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Reduce notifications of attachments to 1 when dragging multiple files at once? (confluence)
Asked by Thakkar, Vipul MD:

This issue looks like it has been resolved for JIRA but I'm having the same complaints from my users in Confluence. I'm not sure it's been fixed, but wondered if there was a work around or if others having same issue?

"I just noticed today that if you attach multiple files using the Drag and Drop Attachments plugin it sends a separate notification per file even though i highlighted all the files and dragged them all at the same time. This is flooding the users inboxes with useless notifications and causing them to disregard email notifications even more than usual.

Is there a way to tone this down? Or can this be resolved in a newer release so that we only get 1 notification for a single drag and drop?" <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/136540>

<br />

<https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/JDDAP-39>.


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

Indeed, this seems to still be an issue for Confluence. Here you can find the open improvement request: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27874>.

Please feel free to add your comments and vote for it to make it more noticeable to our developers. Also refer to [Implementation of New Feature Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy) for more information on Atlassian's approach to the development of these improvements.

Hope this helps!

Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Documentation specific to Team Calendar and Q&A packages
Asked by H Schuyler Collins:

I'm looking for documentation that details the features of the 2 additional packages mentioned in the subject line

Are these sections in the Confluence Documentation or do they exist as separate files.

I found this for Team Calendar

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ALLDOC/Confluence+Team+Calendars+Documentation+Directory>

but I'm not seeing anything specific for the the Q \& A package

I


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Try thinking of it as just "Confluence Questions" - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/QUESTIONS/Confluence+Questions+Home>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Filter for a Page in Confluence
Asked by Vickey Lepcha:

As we try to add a filter for the page , it gives me the error;

The JIRA server didn't understand your search query. If you entered JQL, please ensure that it's correctly formed. If you entered an issue key, ensure that it exists and you have permission to view it. [Learn More](https://confluence.fcc.ca/pages/JIRA+Issues+Macro) "

I also see following errors in log - can you please advise ?

2015-06-11 15:58:28,743 ERROR \[http-bio-8008-exec-120\] \[common.error.jersey.ThrowableExceptionMapper\] toResponse Uncaught exception thrown by REST service: null  
-- referer: <https://confluence.fcc.ca/pages/editpage.action?pageId=6226177> \| url: /rest/jira-integration/1.0/servers/af2103d6-d125-3165-a368-7b3c1f05a735/projects \| us  
erName: lepchav  
java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.internal.integration.jira.DefaultJiraService$5.apply(DefaultJiraService.java:452)  
at com.atlassian.internal.integration.jira.DefaultJiraService$5.apply(DefaultJiraService.java:448)  
at com.atlassian.internal.integration.jira.DefaultJiraService.communicateWithJira(DefaultJiraService.java:705)  
at com.atlassian.internal.integration.jira.DefaultJiraService.getProjectsAsJson(DefaultJiraService.java:448)  
at com.atlassian.internal.integration.jira.rest.JiraServerResource.getProjectsMeta(JiraServerResource.java:43)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Can you post a more full log or open a ticket at support.atlassian.com


author: Vickey Lepcha
body: I am using this in my filter ;project = BPO AND issuetype=Impediment


author: Vickey Lepcha
body: I didn't quite understand your question Andre :-)


author: Andre Borzzatto
body: Does the same JQL has a return in JIRA issue navigator?


Tags: confluence-administration
product version tag
Asked by Etay Vider:


Answers:
author: Brian
body: Hey there Etay, not quite sure what you're asking exactly, but if you're wondering about the version of your Confluence instance, the version number is contained in the footer of every page in your instance.

If you actually want to include the version number of your instance somewhere on a page, you can access the object that contains that information in a Velocity template or in a user macro. Check out this blog post regarding Velocity objects: <https://davidsimpson.me/2014/06/19/velocity-objects-atlassian-confluence-user-macro/>


author: Timothy
body: What's the question?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Integrate Cloud with Active Directory
Asked by Ron Chan:

I know the Atlassian Cloud doesn't support this (though I haven't a clue to why not nor have they made it a priority to do so) but can anyone suggest any other tools that would help bridge this gap?   

Specifically, we want to migrate Bamboo, Confluence and JIRA to the cloud but not having a way to communicate with our users in Active Directory is a deal-breaker.


Answers:
author: Diego Berrueta
body: Hi Ron,

You can use the recently launched support for user provisioning via SCIM to keep your Atlassian Cloud users in sync with an external identity provider (IdP), and indirectly with Active Directory. Read more about this Atlassian Access feature at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/user-provisioning-959305316.html>

Regards.


author: Mark Thompson
body: It looks like Okta offers SSO to JIRA via their SWA offering. See [www.okta.com](http://www.okta.com) for details, but the gist is that they require you to enter your JIRA credentials into Okta, and then they log into JIRA for you when you click on the JIRA button in their Home Page. Since Okta can itself integrate with Active Directory, you can probably put together an AD SSO solution, if you're willing to live with entering your credentials into Okta.

