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Linking the EPIC status from Jira to a table on a Confluence Page
Asked by Caitlyn Book:

Good day

I hope someone will be able to advise me re the possibility of the below.

I would like for the status of the Epic to link to a block in a table on a Confluence page

Thank you!


Answers:
author: Mario Carabelli
body: Hi [@Caitlyn Book](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3504817)

if you actually jsut want the status of the Epic (i.e. Open/In Progress/Done) you can add the epic with the jira-macro to your table (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/jira-issues-macro-139380.html>) and just filter for the issuekey/summary of the epic.

If you want all issues(stories/tasks) of the epic you can filter for issues which are linked to the epic with the field "epic-link" (<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Filter-by-epic/qaq-p/295309> for more detail).

If you want some more tipps and tricks on how to use jira and confluence together you should check out the information on this documentation page. I found it very enlightening:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-jira-applications-and-confluence-together-427623543.html>

With kind regards,  
Mario

comments: author: Caitlyn Book
body: Hi [@Mario Carabelli](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1181108)

Thank you so much, I'll explore those links :)

Thanks for the help!

Regards,

Caitlyn


author: Mario Carabelli
body: [@Caitlyn Book](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3504817)

Great that I could help you. If the links answered your question you cann accept my answer so that other people searching for the same answers know that it is valuable to look at these links too.

With kind regards,  
Mario


author: Caitlyn Book
body: Hi [@Mario Carabelli](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1181108)

Thanks for advising - I have done so :)

Kind Regards,

Caitlyn
Status Macros ? only 8 characters appear, rest is shortened
Asked by Tobias Hellmann:

Hi all,  

whenever I create a status macro, only the first 8 characters appear, the rest is replaced by three dots:  

**CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT**   

appears in the colored box as  

![statusmacro.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61315iC548388EE4A445D1/image-dimensions/126x33?v=v2 "statusmacro.png")

I use Mac, same in Safari and Chrome.   

Any idea?


Answers:
author: Merve Nur Bas
body: Hey Tobias,

in edit mode statuses appear shortened, but when you save the page (or preview it) you will get the full length.

My best

Merve

comments: author: Tobias Hellmann
body: Hi Merve,  

thank you so much for your answer. It was the first time I used them. Problem solved!  

All the best  
Tobias
Unable to render Jira issues macro. Connection to Jira has timed out.
Asked by Omar Mezrag:

Hi ,

Please I need your support to solve an issue I'm facing when using Jira filter Macro.

The warning message appear when using Jira Macro filter:
>
> Unable to render Jira issues macro. Connection to Jira has timed out.  
> View these issues in Jira

knowing that, the connection between Jira and confluence work properly , other macro work without problem like Jira chart.

In below you have the capture screen that illustrates the Jira filter and Jira chart  

Regards.![Screenshot from 2019-07-24 12-36-14.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/61306i4EF9AAA1B7356E0D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot from 2019-07-24 12-36-14.png")


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Omar and welcome to the Community.

We appreciate you including screenshots along with the error message you're seeing. This issue does seem to be related to a KB we have. The KB references that newer versions of Jira/Confluence show this issue to be resolved as the impacting bugs for this have been resolved as well. Could you please review [Timeouts in the JIRA Issues Macro or Highlighting Plugin](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/timeouts-in-the-jira-issues-macro-or-highlighting-plugin-726108967.html) and see if this helps to resolve your issue.

If you're having issues while on the latest version of Jira/Confluence, please reach out and let us know.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Omar Mezrag
body: HI [Stephen](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2145523),

Many thanks , solved

Regards.

Omar Mezrag


author: rolland_vandersluis
body: This is happening in our company today. We're using (Data Center) Confluence 7.19.16.

![2024-02-26 (Unable to render jira issues macro. Connection to Jira has timed out.).png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/308707iEDA749FE92516EB9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2024-02-26 (Unable to render jira issues macro. Connection to Jira has timed out.).png")


Tags: confluence-server

server
404 when trying to open a Confluence page
Asked by Thomas Neumaier:

Dear Community,

After our administrator updated our version of Confluence to 6.15.6, there's one page in the page-tree of a Confluence space I'm working on that won't display. The error message says "HTTP Status 404 - Not Found", Description "The origin server did not find a current represenation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists." Apache Tomcat v8.5.40.

The page in the page-tree is named JIRA Reports, so I suspect that it contains links to JIRA. I'm not an administrator and my knowledge in this domain is very limited.

However, I would appreciate if someone could give me some hints where to look for a solution I could take to our Confluence Admin for further troubelshooting.

Thank you very much, Community.

