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Define new Title/link name for the pages shown using Content Report Table macro
Asked by Amaresh Balasekar:

I am trying to define new title/link name under the Title shown in Content Report Table macro.

Is it possible to define new title/label/tip for the pages shown using Content Report Table macro?


Answers:
author: R. Fuerst
body: Hi Amaresh,

Based on your description, it sounds like you're trying to achieve this:
> You'd like to dynamically change the title of a page displayed by the Content Report Table macro so that the title appears differently in the macro than the official title of the referenced page.

If this is what you're looking to achieve, unfortunately it is not possible. There is not a parameter in the macro that would rewrite the title of the page. The macro essentially just pulls the data straight from Confluence and displays it as it is, when the selected labels are used. More specific details on the macro functionality can be found in the [Content Report Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-report-table-macro-317194676.html) documentation.

In regards to your second question about defining new labels - you can always go back and add or change the labels that the macro will load. That said, if you change a label name, you'll want to be sure the page you want to load is updated with the new label.

I hope that information helps clarify! Please feel free to reply and let me know if I misunderstood your question.

<br />

Best,

Rachel


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
linux OS supported for confluence
Asked by Christopher Mitchell:

I am unable to locate in documentation which flavors of Linux/UNIX is supported. We are looking to test Confluence deployment with SUSE Enterprise 12. Is this supported?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Short version: It is.

Atlassian don't name any Linux distributions because there's just... so... many... Heck, I'm running 6 different ones in my house right now (CentOS, Ubuntu, DietPi several times, OpenElec, OSMC, Sparky) and that's ignoring the variants on the 'phones and embedded devices.

So, they simply say that they support "Most Linux variants", and qualify that with the caveat that your Linux variant must be fully supported for the versions of Java you might run Atlassian stuff with. (Also, to be pedantic, they don't actually support Unix at all any more, as Linux is not Unix, but I'm only saying that because my friends will tell me off if I don't and Richard Stallman is scarier than me)

As Suse 12 can run Oracle Java 1.7 and 1.8, you are supported on it.

There is a second caveat - they only test the **installer** on CentOS. So if you're not using CentOS and have problems with it, they won't support you, and simply recommend you use the **.tar.gz** distributions instead (although, it can't hurt to ask. Despite not officially supporting things, they do still try to help)


Tags: confluence-administration

confluence-server
Unable to upgrade Confluence from 5.7 to 6.7
Asked by Andrew Striletskyi:

Hello everyone. I have some problems with upgrade my Confluence application. All problems with database. We use MySQL 5.7.\* . And also I have the following problem

```
Upgrade failed. Please consult the system logs for details. You will need to fix these problems, restore your database and confluence home directory to the pre upgrade state. Then retry the upgrade. Upgrade error message: Upgrade task com.atlassian.confluence.upgrade.upgradetask.DropSpaceGroupTablesUpgradeTask@dcc4d8b failed during the SCHEMA_UPGRADE phase due to: null
```


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Andrew,

The error you posted is similar to the one in this article: [Upgrading to Confluence 5.9.x or higher version fails with error 'failed during the SCHEMA_UPGRADE phase due to: null'](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=794212749)

Basically a foreign key constraint is missing so the upgrade task is seeing "null" where that constraint is expected. The article has some SQL queries that should fix it.

Please:

1. Restore the database and home directory from backup so your previous instance is back online.
2. Add the foreign key constraint.
3. Try the upgrade again.

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: confluence-server

server

upgrade
Ten Reasons and no Resolution
Asked by BJ Chippindale:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-does-not-start-due-to-spring-application-context-has-not-been-set-218278311.html?_ga=2.267080971.441309777.1531110824-1281530657.1511217859>

This problem with confluence startup lists 10 separate and different reasons for the exception. This is laziness on the part of someone who likes to code in Java and really quite inexcusable for any installer.

As a System Administrator who is installing for the very first time, encountering this, finding "you installed as root" (well of course I did, there's no instruction not to and I wanted the global service arrangement set up) as one of the PROBLEMS leads to a great deal of annoying bug hunting, reinstallations, and mucking about. That entry wants to be made clearer.

Actual problem I had was with the DB installation. A screen where it says overwrite DB and it stays "live" on the page. As in you navigate away from the page in the nigh-on 5 minutes it takes to overwrite the values and it breaks the DB.... and you get the yet another error and cannot get a running system.

Only way to clear it is to wipe the /var/atlassian directory clean and restart the configuration.

This is, in terms of normal expectations of an installation process, just a wee bit broken.

Atlassian does not currently permit comments on the ten reasons page so I can't actually tell them what is wrong there. Nor have I any spare time to spend on explaining further as I had to spend it figuring out what SHOULD have been explained better elsewhere.

Now I know better, but I have (here) done my best to alert Atlassian that they need to revisit their 10 reasons page and their DB overwrite process. Getting some programmers to provide unique exceptions would not be a bad idea either, but the verbiage is cheap to update and the DB overwrite process only wants a "do not navigate away" notice that is kept alive by the process. Not big changes, so cheap and possible.

If comments on the ten reasons page ought to be working then that's another thing to be worried about. :-)


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi BJ,

I am not sure how feasible it is but I opened a suggestion ticket to make the logging more specific. [Improve logging for "spring application context cannot be set"](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-56079)

I agree that 10 reasons and 10 recommendations is tedious. To communicate directly with the development team, please comment or vote on the suggestion ticket.

It is okay to run the installer as root. The installer creates a user to run the service. What we recommend is not running the service under root. So you did the right thing installing as root.

We don't have comments on our docs anymore so that was why you couldn't comment. Feel free to let us know what you think here on Community, we are listening.

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: confluence-server

server
Did the mylabel-Feature disappear?
Asked by Armin Dittrich:

I'm wondering, that I don't have the "My-Label-Menu-Item on my Confluence 6.6.6, as I had on Confluence 3.0.1.

With which Confluence-Version did the mylabel-Feature disappear, or is it still there, but I have to make sure, there is a Menu-Item?

Thanks.

Armin


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Armin,

Personal labels were deprecated in Confluence 4.1: [Confluence 4.1 Upgrade Notes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-4-1-upgrade-notes-264705286.html)
> The tab that displays personal labels in the user profile has been hidden in Confluence 4.1. We are planning to remove personal labels altogether from Confluence in a future release. The functionality for creating personal labels is still in Confluence, but we recommend that you stop using them. People can still see their existing personal labels by visiting the following URL:
>
> CONFLUENCE-URL/users/viewmylabels.action

Looking forward to hearing whether that helps in your case.

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Andrei
body: [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040), favourites are also personal labels, right? (Label my:favourite).

So when will this 2011 deprecated feature be removed? What is going to happen with the favourites list?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Hardware sizing for 200 concurrent user for confluence server
Asked by Srini M:

Hi,

Can I know what is the Hardware sizing for 200 concurrent user for confluence server


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Srini,

As mentioned in [Server Hardware Requirements Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/server-hardware-requirements-guide-30736403.html):
> Because server load is difficult to predict, live testing is the best way to determine what hardware a Confluence instance will require in production.

That being said, we have estimated resources needed for different sizes of instances on this matrix: [Example hardware specifications](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/server-hardware-requirements-guide-30736403.html#ServerHardwareRequirementsGuide-Examplehardwarespecifications)

Best wishes for a successful deployment.

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: confluence-server

server
Im writing a letter for book fines but cant find the coordination macros
Asked by Ellen Delp:

I need the macros for writing a book fine letter


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Ellen,

I am not familiar with book fine letters as a use case.

Please let me know what macros are needed for a book fine letter in Confluence. I can check whether they are third party or bundled with the product and we can take it from there.

Cheers,

Ann


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do i delete a single page?
Asked by Omni Thompson:

I used to have the option to "delete" a page and now i do not see it.

how do i delete a single page?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Omni Thompson
body: it is a permission issue - thanks!


author: Stibally Guardado
body: Hello [@Omni Thompson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1614248)

Here is a quick reference to delete a page: [https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/delete-or-restore-a-page-139429.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/delete-or-restore-a-page-139429.html?) As it's mentioned in the previous answer, if you don't see it, it could be a permissions issue.


author: Brittany Wispell
body: Hi [@Omni Thompson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1614248)

Is it the same Page \& Space you used to have the delete option on?

Some pages you might not have permission to delete. You'll want ask the person who owns the page or ask your admin to review the permissions of the Page or Space.

Here's some more info on a Space: [Spaces in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/spaces-139459.html)

Here's info on pages in Confluence: [Create and Edit Pages in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-and-edit-pages-139476.html)


Tags: delete
Changing a user's name within Confluence
Asked by Derek Brown:

We have a new employee who has the same email as a terminated employee. Jira is registering the terminated employees name with the new employee since they share the same email address.


Answers:
author: Scott Theus
body: HI Derek,

My guess is that you'll run into other areas where a duplicated email address will give you problems. Off hand I can think of conflicts in the email system with the new employee able to access the old employee's emails, the new person getting email intended for the old person, etc. So...to solve the problem and not the symptom I suggest assigning a different email address to the new employee to avoid conflicts.

In Confluence and other Atlassian products, the email address is a unique identifier, so even if you were to deactivate the old account the new user would end up reactivating it because of the duplicated identifier. Even a site-admin can't change the email address for a user through the front door once it's been created.

I can think of two ways to correct this:

1) Give the new user a different email address. In the long run, this is probably the cleanest way since it would also correct any conflicts outside of Confluence.

2) If you are on the Server version you *may*be able to access the database from outside of the program and use a script to modify the old user's email address. that would eliminate the duplication in Confluence and allow you to create the new account as a separate entity. I'm not sure if you'd be able to do this in the Cloud version.

To be thorough, I'll also say you can delete the user account rather than deactivate it and recreate it with the new user. You will probably also need to remove the old user from any documents and comments they had made. Note...I don't recommend this, you'll lose all of your history from that old account and there is a good chance you'll miss something, which would cause problems down the road.

Hope this helps,

-Scott


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What user directory are you using? (server with AD, internal, crowd, ldap, etc, or Cloud with Atlassian, google or your LDAP?)
Macros not appearing in page content
Asked by awu@keywcorp.com:

Hi, we recently started having an issue where the macro boxes are not appearing in edit mode in the edit page content view. For example, if I add a macro, such as HTML, then publish the page, if I go back to that page to try to edit the content in the HTML macro, there is no macro box around it. I am include a screen shot mock up to help explain what I mean. I'm hoping this is some kind of setting.

![test_noDivbox.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26453i9497B3CD77A7359F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "test_noDivbox.png")


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi,

The macro you are using for an example ([Divbox](https://docs.refinedwiki.com/display/rwot/Divbox)) is provided by an add-on: [Refined Theme for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/15231/refined-theme-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview). If that and other RefinedWiki macros are misbehaving I will move your question to the Marketplace collection to get RefinedWiki involved.

If the issue is also occurring with macros bundled with Confluence, please provide an example. I realize you mentioned the HTML macro is not appearing in edit mode, could you post a screen shot of what that looks like?

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is there a maximum number of comments that can be displayed in preview mode of PDF in Confluence?
Asked by Marianne Smith:

Hey everyone,

My team has made over 100 comments in preview mode on a PDF in Confluence. I think they are up to 130+. We get email notifications about them, but can only see the first 100 in Confluence.

Has anyone run into this in the past? Do you know a way to resolve and display all of the comments?

Thank you!

Marianne


Answers:
author: R. Fuerst
body: Hi Marianne,

That's an interesting problem you have! There is no set limit for comments, so you should be able to post as many comments as you want/need on a PDF.

I went ahead and tested on my own Confluence 6.9.0 instance to see if this is a bug, but I wasn't able to replicate.

I'd like to ask a few more questions to make sure I understand:

* What version of Confluence are you running?
* When you say you can only see the first 100, could you clarify? Example: Are you able to see the comment pins for comments 100-130+ but when you click them, no comment appears?

A screenshot of the unexpected behavior would be helpful if you're able to attach one.

Thanks!

Rachel

comments: author: Marianne Smith
body: Interesting, maybe I need to upgrade!

I'm on version 6.3.2 - Server

I was referred to this open request, seems like it is an open issue.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-43397>

If this issue isn't happening for you on V6.9.0 then that really is a reason for us to consider upgrading. Thank you!


author: R. Fuerst
body: Hi Marianne,

I'm glad to see my colleague on the support team was able to provide that to you - I was unaware of this request!

After reading the request ticket, I noticed a key step in the process of replicating the issue:
> so adding more than 100 will cause these to not be loaded the **next time the attachment is opened**

This explains why I wasn't seeing the issue - I was looking at the document and could see over 105 comments after I'd added them, but I did not close the PDF. I just went back and reopened the attachment, and it does indeed look like my Confluence 6.9.0 instance is also affected. :(

Even if this specific issue isn't resolved, there's plenty of other bug fixes and benefits to upgrading! :)


Tags: confluence-server

server
The "+ space shortcut" is missing from space shortcuts
Asked by Morten Kartevoll:

I cannot find the "+ space shortcut" button to create a new space shortcut, even the space admin has the same problem. Have I missed a release which has moved the button?  
![missingcreatess.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26414i314FC48DC04DAD1A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "missingcreatess.png")


Answers:
author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hello [@Morten Kartevoll](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1612692),

Have you checked this thread: [I am having trouble editing space shortcuts - any ideas of what I am doing wrong](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-am-having-trouble-editing-space-shortcuts-any-ideas-of-what-I/qaq-p/808058?utm_source=atlcomm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=answer_accepted_as_solution&utm_content=topic)?

