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What is the best way to move Wikispaces content into Confluence Cloud?
Asked by John Guerra:

I have a few [Wikispaces](https://www.wikispaces.com/) wikis that I would like to import into Confluence Cloud as individual Spaces. Other than manually importing (copy and paste), how can best do this: Using Windows 8, Confluence Cloud (OnDemand) and limited to no coding involved?


Answers:
author: Gorka Puente _Appfire_
body: Hi John,

Confluence (at least the server version) has the option to import files as pages, where the filename becomes the page title and the file content the page body. Space Tools -\> Content Tools -\> Import.

Try to export one of your wikis in wikispace (<http://help.wikispaces.com/Settings>) and how it is exported. Post it here to see the options!

Gorka


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

import
How to find pages in Confluence space with no label
Asked by stuartu:

We have a Confluence space with \~200 pages that are categorized into 7 types of labels.

In order that I don't miss any new ones,... is there an easy way to find pages with no labels in a space?

Our Confluence is not managed by us (or Atlassian), so we can't update the database directly. Any plug-in would have to be free.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: @Stephen Deutsch answer is a good one. If you get more labels that could be problematic. I think this should work for any number of labels.

```
type:page NOT labelText:[a TO z] NOT labelText:[0 TO 9]
```

comments: author: Shawn Wilson
body: This does not work for me.

* "labelText:faq" gives me the correct pages.
* "NOT labelText:faq" gives me the **same** pages
* "-labelText:faq" gives me **the same**pages.
* "labelText:\[a TO z\] correctly gives me all pages with labels
* "NOT labelText:\[a TO z\] **also** gives me all pages with labels
* "type:page" gives me all the pages with "page" in them.
* "type:page NOT labelText:\[a TO z\]" gives me all pages with "page" -- but those with no labels.

I'm using Confluence 6.3. (I don't think it's the cloud version).


author: Richard Cross
body: I think it's the same issue as with JQL, you can't negate label searches unless you negate each label individually.


author: Niklas Klein
body: I am searching for pages without some specific values. Had the same problems as Shawn. For me

type:page AND \[a TO z\] NOT labelText:SpeLabel1 AND NOT labelText:SpeLabel2 AND NOT labelText:SpeLabel3

worked. (just search for pages, using the a TO Z to find all pages and then excluding them by label)


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: If you only have seven labels on your space that you want to filter, you could at least search for pages without those seven labels. Simply use this search term (example is for 3 labels, but you could use it for more):

```
(type:page NOT labelText:"label1") AND (type:page NOT labelText:"label2") AND (type:page NOT labelText:"label3")
```

Simply copy and paste from the last "AND" until the end to add a new label to the search. You can filter by space on the left-hand side of the search page.

comments: author: Dennis
body: Thanks for this fix, Stephen! This was a big help!


author: Daren Chung
body: More likely than not, you could have Atlassian run a query for you. My experience has led me to believe this is otherwise not possible with the tools provided by Atlassian.


author: stuartu
body: Atlassian do not administer our Confluence, but yes, I see your point. We could request a report.


Tags: label
Has anyone ever gotten a list of KB articles...
Asked by Daren Chung:

..from their Confluence (On demand) instance without asking Atlassian to run a query?

Atlassian did it for me once, but won't do it again and I just don't have the dev resources to do it.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Confluence automatically adds the labels "kb-how-to-article" to How-To pages, and "kb-troubleshooting-article" to troubleshooting pages, so if you search for:

labelText:kb-

you should be able to get a list of all KB articles. You can filter them by space using the options on the left side of the search page.


author: Daren Chung
body: Sorry, I should have been more clear. We are on the cloud version and I would need the capability to separate them out by creation dates. (preferably by the month in which they were created. My query using the "Content by label" macro does not show creation dates.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Don't use the Content by label macro. Use the wiki search. Search for "labelText:kb-".


author: Davin Studer
body: And if you need to search by creation date you can add in the created field in your search string such as.. "labelText:kb- AND created:\[20140801 TO 20140831\]"The date should be in yyyymmdd format.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Thanks Davin, you beat me to it :)


author: Daren Chung
body: nice.. Now if only I could export the results... Thanks very much. I'm close but not all the way there.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: How do you need to export them?


author: Daren Chung
body: results into excel


author: Davin Studer
body: You could use the search results macro on a page with the search terms specified in the macro properties and then export the page to Word and then massage the results.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: either that or it wouldn't be so hard to use python to get the search results via REST API and output to CSV, but do you really need the results in Excel?


author: Daren Chung
body: Actually, the search results macro will work. Thanks for all the ideas.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Recently updated in Confluence
Asked by ari Guererro:

Someone modified our confluence page and suddenly we cannot view recent changes that has been made in the confluence unless we manually re-build it. Before any changes in the confluence will be seen in the dashboard. How can we get that features back?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Ari,

This is a strange behavior. Maybe it's worth to check if you have some layout changed in confluence admin -\> layouts and also check if you have some custom HTML modified in confluence admin as well.

If the recently updates is not showing correctly, you can rebuild the indexes from scratch and that will show them again: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Rebuild+the+Content+Indices+from+Scratch>

Cheers,

Rodrigo
Is there a way to make the main menu order something other than alphabetical?
Asked by Michael E Bowman:

I am new to Confluence--I have been setting up parent pages with children, but wanted to make the order

that the parent pages listed on the menu something other than alphabetical. How can that be done?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: If you are using the default theme go to space tools at the bottom of the nav tree and select Reorder pages. This will take you to a nav tree that allows you to drag and drop to reorder the pages.

In the documentation theme go to the Browse menu and select Pages. On the Pages tab make sure you have tree selected and then you will have a tree that will allow you to drag and drop to reorder it.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Is the answer you were looking for?
Problem with Confluence and the Database
Asked by DM:

Hello, I'm having a Problem with configurating the Server for Confluence. I'm working with a MS SQL 2003 Express Server on a VM. My Problem was that I couldn't connect the Server Database with Confluence, know, after that I shutdown the Server, every time I click on the 'Access Confluence' , I get a broken page with the title:

```
HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set
```

I hope you can help me.


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: The error you get is often caused because the user running Confluence does not have permission to write on Confluence directories. You can find more in Confluence Does Not Start Due to 'Spring Application context has not been set'.

Regarding the database of your choice, please note it is not supported by any recent version of Confluence. You can check the supported databases for the latest version in [Supported Platforms](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Supported+Platforms).

comments: author: DM
body: Thanks for the answer, I resolved the porblem by installing Confluence again.You've said that my database isn't compatible.. So you mean it's not possible to run Confluence on a MS SQL EXPRESS Server? Because I'm having many problems with it.


author: Grant Winney
body: Your link is broken. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+Does+Not+Start+Due+to+Spring+Application+context+has+not+been+set>


author: Tobin Smith
body: the link: " Confluence Does Not Start Due to 'Spring Application context has not been set' " does not work which is annoying because it appears to be something that would be very useful to me right now....


Tags: database

server
table conversion using UWC from Mediawiki to Confluence
Asked by Roadmunk:

Hi

After converting few K's of pages, It seems that tables are not converted correctly.

How should I approach this issue?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Roadmunk
body: Thanks @Davin Studer and @Rodrigo Adami

I did twick some of the pages, but tables are somthing else.

Will post my solution, once i'll reach it.


author: Davin Studer
body: When I converted from a different wiki to Confluence I had to do a lot of data massaging to get it to convert correctly. You probably won't be able to just point it at your wiki and press go and have it work 100%. You'll probably have to do a number of go rounds to get it mostly right and then even do some cleanup afterward.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Itamar,

I've tried to search for some bug in the UWC but I was not able to find one related to tables not migrating correctly. This might be some specific issue with the UWC.

Regarding UWC issues, it's recommended to get in touch with the UWC team at: <https://migrations.atlassian.net/wiki/display/UWC/Universal+Wiki+Converter>

The support email should be redirected to: [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com)

I hope this helps.

Rodrigo  


Tags: confluence-administration
Sending Emails in a Plugin
Asked by J D:

So here is a tut about [sending mail within a plugin](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Sending+Emails+in+a+Plugin).

I followed the instructions, and on the moment of truth. I typed "atlas-run" and pressed enter.

So i?m still waiting for my mails. Of course i set up a mailserver before that.

Somebody has expirience with that tut or with sending mail in generally?


Answers:
author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Are you attempting to create a mail readyform or are you attempting to just get mail FROM your instance in regards to updates/creates/etc?

comments: author: J D
body: I try to send email within a plugin, when a special method is called it should send a email with custom content.


Tags: email

notification
Missing Usermanagement after OD import
Asked by B_ Normann P_ Nielsen:

We have imported an OD dump of Confluence, and It seems fine - but the Users and Groups Management are gone, both for SYSADMIN and other logins.

The /admin/users/browseusers.action works fine....

I have tried to import in a OD and in the latest Confluence, same issue


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: This is caused by a black feature enabled for OD.

Try the resolution in this link: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=653951453>

EDIT: Same resolution, but this link applies better to your problem: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/User+and+Group+Management+Links+Disappear+From+Admin+Panel+After+Upgrade+or+Migration+to+5.6.X>

comments: author: B_ Normann P_ Nielsen
body: Excellent (smile) Thanx - solved !!


author: B_ Normann P_ Nielsen
body: The import and OD dump seems fine otherwise, it just the missing menu items. We can add and change users via /admin/users/browseusers.action - so all user and groups are intact etc...


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Normann,

I believe that something is wrong with the OD dump. As far as I know, the users and groups should be on the database. can you confirm this by running a SQL query in the database?

```
select * from cwd_user; select * from cwd_group;
```

Confirm if there are rows in those tables above and if they are missing, I suggest to request another backup from the cloud team.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
is there a best version match between jira and confluence if using applink
Asked by hote:

so far as I know, there is no strict version requirements for integration between diff applications(such as JIRA and Confluence). but sometimes applink failed,and if upgrading one of them, it would work well. There for I want to know is there a best version match between jira and confluence if using applink, not only meeting

[Application Links Version Matrix](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/APPLINKS/Application+Links+Version+Matrix) {#toc-hId-1813606463}
============================================================================================================================================


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey He Teng,

We don't have a rel restriction between different version however some version of applinks Confluence are know to cause more problems than other.

Based on our support cases input I would recommend you going to latest version of Confluence and JIRA since we are not getting to many problem reports as we got in Confluence 5.0.\* to 5.4.\* version range.  
Cheers


Tags: application-link

jira
upgrade from 5.1.2 to 5.2.3
Asked by Matthew Rooney:

Hi folks,

I ran the upgrade on an ubuntu server for a standalone instance of confluence but when I go to the home page I get a page not found error on confluence.

See errors in atlassian-confluence logs - <http://justpaste.it/hn6j>

I'm not sure what I'm missing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Matt


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hey Matt,

First, may I ask you which steps did you follow to perform the upgrade?
> Since you've just upgraded your Confluence, would you please perform the following steps to clear your plugin cache? This issue could be related to corrupted plugin cache:  
> 1. Shutdown Confluence  
> 2. Ensure the user running Confluence has full read/write privileges to the confluence-home directory.  
> 3. Remove the following directories  
> :warning: This will remove the plugin cache files only and will not permanently remove any plugins. These directories will be recreated during the next Confluence startup. However, some third-party plugins may store metadata in these directories, so we recommend creating a temporary backup of the directories.
>
> ```
> &lt;confluence-home&gt;/bundled-plugins&lt;confluence-home&gt;/plugins-cache&lt;confluence-home&gt;/plugins-osgi-cache&lt;confluence-home&gt;/plugins-temp&lt;confluence-home&gt;/bundled-plugins_language
> ```
>
> 4. Start Confluence

In case it does not fix the issue, we will probably need to investigate the whole log file and verify whether there was any failed step when performing the upgrade.

I hope it helps!

Best regards,

Eduardo Mallmann


Tags: confluence-administration
Restoring Lost Confluence Pages
Asked by Kristen Viscardi:

Hello,

It seems over the weekend that a few of our Confluence spaces and/or pages disappeared. Is there an easy way to search and restore these pages rather than restoring a whole backup of Confluence? I checked the Atlassian documentation and didn't find it very helpful, any suggestions?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Each space has a trash can in the space admin. Have you checked there?

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You also need to work out how they got deleted, and think about preventing that in the long run.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: A lot of times people delete a parent page and forget that the child pages get moved to the base level of the Confluence space, and are therefore no longer visible in the page tree. To find them, you can click Browse, Pages, and then look at the tree view.


author: Davin Studer
body: That's another good thought Stephen.


author: Kristen Viscardi
body: We lost the space, but we recovered it. thanks!


author: Kristen Viscardi
body: We are using Confluence version 5.5.3


Tags: confluence-administration
Create blogpost with default label
Asked by M:

Hi

Is there a way to create blogpost with default label?

Regards

Michal


Answers:
author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: Hi Michal,

you can add the label to a link creating a blog post, e.g.

`<your wikibaseurl>/pages/createblogpost.action?spaceKey=<space key>&labelsString=<your label>`

I used this in a user macro. The macro provides a button you can click to create the blog post.

Cheers,  
Kirstin

comments: author: M
body: Hi Kristinthank you for your answer. The idea itself is very good, but can be used only in limited use cases. But how to achieve the same result is someone use CREATE -\> Blog post?


Tags: confluence-administration
Space's css available to Confluence admins only?
Asked by DavidH:

Can a space administrator do custom CSS for the space? it appears the space's CSS tab is not available from Space Tools \> Look and Feel if you are not a Confluence administrator. Only four tabs (Themes, Colour Scheme, PDF Layout, PDF Stylesheet) appear to a user who is a space administrator, but not a Confluence administrator.

