youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
New Dashboard: Is it possible to get updates from my spaces instead of all spaces?
Asked by Johan Ferner:

Using Confluence 5.9 with new dashboard.

The old confluence dashboard had a feature to only see updates from your favourited spaces and not all spaces.

Anything similiar in the new dashboard?


Answers:
author: Johan Ferner
body: Thanks Mark,

Voted and watched the JIRA ticket.


author: Mark Ottaviani
body: We're also interested in this.

Looks like there is an outstanding feature request here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-41720>
Add personal notes
Asked by Rosario De Domenico:

I would like to add some personal notes to confluence pages. That is, some text that is only visible to my-self.

An essential requirement is to be able to search these notes via the space search.

What is the best way of doing this?

**EDIT**

I checked the two suggestions given so far and I need to extend my list of requirements...

* These notes shall be invisible for everybody, including when the page is exported to PDF / Word
* It is not a security issue, but a layout issue... it does not matter if someone else sees these notes, but these are like personal notes on the side of a book... so not nice to see all-the-time
* Also to my-self the notes shall be hidden when accessing the page and only visible "on demand", ideally with a single "show notes" control (that is visible only to me and not exported)

The Visibility macro proposed is interesting (and free!) but the documentation is limited.

The Talk add-on macro would be too expansive.

Currently I am simply including these comments in an invisible div macro, but:

* this shows up when exporting to PDF or Word
* requires to modify the table of content macro to exclude the headings in such a div.


Answers:
author: Kate (izi)
body: Hi Rosario,

You can use the [Talk add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.talk.confluence-talk-plugin/server/overview). It allows restricting [individual discussions](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/Talk/Managing+Permissions#ManagingPermissions-SettingTalkPermissionsintheViewmode1) or [all inline comments](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/Talk/Managing+Permissions#ManagingPermissions-SettingSpacePermissionsforDiscussions4) in a space. Using Confluence search you can [search all talks](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/Talk/Search+Discussions) by commenter to find those created by you. However there is no search query to find only restricted talks. So you create both restricted and not restricted talks, your search results will include them all.

Kind regards,

Katerina Kolina


author: Milo Test
body: Try the [Visibility](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.visibility/server/overview) macro.


Tags: comment

confluence-administration
Error rendering macro 'excerpt include' when copying the page
Asked by Hisamitsu Koga:

When copying a Confluence page that has excerpt include macro, those excerpt includes fail to render

on the new copied page. The user always has to go in and edit the excerpt include to refer to the same excerpt

that it is already STILL referring to. Is this know issue#? If yes, please let me know issue#. Any way to prevent this? Here are my Confluence page info.

* One page has excerpt macro and has some web links of JIRA issues
* Another page has excerpt include macro referring to the above page
* When copy the page including excerpt include macro, error message:"Error rendering macro 'excerpt-include' : No link could be created for '\<page name including excerpt macro\>'.


Answers:
author: Erik Uzureau
body: FWIW I was getting this same error and in my case it was because the page hosting the Excerpt had a title with ':' and ',' in it.

When I removed those characters, the Include Excerpt macro worked just fine.

What's weird is that it was working between my personal space and SpaceX but not between SpaceY and SpaceX.

Who knows, but try removing punctuation, etc. worked for me.

comments: author: Pete Woolley
body: YES!!! The colon plays havoc as it makes the macro think that two spaces are being referenced. Thank you!


author: Hisamitsu Koga
body: No, same space though.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Are you copying the page to a different space and the excerpt is still in the original space?


Tags: confluence-administration
The menu items are not clickable
Asked by dvillacorte:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Using Confluence on a Mobile Device](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=701434615)*

Hi there,

The menu icon which has items such as "Switch to desktop version" does not work for us. All the menu items are not clickable. Our version of Confluence is 5.8.10

Thanks,

Dolly


Answers:
author: dvillacorte
body: I downloaded the RefinedMobile plugin from RefinedWiki and the mobile/iPad version looks better. No need for the functionality to switch to the desktop version.


author: Adrien Dufey
body: Hi everyone,

Same here, I try to access Desktop version on my iPad, and no item of the menu work. I tried with Safari, Firefox, Dolphin.

Confluence 5.8.14

Something curious : on a colleague's iPad, the access to desktop version is okay. We compared Safari parameters, without success. I erased all Safari caches, etc.


Tags: confluence-app

documentation
Planning: Confluence & JIRA: For a Large Enterprise with 2,000 users: Topology
Asked by Newbie Altlassian:

Does it make sense to install Confluence on MS Windows platform, JIRA -Service Desk on Linux platform and POSTGRESQL on a third machine? Hardware: way above Atlassian specs. Thanks


Answers:
author: Ross Lindell _Information Officer Pte Ltd_
body: I think Linux would be a safer choice, for Confluence, JSD, and PostgreSQL. Active Directory integration and MS Office document handling are all handled at the application level. I cannot think of a benefit to use Windows for Confluence alone. Which does not mean it cannot be done, but you might also find yourself alone if an integration issue comes up; e.g. it is not a common configuration, even if strictly speaking 'supported'.

comments: author: Manse Wolken
body: We have Confluence running on Windows and Linux. And Windows has no performance gain shown so far.

