Nov 06 2017 01:21 PM
Nov 06 2017 01:21 PM
In the process of setting up a new communication site, disappointed to see that I don't have an option to setup recurring events. We have yearly events such as company meetings, birthdays and anniversaries.
Any idea when this issue will be fixed?
Nov 06 2017 07:18 PM
The Events web part, regardless of the site it's used in, doesn't handle recurrence in either its UI (as you showed in your screenshot) or its end-user display. I don't think Microsoft believes this is a bug, rather functionality that just isn't supported yet. What Events doesn't really tell you is it's using a SharePoint calendar to store events (go look around your site for a calendar and you'll find the events are the same); while the Calendar does support recurrence, it's still a "classic" application with no Modern version. I suspect that when Microsoft gets around to Modern-izing the Calendar app, it'll sort out the lack of support for Recurrence in Events. I've not heard a timeline for this.
Nov 07 2017 05:11 AM
Thanks @Matt Coats! I discovered the same yesterday when I went to edit the event and suddenly was presented the classic SP calendar where I was able to make the event recurring. I was really hoping with all the modernizing of web parts this would be included but guess I will have to wait.
Mar 15 2018 07:24 AM
Seems this is still the case on my end. Any updates on your end?
Mar 20 2018 05:52 AM
Mar 26 2018 05:44 AM
Thanks for replying! I am hoping for a fix to this important feature.
Mar 27 2018 07:27 PM
Mar 28 2018 01:15 AM
Jun 26 2018 11:52 AM
Jul 18 2018 12:02 PM
Recurrence has always had quirks. Especially annoying is that if you make a change, like ending an open-ended recurrence, all of your changes since inception are lost, and cancelled meetings of the past are re-added to the calendar.
Nick
Jul 18 2018 12:34 PM