youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Sorting by likes in the Page Properties Report Macro
Asked by Andrew Kolas:

Is it possible to sort by the number of Likes an item receives on the "Page Properties Report Macro"?

If so, can I sort that way by default?


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

It looks like this is not possible in the macro at this time, but there is an open feature request to add this:

* [Page properties report: sort by number of likes or comments](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-32534)

Per [Atlassian's New Features Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html ) please comment on the ticket with how this would benefit your team.

Watching the ticket will also keep you up to date on any changes made to the feature!

Hope it helps,

Rachel

comments: author: Rick Wright
body: Hi Rachel,   
I'd really like to be able to show the # of Likes and # of Comments in the Page Properties report.

Rick


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence appears to be binding to both addrs even though the address is specified in the connector
Asked by Eric_Thompson:

Hello,

I'm looking to run Confluence on an existing web server that currently uses IIS. I've added a second NIC to the server, and assigned another address to it. I added the "address" parameter to the "Connector" block in the server.xml file, and restarted Confluence. I am able to browse to Confluence on the new address, but I am unable to start my IIS sites that use the same port, but are bound to the other address. It appears that Confluence is binding to the other address as well even though I've specifically told it to bind to a different address.

Any help anyone can provide would be really helpful. I am running Confluence 6.9.3


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: [@Eric_Thompson](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/241956) Please make sure that IIS is configured to bind the sites to specific IP addresses. This screenshot has an example: [IIS screenshot](https://iisnetblogs.blob.core.windows.net/media/nazim/WindowsLiveWriter/UsingIPv6withIIS7_EB12/Screen7_thumb_1.jpg).


author: AnnWorley
body: It sounds like you configured the address parameter properly, based on [Apache Tomcat 8 Configuration Reference](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/config/http.html#Standard_Implementation).

Is there any way there is a second connector in your Confluence server.xml that does not have an address defined and hence binds to all IPs on the host?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence Global CSS, Quick Search
Asked by Jonathan Smith:

Hi Everyone,

Our logo is the same color as the global search so I need to update the CSS to make the quick search white. Any idea why this code is not working?

Also, will need to change the color of the magnifying glass if possible as that is white...

* Confluence Server

![css.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27141i1D41ADCC1ED80513/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "css.jpg")


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

There is actually no need to use CSS to change Search Bar background and Text colour, these settings can be modified from General Configuration \> Colour Scheme:

![colour.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27151i19BC80DEA56FEE6B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "colour.png")

Besides finding the right CSS element to change, you would also need to find one for Global, Space and Admin menu searches, as those are different, you would also need to identify active and inactive text, as those seem to change the tone.

Changing from Admin panel changes setting globally for all, Admin, spaces and Global page


author: Ae Quitas
body: why can i not find all those option? i can change two colors and nothing else, im site and main admin

comments: author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Ae Quitas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1201289) I am on server, are you on cloud?

Not sure the options in the cloud environment are different than server.


Tags: confluence-server

css
Migrating Confluence + Crowd from Linux database to Cloud
Asked by Steven John Kirner:

Hi,

I need to migrate my current Confluence + Crowd database from an old Linux server to Cloud. Do you have step by step instructions for this?

Also, I have an older Confluence v.5.9.6. Do I need to upgrade this before migrating to Cloud?

Thanks!


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

I assume when you say "Cloud" you mean the Atlassian Cloud. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.

**Migrating Confluence to Cloud**

We have a handy knowledge base article that describes how to migrate Confluence from Server to the Cloud:

* [Migrate from Confluence Server to Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/migrate-from-confluence-server-to-cloud-724765529.html)

As mentioned in the documentation, Cloud only accepts imports from Confluence Server 5.10.x and up, so you'll need to upgrade to a supported version before migrating to the Cloud.

**Migrating Crowd**

Atlassian does not have a Crowd Cloud option - all user management is handled internally in the Cloud. You can read more about User Management in Atlassian Cloud in the documentation below:

* [Manage users and groups](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/manage-users-and-groups-744721623.html)

I hope that information helps clarify! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Rachel

comments: author: Steven John Kirner
body: Hi Rachel,

Yes, I meant Atlassian Cloud.

Do you have step by step instructions for upgrading Confluence from 5.9.6 to 5.10.x on a Linux command line? We have an old Linux desktop with no GUI. I would like to do the minimal upgrade and make sure that it does not break my old Linux database.

Thanks!


author: R. Fuerst
body: Hi [@Steven John Kirner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1175170),

Sure do - you'll want to manually upgrade Confluence, following the guide below:

* [Upgrading Confluence Manually](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-manually-255363437.html)

We **highly**suggest testing the upgrade on a test environment before doing it on production.

Hope it helps!

Rachel


Tags: confluence-server

crowd

server
Maintaining technical documentation in the confluence
Asked by Otabek_G-rov:

Good afternoon! Give examples of best practices for maintaining technical documentation in the confluence, if you can specify the links to the space. Thank you in advance.


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Otabek_G-rov](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1318779),

there is no best way nor can I give you a good recomentation without knowing more about your requriements like:

* whats your business
* who writes the documentation
* whats your documentation life cycle
* what kind of information is stored

Confluence is a wiki. It will not do the work for you, It can just help to organize the information in a good way to work with it.

So long

Thomas


Tags: confluence-server

server
Creating Jira issues from Confluence
Asked by Scott Theus:

I'm having an issue with most issue types when creating them from a Confluence page. Here are my steps:

1. Select a block of text in Confluence (Cloud)
2. Hover over the selected text and click the Jira Macro button
3. Select the correct project and use the issue type "Epic."
4. Fill out hte rest of the form for the issue and click Create
5. Repeat with another block of text, using the same project but making the issue type a Story or Task.
6. Publish the page.

When viewing the published page I can see the new button linking to the Epic in Jira, but the button for the Story or Task issue types does not show.

The issues are created in Jira. To add them to the page I have to edit it and insert a Jira Macro for these issue types.

Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm hoping it's a setting I've missed....


Answers:
author: Scott Theus
body: It looks like this is a bug; several users on my instance have had the same issue for a couple of weeks.

Workaround: Use the edit view of the Confluence page and create the issue via the Jira Issue macro on the toolbar.

Here is the bug report: [CONFCLOUD-61608](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-61608)

comments: author: AnnWorley
body: Great find on that bug report! Wish I had found it in my search and saved you further testing. Thanks for following up to let the Community know it's a known issue.


author: Timothy Ryan
body: It is marked resolved, but it's not. It's handled better with an error message saying the page edit failed. Failure rate is about 25% when I use the highlight method. Complete pain in the butt and disappointment that these 2 products do not integrate better.


author: AnnWorley
body: Hi there, Scott,

I was able to create a story, a task and an epic by highlighting text in my Confluence Cloud test instance:

![Screen Shot 2018-07-18 at 2.48.49 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27263i2E9A5F3241147471/image-dimensions/760x235?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-07-18 at 2.48.49 PM.png")

I found some existing issues open for similar behavior in Cloud, but the bug reports refer to cases where quite a few issues are being added at once, or the text highlighted on the Confluence page is inside a table, which doesn't sound like what you are describing.

I could not find a Cloud license associated with the email address you use for Community so I am not sure what instances you are seeing this behavior on. Rather than posting the instance URL publicly, so that Atlassian Cloud support can take a look, please open a ticket at <https://support.atlassian.com/contact>.

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Scott Theus
body: Thanks Ann.

It looks like this is intermittent, I'll test it more and see if I can narrow it down to certain steps, ask another user to test, etc. If it's not user error I'll open a ticket (entirely possible, given that I'm the user and I was working remotely at a couple different vendor sites this week.)

-Scott


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira
Non Clustered Confluence: Database is being updated by another Confluence instance.
Asked by ap@ihs911.com:

Website/Server was frozen so we rebooted. Once rebooted we received this error, "Non Clustered Confluence: Database is being updated by another Confluence instance.". I've gone into the logs and found the message "Unable to acquire JDBC Connection". I checked the .xml file for the user name and password and I was able to logon to the SQL Server with those creds. Not sure where else to look as this system was setup by another user and not documented. Any assistance would be appreciated.


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

This message is usually logged when the old process is still connected to DB so new instance and the new process can't connect. Please check running process to make sure no other instance is up that might be connected to DB.

If your instance is set up to start with the server, then you can just restart the server and let it startup naturally.

Let me know how it goes


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can anyone suggest an alternative for the AdvancedSearch macro?
Asked by Tracy Creer:

This macro was archived

<https://www.adaptavist.com/doco/display/ASP/Advanced+Search+Plugin>


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Tracy,

The Atlassian Marketplace has several [search add-ons for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=search) and even more [for Confluence Server](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=server&product=confluence&query=search). There are links on the Marketplace pages for documentation and support. Most of the add-ons offer a free trial so you can test them for your specific use cases.

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: search
Anyone else having problems with the Created vs Resolved chart on Confluence?
Asked by Sandy Greenberg:

In the set up dialog box for the chart you have the option to have a standard count or cumulative totals. For some reason when I select cumulative it doesn't work, I only get the standard count.


Answers:
author: Barry Schwartze
body: It looks like there's a difference in the functionality if you choose to insert a Jira Chart and pick "Created vs Resolved" as Igor did above - where the cumulative total option works - versus inserting "Other Macro" and choosing "Created vs Resolved" and selecting the options in that macro for cumulative totals - which doesn't work.

This has vexed me for a year!


author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

Can you specify what is your Jira and Confluence versions?

