youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Help with meeting notes. What is the difference between a group and a team?
Asked by suzu.strayer:

I'm interested in using the user list macro for a meeting notes template. The macro asks for you to list out group names to include.

Since I am not an admin, I do not have the ability to create user groups. But I do have the ability to create teams. What exactly is the difference?

I'm also wondering if there's any easy way to create a list of participants in a meeting notes document based on a group, with the option to simply check off who was present rather than having to @ each one.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there, [@suzu.strayer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3688817)

Teams and Groups do sound pretty similar. However, other than grouping users under a single name, their usages are pretty different.

++*Groups are used for system administration purposes*++. Such as granting or denying permissions and restrictions. Groups are also tied to a specific instance of your application. Groups can not be used across instances (sites).

++*The first glaring difference between Groups and Teams is that Teams can be used across sites*++ . ++*Teams can not receive permissions or restrictions*++ as Groups can. So no way of adding them to page restrictions or space permissions. Teams are tied to Users, not sites, which is why they are accessible in all instances to which the user has access to.

++*If you need to mention a lot of users all the time, you could create a team, include all of them in the said team and then, mention that specific team each time you need to mention the users.*++Here is how we can do it:

> 1. *Go to your Confluence Site*
> 2. *Click the People tab in the side bar ![Anota??o 2019-12-30 133305.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77376iC480F23C1D758389/image-dimensions/157x196?v=v2 "Anota??o 2019-12-30 133305.jpg")*
> 3. *Click the Start a team button at the top right corner ![Anota??o 2019-12-30 133446.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77377i3B433A93BE73B041/image-dimensions/143x77?v=v2 "Anota??o 2019-12-30 133446.jpg")*
> 4. *Type out a team name ![Anota??o 2019-12-30 133542.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77378iBEDDFB93E8226115/image-dimensions/229x106?v=v2 "Anota??o 2019-12-30 133542.jpg")*
> 5. *Select who is going to be part of this team*
> 6. *Click save*
> 7. *Now, use the @TeamName to mention that team*

Also, here is our documentation on both Teams and Groups:
> * ++**[\[Atlassian Cloud\] Create and update groups](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/create-and-update-groups-744721627.html)**++
> * ++**[\[Atlassian Cloud\] Start a team](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/start-a-team-976161200.html)**++
> * ++**[\[Atlassian Cloud\] Atlassian Teams](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/atlassian-teams-975031970.html)**++
> * ++**[\[Atlassian Cloud\] Mentions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/mentions-724765338.html)**++

I hope this shines some light into your issue! Looking forward to your reply.


Tags: confluence-cloud

group

team

user-macro
Can I create a new global template from an existing template?
Asked by Todd Felton:

I want to use an existing global template that I created to create additional global templates.


Answers:
author: brbojorque
body: Hi [@Todd Felton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2059059) ,

You can just copy and paste the template to another global template.

Take note that they will not be dependent with each other you need to treat them separately.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Blank page at configuration start
Asked by Foroud Saraji:

Hi,

after a fresh Installation, I am facing a blank white screen, one I klick on "Production Installation" on the server for the first initialization.

My confluence in running on port 28080.

There is no error in catalina.out!


Answers:
author: Yilin
body: Hi Foroud,

The page after the screen "Production Installation" is the license input, you might want to check in the file atlassian-confluence.log whether there is any problem of accessing the file confluence.cfg.xml.

Cheers

Yilin


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to create timestamps working in embed video?
Asked by Piotr Malczyk:

I have inserted video from Google Drive using   

\<iframe src="<https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/preview>" width="640" height="480"\>\</iframe\>  

in HTML code component. I wanted to include timestamp links so when I clicked the link - the video would scroll to the desired timestamp (multiple timestamps that would work on the same video).   

Does anyone know how do I make it? I assume there is some clever code I could use to achieve it.  

EDIT: To include a video with timestamp I just have to add ?tXmYs at the end of the link (where X,Y are the minutes,seconds), but I don't know how to manage multiple timestamps related to one video.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Piotr,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to have you!

If you're only embedding one video, then you will only be able to have one timestamp in your URL. It's not possible to include more than one timestamp in a single URL.

If you want to include more, then you'll need to have multiple links with the various timestamps, or simply list the times where your users want to click to from within the iFrame.

This isn't a limitation of Confluence, but a limitation of URLs themselves.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server
Can I restrict some particular lines in confluence page to be visible only to few users
Asked by Aishwarya Singh:

Hello,

I use confluence for my product documentation. Normally, I write the content in the confluence page hosted on my company's internal portal. This portal is then synced to an external portal which my customer use to access documentation.

