how to change JUST the parent page and not lose its child pages?

[Anton Gojcaj]

I am not able to change out the parent page with a different created page. The workaround is to copy all the child pages and move them. This will take an enormous effort. When trying to restructure the alignment it does not save. 

[Sid · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anton Gojcaj

Have you tried reordering the pages 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/move-and-reorder-pages-146407727.html

[Anton Gojcaj]

I have. The reordering of pages will not save once I readjust them.

[Anton Gojcaj]

Note: I have full admin permissions

[Sid]

are there any page restrictions to these pages? some time page restrictions also cause this issues, if so, please remove the restrictions and try to save

[Sid]

If still there is an issue, try to rebuild the ancestor tables -https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/rebuilding-the-ancestor-table-153948.html?_ga=2.165234748.2083485860.1563157009-380395785.1563007526 

because - The ancestor table records the parent and descendant (child) relationship between pages. Please try rebuilding it to reflect the changes: 

[Anton Gojcaj]

No restrictions. The job was ran today as well. 

The pages I want to move from the old parent page to the new page...does that new page need to be already a parent page to do so? 

[Sid]

it need not be a parent page, once you change that changes should reflect.  I am not sure what is the exact issue 

But if you run this in your database are there any results? If so it means the ancestor tables are broken.

SELECT A.ANCESTORID, A.DESCENDENTID, COUNT(A.DESCENDENTID)
FROM CONFANCESTORS A, CONTENT B
WHERE B.CONTENTID = A.DESCENDENTID
GROUP BY A.ANCESTORID, A.DESCENDENTID HAVING COUNT(A.DESCENDENTID) != 1
ORDER BY 3 DESC   

If not try to do the workaround maybe 

[Kais Tounsi]

are you working with python, php, html, ?

[Anton Gojcaj]

None. This is within the UI