the autoformatting so that I can have plain old black text?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Why don't you just use the {noformat} macro? What language option are you using the {code} macro?


Tags: code-block

documentation
add document owner user
Asked by Mario Herrera:

How can I add the document owner user to a page?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/add-document-owner-user/qaq-p/426200?attachment-id=3032){#link_11867e2c0daea7}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/72252/1/image2016-8-19%209%3A14%3A34.png){#display_11867e2c0daea7_0}


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: You can't change the author of a page in Confluence Cloud, but you can assign owner(s) to it using the app called [Better Content Archiving](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/123/better-content-archiving-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview):

![set-page-owner.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/259826i3F0F43CC177010FB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "set-page-owner.gif")


author: Milo Test
body: Not sure I understand. Are you referring to an official owner of a page or an attachment? And what do you want this ownership to accomplish?

comments: author: Mario Herrera
body: Hello Milo, I just want to add the user name of the page owner to the page by default. Do you think is that possible?


author: Milo Test
body: The first problem is identifying the "owner."

Is the owner, the person that created the page? Made the first edit? Is the sole person with edit restrictions? Is the sole space administrator? Some manual assignee?


author: Mario Herrera
body: The person that created the page.


author: Milo Test
body: That is already there:

image2016-8-19 9:14:34.png


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I search the content on user profile pages
Asked by Stacey Jenkins:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Viewing User Profile](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658737053)*

I am looking to setup a user/employee directory on our confluence site. I'd like to be able to search user profiles based on content on their user pages, not just their name. Is this possible? I ran a test by putting content in my 'about me' section of my user profile, and then I used the general confluence search to search for that content, and my profile page wasn't returned in the search.

Is there a way to do this?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Text in the About Me section definitely shows up in Confluence Cloud.

You can also limit the search results to just personal pages by either adding Personal spaces to the IN SPACE field, or adding a label (e.g. user_page) to each user page, and then adding the label as a search filter.


author: Kyndra Morris
body: I wonder if this is using live templates behind the scenes. We are seeing that issue with live templates and search. The content on the page isn't returning in the search results.


Tags: confluence-cloud

documentation
appropriate for large tables?
Asked by Sandi Yen:

Hi,

Would you recommend your add-on to deal with large tables (\>5000 rows)? I am trying to decide between a simple filter table function, or a mysql database connection. Our usage of our large table is mostly viewing and adding rows, so features such as data charting, pivot tables, and joining multiple tables (in mysql) would not have added value for our purposes.

Thank you for your advice


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Sandi,

Table Filter add-on should work with large tables. If you encounter an issue, contact [StiltSoft support](https://stiltsoft.customercase.com/forums/support-requests/ideas/create).


Tags: addon-com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter

cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to create a viewport view from confluence only with some of sites within one space and not the whole space?
Asked by Nicole Kayczuck:


Answers:
author: Nicole Kayczuck
body: For one of our spaces within confluence we installed viewport. The space for example Multichannel have X sites below with documentations or other documents and

Space: **Multichannel**

* Documentation eShop
  * Rollout
  * Trainings
* Documentation budget
* Meeting minutes
* ...
* ...

In viewport I can see the whole space with all sites below. So far so good as well.

Afterwards I make some changes within the site Documentation eShop - Trainings for example.

And now ... is it possible to publish only the site Documentation eShop to viewport with my changes or is it only possible to publish the whole space Multichannel to Viewport? It would be great if I can decide, which sites from the space are going to the viewport site ...

I hope you can understand my question/problem :wink:

Thanks in advance


author: Davin Studer
body: Please explain further what you mean?


Tags: addon-com.k15t.scroll.scroll-viewport

scroll-viewport
copy global template
Asked by Marla Landolt:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Adding a Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658736934)*

I have searched high and low - how in the ... can i, yes, with admin rights,

i)COPY a GLOBAL template?

ii)Copy a space template?

sorry folks the ctrl-a, ctrl-c ctrl-v does NOT take the wiki language with!![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")

We have confluence v5.9.7

many tx in advance for a working solution without having to purchase anything else for such a basic need.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: I have copied templates that way before? Make sure you cursor is in the body of the editor before hitting ctrl+a. Or make sure the cursor is at the top and then hit ctrl+shift+end. Both will select everything in the body. Then copy paste should work.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Hi Marla,

Although there's nothing you need to buy, you will need to install the [Confluence Source Editor](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor/server/overview) to get it to work. Using this, you can copy all the "wiki language" (which is XHTML format, displayed when you click the source editor icon in edit mode), and then you can paste it into a new copy of the template. Remember that you will need to save the blank template first before the Source Editor icon will appear in the editor. Unfortunately, there's no other way I'm aware of that you can get it to work ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: The downside of this approach is it breaks any template variables you may have.


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
Variables dissapear when hitting "enter"
Asked by Jacques:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Create a Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=296093779)*

Hello,

not sure what I'm doing wrong, but following the documentation and trying to insert a variable in a new template doesn't work.

When adding variable the prompt shows me: $__ ^(1)^ and when I add location^(2)^ to the grey area and hit enter (exactly as mentioned in the documentation) that is supposed to be the area to add the variable name. The entire field disappears. The only thing I'm left with is a $ sign without my variable name.

step 1:  
image2016-8-18 14:47:25.png

step 2:  
image2016-8-18 14:48:16.png

step 3 (after hitting "enter"):  
image2016-8-18 14:49:12.png

**What am I doing wrong?**

(I'm using Confluence 5.10.3 with Chrome)  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Variables-dissapear-when-hitting-quot-enter-quot/qaq-p/455787?attachment-id=7757){#link_11867f78b628d8}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/77117/1/image2016-8-18%2014%3A49%3A12.png){#display_11867f78b628d8_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Variables-dissapear-when-hitting-quot-enter-quot/qaq-p/455787?attachment-id=7758){#link_11867f78b628d8_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/77117/2/image2016-8-18%2014%3A47%3A25.png){#display_11867f78b628d8_2}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Variables-dissapear-when-hitting-quot-enter-quot/qaq-p/455787?attachment-id=7759){#link_11867f78b628d8_1}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/77117/3/image2016-8-18%2014%3A48%3A16.png){#display_11867f78b628d8_4}


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: It's a bug that has been around for a while. You have to make sure that you are typing in the slightly lighter gray section next to the $. The best way is to type "$" in the body of the editor and then start typing the variable name. Don't use the button in the toolbar to add a variable. When you use that button your cursor is not placed in the slightly grayer(don't think that is a word) section and then you end up with all sorts of issues.

comments: author: Jacques
body: I've seen that this only happens in Google Chrome. In Edge I don't have this problem. The cursor remains active at the point where you create the variable.

Thanks Davin!


Tags: documentation