Confluence CQL search
Three search fields backed by the date index: "Capable Date Start", "Capable Date End" and "Capable Date Users".
#Worth knowing
Capped at 200 unique start dates per page.
#Where you do it
Task | Where |
|---|---|
Show the dates already on a page as a calendar | Page editor → insert "Calendar (Capable)" (Suite) or "Calendar macro (Capable)" (standalone) |
Have Confluence's own dates picked up automatically | Anywhere on a page. A date in a paragraph, a table row, an action item or a decision item. |
Create a saved, shared calendar | Calendar page → catalogue → create a calendar (or "Create new calendar" from the macro's Source picker) |
#Settings that affect this
Setting | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Calendar subscriptions | Confluence settings → Capable (Capable Calendar in the standalone app) → Features | "Let users subscribe to Capable calendars from Google, Apple, or Outlook via a personal iCal feed. Turn off to disable subscriptions for all users." Only appears when the installed app includes the Calendar capability. T |
Calendar (global settings tab) | Confluence settings → Capable → Calendar | Card title "Calendar subscriptions", description "Personal iCal feed links your users have generated for calendars." Lists user, calendar, status and created date, paged with Previous/Next. Non-administrators see "Conflu |
Hide the Calendar capability site-wide | Confluence settings → Capable → Capabilities | Removes Calendar across the whole site. Suite only. The standalone Capable Calendar app has no Capabilities tab, even though its byline still reads the same setting. |
#Limits that apply here
Limit | Value | What happens |
|---|---|---|
Pages from search source | - | Dates on pages beyond the limit simply do not appear, with no warning. |
Date search index | - | First date, last date and the mentioned-user list are always recorded; only the list of individual dates is capped. |
Indexed date search results | - | Also skipped entirely until the calendar has reported a real visible date range. |
#Related
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