My query is: Is there a way I can restrict some particular lines in my internal confluence page (may be using some macro) so that those lines in the page will not get synced and customers cannot see it. For example, some information intended for developers only.

I know 'hidden' macro but it hides the particular content altogether and not even internal users can see it.

Thanks and Regards,

Aishwarya Singh


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, there are no built-in functions that allow for partial visibility of a page.

You might finds something in the marketplace, or possibly write a user macro that can do what the "hide" macro does based on the groups of the logged-in people.


author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Aishwarya Singh](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1487139)

Here are some useful links:

* [Confluence User Macro guide](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-user-macro-guide/)
* [Writing User Macros](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html)
* [Some shared User macros for inspiration](https://bitbucket.org/stephendeutsch/confluence-user-macros/src/master/)

Regards, Dominic


author: Aishwarya Singh
body: Thank you. The second solution of creating user macro seems very good. Can you please direct me to some link where I can read on 'How to create a user macro' in confluence?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Unable to search in confluence
Asked by Merrell Vineza:

I am unable to search via "/" command in confluence.

![Screenshot 2019-12-27 at 5.38.30 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77277iE48714ADD3E401A5/image-dimensions/544x435?v=v2 "Screenshot 2019-12-27 at 5.38.30 PM.png")

Advance search works fine.

![Screenshot 2019-12-27 at 5.39.49 PM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77278iFDC51A38DCBDCEF1/image-dimensions/486x307?v=v2 "Screenshot 2019-12-27 at 5.39.49 PM.png")

I tried restarting my system but issue is still there. I'm using confluence server 7.0.2.


Answers:
author: Dee
body: Hi Merrell,

works fine for me, that said i'm starting it on a mac and viewing it via Chrome browser.

What is your setup?![Screen Shot 2020-01-03 at 10.29.59 am.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77612iF6011814F02E7D88/image-dimensions/660x381?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-01-03 at 10.29.59 am.png")


Tags: confluence-server

server
Does Confluence Cloud Free still have a bug? : Can't edit and delete the space
Asked by ??_??:

Hi, there.

I can't edit and delete the space as below :

![issue.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77271iAED17608C19B2EB7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "issue.png")

I found two issues of just same symptoms on this Atlassian community, Following :

1. <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-questions/Can-t-work-with-or-delete-space-created-during-onboarding-flow/qaq-p/1205497#M1049>
2. <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-t-edit-default-space/qaq-p/1209964>

These issues are already solved on October but it bugs seems like doesn't solved.

What should I do?


Answers:
author: Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_
body: Hi [@??_??](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3571005) ,

Welcome to Community !

Yes, Still it is not fixed and please refer below bug request for your reference and current status is **waiting for release**

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68319>

Please watch or vote above bug request for further updates on it.

Thanks,

Avinash

comments: author: ??_??
body: Hi [@Avinash Bhagawati _Appfire_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3491119) !

I never expected that get to the answer like this quickly!

Thank you for your answer!!

Okay, I will check it bug request and vote :D


author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@??_??](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3571005) ,

Please follow up in this post, some users proposed a temporary solution in the comments.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68319>

comments: author: ??_??
body: Thank you for your answer [@Ollie Guan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853638) !

Okay I'll follow up that post :D


Tags: bug

confluence-cloud

issue

space
Problem in linking the heading in same page
Asked by sayli.kulkarni:

Problem in linking the heading in same page


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Sayli!

The best way to link to headers in a page is to use the [Table of Contents macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/table-of-contents-macro-182682099.html).

I hope this helps!  
-- Zak
Can not edit the space details
Asked by Adriano Riesen:

Dear All

Unfortunately I can not change the space name of a "global space". I even can not edit the space details. I have attached a picture of the menues / buttons I have available... Can someone help?  

Thank you very much in advance.![Confluence SS.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77240i0EC3AB930EEFDA86/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence SS.PNG")


Answers:
author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Adriano Riesen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3687758)

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Space details are the name, description, home page, and archived status of a space, which you can edit if you're an administrator of the space.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/space-permissions-overview-792498607.html>

Are you the administrator for the space?

Thanks,

Amith Mathur


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Create statistical reports for Action Items in Confluence
Asked by ian_f:

For action items raised in Confluence I want to see:

Quantity per project

Quantity due in the next 7 working days

Quantity over due

Quantity closed without resolution

Quantity closed on time or by due date

How can I build such a report in Confluence


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: By action items do you mean [Confluence Tasks](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-assign-and-view-tasks-590260030.html)? If yes:

Some of your points could certainly be built by querying the **ao_9412a1_aotask** table in the database. These 3 should be relatively easy:
> Quantity per project
>
> Quantity due in the next 7 working days
>
> Quantity over due

You could use [PocketQuery](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211199/pocketquery-for-confluence) to create SQL Queries that can be executed via macros. You might also be interested in [Task Reminder](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214272/task-reminder-for-confluence) which can send out emails containing overdue tasks, tasks that are due in the next 7 days, etc. (but it doesn't have macros).