Depending on your infrastructure you might run into problems, when disks fill up. In case you go for Linux, make sure you use a filesystem which you can expand on the fly. (LVM + XFS or ext4).

Or use a SAN.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Making sure that the index for JIRA at least is on a local disk, of course.


author: Newbie Altlassian
body: Thanks everybody.

Can Confluence/JIRA/PostgreSQL be hosted on the same Linux box?

Our 2000 users are spread across 4 Time Zones (Atlantic to Pacific) and the hardware would be Dell R620/8 Cores E5-2609/64GB Memory/RAID10(10,000RPM).


author: Newbie Altlassian
body: Reasons for Confluence on Windows: we plan to use Confluence for its Knowledge Base/Management capabilities. The RAW data would be docs, pdfs, ppt, video clips and UNCs from our Windows Domain.

Reason for JIRA on Linux: minute 13 of <http://www.adaptavist.com/w/atlassian-performance-tuning/> It seems that JIRA on Linux is a must.

Thanks


author: Ross Lindell _Information Officer Pte Ltd_
body: Perhaps you can explain why you might mix? Something external to Atlassian applications I gather.


Tags: confluence-administration

jira

jira-administration
Is it possible to upgrade Confluence software directly from 5.1.5 to the latest version? (5.9.6)
Asked by Tim Rosenberger:

Basically I got stuck at 5.1.5 due to software issues, hardware issues and project priority issues. As the subject line asks, can I upgrade directly from one to the other (ie appropriate supported Java and database/server software along the way) or will I have to break the journey up into several rest stops along the way?


Answers:
author: Phill Fox
body: If you look at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html> this shows all the releases between 5.1.5 and 5.9.6 you will need to look for the latest version that supports an upgrade from 5.1.5 and take this as one upgrade.

Repeat this step for each resting point.

Please do not quote me but a quick review looks like you would need to do something like....

5.1.5 -\> 5.3.4 -\>5.4.x -\> 5.5.0 -\> 5.7.0 -\> 5.8.0 -\> 5.9.x

You should of course test all of these upgrades in a development environment first in case there is anything specific to your installation.

comments: author: Tim Rosenberger
body: To make my steps as big as possible I started my review at the top end, working backward, and, according to <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html> I could jump directly from 5.1 up to 5.9. So I tried it in a development environment. I did have to update my Java toolkit to a 1.8 version from the 1.7 version compatible with 5.1.5, but otherwise, it went off fairly cleanly, likely due to my relative lack of customization.

The only hitch I've come across so far is that my space directory links back to my production installation, rather than referencing the localhost. Is this likely to remain an issue when I repeat the process to move and update my production database?


author: Tim Rosenberger
body: More info: I have no special add-ins, and I am resigned to rebuilding any templates and blueprints I may have used previously.


Tags: confluence-administration
TOC Marco Does Not Render Correctly...
Asked by Stephen Kairys:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Table of Contents (toc) Macro Does Not Render Correctly or At All](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=231342939)*

I am a Confluence user (not an Admin). Just getting up to speed on my client's Wiki. How (if at all) can I tell if they use this macro? Thanks.


Answers:
author: Nelson Carranza
body: Hi Stephen,

Make the following search: macroName:toc\*

Ref: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/59203>

Regards

Nelson


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation
TOC not indenting
Asked by Stephen Kairys:

I have a doc with two heading levels (2 and 3). Heading index = 10px.   
But my level 3 headings are not indented.

In fact, no heading appears with bullets, even though list style = disc.

Has anyone seen this behavior? Version 5.4.3.

Thanks,  
Steve  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/TOC-not-indenting/qaq-p/320669?attachment-id=9078){#link_11872f70e84060}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/54112/1/image2016-3-14%2015%3A10%3A6.png){#display_11872f70e84060_0}


Answers:
author: Stephen Kairys
body: I see:

The page you were trying to reach could not be found. This could be because:

* The page does not exist.
* The page exists, but you do not have permission to view it.

So I need Admin to do, right? Can I assume that changing this setting will affect all **existing**pages in Wiki? Thanks.


author: Stephen Kairys
body: Stephen,

TOC looks to behave similarly in other pages.

Manual insertion same thing.

Redacted names of headers as follows. Interestingly, they appear fine here, but not when displayed in Wiki!. Something tells me this behavior is significant to solving this issue. Thanks!

*
  * [SETTING UP ITEMS](http://docs.pulsepoint.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=7831938#HeaderBiddingOnboarding(Workspace)-SETTINGUPLINEITEMSINDFP)
    * [Task 1: Adding Item](http://docs.pulsepoint.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=7831938#HeaderBiddingOnboarding(Workspace)-SubSecTask1AddingLineItemTask1:AddingaLineItem)
    * [Task 2: Adding](http://docs.pulsepoint.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=7831938#HeaderBiddingOnboarding(Workspace)-SubSecTask2AddingCreativesTask2:AddingCreatives)
    * [Task 3: Duplicating](http://docs.pulsepoint.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=7831938#HeaderBiddingOnboarding(Workspace)-SubSecTask3DuplicatingCreativesTask3:DuplicatingCreatives)
    * [Task 4: Duplicating Line](http://docs.pulsepoint.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=7831938#HeaderBiddingOnboarding(Workspace)-SubSecTask4DuplicatingLineItemsTask4:DuplicatingLineItems)
  * SOLUTION


author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Something else to review:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/table-of-contents-toc-macro-does-not-render-correctly-or-at-all-231342939.html>

If you are using an Adaptavist macro that includes a plugin for the TOC, you may need to disable it.


author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Is the TOC working within any other page or space within your instance?

What are the names of your headers?

Trying doing a manual insert of the TOC macro:

1. Within the edit scren, hit CTRL+ SHIFT+D (or select insert, Markup)
2. Next, paste the following:
   1.

      ```
      {toc:style=disc|indent=10px}
      ```

3. Once pasted, select insert

4. Preview the page to check the results

comments: author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Check your TOC Plugin and ensure everything is running, it should look like this:

How to check plugins: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Viewing+installed+add-ons>

TOC Plugin is listed as a System Add-ons.

image2016-3-14 15:10:6.png


Tags: server

table-of-contents
Move Attachments to different Spaces
Asked by Christian Sprenger:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Moving an Attachment](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=336169172)*

Since it is not described:

To move attachments to a different space use *spacename:pagename*

It is a pity that this simple options are not included already. Maybe 32k$/year is too less? Maybe we have to wait for the next license-raise to have such simple options.

When I have a page with 32 attachments/pictures I have to move every. single. one. independently.

Such a pity :'(


Answers:
author: Robert Ortner
body: For such mass operation I like to use webdav - just use your finder/filemanager and use wiki pages like folders on your desktop. Move to local drive and back to another wiki page.

Perhaps it helps

best Robert

comments: author: Christian Sprenger
body: WebDAV sounds like the option we're looking for.  
Thanks for the idea.

But still it s\*\*\*s that Atlassian does not care about for \*11 years\*


author: TomC
body: Hi Christian Not knowing your use case this is probably oversimplifying, but have you considered simply *moving the page* with the attachments to the other space? That way you are moving all 32 attachments at once.

If you are tying to move them to an *existing* page in another space then it's a toss up of whether to use the move *page* approach or just the steps of: download all from original page\>drag in all to new page.

comments: author: Christian Sprenger
body: Hello Tom,

actually, my case is that we copied a page and the attachment have not been copied.  
Since the page has been copied to a different space it is not described in here how to move attachments to different spaces. That is what I added as information.

Yes, when you move a page the attachments are moved too, but when you simply want to move attachments there is no *real* way to move it but your suggestion to download-reupload


Tags: attachment
Lively Blog Posts
Asked by Patrick_Vanhoof:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.scandio.confluence.plugins.lively-blog/server/overview>

Is there a possibility to have the Like button displayed in the macro? Now users have to click through to the blog post itself to like it.


Answers:
author: Georg Schmidl
body: Hi Patrik,

yes, this this is a highly-requested feature that will be implemented in a future version. Stay tuned!

Regard,

Georg
same confluence wiki licence for test stuff
Asked by Miroslav Morav??k:

Hello,

We have 50 users licence for wiki on wiki.domain.eu, but can we use same licence for example wiki.domain.local for test stuff ? (like testing configuration with LDAP and more) or we need to buy one more licence ?

Thank you


Answers:
author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Confluence has a built in developer license.

<https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing/#licensing-7>

7. What are developer licenses, how are they used? {#toc-hId--1326608019}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Developer licenses are available to existing commercial, academic, and select Starter license holders (not available for cloud products) who wish to deploy non-production installations for use in testing and development of the Atlassian software (e.g. version upgrades, customizations to the software, etc) that should not be done on a live production instance.

Developer licenses can also be used for non-production installations of the software deployed on a cold stand-by server.

This license is provided free of charge and the maintenance expiration of this license will be synchronized to the maintenance expiration date of your product.

The technical contact for the license can generate a developer key by following these steps:

1. Log in to [My Atlassian](https://my.atlassian.com/).
2. Click the Atlassian product in question - your account management screen will display.
3. In the Actions section click "View Developer License."
4. Review the Developer License agreement.
5. Finally click "View" to agree. A license key will be presented. Copy and paste this key into your development server.

You may generate more than one license key if running multiple pre-production, e.g. development, testing, and QA, servers.

Please note: JIRA, Confluence, Stash and some marketplace add-on $10 Starter Licenses do include access to Developer Licenses. If you see the option to "View Developer License" in the license details panel you have access to a key. All other Starter License holders can use our evaluation license to test upgrades or purchase a second Starter License.


Tags: confluence-administration
Integrate a google drive file or import it into our standalone confluence servers.
Asked by Michael Maher:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Google Drive macros](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=737182322)*

this documentations isn't clear. After installing the plugin, there is noting in the macros section regarding Google Drive.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If you can't find the macro in the macro browser, then it's quite likely that the add-on has not been enabled properly. Can you check that the add-on looks ok in "manage add-ons"? Fully enabled and showing modules with the macro names?


Tags: confluence-cloud

google-drive
Can this be done with the atlassian hosted cloud version or only the server version?
Asked by John Larger:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Connecting to an Internal Directory with LDAP Authentication](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=229838462)*

Can this be done with the atlassian hosted cloud version or only the server version?


Answers:
author: Giles B
body: Hi John,

As Phill says, that functionality is only available for Confluence Server. You can find the info for Cloud user management, [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Manage+users+and+groups).


author: Phill Fox
body: To use LDAP directories you need the server version.


author: John Larger
body: More specifically, the option to have it create a confluence user on first login and it is ldap for authentication?


Tags: confluence-cloud

user-management
Removing a label or changing status on certain date in the future
Asked by Artur Salisz:

Hi,

I am looking for a solution, for example a macro that would allow to set a date in the future where the label would be automatically removed or the status changed.

Is that possible to do ?

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Artur Salisz
body: Hi Elifcan,

Thanks for your reply.

Actually I need it for Confluence. I want to create pages with certain labels or statuses that need to be removed at some point in the future. Instead of doing this manually I would like to have a macro that would do that automatically at a specified date.

Cheers!

comments: author: Elifcan Cakmak
body: hey,

I don't know how to do that but I did some research and found this:

[Integrating Script Runner with Confluence 5.7](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/17902524)

you can use script runner with confluence too. there aren't any built-in script that does what you want but maybe you can write a customized script.

sorry, couldn't help.

cheers!


author: Artur Salisz
body: Many thanks!

Will check this option.

Best!


author: Elifcan Cakmak
body: hi,

you added confluence tags but I assume you want this for jira.

you can do it with script runner plugin.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.onresolve.jira.groovy.groovyrunner/server/overview>

there is a built-in script that is named escalation service. I think it is what you are looking for:

<https://scriptrunner.adaptavist.com/latest/jira/escalation-service.html>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Capacity planning with confluence ?
Asked by Corinna:

Hello, is there a posibility to use confluence for capacity planning...we have JIRA and Confluecne....but seems there is no way to plan workpackages and match them with percentage availability of Assignne for each project , to get a realistic planning of when the workpackage could be finished......anybody has an idea ?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: I'm not certain how Confluence would assist here -- Confluence at the end of the day remains a collaborative content tool, not a data reporting platform.

You may be interested in the following topics:

* [Capacity Planning with JIRA Agile](http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/12/agile-capacity-planning/)
* [Capacity Planning with JIRA Portfolio](http://blogs.atlassian.com/2015/04/plan-better-with-jira-portfolio-1-9/)

You could also do the same with the Tempo Folio product.


Tags: confluence-administration
PDF Export with Vector Images
Asked by Scott Selberg:

Hi All,

We currently are producing documentation with vector diagrams using Framemaker. When searching for terms in the resulting pdf, the text in the diagrams can be found. Also, when zooming in, the diagrams retain their sharpness.

I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to have Confluence embed a vector format image (svg, gliffy, pdf, ai ) into the exported PDF file. Does anybody have any insight into this problem?

-Scott


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Well being a decade-long user of FrameMaker, and Illustrator, I know of no way to do what you want. The workflow I have adopted is the create the drawings in Illustrator, then export to PNG and attach/embed that file in Confluence. The I use Scroll PDF to generate the PDF. The results are "acceptable" I would say.

Generally, I think you can get 80 to 90% of the quality in a PDF using Confluence and Scroll, but you have to know a lot about CSS and Velocity to get things to work properly. AND I would only go this route if online is your primary doc delivery method with PDFs as a nicety. If quality of the final PDF is a must-have, then you will probably be disappointed.

That being said, I am a huge advocate for using Confluence due to the speed of collaboration, content reuse, and general speed of content development (not to mention you can create an automated workflow).

comments: author: Scott Selberg
body: Thanks for your reply!


Tags: export

pdf

svg