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  2. CONFSERVER-51746

Allow for importing from other Q&A platforms like OSQA

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    • We collect Confluence feedback from various sources, and we evaluate what we've collected when planning our product roadmap. To understand how this piece of feedback will be reviewed, see our Implementation of New Features Policy.

      NOTE: This suggestion is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding suggestion.

      customers getting started with Confluence Questions may want to import their questions from another Q&A site like OSQA.

            [CONFSERVER-51746] Allow for importing from other Q&A platforms like OSQA

            George Varghese added a comment -
            Atlassian Update - 24 March 2025

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            George Varghese added a comment - Atlassian Update - 24 March 2025 Hello, Thank you for submitting this suggestion. We appreciate you taking the time to share your ideas for improving our products, as many features and functions come from valued customers such as yourself. Atlassian is committed to enhancing the security and compliance of our Data Center products, with an emphasis on sustainable scalability and improving the product experience for both administrators and end-users. We periodically review older suggestions to ensure we're focusing on the most relevant feedback. This suggestion is being closed due to a lack of engagement in the last four years , including no new watchers, votes, or comments. This inactivity suggests a low impact. Therefore, this suggestion is not in consideration for our future roadmap. Please note the comments on this thread are not being monitored. You can read more about our approach to highly voted suggestions here and how we prioritize what to implement here. To learn more about our recent investments in Confluence Data Center, please check our public roadmap and our dashboards, which contain recently resolved issues , current work, and future plans. Kind regards, Confluence Data Center

            Robert Louie added a comment - - edited

            The script that was utilized by Atlassian is now posted at: https://bitbucket.org/jaysee00/osqa-migrator/overview

            This repository contains a python script for migrating content from an OSQA installation to a Confluence installation running the Questions for Confluence add-on.
            Please be aware of the following important conditions:

            1. Use of this script is not supported or endorsed by Atlassian. Use at your own risk.
            2. This script was written to work against a forked, custom version of OSQA, and may not work against your own OSQA installation.
            3. This script is not being actively maintained. Pull requests or bug reports may not be actioned or responsed to.
            4. No documentation is provided, save for the instructions embedded within the script itself.

            Robert Louie added a comment - - edited The script that was utilized by Atlassian is now posted at: https://bitbucket.org/jaysee00/osqa-migrator/overview This repository contains a python script for migrating content from an OSQA installation to a Confluence installation running the Questions for Confluence add-on. Please be aware of the following important conditions: Use of this script is not supported or endorsed by Atlassian. Use at your own risk. This script was written to work against a forked, custom version of OSQA, and may not work against your own OSQA installation. This script is not being actively maintained. Pull requests or bug reports may not be actioned or responsed to. No documentation is provided, save for the instructions embedded within the script itself.

            veit.kunz1823124112 added a comment -

            Is there any progress?

            veit.kunz1823124112 added a comment - Is there any progress?

            Veracode added a comment -

            Any word on whether this will happen at all? It's been an open question since June 2014.

            https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/303925/when-will-atlassian-be-able-to-share-the-osqa-to-confluence-questions-conversion-scripts

            https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-1475

            https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-1080

            https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-452

            Veracode added a comment - Any word on whether this will happen at all? It's been an open question since June 2014. https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/303925/when-will-atlassian-be-able-to-share-the-osqa-to-confluence-questions-conversion-scripts https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-1475 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-1080 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-452

            Sergei Dorogin added a comment - - edited

            +1

            I also have a site on OSQA and I'd like to migrate it onto Conf Questions. Any tips/scrips would be helpful.

            Sergei Dorogin added a comment - - edited +1 I also have a site on OSQA and I'd like to migrate it onto Conf Questions. Any tips/scrips would be helpful.

            Mike Lange added a comment -

            Great point. That would at least open the door. The value to Atlassian is that you've created a migration path that doesn't shut out folks like us that would consider moving from another tool. Without that path Confluence Questions can't even be in the conversation.

            Mike Lange added a comment - Great point. That would at least open the door. The value to Atlassian is that you've created a migration path that doesn't shut out folks like us that would consider moving from another tool. Without that path Confluence Questions can't even be in the conversation.

            dchisholm added a comment -

            Least you can do is post an article on how Atlassian recently migrated its own data

            dchisholm added a comment - Least you can do is post an article on how Atlassian recently migrated its own data

            Mike Lange added a comment -

            Any update on this? We'd consider moving from phpBB into our existing Confluence instance, but the investment tied up in the 10 years of history we have w/ phpBB will make this a deal breaker.

            If an out-of-the-box solution isn't available, but there's a back door we can use like guidance on populating the db directly I'd be game for that. Just need some type of solution - be it polished or otherwise.

            Thanks,
            Mike

            Mike Lange added a comment - Any update on this? We'd consider moving from phpBB into our existing Confluence instance, but the investment tied up in the 10 years of history we have w/ phpBB will make this a deal breaker. If an out-of-the-box solution isn't available, but there's a back door we can use like guidance on populating the db directly I'd be game for that. Just need some type of solution - be it polished or otherwise. Thanks, Mike

            Robert Lupton added a comment -

            We would like to migrate from askbot. I can dump askbot's Q&As using

            cd project_directory
python manage.py dump_forum

            and am happy to adapt to some reasonable Atlassian format (e.g. csv) if it's documented.

            Robert Lupton added a comment - We would like to migrate from askbot. I can dump askbot's Q&As using cd project_directory python manage.py dump_forum and am happy to adapt to some reasonable Atlassian format (e.g. csv) if it's documented.

            dchisholm added a comment -

            This would be a deal maker/breaker for us. Our OSQA instance is internal now, but we plan to productize it and make it public. If there was an import solution, then the cost of CQ would be easily justified by avoiding the cost of productizing OSQA. However, the cost of manually moving content would outweigh the productization effort.

            dchisholm added a comment - This would be a deal maker/breaker for us. Our OSQA instance is internal now, but we plan to productize it and make it public. If there was an import solution, then the cost of CQ would be easily justified by avoiding the cost of productizing OSQA. However, the cost of manually moving content would outweigh the productization effort.

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