I'm afraid these two might not be possible, though:
> Quantity closed without resolution
>
> Quantity closed on time or by due date

I'm not 100% sure but the last time I looked at the tasks database table I think it only contained assignee, comment, due date, page and whether the task is complete or not. No resolution date, resolution type or anything like that. If you require something like that you'll have to use Jira.


Tags: confluence-server

server
To enable content indexing
Asked by Lee Choon Lin:

Please help to enable content indexing.

It takes so many days to resolve this issue but not yet get any solution.


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Lee Choon Lin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3686187) ,

Please submit a request below:

<https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/>

![TIM??20191226170238.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77223i90AF80BCBFEA59D5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "TIM??20191226170238.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to get title and link from my public page via API?
Asked by Equipe Desenvolvimento:

Hello!  
How can I get the title and link of my Confluence pages through the API?  
I would like to get via JavaScript or PHP.


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: How about using the [get content by id REST API](https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/7.2.0/#api/content-getContentById)? Example frontend JS:

```
var pageId = '12345';
var url = AJS.contextPath() + '/rest/api/content/' + pageId;

$.get(url).done(function(response) {
  var links = response._links;
  var pageUrl = links.base + links.context + links.webui;
  var pageTitle = response.title;

  console.log(pageTitle, pageUrl);
});
```

Theoretically you don't even need to build the URL from the response object. You could just append the pageId to *"* ***/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=**"* to get the link.

Best regards,  
Sven


author: Neil
body: The Confluence Cloud API documentation has details about the GET content method, along with some code snippets for Node, Python, and PHP.. and curl.

<https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/#api-api-content-get>


Tags: api

javascript

new-to-confluence

php
How to check for users who never logged into Confluence
Asked by Benito Jim?nez:

Hi everyone

I need to get a list of Confluence users who have never logged in.  
I have been searching and testing several items but none has returned the correct information.  
For example this links:  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-check-for-users-who-never-logged-into-confluence-777015610.html>  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-identify-inactive-users-in-confluence-214335880.html>

I think the problem is that our Confluence uses the Jira user directory, so the information in the first link does not show the correct information. I sense that when using the Jira user directory, the information is stored differently in the database.

Has anyone managed to obtain that information reliably?

Use Confluence 6.13.8 and Oracle 12C.

Thank you very much in advance.  
Greetings.


Answers:
author: Ivan Lima
body: Hey [@Benito Jim?nez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2231257)

You can easily achieve this through the User Management for Confluence add-on. I would go ahead and install it as a trial to give it a try.

* [User Management for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215278/user-management-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

![Screen Shot 2019-12-29 at 11.50.25 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77330i11CFFB55A7046D19/image-dimensions/292x163?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2019-12-29 at 11.50.25 PM.png")

Regards,

Ivan.

comments: author: Benito Jim?nez
body: Thank you very much for your help [@Ivan Lima](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1351762) , the solution worked perfectly for me!


author: Alexander Bondarev
body: Hi, [@Benito Jim?nez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2231257) !

You can find Shannon's answer at the similar [question.](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/SQL-query-to-find-all-users-who-never-logged-in/qaq-p/1246773)

comments: author: Benito Jim?nez
body: Hi Alexander, thank you very much for your answer, but, as I said in my initial comment, I already tried that query and it didn't work :(  
I have already tried many queries that I have seen in other consultations but none has given me the information I need.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Using Confluence for daily BLOGS
Asked by jovan savin:

Created Space/Page for Daily Blogs: Would like to know the Bloging limitations?

Would have at least 50 entries per day only adding as the entries would be used for historical reference the entry would include number of lines plus screen prints possibly comment lines as well that would have screen shots as well.

How many years can we continue to keep adding the entries to the same page?

At this point we have 5 years of entries and we have experienced following issues:-Very slow response, -sporadic ABENDs, -During the edit lines jumping up and down. Is this due to space usage?

Would creating new Space/Page and achieving the old Space/Page help resolve this issue?

Confluence version 5.7.4 Build 5788


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

why are you using the same page? Each blog entry in Confluence is a page on it's own. There is no time constrain.

Putting all these entries (w. screenshots) on ONE page will lead into problems on the client side (browser).

