youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
What does "Migrating tasks to active objects" mean?
Asked by License:

Hi

what does this line in the log mean? The reasen I ask is after an update, Confluence won't start. It just sits there, and this is the last line in the log.

*\[localhost-startStop-1\] \[plugins.tasklist.upgradetask.StorageToAoMigrationUpgradeTask\] logProgress Migrating tasks to active objects. 27 tasks migrated so far.*


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi there!

According to this [page](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/DOCS/Active+Objects):
> Active Objects is a new ORM (object relational mapping) layer into Atlassian products. Active Objects is implemented as a plugin into Atlassian applications. It enables easier, faster, and more scalable data access and storage than the existing Bandana and PluginSettings APIs.
> > The goal of the Active Objects plugin is to provide a **plugin data storage component** that plugins can and should use to persist their private data

So in other words, it's a way to the plugin to persist it's data. The Task migration to active objects is a expected behavior and it should be fine. You can expect more if these messages appearing in confluence in the next upgrades.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: License
body: Hi Rodrigo.

Ok. Thanks.

Perhaps you also would know how I would know when this is done, and the migration completed without errors. The reason I ask i as mention above, and also posted in another tread: [](/questions/304247/unable-to-open-confluence-pages-after-update)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/304247/unable-to-open-confluence-pages-after-update>

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Tags: confluence-administration
Can you please advise if it is possible to freeze the header row of a table, like in excel, to freeze a pane to allow for a portion of the sheet to be visable whilst the rest of the table rows scroll?
Asked by Avdhesh Chauhan:

Is there any way to freez the header of the table, currntly if the table is big it is very difficult to keep on moving up and down to remember the columns name..

we are using confluece 5.1.5 pleaase help.


Answers:
author: Avdhesh Chauhan
body: ok thanks


author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: Hi Avdhesh,

this will need development unless you find something on the marketplace.

If you want to develop something like this, this jquery-plugin will be a good start:

[](http://fixedheadertable.com/)<http://fixedheadertable.com/>

But you need to modify it that it'll work with AUI ;)

Regards

Steve


author: Mick Davidson
body: Avdesh,

Unless there is a plugin that allows you to do do this, the answer is no. But it would be nice to be able to do so.

Cheers.

comments: author: Avdhesh Chauhan
body: Hi Mick, could you please suggest that if any other way or is there any plugin already available to do this?


author: Mick Davidson
body: Avdhesh,

Sorry I can't. It's not something I've found in any of the plugins I've used.

You could try searching the marketplace to see if there's anything that does it though: [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/home/confluence)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/home/confluence>

Cheers. :)
Performance-test-6.0.zip is missing. Where can I find the jmeter performance-test scripts?
Asked by P?ter P?sti:

performance-test-6.0.zip is missing:

[](https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/com/atlassian/performance/jira/performance-test/6.0/)<https://maven.atlassian.com/content/repositories/atlassian-public/com/atlassian/performance/jira/performance-test/6.0/>

Where can I find the jmeter performance-test scripts?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: diana meyer
body: Hi, I'm attempting to run some performance tests as well, was the location of these jmeter performance test scripts ever provided?


author: Konrad Siejka
body: the same for confluence scripts links from page

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF52/Performance+Testing+Scripts>


Tags: performance

zip
Calender in Confluence: remove an event-type
Asked by Vera Henrichs:

Hello,

In our Calender we have a "Leave" event-type and a "Travel" event-type. I'd like to remove the Travel-type, but I can't find where or how to do this.   
I've deleted or transferd all existing Travel-events.

Hope to hear from someone soon!  
Thank you!

Vera


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey Vera,  

Actually there isn't a way to do it. We do have an improvement request for it as you can see here:  
[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-1649)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-1649>  

The ability to remove/disable an event type. I would strongly suggest that you vote on this issue to increase its popularity and add it to your watchlist for future updates.  

Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: Vera Henrichs
body: Thank you. And I voted :-)


Tags: confluence-administration

event

team-calendars-for-confluence
Major Revision Upgrade in place?
Asked by Jeffery Stone:

Can you do major upgrades in place, specifically 4.05 to 5.5.2 or do you need to install a new instance and migrate the data? Any pointers to documentation is appreciated.


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hey Jeff,  
If we're running Confluence 4.0.5, we need to follow an upgrade path which is 4.0.5 \> 5.0.3 \> 5.5.2. This is a recommended path, that we were able to developed. You can find more information here as well:  

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+from+Confluence+3.5+to+5.1+-+Simplified+Guide?src=search#UpgradingfromConfluence3.5to5.1-SimplifiedGuide-UpgradingConfluence)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+from+Confluence+3.5+to+5.1+-+Simplified+Guide?src=search#UpgradingfromConfluence3.5to5.1-SimplifiedGuide-UpgradingConfluence>  
There should give you the steps to it.  

Actually you don't need to migrate anything. However we do recommend that you have a test environment to apply the upgrade first then to prod.  

Cheers,  
WZ


Tags: confluence-administration
When can we see a Ondemand version?
Asked by Sree Putturi:

When can we see a Ondemand version?


Answers:
author: Sree Putturi
body: sorry.. i was talking about the "confluence roadmap plug-in'


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence has been OnDemand for a long time.

My guess is you're asking about an addon, in which case a) it's "if", before it's worth asking "when", and b) we have no idea which addon you are asking about


Tags: confluence-cloud
Is there a way to do statistic type on multiple fields in pie chart gadget?
Asked by Pan Wong:

In confluence, there is a macro called Pie Chart where you can specify a filter or project and analyze based on a specify field (assignee, component etc).

I have a scenario where we actually want the pie chart to run statistic type on both component \& labels. The reason why I need this is because we actually use labels as like our sub-component.

For example, we would have component like NBA, but labels of Western Conference and Eastern Conference. Ideally, we would like the report to show NBA - Western Conference as an statistic breakdown.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Pan, from the Chart Macro itself you may only use a [table as data feed](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Chart+Macro#ChartMacro-DataSpecificationParameters) for the specific visualization. Nevertheless, for the case you described there is a "[How To](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Confluence+Reporting+HOWTO)" section explaining how to combine data extracted from the database using the SQL Plugin combined with other components, to achieve the Dynamic chart you seek. Note that[this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Confluence+Reporting+HOWTO+-+5.+Dynamic+Content) is a bit dated and may need adaptation, but give good insight into the process.

Hope it helps.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
What happens when 2 users are simultaneously editing a Word doc in Confluence?
Asked by Bruce Berger:

Does the autosaved drafts, "This page is also being edited by..." and Merge features also work when editing MS Word docs from within Confluence?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Nope. One will overwrite the other. If you feel that may happen you could look into a plugin such as [Arsenale Lockpoint - Attachment Checkout](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arsenale.plugins.lockpoint) so that only one person can work on it at a time.

comments: author: Bruce Berger
body: Thanks Davin!


author: Thomas Kreft
body: There are long standing Confluence feature requests for this - please consider watch/vote/comment on the following issues:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-2841>  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-4462>  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-17104>
Confluence 5.3 not sending edit notifications to watchers
Asked by Eugene Domingo:

My Confluence seems to work for watchers whenever there are files attached to the page. But any edits made to the page are not being sent to the watchers. I made sure the emails are correct and the checkbox is checked to notify watchers. It seems like Confluence is not sending any notifications whenever content is edited.


Answers:
author: Eugene Domingo
body: Performing the fix in [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Notification+e-mails+are+not+being+sent+for+watched+content)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Notification+e-mails+are+not+being+sent+for+watched+content>fixed the issue. When you go to the system plug-ins, the Core Listeners will have 2 of them disabled. The fix enables them.


author: HenriqueA
body: Hi Eugene,

It seems the Outgoing Mail Server is not properly configured on confluence.

To further help you I'm sending to you the Atlassian Confluence Documentation:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+a+Server+for+Outgoing+Mail)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+a+Server+for+Outgoing+Mail>

Could you please use the **Send Test Email**function and check if it works?

Kind Regards,

Henrique Lechner

comments: author: Eugene Domingo
body: I have not tried the test email yet, but as I mentioned earlier, I get watcher notification when attachments are placed on the page, just not when someone edits the page for content. Should I still look at the outgoing mail configuration?


author: Eugene Domingo
body: I forgot, I already did the email test and it worked.


author: Eugene Domingo
body: I found this page: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Notification+e-mails+are+not+being+sent+for+watched+content)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Notification+e-mails+are+not+being+sent+for+watched+content>

I will attempt this next week.


author: Eugene Domingo
body: By looking at this fix, it looks like it resets all the plug-ins. Isn't there a way to find the specific module to reset it?


Tags: watcher
Searching for instances of @user
Asked by Jason Moerbe:

Is it possible to do a search for instances of users being tagged on items ? ie: searching for @jason.moerbe ?

I've tried sevearl variations using wildcards or not. But couldn't make it work. is there a particular syntax that helps it to work?


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: For search we don't have it. We use the @ symbol to mention users within Confluence, however it not extends for Searching.  

Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: Jason Moerbe
body: Thanks for the confirmation


author: Timothy
body: Do you mean "search for mentions"? If yes ([](/questions/20080/search-pages-based-on-mentions)<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/20080/search-pages-based-on-mentions>).
Display Tiny Links on Page
Asked by Lowen Crusan:

Is there to display the tiny link on each page rather than having to navigate to Tool or use the shortcut (k)? This is for an OnDemand account. If this is currently not supported, can this become a feature enhancement request?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: HenriqueA
body: Hi Lowen,

At this moment there is no way to do it on your Confluence OnDemand, but fortunately there is a improvement request already opened as you can see on the following link:

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9104)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9104>

I suggest you to vote on this Improvement Request and add yourself as watcher so you can get notified when it updates. :)

Kind Regards,

Henrique Lechner


Tags: cloud
I want to talk with your salersman ,on questionnaire for Huawei po
Asked by season:

I'm a colleague of Rebecca form Digital China.

there are send Email for u second time ,.

i want to talk to salesmanon questionnaire for Huawei po


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm not sure what you want here.

If you need to talk to Atlassian sales, start by emailing "sales at atlassian dot com". I'm not sure what your Huawei po questionnaire is, or what engagement you've had with Atlassian already.
unknown attachments
Asked by moink635 635:

Hi im using zen Intranet and im attaching images in menu, after publishing it![](../../upfiles/error_31.png) showing unknown attachments error


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Heya,

For unknown attachments in Confluence, generally this behaviour will only be displayed if Confluence is not able to retrieve the attachments in the instance. What we are not sure yet is if this is caused by the theme or the Confluence instance is not able to do it, anyway. Good tips to gather a better picture form the issue could be:

1. Try to run Confluence under Plugin Safe Mode or set the Confluence theme (Admin \> Look\&Feel \> Themes) to default and see if the attachments are not foudn there.
2. Check for the unknwon attachment name and see if this is located at Confluence page/instance through \*Tools \>Attachments\*. If not, try to re-upload the attachment and see if the same behaviour will happen

Hope it helps ya!

Cheers,

Giu


Tags: attachment
Confluence Label not rendering properly
Asked by Vamsi K Nori:

Hi

I am facing issues with Labelling in Confluence. I am using 5.5 version. Starting 5th June 2014, whatever labels i am creating are not rendering properly when i am using the "Content bY Label" macro. All the labels created prior to that are rendering properly but not the new ones.

Also whatever pages i am creating new, from the above mentioned date, the auto prompt feature is not working properly when i am searching for them. The older files are working fine.

What can be the issue here?


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hey Vamsi,

Since the CBL macro is not working only if you try to insert new new labels and this is powered by the Advanced Macros, can you go to **Confluence Admin \> Manage Add-ons,** then, selecy **All Add-ons** in the drop down, and look for that plugin?

Please ensure that:

1. The plugin itself is enabled
2. All of its modules, including the contentbylabel module, is enabled

Hope it helps ya to start troubleshooting, Vamsi!

Cheers,

Giu


Tags: label
Confluence only instance opens as Jira as the default opening position
Asked by David Pleasance:

If i am only using Confluence to share project knowledge amongst my project team. I am not issueing Jire licences to users - how do i configure settings such that uses only open to Confluence and not to Jira as a default ?


Answers:
author: HenriqueA
body: Hi David,

At this moment there is no way to change the Confluence to the default application on OnDemand instance.

There's an **Improvement Request** to provide the ability to Confluence be the default application, as you can see on the following link:

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-5994)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-5994>

I suggest you to vote on this request and add yourself as watcher then you'll be notified when it get updated.

Kind Regards,

Henrique Lechner


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to add Google Analytics to Confluence with Zen Foundation?
Asked by Brittany Walker:

I'm trying to add Google Analytics tracking code to Confluence.

Here are my steps:

1. Settings \> Confluence Admin \> 'Look \& Feel' - Custom HTML \> Edit

2. Added the GA javascript to 'At end of the BODY' like the [Brikit/Zen Foundation documentation says](http://www.brikit.com/display/help/Adding+Google+Analytics). (Also tried adding to 'At end of the HEAD' like this [Confluence doc says](/questions/89931/google-analytics-on-confluence-pages), unsucessfully.)

3. Checked the status in GA according to [their docs on status messages](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008083) and see 'Tracking Not Installed / the tracking code isn't set up correctly on your webpages.'

Anyone else experience this?


Answers:
author: Brittany Walker
body: Turns out we needed to be on the current version of Zen Foundation in order for it to work with Confluence - after we upgraded it worked. Thanks!


author: Robbie Lee
body: Use the Brand Designer to enter your GA information. See attached image.![](../../upfiles/GA.png)


Tags: confluence-administration
Date Picker Sorting in a Table or Page Properties Report
Asked by Benn Ingersoll:

When using the date picker ("//" shortcut) to enter dates on a page, multiple dates don't sort as I would expect. Instead of putting the dates in chronological order or reverse chronological order, it is sorting them simply by the day. This is when using the dd-mm-yyyy format for dates.

I'm curious if there is a setting to change the date picker to display in yyyy-mm-dd format, or if there are any plans to fix the sorting - no matter the formatting.

Some examples below:

**Unsorted table**

![](../../upfiles/unsorted.png)

**Sorted Ascending**

![](../../upfiles/ascending.png)

**Sorted Descending**

![](../../upfiles/descending.png)

We are running Confluence 5.5.2. Thanks!


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Benjamin,  

We have an existing improvement request for sorting date picker:

* [CONF-34002](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34002)

We sincerely apologize for any inconveniences. Therefore, I highly recommend you to add yourself as a watcher of the report and vote for its popularity. You may also place a comment explaining your experiences and concerns about this issue to give more meaning to our developer in regard to permanent resolution. For your information, here is the [Atlassian policy regarding New Features Implementation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy).

Regards,

Suren

comments: author: Benn Ingersoll
body: Thanks for following up on this. I'm glad to see it's being tracked as an improvement at least.


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Benjamin,  

Yes, you can watch the updates of this issue on the report. You can close this issue by accepting my answer. ;)  

Cheers  
Suren


Tags: date-picker
Need Advice an Automated / Pre-Configured Confluence 5.5 Installation.
Asked by Tobin Smith:

I will need to deploy Conflouence to about 100 servers in a couple of months and am looking for a way to create a mostly preconfigured ond partially dynamically configured installation with the goal of rolling out these Confluence to the servers as quickly, efficiently and with as little manual configuration as possible.

Any suggestions or advice?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Mike Rathwell
body: Tobin,

100 servers - yikes

Anyway, assuming Linux (I am running Ubuntu 14.04) and running behind Tomcat (no Apache) I have the following process for a rather smaller variant of that where I migrate the production system to a test box to test upgrades or other biggish changes to the installation:

* Pre-reqs:
  * Make sure all target hosts have valid DNS names before the effort
  * Use "wildcard" certificates for SSL
  * For the above two, much simpler if all are on same domain
  * Preconfigure LDAP (if used) with a service account
  * Preconfigure any proxy servers with a service account if necessary (to allow Confluence to see outside your environment)
* When installing the first one, use defaults. They seem to be fine and makes it easy to replicate an installation from one server to another
* Get your first one configured up to the common base level for all 100 installations and thoroughly tested.
* To move to another server:
  1. Shut down Confluence
  2. Dump the database
  3. Tar the Confluence install directory (if default likely /var/atlassian/confluence)
  4. Tar the Confluence data directory (if default likely /opt/atlassian/confluence)
  5. Move the dump file and 2 tar files to the next system
  6. Create unix user running catalina on target system with same UID/GID as source system
  7. Create DB user with required permissions in backing store DB
  8. Restore DB Dump file
  9. Extract tar files in same locations as source system
  10. Start Confluence
  11. Fix the Server Base in the General Configuration

When I follow this process, I get, with little effort, a mirror of the source machine on the target. The only time consuming thing (since I have a largish installation) is moving the files to the target machine. If you're pre-configuring and have basically empty Confluence installations, that won't be as much of an issue. The bigger issue will be getting the host system automagically configured (users, permissions, port mapping, etc).

Maybe investigate deployment with Puppet so can be fully automated after first one is built?


Tags: confluence-administration
Public Service Announcement in Confluence 5.5
Asked by Mike Rathwell:

I installed it. After I realized it was only good up to 5.4.4 (as documented) and it showed "incompatible" I removed it.

Does it work on 5.5 without harm?


Answers:
author: Bruna Griebeler
body: Hello Mike.

As far as I could see, it's not compatible with 5.5 per changes on Confluence itself. It does not mean that this will harm your Confluence, it was just not tested on 5.5 and might to work properly. I've just included \[addon-com.atlassian.pas\] as label for this answer so other customers and developers can search for it.

You may [watch this add-on on marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.pas) so you'll be updated as soon as a new version arrives.

comments: author: Mike Rathwell
body: Thanks Bruna. Given that it isn't "there", I'll hang on until it is definitively supported (assuming it gets there). I took over a badly neglected Confluence instance at the office (seriously out of date and on a poor server) and now have it current and FAST. People are using it 10X more than they were and doing far more with it. I keep adding functionality and content to it and was looking for a way to put an announcement out when new stuff is in.

I've added myself as a watcher on the plugin as about 11 seconds after I see a message that it is updated, I'll be popping that in.

Appreciate the quick answer.


author: Mike Rathwell
body: Based on Bruna's input I will hold off on this for the nonce.