Disclaimer: haven't tried this myself, but know about how the concept works because Okta has an SWA that was connecting to my company's web application for a while, before we offered SAML.


author: Ron Chan
body: Thanks Paula but I realize that and quite familiar with that feature request which is going on 6 years.

I'm soliciting for other tools that would make the "connectivity" possible.

comments: author: Jeff Clarke
body: 6 years? wow. You would think this would be a priority unless it's being pushed to go to the Enterprise/Server version.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence version 1 supported it, well before Cloud existed, Enterprise/Server has always had it.

The problem is not Confluence's internals or the integration code, but the way Cloud works (or rather doesn't) with remote ADs.

Closest you can get now with Cloud is SAML authentication.


author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Ron,

Unfortunately, LDAP integration is one of the [Restricted Functions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand) on Atlassian Cloud and there's no workaround to achieve this integration. However, there's a feature request as you can see on [ID-79](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/ID-79). Currently, the only integration supported is Google Apps ([Set up Google Apps for your site](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Set+up+Google+Apps+for+your+site)).

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira


Tags: bamboo

cloud

confluence-cloud

jira-cloud
Is there any difference in functionality between Confluence server based and cloud based?
Asked by Johnny Brisbane:

Currently running a trial version on Confluence Cloud version with view to purchase server version for 50 users. The network on which Confluence will reside will have no connection to internet - are there any issue in regard to functionality I need to be aware of on a server based version with no internet connection?


Answers:
author: Johnny Brisbane
body: Brilliant - thanks for the expeditious response!

Our IT guys will manage the upgrades etc. so that should not be a problem. What I was trying to confirm was in regard to Questions, Calendars etc. and the general user functionality there is no difference?

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Nope, the end users won't see any difference. Except that Cloud will generally be a handful of versions ahead of what they've got.


author: Johnny Brisbane
body: Brilliant - thanks for the help.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's two questions here.

First, on a Confluence with no internet access, you won't be able to automatically install addons and updates to addons (there is a manual option), and you'll have to copy and paste your licences into it instead of grabbing them automatically.

Secondly, Confluence Cloud and Server are slightly different products. On the surface, they're the same, but Cloud is managed, so you don't have to run it yourself (upgrades, and system functions are handled by Atlassian), and you can only install a strictly limited list of addons into it.
Want to access Dynamicc html file from share folder to confluence Page
Asked by Rinku Saha:

Hi ,

Here is requirement is, business user will kept some html file in some shared folder. They want dynamically those html file content should display in confluence page .

I mean if their any html ( existing or new) file in the source folder automatically it should create a link in confluence page.

is there nay possibility to do that?

Thanks,

Rinku


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, as long as you are publishing that file somehow. If you can open it with a browser (NOT a local file share), then you can include it using the html macros in Confluence.


Tags: confluence-administration
It does seem impossible to add more than one draw.io drawing per confluence page. Why?
Asked by Florian Hartge:

I try to add a second drawing from the draw.io plugin to a page. It does not appear on the page an draw.io does not seem to save it. Why? What am i doing wrong?


Answers:
author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Hi Enrique, please could I ask you to start another thread with the correct tags. This question relates to Confluence Server, it's better for future readers to have one question for thread. Thanks.


author: Enrique Ponce de Leon
body: I have same problem and I am using atlassian cloud.


author: David Benson _draw_io_
body: Could you update to 5.1.1 and test again please?
confluence user not able to see filter name in macro but others
Asked by rambabu patina:

Hi,

In "Issue Statistics" macro, the user unable to search for his own filter. But other persons are able to see the filter.

He has confluence-users group and filter managed by himself.

Could you please let me know , why this is happening to this particular user?

Quick answer most appreciated.

Thanks,

Rambabu


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: He should take a look at his shares, perhaps it's shared to a group that he can't access?


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there an integration between JIRA Portfolio and Confluence ?
Asked by Ralph Kringhs:

We have undertaken an experiment elaborating two product roadmaps in JIRA Portfolio, which worked quite well.  
The documentation part of those roadmaps resides in Confluence.

It would be very nice if we could have the Portfolio "Schedule report" available through Confluence.

Is there a means of doing that ?

If so, can you please tell me how to do that ?  
If not, does Atlassian envisage a "JIRA Portfolio Report" macro for Confluence ?

Would appreciate your feedback.

Thank you,

Ralph


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hi Ralph,

That would be a good request. As we don't have it implemented yet, we were working through an improvement request (<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-37712>), but, to be more specific, we have created a new Feature Request based on this question:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-37926>

I suggest you to not only vote on it, but, share the thoughts and needs from your side through comments, so other users and developers can see other examples. :smile:

Regards,

Giuliano T.