Hint: Your Confluence version is not supported anymore, so my answer might not reflect the situation of your Confluence server.

Best

JP

comments: author: jovan savin
body: Thank You JP.

Each entry is a post to the BLOG on same page we have used this with other Confluence releases and it worked until recently where we experienced sporadic ABENDS and some odd behaviour on Confluence part. I think it is due to space usage. WIll try creating new Space/Page and start again. You are correct we are on the old Confluence version hoping company will go with the upgrade and update to the most current level soon.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Forbidden error for create/update in ios app
Asked by Sergey Tverskikh:

Hello guys,

there is a "*Forbidden* " error for create/update in ios app (when i press a **Publish** button).

What am I doing wrong?

(I'm on free tier on Confluence Cloud).


Answers:
author: Joe Bloggs
body: See here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-questions/Forbidden-error-on-publishing-page-using-iOS-mobile-app/qaq-p/1232162>

and the bug here:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-68806>


Tags: confluence-cloud
Default value for column
Asked by Artem Grusha:

If I have table

Can I set default value for column.

Idea is create two table.

table1 have value XXX in each row

table2 have value YYY in each row

after table transfer - migrate - I would like to get result table


Answers:
author: emagnun
body: Interesting !! This basic need/question is not answered yet.   

I also have raised a similar question \~ not answered yet.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to display page tree Russian characters in PDF exports
Asked by Alexey Kazmin:

??? ???????? ?????????? ??????? ? pdf ???????? ??????? ? ???? ?????? ??????? ???????????? ? ??????????.

![incorrect page name.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77220iC981AE65DE667803/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "incorrect page name.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Alexey,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

Have you already uploaded a Russian font for use with PDF exports? See [Create a PDF in Another Language](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-pdf-in-another-language-175473.html) for more details.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Table Transformer doesn't work with numbering column
Asked by Artem Grusha:

As I can see Table Transformer doesn't work with numbering column.

If two table has numbering

then after merge two table result table has numeration as

1

2

1

2

Is there the workaround?


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

can you remove the numbering from the merged table, and then apply a new numbering to the merged result?

Cheers,

Kirstin


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Artem,

You can use this SQL query:

```
SELECT *, ROWNUM() AS '_' FROM T*
```

It will replace the numbering column with a new correct one:

![2019-12-30_09h50_55.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/77332iA59CA7E9BF051F40/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2019-12-30_09h50_55.png")


Tags: confluence-server

server
Annoyed of new features info in a modal window
Asked by Alex Buznik:

I don't use Confluence a lot of work, but when I do first of all I see a modal window informing me of new features, sometimes it keeps popping up many times on different pages, even though I clicked Ok once or whatever the button is.

My point is that Confluence should enable the user to quickly browse the document they are sent or required to go through. All the new features may be cool, but don't block content - we are here for it. Please find another way of informing users of new features.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Alex Buznik
body: I guess so, not self-hosted.


author: Minh Tran
body: Actually i mentioned it to our support team, however Cloud code is not for only one tenant. So there is no workaround till now until the development team implements something

I will give them the feedback later also :)


author: Alex Buznik
body: Well, those new features modal windows still annoy me.

If you could pass this complaint to the dev team, so they could make less annoying (say not fill the entire screen), that would be great.


author: Minh Tran
body: Can you accept my answer [@Alex Buznik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3687105)?


author: Alex Buznik
body: It's a pity, Minh


author: Minh Tran
body: [@Alex Buznik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3687105) I double checked there is no way to disable it in cloud.


author: Minh Tran
body: Ohhh, are you using Confluence Cloud [@Alex Buznik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3687105)?


author: Alex Buznik
body: Thank you for reply, [@Minh Tran](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/732683)

However I could not find that app, and the article seems to be outdated with the current design.

![Screenshot 2020-01-09 10.11.25.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78302i5866BA88AB21D446/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2020-01-09 10.11.25.png")


author: Minh Tran
body: [@Alex Buznik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3687105) You can disable the app "**Confluence What's New**" that takes care responsibility for displaying all new features

See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/managing-system-and-marketplace-apps-25788666.html> for how to do that


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to renew the existing confluence license?
Asked by Prerna Verma:

We have purchased 10 user's license of confluence. Which got expired last week. Then we renewed and paid the amount. But still we are not able to access the confluence.

Below are the Invoice details of our purchase:

Order Number: AT-90421086

Date: 25-Dec-2019

Link: <http://dbresearch.atlassian.net/>


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: You will need to contact support and they will be able to help you with your licensing issue. <https://support.atlassian.com/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud