youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Creating a space home page that lists latest created/changed documents in the space
Asked by ?yvind Bollingmo:

What I am trying to do is to set up a "changelog" of some sort.

Whenever we have an update that concerns more than a few persons I want to create a new page under the "change-log space" -- so that everyone can view updates. Used as a "catch up on the latest" for people who are out of office for a few days.

Whenever I go to the home page of that space I want it to just list the top 20 latest changed pages listed from latest to oldest

I've tried using "blogs", but I find that useless as I want these to be regular pages with commenting and such

Is this possible at all, or are there better solutions?

Note: We are using the cloud/hosted version of Confluence


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: Have you tried the Recently Updated Macro?

comments: author: ?yvind Bollingmo
body: Yes, but that only list a "TOC" of the pages, not the pages themselves.   

I want every page to be listed in full (with comments)


author: James Dellow
body: No, there isn't anything out of the box to do this automatically. Generally, you let users decide what to follow and if they want to receive an email summary of changes.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Access to pages after I disable confluence
Asked by Bhumika Lamba:

Hi, I have not been using confluence lately and I want to disable my confluence monthly subscription.

Will I be able to access my confluence documents through my account login after I disable the account ?


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Bhumika,

You won't be able to access the confluence cloud once it's disabled.  

I would suggest you export each space to pdf and save it on your machine. You may refer to below documentation on how to export each space to pdf:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-724764824.html>

I hope it helps.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Task report macro is not available anymore
Asked by Valerio Vallone:

Hello everybody,

the macro is no longer available with us. The checkboxes have also been converted into bullet points. An update to Confluence 7.2 was unsuccessful.

Error Message:

No macro metadata {#toc-hId--1382109389}
----------------------------------------

There is no metadata configured for this macro which means no configuration screen can be presented here.

If this is a user macro then you can add metadata to the template using the [User Macro Administration](https://confluence.dasgip.de/admin/usermacros.action) console.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Valerio,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you.

To confirm, your [Task Report Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/task-report-macro-590260009.html) is not working across your entire Confluence site, is that right?

Are tasks also broken? Are you able to assign single tasks to users?

Can you have a look at UPM (Manage Add-ons) on your site and tell me if you're able to re-enable the macro from there?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Valerio Vallone
body: Hi,

the macro is working again. Thank you!


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Valerio,

Thank you for confirming! Did it start working on its own, or were you able to re-enable it?

Regards,

Shannon


author: Valerio Vallone
body: Hi Shannon,

some macros were disabled after the update. Enabling, refreshing browser, bingo!!!  

Best

Valerio


author: Shannon S
body: Valerio,

Glad to hear the advice resolved your issue!

Take care, and have a pleasant rest of your week.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Valerio Vallone
body: Thank you.

You too.


author: Valerio Vallone
body: Whoa, two likes :-)


Tags: confluence-server
If I tag people in a blog draft - will they be notified before it's published?
Asked by Reider, Matthew:

Hello there,

I have a blog post - it is currently in draft form. I have not published it.

My blog tags a bunch of people who are involved in the topics of my blog.

Will notifications be sent to those people before I publish, or only afterwards?

I would prefer afterwards, since it's just a draft.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Pete Singleton
body: No, notifications will not be sent from draft pages, only when you publish.

comments: author: Reider, Matthew
body: Awesome! Thanks!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I disable automatic link creation when pasting?
Asked by Kuan Yong Wong:

When I paste filenames into confluence post, confluence automatically creates a hyperlink which links to nowhere.

Example:

When I paste "ABCD.so", it becomes a clickable hyperlink that links to <http://ABCD.so>

I paste lists of filenames and I don't want to have to manually add an escape character in front of each line nor do I wish to unlink each item.

How do I disable this auto linking feature?


Answers:
author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Hello [@Kuan Yong Wong](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2778695)

The workaround I've found is to use a **No Format**macro:

![no link.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78460i10FD850EF00D926F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "no link.png")

Another way around would be clicking "Unlink" all the time.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Notifications and summary for @username mentions
Asked by Thomas:

Hi all,

I've seen many questions and post about the usage of [@username](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1677494) mentions, but I could not find what I'm looking for.

1. Is there a way to see the pages where I'm mentioned directly in Confluence?
2. Can I regroup these notifications via a macro to create a summary on my personal page like I do for action items that are assigned to me?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Thomas


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Thomas,   

Currently, there is no such direct way to get this data. However, I do have an alternative solution which is an ideal way to fetch all the pages where a user has been mentioned.

The steps would be as follows:

* Navigate to full search by using the below URL:

  ```
  https://yoursiteurl/wiki/dosearchsite.action?
  ```

* Scroll down to the bottom left corner and select \*Add a filter\*
* Choose the option of \*mentioning user\*
* Write down your user name

In addition, we do have below feature request:

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-33832>\]

I would encourage you to visit the suggestion page linked above and click the Vote and Watch links near the top right to show support for the feature. By doing this, it will ensure you're proactively informed of progress and updates going forward. Also, we would appreciate your feedback on the feature, you can do this by leaving a comment on the ticket, this helps us prioritize \& understand the use case of the feature request.

Please give it a try and let me know how it goes!!

comments: author: Bert Vanpeteghem
body: This does not work, dosearchsite.action? redirects to wiki/search


author: James Tome
body: [@Suren Raj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510277)

The URL in your instructions no longer works. As [@Bert Vanpeteghem](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2640389) said it redirects to another search page.

Can you please provide updated instructions?

I'm heading to the feature request page next. Thanks.


author: Josefin Rojas Vazquez
body: Hi [@Suren Raj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510277)

The URL does not work. Please provide updated instructions?

Br

Josefin


author: Janet Miller
body: Worked for me! Thanks


Tags: atl-gruland

confluence-cloud

mention

notification
How can admin check how many users have edit permissions in the system?
Asked by Stefan Baader:

I am admin of CONF 6.9 in our company and have to monitor and report how many users have the permissions to edit content (add, edit and remove pages) in Confluence.  
A kind of permissions overview over all spaces as a statistic.


Answers:
author: Ansar Rezaei
body: Hi [@Stefan Baader](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/609464)

The best I could suggest is using this plugin:  
[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220066/permission-helper?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220066/permission-helper?hosting=server&tab=overview)

and check this functionality in every Space homepage:![Who can view/edit page](https://marketplace-cdn.atlassian.com/files/images/2c581b29-d0ac-4750-8cf9-5199cbe51bec.png)

If you handle your permission using group, you could reach rest of data by this report:

![A global Permission helper](https://marketplace-cdn.atlassian.com/files/images/0a5a7658-f1ad-4c2f-98ef-6e6f7a6c3ad6.png)

comments: author: Stefan Baader
body: Hi Ansar,

<br />

many thanks. I loaded and tried the plugin. The problem is: the plugin checks Admin and View permissions in spaces. Not edit permissions. That does not help

Best regards

Stefan


Tags: confluence-server

server
Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager Self-Update Plugin
Asked by warm qing:

Need help. Can I help you

App store search is not available

Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager Self-Update Plugin


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hi there, welcome to the Community!

You can certainly update plugins, including the plugin manager itself, when the internet isn't available from your Confluence server.

We've got some steps on doing this [in a KB article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/upm/updating-the-universal-plugin-manager-273875702.html#UpdatingtheUniversalPluginManager-UpdateUPMbyfileupload), which I've copied here for your convenience:
> If not connected to the Internet or in certain troubleshooting scenarios, you may need to update the software by uploading the UPM JAR file to the Atlassian application. You need to follow these steps to update the Universal Plugin Manager for JIRA applications, Confluence, FishEye or Crucible from versions 1.5 and earlier.
>
> To update the UPM manually:
>
> 1. Download the latest version of the UPM software from the [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/23915/atlassian-universal-plugin-manager).
> 2. **From the top navigation bar in your application, choose ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/upm/files/624034373/957494777/1/1536557922045/cog.png)\> Add-ons or Manage apps.**
> 3. Choose **Upload add-on** or **Upload app**.
> 4. In the file chooser, browse to and select the UPM JAR file that you downloaded, then choose **Upload** .  
>    A dialog appears indicating that the installation is being performed.
>
>    Depending on the UPM version you are replacing, it's possible for the UPM update to appear to fail. This may take one of several forms: the install progress dialog may appear to hang, or it may close quickly, or it may finish and show an error message. In most cases, the installation actually succeeds, but appears to fail due to issues with older UPM versions. If you think you have encountered this situation, wait a few minutes for the installation to finish and then refresh the browser. Check the footer at the bottom of the page to verify the UPM version.
> 5. When prompted, refresh the browser or restart the application.
>
> The UPM version is now up-to-date.

You can download other Server apps the same way - free apps should be immediately downloadable from their Marketplace pages, and you can get to the downloads for Paid apps if you need from the **Versions** option on their marketplace listings.

Let me know if you need any additional help!

Cheers,  
Daniel


author: Johnny Mon
body: In later versions of Jira, the self-update function is now part of Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager. So, as long as we have a compatible 'Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager' app we can safely remove the 'Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager Self-Update'.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Restoring Space from XML Error
Asked by Kevin Godley:

I'm trying to Restore a Space I have and get the following error:

I've restored other spaces all without issue, but this one - even after clean up, has repeated itself. Nothing Shows up in the log file.

Import failed. Check your server logs for more information. com.atlassian.confluence.importexport.ImportExportException: Unable to complete import because the data does not match the constraints in the Confluence schema. Cause: MySQLIntegrityConstraintViolationException: Duplicate entry 'Dev' for key 'UK_jp1ad5yufsih5r7lqrygakpug'


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Kevin,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's nice to meet you.

Can you let me know which version of Confluence the export is coming from, and what your target version is?

Can you confirm that there is no space in your target instance that might share the same space key or name?

When you say that you performed a cleanup, can you let me know which steps you took exactly? You can review the following page for information on how to do a manual clean up from the database:

* [After a failed space import, it's not possible to re-import because of leftover space data](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/after-a-failed-space-import-it-s-not-possible-to-re-import-because-of-leftover-space-data-217743668.html)

In addition, have you checked your server logs per the error message? You may find more specific details about why the import is failing.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Marat
body: Faced the same problem.

I performed a manual cleanup from the database as instructed

[After a failed space import, it's not possible to re-import because of leftover space data](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/after-a-failed-space-import-it-s-not-possible-to-re-import-because-of-leftover-space-data-217743668.html?_ga=2.45678183.292934947.1583227547-2045435129.1571987636)

the problem is still relevant

Confluence 6.12.1

db - mysql


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Marat,

Did you also try the first solution, to visit the URL directly of the space and try to delete it there? The article says even if you can't see the space from the space directory, you might be able to delete it from the UI:

*\<confluence base url\>/spaces/removespace.action?key=\<space key\>*

Failing that, I would recommend that you raise a ticket [with our Confluence Support team](https://support.atlassian.com/contact) and we can have a look and help you out.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
False IP-address location
Asked by Paul:

I get a HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR when trying to access **jira** or **confluence** occasionally.

![http2_protocol_error.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78434iD83FFCD7BC19BB73/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "http2_protocol_error.png")

I noticed, that some ip-address locators are inaccurate and for example currently my ip-address is **31.29.53.24.** It is the ip-address of a german provider as you can see here <https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/31.29.53.24> but resolved to *Iran* by other providers (e.g. <https://iplocation.com/>).

It is really annoying and frustrating that in such cases I need to refresh internet-connection and hope that the new IP-address is located correctly. Please update your records or completely stop messing around with ip-based geo-restrictions. Everyone knows, that such measures don't actually keep users from specific locations to actually access your services but just makes day-to-day business harder for anyone else.


Answers:
author: Maria Jose Lacunza
body: Hi,

Sorry for the late reply, but I was in the same boat as you, the problem is that this webpage is using an outdated version of the geolocation database since GeoIP has changed the API version and they have not updated the website.

You can use this forked version which updates daily: [iplocation.page](https://iplocation.page)

Regars!


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Paul,

Thank you so much for bringing this to us. An issue like this requires a deeper look than we are able to do on Community, so I created a support ticket for you.

I will be watching the ticket and will follow-up here as well when we have more information on why this is happening.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud

jira
Has anyone experienced HTTP 500 errors when creating JIRA issues from Confluence?
Asked by Allan_Ditzel:

I have both JIRA and Confluence Cloud accounts and I thought they were integrated. Whenever I try to create a JIRA ticket from within Confluence Cloud I receive the following error message:

Received the following HTTP error code from the server:500

And then in the drop down all I see is "System JIRA".

Did I miss something in the configuration of both products?

**UPDATE**

Browser console shows the following error:

```
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 504 ()console.js:35 
Jira Issues Macro: unable to retrieve fields from AppLink: <redacted> /wiki/rest/jira-inte...fbf20656/projects:1
```

I've tried to manually cross-connect the two Cloud products, but I'm unable to do so because it's a duplicate AppLink to the one created by default.


Answers:
author: Yang__Gabriel__Yu
body: Hi, I encounter the same issue. Has this been resolved for Confluence Cloud?

comments: author: Ang?lica Luz
body: Hello Yang,

Welcome to Community!

I saw that you created a ticket with our support and the issue was already resolved.

The issue is related to a bug:

* [Jira Issues Macro not able to retrieve Jira's metadata](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-57382)

In case anyone sees this thread, the best option is to contact support on support.atlassian.com because it's necessary to reset the application links.

Regards,  
Ang?lica


author: Ang?lica Luz
body: Hi Allan,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

I saw that you created a ticket with our support related to the same question and they are already helping you, so to avoid any possible misunderstandings or miscommunication that may arise from discussing the same matter in two different platforms, let's focus on the ticket instead.

Once the ticket is resolved, please feel free to share the resolution here with us to help other community members that may face the same issue.

Regards,  
Ang?lica


Tags: confluence-cloud

jira-cloud
How do I get Jira issue number & description to display when I create a Jira ticket from Confluence?
Asked by Danielle McArthur:

When I create a page form requirements template in Confluence, I can highlight text and a button appears to create a Jira ticket. When I select the button and create the ticket, the Jira ticket description and title display in the confluence document and the ticket status updates.

When I use the same highlight/ create process outside the requirements template, I just get the ticket number.

How do I get both the description and number to appear in Confluence?


Answers:
author: Ansar Rezaei
body: Hi

That's Jira Issue macro and you could go to edit page, then edit this macro and choose which field you want to see in the page

comments: author: Danielle McArthur
body: Thanks so much. I will definitely do that going forward. I also found that by hovering over the issue, I got an option to display the description. Since I had already created them, that fixed it. It will be much easier to edit the macro.


Tags: confluence-server

server
User can't access re restricted pages although permissions are set correctly
Asked by Maureen Savage:

Hi - I have one user who cannot access a groups page although this individual is part of the group and has access to view edit in permissions. When he clicks on the link gets a restricted page message. Not sure how to resolve. I've added him as an individual user but that did not help either.

Thanks! Maureen


Answers:
author: Ansar Rezaei
body: Check for parent page restriction that if that user has access to it or not.

comments: author: Maureen Savage
body: Thanks - I also wonder if I need to add the group in the space permissions page so I've done that now. This topic seems so confusing!


author: Ansar Rezaei
body: Yes you should did it before, This is the hierarchy of Permission that should be satisfied in order:

Global Permission-\> Space Permission -\> Page restriction


author: Maureen Savage
body: Ok - that makes sense! I will do that from now on...I am highly under qualified...

thanks for the help with this.


author: Ansar Rezaei
body: No Problem, Feel free to ask any question you have. :)


author: Matteo Gubellini _SoftComply_
body: Hi, I'm having a similar issue...

Just to clarify: if at a space level I restrict a group to view only, can I allow a user from this group to edit a specific page? It does not seem to be working.


Tags: confluence-cloud
Unable to delete a space
Asked by Log Mapping:

Hi,

I have 2 site admins, but none of us can delete a specific space.

![](https://i.imgur.com/7Z1rBB6.png)

I can deal with everything but the space "DevOps", which seems that can't be deleted.

Even its properties seem to be weird. It shows a "Former User" as one of the administrators, but no user has been deleted.

![](https://i.imgur.com/XOQNWS5.png)

Atlassian team, can one of you please delete this space?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Log Mapping
body: Hey [@Minh Tran](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/732683) and [@Deepanshu Natani](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/588324) check this out <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions-for-Confluence/I-m-unable-to-delete-the-default-space-that-was-setup-from/qaq-p/1215963>, I've just found it.

comments: author: Deepanshu Natani
body: Hope this bug gets fixed soon :-)


author: Deepanshu Natani
body: Hi [@Log Mapping](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3701935) Which user created this space?

comments: author: Log Mapping
body: Hi [@Deepanshu Natani](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/588324) I have created this page.


author: Minh Tran
body: [@Log Mapping](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3701935) What exception have you seen when deleting that space?

comments: author: Log Mapping
body: Hi [@Minh Tran](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/732683)

Actually, there is no option to delete the space.

If I force the deletion going to /wiki/spaces/editspace.action?key=DEVOPS this is what I get:

![](https://i.imgur.com/QJWOeOQ.png)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

space
Confluence Calendar Restrictions by Groups
Asked by Brian Taylor:

I am trying to retract editing to a Team Calendar using a group. However when I select the group I get the pop-up for the Group Search but it is blank and does not have the ability to search   

<br />

![Screen Shot 2020-01-09 at 3.32.52 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/78401i504D2CB2B7D286AA/image-dimensions/484x278?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2020-01-09 at 3.32.52 PM.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Brian,

Thank you for raising this with us. Happy to help determine the reason for your group search not loading.

1. Could you confirm with me what version of Confluence you're using?
2. Does this only occur on specific browsers and workstations, or are you able to replicate it elsewhere?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Brian Taylor
body: Shannon -

1. Confluence version 6.15.8   

2. I have tried in Chrome, Safari

We have two environments Development and Production. The Development site works and I am able to see the groups and apply the changes. The Production site is extremely slow to display groups and will not apply any changes once the group is finally able to be selected.

I have tried uninstalling and re-installing Calendars but that did into help.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Brian,

I'm so sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I've tested this on my own site (7.2.1) and I now believe you may be running into this issue:

* [CONFSERVER-48822](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-48822) *Group Search on Team Calendars' Restriction Renders Slow*

If you leave the window open, does the browser eventually load? I was able to confirm this behavior on mine.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server