youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
what did you change requirement
Asked by Martin James:

**Is it possible to make the 'what did you change' field mandatory? Unfortunately I don't have access to the backend other than the admin panel so I'm hoping there may be something I'm missing in the setting.**


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hi Martin,

I'm afraid that currently there's option to set it as mandatory through the UI. We do have an improvement request for this, though: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33546>

However, you might be able to achieve it by using some java script code or modifications on your instance, although I'd not be able to help you with it. Maybe some other user has a solution for this already?

I hope it helps,

Eduardo
New Blog Post: nothing happens when clicking on 'Publish' button
Asked by Nicolas Casel:

Hi all,

On the 'Edit' page of a new 'Blog Post', when I click on the 'Publish' button, nothing is happening: the 'Edit' page reminds in the same state. (On the contrary, the 'Preview' and 'Close" buttons work fine)

Moreover, this issue occurs for some wikis but not for other ones.

Any idea about this?

Thanks in advance,


Answers:
author: Nicolas Casel
body: Thanks @Eduardo Mallmann for your reply.

We've found the cause of the issue: the 'Labels Cage' plugin creates a conflict, so we've disabled it. And now the 'Publish' button works fine.

So this ticket can be marked as resolved.

comments: author: Mallmann
body: Hi Nicolas, I'm glad you were able to find the problem. :)I've accepted your answer as the correct one for this answer topic, so other users will see that this has been resolved already.Cheers!Eduardo


author: Mallmann
body: Hello Nicolas,

Would you please try to replicate this issue while generating a HAR file so we can see the network requests and verify if we can find any error in there? This guide describes how to create this HAR file: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/Generating+HAR+files+and+Analysing+Web+Requests>

Other than that, can you confirm if there's anything showing in the atlassian-confluence.log file when you perform such action?

Eduardo


author: Nicolas Casel
body: Yes, it happens on IE11, FF 41 and Chromium 44.


author: Timothy
body: Does this happen on different browsers?


Tags: blog

publish
Give them a list of spaces to watch... where is this option?
Asked by Bruno Miretti:

Hi, according to this article we can "*Before your new starters log in to Confluence: Give them a list of spaces to watch*". Where is the option to define this list ? If it based on popularity only, then it's not useful. For example I just come to create a new user and all proposed spaces to watch are related to our technical documentation because these are the spaces which have the most comments (and mainly draft ones) but these are not the ones I'd like the new users to watch. Moreover space names are truncated in this list, please enlarge this, it's unusable (optionally, please add the space description, title is not enough)

Thanks

See example below:

Confluence_newuser_spaceswatch.png  
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Answers:
author: Timothy
body: I believe it's based on popularity.


author: Shannon S
body: I have also created a feature request to correct the issue with truncated space names:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-39820>

Shannon


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Bruno,

As I discussed in our emails, it is in fact based on popular spaces, as is hinted on the blog post:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/1-november-2015-to-7-november-2015-785459990.html>

For users visiting this publicly, I've created a feature request to be able to create your own list:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-39818>

Please vote on the feature if you're in support of the feature. For more information on how we implement new features, please review our [Implementation of New Features Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy).

Take care!

Shannon Mackie

Atlassian Cloud Support
Included page has changed it's headline
Asked by Lone Rehmeier:

I've created som pages which contains included pages. Looks fine - until someone changes the headline on the page, i've included. Then I get the error: Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.

Is it possible just to include the edited text, and maybe get a notification that tells me, that the page has been changed?

Or - is it possible to trace the edited page? In that way I'll be able to see the new name of the page and go back to my page and correct the inclution.

OR - If you do have a nice and easy way to deal with this situation, I'm veay eager to hear about it.


Answers:
author: Timothy
body: What version of Confluence are you using? This should have been fixed:

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9293>
What happens if two people try to edit the same document at the same time?
Asked by Nicki Eastlake-Bent:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Editing an Office Document from Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=428803453)*

Hi, I have set up a page with a report on, that needs multiple input from colleagues across the globe. I was just wondering what would happen if two people went in to edit the document at the same time. Would both their changes be saved? Thanks


Answers:
author: Sonny de Wit
body: I just tested this in Confluence 5.4. Having multiple users edit the same document can cause huge problems:

* User 1 opens a document
* User 2 opens the same document, edits it, and saves it
* User 1 edits the document and saves it
* All changes made by user 2 have now disappeared

Some comfort is that the document of user 2 can be retrieved from the document history in Confluence. If someone notices content is missing. If it is clear when the change was made. Someone could then use tools to compare and eventually merge the different versions of the document.

If only the system would warn or block user 2 from editing the document simultaneously (or if it were multi-user compatible!), this would be a very useful functionality. In its default form, the Office connector looks to be extremely dangerous. However, it looks like this is being worked on: CONF-8333


Tags: document-management

edit

ms-office
Is it possible to edit a page and save it for later?
Asked by Mathilde Welzel:

Hi

I would like to know, if it's possible to edit a page and save the changes for a specific time or date?

E.g. make a change today and save the change for the next day at 8AM?

Best regards

Mathilde


Answers:
author: Anne EQS
body: If you publish manually you can use the drafts function. Do not 'Save' your changes but click on 'Close' instead. When you want to publish the changes go to your drafts (../users/viewmydrafts.action), resume editing the according draft and publish the changes by saving.


author: Mario G?nter
body: Hi Mathilde,

as far as I know there is no such functionality.

But if you create a new page and do not save it - it will be displayed next time you create a page in that space if you want't to start from your latest draft.

Cheers,

Mario


Tags: confluence-administration
Can you link to a folder in a directory for the purpose of uploading documents to the folder?
Asked by Jim Pacheco:


Answers:
author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Jim,

Could you please send us more details about what exactly you'd like to achieve?

Unfortunately on Confluence Cloud you cannot use network paths to open files and directories on our internal network. The best workaround for this would be to upload the files into Confluence and then use this references on the pages needed. Another workaround would be to upload those files into a web server (like dropbox) and link the files from there.

Hope this helps!

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
When will Windows 10 support be added?
Asked by Arthur Pitterle:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Edit Office Files](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=170494553)*

We have some users who have upgraded to Windows 10, but are having trouble getting the Office Connector to work with Firefox. Is there a workaround for now? When will support be added for Windows 10?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It is supported on Windows 10, and Firefox as long as the WebDav addon is installed.

What problems are you having here?

comments: author: Arthur Pitterle
body: I have a user who just upgraded to Windows 10, has the WebDAV add-on, but is getting errors trying to open Excel documents from Confluence. One is "Microsoft Excel cannot access the file \<filename\>..." and the other is "Sorry, we couldn't open \<filename\>".


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Oh, great, Windows error messages that tell you little or nothing about the actual error. This is going to be hard to diagnose, but it's likely that the Office Connector is serving up a file, and there's a network or Windows problem preventing Office from opening it. I'd want to read the log file on the server to see if the server is recording any errors, but I'm afraid it's more likely to be on the client side, which means you'll need to investigate more there


author: Arthur Pitterle
body: This is Atlassian Cloud, if that helps at all, but I'm also guessing it's on the client side. Unfortunately I don't really know where to start with troubleshooting it. It's especially difficult since the user is remote.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That absolutely proves it's the client side - Cloud is definitely just handing files over to the client, there's no "windows 10" involved on the server side.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation

edit-in-office
Have a problem to view EXCEL file that i attached to the Confluence page. Getting an error 'Cannot view PDF file' even if file extention is .xls . What i do wrong?
Asked by Yana N:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Pages and Blogs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764829)*

I need to attach EXCEL file to the Confluence page to my teammates can view it. File was attached successfully.

However, no one can access it including me. Getting an error "We cannot load PDF"

Why PDF if it is .XLS

What I need to do?


Answers:
author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi Yana,

Depending on the version of Confluence you're using, I'd suggest replacing the view file macro with the file preview macro:

[How to replace old View File macros with the new File Preview macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+replace+old+View+File+macros+with+the+new+File+Preview+macro)

It is likely that this will solve the issue.

Also, could you try with different Excel files to see if the problem is unrelated to the specific file you're trying to view?

Regards,

Bruno


Tags: confluence-cloud

ms-excel

page
Confluence viewing permissions (but not edit/update/modification)
Asked by Stephanie Miller:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Global Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765488)*

Our PMO wishes to use Confluence but wants our Executives and Stakeholders to have access to view the Confluence data (without counting towards the user licenses.) How can I setup a group (such as JIRA Users) which only views Confluence and all spaces without allowing them to add or edit content.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There are two parts to this. First, for access, create a group, then add it to all your spaces, with "view" permission. Second, if you don't want them to consume licences, then you need to enable anonymous access, not do it by group.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

permission
How can i add a user to an existing team members in a confluence space?
Asked by Hesaneh Behzadfar:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: As an admin, use "user mangement" to add them to the right group(s). Or add them as an individual to the space (your space admins can do that)

comments: author: Stephen Deutsch
body: In other words, there is no way to easily add a user to the team members after you have already created a team space. You must edit the page/space and add the content and permissions manually.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Er, what else would you say is an "easy way to add a user"? You need to maintain the users in the user maintenance stuff, or add them individually. I can't think of any other sane way to do it.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
In Confluence, is it possible to leverage personal spaces to sort and identify employees by their skills and location?
Asked by Peter R:

I am in the process of trying to improve the way that my company identifies individuals for a particular project.