Confluence version: 5.6.3


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello there, the Confluence administrator may not have the needed permissions to edit the space, nevertheless he can add the necessary permissions to his account, considering the is the admin. The full role listing and possibilities can be [reviewed here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+Overview) also you may find information on space permissions through [this page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Space+Administrators+and+their+Permissions).

Hope it helps, please post to this if further info is needed.


Tags: confluence-administration

css
Export confluence pages into SCSM
Asked by Andrew Dyminskiy:

Does anyone know how to setup a feed to display confluence pages in SCSM Knowledge Base? Our goal is not use external links but integrate confluence and Microsoft System Center.

I am fine looking into 3rd party plugins but can't find any as of yet.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: David Andrew
body: not an answer - also interested.

Our Development use Jira/Confluence - but our service area uses System Centre Service Manager, if we could have an auto update between the 2 it would be great


Tags: jira
Copy Space compatibility with Confluence 5.6?
Asked by Rinku Saha:

hi ,

is Copy Space plugin will be compatible with Confluence 5.6? Please confirm.

Thanks'

Rinku


Answers:
author: J D
body: Hi,

If you mean [Copy Space](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace)[,](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace) than its a clear yes. In used it on Confluence 5.6 and it worked.
How to export page using a specific word template?
Asked by Jo?o Simas:

Hi Everyone

Does anyone knows an addon to export a confluence page using a specified word template?

The goal is to use confluence to produce documentation. But for this to be a reality we would need to export the pages (documents) using a specifc word template. Do you know if this is possible?

Thanks you

Best regards

Jo?o Simas


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can fiddle with the export templates to do this, but I usually recommend you look up the "Scroll Office" addon which enables you to do it all within Confluence.


author: Jo?o Simas
body: Thank you Nic!

I will try it.

Best regards


Tags: confluence-administration
How to track slow loading macros in Confluence?
Asked by Stephen Deutsch:

We have several pages that have begun to load slowly, and we'd like to identify which macros in particular are slowing down the page load. I've already seen this page: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Identifying+Slow+Performing+Macros>, but the documentation appears to be out of date. The only macros that show up in the logs are the ones that are still using wiki markup. Is anyone aware of a more recent method to identify which macros are slowing down a page load?


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Stephen,  

I believe what you're looking for is to enable the [Performance profiling](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Troubleshooting+Slow+Performance+Using+Page+Request+Profiling), which can tell us what exactly is slowing things down once we load a page. I highly suggest that you do the test that you want, then disable the performance profiling option, is just because your logs will be huge otherwise.  

Cheers,  
WZ.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: It ended up being Section and Column macros that were slowing the page down, but it would have been nice to be able to figure that out a little easier than having to manually delete sections of the page here and there, especially for complex pages. Anyone have any ideas?


Tags: confluence-administration
analytics reports in Confluence
Asked by Consu:

Hello everyone,

I am thinking to make Google Analytics report about our websites available on our Confluence. Has anyone ever tried to do this? Could you share some good way of achieving this?

Thanks a million for the help :smile:!


Answers:
author: Consu
body: try a plug-in

<http://www.go2group.com/alm-solutions/atlassian-plugins/confluence-plugins/google-analytics-plugin/>

and reading this page

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=154239308>

comments: author: Consu
body: Thanks Calogero, I was not aware that the pluging can be used also for external sites data!

Cheers


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I configure the Site Home Page
Asked by System Administrator:

I've looked at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Site+Home+Page> but when I go to **General Configuration** I can edit theSite Home Page but the list doesn't include the Space Directory page. How do I add it to the list?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Another thought would be to create a page that has a user macro that lists the spaces that a user has access to ... your own space directory. Or you could point to a page with a user macro to redirect the user to the space directory.


author: System Administrator
body: Not really, that's not a very helpful page. However, I found <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/10470> Maybe I can fix it myself.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: You could do something like that, but every time you upgrade you would have to remake the change.


author: System Administrator
body: Neither of those gives me what I want. How do you make suggestions? Could this be added as an option in future?

comments: author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Sorry to hear that, please refer to the following documentations regarding filing improvement request and our policy about it:<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=308609056><https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy>Hope it help.Cheers,Septa Cahyadiputra


author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi,

Confluence can only configured to use Dashboard or Space Home page as its Site home page. So it is necessary for you to configure a specific page to be the space home page if you want it as a site page. Please let us know if I misunderstand your question.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra