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What's the best way to visualize how much time a task (one card) needs?
Asked by Susan Rodriguez:

I am using Trello to manage work tasks. Each task has its own card. I've assigned due dates to each card, but I'd also like to indicate how long each task is estimated to take. Right now I am using labels to do this (one color means less than an hour, another color means 1-2 hours, another color means 2-3 hours, and so on), but this isn't as visually obvious as I'd like.

Ideally, I'd like to be able to change the height of each card according to its task duration: a task lasting less than an hour would be the default height, a 1-2-hour task would be bigger, and so on.

Is there any kind of power-up or other Trello feature that would allow me to correlate task duration with card size? If not, what other techniques do people use for visualizing how long a task will take?


Answers:
author: Alice
body: Hi Susan! You could try to use the [Custom Fields Power-Up](https://trello.com/power-ups/56d5e249a98895a9797bebb9/custom-fields).

Here are a couple of examples.

**Option 1**

![custom fields.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/53978i40A24E22CEDB0A09/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "custom fields.PNG")

Once enabled the Power-Up, you could create a simple Text custom field and write inside the estimated time. It would look like this from the board view:

![custom fields text.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/53980i21CA56197D09850A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "custom fields text.PNG")

**Option 2**

If you want a more visually appealing version, instead you could use the Dropdown Custom Field type and select a different color for each time slot.

![dropdown.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/53981iDA623104AD35C8E8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "dropdown.PNG")

Here is how it would look from the board view.

![dropdown color.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/53979iBF91E2AA9865D2BB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "dropdown color.PNG")

I hope it helps! If you need additional information about the Custom Fields Power-Up, you can find a Trello guide [here](https://help.trello.com/article/1067-using-the-custom-fields-power-up).
Disable notifications for all trello board members
Asked by dalu01:

Hi, how can I disable notifications for all members on a board. Background is that we are doing some refinement of our cases on the board that is shared between squads / teams.


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@dalu01](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/494882) notifications are managed on a per user basis by the user themselves. You can't modify, for example, what cards another user is watching.

If you're moving a tonne of stuff around and don't want everyone to get a million notifications, one option would be to copy the board, do all the moving around and everything, then add people into the new board after you're done.


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if I store a document from Onedrive, I can only watch the document. But I want to work in the docume
Asked by Wolfgang Vogelsaenger:

I want to work in documents, stored in Onedrive directly from Trello w. But if I store the document on a card, I can only watch the doc. In the Help description is to read, that a document, stored in Trello, leads directly to the document ion Onedrive. What do I have to do?


Answers:
author: Denise
body: Hi Wolfgang,

You can link the OneDrive doc [as an attachment](https://help.trello.com/article/769-adding-attachments-to-cards) to the Trello card. Once done, you can click on the link to the document on the back of the card which will then open the doc directly in OneDrive. From there, you can edit the doc directly in OneDrive (assuming you do have editing permission for the doc in OneDrive)

When using the [OneDrive Power-Up](https://trello.com/power-ups/5940440775fbe327abd3329f/onedrive) you'll additionally be able to see a preview of the doc on the card back.

If you continue run into any trouble, feel free to get in touch at <https://trello.com/contact> and we can take a closer look.
Card attachment is another trello board card
Asked by joe cao:

Hello Sir/Madam

I've already know card is able to created by email, is that possible to create a card by email, and auto link another existed Trello board card as the card attachment? If yes, please kindly advise me how to do that and what should be included in the email. Thank you


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@joe cao](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3149663) there isn't a built-in way to do this but you could do it using a Butler or Trellinator automation by detecting a card that was created by email and then having some means of referencing the board you want to link (for example putting the board name in double quotes in the email subject).

comments: author: joe cao
body: Thank you Iain, I will have a try, very appropriate your answer!


Tags: email
Why are my Trello custom fields drop down list jumping around?
Asked by Trello Inventory:

Hello,

I have custom fields enabled in my Trello board with 12 different lists. When I open a card on my huawei mediapad T10 using Emui 5.1.3 and android 7.0 the cards visibly "vibrate" a bit. Afterwards, when I open some of my longer drop down lists (about 10 entries) the list starts to "jump up and down rapidly" on the screen (basically it is vibrating like the cards earlier, but the magnitude is different). Has anyone else encountered this and how do I fix it?


Answers:
author: Teddy
body: If you don't mind, can you please reach out to our support team directly at <https://trello.com/contact> ? We'd be happy to help troubleshoot!

comments: author: Trello Inventory
body: Thank you for your answer I submitted a ticket regarding the matter.
How can I turn off over-zealous autocorrect in Trello cards?
Asked by mbloore:

I'm getting some very odd and potentially damaging behaviour in Trello. I added a card with "datatype set" in the description, and when I finish editing it is changed to "data set". While editing it changes back.

<br />

I added a comment which said:

this system has a dictatorial autocorrect system. if i type "datatype set" in the description it changes it to "data set". but it doesn't seem to do that in comments. but it does change "a dictatorial" to just "dictatorial".  

And when I finish editing it changes to:

this system has dictatorial autocorrect system. if i type "datatype set" in the description it changes it to "data set". but it does not seem to do that in comments. but it does not change.  

Which pretty much replaces the last sentence. Has anyone else seen such behaviour? This makes me very distrustful of Trello. It would be easy to not notice a significant change, like inserting "not" where it does not belong.

This might be relevant: the board was created by a Portuguese speaker, but I post in English. Could there be some translation going on? Boards I create don't seem to have this problem.


Answers:
author: Iain Dooley
body: [@mbloore](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3148193) as far as I know any auto correction behaviour is governed by your browser, not by Trello.

comments: author: mbloore
body: I type lots of stuff into my browser (Chrome, sometimes Safari). The only place this happens is in the Trello boards created by my Portugues colleagues. It does not happen on my own boards. My Chrome is set to English, and I expect that theirs are set to Portugues, but I don't see how that would affect Trello in this way. But since the changes in my text go beyond any simple autocorrect, I suspect some translation is happening, which is both annoying and surprising. What is controlling it, that knows that those other boards are intended to be in Portuguese? Trello has a language setting for me, but so far as I can tell none for individual boards. Do new boards inherit the language of their creators?


author: Iain Dooley
body: [@mbloore](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3148193) yeah that sounds weird alright. Can you reproduce the problem in the Trello desktop app?

I guess the only recourse is to create a screenshot or screencast that demonstrates the issue as best you can, then send it to support@trello.com, they're super responsive even for free accounts
Can you print a linked PDF from the preview page without downloading?
Asked by Dianna Sykes:

Hello,

If a PDF is linked to a Confluence page, is there a way to print it directly from the preview page without downloading it first?


Answers:
author: Nayereh Keramatnezhad
body: unfortunaltly no :)

vote this issue : [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-38679?error=login_required\&error_description=Login+required\&state=5d3bb8d5-9d50-4eed-a439-7da78d8beaa6](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-38679?error=login_required&error_description=Login+required&state=5d3bb8d5-9d50-4eed-a439-7da78d8beaa6)


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What is a recommended way to use Confluence to manage the documentation of a software system
Asked by Craig Senior:

What is a recommended way to use Confluence to manage the documentation of a software system with many COTS and custom components, released individually and collectively. How best to store and assemble it?

Assumptions:

* Documentation includes install, upgrade, administration, and user.
* Documentation is written as Confluence pages.
* Code is developed and managed separate from documentation.


Answers:
author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: Hey [@Craig Senior](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4106709)

May team has also put together a collection of best practices for creating documentation in Confluence. It's called [Rock the Docs](https://www.k15t.com/rock-the-docs). I hope you find this helpful.

For documenting different components, some document all of them in one space, some in individual ones. Sort of similar to how we've broken up [the documentation for each of our apps](https://help.k15t.com/) into individual spaces.

If you version each of your components separately, you'll want a [versioning strategy](https://www.k15t.com/rock-the-docs/documentation-guide/versioning) for sure. You might consider my team's app Scroll Versions for this. You can also create [variants of your content](https://www.k15t.com/rock-the-docs/documentation-guide/conditional-content/define-conditional-content-in-confluence-server-and-data-center-with-scroll-versions), so you could have just one documentation space that has some unique content displayed to admins or users.

Also, you could also Consider Scroll Viewport, which is the app we and Atlassian use to create our online help centers. It's all Confluence in the background, but your readers get a legit help center experience which your team can customize to fit your brand.

Also, I highly recommend the #confluence channel in the [Write the Docs Slack](https://www.writethedocs.org/slack/). That part of the community is full of folks creating documentation using Confluence.

comments: author: Craig Senior
body: Now we're getting somewhere... Reading, I can see you understand the problem.


author: Mike Rink
body: Hi [@Craig Senior](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4106709) , our apps' documentation is written and shared in Confluence - <https://wiki.comalatech.com>. We use our own app, Comala Publishing, to manage a publishing process that separates draft content from final content. Everything is published to space that has anonymous access, and thus is viewable by our audience. We also use an additional app, Refined Theme, to improve the UI and UX of the documentation.   

We put together a short video that talks about a similar use case (in this case, sharing HR documents, but the principles are the same): <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2DyjZDNja0>.

Best of luck, happy to provide more info if it helps.


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server
Username displays alpha numeric chars
Asked by JRodney Estrada:

Hi all,

In Confluence Cloud, anyone notice when you "@" someone their name is played but sometimes it shows alpha-numeric chars instead? Then after reloading the page and waiting a few seconds, sometimes the user's name is displayed instead of the alpha-numeric chars. Happens on the published page and in edit mode.

It seems purely cosmetic but just wanted to make sure it didn't mean something else and/or if there was a fix.

![Displayed_Usernames.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/151715i27811D68A1A7C21E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Displayed_Usernames.PNG")


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@JRodney Estrada](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4004632)

What you are seeing is normal and is a residual from a change made in 2019 due to GDPR. Usernames were removed for users and customers to protect their information if someday you need to delete them from the instance. If the user or customer is active, when you mention them and save the comment, it will show the full name they added on id.atlassian.com.

comments: author: JRodney Estrada
body: Good to know, thank you for the context! [@Brant Schroeder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/769100)


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confluence-cloud
How do I create a search bar that only searches for attachments within a certain page?
Asked by Svenja St?hr:

We would like to create a document space for certain documents. The idea is to include a search bar that will only search through attachments within a certain page. Users will need to be able to search by either title or label. Is that possible?

Within the "Basic" search bar settings, I can only set the search bar to search through a whole space, meaning users will find documents that are not relevant to their search at all. We would prefer to avoid that and narrow it down to this one page in particular. Is there a way to do this? I'm quite lost right now as to how I can achieve this.

I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!

EDIT: Alternatively, if we cannot narrow the search down to one page, it would be an option to set the search in a way that it only searches through attachments that start with "ABC" as all the relevant documents start with the same three letters.


Answers:
author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: Hey [@Svenja St?hr](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4480126)

I'd recommend using the Live Search macro on the home page of your space. In the macro, you can set it so it will only search in the given space, and only attachments.

You can also add labels to attachments and filter for them in the Live Search macro. This will give you even more specific search results. We cover all of this in [our recent article about using labels](https://www.k15t.com/rock-the-docs/misc/using-labels-in-confluence-order-is-half-the-battle). You can also click "Watch the video" at the top to see it in action.

comments: author: Svenja St?hr
body: Thank you! That solved the issue.


author: Howell, Adrianna
body: So, I deployed LiveSearch and tagged my attachments to limit what the search scans. I'm still not able to scan the contents of the word docs. Is there a way to configure this to scan the contents of the attachment?


Tags: cql
Block closing of a task if Confluence page is not linked
Asked by Arta Kurti:

Hello,

Is there any way to block closing of a task if Confluence page is not linked?

We would like to make that mandatory in a project.

How can it be achieved?

Many thanks for your support,


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Arta,

Thank you for raising this question with Atlassian Community. There's currently no requirement to check off a task, and anyone can do it who has access to the page.

There's a feature request for add-on developers to be able to control that below:

* [CONFCLOUD-27039](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-27039) *Ability for plugin developers to create tasks in WorkBox which cannot be completed via the tasks checkbox*

There may be a way for you to control it using a workflow add-on, for example:

[Atlassian Marketplace - Confluence workflow add-ons](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=workflow??)

If you have any questions about those add-ons, please let us know!

Take care,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
'@' User Names in Confluence Displaying as 'User #####'
Asked by Sam Schneider:

When using the '@' symbol to add a user's name to an article, I can add the user name but then when I publish the article, the user name will be displayed as 'User' and then have a 5 character string of random numbers and letters after it.

The weird thing is, is it doesn't happen all the time(example: if I refresh the page or go to a different page and then come back, it will be normal).

On the article, I can click on the 'User #####' and it will display the actual user name and info, but I'd rather have it just display the actual user name on the published page.

Screenshot shows the issue I am running into on a published page with tagged user names.

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/151702i7EF1026D346F7CD2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Answers:
author: Ken Szymanski
body: I'm seeing the same issue in our instance.   

I believe this is the bug ticket for it: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-72458>

comments: author: Sam Schneider
body: [@Ken Szymanski](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3801525) Thank you so much for pointing this out! Much appreciated.


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confluence-cloud

user
Adding status to a title
Asked by Jim Lawson:

Hi, new here.

Wondering if I can get some help adding a status attribute to a page I have created. Essentially it is a list of ideas that have been submitted and I would like the list to show the status of each idea submitted (if you click into each item there is a status set for each). I have attached a screenshot.![Status.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/151703iDEC35FE5EF1785BB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Status.png")

Thanks very much for your help!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jim,

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

The recommended workflow for this is to use the [Page Properties macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-page-properties-macro/) to host a table that contains that information. Then you can use the [Page properties report macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-page-properties-report-macro/) to display those details on a page. For example, you could use the macro to display the combined list of pages and their statuses as a single macro.

Note that you wouldn't be able to display them in the Recently Updated macro as part of the page title like you're trying to do in your screenshot. However, the Page Properties Report macro has a few display options that you may find useful, such as the ability to sort by modified date.

I hope that helps, but let me know if you have any questions about using it.

Take care,

Shannon


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status

statuspage
How do I stop the Sidebar tooltip hiding the scrollbar?
Asked by Martin Le Brun:

![ConfluenceScrollBar.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/151695i9016D8244A93B34E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ConfluenceScrollBar.png")When I hover over a page link in the left panel Pages listing, the scroll bar is often covered by the \[new?\] tooltip/hint, so it is difficult to scroll the panel content up or down.  

How can I avoid this and make scrolling easier?


Answers:
author: Jessica
body: Hello Martin!  

I was testing it around on my local site and could replicate the same behavior you shared.  

I couldn't find a way to stop it from covering the scrollbar, even when resizing, but we have a setting to disable the page card, in the **Profile \> Settings,** which you can uncheck the **Page card hover** option for now.  

I have flagged it internally, but for tracking and fixing purposes, I have created the following bug report to our development team here:

* [Page Card hover hides the left navigation sidebar scrollbar](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-72476)

Feel free to share any feedback there and add yourself as a watcher if you would like to receive updates about this one.  

I have added this case to their reference as well. :)  

I hope this helps, Martin!   
Jessica


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confluence-cloud
Question about Searches....
Asked by Michael Thomas:

Hello All,

I'm new here so apologies if this has been covered... I've done a search and cannot find a related answer.

I have got a personal space. and on that page, I want to include a search. So the Pages are :-

Fruits - Search Page

Child 1 - tags apples, oranges, pears

Child 2 - tags apples, oranges

Child 3 - tags oranges, pears

I've got someone who wants to see **only** page Child 2, when typing apples, oranges into the live search and not the other pages? Similarly when typing oranges, Childs 1,2, and 3 or when typing pears, none. Seems like I need to use and AND, or exact match condition, is there a way to preset AND in the Live Search?

Much Appreciated, thanks in advance.

Mik - UK


Answers:
author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: Hi [@Michael Thomas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4479882)

I don't there's a way to automatically add the logical operators to the search entry, but that would be cool!  

You could at least add some good Placeholder text in the LiveSearch macro to give some guidance.

Another resource for teammates might be [a recent video my team made about using search in Confluence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASRJO47Pjdc). I cover the logical operators near the end.


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confluence-cloud

label

search
Is it possible to upgrade directly from Confluence version 6.13 to version 7.13?
Asked by KMTek:

Hi,

maybe this one's a dumb question but does anyone know for sure if we can upgrade directly Confluence from version 6.13 to 7.13?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Pavel Junek
body: Hi,

Confluence 7.13 is not yet officially released, but as soon as it is, I recommend reading the Release Notes and Upgrade Notes for this new version Confluence (when will be available).  
In my opinion, it will probably not be a problem to upgrade from 6.13 to 7.13 directly, but if you want to be 100% sure, contact Atlassian support, who will verify this.

At this point, you can view the article [Preparing for Confluence 7.13](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/preparing-for-confluence-7-13-1044114061.html)

Pavel


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server
Is Confluence search box slow for anyone else?
Asked by Ralph Saunders:

Hi there,

Ideally I'd raise this as a UX defect directly to Atlassian.

We've noticed that the search box at the top of any given confluence page is one of the last things on the page to initialise -- in most instances it takes multiple seconds before a user can type into the search box and start a search.

We are a large user of Confluence and searching is the best way to get around our many confluence space(s), so it's eminently frustrating to have to wait to search most times I open Confluence to find something.

Anyone else having the same issue?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Ralph,

Thank you for reporting this to us. The answer likely depends on the size of the Confluence site. If you're encountering problems on your site, please report this to your Confluence admins so they can raise a ticket with our support team.

[https://support.atlassian.com/contact](https://support.atlassian.com/contact?)

We can then look at your site and determine what's happening and why it's so slow to search.

Thank you!

Shannon


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confluence-cloud