I had a quick test in my Confluence 6.10.0 connected to Jira 7.8.1 and my graphs change the moment cumulative is ticked:

![Screen Shot 2018-07-20 at 08.26.30.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27410iDF48AFDCDDEF504C/image-dimensions/532x374?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-07-20 at 08.26.30.png")

![Screen Shot 2018-07-20 at 08.26.53.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27411i66A2A9908FEC2A43/image-dimensions/535x375?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-07-20 at 08.26.53.png")

![Screen Shot 2018-07-20 at 08.27.04.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27412iEC8F90B5DE2028B8/image-dimensions/530x369?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-07-20 at 08.27.04.png")

comments: author: Sandy Greenberg
body: Jira 7.3.6 and Confluence 6.2.4

I should point out that using the same filter with the JIRA gadget works correctly with cumulative ticked, it's just the Confluence gadget.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Upgrade third party libraries (provided by confluence) in custom plugins
Asked by Shanker P:

In confluence 6.6.3 server WEB_INF/lib, guava 18.0 jar is provided.

So I have added guava 18.0 in maven dependencies (scope as provided) of custom plugin.

Now to fix one vulnerability in guava 18.0, I want to upgrade it to Guava 25.0.

So if I use Guava 25.0 in maven dependency (scope as compile), will that be okay?

Would there be any conflicts, because Guava 18.0 is already provided by confluence?

Thanks,

Shanker.


Answers:
author: Shanker P
body: Incase anyone come across the issue...

I have tried to add the latest version of Guava in dependencies.

But confluence is throwing errors when tried to upload the plugin. So I think, it is not possible to upgrade the dependency provided by confluence.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I copy an existing confluence template and modify it. Coping and pasting is not working.
Asked by Jane Roberts:

I currently have a template and want to make a very similar one for a different purpose. Would save time if I can copy an existing one and then make changes to it. I tried to click Edit on the existing ctrl A and Ctrl C and paste it in a new template and it is not working.


Answers:
author: Thiago Ribeiro [Adaptavist]
body: On the Create Pop Up screen you will have the option to Add or Customise a template for the space you are in, the it will show you the Templates for the Space.

There you can edit a Template or Create a new one.

comments: author: Jane Roberts
body: When I click on CREATE NEW TEMPLATE it does not pop up with that option. Wonder if we have a different version.


author: Emily Errico
body: Do you have page layout elements in the original template? Ctrl+A will only grab all the content in the section selected. In that case, you'll have to manually create the page layout you desire on the new template, and then copy and paste from each section in the original.

comments: author: Jane Roberts
body: Thank you.. I did grab a piece at a time and that worked. Hard to believe there is not an easy copy of template option.


author: Emily Errico
body: It is a bit annoying but I've found that copy and pasting between pages can cause even more problems (incorrect links, broken images, broken headers), so it's a small price to pay.


Tags: atl-gruland

confluence-server

server
dynamic Header in Webservice Confiform ifttt macro
Asked by Ansar Rezaei:

Hi

I need to pass a dynamic Header to my webservice request in ifttt macro.  

the value of this header could be retrive from another confiform field or result of another ifttt macro in same page. Are there any way to do this?  

ifttt_1 --\> give me a token and I have this now using {iftttResult_0}

ifttt_2 - \> I should use one of parametr of previous ifttt as header in order to call second webservice.

Any Idea?


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: At the moment headers parameter is not evaluated as expression. We will add this shortly

comments: author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Just to update the old answer that the evaluations of headers has been added a while ago and is supported


author: Val Clark
body: I know this thread is rather old, but I'm trying to do basically the same thing as [@Ansar Rezaei](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/518627) in the original post, where I'm getting an Okta token, then trying to use that token in a dynamic header in another API request.  

Getting the Okta token is working, but I can't so far figure out how to insert the token value in a dynamic header. I'm trying this in the Request Headers field, but unsure of proper syntax:  

```
Authorization: Bearer [entry.oktaToken]
```

Is there some documentation on dynamic headers I can refer to?


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: In <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Configuring+ConfiForms+IFTTT+actions+and+rules#ConfiguringConfiFormsIFTTTactionsandrules-WebServiceRequest> you can add request headers (parameter)

Try adding there

```
Authorization: Bearer [entry.oktaToken]
```

Alex


author: Val Clark
body: Sorry I should have mentioned, that's exactly where I'm doing it. So it does look like I'm doing it in the right place and that syntax should work. I may have something else that needs tweaking. I'll keep poking at it.

Thanks!!


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Feel free to open a [support ticket](https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/VERTUNA/Support+Request+Form) with us and share a bit of a form configuration, so we can take a look and try to help you with troubleshooting


Tags: confiforms
Did any one faced performance issue/stability with confluence 6.8.3
Asked by Keshav_Narkhede@bmc.com:

Hello,

I am planning to upgrade confluence from 5.10.3 to 6.8.3. Did any one using 6.8.3 and stability and performance issue? I just came to know that 6.6.6 is the most stable version.

