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Email notification with every modification
Asked by Paul van Kaam:

Hi,

I disabled in the settings (see figure below) that I would recieve an email if a colleague were to change and save anything in Confluence. Yet I still recieve an email everytime and it is quit annoying.

How can I fix this? (We are using the cloud version)

Thanks,

Paul

![Naamloos.gif](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24795i4FB1591684ADD177/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Naamloos.gif")


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Paul van Kaam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1344323),

look at your current watches and clean them up:

https://\<your-atlassian-url\>.atlassian.net/wiki/users/viewnotifications.action

There you find all your watched content. I think you get notifications of the content, you watched before you have deactivated the auto-watch-function. The older watches are not removed automatically by disabling the auto-watch.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

email

notification
Is the Confluence Trello Macro only available in Confluence Server Version?
Asked by Larsen:

Reading:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-trello-and-confluence-together-943978256.html>  

we can't find any macro for trello in our installation....

Would be glad about any hint on this.

Server:  
Confluence Version 6.9.0  
Build Number 7701


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Lars,

As Per [@Jenny Millman](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/766033)'s post here:

[Solved: How can I embed a Trello board in Confluence?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-embed-a-Trello-board-in-Confluence/qaq-p/350154#M89034)

We don't have any confirmed plans for this, but it is a long-term idea. I'm tagging Jenny here in case she has any further input on that.

You can also vote on and follow these two feature requests for the server, in case anything changes:

* [CONFSERVER-45779](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-45779?_ga=2.159973437.1085047237.1529294053-1930698615.1525268788)
* [CONFSERVER-53529](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-53529?_ga=2.159973437.1085047237.1529294053-1930698615.1525268788)

Let us know if you have any questions!

Regards,

Suren Raj

comments: author: Larsen
body: thanks Suren, I was actually looking for the described macro in:  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-trello-and-confluence-together-943978256.html>  
which we could not find in our confluence server installation.

Now I understand: there is no development, to make that macro available in confluence server?

So, Attlassian's answer to my question is: Yes ?

any comments on that?

Lars


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Lars.

<br />

The link you mention is for Confluence Cloud, not Confluence Server.  

Yes, you are correct. So far there is no development for that macro.  

<br />

Cheers

Suren Raj


author: Larsen
body: \>\>The link you mention is for Confluence Cloud, not Confluence Server

nothing on that page or in the link name gives a hint for what version this is meant,  
so either an internal political decision or you could name it there...

Ok. Thanks


author: Paz
body: The URL has "confcloud" in it, and on the page, there should be a version picker that shows "Cloud" is selected.

![confcloud.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24832i81F54D4C0C36A3CA/image-dimensions/399x192?v=v2 "confcloud.png")


author: Larsen
body: Ok, got that menu distinction now...

It leaves the impression, that Atlassian has no plans to support these (and other) acquired tools for the Confluence self-hosted server version...

Thanks, Lars


Tags: confluence-server

server

trello
Javascript with <context>editor</context> not working on "create page".
Asked by Dirk Brutscher:

Hi,

I wrote a editor plugin for out Confluence 5.8.15 production envionment, which now encounters a problem:

The Javascript only works if a page is edited but not if a page is created. I tried context \<context\>fullpage-editor\</context\> and \<context\>editor\</context\>, both have the same issue.

```

??? AJS.toInit(function(){
?? ??? ?
?? ??? ?AJS.Editor.Adapter.addTinyMcePluginInit(function(settings) {

?? ??? ???? settings.paste_preprocess = function(plugin, args) {
            ...
```


Answers:
author: huvian
body: Hi [@Dirk Brutscher](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/664932), you might need to initialize your plugin with

```
AJS.Rte.BootstrapManager.addTinyMcePluginInit
```

instead.

However, if you want to be forward compatible and are developing for a later version, this tutorial might help you out.

<https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/enabling-tinymce-plugins>

comments: author: Dirk Brutscher
body: Hi,

I always checked the AJS.Rte... version, same problem.

But I think, I found a solution for my problem: <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/extending-autoconvert/>


author: Dirk Brutscher
body: Hmmm, "[https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/enabling-tinymce-plugins](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/enabling-tinymce-plugins?_ga=2.268105542.957781883.1531728807-1827704337.1518612911)" works in our 5.x production environment but does not longer work in the Confluence 6.10.0 :-(


Tags: atl-dev

confluence-server

server
Confluence Page / Space Reporting
Asked by Hiten:

I am currently in the process of planning our confluence instance merger. this will be migrating out Atlassian hosted confluence into our server confluence.

our Atlassian hosted confluence is relatively small and i plan to do this by exporting each space to an XML and then importing into our server confluence.

