Populating calendar/moments/map during library scan? #998

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opened 2026-02-20 00:03:52 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

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Originally created by @jucor on GitHub (Jun 16, 2021).

Hi!
This might be a corner case, but when importing a very large library (tens of thousand of images), the Calendar and Moments and Maps do not seem to be populated while the library is being scanned.

I imagine/hope they will be updated once the scan is finished, but that's several days away: I am moving all of my Google Photos since 2008 to Photoprism on a Synology NAS with 1 core and 2 GB RAM. Going to take a while :)

Or are calendar/moments/map supposed to be updated "live" as Photoprism scans, and they aren't?

Originally created by @jucor on GitHub (Jun 16, 2021). Hi! This might be a corner case, but when importing a very large library (tens of thousand of images), the Calendar and Moments and Maps do not seem to be populated while the library is being scanned. I imagine/hope they will be updated once the scan is finished, but that's several days away: I am moving all of my Google Photos since 2008 to Photoprism on a Synology NAS with 1 core and 2 GB RAM. Going to take a while :) Or are calendar/moments/map supposed to be updated "live" as Photoprism scans, and they aren't?

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@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2021):

See: https://docs.photoprism.org/user-guide/faq/#i-already-indexed-some-files-why-are-folders-calendar-and-moments-still-empty ;)

@graciousgrey commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2021): See: https://docs.photoprism.org/user-guide/faq/#i-already-indexed-some-files-why-are-folders-calendar-and-moments-still-empty ;)

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@jucor commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2021):

Woops, thanks a lot, and sorry for the noise, hadn't seen the FAQ! Shame on me :)

@jucor commented on GitHub (Jun 16, 2021): Woops, thanks a lot, and sorry for the noise, hadn't seen the FAQ! Shame on me :)

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@schellbell commented on GitHub (May 3, 2023):

I know this issue is marked as closed, but when should we expect this information to populate? My library was initially indexed a couple of months ago and, while the map seems to be fully updated/indexed, my calendar folder is still completely empty. Do I have to manually create albums by month?

@schellbell commented on GitHub (May 3, 2023): I know this issue is marked as closed, but when should we expect this information to populate? My library was initially indexed a couple of months ago and, while the map seems to be fully updated/indexed, my calendar folder is still completely empty. Do I have to manually create albums by month?

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@lastzero commented on GitHub (May 3, 2023):

Of course not. Could you please use GitHub Discussions or the Community Chat to figure out what the problem might be? Thank you! ❤️

@lastzero commented on GitHub (May 3, 2023): Of course not. Could you please use GitHub Discussions or the Community Chat to figure out what the problem might be? Thank you! ❤️