Birthdays, Anniversary, and New Starters

Birthdays, Anniversary, and New Starters

The Upcoming BirthdaysWork Anniversary, and New Starters modules help highlight important employee milestones across the organization using data from the Cosmos User Profiles Database.

Integrated directly into Confluence, these Cosmos-powered modules improve visibility of key people moments, support team culture, and make employee recognition simple and consistent. Setup is quick, with flexible display options to match different page and team needs.

Upcoming BirthdaysWork Anniversary, and New Starters modules are available only when the Cosmos app is installed, active, and properly configured. Learn how to configure.


Templates

Creating starts by selecting a template.

Upcoming Birthdays, Work Anniversary, and New Starters modules are available in multiple template types, including Card, and List.

Configuration

All templates include two types of settings: Layout and Content.

Layout

Layout settings control the overall appearance and behavior of the selected template.

Display Options

In the dispay section, there is an option to configure pagination. Available pagination types include Show MorePrevious/Next, and None. The Per Page setting is available for all templates.

Link behaviour

Define whether click on People card opens the Cosmos profile in the same tab or a new tab.

Styling options

Styling options include corners rounding and colors.

Available colors are managed through the Caelor Style guide to maintain consistency across all formatting modules.

Content

The displayed people are determined automatically based on predefined logic:

  • Upcoming Birthdays: shows birthdays from today up to six months in the future

  • New Starters: shows entries from 7 days in the past with no future limit, based on the selected start date field in the User Profiles Database

  • Work Anniversary: shows anniversaries from 7 days in the past up to 3 months in the future

The Content tab includes a Collection picker used to narrow down which people are displayed in the module. If no Collection is selected, all users matching the module criteria are shown by default.

Here is clean documentation-style content you can use for the Card Display / Display Elements section:

Card Content by Module

Each module displays different information on the card based on its purpose.

Work Anniversary

  • Displays the employee’s total years at the company below the name

  • Shows the anniversary date or relative countdown in the bottom badge, depending on selected format

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New Starters

  • Displays a configurable field below the name, selected from the User Profiles Database

  • Shows the employee’s start date in the bottom badge

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Upcoming Birthdays

  • Displays the employee’s birthday below the name

  • Shows the birthday date or relative countdown in the bottom badge, depending on selected format

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