I wanted to know if there was a report within the Atlassian hosted confluence to allow me to see certain space/page properties such date created, date modified etc. this would allow me to see if there are any spaces / pages which may not need migrating.


Answers:
author: Fadoua
body: Good day,

There is a plugin called "ViewTracker" it will provide you the information you are looking for.

Best


author: Hiten
body: Hi Fadoua,

thanks for the recommendation. however it seems that ViewTracker is only for confluence server.

I am looking for one which can run on the Atlassian hosted confluence.

Thanks

comments: author: Fadoua
body: My bad [@Hiten](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1188282) you did mention Confluence Cloud. Unfortunately when it comes to plugins with Atlassian hosted instances there are not that many choices.

I will suggest if no other options (which I know it is tedious) to import the spaces then use the viewtracker and remove the ones that are not needed.


Tags: export

import

page-property

report
Remove plugin impossible
Asked by Opentalent:

Hello

we migrated our conluence with h? base to a new server and mysql DB

We have a problem with add-ons, after this.

We folow <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-manually-remove-malfunctioning-add-ons-113705118.html>

But we have still same problem, it's impossible to use or remove draw.io for example, an re install.

Do you have an other solution ?

Thanks !

Michel


Answers:
author: Opentalent
body: I found the solution by upgrading Confluence. It'ok now.
Upgrade Confluence from 5.7 to 6.9
Asked by Andrew Striletskyi:

Hello everyone. I installed Confluence 6.9 and I want to use data from database (with Confluence 5.7). But I have several problems. For example   

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@f4c95ed failed during the SCHEMA_UPGRADE phase due to: null  

I've found the following solution : <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/upgrading-to-confluence-5-9-x-or-5-10-x-fails-with-error-failed-during-the-schema_upgrade-phase-due-to-null-794212749.html>  

But It's not working: Key column 'SPACEGROUPID' doesn't exist in table   

How to fix It?)


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Andrew,

Can you let us know the exact steps you took to upgrade Confluence? Please also confirm your database version.

Thank you!

Shannon
How do you upgrade Confluence OSX 5.5.x to latest (6.9)
Asked by Peter:

Have upgraded other Atlassian products in the past, and the upgrade mechanism detects that a new version is running and performs the db upgrade.

That upgrade process is not started when I startup Confluence and thus it has a database issue - missing tables, etc.


Answers:
author: Peter
body: Yes, did what you asked. It had a massive timeout trying something, but using the same home, it would have found the 5.5.2 database.

I used same home dir as well ... have not had this kind of problem in past doing upgrades, but just one of those IT mysteries, that could be solved with 400 hours ... in my experiences, I dont need to know why it didn't work, but that now, we got it to work !

Thanks again !

Hopefully my JIRA upgrade will be as smooth - do you know if doing this XML export is an option as well, and taking that approach would also work ?

comments: author: Shannon S
body: Hi Peter,

That would work as well depending on your current Jira version.

Keep in mind the [Jira 7 Migration Hub](https://confluence.atlassian.com/migration/jira-7) and this [Jira Software upgrade matrix](https://confluence.atlassian.com/ug/jira-software-upgrade-matrix-933696761.html).

Regards,

Shannon


author: Peter
body: I installed the update code in a separate folder and started it up(startup.sh). normally i thought it would detect the updated code base (since it was looking at the 5.5.2 database) and perform the update ... it did not.

since then, i thought to try just exporting the full backup as a xml and import it. when i ran 6.9 as a new install and imported the xml, that worked - probably less error prone than an update.

comments: author: Shannon S
body: Hi Peter,

Thank you for confirming! Actually I was going to suggest the method you took in the end.

As for the original upgrade attempt, can you confirm that you went into the  
\<confluence-install\>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties folder and pointed it to your existing home directory?

If so, then you could also try looking through your server logs and see if there are any upgrade error messages. That will give you a bit more details on why it failed.

Shannon


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Peter,

You can use this article to upgrade your instance:

* [Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html)

If you're having issues, can you tell us exactly the steps you took to upgrade, and what error messages you're seeing?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
How can I create a blueprint for blog posts in confluence?
Asked by Martin van Baal:

I made myself familiar with plugin development in general and found the instructions for creating a template for a page. How can I generate a template for a blog post instead?


Answers:
author: Kris G _Alacriz_
body: Hi [@Martin van Baal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1194944)-

Atlassian does not have out of box functionality to create templates for blogs.

You may want to try the app 'Templates for Blog Posts' that lets you create recurring blog posts like meeting notes, retrospectives, press releases, case studies, etc.

