Mike Bowen Expert

Hi @Tim Webb If you are admin, you could look under Jira Settings - Issue Attributes - Permission Schemes - Time Tracking Permissions (right at the bottom of the screen). I allow Jira-users access to edit own work-logs or work on issues. Everything else should be admin only. This gives everyone the ability to add time…

It is impractical to advise "create a custom field and hide the labels field" when labels already exist, in some cases against hundreds of tickets across multiple projects. Why doesn't Atlassian provide a feature to restrict who can add, edit, delete labels? 

Hi Pradeep, I think you need to reach out to nokia.com - that seems to be there domain. -Mike

Hi Patrick, A picture is worth a thousands words, why not include one in your question to give us an idea of what you are experiencing or the error you are seeing. When you say "Confluence App" are you referring to the Mobile app or Confluence Cloud in general? Assuming Mobile app in my next set of questions: * What OS are…

Hi Dominic, I am using a plugin called QC Document for Confluence Cloud. It can't do what you require there with 15 rows. It is more for pulling the latest version from a page. You do seem to have a lot more control using Confluence Server, I do wish I had more access to the data using the query tool. Cheers, Mike

Hi @Dominic Lagger Do you mean a report like this? -Mike

In the new editor, you know you can expand the page (see arrows to make the page wide and full screen wide, so there should be no tiny unusable columns. That is one of the nice features of the new editor. How many spaces would you want to see on a home page? It is possible to list at least two popular spaces at one time in…

Maybe the documentation theme was something for Confluence Server. I am not sure, as I am on Confluence Cloud. However, I had a look at it, and it is an easy fix ... Create a template with a page layout, where the left section is thin and the right section is fat. Add a Page Tree macro to the left section, customize it…

I agree with you. I miss the styles big time. I also miss the ability to collapse the code block, because if one wants to include multiple code blocks on a page you can. Seriously @Atlassian, bring back the code block editing features. No one wants to see a 176 lines of code, let alone have to scroll for eternity on a page…

Hi @Martin Farley What you can do is create a new landing page under your existing landing page with the new editor. Then set this page to be your new landing page (Space Settings, Edit Space Details, set the home page). Now your landing page is the new editor and then every time you create a new page, use the new editor.…

Hi @Martin Farley Confluence cloud is a great tool for collaboration and you are right to trial it out and get familiar with the features and show them off with your fellow colleagues. If I can make a suggestion while trialling Confluence. Pick an editor and stick with it, don't chop and change between the old and new…

Hi @JC, There doesn't appear to be a native trombinoscope profile macro in Confluence, which is a little annoying. There is though a macro called Profile Picture, which pulls a single users picture if they have an avatar added on their profile. You could create a page with a table and copy and paste the Profile Picture…

Hi @Mamta Kalwani No it can't be removed, nor could I see anywhere in Project Settings allowing me to switch it off. Besides you said not all people in the org use Confluence and Jira projects, but what about those who do, removing the link for them would not be beneficial. What you could do is use an old project type,…

Hi @Karoline Börjel Okay, so if I understand you correctly the 'watcher issue' is in Jira projects not Confluence. In that case, you need a person with site administration permissions to go into the Project Settings (left sidebar) of the project in question. From there select Permissions and depending on what scheme you…

You would only want to sort the List by Date or Name or what ever columns you are showing. Edit the Page Properties Report Macro and Sort by Date If you want Date in Reversed Sort, check the box: You are not restricted to just date, any column you are displaying can be sorted (e.g. Sort by Name: Sort by Name in reverse: -…

Hi @Karoline Börjel If you create a page, can you watch your own page? If not, click on your Avatar (bottom left corner), then SETTINGS, then under Email check AutoWatch (Pages and blog posts that you create, edit or comment). On a brighter note I found this.... Manage Watchers Also see this post on how to permission…

Hi May, You don't have to use QC plugin, for what I am describing, you can enter in anything in those tables and have it pulled into a list or report automatically. Have a look at this short video I made this morning to demonstrate the process. No QC used. How to add a page properties macro and page properties report macro…

Awesome, I am glad it is working now! - Mike

Hi @Gamze The Heading Column is the greyed area on your table. There are two types of headings, Heading Row (horizontal) and Heading Column (vertical). That is why one sees two icons on the table toolbar. I created a short video showing exactly what I did. BTW I am using old editor for all test pages. How to add a page…

Hi @Patrick Hampel It would be very useful indeed in Confluence Cloud, but alas, it seems it is not possible. See this post. Looks like a request by many but one needs to vote on it. * CONFCLOUD-43823 Please vote and comment on that with your usage case. - Mike

Hi @may.benalaam You could create a template page that has a page properties macro in the page with you key fields such as Title, Created date and Created By (Author) in a table in the Page Properties macro. You also define the label in your template. Save the template. See screenshot where 1 is the label, 2 is the page…

Hi @Lisa Petit Do you mean Giphy is not working, or just adding a GIF in general? I just added my own gif, and published and it is working perfectly, however adding a gif from GIPHY withing the new editor, that does not seem to be working. - Mike

Ah! that I don't know, and I have looked in Confluence and Jira Service Desk administration settings, and there is no where to pick the editor to use. I would bet though that someone has created a plugin that does it and they will charge some ridiculous price multiplied by the number of users using the product. May I…

Hi @Gamze Okay I also tested it where the report page using new editor and the old pages were using the old editor and page properties macro. This worked fine. Each old page with page properties macro must have the same label. This is what the page looks like: * Label (whatever you like), * Page Properties Macro, * Table…

Hi @Gamze Are you using the old or new editor? Kind regards, - Mike

Hi @Lorenzo Koning Well yes if you are talking 500+ pages then it won't be practical at all. Here is another solution. * From your home page create a new template and on it add a link to the home page at the top or bottom of the page. * At the top of the body of the page add an info box giving some quick instructions on…

Hi Robert, My company bought an ISO 27001 package, which consisted of roughly 100+ Word and Excel templates, some tens of pages long, while others a few paragraphs long. Last year along with a colleague we were responsible for editing everything, changing the file owners, tags and labels, sharing them with people within…

Hi @Lorenzo Koning Why not have a home page with nine images with links that everyone can see, where the last 3 are images/links to three individual pages, which mirror the home page. Each page has a single user Read and Write permission for the user in question. No one else has access. That way person who has access to…

Hi @Paul Joyce Short answer NO if you are using the old editor. The Replace field doesn't allow images and doesn't recognize the (/) as a shortcut. It sees that as the characters to be replaced. You can copy the new emoticon and paste over selected check, but it will be a manual process. And it is a NO if using the new…

Hi @Markus Farnung Here is how you can use it: * From Jira Service Desk click on the side menu and under Queues, Customers, Reports, Raise a Service Request click on Knowledge Base. * This opens a screen titled Articles and if you look top right corner you'll see Create article. click on it. * The Create template opens,…