Confluence 5.8.5 Tree View not showing hierarchy

Question

We recently installed Confluence 5.8.5 and imported (using REST API) several pages. The pages are showing up as expected. However, when we try to view the pages in the Tree View (pages/listpages-dirview.action?key=testSpace) the pages don't show up and the list is blank. Any idea why this is happening?

Thanks.

Marinus van Aswegen · Answer

Any progress Greg ? I have a similar problem.

Steven F Behnke · Answer

Haha Greg, I just quoted your own dang comment right back at you. :3

I'm definitely curious about this problem...

gregjm · Answer

Thanks Steven for the details!

I'm actually already setting the 'ancestors' as you mention when doing the REST import. In fact I posted my findings on this about three months ago here in the comments section:

https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-rest-api/confluence-rest-api-examples

...so the hierarchy is being set on import.

For some reason the "Reorder pages" view is coming up blank (even though the pages exist in the hierarchy).

I'm also seeing this if I create a new space with the "Documentation Space" option...for some reason the example pages created for the vanilla space don't show up in the Tree View...hmmm - not sure what would be causing this.

Thanks again for the info!