I have need of collecting name and email several times in a node. I created a collection and it works just fine. When I tried to create another field by using "Add existing field," the collection is available, so I picked it. When I got to the third need, the collection disappeared from the select list.

Did I mess something up, or is this a bug?

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jmuzz commented
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Status: Active » Fixed

It is how fields work. You can't add an existing field to an entity if that entity already has it. For what you want to do it would probably be better to change the cardinality of your field collection field. There is also an issue about allowing a field collection bundle to be used for more than one field where some alternatives to field collection that can provide something like this are discussed. #1569970: Reuse of field collection entity type on more than one collection field?

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I just created multiple field collections, and reused fields within them.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.