Menu Items Missing From Top of Confluence
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Summary
Symptoms
On a page, a user is missing the buttons for 'create', 'edit dashboard', 'invite users', and 'create space' from the top right-hand corner. In their place, the following line of code appears:
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#menuMacros_renderHeaderRightPanels()or
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#menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink()The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:
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WARN [http-8090-1] [confluence.velocity.introspection.AnnotationBoxingUberspect] lookupMethod Velocity template accessing deprecated method com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.DecoratorAction#getRemoteUser - template/includes/menu-macros.vm
The following is an example of the errors on a page:
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Diagnosis
For
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#menuMacros_renderHeaderRightPanels()Looking at the name of the macro, we can then search in the installation directory for 'renderHeaderRightPanels.' This particular macro is in the 'menu-macros.vm' file.
Run the following on the affected database:
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Select * from decorator;Looking at the output and determine if an entry in the 'DECORATORNAME' column has a record that corresponds to 'menu-macros.vm.' If there is an entry, note the 'DECORATORID', and please continue with the resolution.
Please keep this output as a copy of your customizations
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#menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink() The #menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink() is missing from the menu-macros.vm file. Please check the file for this line of code, and if it is missing, proceed with the resolution below.
Please take a copy of this file before making any changes
Cause
This happens because of a footer modification that was implemented in a previous Confluence installation that is not compatible with your current Confluence version.
Solution
Resolution
Remove the customization that was applied in the previous Confluence installation.
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#menuMacros_renderHeaderRightPanels()Remove Customization
Back up your database using database-native tools
Save a copy of your customizations by saving the output of this query:
1select * from decorator;Delete your customizations:
1delete from decorator;Restart Confluence
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#menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink()Add the following to the menu-macros.vm file
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## The workday plugin point is provided exclusively for workday, as such it only outputs the first webitem found
#macro (menuMacros_renderHeaderWorkDayLink)
#set ($workDay = $webInterfaceManager.getDisplayableItems("system.header/workday-non-public", $action.webInterfaceContext))
#if ($workDay.size() > 0)
#menuMacros_renderImageLink($workDay.get(0) "aui-align-right")
#end
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