My first thought was to leverage labels based on a simple naming convention, which sounds feasible. Ultimately, I would like to roll these up to a capsule view of individuals, like a company directory that would only be visible to the company.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Robert Reiner _smartics_
body: You could use the [Page Properties Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-properties-macro-184550024.html). This macro allows you to specify your properties as key/value pairs. This way the selectors would not be visible on every page like labels do. The [Page Properties Report Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-properties-report-macro-186089616.html) then allows you to select the pages by some criteria and render the results in a list.

At our company we use [projectdoc](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.smartics.atlassian.confluence.smartics-projectdoc-confluence) and [document properties](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/display/PDAC1/Document+Properties+Marker+Macro) with the [Display Table Macro](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/display/PDAC1/Display+Table+Macro). These macros also allow you to add properties to pages and select on them. They provides some features you may want to check out, if the Page Properties mentioned above do not fit to your requirements. projectdoc is our commercial product (**bias alert!** :smile:).
How many times was a document opened in Confluence?
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi,

is there a macro, add-on which shows how many times was an attachment opened in Confluence?

Thanks,

Rumi


Answers:
author: Mario G?nter
body: Hi Rumceisz,

I would like to suggest you to refer to this thread: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/15829126>

Greetz,

Mario


Tags: confluence-administration
Caused by: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name cache, locale en_US
Asked by Tai Ngo:

Trying to execute SQL in a confluence plugin to a jiraDS datasource define in the confluence configuration file. Plugin has dependencies for jira-api and jira-core defined with 'provided' as value for \<scope\>provided\</scope\>. The subsequent atlas-compile and atlas-package build and packaging has no errors. The resulting plugin jar file was too large at 76Mbytes and the limit on the server was defaulted to 67Mbytes. I proceeded to copy just the class files that i used my code and reduced the file size to about 1Mbyte, which uploaded as an add on plugin with no errors. When going to a page that has the plugin it then throws this error:

Caused by: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name cache, locale en_US

Code used in plugin to attempt to getConnection():

try {

DefaultOfBizConnectionFactory factory = DefaultOfBizConnectionFactory.getInstance();

Connection connection = factory.getConnection();

// do something with connection

} catch (SQLException sqle) {

String message = sqle.getMessage();

}

Is there another way to reduce the plugin jar file size without piece mealing the classes folder with required classes? Is there a better way to get a connection object for executing SQL in a plugin without doing straight jdbc? I'd like to reuse the defined 'jiraDS' datasource in Confluence's configuration file.


Answers:
author: Tai Ngo
body: No need to include any jira-api or jira-core pom.xml dependencies in your confluence plugin and the plugin jar file size was less then 500Kbytes. The nice thing here is that it uses your confluence server's configured datasource for JIRA instead of you having to code it in the plugin config or JAVA code.


author: Tai Ngo
body: After trying what seems like 10 different ways to access JIRA data from a Confluence Plugin, i finally found that this worked:

import javax.naming.InitialContext;  
import javax.naming.Context;  
import javax.naming.NamingException;  
import javax.sql.DataSource;

private String sqlJNDITest() {  
String res = "NONE";  
DataSource dataSource;  
try {  
InitialContext initalContext = new InitialContext();   
Context context = (Context) initalContext.lookup("java:comp/env");  
dataSource = (DataSource) context.lookup("jdbc/\<your_datasource_name\>");  
Connection connection = dataSource.getConnection();  
res = connection.getCatalog();  
String query = "select \* from jiraissue where id=\<your_jiraissue_id\>";  
Statement stmt = connection.createStatement();  
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);  
while (rs.next()) {  
String summary = rs.getString("summary");  
res = res + summary;  
}

} catch (NamingException ex) {  
String message = ex.getMessage();  
} catch (SQLException sqle) {  
String message = sqle.getMessage();  
}  
return res;  
}
Valid until date to a document in Confluence - how to?
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi Everyone,

is it possible to set a 'valid until date' parameter to an attachment in Confluence? And when the date is actual then a notification email will be sent to the owner.

Thanks, Rumi


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You could add document properties but you won't get much benefit from that. Confluence doesn't have export functions. But, there are some very good implementations on the marketplace

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Oops. Expiry functions, not export!


Tags: confluence-administration
Draw.io can't save - "Fehler beim Speichern" (Error while saving)
Asked by Olivier Orlow:

Can't save any changes to a chart. (Button "Save and Exit" does not appear. Only "Save" - but not working)

This happened suddenly today.

Upgraded draw.io to 5.2.1.0 (from 5.1.7).

As administrator i succeed to save change.

@David Benson \[draw.io\]: I hope you can look at this case here. We are under paid support. How can I log into your service desk?


Answers:
author: Olivier Orlow
body: Problem resolved with clearing the plugin cache.


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: We'll address the ticket you've submitted.


Tags: addon-com.mxgraph.confluence.plugins.diagramly

confluence-administration
How do I display fixVersion in Confluence?
Asked by Gustaf Sahlstrom:

We have a JIRA/Confluence setup, and want to follow up our releases in our CAB (Change Approval Board) wiki. Ideally, we could have a JIRA macro in the wiki that displays all active releases by name and target date. But I can only figure out how to display issues... Any suggestions how I construct a JQL query to get the wanted info?


Answers:
author: Matt Hickman
body: I've just been looking for same and here's what I've done;

1. Go to releases
2. Click to view said release
3. Click on issues in the release and more details of each JIRA will display
4. Click to view issues in navigator (top right above this new display)
5. You'll land on search screen with JQL pre-filled
6. Copy the JQL that displays in search bar
7. Insert JIRA issues widget on Confluence page
8. Use this JQL for the source
9. Save
10. Tadah!


author: Jenine Wech
body: This is exactly what we are looking for as well. The JIRA Roadmap Macro only shows unreleased versions. We would really like to be able to select a specific range of releases to show by date.


author: MarcelW
body: I've been looking for something like this as well. So far I've simply copied the url of the version page, which is not ideal.
I am trying to delete a space but it is hanging on initiating. Any thoughts on how to stop this?
Asked by george.hill:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Delete a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139524)*

I am trying to delete a space but it is hanging on initiating. Any thoughts on how to stop this?


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey George,

It's better to analyse your issue with your logs. Your issue can be related to a plugin or to an attachment, so we'll have to take a look on you logs. Nevertheless, I think it's better to open a ticket in the <https://support.atlassian.com> where you'll be able to attach your logs.

Cheers,


Tags: remove

space
Page Label add Question
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Please add any details that might help us help you.

Dear Support Team,   
How can we add page label by database method ? As refer to the address of<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxriXuT0xeaFdjhSNVNHUU5yX3M/view?usp=sharing>  
Thank you.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I can't open the link.

But, I don't really need to: Do not update a Confluence database without a **complete** understanding of the scheme, Confluence offline, a complete **proven** backup of the database and a re-index after the update.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence license
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Dear all,

If our license server has 500 account, does it mean we can have 500 account on line ? If our account of confluence is over 500, such as 550 account, but we don't have 500 account on line together, is it OK? When it is over the license , does the confluence run successful? Thank you.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No. It means you can have 500 **active** users - i.e. 500 users who **could** log in. Of course, all 500 of them could log in at the same time, but that's not important. What matters is the number who are enabled for login.

If you add more than 500 users, Confluence will effectively go read-only until you reduce the number to what you are licenced for.

comments: author: Hsu Yao Chang
body: Dear Nic Brough,

Would it be possible to know how many people is using confluence on line now?Thank you.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Nope. You can't really do it with web applications in general. I've got confluence open on my browser now, but I've not looked at the tab for a while, and I wandered off for coffee 10 minutes ago. Am I "using confluence online now"? I'm not active. How do you know when I've gone for coffee? (hint - you don't)


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I get current year in confluence footer-conten.vm
Asked by Peter Kahn:

How can I get a current year in ./confluence/decorators/includes/footer-content.vm? I can get a date string by $action.getDateFormatter().getCurrentDate() but want to use the DataFormatter to format for just year but it takes Date objects and I seem to lack one.

I want to put **copyright my-corp $year** in the footer.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hey Peter,

For a list of all the parameters available in the context refer to <https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/development-resources/confluence-architecture/confluence-internals/velocity-template-overview/confluence-objects-accessible-from-velocity>

Try getCalendar() using DateFormatter and getting the YEAR attribute.

<https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/core/DateFormatter.html>

$dateFormatter.getCalendar().getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR)

comments: author: Peter Kahn
body: So this sort of works but I feel like I should bet able to get year without a hard coded value#set ($calendar = $action.getDateFormatter().getCalendar())\<p style="text-align:center"\> Copyright ? 2008 - $calendar.get(1)