Migrating from server to cloud
- Jason Boileau
- Smita Nair
This article contains the required information to migrate the app data from server to cloud. To migrate your pages from server to cloud, you must run the Confluence Content Migration Assistant (CCMA). The pages are then ready for use in your cloud instance.
If there are any errors or missing data on your pages, you may have to manually recreate the polls in your cloud instance. If you are still facing the same or different issue, contact our Support team for assistance.
Differences between server and cloud versions
This section gives an overview of the differences between the server/DC and cloud versions of the app. These differences include any parameters in server that were not implemented in cloud or functionalities that are partially implemented or are not available. Note that features available in both server and cloud versions are not listed in this article.
The following table lists the differences between the server and cloud versions:
Features/Parameters | Server | Cloud |
|---|---|---|
User interface (UI) | Older | Newer |
Option to change poll color | Not supported | Supported |
User notifications on poll voting | Supported. If the SMTP mailing server is provided, the polls are shared via e-mail. | Not supported. URLs must be shared manually. |
Maybe option for event polls | Not supported | Supported |
Option for non-registered users to vote | Supported | Not supported |
Option to use tinyURLs for polls | Supported | Not supported |
Permitted voters and groups to vote | Supported | These parameters share the same functionality with the Voters and Voter groups parameters available in cloud. Read this article to know more about the parameters. |
Report viewers, Report viewer groups | Not available | Supported Read this article to know more about the parameters. |
Migrating Survey and Vote Macros to Polls for Confluence cloud
This section is only for those customers who have decided to migrate from Survey and Vote Macros server version to Polls for Confluence app’s cloud version.
The actual migration process remains the same where all macros from all pages are migrated to Polls for Confluence app’s cloud. After the migration is completed, the Survey macros are converted to polls of type “Survey” and Vote macros to polls of type “Regular”. For more information, read the migration guide for Survey and Votes Macros.
After migration, the surveys are displayed as:
Migrated surveys appear as polls: 
| Survey poll when edited appears as:  |
Migrated Votes and Surveys in Polls list: | |
Mapping Survey and Vote Macros to Polls
Due to technical reasons or due to Confluence cloud itself, certain features and/or parameters are not migrated to cloud. Also, to increase efficiency, certain features and/or parameters are combined or have different parameter names in the cloud version. The table lists the differences but does not show any feature and/or parameter that are common to both.
Feature/Parameter | Cloud | Comments |
|---|---|---|
HTML header level for title | Not supported |
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Override default choices | Changed to Change survey choices | Performs the same action. |
Changeable votes | Supported | App already has similar parameter: Allow users to change their votes. |
Summary location | Supported | Available as Show summary. If this parameter is enabled, summary of votes is shown at the top and this position cannot be changed. |
Allow/Show comments | Not supported |
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Value of the last choice | Not supported |
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Iteration step | Not supported |
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List of manager groups List of managers | Supported | In Polls, usually an administrator or the poll creator is responsible for a poll. After migration, in the cases of both Survey and Vote macros, the user who loads the page for the first time is considered to be the creator or administrator for that poll. |
List of voter groups List of voters List of result viewer groups List of result viewers | Supported | Some parameters are combined but have the same functionality. Similar parameters are:
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Always show results | Supported | Similar to the Display results before poll is closed parameter. |
Show list of users who voted | Supported | Similar to the Display names of other voters parameter. |
Pending voters | Supported | Similar to the Show pending voters parameter. |
Username style | Not available | Voter names are displayed with links to their profile in polls by default. |
Email delimiter | Not supported |
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Condensed view | Not supported |
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Locked | Supported | See this article to learn how this feature is implemented. |
Limitations
All pages with Survey and Votes Macros must be rendered before initiating the server to cloud migration.
Note that changes made to survey, vote macros or votes given after migration are not carried over to cloud on re-migration. The workaround is to delete the respective poll in cloud and then perform the migration.
There might be loss of Information regarding users who have voted for survey(s) and vote(s) to cloud. The number of votes posted is retained but voter information is not migrated.
Additional information
To learn more about this poll type, read any of the following articles:
Contact our Support team for assistance if you face any issues during or after migration.