youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Is it possible to get alerts on watched pages when labels change?
Asked by Kenny McCartney:

We're using labels to organise and track project pages, and I'd really like to be notified if someone adds or (more importantly) deletes labels that are on a page that I'm watching. Is this possible? Having the correct labels is quite important, so I'm surprised there's no way to track changes.


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: I think this would require a commercial plugin [Comala workflows.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/142/comala-workflows?hosting=server&tab=overview)

It would allow you to write a workflow that will watch the page, sending emails based on various trigger events. Maybe overkill for what you want, but if it is really important, it will solve the problem.

comments: author: Kenny McCartney
body: Thanks Bill. We actually have Comala Workflows, so I've been investigating that option. My concern is that it relies on us having a workflow (or modifying an existing workflow) to manage labels, and there will be quite a lot of pages where we didn't intend to have workflows. But it's worth a closer look.

Kenny


author: Bill Bailey
body: Well I think you can restrict where the workflow is used. It has been a few years since I wrote a workflow, so not sure what options they have added.

But it is the only way I know short of writing a user macro that you insert on the page, although I know if can manipulate labels, I don't know how to watch for events or send an email from a macro.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Unmigrated wiki markup migration - Is there a way to adjust # of pages processed in batch?
Asked by Austin Smith:

Greetings -

I recently took over our confluence instance @ version 5.6.4 and it appears the upgrade to this older version never completed updating the content. When I run the unmigrated wiki markup migration task, it appears to only process 10 pages on each run!

Is there a setting hidden somewhere that will allow me to increase the batch size - or a rest endpoint that I can hit until all pages are processed?

Thank you in advance!


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi Austin,

It sounds like you may be running into the following Bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-35004>

In order to resolve this issue, you will need to upgrade to Confluence 5.7.4 or later.

-Shawn


Tags: confluence-server

server

upgrade
Mention function doesn't work if you reply directly from notification dialog
Asked by Dia:

Hopefully this picture explains the problem clearly enough.

I select 'Reply from the notification window:

![begin.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32319i6B763703D8D6C494/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "begin.jpg")

I type in my message, trying to mention the person, but it doesn't recognize the name.

I places the reply in the correct place on the page, but the mention is not correct.

![confluence.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32318i863F27A9FA864307/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence.jpg")


Answers:
author: Sattesh M
body: Hello Dia,

It looks like you can't mention users from the notifications for now.  
The @mention option only works in the comment section of the page itself.  

I have created a suggestion ticket for this feature however, that you can find below.

* [CONFSERVER-56431 - Allow user mention from workbox notification replies for comments](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-56431)

Do vote, and watch the ticket above, as this will increase it's visibility.

Do let me know if you have any questions.  

Cheers,  
Sattesh

comments: author: Dia
body: Thanks, Sattesh for your reply and creating a suggestion ticket!


author: Dia
body: A thought - maybe the reply maybe should not show here if the full comment functionality doesn't exist? As in the comment section on the page.


Tags: mention

notification

questions-for-confluence

reply
Printing documents generated from Confluence pages
Asked by Nicolas Cybulski:

Let's say I have 2 wiki's. And I'd like to generate a word document, containing my companies lay-out. This document needs to contain information extracted from these 2 wiki's.

Is it possible to generate documents with templates filled with data from a confluence knowledge base.


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Nicolas,

Please see this documentation

<https://mcssoftware.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/528476/Printing+and+Exporting+in+Confluence>

victor
Recommendations for a Confluence plugin to support document management?
Asked by Chante Butler:

We are looking to use Confluence for document management to meet quality and compliance functions. Specifically, we want a plug-in that has a create, review and approval workflow for documents, including version control. Does anyone have any recommendations for plug-ins they have used in this manner?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd take a look at Comala workflows - [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/142/comala-workflows?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/142/comala-workflows?hosting=server&tab=overview) - your question is pretty much their main user story!

comments: author: Chante Butler
body: Comala seems like a good start. Thanks Nic!


author: miglesias
body: Hello Chante,

We found Comala Workflows for Confluence to be the best solution. It is Part 11 compliant.

As far as version control, take a look into K15t's Scroll Versions for Confluence. When pages (documents) are superseded, use the page Restrictions feature in Confluence.

Hope these help.

comments: author: Chante Butler
body: Very helpful Michael. Thank you!


author: Andy Spoone
body: Hi Chante, just curious, do you manage documents as content in pages in Confluence (as described by [@miglesias](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/65256)) or as attachments to Confluence pages? To echo [@miglesias](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/65256) recommendation, Comala Workflows has event triggers for attachments: <https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Attachment+events>.

comments: author: Chante Butler
body: We actually do both. Are controlled documents are managed as attachments and general work instructions are managed as content in the Confluence pages. I think Comala will be our starting point. Thank you Andy!


author: Vadim Rutkevich
body: Hi Chante,

please check our app [Smart Attachments for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219123/smart-attachments-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview). It can be used for document management in Confluence and preserves the native user experience of file managers. So you can keep your documents and files in the centralized storage and access them at once.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop an email to vrutkevich@stiltsoft.com.