Here is how to add a shortcut:

* Hover on the sidebar, a pen button should appear. Click on it to edit:

![shortcut.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26417i1D5A6441E2D1CFAD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "shortcut.png")

* Then you just click on "Add shortcut" to configure it
* Click on Done to save

Hope this helps!

- Manon

comments: author: Morten Kartevoll
body: Ok, so the problem was that my user did not have the correct access to create space shortcuts. Additionally, the site admin didn't have access either, so we solved it by giving access to both of us, and then it worked out perfectly as the article linked said :)  

Thanks a lot for pointing me to the answer!


author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Glad it helped! :)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Copying existing documentation into Confluence Cloud
Asked by Pat D'Ambrosio:

Hi,

We want to move a large Doc proj into Confluence using copy-paste.

**Issue**: Atlassian tells us, and it has also been our experience: unexpected errors occur when copy-pasting from any source.

I reached back out to Atlassian to inquire as to whether running text through Notepad/Notepad++ would be sufficient as normally either of these would strip any background text, but could not get a confirmation.

Question: Has anyone run a successful copy-paste operation from any source type: PDF, Word, HTML/XML into Confluence server or Cloud? In other words, text formatting worked as expected after the copy-paste?

If not/so: What are the "unexpected errors" that did/you would expect occur.

Out primary concern is that when we go to release to our users, whether we hire an independent consultant to theme/not, that there are no unexpected errors.

Thanks,

Pat


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The content does seem to stumble when a copy/paste contains formatting information that is not in the most simple or generalised format. But I don't run into problems with simple text from documents where people have not used the advanced functions of the editor, and yes, running something through a plain text editor does almost always drop all the formatting that Confluence doesn't handle.

I find the word import function is far better at pulling data from existing documents than copy and paste.

comments: author: Pat D'Ambrosio
body: Thanks Nic,

The Word Import function does work, but it is often cleaner to handle smaller sections of text than a say 12 page (or even greater) Word Doc.

? for you: Does this work better on the server than the Cloud?

The ? for us would be, if we later theme this content, what might happen to any background coding. A number of years ago, different products etc., this came back to bite us.

\~Pat


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I've had more success with Server than Cloud, but I've only ever needed to copy small things into Cloud. Server happily imports very long docs from word in my experience.
How do I convert html editor format into storage format using java
Asked by KC Integrations:

I am developing a plugin, that needs to grab the contents of the wysiwyg editor content, push this content from the browser to the backend manually and create a new Page, and not use the default Editor Save.

I have no idea how the built-in editor Save works, but I need to replicate this and add my own things. Basically I need to avoid the email spamming that goes on when the default save happens and then I modify the content and further emails are sent.

Whereas I only want the last email to be sent, so I want to hajack the Save...

Any ideas or samples wold be appreciated.


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

Kindly have a look at this thread:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/How-to-convert-JIRA-s-wiki-markup-to-HTML/qaq-p/598586>

comments: author: KC Integrations
body: I need this for Confluence, does it have the same?

Also I'm not working with wiki, I have the html wysiwyg content, which is html and visual representation of macros, which are actually html img objects, rather then macro definitions. I need to convert the wysiwyg (the page content when shown in the Confluence Editor) to XHTML storage, so I can Save it manually and not use the Confluence Save function.

Cheers


author: Alexey Matveev
body: Ah, ok. I got it. It is not the Api you are looking for


author: timmyaditya
body: Hi [@KC Integrations](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/518669) [@Alexey Matveev](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1159601) ,

Were you able to pull this off.  
Any inputs from your side would be highly appreciated.

Thanks


Tags: confluence-server

server
confluence change pageID after migration
Asked by alpushkarev_workfusion_com:

After migration pageID changed. How we can return them if we know the original pageID


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You don't.

The page id is a unique identifier in the database, for the computers, not for us humans. When you're importing, there's no way to keep the old id because it does not matter to us, and there's every chance the target system may have already used it.


author: Ahmet Kilic
body: Easy way to say 'no it is impossible'.

Why could not be done by matching pageName with old- and new- pageID in the database?

**content** table in the confluence database but has no pageID value for each page **contenttype what I found this very very bad!**

**This is a big problem for all migration tasks. Confluence guys must find a solution, whilst they add pageID - pageName matching in database, in my opinion.**