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Import your existing Q&A

Askwise imports questions, answers, comments, tags (topics), votes, dates and accepted answers. Importing the same file twice does not create duplicates.

Before you start

• You need Confluence administrator permission in your Cloud site.
• The import page is at Confluence administration → Askwise import.
• Names and email addresses in the file are used only in your browser, to match people to Atlassian accounts. Askwise stores account IDs only.
• People the import cannot match are imported as the admin who runs the import. You can choose the right account for each person before you start.

From Questions for Confluence (Data Center or Server)

Questions for Confluence on Data Center and Server has a REST API. Atlassian's knowledge base article "How to export Confluence Questions data" describes it.

1. On your Data Center site, request the questions, for example /rest/questions/1.0/question?limit=700, then each question's answers with /rest/questions/1.0/question/{id}/answers.
2. Save the result as one JSON file: an array of questions, each with its answers list. An object with a questions list also works.
3. In Cloud, open Askwise import, choose the file (or paste its content), choose the target space for each source space, check the people list, and select Start import.

Formatting is kept for paragraphs, code blocks, lists and links. Askwise never asks for your Data Center password or token: you run the export on your side and upload the file.

From Questions for Confluence Cloud

Atlassian's Cloud version of Questions for Confluence has no REST API or export. If you have your Q&A in a spreadsheet or another tool, use the CSV format below. Write to support@soliman-apps.com if you need help preparing a file.

From a CSV file

One row per question, answer or comment. Answers and comments point to their parent with parent_ref.

type,ref,parent_ref,space_key,title,body,author,created_at,tags,votes,accepted

Column	Meaning
type	question, answer or comment
ref	Any unique ID in the file
parent_ref	For an answer: the question's ref. For a comment: the question's or answer's ref
space_key	Source space of a question (you choose the target space during import)
title	Question title
body	Plain text. Blank lines start new paragraphs
author	A name or email, used only to match an Atlassian account
created_at	Date, for example 2024-05-31
tags	Up to 5, separated by commas
votes	Starting vote count
accepted	yes for the accepted answer

Compared with Questions for Confluence

Based on public Marketplace information checked on 5 November 2026. Check the listings for current details.

	Askwise	Questions for Confluence (Cloud)
Who can ask and answer, per space	Yes, by group	Not available, according to Marketplace reviews
Fixed tag list per space	Yes	Not available, according to Marketplace reviews
Export	JSON and CSV	Not available, according to Marketplace reviews
Questions in Confluence search	Yes, as the Askwise question type	See the listing
Free tier	Up to 10 users	See the listing