Regards,

Keshav


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: 6.6.6 is not "the most stable", it's flagged as the Enterprise release, which means long term support and patching. 6.8 is more "stable" (depending on what you mean by that word), and includes some (minor) stuff around performance too.

comments: author: Keshav_Narkhede@bmc.com
body: Thanks. I am upgrading to 6.8.5. I will share my experience with you.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Upload images from iPad directly to Confluence
Asked by Marcel Ke?ler:

Some coworkers are often on the go and take different pictures on our construction sites with their iPad. They will later include those pictures in Diary-like Page in Confluence.

Sadly the Confluence Server App is not that handy. Pasting pictures is time consuming and fiddly.

So my coworkers asked me if there is any way to sync photos quick and easy into confluence. Not needed pictures could be deleted, sorted and managed on the full Webinterface at their workstation. Just an easy way to sync the images with confluence. Sharing images with the confluence app is also not possible.

Do you know any way to do so? Some Photo App which can sync via Webdav on iOS? Or is some kind of \`iPad \<\> Dropbox \<\> Confluence\`-Setup the only way to go? (Normally we don't use DropBox at our office and this setups feels wonky and future unstable to me.)

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Yes, WebDav seems a pretty good idea to quickly upload pictures to pages.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/use-a-webdav-client-to-work-with-pages-200704169.html>

Did you tried connecting to Confluence using it? For IPad this app should be working - <https://itunes.apple.com/pl/app/webdav-navigator/id382551345>

Other doc that might be handy

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-a-webdav-client-for-confluence-148044.html>


Tags: confluence-server

file

image

ios

server
Disable NotifyWatchers notification
Asked by andrea schneider:

Hi

With Confluence 5.8.8 we were used to have this

```
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($) 
{ 
?? 
??? AJS.bind('init.rte', function() {
????? AJS.$('#notifyWatchers').attr('checked', false);
??? });
});
</script>
```

within our Custom HTML to prevent the Watcher notification per default if a page has been changed. With Confluence 6.10.1 this isn't working anymore. Does anyone have an idea how we could get back again this functionality?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: I have 6.10 and this Custom HTML works fine:

```
<script>
function disableWatchers() {
  setTimeout(disableWatchers, 1000);
  if ( $('#notifyWatchers').attr( "mz" ) != 1) {
    setTimeout(function() {$('#notifyWatchers').removeAttr('checked');}, 1000);
    $('#notifyWatchers').attr( "mz", 1);
  }
}
disableWatchers();
</script>
```

comments: author: andrea schneider
body: This was fast, thank you very much Pavel!
TLS handshake timed out
Asked by Yoel GARCIA DIAZ:

Anyone here knows what could be causing that connecting on 8443 after following the intrusions (to the letter I reckon) and without apparent error (signed certificate from godaddy installed fine) I get "Timed Out" when trying to connect to the server?


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Firewall not blocking the connection on specific ports?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Generating .obr file: how to resolve buildNumber?
Asked by Christian Horn:

I would like to use the [Build Number Maven Plugin](http://www.mojohaus.org/buildnumber-maven-plugin/) to have a build number added to the version automatically.

The final name is defined as follows in the build section of the pom.xml:

```
<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.${buildNumber}</finalName>
```

It works fine as far as the creation of the .jar file is concerned but fails for the creation of the .obr file because it cannot resolve "$buildNumber":

```
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.atlassian.maven.plugins:maven-confluence-plugin:6.3.15:generate-obr-artifact (default-generate-obr-artifact) on project test: Source '...\target\test-0.3.0.${buildNumber}.jar' does not exist -> [Help 1]
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException 
```

Any suggestions how to get it working?


Answers:
author: Christian Horn
body: Hi Ann,

thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Regards

Christian


author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Christian,

I would like to help more but the best I can do is refer you to another forum where the development community is more active and has more expertise for questions like yours. Please see our [Developer Community](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/) for more help with Maven and plugins for Maven.

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: atl-dev

developer

maven
Adding Confluence plugin to an existing Space using Atlassian Connect Spring Boot
Asked by Samer Sboui:

Hi AC developers, i created a simple plugin using Spring Boot but i got the error below !!

how can i fix it ? and thnx for your help.

![err.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27086i888C6ED5EA7CA8DD/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "err.PNG")


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi Samer.

feel free for provide log from catalina.out or from atlassian-confluence.log

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov

comments: author: Samer Sboui
body: i'm runing my plugin into Atlassian cloud instance (myapp.atlassian.net) how can i access to this log file ?! and thnx


Tags: atl-dev

connect