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Confluence task progress and priorisation
Asked by Markus Holzer:

Does anybody has a solution for better user-task-handling instead of the default confluence tasks?

Iam heavily missing priority and progress setting in confluece-tasks. origin I wanted to connect MeisterTask to confluence - but this AddOn isnt available anymore!!

I cant find any task-AddOn which support the confluence-user-task-summary in the profile (whiche is pretty fine!)

We have pure confluence (without Jira) for project-management and wiki. Project-managements smallest and most important unit is the ToDo! And progress and priority are very basic characteristic of a Task. Iam wondering that this is missing!

Very, very thankful for suggestions and answers.

regards,

markus


Answers:
author: Alana Fernando
body: hi [@Markus Holzer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1213816),

Have you consider [Comala Canvas for Confluence Server](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1177667/comala-canvas-for-confluence-server?hosting=server&tab=overview)? According to the plugin description it has a hand full of options/features for task/planning/managing/status changing.

Hope this helps! ?

comments: author: Markus Holzer
body: Dear Alana,

yes - already installed Comala Canvas. and task are fine to manage - BUT: all task you create in Comala Canvas are only avaliable on that site - there is no way (maybe I didnt find out how) to summarize all task of one/all users of all projects-sites...

confluence-task are perfect for user (profile-task-overview) and PM-manager (overview who has which task) - only progress and prio is missing...

Maybe that could be coded???

thx again,

markus


author: Alana Fernando
body: [@Markus Holzer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1213816) ,

As you already have Comala Canvas installed, write to [plugin vendor](https://comalatech.jira.com/servicedesk/customer/portal/1) regarding your request. maybe there is a feature already which is not identified by us. Or if not they will surely consider on implementing this valuable feature in their future resales.

Else you can contact a [Atlassian solution partner](https://www.atlassian.com/partners/search?page=1) to implement your requirement for you. ?

As far as I know, [task report macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/task-report-macro-590260009.html) doesn't provide facility to add in-progress state and priority.


author: Rodrigo Hoffman
body: Is there any native notations while writting a Confluence task to set priority on it, other than the date?

Thanks!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence 6.8.2. Thumbnails showing incorrectly.
Asked by SBGGroup:

When attachning images the thumbnails shows gibberish.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Barry,

Can you show us an example of what is happening? What type of images are you attaching?

Shannon

comments: author: SBGGroup
body: ![Confluence Error.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26085i5D6A69BC63FA473C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence Error.jpg")Hi Shannon, thank for the response.

The documents looks like word documents. The last one was uploaded after the upgrade to 6.8.2.


author: Shannon S
body: Barry,

* Can you confirm the version of Microsoft Word that these came from?
* The issue only occurs with .doc files?
* Does this occur with ALL Word documents?
* Are there any special characters or images in the Word document that could cause this?
* If you click on the thumbnail to preview, does the preview load properly?

Thank you!

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
What is the pricing for having a mix of Jira users and non-Jira users that only use Confluence?
Asked by Product Manager:

We are currently only using Jira for our software team, but we would like to add every staff member onto Confluence as we find the pages model helpful to maintain our company knowledge base.

How do we do this, and what is the pricing model like?


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

Confluence license is determined by a number of users that have "**can use**" permission. This is a minimal permissions level that allows user to log-in into confluence.

The source of users does not matter, be it Jira, Crowd or LDAP, each user with "can use" permission will count towards confluence license the same way.

After adding Jira to Confluence user directory, you can specify a designated Jira user group that will be used for Confluence access, then add that group to global and space permissions and move only those Jira users that need access to Confluence. Same can be achieved on Jira side by manipulating confluence-users group membership. This will help control who can use Confluence and avoid getting bigger license than necessary. If you want all Jira users to have access to Confluence then above step is unnecessary.

You can find details on licensing model here: [Confluence Licensing and Purchasing](https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/confluence)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Blog posts
Asked by Bruce Newton (PEOPLEBANK - AUSTRALIA):

a) Is it possible to create an action within a blog post, so that it will appear in an actions report?

b) Is there a way to filter the blog posts, to show only 'open' blogs?


Answers:
author: Bruce Newton (PEOPLEBANK - AUSTRALIA)
body: Thanks for the response Alana. Much appreciated.

Yes, on the actions I mean tasks. From the help, I've seen that by putting \[ \] around the text for a task, however after doing this, it does not appear in the Task Report.

On the blog posts, the problem I always have with blog pages is they get clogged with old stuff and the value becomes diluted. I was hoping to have some sort of status field, or tag that could filter the view... so blog posts that are no longer relevant are not displayed.

comments: author: Alana Fernando
body: hi Bruce,

Did you follow exact below steps to add a task?

1. type **\[\]** *(this will give you a check box like shown in below image)* ![1.1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26037i15E39D2FD91A6AA9/image-dimensions/422x25?v=v2 "1.1.png")
2. Type you task in the area that says ***'Type your task here, using..***.
3. and in your task report macro verify macro settings. Also you have to save the blog post so that the newly created task will appear in you task report ![1.2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26038iFD302F575CF74A51/image-dimensions/210x403?v=v2 "1.2.png")

for your next issue,

* if possible you can simply delete unwanted blog posts
* if not add a label to blog posts that you want to filter out. so that you can [search blog posts by label](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-remove-and-search-for-labels-136419.html#Add,RemoveandSearchforLabels-Searchbylabel)
* As a reference you can add a [status macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/status-macro-223222355.html) in the blog post. but note that you can't search by status macro


author: Alana Fernando
body: hi Bruce,

Welcome to the community!

May I know more about your requirement?

**a)** by "Action" do you mean [adding tasks](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-assign-and-view-tasks-590260030.html)? if so yes you can add tasks inside blog posts if you want to.

**b)** I am not sure about **Open** blog posts. are you using any addon to add workflow?
The add-on has been installed but cannot be enabled.Refer to the logs for more information.
Asked by zhiqiu ye:

Install plugin Supplier Plugin error: The add-on has been installed but cannot be enabled.Refer to the logs for more information.


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

You should look for errors in the atlassian-confluence.log file. You can find more info here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/working-with-confluence-logs-108364721.html>
Unable to upload files to Confluence
Asked by James Pearse:

I have a page using the attachments macro to upload some files, it allowed me to upload a few, but it wont allow me to upload the rest.

The file sizes are a tiny 24kb, and there's no special characters in the file names and I have tried with multiple file types.

When I attempt to drag the file into the drag and drop box, the following error with no text pops up at the top:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25931iD14735FC0B104777/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

When I click on browse for files and select the file and upload it, it appears to upload and the page refreshes, but the file was not uploaded... with no error message.

Any help would be great.


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: ![Screen Shot 2018-07-03 at 7.57.41 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25984i084EAEEEC2B4A12D/image-dimensions/500x119?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-07-03 at 7.57.41 AM.png")

James,

It could be that you lack permission to attach and/or delete files on the space level.

Victor

comments: author: James Pearse
body: Thanks Victor, I do have full access for attachments, I did upload a few files previously, but now I am unable to add any.


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: james,

Have you tried this method...Tools \> Attachments \> Attach File?

victor


author: SaketBhatt
body: Hi, you may check upon the size of file once. May be that could help you out.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Multiple licences for one domain verification file
Asked by Vaughn Dumas:

In an organisation the size of ours (university) it may be possible to have different areas using Jira separately, but with all needing to verify the domain.

Is it possible to have multiple tokens in a single verification file?


Answers:
author: Vaughn Dumas
body: I found the following link to a similar question:  
<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/A-verified-domain-in-JIRA-is-not-accessible-by-other-site-admins/qaq-p/713216>

<br />

*When you verify a domain on our Atlassian Cloud platform, that user that first verifies the domain becomes the first organization admin. That user can then invite other site-admins to become organization admins.*

So the question might be mute if this is the case.


Tags: cloud

domain

jira-service-desk-cloud

verify
how to update content in a Confluence (chalk) page using Curl command??
Asked by Yogesh Jana:

i want to update a chalk page content dynamically using curl command.

Can you please let me the steps to accomplish it.


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

Kindly have a look at this article:

<https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-rest-api-examples/>
Cannot edit a page in any broswer
Asked by Joseph Esposito:

I am looking at several Confluence pages that are very long, let's say 10,000 lines for example. When I click Edit, suddenly the page shortens down to about 1,000 lines. So about 90% of content shrinks/collapses, it looks like a different page .

Also, if I am able to place the cursor in a field, I can't add text. All I can do is delete. Saving has been an issue as well. All happening in Chrome/FF/Safari in the last 2/3 weeks.


Answers:
author: Jonathan Smith
body: Hi [@Joseph Esposito](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1585196),

We have also experienced issues when trying to edit/go into editing mode for a page with a large amount of content. Sometimes there is a delay - sometimes we can't get in at all.

This issue is somewhat noted in the following bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-26241>

If you are working with 10,000 lines, personally I would utilize Excel.
Search is not returning file extension results
Asked by Ed Zix:

I am trying to search for all file attachments with the extension \*.vsdx. We have 50+ files with that extension but when we execute a search, we only receive 5 files with that result. I have reindexed but with no success. We have been able to retrieve pdfs, xlsx, docx with much more success.

Does anyone else have this issue?

Thank you in advance for your responses.


Answers:
author: Ed Zix
body: We are using the default Search functionality.

Thank you.


author: cmac
body: Hi Ed,

Are you having issues with the [Search / CQL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/search-724765412.html) functionality or are you using one of the following macros to list out files?

[File list Blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/file-list-blueprint-937893647.html)

[Attachments Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/attachments-macro-97911315.html)

comments: author: Ed Zix
body: We are using the default Search functionality.


author: Ed Zix
body: [@cmac](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1519434) Do you have an answer for this? Thanks.


author: cmac
body: Hi Ed,

Do you know what version of Confluence Server you are running?

It may be best to raise a ticket via <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/> and our team can help work out why this search isn't returning the results as expected.

Thanks.


author: Ed Zix
body: 6.9.1


author: Ed Zix
body: I opened a ticket.


Tags: app

confluence-server

file

search

server
Content by label not returning all results
Asked by Bob Childs:

Hello,

I am using content by label to perform a CQL search for all pages that are drafts:

**$action.getHelper().renderConfluenceMacro('{contentbylabel:cql=state="draft"}')**

This returns almost all the pages that are drafts. Some are not being returned for some reason. I have verified this by doing a REST API search.

Why might this be happening, and is there an easier way to do a CQL/REST API search in a macro?

Thanks for the help.


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hi Bob,

It doesn't look like **state** is a documented field for CQL and I wasn't able to use it to query pages in Confluence 6.6 when trying it out. Are you utilizing a plugin like Comala Workflows which might be adding some extra info to the page, or could you point me at what you've referenced to try and use the state field?

While it doesn't specifically answer your question, I also found an open feature request that relates to what it sounds like you might be trying to accomplish: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-35921>

Thanks,  
Daniel

comments: author: Bob Childs
body: Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your prompt reply and your interest in helping resolve this! I do use Comala Workflows and I was able to figure out a solution. Here is the macro call below:

**$action.getHelper().renderConfluenceMacro('{contentbylabel:cql=label="review60" and state="draft"\|max=500}'))**

I learned that you need to specify the maximum parameter when your search returns over 15 results, which is the default amount. Else your search may be undefined.


author: Daniel Eads
body: Great investigation! Thanks for posting the solution.


Tags: atl-adm

confluence-server

server
Parsing REST API using a macro
Asked by Bob Childs:

Hello,

I am using REST API to find all pages that are drafts.

Is there a way I can parse this information using a user macro? I understand that this can be parsed as JSON using JQuery, but I am not proficient in this language. All I simply want is the content in a string form.

Thanks for the he help.


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Bob!

I'm not sure how to do this with the Rest API, but I found a way to use methods from the PageManager interface to show the drafts, which may be more direct than using the API. PageManager has two methods that count drafts:  

* **countDraftPages()** -- counts drafts for pages that ++have not been published.++
* **countPagesWithUnpublishedChanges()**-- counts published pages that have unpublished changes.

The user macro below shows both these methods to show the total number of drafts:

```
## Macro title: Show number of drafts
## Macro has a body: N
## Body processing: No macro body
## @noparams

#set ($pageManager=$action.getPageManager())
#set ($totalDrafts=$pageManager.countDraftPages() + $pageManager.countPagesWithUnpublishedChanges())

<strong>New page drafts:</strong> $pageManager.countDraftPages()<br>
<strong>Unpublished changes:</strong> $pageManager.countPagesWithUnpublishedChanges()<br>
<strong>Total drafts:</strong> $totalDrafts
```

(For more information on these methods, see the [PageManager Interface docs](https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/javadoc/6.10.1/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/PageManager.html#movePageAsChild-com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page-com.atlassian.confluence.pages.Page-))

Hope this helps!


Tags: atl-adm

atlassian-marketplace

confluence-server

server
How can I give registered users the ability to add themselves to a group?
Asked by Mathew Benson:

I setup anonymous and basic authenticated users to have read access. Authenticated users have permission to submit issue tickets. I need a mechanism to let users self agree to a Contributor License Agreement, to give them read/write access. I can't find any services or plugins to do this, so Im thinking of just creating a Confluence page with the agreement and an "I Agree" button, that would add them to a group with read/write privelages. What is the best way to do that? Is it possible to add a button that runs a query or server side script?


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Hmm.. If you would use JIRA, create a new project that is open for all users and set up workflow in that way that would process this agreement that should be possible. After creating a ticket you can have a transition be called as you wish and exectue in post function additional code. There are some plugins like ScriptRunner that could help you do that or you can use Webhooks build in JIRA. By setting up security level users would see only issues created by them.

comments: author: Mathew Benson
body: I like this. I will look into how to write and execute functions on transition. Thanks.


author: Danyal Iqbal
body: I would recommend a nasty javascript dialog for this use case:) window.confirm("agreement");


Tags: bitbucket

crowd

jira
PDF Layout not applied for Footer and Header
Asked by Alexander Planitzer:

Hello everyone,

I'm having some trouble with pdf exporting of spaces since the upgrade to 6.9.1.

