Several dates in one paragraph (or one table row) turned into a single event instead of several

What you are seeing

Several dates in one paragraph (or one table row) turned into a single event instead of several.


#Why it happens

By design, a paragraph or a table row makes one event running from the earliest to the latest date in it.

A Confluence page table with Task, Description, Start Date and End Date columns and three rows, each carrying a pair of date chips a week apart.
Each row here holds a start and an end date, so the pair is read as the span of one event rather than two.

#What to do

Put each date in its own paragraph or row, or use an Event macro per date.


#Settings involved

Setting

Where

What it does

Calendar capability visibility

Space settings → Capable → capability list → Calendar

Auto shows the byline where relevant. In the Suite that means only on pages Capable has already indexed as carrying dates. Always forces Calendar on for the space; Never hides it there. This is the generic per-capability

Native page dates

Calendar Configuration panel → Events

"Show events from date macros on pages". Confluence's own date chips scraped off the calendar's source pages.

Pages from search

Calendar Configuration panel → Pages

"Search for pages to include". Every page the search returns is scanned for dates. Filters and limit are disabled until the toggle is on.


#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.



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