Confluence user permissions to configure publishing
To configure publishing from a source space to a target space a user must have
space administrator permission in the source space
space administrator permission in the target space
Source space set up
In a space settings publishing dashboard, a space administrator can
use the publishing wizard to Configure Publishing in a space (currently not used as a source or target space)
adding the target space
publishing the space
manage the publishing configuration settings for an existing source space
enable or disable publishing
add or change the target space
enable or disable single page publishing
enable or disable copying of page content properties when publishing
use the publishing dashboard ellipsis menu to Clear Publishing configuration
Target space permissions
For a space administrator setting up a source space who does not have the necessary permissions in a selected target space
In the source space dashboard, on choosing the target space
dashboard displays a warning message confirming the user does not have enough permissions in the target space
Next option is disabled
If the space administrator is changing the target space in an existing source space linked for publishing and does not have the necessary permissions in the new target space
selected target space is greyed out
a warning message is displayed confirming the user does not have enough permissions in the target space
The other publishing configuration options are also disabled.
Refresh the dashboard to return the source space publishing configuration to the existing target space.
Confluence user permissions for publishing
A user publishing a page from the source space to a target space requires view and edit permission in both spaces.
The view and edit permission is needed
as a page editor publishing a single page using the publishing popup on a page
whole space publishing using Publish space the space settings publishing dashboard
The Publish space option is also available in the publishing report.
The user cannot publish a page
if the user does not have edit permission for a source space page
if the user has view and edit permission in the source space but does not have these page permissions in the target space
User without edit permission in source space
If a user only has view permission for a page in the source space
the publishing status byline is not displayed
there is no access to the publishing popup
the user cannot publish the page using single-page publishing
Error - user with ONLY VIEW permission in target space
A user is unable to publish a new page in the source space if they have
view and edit permission in the source space
but only view permission in the configured target space
Error - user without view or edit permission in target space
A user is unable to publish a new page in the source space if they have
view and edit permission in the source space
but no page permissions in the configured target space
Error - user without permission on an existing target space page
If a page has already been published and synced to the target space, subsequent publishing actions are affected if the page-level permissions change.
If the user publishing the page has view and edit permission on the source space but
only view permission on the target space
an error message is displayed when trying to publish a page
no permissions on the target space
the page may be published as a new page in the target space without an error
the published page title is appended with a number in brackets
The publishing user does not see the original published page in the target space - they do not have view permission.
For example, when publishing a source space page, Project Teams with an existing target space page with added page restrictions that affect the publishing user
a duplicate target space is created and synced Project Teams (2)
To see both pages in the target space, the user must have at least view permission for each page.
subsequent publishing actions sync to this new page
The previously published page in the target space
displays the last publishing status byline before creation of the publishing conflict and a View source link in the publishing popup
is no longer synced for publishing and the publishing status on this page does not change if the source space page is updated
Remove any publishing conflicts by deleting one of the linked target space pages.
For example:
delete the original target space page
publish and sync the source page again
The target space page name is updated and the appended (2) is removed.
If the publishing user has view and edit permission for the Project Teams page and the Project Teams (2) page, the source page cannot be published, and an unexpected error message is displayed.
Space administrator permissions for publishing
The space administrator requires permissions in the source space and the target space to publish and sync pages
space administrator permission
view and edit permission
Adding a page restriction to a page in the source space or a page in the target space affects the ability to publish a page.
Without edit permission for a page in the source space
If a space administrator does not have page edit permission for a page in the source space
when publishing all the space content the page is not published
The unpublished page is not reported
under the Pages that were not published list in the space publishing report
the publishing complete message
The view and edit permissions cause the page to be hidden from the Comala Publishing action for the user who is the space administrator.
For details view the space publishing page
In addition, the Publish option in the publishing popup is not displayed and the space administrator cannot publish the page using single-page publishing.
Without required permissions in the target space
Page-level permissions on the target space page
When publishing and syncing existing published pages, the space administrator must have view and edit permission on the target space pages.
A space administrator cannot publish and sync a source space page to a target space page with an edit or view restriction for the publishing user.
For example:
publishing to a target space page with an edit restriction for the publishing user
the publishing action identifies the target page exists
edit restriction prevents publishing
displays an error message
publishing to a target space page with a view and edit restriction for the publishing user
restrictions prevent publishing action syncing to the existing page
creates a new page alternate target space page with same name but appended with a number in brackets
a user in the target space with view permission sees both the original published page <Pagename> and the newly published page <Pagename>(2)
subsequent publishing syncs to the new page <Pagename>(2)
publishing by a user with no target space restrictions for the page causes a publishing error
removal of the page restrictions without removing the alternate page causes a publishing conflict
one of the target space pages must be removed to prevent publishing conflicts
if the original <Pagename> is removed, a subsequent publishing action removes the appended number brackets on the alternate <Pagename>(2) page
See https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/edit-v2/614694991#Error---user-without-permission-on-an-existing-target-space-page for details and how to resolve the publishing conflict.