Sincerely, Vadim


Tags: app

approver

life-sciences
Votre th?me n'a pas ?t? import?
Asked by Philippe Bouyssou:

Bonjour!

Impossible d'importer le dernier th?me disponible pour confluence :

6.0.8 Confluence Data Center 5.10.9 - 6.11.12018-08-31 Data Center Release

\<\< Votre th?me n'a pas import?. V?rifiez que vous chargez un ZIP de th?mes valide. Aucun th?me avanc? ne peut ?tre charg? ici. -error \>\>

PS. Il s'agit d'une image Docker.

Merci de votre aide.


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi Philippe,

Sorry to hear you're experiencing some issues with importing a Theme in Confluence.

There's quite a few [3rd Party Apps](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=theme) that allow us to theme Confluence and change its look and Apps like [Refined Theme for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/15231/refined-theme-for-confluence) have a "Theme Manager" built into them and allows you to upload ZIP files to it.

Could I get a bit more information about what Theme you're trying to install? What is the file type (jar, zip, exe, etc)?

-Shawn

comments: author: Philippe Bouyssou
body: Hi Shawn and thanks a lot for your answer,

I'm trying to install last refined theme from Atlassian for Confluence (6.0.8) at

*<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/15231/refined-theme-for-confluence/version-history>* {#toc-hId-1824817725}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*There files are .jar.*

*However i would like to focus on fact that i'm running a docker image on confluence: error could come from there ?*

*TIA*

*/Philippe*


author: Shawn C
body: Hi Philippe,

Using a Docker Image shouldn't affect your ability to add new [Add-ons or Plugins](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=852732202) to your instance.

I installed the Refined Theme for Confluence app and found that it has its own Theme Uploader and if you upload something other than a Theme in a ZIP File in this App, it'll generate the error you sent in:

![ThemeError.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32786i3C78359FEFC0DCF7/image-dimensions/351x120?v=v2 "ThemeError.png")

If you are trying to update the Refined Theme for Confluence Add-on, try going to the UPM Page: choose ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/thumbnails/624034373/cog.png?version=1&modificationDate=1536557922045&api=v2)**\> Add-ons** or **Manage apps**.

If you already have Refined Theme for Confluence and you're trying to install a ZIP file Theme in it, you might want to engage with the Vendor, [RefinedWiki](https://issues.refinedwiki.com/plugins/servlet/desk), to help further investigate an issue with their App.

-Shawn


author: Philippe Bouyssou
body: Thanks a lot Shawn I finally succedeed with v6.0.8 (lastest today) with link <https://docs.refinedwiki.com/display/rwot/Installing+RefinedTheme+for+Confluence+Server> you gave me.

THANKS !

/Philippe


Tags: addon-com.refinedwiki.confluence.plugins.theme.original

data-center

language-fr

refined
Token not work properly in my script
Asked by Wei Zhou:

Hi There:

I am currently working on a tool to create a abbrivation database, and one of the source is the wiki pages in atlassian.com, I tried the create a token to access the wiki pages through scripts, but it will return page not found (attached), even I followed the instruction to use curl command like "url <https://irdeto.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SCM/pages/911442221/CPMU+Overview> --user wei.zhou@irdeto. com:MY-TOKEN" it still get the same result, but if I login manully, iI can access the wiki page. could you please advise is there any configuration I was missing?

Best Regards  
Wei![page_not_found.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/32302iBB62DA634E542146/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "page_not_found.png")


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi Wei,

The [API Tokens](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=938839638) that you can generate at [ID.atlassian.com](https://id.atlassian.com) can only be used for REST API Access to your Atlassian Cloud Instances; you cannot use it to directly access Confluence.

If you need to pull the content of your Confluence pages into another program, you'll need to use a Different URL; try using:

```
curl -X GET 
 'https://INSTANCE.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/<PAGEID>?expand=body.storage' 
 --user emailaddress:TOKEN
```

For your particular page, try:

```
'https://irdeto.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/911442221?expand=body.storage'
```

Please note that pulling content via the REST API does not return a 'pretty' output and instead the JSON that makes up the page.

<br />

-Shawn

comments: author: Wei Zhou
body: Hi Shawn:

Thanks a lot for your reply!

I just tried your suggestions and it works for me, json format is good enough, really appreciated!