Confluence/Crowd Support
How to manually change the width of a specific column in a table placed inside the table plus macro
Asked by sidhartha:

How to manually change the width of a specific column in a table placed inside the table plus macro?


Answers:
author: Steven Espinoza
body: If I understand your question, I struggled with this for a 13 column table. I tried the example answer which was to add CSS to the Column attributes section suchas: style=width:50px;,style=width:50px;

But this did nothing to control my columns from collapsing and word wrapping. Over 13 column table it was a total hit and miss.

What finally did the trick was using the min-width attribute. Ex. style=min-width:50px;,style=min-width:70px;

If the browser window cant fit it all, then the horizontal scroll bar appears at the bottom.

HTH.


Tags: addon-org.swift.confluence.table

table-plus
Breadcrumb not pointing to dashboard
Asked by Rosario De Domenico:

Hi,

I have the dashboard (default) as home page for Confluence and also for my user I point to the default (i.e. Dashboard), but the breadcrumb on all my pages lists the Space name twice in each page.

image2015-6-11 9:52:59.png

Why? I would expect either the Space name once or the dashboard name before the space name.

How can I fix / change this?  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Breadcrumb-not-pointing-to-dashboard/qaq-p/42219?attachment-id=7880){#link_1188580556965d}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/7158/1/image2015-6-11%209%3A52%3A59.png){#display_1188580556965d_0}


Answers:
author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: Hello Rosario,

I assume that you're using the "Documentation Theme"?

Then, the first part of the breadcrumbs is the **name of the space** , the second part is the **name of the root page** of the space. In your case, you named the root page after the space name (same name), so it appears some kind of duplicated.  
Clicking on the space name goes to the space home page. Per default this is the space root page, but you can change that in the space details and specify a different home page.

If you want to leave the names that way and really want the space name not to be displayed, you can hide it using CSS.  
In our Confluence 5.5.2 the following CSS did it:

```
/* Do not display first breadcrumb element */  #breadcrumbs li.first              { display: none; }                    /* Do not display the slash between first and second breadcrumb element */  #breadcrumbs li.first + li:before  { content: none; }
```

Cheers,  
Kirstin


author: Rosario De Domenico
body: I have now addressed this question also to support.


Tags: confluence-administration
Display excel chart on confluence page. Excel file is on SharePoint online
Asked by Eswara K:

Hello,

I have an excel file with data and graphs on SharePoint Online. I would like to pull the chart info from that file into a Confluence page.

Is it possible at all? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.


Answers:
author: Kay Brown
body: Hi Eswara,

There is SharePoint Connector available.

Regards,

Kay


author: Eswara K
body: Thank you Kay, but the connector works for Confluence server and not the cloud.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to share my Confluence blog publicly?
Asked by Justice McCullum:

Asked on Twitter to @Atlassian.


Answers:
author: Justice McCullum
body: This is possible, but requires admin rights to set up.

As an admin, you'd need to go to global permissions, under which there should be an option to enable anonymous access. After enabling you can control which spaces allow anonymous access, so the space that contains the post you want to be public would have to have this enabled.

Hope that helps, let us know if any other questions come up.

comments: author: Alireza Aarabi
body: If your Confluence site is public, you can grant permissions to people who are not logged in.


author: Nick Muldoon
body: Hi Justice,

I went back and had a look at Twitter but couldn't find that Tweet. Any chance you can find it?

I would like to respond to the person and let them know about [Instant Websites for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/instant-websites) which exactly fits this use-case.

Thanks Justice, have a great week,  
Nick ([@njm](https://twitter.com/njm))


Tags: blog

confluence-administration

instant-website

twitter
After migrating JIRA from Crowd to AD, do I need to reconfigure other Atlassian apps?
Asked by Matthew Miling:

If my Confluence and Crucible are using Crowd, and Crowd is running within JIRA, and users are migrated from Crowd to AD so that the user can log into JIRA now using the AD password (same username), does this require any additional setup in Confluence? Can I still use Remote JIRA Directory / Atlassian Crowd as the directory?


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: In general that is fine, there may be caveats in your specific implementation. I would recommend you test this in a staging environment.
Announcements to Users?
Asked by Michael Bond:

Will Confluence allow a proactive announcement of content additions to all users and/or viewers of a page -- without the user having to "watch" the page? The less I have to get my users to do the better, but I would still like them to receive content notifications.


Answers:
author: Andre Borzzatto
body: Hi Michael,

Confluence can offer three different types of content watcher.

* Page Watcher
* Space Watcher
* Blog Watcher

Here they are:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Watch+Pages,+Spaces+and+Blogs>

I hope it helps!


author: Thomas Rohrer
body: You can also use this - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-add-a-space-wide-banner-717062877.html>


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Don't forget about the Recommended Updates! This can be Daily or Weekly for popular content:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Recommended+Updates+Email+Notification>

comments: author: Michael Bond
body: Thanks I will check it out!


author: Davin Studer
body: Another option is to make your change and then user the share feature (see screenshot) to email a group. This wouldn't happen automatically, so it would require you to be on top of it.

image2015-6-10 15:41:44.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Announcements-to-Users/qaq-p/324315?attachment-id=8565){#link_118858588c38eb}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/54688/1/image2015-6-10%2015%3A41%3A44.png){#display_118858588c38eb_0}

comments: author: Michael Bond
body: The Share button may just be the ticket, thank you!


author: TomC
body: Hi Michael,

The only way I know of to have viewers of a page receive notifications *not requiring an action on their part*, is for an administrator of that space to use the 'Managed Watcher' feature to add them manually. This is not troublesome for less than a few dozen users, and we use this option frequently.

See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Managing+Watchers>

If we do this, we like to do the courtesy of letting them know - usually via email unless there is a teleconference or webconference with that audience that provides the opportunity - that they have been added as watchers of the particular page and thus will be receiving emails when there are updates (page edits, comments, attachment adds/edits).

comments: author: Michael Bond
body: I will check this out as a solution, thanks!
confluence on cpannel hosting
Asked by Saththiyan S:

how do i install confluence on a linux based web hosting server with cpannel access?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The answer at <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/229981> is pretty much what you need. The only thing I'd add to it is that you should never install other Atlassian applications in the same Tomcat container.


Tags: confluence-administration
Limit Product documentation (i.e. ?Help?) for a hosted application but only for the people using the application
Asked by John Barr:

I'd like to publish some product documentation (i.e. "Help") for a hosted application and make the content "public," but only for the people using the application. In other words, I don't want "the world" to find it with a Google search, but I want some users (that don't have accounts) be able to view (view only) the content that supports our product. Is there a way to do that (i.e. have a dedicated user account and pass in credentials when a link is clicked within our application). It's not "top secret" stuff. I just want to avoid the world being able to find it and limit it to just our customers that have licensed our product. Any thoughts / best practices / advise? Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: I know offhandedly Comalatech has an add-on that allows links to be generated and managed for public sharing:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.keinoby.confluence.plugins.share-attachments>


author: Boris Berenberg
body: You can append ?os_authType=basic\&os_username=tester\&os_password=tstpassword to a request I believe.

comments: author: John Barr
body: Would this work for the many simultaneous connections from different locations?


author: Boris Berenberg
body: I believe so, but am not 100% sure


Tags: confluence-administration
Problems with updating Gliffy to the latest version?
Asked by Marc Gilbert:

Hello,

I've just became the Confluence-admin in our company and I recognized, that we are running Gliffy in version 6.2.

I'd like to upgrade to 6.6, just like the plugin-manager suggests and I want to know if this could cause any problems with those many diagrams we have (created with this particular version). Just asking out of curiosity because the UPM tells that maintenance has been discontinued for our version.

We run Confluence in version 5.5.3 in a redundant setup (two server syncing the confluence-home w/ mysql-master-master replication (cold standby)).

Cheers,

Marc


Answers:
author: Brian
body: Generally, upgrading a plugin such as Gliffy shouldn't affect diagrams that have already been made, unless the later version has deprecated features. I suggest contacting [Gliffy support](http://support.gliffy.com/home) for a more definitive answer.


Tags: confluence-administration
How can blogs inherit page permissions?
Asked by Mark H_ Williams:

Currently, [blogs don't inherit space permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Blog+Posts#BlogPosts-Restrictablogpost). Is there a plugin for Confluence that'll allow blogs to inherit page permissions? Or is there a plan for this feature in future versions of Confluence?


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hey Mark,

Perhaps we could have some external add-on that would do the trick. However, as the Blog Posts will be working with the same permissions method from the pages, we are working to allow the permission to be inherit in the following request:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5095>

Regards,

Giuliano T.


Tags: addon-com.refinedwiki.confluence.plugins.blog
Task lists that auto un-check after you've left the page
Asked by Jake Lown:

I am exploring the task list macro and task list from the editing toolbar trying to find a way to have the tasks auto un-check when someone leaves the page. Basically, I don't want the tasks to save whether they have been checked or unchecked so that anyone who visits the page at anytime will work with a clean task list. Any advice?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: @Jake Lown, are you on JIRA On Premise or JIRA Cloud, just curious? I'm not sure what add-ons are out there, free or otherwise.


author: Henrique Freitas
body: Hi Jake,

Unfortunately it is not possible. When you check the item the page will save at the same moment.

Sorry for not be able to help you.

Cheers,

Henrique Freitas