In pdf Layout, it seems that my settings are not applied to exported documents. This is, however, only the case for the footer and header. The title page settings are applied just fine.

For those wondering, I have a simple table in the footer:

\<table border="0" style="width:100%"\>  
\<tr\>  
\<td width = "60%"\>  
Text left side  
\</td\>  
\<td width = "40%"\>  
\<img src="/download/attachments/66355/Logo_Test_2.png?api=v2" alt="Logo" width="110" height="auto" style="margin-top:30px;"\>\</td\>  
\</tr\>  
\</table\>

It works fine when I try it with online html editors, but Confluence just won't apply it to exported documents.

I also tried writing text only, still not working. Additionally, I tried the global pdf layout settings, which do not work either.


Answers:
author: Danyal Iqbal
body: +1 for bug.


Tags: confluence-server

export

layout

pdf

pdf-export

server
Edit not posslible after auto save in Citrix Secure Web
Asked by Jens Rapp:

Hello there,

I just got the question I'll ask now from a user. so let me be what German people tend to call "Durchlauferhitzer"..

We currently start integrating IPads into our network using Citrix. When someone wants to edit a page in SecureWeb he can type until page is auto saved for the first time. After, it is impossible to edit until page is hardly reloaded. Even then, only until next auto save.

Does anybody know this problem and can tell me a solution or at least a workaround?

Cheers!


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

I'm not too familiar with the way in which Citrix Secure Web works. That said, it sounds like you're trying to edit Confluence on iPads. If this is indeed what you're doing, you'll need to confirm that you're running Confluence 6.8 or above which is when we started supporting Confluence for mobile devices. You can read more about that below:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-mobile-284365706.html>

If you're seeing error messages like the one below, you could be experiencing some networking issues with Collaborative Editing:
> "Loading the editor's taking longer than usual. Give it a few moments, then refresh your page if it still doesn't load. Speak to your Confluence admin if that doesn't fix it."

If you are seeing that message, you'll want to run through the troubleshooting steps in the documentation below to rule out causes:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-edit-any-pages-in-confluence-6-x-due-to-collaborative-editing-867362716.html>

If you're only seeing the issue when editing on the iPads, that indicates that either you're not on a supported version for mobile or something on the Citrix/Network side of things is slowing down the editor.

I hope that information helps! Please feel free to reply with your version and/or more specifics surrounding the issue and I can try to provide more insight.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence Web - pretty Layout - everybody can comment an make suggestions
Asked by Wolfgang G?bl:

Hi,

I like to publish content via Confluence to the Web.

It should be possible for everybody to make modification suggestions for pages or comment on pages as anonymous user.

Furthermore the layout must look professional (Colors, Header Images, Logo).

Is this possible in confluence Cloud?

Thx

Wolfgang


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

In Confluence Cloud, there is not a way to grant edit or comment permissions to anonymous users. These users would only be able to read the content on your Confluence site. You can grant anonymous access through the Global Permissions, following the guide below:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/global-permissions-overview-724765488.html>

**Customizing Confluence Look and Feel**

You can add your own logos and change the colors of your site in the Administrator Console. Please see the guide below for more details on how to do that:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/changing-the-look-and-feel-of-confluence-724765494.html>

If you'd like to further customize your site, there are also themes developed by third-parties that you can add to your site for an additional cost:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/working-with-themes-724765503.html>

I hope that information helps!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Moving from self hosted to Cloud
Asked by David Schwickerath:

Hi  

We like to migrate ourConfluence and Jira from self-hosted to the Atlassian cloud solution.  
Do Jira and Confluence have a Export / Import function or is there a special way to move the configuration and the content in the cloud, except of maintaining everything by hand?  

BR and thank you in advance!  

David


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Yes it is possible but you need to prepare a little bit your applications first (example upgrade to latest version). You can read more on this topic in this documentation:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/migrating-from-jira-server-to-jira-cloud-779160826.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/migrate-from-confluence-server-to-cloud-724765529.html>

Please also read this before making a decision

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/pros-and-cons-of-cloud-vs-server-691011844.html>


Tags: confluence-server

jira-software

jira-software-server

server
How to show changes automaticly?
Asked by Teodor Tostovoy:

Hello.

How can I show changes on confluence page by default? I need to click "Show changes" to see them in version comparing. I want changes to be marked automaticly when the page is changed by editor. Is it possible?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Teodor Tostovoy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1367326)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions-for-Confluence/How-to-Change-the-color-of-Text-of-a-Link-Hyper-Link/qaq-p/1199859>

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57949>

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions-for-Confluence/How-can-I-change-the-color-of-a-hyper-link-for-one-specific-page/qaq-p/1447434>

Cheers


Tags: confluence-server

server