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Solution to dynamically show responsible person on a confluence page?
Asked by Oskar Kuusela:

We're using Confluence more and more and need to give persons responsibility for pages. If we have a person that are responsible and feel ownership we can secure that the pages are updated correctly.

Our organisation are too big to let everyone in to update the space, so we want to work with administrators.  

To make this future proof I would like to work with a code or something. For example if I'm responsible for code "KOD456" and I quit my job another person can easily take over the administration for the code instead och changing responsible person for each page.

I would prefer to have a admin page where to manage responsible person per page and on each page i would prefer to show the user profile macro with picture and contact details so everyone can see who is responsible for that page.

I've made an easy test using standard functionality where I on pages has set a label with a code, example "KOD465". On a admin page I've used the macro "Recently Updated Dashboard" where I can show all pages with a specific label, example "KOD456". With this solution an admin can see all pages he/she are responsible for but I don't have any idea of how to show the user profile macro dynamically on the pages depending on the code.

Maybe there are an easier way to manage this or some kind of add-on?  
**Summary:**

1. I want an admin to know which pages he/she are responsible for.

2. I want the possibility to show responsible person on the actual pages (dynamically depending on a code or something).  

Any suggestions?

![admin page.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38278i640AFE3A44670FEC/image-dimensions/459x714?v=v2 "admin page.jpg")


Answers:
author: Simi S
body: Hi Oskar,

An option could be to have a page per category that your admins are looking after. Rather than the 'Recently updated dashboard', you may want to use the 'Content by label' macro (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-by-label-macro-145566.html>) without a limit on number of pages so the responsible person can see a list of all the pages they are looking after. On this page, you could place an Excerpt macro that contains the user profile of the responsible person (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-macro-148062.html>).

Then on the pages themselves, you can use the Excerpt include macro, pulling the excerpt from the corresponding page to show the responsible person (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-include-macro-148067.html>) for that category. So that if the person leaves the company, you only have to update it on the original page and every page that displays the included excerpt will update.

Hope those ideas help,

Simi

comments: author: Oskar Kuusela
body: Awesome Simrita :)

This works perfectly fine!

Thank you very much for your advise!

Best regards  
Oskar


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confluence-server

owner

server
WebDav 0x80070780 error
Asked by Tomasz Bry?a:

Hi,

I have a problem with copy file to confluence page via webdav. When i copy folder with something like 30 MB of files, mostly MS Word and MS Excel, windows return error 0x80070780.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38280iDBB44A9A9AB44447/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Tomasz,

It appears that you have a permissions problem here. It could either be that the file is opened by another process already, or that your user doesn't have permissions to write to the file.

There are a few solutions below from another site that suggest how you might be able to resolve the issue:

* [WebDAV Folder Access Error](https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ec7aa1ce-aa03-47a0-b207-95c0c17f2fc7/webdav-folder-access-error-0x80070780?forum=w7itprogeneral)

Could you also check and let me know if you're trying to overwrite any file or folder names that might already exist there? If you add a single file that does not already exist, do you have the same error?

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Tomasz Bry?a
body: [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046) Problem is when I copy folder with subfolders where are files. When I copy files from subfolder to Confluence everything is OK.


author: Tomasz Bry?a
body: [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046) i try copy folder with subfolders and files by TotalCommander and it's work fine.


author: Shannon S
body: Tomasz,

Thank you, but to answer my question, are you trying to overwrite any of the files there, or are the files that you're adding not existing files?

Regards,

Shannon


author: Tomasz Bry?a
body: [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046) These are new files, I'm not trying to overwrite existing ones.


author: Shannon S
body: Thank you, Tomasz,

This error usually occurs when there's already a file with the same name in WebDAV. It's very odd that it would occur if the folder names are completely unique.

Could you confirm this that even though you are not trying to overwrite existing files that the folder name absolutely doesn't already exist? Are there subfolders or documents that might already exist on WebDAV with that name?

Can you test this from another computer and see if you have the same issue? Is anyone else running into the problem?

Lastly, please confirm your Confluence version.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Tomasz Bry?a
body: The problem was in name of subfolders. In space were already subfolders with same name as new. My question is. Is any method to workaround this issue? I wrote script wich add suffix to subfolders, but this doesn't look elegant.


author: Shannon S
body: Tomasz,

Unfortunately not, as this is a known limitation in Windows. You will need to manually change the name of the folder or add a suffix are you are doing.

Regards,

Shannon


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server

webdav
Let users to edit, but restrict for publishing changes without access.
Asked by Hrayr Movsisyan:

Dear friends, I need a specific permission scheme.  
I want to **let Confluence users change** anything in the current space, but as the space admin, I need to **review changes before publishing** the changed page or document list.  
Is there anything, that'll let me set permissions like that?


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi [@Hrayr Movsisyan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2229407),

I think this can only be achieved with third party apps such as Comala Workflows. It allows you to define who can edit and who can approve the content. Try it out and see if it fits your requirements.

Comala Workflows on the Marketplace: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/142/comala-workflows?hosting=datacenter\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/142/comala-workflows?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview).

Roman.

comments: author: Hrayr Movsisyan
body: Thank you [@roman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853566)


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confluence-cloud

permission
UTF8 AND Russian
Asked by it_bhz_su:

Hi, Today i\`m install Confluense and Russian characters cant show coreect: we visible as ??? characters. DB charset is UTF-8, Index Language is Russian, Confluence lang is Russian. In Tomcat config charset it UTF-8.

Can you help me?\>


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi,

do you see question marks in the UI labels (such as buttons) or in the content? When you edit a page, I assume you can see the Russian characters correctly, right? When the page is saved, do you see the question marks instead of the text you typed in the Edit mode?

Atlassian has a troubleshooting page for character encoding, try to see if their suggestions help.

Troubleshooting Character Encodings: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/troubleshooting-character-encodings-167194.html>.

Roman.

comments: author: it_bhz_su
body: Solved with reinstall confluence and recreate database.


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language-ru
How disable the popup from header row of table
Asked by Brittany Roberts:

I have a table consisting of one row of headers and when I hover over the content, a popup appears on the right-hand side of the row. Is there a way I can disable or hide the popup? The popup contains icons for Filter Table Data, create a Pivot Table, create a chart from a data series, etc.


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: [@Brittany Roberts](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2324639) , trying to clean up old posts. If you're still around and can demonstrate this, I would appreciate a screenshot of what you are referring to here


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to hide export to pdf if user does not have space export permission in confluence
Asked by Crs co:

Hi,

I want to limit the access of exporting for some of the Users which for example does not have space export access,

I know that I can disable it from plugin setting or I can hide it by writing java-script in header of the page, but in the second method, I need to limit it just for some user, for example leaders needs to have access for exporting but some others not,

how can I add scripts in header to check if the user has space export permission can see the export to PDF item.

thank you so much.


Answers:
author: Crs co
body: Hello,

I added the below codes in Space layout and it works.

```
#if ($permissionHelper.canExport($authenticatedUser, $action.page))
<script type="text/javascript">
 AJS.$('#action-export-pdf-link').hide();
</script>
#else?
#end
```


author: kennyngkk
body: Hey There,

We actually have an article for this. Please refer to it below.

* [https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-disable-pdf-export-for-pages-or-spaces-711361415.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-disable-pdf-export-for-pages-or-spaces-711361415.html?)

comments: author: Crs co
body: Dear [@kennyngkk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/337155),

thank you for your answer, actually solution in your link will disable Export for all the users, I need to write a script to check if someone has xxx permission see the export item and for who does not have xxx permission hide the item, we need exporting for some users and dont want to disable it, just want to hide it based on space permissions


Tags: atl-adm

developer
Images won't show after server move
Asked by Jing Jiang:

I have a recent server move. For all my picture attachment, they are looking for the one from my old server ip address. How can I set all of my attachment to locate themselves at the new ip address or domain name?

I have changed the base name in the URL, but that can't change the ip address of these pictures.

![WeChat Image_20181121141612.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38251i51FF13379FB83DAB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "WeChat Image_20181121141612.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi there,

Have a look at [Some attachments or links are no longer accessible after server migration](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/some-attachments-or-links-are-no-longer-accessible-after-server-migration-214862724.html) for information on how to resolve this issue!

Under **Resolution** on that page you will see how to correct the issue with your old Base URL.

Give it a try and let me know if you have any trouble.

Shannon
Error while exporting to Word (Confluence Cloud)
Asked by Eric Ross:

Hi there!

I'm getting an error 500 when exporting a Confluence document to Word.

The request is:

```
Host: cin-ucn.atlassian.net
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Referer: https://cin-ucn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BIUCN/pages/607617026/Arquitectura+BIUCN+actual
Connection: keep-alive
Cookie: confluence.uiconfluence.recentchanges.size=40; 

.....
```

The response is:

```
HTTP/2.0 500 Internal Server Error
server: Atlassian Proxy/1.13.6.2
cache-control: max-age=5
content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
strict-transport-security: max-age=315360000; includeSubDomains; preload
date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 18:44:25 GMT
atl-traceid: 77e4d698f8d516a2
expires: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 18:44:21 GMT
pragma: 
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
atl-tcs-time: Cache Hit
x-ausername: eross
x-content-type-options: nosniff
content-disposition: attachment;filename*=utf-8''Arquitectura+BIUCN+actual.doc;
set-cookie: JSESSIONID=F413127E7E6B519778954A3BB7A7B7C3; Path=/wiki; Secure; HttpOnly
X-Firefox-Spdy: h2
```

The failed URL is:

<https://cin-ucn.atlassian.net/wiki/exportword?pageId=607617026>

I dont know what to do. I'd like to see the Word document, but it just fails.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Eric Ross
body: The problem was an image at the end of the document. This image was inserted as a link to an online image.

I downloaded the image, and re-inserted it as a "local" image, and now the document is exporting well (I got the Word document fine).


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confluence-cloud
How do I setup confluence to use my Microsoft sql server that is on the same server as confluence?
Asked by Nicholas Chiaffarelli:

I am having issues setting up confluence to use ms sql. Please advise.  

Thank you  
Nick


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: "Having issues" tells us nothing about the problem, other than there is one.

Could you explain what you've configured, what you've done differently to the docs and the actual errors/problems you see?

comments: author: Nicholas Chiaffarelli
body: I am getting the following error when attempting to setup Confluence to MS SQL DB

Set up your database - Confluence

**Collation error**

The database collation 'SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS' is not supported by Confluence. You need to use 'SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS'. [Learn more](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/IYRdL)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, you'll need to correct the configuration of the MS-SQL server in order to proceed. The reason and changes you need to make are in the documentation linked to by the error message you've pasted.

Once you've fixed the collation, you'll simply be able to run the installation again and select the corrected database.


author: Nicholas Chiaffarelli
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/database-setup-for-sql-server-9258.html>

Is that the link to follow for this?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes,
Display link to JIRA issue as plain text with no additional adornmet
Asked by M_S_:

I am aware of the ability to link to JIRA issues from within Confluence pages and we are using this a lot.

However, when linking to a single issue, I can only choose to include the summary or not, but there does not seem to be much control beyond that. For example, the status is always included.

How could I link to a JIRA issue and have the link just display the issue key as plain text with no additional adornment or formatting?

Note that I do not want to loose the bi-directional linking that comes with the macro (i.e. the JIRA issue points back to the pages). Otherwise I could just do a plain external href-type link - this is not what would help me.


Answers:
author: Mike Rathwell
body: This may be a bit of a two-step thing but you can try this:

* Create your link and put it in an excerpt macro. Edit the macro and have it hide the excerpted text. This makes and keeps the link between the two for you
* Create the external href link and edit it so that the display text is just the unadorned ticket number. This gives you the simple clickable link to get to the jira issue while the hidden single issue jira macro provides the bi-directional linkage between the two.

comments: author: M_S_
body: While this would do the job, the approach is excessively cumbersome. Every issue would need to be linked twice with the danger of things getting out of sync when using with many (and I am talking 30-40) issues and we can no longer use the excerpt macro for its real purpose.

I am hesitant to accept this as the solution. Thanks for your feedback, though.


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server
Components Releases options not available
Asked by Rajeev Das:

Hi,

I have created 1 page for me and added calendar. what I want is i want to update few details in calendar like date of install ,project details, rfc details and few more. and once that is created i want same to be update in calendar so that any one can see the calendar and come to know about the release going on some particular date.

can you please help me to achieve this.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi there,

Can you let me know exactly the issue you're having with this? Any events you add to a calendar can be seen by anyone with permissions to that space and that are watching the calendar.

If you want to add Jira events specifically, have a look here:

* [Add Jira Events](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/add-jira-events-241566244.html)

When you add the calendar macro to a page in Confluence and make edits to it, it does update the calendar in realtime. No need to push the changes to a published calendar.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Rajeev Das
body: Thanks Shannon

i am able to add event and I can see entry in calendar. But if I click on calendar I can see only edit and delete bottom there, my need is to it should show all the event details which I have added related to project.

thanks


author: Rajeev Das
body: Hi Shannon,

please let me know how to add macro calendar.

My basic requirement is I want to create 1 page and want to add few details about my project and same thing wanted to update in calendar.

if anyone open this calendar he should be able to see the project details which I have entree.

thanks

rajeev


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Rajeev,

You can embed an existing calendar in a Confluence page using the Team Calendar Macro:

* [Embed Calendars on Confluence Pages](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/embed-calendars-on-confluence-pages-654213492.html)

If you haven't yet created the calendar, you will need to do so:

* [Create, Add, and Edit Calendars](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/create-add-and-edit-calendars-654213559.html)

I hope that's clear! Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Rajeev Das
body: Thanks Shannon,

i am able to create calendar.

i will tell you my requirement.

i have created one form, in this form I have few details like project name, project id and date.

let say I want to install my project on jan 7 2019, I have filled my form and submit the form and same thing I want to update in calendar.

if I check my calendar on jan 7 I would be able to see the details like project name, project Id.

how can I achieve this?

thanks for your help!

Rajeev


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Rajeev,

In that case, the first article I sent you is the correct one.

* [Add Jira Events](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/add-jira-events-241566244.html?_ga=2.170039844.583528909.1543311272-372196427.1536227950)

The article above shows you how to use Team Calendars with Jira. Please read it throughly and do let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
Error when using chart timeSeries
Asked by Z He:

Hi, all expert,

I am new to use this chart macro in confluence. I am testing the features of chart macro.

I followed the guide here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf69/chart-macro-950284908.html>

And read some related issue and suggested solution here.

I tried working table mentioned in the links above, but not work in my chat macro.

And for a table like below (mentioned as an working table in link 2 above):

Date Value

27/Nov/2015 34

30/Nov/2015 52

10/Dec/2015 38

15/Jan/2016 45

I always get an strange error complain like below:

**'Value' could not be converted to date.**

The Date used for chart should be in the 1st column, why the macro complain about the name of the second column?

BTW, in case it related to the order of the column, I also tried to put the Date in the 2nd column.

And will then get:

**'Date' could not be converted to date.**

Version I use: Confluence 6.9.1

Thanks in advance

Zhihong


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Z,

The Chart macro with an included table can make for great visual reporting metrics. Getting the data to display properly within the chart macro can be tricky at time, especially when dealing with complex tables.

The table you presented is in a good format. The issue you are having seems to be related to content orientation of the data to display. If you adjust your orientation from NULL or Horizontal and set it to Vertical you should start getting data. Example as follows:

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38693iB7ACB1DD8B2FC2AE/image-dimensions/418x257?v=v2 "image.png")

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38692i08B357956CF2520F/image-dimensions/418x256?v=v2 "image.png")

Something to also consider is to use the built in date picker within Confluence to ensure your data formats are standardized. To enter the date picker simply press // and you will be presented with a date picker. Here are additional [Confluence keyboard shortcuts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/keyboard-shortcuts-markdown-and-autocomplete-724764956.html).

I hope this helps to clarify the usage for the chart macro.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: chart
Hide a knowledge-base space to some user
Asked by valerian Baillet:

Hi,

I have two knowledge-base link to two differents projects on the same confluence instance.

I have some users who have to work on the space A and I want hide them the space B . They haven't any right on the base b but they can see it anyway. I think they can see the base because the base is link to the project in jira.

How can I hide the space ?

Best regards.


Answers:
author: valerian Baillet
body: Hi,

I try your suggestions and it doesn't work. My user have only the confluence-user right and he hasn't any right on the space b.

Does it have any right to dismiss on the jira instance ?

Thanks for your answer,

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, you have to remove their access to the Jira portal that is linked to the knowledge base you want them not to see.


author: valerian Baillet
body: My user always can use the other space.

My space configuration : ![Capture.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/38317i7907F30F56495FE9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.JPG")

My user have only confluence-user user and y can't access to the other project. The last thing I can add is that all the space is on the same confluence instance.

All my users who have the jira-service-desk or confluence-user have access to all the space link to a service desk project.

somebody have any answer ?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, remove their access via the service desk - that's the point - the service desk is giving them access because that is what is designed to do. Or disassociate the space as the Service Desk KB.

You also need to check that there is no access for "anonymous" users in the space config.


author: Z He
body: Hi, "base b", do you mean 'space b'? May be I am wrongly understand your situation.

But do you try give **no** "view" permission to these users for space b?

Zhihong

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I did not mention "base b", I said that to remove access from a knowledge base space (space b), you need to remove the access they get from the Jira portal (as well as any access you may have given them as confluence users)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: They get to see a knowledge base when it is linked to a Jira Service Desk portal that they can see. Remove their access to the portal and they won't get access to the KB.


Tags: confluence-server

server