Best Regards

Wei


author: Wei Zhou
body: Hi Shawn:

Do you also know where I can find the definitions if the rest apis? (e.g. schema, parameters) becuase I found there still some part is missing from the body, it can be seen on the webui but not in json response. I found the rest api is quit useful for my project, so if I can get more information about it could be really helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Best Regards

Wei


author: Shawn C
body: Hi Wei,

We publish a Doc that covers our [Confluence API Endpoints](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/6.6.0/) and some of the parameters that can be expanded upon in the calls.

Cheers,

Shawn


author: Wei Zhou
body: Hi Shawn:

That quite helpful and exactly what I need, thanks a lot!

Best Regards

Wei


Tags: atl-adm

cloud

confluence-cloud

token
Upgrade from 3.X to 6.1
Asked by George Breahna:

We have recently followed the upgrade path from 3.X to 5.0.3 to 6.1.1 but it seems that something broke along the way.

Although Confluence starts, it throws this error:

2018-09-14 10:32:18,031 ERROR \[localhost-startStop-1\] \[atlassian.confluence.setup.BootstrapApplicationStartupListener\] checkConfigurationOnStartup Detected tables with non-default character encoding. See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/TABrFw>  

I made sure that all tables and columns use UTF8 as per that page but I think the problem has more to do with missing tables.  

For example, I only have 58 total tables, I lack the user_mapping table and probably others.  

Is this the issue and if so, how can I fix it ?


Answers:
author: Timothy (Goldfinger Holdings)
body: In a fresh install of 6.1.1, there are 108 tables. The best option, for now, would be to restart the upgrade and see what you end up with.

comments: author: George Breahna
body: Thanks, but I actually went back to the drawing board at version 3.5.5, since that's where the issue started.

The problem is that all of a sudden it says: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '$' of undefined. The undefined is 'AJS'

I tried restarting the server several times, even upgraded successfully to 3.5.17 but that error remains. How can AJS not be defined ?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Ist es m?glich den Text f?r den link "read more" zu ?ndern oder ?bersetzt anzeigen zu k?nnen?
Asked by G?l Sahin:

Wenn ich einen Blog-Eintrag erstelle, steht nach einem bestimmten Textabschnitt ein Link "Read more". Ich w?rde ganz gerne diesen umbennenen, oder ?bersetzt anzeigen. Ist das m?glich? Wenn ja, wie?


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi G?l,

The 'Read More' option has not been available on the Blog Post Macro in Confluence since version 3.5. If by chance you are still on Confluence 3.5, based on this [Bug](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-24989), the language packs applied should translate it to the language applied.

If however, you are using a newer version of Confluence, it is only possible to add a 'Read More' by including Custom JavaScript to the page; more information about this can be found [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-26759?focusedCommentId=614704&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-614704). If you're using this option, the JavaScript would need to be updated and manually translated.

What version of Confluence are you using?

-Shawn


Tags: language-de
Create from template macro is redirecting to last viewed page. why ?
Asked by Shelly Sharma:

Hi

I need to create a directory.

I have created a user template with putting table in page properties macro and assigned a label to it. I tried to create a page from that template using 'create from template' Macro. but when I click on create button it redirects to the last worked on page. Macro is linked with right template(which i created).

I tried to create a page from blue print template using same macro then it worked well.

But when i am specifying user template in macro it did n't worked.

I am new to confluence and struggling with it. Even cant find any documentation on it.

Please help.


Answers:
author: brbojorque
body: Ahh I figured it out,

If you put a **special character** in the **Title of the page to be created**it will fail and redirects you to the home page.

![Create a page from template.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89895i991D487836D2CEA6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Create a page from template.PNG")

I'm not too sure if this is a reverse proxy issue or application issue, I have not tested this without reverse proxy.

The Confluence instance was just recently upgraded and this functionality works on the previous version.

comments: author: Shannon S
body: Hi Bryan,

This was on Cloud? Could you tell me what was the special character that broke it? I can look into this more, but the original question was about Cloud and you mentioned a reverse proxy so I wanted to be sure of your version.

Thank you!

Regards,

Shannon


author: brbojorque
body: Hi [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046) ,

Ahh silly me, the instance I'm referring to is a server type.

The character was \<\>.

*@currentDate - \< Something \>*


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Bryan,

Thank you for confirming that. I investigated this, and I saw one example of another Server user having the issue, but their support ticket timed out and so we weren't able to get any more information on this.

My recommendation would be to raise a [ticket with the Server Support team](https://support.atlassian.com/contact) so we can have a look, attempt to replicate, and log as a bug if that ends up being the cause of this.

Note that if you're on a Starter plan instead, you can create a new question here on Community and I can help you from there.

Thank you!

Shannon


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Shelly,

Here's the documentation on the [Create from Template Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/create-from-template-macro-724765187.html). All of our documentation can be found from [confluence.atlassian.com](https://confluence.atlassian.com).

Once you've reviewed that please let me know if you're still having any issues.

