If you embed a page that has an embedded page, can you create an infinitely recurring confluence vortex of embedded embeddedment that goes on forever? Asking for a friend.
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April 5, 2022 edited
Hi @Maryam Sharifzadeh Did this error only happen recently (whereby it used to work properly for you previously)? Perhaps it could be a permissions/access issue. Do you have access to this Google drive (drawing) when trying to access it directly from within Google?
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April 5, 2022 edited
Hi @Maximilian Floß Yes, this feature is available to all Cloud instances. May I ask what is the full URL string that you were trying to paste? (it only works if you are trying to embed a Confluence page URL)
I love the feature. I'd like to request the following:
When I embed a Google Spreadsheet, my users can edit the document just by clicking on it, without having to edit the page, so they could change something by mistake.
Also, they can change worksheets, which is inconvenient for us for several reasons.
Yes, that is one of the problems I have. Let me explain through a example:
CURRENT SITUATION
We are making a game.
I have a spreadsheet with the following tabs:
Unit Balance
Structure Stats
Skill Upgrading Prices
I am writing in Confluence the design of the game. In the section "Units Design" I embed the spreadsheet.
NEED 1
As a Documenter I would like to be able to select wich tab/s are shown when I embed a spreadsheet.
I want users only to see the tab "Unit Stats", as this is the only one relevant for what they are reading, but all tabs are shown, and users can change between them.
If they see other tabs they may understand that these are relevant for that section, and get confused in different ways, since the text they are reading has nothing to do with Structures.
NEED 2
As a Documenter I would like to be able to select which tab will be shown by default when the page loads (and select between a specific one or the last one used)
When the Confluence page is loaded the first tab ("Unit Balance") is shown automatically.
This is fine for the "Units" section, but when I embed the spreadsheet in the "Structures" section I would need the "Structure Balance" tab to be shown. I have found no way to do this right now, which forces me to have to move each tab to a different spreadsheet (more cumbersome, higher overhead).
NEED 3
As a Documenter I want to be able to toggle user interaction with the embedded document (not disable, but toggle, because sometimes could be useful to allow interaction)
Users can modify the embedded doc in real time even when the Confluence page is not on Edit mode.
In the example above I just loaded the "Units Design" page, then clicked on a cell and wrote something. As you can see, that text has appeared in the spreadsheet.
This makes easy that someone interacts with the spreadsheet and modifies something without being even aware of it, which could make the life of other people miserable (especially game economy designers).
I am finding that embedded articles are only working if I am signed in. This does not work for us because we use confluence as client facing articles and none of them have user accounts. We started using this feature a ton and tested it but now there seems to be an issue. Do we need to convert everything back to links instead of embedded?
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June 1, 2022 edited
Hi @Fernando Claros Thanks for the detailed write up and sharing the pain points! I will pass this along to the right folks who oversee the Google embed integration, and explore how we can support these use cases. 🙂
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June 1, 2022 edited
Hi @Ryan Beagley-Reiner Thanks for pointing this out. Yes, at this time only logged-in users can view smartlinks content (this applies to embedded content from Google Sheets, Youtube etc as well). However, we are exploring ways to load smartlink content for non-logged in users. In the interim, you could choose to render them as Links instead of Embed.
@Lennon Liao Is there a way to add the link and have display embed as part of automation? My users want to embed the link to a Confluence page and display the document as an embedded document in the JIRA issue based on a value that gets set during the creation of an issue. We would like to use automation to set different links based on what was selected, so that the user does not have to manually enter and set the display manually. Is this possible? Is it on the radar?
Is there any documentation on what HTML code the card preview looks for in order to display content from external links? I am trying to get my website to look nice in previews but not sure which specific tags it looks for (`og:title` etc)
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September 9, 2022 edited
Thanks @Michael Offenbacher! That's an interesting workflow. May I ask what are the possible "values" that get set during the creation of an issue? Does this mean that if a Confluence link is pasted into Jira issue with Value X, then the Confluence URL should be displayed as an 'embed 'automatically. But if a Confluence link is pasted into Jira issue with Value Y, then the Confluence URL should be displayed as 'inline' etc.
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September 19, 2022 edited
Hi @Aileen - This roll out of this feature is still in progress and is not available for all customers yet. This is why you still see the "old" behavior of being booted to a new tab.
@Lennon Liao is this feature still being rolled out, or should we all have it? I'm able to embed a Jira ticket in a Confluence page and edit the ticket inline, but when I embed a Confluence page in a Jira ticket, the pencil icon does not allow me to edit the page (one I created, so my permissions aren't the issue.) When I open my browser tools and view the console as I click the pencil, it's throwing a JS error:
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November 9, 2022 edited
Hi @Esther Strom [ACP-JA] When you embed a Confluence page in a Jira ticket, and then click on the pencil icon, what happens right after? Does it open a new browser tab and bring you to the Confluence editor? Or does it not do anything after you click the pencil. Thanks.
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November 15, 2022 edited
Hi @Esther Strom [ACP-JA] - Hmm that should not happen. Would you be able to send me a screen recording. Or happy to jump on a call with you to discuss live as well. Feel free to reach me at lliao@atlassian.com. Thanks Esther!
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