Here is the link on the Atlassian Marketplace :   
[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217068/templates-for-blog-posts?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217068/templates-for-blog-posts?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Hope that helps!

best,  
Kris G

comments: author: Martin van Baal
body: Hi [@Kris G _Alacriz_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1361914)

thank you for your answer! I saw this plugin and it seems to fit perfectly into my needs. The only problem is my limited project budget.

best regards: Martin


author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Martin

Blueprints are only applicable to Pages, not to Blogs. If the purpose is to stylize the blog, you might want to look into the Theme module. A list of all plugin modules are available at <https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-plugin-module-types/>

Hope that helps.

comments: author: Martin van Baal
body: Hi Bushan!

Thank you for your answer!

I found a Workaround for my purpose by creating a user macro.

best regards: Martin


author: Yan Tuchkovskiy
body: Hi Martin, please share an example of your macros for a blog post. Thank you.


Tags: confluence-app

confluence-server

server
external database question
Asked by hkmiix:

i have a question by using external database.....

when i fresh install Confluence, i can choose trial database or external database....

As my Confluence only have 2GB ram, if i choose trial database.....it will easy to hit the ram limit.

if i choose external database and install database in different server, will it better or no different ?

please advise.


Answers:
author: Gavin McDonald
body: You may not hit your RAM limit, for a small instance of only a few spaces. And the amount of visitors you have can have an effect also. Other things to consider are things like increased disk I/O and CPU usage due to the database being a local file system.

Also note the internal database is meant for testing only and not really for production use, so you should consider an external database anyway. And 'external database' does not necessarily mean 'on another machine/VM' , it just means external to Confluence, so you could run mysql locally and connect to that, its not perfect, but certainly better than using the internal non production database. And if you backed up the mysql database off site, then even better in case recovery is needed.


author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

You will not hit the ram limit, if you choose internal database. The internal database is also stored in the file system. It will be installed and configured by Jira automatically. You do not need to set it up. The difference with the external database is that you need to install an external database yourself and provide a connection string to the database.
Does Deleting or deactivating a user with an atlassian account remove them from other systems?
Asked by Denise Kramer:

I added users in our Confluence cloud system at my company that were originally added to their own company's cloud instance of Confluence and hence had an Atlassian Account. If they were deleted or deactivated in their company's system, would they automatically be removed from mine?


Answers:
author: Craig Castle-Mead
body: The accounts are per instance (subdomaim) so the same emails being used by two companies cloud instances will not impact each other

CCM

comments: author: Denise Kramer
body: Thanks [@Craig Castle-Mead](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/224850)Craig Castle-Mead


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to extract and parse JIRA comments onto a Confluence page?
Asked by Louie Chen:

I want to be able to look through (the computer, not me) JIRA comments for specific cases and parse comments with specific keywords to a Confluence page to track if that specific comment involved "issue/reason x". I would like to aggregate all those comments and see how often/much "issue/reason x" was mentioned and some other information related to it.


Answers:
author: cmac
body: Hi Louie,

Welcome to the Atlassian community.

You might like to check out [Confluence - JIRA Report Blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/jira-report-blueprint-937893660.html), this allows you to create dynamic reports on your JIRA project and can be customized using advanced JQL queries.

comments: author: Louie Chen
body: Hi Chris,

Thanks for your response. This link seems to be concerning the tracking of status changes or labels. I'm trying to search through comments for specific phrases and return them into a new page or report.


author: cmac
body: I'd recommend going to [JIRA and use JQL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwareserver074/advanced-searching-921472935.html) to setup the query using something like"
> project = 'YOUR-PROJECT' and comment \~ 'issue/reason X'

<br />

<br />

this should confirm whether you have the correct search / filter.

You can then paste this query into either a JIRA Report or JIRA macro to dynamically render the list of JIRAs on your Confluence page.   

Below is an excerpt from: [Using JIRA and Confluence Together](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-jira-applications-and-confluence-together-427623543.html)
> Alternatively, you can add the [JIRA Issues Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/jira-issues-macro-139380.html) to the page and search for issues directly:
>
> In the editor choose Insert \> Jira Issue.  
> Follow the prompts in the macro browser to choose a project and search for an issue -- you can even use [JIRA Query Language (JQL)](https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwareserver/advanced-searching-939938733.html)

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-jira-applications-and-confluence-together-427623543.html)


author: Louie Chen
body: Thanks for that, this query works as far as returning the actual JIRA issues, is there a way to return the comment in which the matching term/string occurs?


Tags: jira
Is there a way to disable autosave in Confluence?
Asked by Jane Gabriel:

I prefer to elect when to save what I've entered into a page, project plan, etc. but I can't find an option to disable the autosave function. Is there an option available?


Answers:
author: TFrance
body: We're having issues with AutoSave in that the cursor resets to the beginning of the message body whenever we are typing, causing us to stop, cut, then paste where the text being entered should be, as we always end up typing at the beginning for a while before noticing this has happened.

Obviously the right way to fix this issue is to have the data save without it resetting the cursor to the beginning of the input box. However, for now, we hope the workaround suggested to extend the time when it saves will alleviate a big pain-point for the team, as it is a nuisance that happens several times daily and is undesirable.  

Addendum: Our Infrastructure people are stating that it is not an editable setting. Is this true, and, if not, ***what steps are required to edit this so it doesn't auto-save so often?***

comments: author: Rajagopalan
body: [@TFrance](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3710757) I am facing this issue now. Were you able to resolve this back then?


author: cmac
body: Updates you make to pages aren't visible to other users until you 'Publish' the changes you have made on the page.

If you don't want to make the changes you can either the Close / Save for later ([save for later](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/save-for-later-724765402.html)) or Revert the change ([delete / restore / revert](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/delete-restore-or-purge-a-page-724764873.html))

If you have [Collaborative Editing](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf66/collaborative-editing-943961645.html) turned on (allowing multiple people to edit a page simultaneously), then you cannot disable the auto-save.

comments: author: Jane Gabriel
body: Thank you for your quick responses. I now understand my options.


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Hi Jane,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

If you have Collaborative editing turned on you cannot turn off auto save. You would have to disable it and then change the[time interval when drafts are saved](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-time-interval-at-which-drafts-are-saved-181537852.html).
Can I create a //date for current date, that stops changing if I select it manually later
Asked by Casey Maynard:

I would like to have a //date value in my confluence template that shows the current today's date, but once I change the date that is displayed manually it will keep the manually selected date instead of updating to the current date.


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Casey Maynard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1140025) ,

// is a special character that open a data select popup so you can't change that behaviour.

Fabio
Copy page (and child pages) to another space
Asked by Maximiliano Villagra:

I have 2 spaces.

Space A: Contains many pages and documents

Space B: Site with a couple of pages

I need to be able to copy some of the content from Space A to Space B. I tried going to Space A -\> Space Tools -\> Content Tool -\> Export -\> to html. I pick and choose what I need to get.

Then I go into Space B -\> Space Tools -\> Content Tool -\> Import but then it ask me for a folder. I set the folder on the server where the zip file is, and then it only creates one html page with all ascii code on it.

Then I tried unzipping the file into a different folder but still nothing gets imported.

Why something so simple feels so complex? Can somebody provide some help on how to get this done?

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Maximiliano Villagra
body: Ok, I end up using the Copy option on each of the pages (with children) to be able to copy the data from one space to another.

Thanks for all the suggestions.


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: [@Jonathan Smith](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1254033), why pay when confluence has the capability to do so for free.

comments: author: Jonathan Smith
body: These add-ons can potentially save you time if this is a routine process. Wouldn't hurt downloading the free trial and seeing if paid solutions are worth it.


author: Jonathan Smith
body: If you have any budget, I would suggest looking into **Copy Page Hierarchy** or **Copy Page Tree**. I use one to copy template spaces for new space creation.

The add-ons range from 250-350USD.


author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

Kindly have a look at this article

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/import-a-confluence-space-724765531.html>

comments: author: Maximiliano Villagra
body: So the link talks about import a space into the cloud version.

I just want to copy data from one space to another. I am trying to use the export/import. Is this the correct way of doing it or is there another way of achieving this?


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: ![Screen Shot 2018-06-15 at 12.12.58 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24714i8A9E4C9236A431E9/image-dimensions/807x394?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-06-15 at 12.12.58 PM.png")


Tags: confluence-server

server
When installing JIRA on Windows server, does it conflict with IIS?
Asked by Innovaci?n - Proyectos Compartidos:

Hi Everyone!

in the server proposed to install the Jira Service Desk application and confluence (Windows server 2012), there is an application running in IIS, will we have any problem with the coexistence of apache for JIRA?

Thanks regards


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: I have run JIRA on a windows server and it works just fine. You will probably want to run a proxy in IIS to serve it up. These are easy to setup and there are lots of good articles like this one: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/integrating-jira-applications-with-iis-using-arr-313467089.html>

comments: author: Innovaci?n - Proyectos Compartidos
body: Hi [@Brant Schroeder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/769100)

Thanks for your help ! I want know will we have any problem with the coexistence of ISS with confluence?

regards


Tags: jira-service-desk

jira-service-desk-server

server