Can you please also confirm that you are indeed on the Confluence Cloud version?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: brbojorque
body: Hi [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046) ,

We are affected by this.

The window will load but after a second it will then redirect to the home page.

Any reason why?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Collaborative editing / Synchrony fails only for some users
Asked by DevOps Technical User:

Running on 6.5.2 and behind a Nginx reverse proxy. For almost all of roundabout 300 users editing and collaborative editing works flawlessly.

So to my best knowledge and guess, config should be ok.

There is atm one user I'm aware of, who has problems while editing pages. Even when he is only editing his own previous drafts. As soon as he tries to save, saving fails, he gets disconnected from server, re-connects instantly and 2 avatars are shown. But still his changes are not published.

He sent me his changes as plain text and I (as expected) could edit and publish. I could join whilst he was editing and I could also publish while in a collaborative session with him.

Neither Confluence log nor Nginx log show exceptions or dubious entries while the fail occurs.

If he uses another PC or VM he does most of the time, not always though, not have these aforementioned problems.

If it was a problem on his PC or Browser (Chrome 68) it should hit other users, too, as we talk about enterprise managed IT with same policies and software.

If I set collab editing to 'limited' or 'off' in admin backend, his saving fails do not happen.

ATM I do not have any further idea on how to track down the failure.


Answers:
author: Sattesh M
body: Hello Dr. Markus,  

It is interesting that this is the only user who is experiencing the issue.  
As you've mentioned that for most part, the issue does not occur when the user uses another PC, or VM, there might indeed be something wrong with the PC, or the browser that is causing the issue.  

First, to see if the issue is with the browser or PC, can we know if the user is able to publish their changes when using other browsers in the PC, instead of Chrome?  

If the issue is only on Chrome, on the user's PC, then first, check to see if they have any Extensions enabled in Chrome.  
If they do, try disabling all of it, and opening Confluence in an incognito session, and see if they hit into the issue still.  

Do let me know if you have any question.  

Cheers,  
Sattesh

comments: author: DevOps Technical User
body: Hi Sattesh,

user tested all momentarily thinkable combinations of incognito, non-incognito, Chrome, Explorer. Issue remains.

Is there any way of increasing debug log for Synchrony sessions?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Le contr?le d'int?grit? Java Version and Vendor a ?chou?
Asked by Philippe Bouyssou:

Hello

French warning windows at each login...

\<\< Le contr?le d'int?grit? **Java Version and Vendor** a ?chou? dans votre syst?me. \>\>

About my java version...

#java -version  
openjdk version "1.8.0_181"  
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_181-8u181-b13-1\~deb9u1-b13)  
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.181-b13, mixed mode)

TIA for your help !

/Philippe


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Bonjour Philippe,

comme mentionn? sur [cette page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html#SupportedPlatforms-Java), OpenJDK n'est pas officiellement support? par Confluence. Il faut installer le JDK/JRE Oracle afin de respecter les recommandations d'Atlassian.

Vous pouvez n?anmoins [enlever la notification](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/instance-health-790796828.html) si vous le souhaitez, sachez simplement que le support Atlassian pourra refuser de vous aider si vous n'?tes pas en ligne avec les recommandations officielles et que vous avez un probl?me sur Confluence.

--Alexis

comments: author: Philippe Bouyssou
body: Thanks for your reply Alexis.

However i'm using a docker image and inside container, openjdk is here !

How can i change this ??

/Philippe


author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Philippe Bouyssou](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1950231),

you will need to manually install the Oracle JDK, I'm not sure how this is done under Docker, maybe [this thread](https://devops.stackexchange.com/questions/433/is-there-no-oracle-jdk-for-docker) can help you out.

--Alexis


author: Philippe Bouyssou
body: Thanks Alexis


Tags: confluence-server

java

language-fr

server
Sync with Crowd: "Active" flag of groups not synchronized?
Asked by Frank Eppink:

When we had problems with groups not being visible (i.e. not being available for assigning to restricted pages) I investigated the issue and found out that the active flag is not synchronized from crowd to confluence.

How to reproduce:

1. crowd: uncheck the active flag of an arbitrary group XY
2. confluence: manually trigger sync in confluence administration -\> user directories
3. verify results
   1. the group XY should no longer be available (for assigning to restricted pages) as it is marked "inactive"
   2. alternatively check the active flag in the confluence database table "cwd_group

The problem is that the group is still active in the database table (column "active" still contains 'T') and it is still available for assignment to restricted pages.

Thanks

Frank


Answers:
author: Monique Khairuliana
body: Seems like those flags will not change the status of the groups in Crowd.

See

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-2033>
* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-3636>
* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-4571>

and the following statement on why the flag exists:

[https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-4571?focusedCommentId=831162\&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-831162](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-4571?focusedCommentId=831162&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-831162)


Tags: confluence-server

crowd

server