Best Regards

Thomas


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Thomas Neumaier](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/467285)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/404-error-when-accessing-confluence-space-or-page-via-iis-389778011.html>

Cheers


Tags: confluence-server

server
Search for 2FA Authentication Solution with Google authenticator
Asked by Coresystems AG:

Hey Everyone

I Search for a Google Authenticator based 2FA Plugin for Confluence. Any recomendations ?

Thanks for your reply


Answers:
author: Lars Olav Velle _Polar SSO_
body: Hi [@Coresystems AG](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/695525) and [@Daniel Inderbinen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3658695)

A few days ago we (Polarnight) published our [Polar SSO](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/1216264/polarnight) plugins to the Atlassian Marketplace.

Built into the app you get SAML \& Kerberos SSO, in addition to multifactor authentication/verification using both FIDO and TOTP codes.

Multifactor are controlled by a highly flexible policy framework that allow you to define who should be encouraged or required to use extra verification.

You can also log in directly without password using fingerprint, face recognition, USB security keys.

Enjoy,

Lars


author: Vikas Nare
body: Hello there,

I hope all is well on your end.

There multiple 2FA plugins available for on the Atlassian Marketplace which supports 2FA for Confluence.

Here is one of the plugins that support 2FA for Confluence using Google Authentication.  
[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221328/two-factor-authentication-2fa-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221328/two-factor-authentication-2fa-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

The plugin also provides the Security Question as a Backup method or as an emergency method. So, if the user doesn't have access to his phone, he can use it to get access to Confluence.

<br />

Also, it would be better if you can raise a support ticket to the vendor for faster resolution.

Again, if you are using the miniOrange, you can raise a ticket from the link given below. They will help you out to configure the plugin.

miniOrange Support  
<https://miniorange.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2>

Thanks,  
Vikas

comments: author: Daniel Inderbinen
body: Hey Vikas,

Thanks for follow up will check it out ..


author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello,

If you're needing MFA for Confluence you do have multiple options in regards to products to use for MFA. There are a few products listed within the marketplace which support MFA, these products may be found at a preset search for [Atlassian Marketplace \| 2FA](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=2FA). Additionally, there are other products which support MFA such as, but not limited to:

* [https://www.okta.com](https://www.okta.com/)
* <https://duo.com/docs/confluence>

I hope this proves helpful and you're able to find a solution for MFA with Confluence server.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-server

server
Migrate confluence license to other Server
Asked by dachel.cusco:

hello,

i'm planning to migrate my Confluence Server to another Host(AWS EC2),

Is possible to Migrate the actual License (VALID UNTIL 2022) to the new Server?

Best regards Dachel.


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@dachel.cusco](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/95166)

no problem, when you migrate the dump to the new server. If its just the license you need to re-issue the license with the new Server ID generated, when starting a Confluence server from scratch.

The old server is than not update-able anymore, because the license is bound to exactly one Server ID.

So long

Thomas

comments: author: dachel.cusco
body: Hi Tomas,

Thank you, Yes i have a new Server, but how do I generate the License with the new Server ID?  
Do I need to hear support?

Dachel


author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@dachel.cusco](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/95166) ,

this seems to be changed during the past years. The Server ID is not bound any more to the license. You can just paste the license when asked during the installation process.

Re-issuing the license key is required for evaluation licenses, only!

So long

Thomas


Tags: confluence-server

server
Will the style macro be added to the New Editor?
Asked by Ditte Jensen:

Hello,

With the old editor, we had the option to use the "style" macro to add additional styles to properties on our Confluence pages.

It is a super useful tool and I am just wondering whether this feature will be added as an option to use with the new editor in the nearest future?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Ditte,

Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately, the style macro [has been deprecated](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/we-re-cleaning-up-the-macro-browser-946028471.html) from Confluence Cloud.

I found that there is a feedback thread below relating to this change:

* [CONFCLOUD-65317](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65317) *Macro removal feedback*

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Stephen Ellwood
body: I am beginning to sense a theme here. Whereas most companies strive to improve their system over time, Atlassian is trying to remove functionality over time. I sense that in 10 years from now we will be back to using VI style commands to create content :(


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

new-confluence-editor
Creating a table tool for Jira/Confluence - add ons?
Asked by maxi:

Dear all,

Our team is searching for an add-on(s) for the tool which we plan to start developing next week. We use Jira and Confluence and the tool can be for any of them.

We have an excel document which we use for the creation of Milestone Reviews and Milestone Review Findings (basically issues (Findings) with links another issue (Review) which has a link to another issue (our Projects)).  
We would like to create the same table inside Jira for the easier and faster usability.

Which add-ons could be used for this? How would you approach this? We already have the Scriptrunner, Automation, JSU Automation Suite.


Answers:
author: Jaclyn Mazzarella
body: Hi there! Although Jira integration is coming soon. [Excellentable - Spreadsheets for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211672/excellentable-spreadsheet-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview), may be a great solution for you and your team!


Tags: automation

confluence-server

jira

jira-server

ms-excel

scriptrunner

server

table
Format Page to DIN A4
Asked by sonara-smoother:

The appearance of the page in the browser is fine, but after printing it looks overflowed. The formatting for a DIN A4 sheet is simply not available. In addition, reading the page in the browser is difficult, because the text goes too long to the edges.

In order to be able to read faster and more fluently, it would be nice if you could limit the page to a DIN A4 size.

Everything would then read more fluently like in a book, which is an advantage for a lot of documentation.

Is there an option to format the page to a DIN A4 format?

Thank you in advance.


Answers:
author: Mario Carabelli
body: Hi and welcome [@sonara-smoother](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3504365)

After studying your question it seems you have two issues.

*The first one is how to print confluence content in a formatted way that it looks nice on a print-out.*

For this issue I would recommend you to do a pdf-export of the documentation space or of the single pages in question (How-to is found here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-724764824.html>).

The standard pdf export does a reasonable job of formatting and you can change the layout of the resulting pdf if you follow this documentation (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customize-exports-to-pdf-190480945.html>).

*The other issue you seemingly have is the readability of documentation pages in the browser.*

I agree that the standard page layout is to wide to be read easily (especially on big screens). It is in my opinion more suited for homepage/dashboard designs.  
To mitigate this problem on documentation pages or blogs you can use page layouts (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf613/page-layouts-columns-and-sections-964960524.html>) and use the layout with one wide column in the middle and two small columns on the side. If you add your content in the middle column the result is in moste cases "good enough" so that you don't have to worry about layout any more and can focus on the content.

I hope this advie helps you and best of luck with your further use of confluence. Feel free to ask more questions if my answer missed the mark or wasn't understandable for you :)

With kind regards,  
Mario Carabelli


Tags: confluence-server

server
Account email change
Asked by Bill Bai:

Hi,

I set-up the account by my personal email, and now I want to change my personal email to my work email. But I got the message said the following -

Your email change request could not be processed because [\[my corp email\]](mailto:bbai@destinationcap.com) is already associated with another Atlassian account.

What should I do?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello there,

Happy to help you with this.

Are you looking to completely remove the other account and its history?

I would recommend reaching out at [Customer Support](http://support.atlassian.com/contact). They will be able to assist you with your account.

Regards,

Shannon
Any alternative to the unavailable anchor macro?
Asked by Ruka To:

Hi,

I'm new to confluence and I noticed the anchor macro is currently unavailable.

I was wondering if there is any alternative or other way of achieving a similar function to the anchor macro? Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Mario Carabelli
body: Hi [@Ruka To](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1297679)

First of all there must be a configuration of your instance which disabled the anchor macro because as a default it is available on confluence server in all 6.x versions. So maybe your confluence admin can solve the availability problem for you.

If this doesn't work out there are in my opinion two ways you could go ahead:

1. With anchors you are able to link to a specific part of a page. Your could emulate this functionality by adding white colored headings and adding links to this headings.  

   Documentation:  
   Choose **Link** \> **Advanced** then enter the heading in one of the formats below. Heading text is case sensitive and must be entered without spaces.  
   For a heading on this page: `#MyHeading`.  
   For a heading on another page in this space: `Page Name#MyHeading`.  
   For a heading on another page in another space: `spacekey:Page Name#MyHeading`.  
   Be aware that these links will break if you edit the heading text.
2. Just break your content in several confluence pages. This will make the use of anchors unneccesary and with good naming will make your content easier to find in the global search (because side headings appear in the quick search and headings don't).  
   If you want one coherent document as a result you can also assemble the page parts by the include-page macro on one overview page which has all contents. This approach combines searchability and convenience of reading. You can then just link to the page with the content you are searching for.  
   If you look closely at the atlassian documentation you see that this is their approach to documantation.

I hope this helps you. Best of luck and hopefully fun with confluence!

With kind regards  
Mario Carabelli

comments: author: Ruka To
body: Thanks Mario for your ideas! I like the second approach a lot.


author: Mario Carabelli
body: [@Ruka To](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3503019)

I am glad if I could help you.

Regards,  
Mario


Tags: confluence-server

server
Option to create a new template is not available
Asked by Jaine Steer:

We have a new instance of Confluence and I no longer see the option "[Add or customise templates for the selected space](https://originenergy.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/templates2/listpagetemplates.action?key=MAL)" in a newly created space.

That said, we also have a copy of one of my old projects in this new instance and this option is still available.

Seeking help to have it available in the new instance in the new project.


Answers:
author: Josh_Kochelek__Modus_Create
body: Permission in Confluence are mostly configured space-by-space. When you create a new space there are default groups and users that have permissions to add, edit, or delete content as well as Administer the space. I'm betting that your account is not granted Admin privileges in the new space.

If it IS just the Space, you (or a Confluence Administrator) need to grant yourself Admin permissions in the space.

Quote from [Space Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/space-permissions-overview-724764760.html)
> Confluence administrators aren't necessarily space administrators. In order for them to be a space admin, they must belong to a group which has space admin and view permission for the space, or their username must be specifically granted space admin and view permission for the space.

<br />

Also, you'll want to update the default space permissions so that you are automatically granted this permissions for newly created spaces going forward.

Check out: [Assign Space Permission](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/assign-space-permissions-724764762.html)
> To set the default space permissions:
>
> 1. Go to Settings in the Confluence sidebar
> 2. Choose Space Permissions
> 3. Click Edit Permissions
>
> Default permissions are configurable for groups only, not for individual or anonymous users.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

template
Create Decision in Decision Log duplicates the page.
Asked by chris.stout:

I started with the software project template, which added a decision log. Every time I add a decision via the button on the page, it adds the decision underneath, which works great, but then adds another Decision Log (2) page at the top level of the Site.

This is a little annoying to have to delete that second page every time we add a decision. Anyone encountered this or know of I'm doing anything wrong to cause this?


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: [@chris.stout](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3151414) , this is quite odd. I realize this is an old post and I expect/hope that this issue is no longer present. Could you confirm the latest on this and if you found the cause or did it just disappear.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

decision

log
How to change the color for chart from macros to show different colors
Asked by fchance:

I would like to show different colors based on status when using chart from table macro. Can this be done. Currently the chart shows the same color for every bar.


Answers:
author: Katerina Rudkovskaya [Stiltsoft]
body: Hello,

Please note that we've released the **7.9.0** version of [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud), added the capability to select custom chart colors from a table.

*Select the corresponding columns with colors for the **Colors in the table columns** option.*   
*You can use colors from [this list](https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords) or define your own HEX code colors.*

*![2021-08-31_18h10_19.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/158329iCC7182CA1D6E1BD2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2021-08-31_18h10_19.png")*

Katerina  
Stiltsoft


author: Michael K?ng
body: Any ideas to change the colors of a Gantt view from the chart from table macro?

I am also searching for a good solution. I will expect it could work with HTML or CSS Stylesheet makro. Its also possible to set single or mutlicolors by the macro itself, but each bar will have the some color. I want chose colors by a type of entry or status.

Let me know if you know a solution.

![Example.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/93439i323A8763AA175A59/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Example.jpg")

comments: author: Michael K?ng
body: No answers so far? Any ideas?


Tags: confluence-server

server
I'm unable to create a page in Confluence
Asked by Kevin Yun:

# Go to Confluence

# Select the desired top page

# Click Create button

# New blank page appears

Result: A loading animation appears indefinitely, the following error appears: "Something went wrong after loading the editor. Copy your unsaved changes and refresh the page to keep editing." and the page is never created

I tried logging out and then back in, as well as clearing cache etc.


Answers:
author: repi
body: If collaborative editing is turned on, disable it on a trial basis.  
Can be a problem with synchrony.
Dynamically Update Excel Sheet with an Embedded SQL Query
Asked by Sinduja Manchi:

I was wondering if anyone knew how to dynamically update an Excel sheet by connecting it to the Oracle database (dipit). I want to embed an sql query to my excel sheet. I tried to connect the data that we have in Excel to the Oracle database, but I keep getting an error when I try to login with the credentials given to me that says : "The provider being used is deprecated: 'System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater.'. Please visit <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=272376> to install the official provider. Does anyone know how to solve this problem or have another way to Dynamically Embed an Excel sheet onto Confluence


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: I can't make a specific recommendation, but there are variety of SQL related apps for Confluence in the marketplace [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence\&query=sql](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=sql)

However, I doubt an embedded Excel file will work anyway, even if the connection to the Oracle database was working.

comments: author: Sinduja Manchi
body: We tried to get an SQL app, but we do not have access to it. We don't want to embed the Excel file onto Confluence right now.

We want to focus on getting the connection to the oracle database working in Excel.

Do you know how we would be able to accomplish this?


author: James Dellow
body: I suggest you try a more appropriate forum to help you with Excel and SQL, like <https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/>